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Chapter 544: Stamping About in Fury

Had it been in the past, Tang Xiu's first reaction would be to escape and look for a solid shelter. But now, he didn't care about sniper bullets at all. Though he did feel a threatening feeling, he could face it with ease, for he was fully confident of being able to evade the bullets of the opposite party. Even if there was hard resistance, he believed that the bullets couldn't penetrate his skin, much less injury him.

This confidence was brought by the surge in his cultivation level. After having gone through a fortuitous encounter in the ancient tomb, his strength had soared by more than 100 times. And, perhaps, he had already surpassed the level of Shao Mingzhen and Miao Wentang.

Those who aim at me with their muzzles are as good as dead!

With his eagle-like sharp vision, Tang Xiu shot a look at the opposite building. Like a tidal wave, his spiritual sense spread out toward the direction of the opposite building and instantly discovered the targets who were behind the windows of a tenth floor room. Two silver needles instantly appeared on his hands. His fingers flicked, as the two silver needles streaked across the sky and accurately pierced the spot between the eyebrows of the two snipers that were 100 meters away from him.

He snorted coldly. He didn't even want to check whether the two men had completely died, and just casually organized his collar. After taking back his spiritual sense, he then walked toward the coming car.

"Take me to the docks," said Tang Xiu calmly after taking a seat.

Bright Pearl Harbor of Jingmen Island was a large dock. Aside from luxury passenger ships and yachts, there were also heavy cargo ships. The liner prepared by the Everlasting Feast Hall was precisely anchored here.

"Grand Master!"

Gu Xiaoxue immediately came out from the luxury liner after obtaining the news of Tang Xiu's arrival. The liner was tens of meters long and was able to accommodate at least 100 people on board, although it was not a large liner. At this time, there was no attendants on board, only the Everlasting Feast Hall's people.

Operating this luxury liner was an easy task for the dozens experts of the Everlasting Feast Hall. Everyone aboard the ship, including the chef, were all experts of the restaurant.

"Are you all ready?" Asked Tang Xiu calmly after boarding the luxury liner.

"Yeah, we're all ready." Gu Xiaoxue nodded. "We can set sail at any time. It will only take eleven hours to reach Clam Island if the weather is good, so we'll arrive there about tomorrow in the morning."

Tang Xiu nodded, "Get ready to sail!"

Sheraton Hotel's grand banquet hall…

The charity party had concluded and the guests were leaving. However, more than ten experts of the Yao Family still wandered, lingering around the rest area in the corner and looking confused. Their eyes were fixated on Yao Xinhua, who looked to be in a deep sleep, but no one dared to wake him up.

"What happened?"

Ouyang Lei had sent away a group of guests and was a bit drunk. A strange expression appeared on his face after seeing Yao Xinhua and the Yao Family's men.

An expert of the Yao Family shook his head and said, "It's our young master. He seems to be asleep."

Ouyang Lei was at a loss between laughter and tears, "To think he can sleep in this occasion, your young master is really a wonderful marvel. Anyways, the charity party is over, just wake him up! You should have rented a room in the hotel if you're sleepy, why did you have to sleep here?"

The several experts of the Yao Family looked embarrassed. One of them nodded slightly, as he went to Yao Xinhua and called out, "Young Master, we should leave."

There was no movement, Yao Xinhua still remained asleep and didn't move at all.

The eyebrows of that Yao Family's expert furrowed. He then touched Yao Xinhua with his hands and his complexion suddenly changed after realizing that there was no response. He exerted more strength to shake Yao Xinhua's body, but the result was still the same.

"Not good, something's wrong!"

Immediately, several experts of the Yao Family gathered around and looked panicked. They were experts of the Yao Family who were responsible to protect Yao Xinhua's safety. Severe punishment would be waiting for them if something happened to him.

Ouyang Lei walked over and frowned. He tried to shake Yao Xinhua's body several times, and then immediately said after realizing that there was no response, "Instead of being drunk, he seems to be… call 120 immediately, and have the hospital's rescuer staff quickly come here."

The expert of the Yao Family who first discovered the condition of Yao Xinhua stretched his hand out to pick him up and said in a heavy voice, "Calling 120 is not needed. We'll immediately send the Young Master to the hospital. Let's go."

"I'll go with you," said Ouyang Lei quickly.

Ouyang Lei perfectly realized that this matter couldn't be separated from his family, as it happened in their charity party. No to mention that he also wanted to know what happened to Yao Xinhua, so he followed them.

An hour later, at the First Public Hospital of Jingmen Island, president Zhuang Yuanxiu frowned deeply. He read the information about Yao Xinhua's physical examination report and couldn't speak for a long time.

"What exactly is the situation of our Young Master, Dr. Zhuang?" Asked an expert of the Yao Family.

