Chapter 22: Whoever Touches Su Xue Shall Die

Watching Ye Fan leave, Lin Huan turned to Zhang Yan and struck her across the face, shouting, "Zhang Yan, do you see what you’ve done? Our Lin family is going to be ruined because of you!"

Zhang Yan, trembling with fear, looked ashen and stammered, "Brother Huan, I had no idea Ye Fan had attained such a high status! What should we do now?"

Anxious, Lin Huan replied, "There is only one way left: we must go to Ye Fan’s home and beg for his mercy." With that, he took Zhang Yan and left the Baiyun Company.

Meanwhile, Ye Fan was walking down the street with Su Xue. Suddenly, ten thugs emerged from the alleyways on both sides, blocking their path. Without a word, the thugs lunged at them with murderous intent.

Boom!

Ye Fan moved through them as if they were nothing, knocking half of them to the ground in a mere three minutes. Seeing his prowess, the remaining thugs turned and fled in terror. As they ran, Ye Fan spotted a tiger-head tattoo on the back of one man's neck, which reminded him of what Lin Huan had said about the Ye family's ancestral graveyard.

Ye Fan lunged forward to pursue him. Realizing he was no match for Ye Fan, the middle-aged man threw two darts at Su Xue, who was standing to Ye Fan's left. To save her, Ye Fan was forced to shift his body and intercept the darts. By the time he had blocked them, the man had vanished.

Ye Fan returned to the thugs who had been beaten to the ground. He stepped on the face of a bald man and demanded, "Who are you?"

The bald man, his mouth bleeding, trembled and nodded frantically. "Spare me, sir! I’ll tell you. We were hired by Su Bai of the Su family to kill Su Xue!"

"Su Bai of the Su family?" Ye Fan roared, pressing his foot harder into the man’s face. "Tell me, who was that man with the tiger-head tattoo on his neck?"

The bald man, in agony, shook his head. "I swear, I don't know who he is, but I know he was also hired by Su Bai!"

Boom!

Ye Fan kicked the man aside and returned to Su Xue. "Su Xue, you weren't frightened, were you?"

Su Xue shook her head silently. "Ye Fan, who were those people? Why did they stop us?"

Because Ye Fan had moved her behind him to protect her, she hadn't heard the bald man reveal that Su Bai was the one behind the assassination attempt. To keep her at ease, Ye Fan said, "I asked them; they were just common thugs looking for money. Don't worry. Didn't you say you had to go to the company to arrange the next production plan? Let me take you there."

Su Xue nodded, and under Ye Fan's protection, she arrived at her Sanya Company. Ye Fan did not linger; he called Wang Jiu and ordered him to send men to guard Su Xue before turning to hunt down Su Bai.

The fact that Su Bai had paid to have his own half-sister assassinated, coupled with the mysterious tiger-head tattoo linked to the Ye family massacre, meant Ye Fan had no time to waste. He needed to cut through the mess and deal with Su Bai immediately.

Minutes after Ye Fan left, he received a call from the underground king, Wang Jiu. "Reporting, sir. We have found Su Bai’s location. He is at the Xiaoyao Residence on the fifth floor of the Xiaoyao Club in Yunzhou."

Ye Fan hung up and headed straight for the club.

The fifth floor was a luxuriously decorated suite. Su Bai sat in a chair, with two scantily clad women kneeling before him. He was looking at a photo of Su Xue, his face twisted in murderous rage. "Su Xue, you foolish wretch, you dare threaten my inheritance of the Su family estate? I will have you dead!"

Bang!

As he spoke, the door was kicked open by Ye Fan. Ye Fan raised an eyebrow. "With me here, don't even dream of it."

The two women, startled by the intrusion, fled the room. Su Bai hurriedly dressed himself and turned to face Ye Fan, shouting aggressively, "Ye Fan, you have a lot of nerve barging into the Xiaoyao Club!"

Slap!

Without waiting for Su Bai to react, Ye Fan struck him, drawing blood. Su Bai clutched his face, bellowing in rage, "How dare you hit me?"

Slap! Slap!

Ye Fan didn't hesitate, delivering two more heavy blows to his face.

Boom!

Ye Fan then kicked Su Bai to the ground and pressed his foot onto him, his voice and gaze icy. "Su Xue is your half-sister. Are you a heartless monster? How could you pay people to kill her? Why shouldn't I hit you?"

Boom! Boom!

Ye Fan delivered two more kicks, leaving Su Bai’s mouth a bloody mess. Terrified, Su Bai trembled uncontrollably, his voice shaking. "Ye Fan, I was wrong! I was just confused, that's why I did something against my sister. Please, for the sake of our sibling bond, spare me!"

Boom!

Ye Fan kicked him again, sending teeth and blood flying. "Now you talk about our sibling bond? When you paid people to hunt her down, did you think about that bond then?"

Ye Fan's eyes turned bloodshot. "Who is the man with the tiger-head tattoo on his neck?"

Su Bai nodded frantically. "Ye Fan, I don't know who he is! I borrowed him from Young Master Xu!"

"Which Young Master Xu?" Ye Fan demanded.

"Xu Fei, the young master of the Xu family! He’s the one representing Yunzhou commerce for the welcome banquet for the business president of the Shangjing nobility!" Su Bai whimpered, pleading, "I’ve told you everything I know! Please, spare my life!"

Ye Fan sneered, "Now you want me to spare your life? When you sent people to hunt Su Xue down, did you think about sparing hers?"

With that, Ye Fan brought his foot down, snapping Su Bai’s neck. In an instant, Su Bai collapsed, bleeding from his mouth, and died on the spot.

Su Xue was the woman Ye Fan would protect for the rest of his life. Whoever dared to touch her—it didn't matter who they were, and it didn't matter if they begged until the end of time—Ye Fan would never show mercy. To him, anyone who moved against Su Xue would die.