Night fell like a veil, and the stars disappeared from the sky.

The city is ablaze with neon lights and bustling with traffic.

Ligang Building, Nancheng District, Huanyang City.

The building was brightly lit, with lights on on most of the floors, and people could be vaguely seen working inside through the glass windows.

—Knock knock!

A knock came at the door.

"Please come in."

Xue Wu looked up from in front of the screen and gestured for the person to come in.

The door was pushed open, and a young female employee wearing round-framed glasses approached carrying a stack of documents, gently placing the proposal on the corner of the table.

"Mr. Xue, this is the marketing department's next phase of promotion plan, which needs your approval."

Xue Wu hummed in agreement, took the document, and quickly flipped through it.

He paused his fingertip on the edge of the paper for a moment to make sure it was correct before signing his name at the end.

"By the way, Mr. Xue."

The female employee pushed up her glasses, a hint of excitement in her voice.

"The data for the first month of the 'Huihuan' app's launch is out, and the number of downloads by domestic users alone has exceeded one million."

Huihuan is a newly launched second-hand digital product trading platform by their company, and it is also the first platform of this type in China.

Although a lot of promotion was not invested before the launch due to funding issues, the response was good, which can be considered an unexpected success.

Xue Wu smiled slightly and handed back the signed document.

"Well done."

He leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the armrests.

"You've all worked hard, waiting until the end of the year..."

Before he could finish his pie-in-the-sky rhetoric, the phone on the corner of the table started vibrating.

The screen lights up, and a name pops up on the caller ID.

Xue Wu paused, then waved to the employee who was still standing there.

"You go ahead and get busy."

After the female employee left, close the door.

Xue Wucai picked up his phone and pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Dad!"

I don't know what the other side said.

Holding her phone, Xue Wu's calm expression revealed a hint of joy in her eyes.

"What? Mom made some progress? Okay, I got it, I'll be right back!"

After exchanging a few words...

Xue Wu put down her phone.

I turned my seat around and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window.

Huanyang City is ablaze with neon lights, bustling with traffic, and even in the distance, there are factories brightly lit.

The reflection on the mirror appears dull and unclear.

"I didn't expect to actually gain anything."

He murmured softly.

Just now during the call.

His father, Xue Hai, told him something.

His mother has made further progress in her investigation of the "Qingnang Fragment".

This is undoubtedly good news for him.

These past few days, he has been thinking about the problems with Hu Long.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he is Hu Zhao's boyfriend in name only.

But in reality, Hu Chengwen had spoken to her face-to-face because of family reasons.

The message was clear: they would not be allowed to marry until they had achieved something significant in their careers.

In addition, Hu Zhao is not one of those love-obsessed girls; she is a relatively traditional girl and listens to Hu Chengwen a lot.

This led to the two of them quickly establishing a relationship.

However, there was actually not much progress in the relationship between them.

They only held hands occasionally, and there was absolutely no further interaction.

This was something that greatly angered him.

However, he dared not use force, because he knew that the Hu family was not simple. If he really dared to do that, he would probably be dead and ashes would not be left the next day.

This is one of the reasons why he used that thing on Hu Long.

Because it didn't work on Hu Chengwen; the other party died, and even though he had a son, the family fortune still wouldn't fall into his hands.

Once Hu Long dies, he can marry into the Hu family and seize their vast fortune.

As for Hu Yu, who was only one year old, he didn't take him seriously at all, but he would have to deal with him sooner or later.

But it is different now.

If his mother truly possessed the power described in the records, then wealth and power would be within her grasp.

At that time, all of the Hu family's wealth will be in his pocket.

Thinking about this...

He had no patience to wait any longer, so he stood up, went out, and went to an office on another floor.

"What's the matter?"

Hu Zhao looked up at Xue Wu.

I picked up the coffee that had gone a little cold and took a sip.

I asked casually.

"My mother had some trouble; she accidentally fell, so I might have to go back."

Xue Wu said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this...

Hu Zhao put down his coffee and asked with some concern.

"Are you alright, Auntie? Do you need me to go with you?"

"It's nothing, a minor issue. I just finished the call, I'll check it myself when I get back. The company is at a critical time, you can't leave."

Xue Wudao.

He naturally couldn't take Hu Zhao back with him.

"Okay, remember to let me know if anything comes up."

Hu Zhao thought about it and didn't insist.

Firstly, the company is at a critical juncture and cannot function without people; even she, the boss, often needs to work overtime.

Secondly, she didn't really like her nominal future "mother-in-law." Although they had only met once, the other party always made her feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, judging from Xue Wu's appearance, it shouldn't be anything serious.

Then.

Xue Wu left the company, took the elevator to the underground parking garage, and drove away from the company towards his hometown.

Huanyang City is not far from Wushan, where his hometown is located.

Xue Wu took the highway, which was only a little over 200 kilometers away.

It took less than two hours to reach Wushan.

Following the mountain path, we soon entered the village.

It is around 10 o'clock at the moment.

At this time of day, the city lights are on and the nightlife is just beginning.

But for rural people, it's time to rest.

The village was quiet late at night, thanks to its development into a tourist village.

The village has also installed some streetlights, so it's not completely dark.

Several barks echoed through the night.

Xue Wu didn't make a fuss and drove the car to her doorstep.

He opened the car door and got out.

For some reason, their house is located in a relatively remote area, several hundred meters away from the nearest neighbor.

When Xue Wu arrived at his doorstep, he found that the iron gate was half open.

He pushed open the door, went inside, and closed it.

Upon entering the courtyard, I saw that the lights in the room were on.

"dad!"

Xue Wu called out.

next second.

There seemed to be figures moving inside.

Then, Xue Hai's voice rang out.

"Is that Xue Wu back? Come here quickly, your mother encountered some trouble while practicing her martial arts."

As they were talking.

Liu's cough could still be heard coming from inside the house.

"Huh? What's going on!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Wu was taken aback. Without thinking much, she quickly took two steps and pushed open the door.

However, just as the door opened a crack...

An arm, like a venomous snake, darted out from the side, its five fingers precisely locking onto his neck. With a forceful tug, he was dragged in without any resistance.

Before he could see the attacker's face clearly, darkness descended upon him.

—Click!

With a sharp crack, the lenses of the glasses on his face shattered.

Immediately afterwards, a tremendous force slammed into his right eye socket, as if his entire skull was about to be shattered by the punch!

Xue Wu felt as if a red-hot iron spike was piercing his brain.

He tried to scream, but the hand gripping his neck was like an iron clamp, preventing him from making any sound. He almost fainted on the spot from suffocation.

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