Little Nine has known Ye Xunhuan for several years. While he may not know Ye Xunhuan very well, he understands him quite a bit.

So Little Nine instantly noticed that Ye Xunhuan was sitting here drinking away his troubles!

Ye Xunhuan chuckled lightly, "What kind of trouble could I run into, just feeling a bit bored!"

"Really?" Little Nine skeptically scanned Ye Xunhuan twice.

"So what do you think could have happened to me?"

"Woman trouble," Little Nine said earnestly.

Ye Xunhuan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"Isn't it?" Little Nine said somewhat dumbfounded, "But it shouldn't be anything else, other than women, you shouldn't have much else to worry about!"

In Little Nine's view, with so many women around Ye Xunhuan, vying for favor is inevitable, so if Ye Xunhuan has worries, nine times out of ten, it's related to women.

"Am I the type to be troubled by women?"

"Don't put on airs, just be a good brother."

"Alright, it's woman trouble." Ye Xunhuan sighed helplessly.

Concerning matters of national security, Ye Xunhuan didn't want to broach the subject with Little Nine, knowing that Little Nine couldn't help, and might even get dragged into trouble himself.

Ye Xunhuan didn't want Little Nine to get involved because of this affair.

"Brother Huan, I can't really help with this!" Little Nine said helplessly, "All I can do is keep you company till you're drunk!"

"That's enough!"

......

Night crept in unnoticed. By the time Ye Xunhuan left the bar, the night was hazy, and the neon lights on both sides of the street had lit up.

When Ye Xunhuan returned to the villa, it was already past seven in the evening.

Due to it being already autumn, the sky was quite dark by seven.

Inside the villa, Qiu Ruoxi was sitting on the sofa, chatting lightly with Olivia, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

As Ye Xunhuan walked in from outside, Aunt Wang came out of the kitchen carrying dishes.

Seeing Ye Xunhuan, Aunt Wang immediately said with a smile, "You're back just in time, wash up and let's eat!"

Ye Xunhuan nodded, "Aunt Wang, where's Old Master Ao?"

"He's gone!"

"Gone?" Ye Xunhuan was taken aback.

This old man sure moves fast; he only expressed intent to leave last night, and now he's already gone.

Next, Ye Xunhuan turned to Qiu Ruoxi, "Honey, did Grandpa Wu Hen really just leave?"

Qiu Ruoxi nodded, "Yes, Grandpa Wu Hen said he had some matters to deal with and left first. Besides, aren't we also about to leave soon? So he just went!"

Since Qiu Ruoxi said so, Ye Xunhuan couldn't say much more.

Then, as if she remembered something, Qiu Ruoxi glanced at Ye Xunhuan and said, "By the way, prepare yourself these next few days, I plan to go visit Grandpa in the next couple of days!"

"Is the company stuff taken care of?"

Qiu Ruoxi nodded, "It's mostly done. The rest can be left to Mu Ge, and I also called Han Qing; she'll be coming back in the next couple of days as well!"

Upon hearing Qiu Ruoxi mention Mei Hanqing, Ye Xunhuan merely replied with an "oh" and dared not say anything further.

......

Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, two days had gone by.

And today, Qiu Ruoxi plans to take Ye Xunhuan along to the southeast.

Ye Xunhuan was completely unprepared for Qiu Ruoxi's eagerness to take him back to the Xiahou family.

Initially, Ye Xunhuan thought it would take several more days!

But as Qiu Ruoxi didn't offer a reason, he hadn't asked.

Little did Ye Xunhuan imagine, Qiu Ruoxi expedited the timeline because Liu Qingcheng had sought her out and explained things to her.

This prompted Qiu Ruoxi to advance all her plans considerably.

Since Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi were heading to the Xiahou family, Olivia also planned to return to Europe.

This time returning to the Xiahou family, Qiu Ruoxi had bought plane tickets, and they were quite early—for 9:30 in the morning!

This meant Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi arrived at the airport very early.

As Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi were about to board the plane, four or five middle-aged men hurried over toward Ye Xunhuan, looking very anxious.

Just as Ye Xunhuan was about to pass through airport security, the leading middle-aged man immediately called out, "Mr. Ye, Miss Qiu, please wait a moment!"

Upon hearing this abrupt voice, Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi were both slightly startled, and their steps halted.

Soon after, these men stood before Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi.

"Mr. Ye, this is my identification, please take a look!"

The leading middle-aged man pulled out a small red booklet from his pocket and handed it to Ye Xunhuan.

Seeing this red booklet, a bad premonition slowly crept into Ye Xunhuan's mind, but he still took it and glanced at it!

Upon seeing the words "National Security Bureau," the feeling of foreboding in Ye Xunhuan's heart grew even stronger.

"Speak, what's the matter!"

"Mr. Ye, we need you to come with us to assist with an investigation." The leading man said to Ye Xunhuan politely.

"I don't have time now!"

"Mr. Ye, please don't make things difficult for us!"

"Am I making things difficult for you, or are you making things difficult for me?" Ye Xunhuan snorted coldly, "Discuss whatever you need when I get back!"

"Mr. Ye, we know your identity and understand that we can't stop you, but we can halt your flight!" The man said somewhat threateningly.

Ye Xunhuan's eyes slowly narrowed, "Are you threatening me?"

Under Ye Xunhuan's intense gaze, the man felt the hairs on his body stand on end, and a fear began to rise from within him!

"Mr. Ye, I'm not threatening you, but you're making things difficult for us!" The man said, suppressing the fear in his heart, "We are merely following orders, we hope you can cooperate!"

"Who gave you the order? Was it Weng Jianbo?"

"Mr. Ye, that is classified, I can't tell you!"

Ye Xunhuan snorted coldly, "I don't care who sent you to detain me, be smart and scram, or else suffer the consequences. You might have the power to ground my flight, but I have the power to send you straight to hell!"

As he spoke, a faint trace of killing intent slowly emerged from Ye Xunhuan.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

Upon hearing Ye Xunhuan's words, the men all involuntarily shivered, and the fear within their hearts quickly spread to every corner of their bodies.

They knew very well about Ye Xunhuan's identity and his methods.

If he intended to kill, they would be nothing to him, or rather, they would be as insignificant as ants, easily crushed by Ye Xunhuan!

But the order from above gave them no room to retreat!

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