Even more terrifying was that there were two people lying on the ground at Ye Shaohua’s feet.
One was an escaped convict with superhuman abilities from an international prison, and the other was a hostage taken by the convict, also their colleague, Yi Fen.
“I was grocery shopping and wanted to take a shortcut back. I had no idea I’d walk in and see these two the moment I got here. I was just about to call the police when you guys showed up,” Ye Shaohua said without changing her expression.
She was still holding her phone in one hand, and by her feet were her groceries and some painting supplies.
The young man with the buzz cut felt a lingering fear. “Well, you got pretty lucky,” he said, nudging the unconscious colleague with his foot. “But this guy, Yi Fen, is even luckier. He can just lie there and still score major credit.”
“You should leave quickly,” Xu Anyuan said, without a shred of suspicion towards Ye Shaohua’s story. He just frowned slightly. “You’re an ordinary person; it’s best not to get involved in something like this.”
After speaking, he turned around.
“You know this young lady?” The buzz-cut young man looked at Ye Shaohua with some curiosity.
Xu Anyuan shook his head casually. “Just an employee at my company.”
“Oh, I see,” the buzz-cut young man nodded. So she must be an ordinary person. They proceeded to investigate the scene and didn’t pay any more attention to Ye Shaohua.
Ye Shaohua picked up her groceries again, stepped over the bloodstains on the ground, and walked directly towards the other end of the alley.
But just as she reached the alley’s entrance, she ran into a figure.
It seemed he had been standing at the entrance for quite a while, observing.
He wore a very simple white shirt and casual beige trousers.
Yet, for some people, even a tattered outfit couldn’t conceal their commanding presence.
“Miss Ye,” he said quietly, his eyes slightly lowered. In the light of the setting sun, his face appeared even more refined, like polished jade.
Ye Shaohua wasn’t surprised at all that this man knew her name.
She just curled her lips slightly. “A pleasure to meet you.”
With that, she continued on her way, carrying her things.
Yun Mu didn’t stop her. Instead, he walked towards the buzz-cut young man.
“Boss!” the buzz-cut young man’s eyes lit up.
But Xu Anyuan was frozen in place, stunned by the word ‘Boss’.
He had only discovered his own abnormality in high school. That was also when the buzz-cut young man, Yi Kuai, found him, gave him the proper cultivation methods, and got him into the Dragon Group.
But until now, he was just an ordinary member of the Dragon Group. He had only heard terrifying tales of the legendary Boss, never actually seeing the man himself.
His infatuation with Murong Qiyue also stemmed from her mystery and the fact that she became a first-level member immediately upon joining the Dragon Group.
Because Murong Qiyue seemed so unattainable, and his pursuit was unsuccessful, she gradually transformed into the moonlight, the vermilion birthmark in his heart—the unattainable love he still hadn’t forgotten to this day.
At any other time, marrying Ye Shaohua would have just been like having a piece of furniture. But he never expected the moonlight in his heart to return.
That’s why he was so eager to divorce Ye Shaohua.
He didn’t want the moonlight in his heart, or anyone else in the Dragon Group, to know he had married such an ordinary wife.
This was precisely why, just moments ago, he had told the buzz-cut young man he didn’t know Ye Shaohua.
The Dragon Group and ordinary people were in different circles; they didn’t concern themselves with happenings among regular folks, being mostly interested in causing trouble internationally or capturing escaped convicts with abilities.
In the underworld, Xu Anyuan had heard many rumors about the legendary Boss behind the Dragon Group.
Yun Mu. In the supernatural world, almost no one knew his origins, only that he was the unrivalled Big Boss whom no one dared to cross. Being able to gather all of China’s supernatural beings into one organization was proof enough of his power!
However, given Xu Anyuan’s current status, he didn’t even have a chance to speak with Yun Mu.
He quickly followed the group back to the Dragon Group with the two injured people.
The buzz-cut young man, Yi Kuai, noticed Yun Mu hadn’t left and stayed behind with him. “Boss, speaking of which, that girl you just met at the alley entrance is truly scarily naive. Walking through an alley and seeing two people covered in blood, and she wasn’t even slightly panicked. When I got there, guess what she told me? She said she was calmly calling the police.”
Yi Kuai clicked his tongue in amazement as he talked about Ye Shaohua. “If she were an supernatural being, she’d be dead for sure.”
“She’s not the naive one,” Yun Mu said flatly, sweeping his gaze across the surroundings.
“Boss?” Yi Kuai was startled by this.
Yun Mu put his hands in his pockets, glanced at him, and finished his sentence: “You are.”
“What? Boss, you must be joking, right?” Yi Kuai had worked with Yun Mu long enough to understand his meaning, but he still found it hard to believe. “She’s just an ordinary person, an employee under Xu Anyuan. Don’t you think you’re overthinking it?”
Could a supernatural being calmly hold down a regular job?
Yi Kuai had certainly never seen such a thing.
“Before coming here, I got a notification from our international contacts. ‘Jian’ had already become a special-level member or higher. The number of people in the entire Dragon Group who could defeat him can be counted on one hand. Yi Fen just got promoted to first-level member. Do you really think he could have beaten Jian?” Yun Mu spoke more than usual.
But he stopped there.
Yi Kuai wasn’t stupid. Remembering Ye Shaohua’s almost impossibly calm demeanor just now, he too found it abnormal. “So… that beauty just now is also a supernatural being, and might even outrank a first-level member of the Dragon Group?”
Yi Kuai thought Yun Mu might be over-cautious, but the more he followed Yun Mu’s line of reasoning, the more uneasy he felt.
“Boss, I’ll notify Yi Mao to run a check on her,” Yi Kuai said, his expression turning serious.
The sudden appearance of such a top-tier supernatural being in Yun City couldn’t be ignored.
Yun Mu said nothing, just stared blankly in one direction.
**
Ye Shaohua didn’t know the Dragon Group was investigating her.
She had been busy preparing for her art exhibition lately.
But even if she did know, she wouldn’t care. After all, she hadn’t intended to hide her information in the first place.
If she had wanted to conceal it, let alone one Dragon Group, even ten of them couldn’t have found a single thing they were looking for.
“President Xu, Miss Murong, Miss Ye has also come to the art exhibition.” Xu Anyuan’s special assistant, Yifeilin, adjusted her glasses and shook her head slightly.
Yifeilin had given up on any ideas about Xu Anyuan ever since learning about Murong Qiyue.
After all, Murong Qiyue… in some respects, even the quite proud Yifeilin knew she couldn’t compare.
Murong Qiyue, arms crossed, had been talking to Xu Anyuan. Hearing Yifeilin’s news, she suddenly let out a light laugh. “She must not know… that I’m also here, right?”
