Unparalleled medical and martial arts skills, saving the CEO's fiancée at the start.

After signing the contract with Chen Shouye, Baizhi Valley's business finally stabilized.

Ye Chen continued to report to the security department every day, while Jiang Ruoxi began preparing for the second phase of products for the Yaowang Valley brand.

Life seemed to have been ironed out; even He Jianping said that the company had been unusually peaceful lately.

Ye Chen laughed at him: "You're the kind of person who can't stay still. When someone really comes to cause trouble one day, you'll definitely complain about your miserable life again."

He Jianping chuckled.

But the peaceful days didn't last long. A late-night phone call dragged Ye Chen out of bed again.

Around 2 a.m. that night, Ye Chen was sound asleep when his phone suddenly started vibrating incessantly.

Ye Chen touched it and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

He was afraid something had happened at Baizhi Valley, so he took the call.

There was a hissing noise on the other end of the phone, followed by a very low, hoarse voice saying, "Ye Chen, someone wants to kill you. Don't leave the valley before dawn."

Hang up when you're done.

Ye Chen suddenly sat up.

Jiang Ruoxi was also woken up, rubbing her eyes and asking, "Who is it?"

Ye Chen dialed the number back, but it was already switched off.

He put on his clothes, got out of bed, and walked to the window.

It was pitch black outside, and there wasn't a soul on the street.

He wasn't afraid of someone taking his life; what he feared was that the other party would target the people around him.

He immediately called Guipu and Song Tiezhu, and also told Ayiguli to lock Jiang Ruoxi's door.

Ye Chen shook his head: "You stay at home, I won't go far. I'll just take some people to walk around the villa and the area around the company. If anyone comes, I'll drag him in front of you and make him tell me who sent him."

Ye Chen led two veterans out the door.

The ghost servant had already circled halfway around the courtyard.

The old man had a keen sense of smell and said there was no sign of life nearby, but the black Passat parked on the street corner seemed a bit suspicious.

Ye Chen reached over and saw that the car was empty, with half a newspaper pressed under the windshield.

The ghost servant picked it up; a very thin blade was rolled up in the middle of the newspaper.

Ye Chen sneered: "It's the same old trick again. The black water's gone, but some delivery guys have shown up."

He didn't make a fuss, but had Song Tiezhu check the surveillance footage from the surrounding intersections.

Not long after, Song Tiezhu replied: The car arrived around 1 a.m. Two people got out of the car, stood in front of the Jiang family villa for about two minutes, and then left.

They left without turning on their headlights.

Judging from their body types, they are a man and a woman; the man is tall and thin, and the woman is short.

Ye Chen and the ghost servant exchanged a glance.

A man and a woman, both tall, thin, and short.

This duo is just like the elusive assassins in the martial arts world, "Skinny Crane" and "Bee Woman".

These two never reveal their true identities and rarely appear together in public, but once they make a move, they almost never fail.

Although Ye Chen had never met them, Su Qinghan had mentioned that the two were traitors from a martial arts school in the south in their early years, and were later bought by someone to work as assassins.

The ghost servant added, "If it really is them, then the buyer is someone important. Killers at this price are not something ordinary people can afford."

Ye Chen gripped the thin blade, wondering, "Who is it?"

Old Jiu is dead, Wen Jiuhong is dead, Qin Wuyi is in prison, and the old Blackwater troops have either scattered or been imprisoned.

Could there be some big fish who slipped through the net, hiding in deeper places, trying to collect their debts with money?

Before dawn, Ye Chen returned to the villa.

Jiang Ruoxi had already brewed the coffee. Her hand was steady as she handed it to him, and she only asked one question: "Is this for you, or for us?"

Ye Chen said, "Go after me? But you should also be careful. Starting today, I won't be going to the company. I'll work from home. The security department will have Lao He and Han Song keep a close eye on things. While you're at the company, Guli and Uncle Gui will take turns following you. We'll lure them out and then take them all out at once."

Jiang Ruoxi agreed: "I'll cooperate with you, but you have to promise me you won't try to be a hero all by yourself again."

Ye Chen laughed and said, "I have a family to support, I can't show off."

For three days in a row, Ye Chen stayed at home.

He practiced boxing, brewed medicine, and cooked for Jiang Ruoxi every day. His life seemed ordinary, but he always kept the Kuzhao Sword within easy reach.

