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Chapter 791: The Mysterious Masked Woman (4)

Chapter 791: Chapter 791: The Mysterious Masked Woman (4)

Gu Yelin fiercely pulled An Yiqing into his arms, having lost his usual calm in the face of the shock of nearly losing her and then getting her back.

"I’m sorry, I failed to protect you."

An Yiqing blinked rapidly, grasping the meaning behind Gu Yelin’s words — the man was blaming himself again.

"Hmm, Ah Lin, I’m hungry," An Yiqing quickly changed the subject.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yelin immediately got up and headed into the kitchen, but after only a few seconds, he walked back out and then took An Yiqing with him into the kitchen.

At this moment, he didn’t want to be a step away from his treasure. If she hadn’t been careful today, perhaps...

For the first time in his life, Gu Yelin felt such violent emotions towards a woman, to the point he had imagined thousands of ways to torture the one who harmed her!

Anyone who endangered his woman should be prepared to pay a price worse than death!

...

Meanwhile, in an apartment in Xuandu City.

"Useless! All of you are useless! You can’t even handle such a simple task!" A cold female voice resounded, followed by several thick books flying through the air and hitting the heads of three men opposite her.

"Mi-Miss, please calm down..." the man in the lead said tremblingly.

"Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down? Three grown men couldn’t handle a slut! It’s a laughing stock!" In the darkness, the female voice rose sharply, "An Yiqing will definitely investigate during this time. Find somewhere to hide until things blow over! Get out!"

The three men didn’t dare to breathe loudly, hurriedly nodding their agreement and scampering away with hunched backs.

After they left, the room fell silent for a while.

"Get a doctor from the Medicine Sect, and don’t let Master find out," the woman said half a moment later, after making a phone call and then slowly emerging from the darkness.

Facing the dim moonlight, the woman’s features were revealed. If An Yiqing were there, she would surely find her familiar, and might even sardonically remark "back from the dead!"

...

An Yiqing’s injuries were not serious, just minor abrasions. After applying some Healing Medicine from the Medicine Sect, she was healed by the next day.

Early in the morning, she and Gu Yelin went to the An Family Mansion and briefly relayed the events of the previous night.

"Grandfather, that’s roughly what happened. You all need to be careful in the coming days. We haven’t figured out who the opponent is yet; with the enemy hidden and us exposed, it is quite troublesome," An Yiqing advised with concern.

"Niu Niu, don’t worry. We have people staying at our house these days, just take good care of yourself," Old Master An comforted, "If there’s any problem, be sure to tell us. Later, I’ll have your father and your elder and second brothers start investigating too. The connections of the An Family will be very helpful in your investigation."

An Yiqing nodded; indeed, with the An Family’s connections, the investigation would be somewhat easier.

"Grandfather, I’m going to let Xiao Hei and Old Jin stay here for now. Times have been unstable, and with their powerful strength, they can protect everyone," An Yiqing paused before continuing, "Also, everyone’s cultivation has reached a bottleneck recently. We must remain calm and not rush. I’ll organize the Cultivation Technique later, and everyone can follow it to practice; it’s very helpful for improving strength."

An Yiqing planned to write down the Shennong Nine Style she had comprehended into a booklet and distribute it to the An Family members to practice. When the time was right, she would take each member of the An Family into the Ancient Space to see if they could also comprehend it themselves.

Old Master An naturally agreed with everything his dear granddaughter said, even if An Yiqing claimed that drinking DDVP insecticide would aid in their cultivation, he would drink it without hesitation.

This was An Yiqing’s untouchable territory — she could bear injuries herself, but she would never allow danger to the An Family.

That evening, after eating at the An Family Mansion, An Yiqing followed Gu Yelin back to their villa. Shortly after, An Zhifeng’s phone call came through.

"Miss, we’ve found some clues," An Zhifeng cut to the chase, "We investigated the bomb from yesterday and some footprints in the sand and have confirmed two things. First, the person has a powerful network in Country Jin and is very familiar with military contacts there. The bomb we looked into not only possesses the latest technology and composition, but also is something that only the higher-ups in Country Jin are authorized to handle. Whoever is behind this either knows high-level officials in Country Jin or is connected to a world-class arms dealer; otherwise, they couldn’t get their hands on this thing. Second, we discovered that the perpetrators from yesterday are likely locals from Xuandu City."

An Yiqing’s eyebrows arched, "Why do you say that?"

"Based on the footprints left by those individuals and the fabric fragments you pulled off during the scuffle, we did some digging. This kind of fabric is unique to an old atelier in Xuandu City. We asked around, and this atelier releases only a few batches of fabric each year, exclusively supplying them to a few Aristocratic families in Xuandu. So, we conjecture that these individuals are likely scions of the Xuandu Aristocratic families. Miss, I’ve already obtained the atelier’s client list; it shouldn’t take long for those individuals to be exposed."

"Good, continue your work," An Yiqing nodded, quite satisfied with the efficiency of the Thirteen Blood Generals, "Also, be careful yourselves, don’t expose that atelier, otherwise it could be dangerous for everyone."

After a brief further conversation, An Yiqing and An Zhifeng hung up the call.

"Eat some fruit." Gu Yelin didn’t inquire about the results of the matter, simply and silently placing the freshly-cut watermelon in An Yiqing’s hand.

Redirecting her thoughts, An Yiqing took a small piece and bit gently into it — um, sweet and juicy!

Contentedly eating the cold watermelon chunks, An Yiqing leaned languidly against Gu Yelin and coquettishly said, "Ah Lin, it seems the culprits behind this incident are likely sons of the Xuandu Aristocratic families."

"What do you want to do?" Gu Yelin pulled out a napkin and tenderly wiped the watermelon juice from An Yiqing’s lips, asking in a low voice.