"About how much longer until they arrive?" Qin Yi asked.
"Shouldn't be too long now!"
Xiong Zhentian checked his phone for the time and replied.
Xiong Zhentian had discovered that the woman who was almost violated by Huang Mao's father and was rescued by Qin Zhanlong was from Haicheng, and her residence was not far from them.
Therefore, he had sent his subordinates to pick her up, and she would be back soon.
"Brother Xiong, Xiao Ma is back..."
Just as Xiong Zhentian finished speaking, a subordinate came in to report.
Following that, another subordinate brought in a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties.
Unsurprisingly, this middle-aged woman was the very one Qin Zhanlong had rescued back then.
"Sister Wang, this is Brother Xiong!"
The subordinate brought the middle-aged woman to Xiong Zhentian and introduced them.
The middle-aged woman knew Xiong Zhentian was involved in the underworld, so she appeared very restrained, lowering her head to greet Xiong Zhentian, "Hello, Brother Xiong!"
"Brother Xiong, she is Wang Yuan, who was almost violated by Xiao Tian's father back then!"
The subordinate further introduced her to Xiong Zhentian.
Xiong Zhentian nodded and said to Wang Yuan, "Sister Wang, please don't be nervous. The reason I've asked you here today is to ask you a few questions. I have no other intentions!"
"Yes, yes, on the way here, Brother Xiao Ma already told me," Wang Yuan replied.
"Sister Wang, do you know Qin Zhanlong?" Qin Yi asked.
Hearing Qin Yi's voice, Wang Yuan raised her lowered head to look at Qin Yi.
Upon seeing Qin Yi, her initially restrained expression froze, and she blurted out, "Benefactor!"
Qin Yi: "What?"
"Benefactor, it really is you!"
Wang Yuan excitedly grabbed Qin Yi's arm.
"???"
"!!!"
"..."
Qin Yi was taken aback, and Han Xin and Xiong Zhentian looked utterly surprised and bewildered.
Xiong Zhentian recovered and quickly said to Wang Yuan, "Sister Wang, please let go! This is Mr. Qin Yi. Are you mistaken?"
Hearing this, Wang Yuan snapped back to her senses and hastily released Qin Yi's hand, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I was too excited just now!"
"You look so much like my benefactor from back then, it's like you were carved from the same mold!"
"Brother Xiong, you said your name was Qin Yi? Could you be the son of my benefactor, Qin Zhanlong?"
As she spoke, her emotions began to surge again.
She stared intently at Qin Yi, her eyes filled with gratitude.
Hearing Wang Yuan's words, Xiong Zhentian realized that Qin Zhanlong, whom Qin Yi had asked him to investigate, was his father!
Han Xin listened thoughtfully from the side, remaining silent.
Since she started dating Qin Yi, she only knew Zheng Shufen and Qin Lei, and had never heard Qin Yi talk about his father!
Qin Yi heard Wang Yuan's words and observed her reaction. Without asking further questions, he could confirm that Qin Zhanlong had indeed saved her from being violated back then!
Therefore, Qin Yi no longer felt the need to ask her anything. He simply nodded and replied, "My father is Qin Zhanlong!"
"Where is your father now?"
"He disappeared right after he saved me. Later, I wanted to find him to thank him properly, but I never could..."
Wang Yuan looked at Qin Yi with hopeful eyes, "Can you take me to see your father? He saved me back then, and I haven't had the chance to thank him all these years!"
Qin Yi gave a wry smile and said, "I don't know where he is either!"
"How could that be? Isn't he your father?" Wang Yuan was bewildered.
"If I knew where he was, I wouldn't have asked Brother Xiong to call you here tonight..." Qin Yi spread his hands helplessly, "I asked you here precisely to inquire about my father's whereabouts!"
Hearing this, Wang Yuan's expression became complicated, and she was speechless.
After a moment, she turned and noticed Xiao Tian's father in the wheelchair. Fierce anger instantly flared in her eyes.
"You beast!"
Undoubtedly, Xiao Tian's father had almost violated her back then, and she hated him to the core.
Even after not seeing him for over twenty years, she recognized him at a glance!
Fortunately, despite her hatred, seeing Xiao Tian's father paralyzed in a wheelchair, with a vacant, dazed look, she only managed to curse him a couple of times and did nothing more.
Although it was confirmed that her father had indeed saved Wang Yuan more than twenty years ago, this clue, to be honest, was of little use to Qin Yi!
What he wanted to know now was where his father was and if he was still alive!
However, from the words of Xiao Tian and Wang Yuan, Qin Yi had learned a very important piece of information: his father was not an ordinary person!
He was likely a cultivator, just like himself!
How could someone who couldn't be harmed by a knife and could summon lightning be an ordinary person?
After Wang Yuan and Xiao Tian left with his father, Xiong Zhentian said to Qin Yi with some self-reproach, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qin. It's my fault; I haven't been able to find any useful information after so many days!"
"But please rest assured, Mr. Qin, I will do my utmost to search!"
Knowing that Qin Zhanlong was Qin Yi's father, Xiong Zhentian feared that Qin Yi would blame him if he couldn't find any clues after a long time!
Qin Yi sighed and said, "Just try your best to search. It's fine if you can't find anything."
Even the Order Hall couldn't find any information about Qin Zhanlong. Forcing Xiong Zhentian to find it would be deliberately making things difficult for him!
"Thank you, Mr. Qin!"
Xiong Zhentian breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Qin Yi found it somewhat amusing.
The other man was so afraid of him; did he really seem like such an unreasonable person?
Later, as Qin Yi and Han Xin prepared to leave, Qin Yi gave Xiong Zhentian a small revitalizing pill.
Last time, when Xiong Zhentian's rival, Sha Butcher, returned for revenge, he heard that Sha Butcher had taken a martial artist as his master and become one himself. Qin Yi noticed the envy in Xiong Zhentian's eyes.
So Qin Yi knew that Xiong Zhentian also wished to become a martial artist and possess formidable fighting skills!
By giving him a small revitalizing pill to cleanse his body, if the man had talent, Qin Yi would be very willing to teach him cultivation!
When Xiong Zhentian heard Qin Yi's explanation of the small revitalizing pill and its effects, his excitement was palpable!
After repeatedly thanking Qin Yi, he excitedly accepted the pill!
"Take it tonight and see what effect it has!" Qin Yi said. "It's getting late now, and we should be heading back!"
He and Han Xin left the bar.
Xiong Zhentian escorted them to the door and then went into a room inside the bar, ordering his subordinates not to disturb him for any reason.
Then, without any delay, he swallowed the small revitalizing pill!