On the fourth night, a fierce storm broke out.

A very faint sound suddenly came from the back wall of the villa, like a cat climbing over the wall.

Ye Chen was playing chess with Jiang Ruoxi in the living room. After placing a piece, he suddenly looked up and said, "You're here."

Jiang Ruoxi put down the chess piece, said nothing, and only gripped the small knife in her sleeve.

Ye Chen told her to go to the study on the second floor.

She hesitated for a moment, then got up and left.

Ye Chen gently pushed the chessboard aside, stood up, and pulled the Ku Zhao Sword from the corner of the wall.

The sword had no light under the lamp, yet it seemed to breathe.

He pushed open the back door, and raindrops immediately began to pelt down on his face.

In the courtyard, two figures, one tall and one short, stood in the rain.

It was as tall as a bamboo pole and ridiculously thin.

It was as short as a child, squatting by the flower bed.

Ye Chen didn't waste any words and made his move directly.

The sword pierced through the rain and collided with the tall man's short staff.

The man wielded an extremely thin iron-tipped staff, which was both fast and slippery.

Ye Chen changed his sword stance and turned to stab the shorter man.

The short man, like a raincoat billowing in the wind, lightly dodged aside and threw out a handful of silver needles as fine as cow hair.

Ye Chen dodged to the side and struck the tall man's chest with his left palm.

The tall man retreated hastily, his feet leaving two deep furrows in the wet ground.

Ye Chen pursued relentlessly, and the three fought fiercely in the courtyard, with rainwater flying wildly in the strong wind.

Jiang Ruoxi stood by the second-floor window, staring intently at the courtyard.

She suddenly saw the short man walk around the back window from the rain, trying to climb over the wall to come in.

Jiang Ruoxi didn't panic. As Ye Chen had instructed, she locked the windows and sprinkled the insect repellent powder Su Qinghan had given her on the windowsill and door cracks.

The shorter man paused for a moment upon smelling the odor.

In that instant, Ye Chen returned to the scene, severing the silver needle box from her wrist with a single sword stroke.

The short man yelled, rolled into the flower bed, and ran away through the side door.

The tall guy made a feint and then jumped over the wall and left.

Ye Chen did not give chase.

He stood in the rain, letting the rain wash away the sweat and blood from his face.

Ghost Servant and Song Tiezhu had already surrounded them and caught up with the two men.

Han Song also led his men to block the retreat route from the alley entrance.

Less than half an hour later, the two were cornered in a dead-end alley by the river and caught red-handed.

Ye Chen did not personally conduct the interrogation.

He went back to the house to see Jiang Ruoxi first.

Jiang Ruoxi was still standing by the window when she saw him come in, so she quickly grabbed a towel to wipe him down.

Ye Chen said, "It's alright, the person has been caught."

Jiang Ruoxi asked, "Is it them?"

Ye Chen said, "Skinny Crane and Bee Woman, I didn't expect someone would actually manage to get them."

Jiang Ruoxi frowned slightly: "Who invited them?"

Ye Chen said, "I'll go ask."

He changed into dry clothes and went out again.

The interrogation proceeded quickly.

The bee woman spoke first.

She said that an intermediary placed the order for them, and the deposit was twenty gold bars.

They had never met the buyer, but the middleman added, "Let Ye Chen die slowly, preferably in front of his woman."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's face turned ashen.

Ye Chen asked who the middleman was.

The bee woman said, "His name is Wu Fangzhu. He runs an ebony workshop in the south, and people on the street call him Wu Laosan."

Ye Chen had never heard of this name before.

Ghost Servant's expression changed: "Old Wu was Old Jiu's sworn brother when he was young. We pulled out seven lamps, but we missed him. He no longer cares about the old Blackwater troops, but he has money, people, and connections. Now that Old Jiu is dead, he is going to stand up for his brother."

Ye Chen slammed his hand on the table: "That's perfect, he gets one, I'll give him one."

Jiang Ruoxi, who was standing outside the door, slowly walked in and said, "I don't care who he is, as long as he dares to set his sights on you, he's going against the Jiang Group. Ye Chen, let's go and meet him."

Ye Chen looked at her and did not object.

He knew that this time, he had more than just a sword and courage behind him.

And her too.

There is her, and there are people like them.

No matter how big the storm, it can't capsize this ship.