Meanwhile, all of Capital City was in an uproar over Yue Xiaofei.
Elsewhere.
Inside a secret hideout shrouded in shadow.
A handsome young man with an unsettling, almost feminine air held a glass of red wine and leisurely read an encrypted report on the Hyatt Hotel incident.
He was Cao Xuanye, the eldest son of the Cao Family.
"Heh... my dear second brother, your death couldn't have come at a better time."
Cao Xuanye looked at the photograph of Cao Longxiang's blackened corpse in the report. A cold, smug smile curled his lips.
That was right.
The person who had killed Cao Longxiang with a Poison Needle at the Hyatt Hotel that day had been sent by him!
It had all gone according to Cao Xuanye's plan!
He had known all along that Cao Longxiang's hot temper and arrogance would only land him in trouble if he went after Yue Xiaofei.
So Cao Xuanye had deliberately sent Cao Yuyao to provoke Yue Xiaofei and set the whole spectacle in motion.
Then he had stationed a top assassin nearby.
Once the two had worn each other down—or Yue Xiaofei was about to strike the fatal blow—the assassin would act and kill Cao Longxiang with a single needle!
That way, he could eliminate Cao Longxiang, his rival for the position of Family Head, without getting his own hands dirty.
And he could pin the murder on Yue Xiaofei!
Yue Xiaofei would bear the blame for killing the Cao Family's second young master and face the entire family's furious retaliation!
Two birds with one stone. Perfect!
"Yue Xiaofei, you think you're such a great fighter?"
"Now that you've killed a Cao, let's see how you survive in Longdu!"
"My father's wrath is more than a little bastard like you can bear!"
Cao Xuanye