At this time, there was a commotion at the entrance of the bar.
More than twenty people who looked like the Royal Guards walked in.
Qiao Ying took the opportunity to say to Qin Hanyue on the phone, "Wait for my message."
Then she hung up the call.
The noisy bar suddenly quieted down: "The Duke is looking for someone, please cooperate." They were here to investigate.
They quickly sprang into action.
The leader caught sight of Qiao Ying drinking by herself at the bar counter at a glance.
"I haven't seen you before, you don't seem to be a local resident, where are you from? When did you come here? Do you have your ID card..."
The leader came up and asked Qiao Ying questions in English.
Qiao Ying took out her ID card that she carried with her and gave it to the other party.
This ID card was reissued after Qiao Ying had lost weight. After looking it over, there was no problem, so the leader gave Qiao Ying her ID card back.
And continued with the previous few questions.
Pretty diligent, but at the moment Qiao Ying just wanted to sit quietly and have a drink, so she called Lin Cheng.
"Boss Lin, you can call your people off."
"Have you found your friend?"
"No, I'm waiting for them to take the initiative to find me."
"Okay, got it. Contact me anytime if you need anything."
Qiao Ying had just finished the call when the leader hadn't questioned Qiao Ying again yet, and the Bluetooth in his ear made a sound.
The leader was responding to the person on the other end of the Bluetooth, while quietly sizing up Qiao Ying. Finally, he took a metal badge representing his identity from his body and handed it to Qiao Ying.
"The Duke told me to give this to you. With this badge you can go in and out of anywhere freely."
Then he left with his men.
Not long after, Qiao Ying walked out of the bar with the badge.
When Boss Lin's people withdrew, the world calmed down again. She went to a restaurant to eat, after eating her fill she checked into a hotel to rest.
Qiao Ying charged her phone and video called Qiao Yi.
"How did you get hurt on your face too?" Qiao Ying saw a bruise on Qiao Yi's fair and delicate face, and couldn't help but frown.
"If you get disfigured, how will you get married in the future."
"Sis, you can still joke around at a time like this. Hurry up and have Qin ask Big Brother to come get you back, Big Brother Qin will go rescue Sack, how can you rescue someone as a girl? And Old Brother Bai said those people came specifically for you, it's too dangerous." Qiao Yi was worried to death.
Qiao Ying raised her brow: "Big Brother Qin? When did you start calling him that?"
Qiao Yi wanted to say: You really know how to nitpick.
"This morning..." As Qiao Yi spoke, she silently turned the camera to let Qin Hanyue, who was in the ward, come into view, hoping that Qin Hanyue would persuade Qiao Ying to come back.
It was still afternoon in China at this time, on a weekday. Qin Hanyue was not at the company, but was keeping vigil at the hospital instead.
The two gazed at each other across the screen without saying anything for a moment.
Just a while ago at the bar she had ruthlessly rejected him coming to find her, and now seeing him, Qiao Ying rarely felt a little awkward.
An indescribable feeling.
It was still Qin Hanyue who broke this not so good atmosphere first, reminding her: "Be extra careful."
There was no tantrum or unhappiness in his eyes, only worry.
"Mm." Qiao Ying nodded slightly, without saying more.
After hanging up the video, Qiao Ying felt a little depressed. If Qin Hanyue knew she was Xue Ying, would he still always worry for no reason like this?
The next day, Qiao Ying went out as if nothing had happened, holding the badge in her hand. She could enter places that were not open to the public.
It was like she had come to travel.
Even though she sensed someone stalking her in the dark, Qiao Ying didn't take the initiative to attack, just waiting for the other party to deflate first.
For two days in a row, Qiao Ying strolled and sightseeing during the day, relaxing at the bar at night. She didn't look for them herself, nor did she ask Lin Cheng to help find them, as if she had completely forgotten about the existence of Sack.
An Ying couldn't make up her mind about her, and finally took the initiative to show up.
In the bar,
the heavy metal music was noisy, a mosh pit on the dance floor.
Qiao Ying sat at the bar counter, when suddenly a gaze full of killing intent looked straight at her. So Qiao Ying looked over.
She saw a man standing up there on the second floor, looking at her.
Then he turned around and left.
Qiao Ying finished her drink, got up and followed him.
Qiao Ying was led all the way back to that slum, in an abandoned factory building, she saw the kidnapped Sack.
A two-fingers thick rope tied Sack’s hands, hanging Sack from the high corrugated iron roof.
The other end of the rope was tied to the railing on the second floor.
The person was motionless, life or death unknown. It was too high, and with the dim lighting, Qiao Ying could not see Sack’s condition clearly.
But underneath where Sack was, the spots and dots of dripping blood on the ground were visible. Qiao Yi said Sack's arm had been stabbed by a dagger. Being hung so high like this, even if he didn't die, in the end he would be disabled without medical treatment.
Clearly, in this silent contest, neither side had won - Sack had been tortured, and An Ying had also failed to take advantage of Sack to completely restrain Qiao Ying.
On the second floor viewing platform, two people stood.
Yue Ying and Zhu Ying, old friends, whose abilities ranked just below Dao Ying.
"Our leader wants to talk to you." Zhu Ying turned the computer screen in his hand towards Qiao Ying.
Qiao Ying's cold gaze retracted from Sack and lowered to look at the second floor.
On the screen, a man appeared, sitting in a chair.
The man’s face had been technologically processed, his features blocked, only the silhouette of his upper body could be seen.
But just from that silhouette alone, Qiao Ying also recognized him, An Ying’s leader - JOKER.
The man on the screen looked Qiao Ying up and down carefully, then spoke, "We finally meet." His voice had also been processed.
At this moment Qiao Ying's face was very cold, silently watching him.
Seeing that familiar look in Qiao Ying's eyes, JOKER felt surprised inwardly and said, "You and Xue Ying really look alike."
With one sentence, all the An Ying assassins present were shocked.
JOKER: "We have no enmity, your hostility towards my An Ying is because of Xue Ying? Did she make you do this?"
Qiao Ying’s clenched jaw moved slightly, fury burning.
Seeing Qiao Ying silent, JOKER went on, "I regret Xue Ying’s death very much, but that was her fate."
"I don't know what she told you, but no matter what she said, I think you should be clear about An Ying's strength. I don't want you as an enemy, maybe we can negotiate peace.”
“If we keep fighting like this, it will undoubtedly hurt both sides. What my An Ying lacks least is assassins."
"While you have family, classmates, friends, a single Black Water mercenary was able to lead you here, leaving you no time for anything else. I can now send people to Yun City, Capital City, to kill everyone around you."
"Why sacrifice yourself for a Xue Ying who is already dead? If one does not stand for oneself, Heaven's wrath and punishment of earth will befall them. Think it over carefully.”
It was negotiation, it was also threat.
The unyielding Qiao Ying resented threats the most.
She disdainfully sneered coldly, "You don't even dare show your face, yet you dare threaten people?"
JOKER: "You say it's a threat? So you are determined to avenge Xue Ying?"
"As enemies with the entire An Ying, are you sure?"
Qiao Ying: "Before you guys caught Sack, I hadn't thought of making the whole An Ying keep Xue Ying company after death."
The killing aura in Qiao Ying’s eyes surged wildly, a dagger slipped out of her sleeve, her tone suddenly icy cold: "Now, you will all have to die!"
