Yue Xiaofei returned to his room and shut the door, cutting off all the noise outside.
He sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and began to steady his breathing.
Too much had happened tonight. Too much information had come at once, stirring even his usually untroubled heart.
His father's wrongful accusation, the Cao Family's plot, Ye Jincheng's appearance...
It all tangled around his thoughts.
He knew he couldn't rush. At a time like this, he needed to stay absolutely calm.
He took out his phone and sent a message to the Reverse Scale team.
He sent it to someone with a pink rabbit avatar and the username "Little Mouse."
It was Han Duoduo.
"Duoduo, any leads on Cao Ruolin from the Cao Family?"
A reply came less than three seconds after he sent the message.
"Little Mouse has narrowed down the target's general location! (oﾟ▽ﾟ)o"
She followed it with a bobble-headed emoticon sticker.
Yue Xiaofei shook his head helplessly at the unserious reply.
Han Duoduo was a world-class hacker, yet she acted like a mischievous little girl who had never grown up. She could be a real headache.
"Get to the point."
"Okay! ( • ̀ω•́ )✧"
"According to the encrypted communications we intercepted from inside the Cao Family, one signal source has appeared frequently over the past month at a place called Serenity Manor in Longdu's western outskirts."
"Officially, the manor is a Cao Family property for rest and vacations. But from what I've found, its security is absurdly tight. It has surveillance covering every angle, plus infrared sensors and armed patrols around the clock.
"That's not how you secure a vacation manor. It's more like a... secret prison!"
A secret prison!
Yue Xiaofei's eyes narrowed sharply.
Her conclusion matched his earlier suspicions exactly!
As someone who