Long Yuqing knew that someone would come to rescue her, and that person must be Ye Tianfan.

"You're here."

"Hmm."

"I knew you would come to save me."

Ye Tianfan smiled slightly without replying, his eyes flashed with cold light, and the killing intent already filled the whole room.

"Don't kill him!" Long Yuqing exclaimed.

Ye Tianfan's figure had already reached the man, and the willow leaf knife was wielded, instantly severing all the fingers of the man holding the knife.

"Clang..."

The knife in the man's hand fell to the ground.

"Hiss..."

A look of terror flashed in the man's eyes, he inhaled sharply through gritted teeth without screaming in pain because the willow leaf knife was too fast; the man couldn't even feel the pain, but the terror inside already caused cold sweat to seep from his forehead.

"Why?" Ye Tianfan gently hooked his fingertips, and the willow leaf knife drew an arc, instantly cutting the ropes tied on Long Yuqing and Lin Xiaofeng.

"I want to ask him why!" Long Yuqing stood up, turned to look at the man, and said coldly, "You've been following me for three years, why betray me?"

From being kidnapped until now, it had been five days, and Long Yuqing still didn't understand why this man betrayed her.

The man's family was very poor, and his mother barely maintained a living by setting up a small stall. The man was frail and often sick, spending a large sum on medical expenses every month.

During the most difficult times for him and his mother, Long Yuqing reached out to help, not only curing the man's illness but also arranging a decent job for his mother as a cleaning foreman at the Long Group's front desk.

Anyhow, Long Yuqing had already done everything she could for this man. She not only cured his illness but also sent him to serve in the army, where he learned skills and returned to become Long Yuqing's bodyguard.

Yet even so, he still betrayed her.

Betrayed Long Yuqing.

So Long Yuqing didn't understand, didn't understand why he betrayed her.

Long Yuqing wanted to know the reason, why a brother who had followed her for five years suddenly betrayed her, and why he didn't hesitate to brutally kill his own brothers, killing twenty-five of them.

"Why?" Long Yuqing's voice trembled slightly, looking at the man half-kneeling on the ground, her eyes already turning red.

The man trembled, breathing a bit heavily, his chest heaving violently. He clutched his injured right hand, with his fingers lying beside him on the ground.

"Because of money!"

"Are you short of money? Haven't I given you enough?" Long Yuqing frowned tightly, speaking up, "If you need money, you can tell me. Why did you betray me?"

The man gritted his teeth, staying silent, always keeping his head down, not daring to look Long Yuqing in the eyes.

During these days of being kidnapped, Long Yuqing had asked this man the question more than once, yet the man never said a word.

Now that victory was decided, he was defeated.

It was time to give her an answer.

"Why?" Long Yuqing's voice turned cold.

"Money."

The man insisted it was because of money, but Long Yuqing knew in her heart that this man wasn't short of money and definitely wasn't someone who would sell out brothers and friends for money.

He came from a poor background and was used to hard days. His life was now more than a hundred times better than before; he should be content.

"If you don't want to say, I won't force it." Long Yuqing gave up, she didn't want to ask anymore. A brother's betrayal hurt her far more than the critical situation the company was facing now.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of your mother, just go peacefully." While speaking, Long Yuqing's voice was devoid of any emotion, neither sad nor angry, just calmly turning away, no longer looking at him.

No matter what, this man had betrayed her, and he bore the blood of twenty-five brothers on his hands.

The debt he owed must be repaid with blood.

"Thank you." The man whispered without hesitation, grabbed the military knife with his left hand, and slit his throat.

The man took his own life.

The body fell, right behind Long Yuqing, but Long Yuqing never looked back.

Until his death, the man never revealed the reason for his betrayal of Long Yuqing.

This was a knot forever in Long Yuqing's heart.

Betrayal?

Why?

At this moment, Ye Tianfan looked at Lin Xiaofeng at the side and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

Compared to Long Yuqing, Lin Xiaofeng had blood splattered all over beneath his nose, and his nasal bridge was bruised. He hadn't been treated like Long Yuqing and likely got beaten when kidnapped, with his nasal bone broken.

"I... well, still alive." Lin Xiaofeng moved his arm a bit. Aside from the broken nasal bone, Lin Xiaofeng wasn't hurt anywhere else.

"Bang..."

Uncle Jin Jiu rushed in through the door, and upon seeing the scene before him, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

"Miss Long... you're safe... it's really great, all these days... the brothers have been very worried about you."

Long Yuqing now wore a cold expression, nodding at Uncle Jin Jiu as a response, then spoke, "Go, bring Li Wenxiong! The Li Family must give me an explanation for this matter."

Uncle Jin Jiu's body trembled slightly, face darkened, and he said, "Miss Long, Li Wenxiong... he's dead."

"Dead?"

Long Yuqing couldn't help but be slightly shocked, Ye Tianfan was also suddenly stunned.

"He was killed in his office, his throat pierced by a sword."

Hearing this, Ye Tianfan couldn't help but sigh, speaking softly, "It was done by the Yaqi Clan. The reason why Li Wenxiong dared to kidnap you is because he had the backing of the Yaqi Clan. I think this matter was aimed at me. Now that Li Wenxiong has lost his value, he was killed by the people of the Yaqi Clan."

"Serves him right!" Lin Xiaofeng cursed before looking at Uncle Jin Jiu angrily, "Where's his son, Li Zexi? My nose was broken by him! I need to avenge this!"

"We've searched, but he's not at the company." Uncle Jin Jiu shook his head.

At this moment, Long Yuqing had regained her composure, Ye Tianfan glanced at her and said, "The rest is your business now. After all, this is still an internal affair of your Long Family, so I won't intervene."

Ye Tianfan's words made Long Yuqing immediately lift her head, frowning slightly, and she said, "You're leaving?"

Ye Tianfan nodded, "Yes, there are other things."

"But..."

Long Yuqing's expression was very complicated, she raised her hand wanting to call Ye Tianfan back, but the words swallowed back down, and she watched as Ye Tianfan's figure disappeared out the door.

Just like Ye Tianfan said, the rest was Long Yuqing's own business, he wanted to leave, and Long Yuqing found she couldn't muster any reason to make him stay.

At this moment, Long Yuqing felt a faint pain in her heart, a kind of pain she experienced for the first time.

Although Long Yuqing used to flirt ambiguously with Ye Tianfan, there were really no feelings involved, mostly it was for the benefit of the Long Family, hoping to draw Ye Tianfan into it.

But this time, Long Yuqing's feelings were different.

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