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Chapter 537: Chapter 0537: A Glimmer of Hope
After Lan Qin spoke those words, the fear on her face was entirely replaced by tension and shyness.
It wasn’t just Lan Qin, Liu Yun also had a face filled with tension and shyness, mixed with a hint of impatience!
It was as if receiving Ye Xunhuan’s favor was an honor for them.
Seeing the two of them in their alluring state, Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help but swallow, as both Lan Qin and Liu Yun were very beautiful; it’d be a lie to say he wasn’t moved!
However, while he was moved, Ye Xunhuan also felt a bout of frustration in his heart.
Do I really come off as someone who can’t move when seeing women?
"I’m keeping you here not to take advantage of you, but to have you protect my wife!" Ye Xunhuan said frustratedly, "You are skilled and are ninjas; protecting my wife is definitely the best choice!"
Hearing what Ye Xunhuan had said, both Lan Qin and Liu Yun immediately realized they had misunderstood, "Marshal, we’re sorry, we didn’t know that you..."
"That’s not the point. The point is, from now on, you must protect my wife well."
Saying this, Ye Xunhuan’s voice suddenly became stern, "But don’t think about playing any tricks, otherwise, whether you go to heaven or burrow into the earth, I will grind your bones into dust!"
This incident made Ye Xunhuan realize that Qiu Ruoxi lacked skilled protection at her side. Relying solely on Hellfire’s protection wasn’t safe.
And since he couldn’t be by Qiu Ruoxi’s side every day, whom else could he have protect her?
Dragon Ancestor Bodhi?
Forget it, who knows what this woman would do if she found out Qiu Ruoxi was his wife!
Liu Qingcheng?
This woman is too busy; that wouldn’t work either!
As for others, just thinking about it gave Ye Xunhuan a headache. Forget it.
Therefore, Ye Xunhuan thought both Lan Qin and Liu Yun were good choices as they were women; it would be much more convenient for them to protect Qiu Ruoxi!
Thus, Ye Xunhuan didn’t kill them. As for their potential to betray, Ye Xunhuan wasn’t worried. He believed that as long as he was alive, they wouldn’t dare!
Hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, both Lan Qin and Liu Yun shivered with cold, and quickly said, "Marshal, rest assured, we will definitely do our utmost to protect our lady!"
At that moment, both Lan Qin and Liu Yun pledged their loyalty to Ye Xunhuan.
This was the man who had severely wounded the president of the Dark Council, Antonio – following him was definitely a good choice, certainly better than returning to Fusang!
"Follow me!"
Afterward, Ye Xunhuan took Lan Qin and Liu Yun and left the place.
Just when Ye Xunhuan and the others were leaving, Su Guyan finally arrived at the Han Court Mansion.
However, since both of them were sitting in cars, they passed by each other just like that, missing each other once again.
When Su Guyan entered the villa, aside from corpses and the smell of blood, there was no longer a living person.
The sight of the brutal and blood-stained scene inside caused Su Guyan’s face to instantly turn pale, her stomach to convulse, and a feeling of unease immediately surged within her.
The A’li who followed Su Guyan was also deeply shaken by the hellish scene before her.
What... what exactly happened here?
Who killed these people, and with such brutal, bloody methods?
Suddenly, Su Guyan snapped back to reality.
Where’s Xunhuan?
Upon thinking of Ye Xunhuan, Su Guyan immediately started frantically searching for Ye Xunhuan’s figure in the room.
Turning over every single corpse, she couldn’t find Ye Xunhuan; this made Su Guyan feel as though she had fallen into an icy cave, her face turning pale and powerless, her eyes normally as bright as the full moon were also clouded over, losing all their color at that moment.
Her world seemed to collapse in that moment.
Where was everyone?
Where was Ye Xunhuan?
Could it be that Mu Tiange had already killed him?
But if Ye Xunhuan had been killed by Mu Tiange, then where was Mu Tiange?
Suddenly, Su Guyan spotted a mound of flesh piled up like a small hill nearby, and, suppressing the urge to vomit, she trembled as she slowly walked toward it, muttering something under her breath.
She seemed like a walking corpse.
As Su Guyan was walking toward this mound of flesh, a figure flashed in front of her. Upon seeing the mummified man on the ground, her eyes immediately widened and her mouth opened slightly in shock.
"Miss..."
Hearing Alyx’s trembling voice, Su Guyan’s pale face changed immediately, her voice shaking uncontrollably, "Alyx... is it... is it..."
"It’s not Mr. Ye, it’s... it’s Mu Tiange!" Alyx struggled to swallow.
The Mu Tiange on the ground had almost become a skeletal frame, most of his flesh cruelly carved off; even in death, his face was filled with unprecedented agony.
Who could do such a thing, so brutally murdering Mu Tiange?
Upon hearing Alyx’s words, Su Guyan’s body jerked violently, and she quickened her pace forward.
When she saw the horrific state of Mu Tiange, the nausea she had been suppressing became uncontrollable, and she bent over to vomit.
She had not expected Mu Tiange to die so gruesomely!
After a long while, Su Guyan slowly stopped vomiting and immediately asked with concern, "Where is Xunhuan, Alyx? What about Xunhuan?"
She couldn’t care less about Mu Tiange’s life or death; it was only Ye Xunhuan that mattered to her!
She was bold enough to have someone kill Mu Tiange for the sake of Ye Xunhuan. Now that Mu Tiange was dead, it was definitely a good thing for her as she no longer had to worry about Mu Tiange harming Ye Xunhuan.
But now that Mu Tiange was dead, where was Ye Xunhuan?
Why couldn’t she see Ye Xunhuan?
"I... I don’t know!" Alyx said, her voice trembling slightly, "Maybe someone rescued him!"
Now that Mu Tiange was dead but there was no sign of Ye Xunhuan, if he had been killed, there would be no need for someone to take away his body, right?
So there was only one possibility, that Ye Xunhuan must have been rescued by someone!
But who could have rescued Ye Xunhuan?
Alyx and Su Guyan could never have dreamed that this bloody scene was entirely Ye Xunhuan’s doing.
"Really?" Su Guyan’s voice was full of tremors, and a spark of hope slowly ignited in her dim eyes.
Seeing Su Guyan’s current state, Alyx nodded, "It should be, miss. The fact that we haven’t seen Mr. Ye’s body is the best news!"
"Also, miss, you could try to contact him, to see if you can get in touch with Mr. Ye!"
Alyx knew how important Ye Xunhuan was to Su Guyan, and if she spoke any cruel words that could destroy the flicker of hope in Su Guyan’s heart, then Su Guyan might very well collapse!
Therefore, even if the hope in Su Guyan’s heart was slim, it was still hope, for a single spark can start a prairie fire.
Ye Xunhuan did not know that the moment he left, Su Guyan had arrived at Han Court Manor, and they had just missed each other.
At that moment, Ye Xunhuan had settled Qianhuan Lanqin and Qianhuan Liuyun in a safe place and then went straight back to his villa at Listening Fragrance Water Pavilion.
Just as Ye Xunhuan was about to drive into the villa, a dark figure stepped out from under the streetlight and stood in the middle of the road, blocking Ye Xunhuan’s path!