"The results from the examination show that his body is very healthy. We can't find a reason as to why he remains unconscious." Zhuang Yuanxiu shook his head and forced a smile. "Thus, we must conduct a comprehensive examination on him, but it will take much time and I'm afraid we can only have the full results tomorrow morning."

"President Zhuang, our Young Master's life won't be in danger, right?" Asked the Yao Family's expert rapidly.

"It's hard to say. Through the routine inspections we found his life is not in danger. On the contrary, his body is very healthy and there's no injury at all." Zhuang Yuanxiu shook his head. "However, his comatose state is very unnatural, and I can't say for sure about the specific situation he's in right now. I need to perform a comprehensive examination before I can make a diagnosis."

That Yao Family's expert was silent for a moment, and then nodded, "Then we'll have to trouble President Zhuang. I'll immediately relay the situation to the family. I hope that your hospital's staff can produce the examination results faster."

"Rest assured!" Zhuang Yuanxiu replied and turned his head to look at Ouyang Lei.

"President Zhuang, you can say freely if you have something that the Ouyang Family can render our assistance to," said Ouyang Lei.

"Not for the time being. Please have a rest first, all of you! Give the patient to us and the hospital to take care of. I've instructed the person-in-charge of the Inpatient Department to send a team to look after him 24/7."

"All right. Thanks for the hard work."

Ouyang Lei acted very polite and exchanged a few words with the Yao Family's people before taking his leave. Since the hospital had yet to find what's wrong with Yao Xinhua, then him staying wouldn't have much meaning. Furthermore, he didn't like Yao Xinhua. Not because of Yao Xinhua's arrogant personality, but mainly because he was the mortal enemy of his future brother-in-law.

Late at night, in a certain upscale villa complex in Jingmen Island, a Mercedes-Benz Sedan slowly entered the area and drove through the electric gate in an open villa. The driver opened the rear seat door and respectfully escorted Ouyang Lei out of the car. Ouyang Lei was still a bit drunk, but the cool breeze helped restore his spirit.

"Strange, how come the lights are already on?" Ouyang Lei whispered. After telling the chauffeur to leave, he strode inside and went directly to the villa's living room. He had been living his life in a very low-key manner despite being the young master and future successor of the Ouyang Family; only a few people knew about this secret residence of his.

"Sister Chang?"

Ouyang Lei looked around. The housekeeper, Sister Chang, used to wait for him in the living room. But today she wasn't here, thus the foreboding feeling inside his heart grew more intense. Cautiously, he walked to the left corridor and knocked on door of the room where Sister Chang usually stayed. There was no response at all, thus he immediately pushed the door open. He found the lights lit but no one inside.

"Where's she?" Ouyang Lei frowned. The foreboding that filled his heart turned into a bad premonition. However, when he returned and went to the next room's door, he immediately discovered Sister Chang asleep in the guest room bed.

His tight heart suddenly relaxed. He smiled, shook his head and turned away to leave, heading to the second floor. There, he habitually opened the door to the study room, but his pupils abruptly shrunk as a panicked look filled his eyes upon seeing the scene inside.

Everything inside the study room was a mess, and things were fallen over everywhere. Of the things he particularly cherished, the expensive writing set had been carelessly thrown to the floor and the ink was spilled on the floor. The study room's bookcases had its doors opened and the books on it were messed up, and even many of them were discarded on the floor.

A thief!!!

Ouyang Lei dashed toward the cloakroom. When he saw that the cloakroom had been similarly turned upside down, he instantly sprinted to the innermost wardrobe.

"FUCK!"

All the clothes in the wardrobe had been randomly thrown everywhere. On the cabinet wall, the hidden safe had been left open, and all the extremely highly valuable items had vanished. He may get distressed over the gold, jewelry, and antiques, but it was still within the limits he could bear. But… there were the very important account books of the Ouyang Family in the safe, and the contents recorded in those account books contained some businesses of the Ouyang Family that must not be exposed to light.

"This is a huge problem!"

Ouyang Lei's lips quivered, and the effect of wine on him was completely obliterated. After taking a few deep breaths, he quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed a cell number.

"Father, an accident happened. My house was burglarized by a thief and, not only all the valuable things were stolen, even the account books I use to record the important businesses of our family were also stolen. Once… once the records on those account books are exposed, the Ouyang Family will be in for a huge trouble."

"Curse it!" Ouyang Wenzhen's angry voice was heard cursing in the phone.


Half an hour later, Ouyang Wenzhen, leading dozens of Ouyang Family's experts, caught up. When he saw the ghastly pale Ouyang Lei, who looked panicked and alarmed, he sternly shouted, "Tell me everything! You must not miss even half a word. And tell me, why the hell did you record so many important account books of our family in a place with such a bad security in the first place?"

