First Meeting with the Chosen Son of the Metropolis

Everyone's faces lit up with joy when they heard the butler's words.

"What lead?"

The butler had only just entered the hall, both hands braced on his knees as he gulped in ragged breaths. The Li Family Head could not wait to question him.

"S-someone saw a man and a woman walking down from the cemetery hillside last night!"

"What did that man and woman look like? Where did the information come from? Is it accurate?"

Old Master Li thought for two seconds after hearing the butler's words, then also spoke up to ask.

"Ah! Dad, who cares whether it's accurate or not? Right now, this is the only information we have. We find that man and woman first. They definitely know what happened at the graveyard last night! For all we know, they're the ones who killed my son!"

After finally getting a clue, the Li Family Head was burning with impatience. He had just lifted his leg to rush out when Old Master Li snapped at him. "Calm down. We know absolutely nothing about the other party. You're just going to go looking for them like this? And after you find them? Capture them and torture them for answers? What if they belong to some family or faction? Are you trying to push my Li Family into a land of ten thousand calamities, never to return?"

When Li Linhao heard his father say this, his head slowly cooled as well. Afterward, they learned that it was a lackey from the Azure Dragon Gang who had happened to pass by the cemetery last night and discovered a man and a woman coming down from above.

Because the Azure Dragon Gang could be considered an underground gang propped up by the Li Family, they sent someone over to tell the butler about it.

The Wang Family, Wu Family, and Wei Family of Jiang City all received the news as well: the Li Family's treasure had been stolen, and even Li Ming had died in the suburban cemetery. Every family was curious about who could be so bold as to dare steal from the Li Family, the second-largest family in Jiang City, and even kill the Li Family's heir!

Qing Mo took Liu Yurou shopping at the mall for an entire day. When Liu Yurou saw the dazzling array of modern goods, stars practically shot from her eyes. Although they were merely mortal objects, they still captured the empress's heart all the same!

"I'm so mad I could die! What kind of person is he? Isn't he perfectly fine? A Xiantian martial artist actually stole things! And he even maxed out my card!!

Most importantly, that card was the one Grandma gave me before she passed away. From beginning to end, I never spent a single cent of the money inside. No, I have to find him and get the card back!"

Su Xue looked at the spending notifications on her phone, so angry her scalp went numb. Although her family was not short on money, her father had raised her from childhood to be thrifty. Aside from what was needed for work and social engagements, she rarely spent money on luxury goods.

Su Xue also had no idea where she could find those two people, so she planned to first go to the beverage shop in the mall across the street, drink something, and think of a proper solution. Behind her followed Ye Fan, the bodyguard her father had arranged for her!

"Li Ming was actually killed! Who did it? And who stole the Li Family's spirit herb? Xiao Xue's expression is off today too. I don't know who upset her this time. Looks like I'll have to investigate properly."

Because Ye Fan had been trying to break through to half-step Grandmaster last night, he had no idea what had happened in Jiang City. It was only this morning, when the Wei Family Head informed him, that he understood what had happened the previous night!

Ever since Ye Fan came to Jiang City, the first time he saw Su Xue, he had decided she was his woman, even though Su Xue always treated him coldly and indifferently.

"Mmm~, Master, this thing called milk tea is so tasty!"

"Mm! As long as you like it."

Qing Mo dotingly rubbed Liu Yurou's head. He had not expected that the empress who had suppressed all heroes in the mid-level immortal realm would actually have such a soft, girlish side! She was exactly like a young woman in her early twenties!

Beside the two of them sat piles of luxury bags and boxes, all picked out by Liu Yurou. She had also chosen some clothes that would make Qing Mo even happier, planning to put them on tonight for Qing Mo to admire!

"Xiao Xue, your complexion doesn't look good. Is something on your mind?"

Ye Fan sat across from Su Xue and still could not help asking.

"It's nothing! Also, you should call me CEO Su. Only my family and friends can call me Xiao Xue. You're just the bodyguard my dad arranged!"

Su Xue already disliked Ye Fan to begin with. Although her father had arranged him and she could not refuse, even if Ye Fan was fairly skilled, dislike was dislike.

Just after Su Xue finished speaking, she turned her head to look elsewhere. Her pupils shrank. She saw Qing Mo and Liu Yurou, the two people from last night, when Qing Mo had easily snapped Li Ming's neck. Although Qing Mo had worn ancient-style clothes last night and the two of them had both changed outfits today, she still remembered their faces with perfect clarity!

Then she saw the luxury goods piled all around them, and her face darkened again. Ye Fan noticed the change in Su Xue's expression and followed her line of sight, seeing Qing Mo and the other.

"No internal force in his body. He's an ordinary person! Why did Xiao Xue's expression change when she saw them? Could it be..."

While Ye Fan was wildly filling in the blanks in his head, Su Xue had already strode toward Qing Mo and the others!

"Hey, give me back my card!"

Qing Mo and Liu Yurou were still chatting about where to go for a feast tonight when they heard Su Xue's voice.

"Yo! After not seeing you for one night, why did you dye your hair wine-red? Also, you dragged trouble onto me, so shouldn't I collect a fee? Didn't your elders ever tell you not to approach strangers so casually?"

Liu Yurou smiled as she watched Qing Mo scold Su Xue. Ye Fan also followed Su Xue over. At a glance, he saw Liu Yurou, and the feeling she gave him stunned him even more than Su Xue had!

"How could there be such a beautiful woman? I have to get her. I must get her!"

Qing Mo and Liu Yurou also noticed Ye Fan's gaze. When he looked at Liu Yurou, the thought revealed in his eyes flashed by in an instant. Unfortunately, Qing Mo and Liu Yurou were not fools; of course they knew what he was thinking!

Fortunately, Ye Fan was standing behind Su Xue, so Su Xue could not see that instant's look in Ye Fan's eyes at all!

"Aren't you afraid I'll let something slip? The people behind them aren't that simple!"

"Even you dared to do something like that. How complicated could the people behind them be?"

"You..."

Qing Mo did not care at all about Su Xue's verbal threat. He even felt like laughing a little. The daughter of the Su Family, the number one family in the capital, actually cared about this bit of money?

"This card really is very important to me. Give it back to me, okay? Please!"

"It's just a card! Don't be so stingy."

"No! You have to return this card to me. I'll give you another one. No, three! The money inside will be enough for you to squander! Is that okay?

"Pfft, hahahaha!"

This time, Qing Mo truly laughed out loud. He really had not expected that the card he had casually snatched would be so valuable, enough to make her panic like this!

"What are you laughing at?"

Su Xue anxiously stomped her feet at the side. Ye Fan, on the other hand, had figured it out. The man in front of him had taken Xiao Xue's card, then used the money in it to deceive the woman beside him, buying her so many luxury goods!

"Beauty, don't be fooled by him. The money used to buy these things isn't his own. Hey, hurry up and return the things you took from CEO Su, or else..."

Ye Fan propped one hand on the table, leaning forward and looking down at Qing Mo from above. He thought this would make Su Xue develop a favorable impression of him! At the same time, he did not forget to curry favor with Liu Yurou!

"Even your boss has to discuss things with me properly. Do you think it's appropriate for you to act like this?"

Qing Mo leaned back, one hand still resting on Liu Yurou's shoulder, his fingers smoothly brushing across her snow-white, tender cheek as well!