Li Chen returned to the villa at top speed and, finding Lin Yi’s room quiet, he finally relaxed.
Just as he was about to lay down on the bed to rest for a while, he suddenly felt a chill behind him.
Years of experiences outside had honed his alertness; even the slightest hint of danger would raise his hackles.
And now, he was experiencing that exact sensation.
Someone was behind him—a master!
Li Chen turned around slowly. At this moment, he could only rely on deep breaths to calm his emotions. His body was too weak, lacking the capacity to react to danger.
"Phew... Aunt Wang, it’s you?"
Indeed, standing at the door of Li Chen’s room was Aunt Wang.
Aunt Wang had a faint smile on her face, seemingly harmless, but the alert that Li Chen had felt a moment ago told him that there was more to Aunt Wang than met the eye.
"Son-in-law, I saw you going out in the middle of the night and was a bit worried, so I decided to check on you. Are you all right?"
Aunt Wang’s question was filled with concern—seemingly genuine.
Li Chen suddenly felt that his marriage might not be as simple as it seemed. A nanny giving him an inscrutable feeling was unexpected.
"Oh... It’s fine, I just went out for a walk. I’m back now, aren’t I?"
Li Chen’s condition wasn’t great. Anyone with a bit of martial arts training could tell that his Qi-blood was in disarray; he was seriously injured.
However, Aunt Wang didn’t seem intent on delving deeper, merely commenting, "As long as you’re okay."
After seeing Aunt Wang out, Li Chen immediately closed the door to his room and rushed to the bathroom to vomit fresh blood.
On the first floor of the villa, where Aunt Wang lived, Lin Yi and Li Chen resided on the second floor.
At this time, in her own room, Aunt Wang made a phone call.
"Master, the young mistress brought back a man today, and... they even got married?"
Aunt Wang communicated this with some caution but without a hint of groveling.
"What? She... she’s trying to kill me with anger!"
A flustered voice came from the other end of the line, and it belonged to an elderly man.
"Master, please don’t get angry too quickly. I’ve looked into the young mistress’s recent behavior, and it seems unusual. I suspect their marriage isn’t ordinary..."
"That’s good to hear! Aunt Wang, you’ve been with me for forty years. You should know that Little Yi has a marriage arrangement. Although the other party hasn’t mentioned it lately, what if they bring it up again? What Little Yi is doing will drive the Lin Family to ruin!"
"I understand. You’re talking about the Li Family from Yanjing, right? Master, forgive my presumptuousness, but that Li Family’s young man has been missing since he was three. How easy would it be to find him? Besides, Little Yi... she..."
Aunt Wang was someone who could refer to Lin Yi by her nickname.
"That’s not acceptable! If she can’t marry that boy, she must marry someone from the Li Family! From birth, she was destined to be part of the Li Family, and nobody can change that! I entrust this matter to you. Whatever it takes, get rid of the man Little Yi brought home. If push comes to shove, don’t hesitate to employ other methods!"
Hearing these words, Aunt Wang’s expression shifted slightly.
What could she say when the old man on the phone had spoken thus?
After hanging up, she hesitated.
"That Li Chen, he seems to be no ordinary guy, and he has a good temperament too. If the young lady were to be with him, it would be quite nice, but..."
"Forget it, this isn’t something this old woman can meddle in. In the upcoming months, the families in Yanjing will certainly be too preoccupied to help. Let’s just cover for you for a few months first!"
Li Chen was completely unaware that he had been marked and someone was planning to drive him away.
At this moment, he was meditating on the bed. Fortunately, he had just coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood, getting rid of all the congested blood in his body, otherwise, his health would have been worse.
Even so, three hours later, he still felt a sense of weakness.
It’s been a long time since he was this seriously injured. The dozen men who took the zombie drug were truly terrifying in terms of combat power. Combined with the poison from Sicalin in Lin Yi’s body, even though he was known as the King of the Netherworld, he was still human after all, not a god.
Thinking back on the day’s events, Li Chen slowly figured out what had happened.
It was clear that Lin Yi’s poisoning with Sicalin’s toxin was no accident, it was intentional. And then there was the emergence of Shouzi Shenglang.
What kind of strength did Shouzi Shenglang possess? Li Chen was very clear about that. Even if Shouzi Shenglang wanted to kill him and take his place, it wouldn’t be easy, not with his laboratory, which wasn’t something Shouzi Shenglang could just destroy.
Having an inside man was one thing, but what could Shouzi Shenglang offer to turn Wolf Dog and Ghost King against him? Wolf Dog wasn’t doing badly by his side, he had even won over Alice, and with his own strength and status, he was practically a king in North America.
As for the Ghost King, there was even less need to mention. After working with him for so long, his status was even higher than Wolf Dog’s. What reason would they have to betray him?
Whatever conditions Shouzi Shenglang could offer, he could match!
In fact, Li Chen still had one doubt in his mind, which was how the Ghost King and Wolf Dog managed to get here.
Alice had reported to him that his laboratory was just recently destroyed. His laboratory was unimaginably far from Huaxia, it would take about eighteen hours by plane...
Could it be that Alice deceived him?
Impossible, anyone might deceive him, but not Alice.
Li Chen hadn’t forgotten the circumstances under which he had taken in Alice. At that time, in the United States, Alice was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, begging on the streets with her sister, who was about seven or eight years old.
It was he who gave them hope to live, he who gave them a bright future.
And Alice hadn’t let him down. In management, she had demonstrated unmatched talent.
Alice had saved him, and he had saved her; they could be said to be very good friends.
Although Li Chen’s judgment wasn’t the best in the world, he had no doubts about Alice.
With that thought, he immediately got out of bed and turned on his computer again.
On the other side, Alice had quickly tidied up her appearance. She wasn’t as disheveled as before, but one could vaguely see the busy figures behind her.
The laboratory had been destroyed, and it would take a large sum of money to rebuild it, especially the research materials and personnel, the losses were substantial.
"Alice, tell me, when the laboratory was destroyed, were Wolf Dog and Ghost King really there?"
Li Chen asked as soon as he saw her.
"They were there, definitely there! I even clashed with the Ghost King, there’s no mistaken it!"
Alice said with certainty.
"Then... Alice, I have something to tell you, because... just now, I killed the Ghost King!"