Chapter 545: Panicked and Confounded

With a bitter expression, Ouyang Lei explained about the situation he found after returning tonight, and then said, "The account books were actually kept here for a few years, because I think this place is the safest and most covert place. Who would have thought…"

"Who would have thought?" Ouyang Wenzhen angrily yelled. "Who would have thought that a thief would appear here, huh? I thought you were a cautious and prudent person. I didn't expect you to… You really tick me off! If we can't retrieve the account books or the records are exposed, Ouyang Family will suffer a huge blow. Even those who have been eyeing us will surely strike at that time!"

"What are we going to do then, Father?" Asked Ouyang Lei with a panicked expression.

Taking a deep breath, Ouyang Wenzhen tried to calm his anger and said, "What to do, you ask? I must first find that thief who stole the account books even if I must turn the whole Jingmen Island upside down. The most important of all is to find and get those account books back. Also, inform all those in-charge of our gray businesses to immediately suspend their operations. Destroy everything that must not be exposed, and tell them to lay low!"

Repeatedly nodding in response, Ouyang Lei thought deeply for a while and then asked, "Do we inform Lulu about this? Tell her to suspend the operations of her Paradise Club's business?"

"Is there any records related to the Paradise Club in your account books?" Asked Ouyang Wenzhen in a deep voice after pausing for a while.

"None, but I'm afraid…" Ouyang Lei shook his head.

Ouyang Wenzhen nodded, "Then, inform her! Although the Paradise Club was established by Lulu, it's also an industry belonging to the Ouyang Family. Now that our account books are lost, if someone were to make a fuss about anything related to our family, I'm afraid each and every of our businesses will be targeted by them."

"I understand." Ouyang Lei nodded and forced a smile. "Today was really strange. Tang Xiu came uninvited to the charity banquet, and the young master of the Yao Family—Yao Xinhua fell into a strange comatose state. And now this happened in my own place… This feels… abnormal…"

"What is this abnormality you're speaking about?" Ouyang Wenzhen frowned.

The previous scenes flashed inside Ouyang Lei's eyes. As though recalling something, he immediately took out his mobile phone and called Tang Xiu. He was left extremely depressed upon finding that his phone was turned off.

"Father, I'm going to the Everlasting Feast Hall," said Ouyang Lei in a deep voice.

"What are you gonna do there?" Asked Ouyang Wenzhen.

"I suspect that the burglary and the stolen things here must be related with the Everlasting Feast Hall. Precisely speaking, it must be related to Tang Xiu," said Ouyang Lei.

"Why do you say that?" Asked Ouyang Wenzhen.

"The bizarre incidents that took place today, I think all of them have something to do with Tang Xiu, for he suddenly came to attend the charity party today," Ouyang Lei said. "I was planning to take him to you after the banquet ended, only to find that he had left early on. You should also know the relation between the Yao and Tang Families. And the place where Yao Xinhua fell into a comatose state, it was precisely the innermost corner's rest area where Tang Xiu was staying. Also, I still clearly remember that Tang Xiu told a young man next to him to memorize my face because I always call him s my prospective brother-in-law. He gave the young man one night to do something and even said to make me see him tomorrow morning."

With a strange expression, Ouyang Wenzhen inquired, "You always call Tang Xiu your future brother-in-law?"

"Yeah, that's what I call him." Ouyang Lei said with an awkward expression. "It's because of Lulu. She's so adamant and vehemently says that she must marry Tang Xiu. She even gave up and left the Paradise Club and took all of her money to Shanghai, to open a restaurant manor or something. Her purpose was so clear that it can be tacitly understood. Hence, I thought of Tang Xiu not as an outsider, treating him like a close relative."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Wenzhen was at a loss between laughter and tears, "That's really ridiculous! The prospective future son-in-law of the Ouyang Family? I myself have never seen him, is this what you're supposed to do? Whether your younger sister likes him, that's her business, but you of all people can't force him to marry Lulu. If what you said is really true, then it may be Tang Xiu who made this prank to troll us. In this case, I'll accompany you to the Everlasting Feast Hall. After meeting him it will be very clear to us whether Tang Xiu is really the one behind it."

"But father, is it really appropriate that a prospective future father-in-law to see his prospective son-in-law? It's fine going by myself. I'll drag him over and you can ask him whatever you want."

"You still have the guts to joke at this time? You know how important those account books are to our Ouyang Family, don't you? Stop saying rubbish and follow me!" Ouyang Wenzhen chided.

One o'clock in the night, a dozen cars stopped at the outermost gate of the Everlasting Feast Hall. Four stalwart men with cold expressions looked at Ouyang Lei, who came out of the car, and said in a cold voice, "Mr. Ouyang, the Everlasting Feast Hall is not opened for guests at this time. If you want to dine here, please come back tomorrow morning."

"I didn't come here to dine, I came to find Tang Xiu," said Ouyang Lei.

The stalwart man knitted his brows, "Have you made an appointment?"

