This instructor-level assassin was defeated just like that. Throughout the entire encounter, he had only managed to launch one attack before being subdued by Li Se. He found it hard to believe that after reaching their level of martial arts mastery, opponents were rarely a match for them unless they were bodyguards for important figures. Yet, today, he had been defeated so utterly.
"Oh, my God, how can you be so powerful?" the blonde man stammered.
"You only have one choice now: reveal who hired you!" Li Se stated calmly.
The blonde man gritted his teeth. "Even if you kill me, I won't reveal my employer. That's my professional ethics as an assassin!"
Tang Xi said, "Let me take him back. Our law enforcement department has plenty of ways to make him talk."
"No need, I have my methods." Li Se produced several more silver needles. "Since you came to kill me, you should also know I have another identity: a doctor. I just demonstrated acupoint striking. Now I'll show you how terrifying it is to be familiar with acupoints."
With that, Li Se inserted a silver needle into one of the blonde man's acupoints.
"What did you do to me?" the blonde man asked, a hint of fear in his voice.
"Heh, I've just amplified your pain perception, by about a hundred times." Li Se then slapped him.
"Ah!" Even though it seemed like an ordinary slap, it caused the blonde man to let out a heart-wrenching scream, as if he had suffered a horrific attack.
Tang Xi, standing by, was dumbfounded. She hadn't expected Li Se to possess such abilities. If their law enforcement department had someone like him, it would be like adding wings to a tiger. Interrogating criminals would no longer be an issue.
Slap, slap, slap…
Several more slaps followed. Despite the harsh training this blonde man had undergone, he was beginning to buckle. It was excruciatingly painful, yet he gritted his teeth and remained silent, only managing to cry out in agony.
"He's quite a man," Li Se sneered, inserting another silver needle. "The real torment is about to begin!"
The blonde man felt as if thousands of ants were biting him. Especially with his pain amplified a hundredfold, he was on the verge of fainting. However, the worst part was that he remained conscious, trapped in a state worse than death.
"I'll talk, I'll tell you everything…" the blonde man finally broke after enduring for a good half a minute. "It's from the capital, a family from the capital. I don't know which specific family it is, but I'm absolutely sure it's from your China, from the capital!"
When Li Se heard that the perpetrator was from the capital, his expression changed. He had never been to the capital his entire life, so how could he have offended a family from there? Qingyun City was thousands of miles away from the capital. He couldn't understand why someone from the capital would want to kill him.
"Quick… please… kill me…" the blonde man pleaded.
Li Se ignored him and fell into thought. He tried to recall if he had offended any families from the capital during this period. He thoroughly reviewed his memories but found nothing. Although he had interacted with some people from the capital, whether it was the Lin family or the Xiao family, their interactions had been friendly. He truly couldn't fathom when he had provoked a family from the capital.
"A family from the capital." Tang Xi's expression grew quite serious. "It seems you've attracted significant trouble. The families from the capital are very formidable. Many ancient martial arts families reside there. This is not good news. If they are determined to kill you, even without the Blood Gate, they will find other means."
These assassins were soon apprehended by Tang Xi and taken back to the law enforcement department. As Li Se left, he pondered who from the capital wanted him dead. He even considered calling Lin Junhao but ultimately decided against it. Upon returning to the clinic, Xia Bingyun was still there, taking care of Xia Shuyu.
"Where have you been for your romantic escapades now?" Old Huang snorted.
"Old Huang, it's a misunderstanding…" Li Se felt a bit embarrassed. His image seemed to have completely collapsed, but it wasn't surprising, as Old Huang had just witnessed Xia Bingyun embracing him.
"Young man, it's better to be more devoted," Elder Hua naturally sided with Old Huang. Moreover, having spent so much time with Huang Shanshan, he had come to regard her as his granddaughter.
"I know," Li Se replied with a wry smile and then entered the treatment room.
Xia Shuyu had woken up. However, the moment she saw Li Se, her emotions became agitated. She quickly covered her face and shouted, "Get out! Get out, I don't want to see you!"
"What's wrong?" Li Se asked, confused. He truly hadn't expected Xia Shuyu's reaction to be so intense.
Huang Shanshan and Xia Bingyun remained silent and quietly withdrew from the treatment room. Being women, they understood women and thus left the treatment room to Li Se and Xia Shuyu.
"Granddaughter, how can you let them be alone together?" Old Huang said with disappointment.
"Grandpa, he doesn't only have these few women!" Huang Shanshan huffed.
Old Huang was quite angry. "He must give an explanation today!"
Xia Bingyun, standing nearby, also sensed something and felt awkward. She assumed she had also been mistaken for one of Li Se's women. Did she not like Li Se? It seemed she did. However, she also knew that her niece liked Li Se. What was this situation where an aunt and niece liked the same person?
Inside the treatment room, Li Se slowly approached Xia Shuyu, his heart aching. If it weren't for him, this beautiful girl wouldn't have had to suffer such a fate. He gently moved Xia Shuyu's hands away from her face and smiled. "Silly girl, you're still very beautiful."
"You don't need to comfort me. I've become ugly. I don't want to see you anymore…" Xia Shuyu cried.
"No matter how you look, you are beautiful in my heart," Li Se said earnestly.
"You… you'll still like me as I am now?" Xia Shuyu asked.
"Of course!" Li Se nodded with certainty. "Besides, don't forget, I'm a doctor, the imperial physician kind. I can restore your appearance."
"Really?" Xia Shuyu became excited. No woman wants to become ugly.
"Of course!" Li Se said with confidence.
"Sob sob… I thought I was disfigured." Xia Shuyu excitedly hugged Li Se, her delicate body wriggling, making her incredibly alluring.