"No, but I have a very important matter that I need to speak with him." Ouyang Lei shook his head. "I must see him immediately."

The stalwart man shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry. If you don't have an appointment, I can't allow you to enter. Please come back again tomorrow morning if you have something to speak to him."

"If it wasn't for Tang Xiu turning his mobile phone off, did you think that I'd come here personally?" Ouyang Lei was incensed. "Don't bullshit me. Contact him immediately and tell him that I have something important that I need to see him about. Also, tell him to come to see me."

The stalwart man shook his head and said, "Even though I want to inform the Boss, but he hasn't come back yet, so I can do nothing about it."

"Tang Xiu hasn't come back yet?" Asked Ouyang Lei.

"Yes!" The stalwart man nodded.

"Tang Xiu hasn't come back, but Gu Xiaoxue should have come back by now, right?" Asked Ouyang Lei.

"Our Little Boss isn't back yet as well," said the stalwart man.

"You're lying to me, aren't you?" Ouyang Lei angrily yelled. "Tang Xiu is my future brother-in-law. He'll become a family member of our Ouyang house. Now, I have important things that I need to see him about, and yet you guys are obstructing me. Tang Xiu will definitely punish you later. Allow us to pass immediately, we must go inside."

"This…" The stalwart man naturally knew that Ouyang Lei was Ouyang Lulu's biological brother, and was also aware that the relationship between Ouyang Lulu and his Boss was out of the ordinary. Even the relationship between the Little Boss—Gu Xiaoxue and Ouyang Lulu was akin to sisters.

"What's up here?"

The patrol team of the Everlasting Feast Hall arrived, as a middle-aged man whose rank was slightly higher came forward and asked in a deep voice. The stalwart man then explained the situation, and even said the relationship between Ouyang Lei and Tang Xiu.

The middle-aged man looked at Ouyang Lei with a smiling face and said, "Mr. Ouyang, properly speaking, I shouldn't reveal the whereabouts of my Boss. But since you're not an outsider, then I might as well tell you. Our Boss and Little Boss are currently sailing to the sea tonight, and I don't know when they'll return."

"They are going to the sea?" Ouyang Lei frowned. "What are they doing so late at night at sea?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "That I don't know! But what I just told you is the truth."

Ouyang Lei fell into silence for a while before he walked back to the car and reported the situation to Ouyang Wenzhen, as the latter then finally said, "Assign someone to stay and wait for Tang Xiu. Report immediately once he comes back. As for us, let's go back first."

"Understood!"

At this time, amid the groove of trees a few tens of meters away from the gate, Yang Le clammed a toothpick on the corner of his mouth, as a faint smile outlined on his handsome face. He had indeed spent quite some time and energy to find Ouyang Lei's residence and 'did' something there. The result seemed to be very good as it even made Ouyang Lei bring a lot of people and come here so late at night.

Pity that Tang Xiu has already gone to the sea, though. Ouyang Lei, even if you come back early tomorrow, I'm afraid you still won't be able to see him. Hahaha... just agonize for a while!

Yang Le muttered to himself and then disappeared into the woods with a grin.

However, just as he had left for half a minute and was not across the woods yet, a large hand stretched out from behind a tree and grabbed his neck from the back.

"If you don't want to die, then stay still."

A deep and low voice sounded behind Yang Le.

Despite being strong mentally, Yang Le was still scared out of his wits and shocked due to the sudden incident. He was very confident in his skills, more so toward his topmost ability in hiding and concealment. But he didn't expect that he, who was always extremely alert, didn't sense the slightest presence of the opposite party.

"No, don't misunderstand me!" Yang Le's voice somewhat shivered as he raised his hands in an instant. "I'm Tang Xiu's friend, a VIP guest of the Everlasting Feast Hall."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three ghostly figures flashed, and the iron-clamping hand was removed from the back of Yang Le's neck. These three experts of the Everlasting Feast Hall were the ones on patrol duty and surrounded Yang Le in the middle of a triangle battle formation. One of them scrutinized Yang Le before he cupped his fist and said, "Mr. Yang, I'm sorry. But the Everlasting Feast Hall has a rule that it's not allowed to stroll out of the accommodations area in the middle of the night. It's just that your stealthy movements back then made us unable to find you earlier."

Yang Le rubbed the back of his neck. He sized up the three men with a scared and frightened look, and then forced a smile and said, "What are you people in the Everlasting Feast Hall? Monsters? I'm a famous godly thief, yet I feel that after meeting you guys, all of you are more suitable than me in this sneaking about business, no?"

"Sorry!" The big man replied once again.

Squeezing out a bitter smile, Yang Le waved his hand and said, "Before Tang Xiu left, he told me the many customs of your Everlasting Feast Hall. Forget it, since you forbid me to stroll around late at night, then I'll go back to sleep. Remember not to tell anyone about me, though."

"I understand!" The big man nodded.





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