Ye Tiancheng quickly found the hotel and proceeded to the room number without alerting anyone.
Because Ye Tiancheng had used talismans, not even concealment talismans, under these circumstances, not only could no one see Ye Tiancheng, but even the surveillance cameras could not capture his figure.
When Ye Tiancheng knocked on Wan Yulin's door, Wan Yulin, who had already been making preparations and knew Ye Tiancheng was on his way, immediately opened the door the moment it was knocked.
However, after opening the door, Wan Yulin first opened it a crack and glanced outside. Seeing no one, she assumed it was a blind spot. She pushed the door open further and walked out, but saw no one. Wan Yulin found it strange and felt a chill down her spine.
While feeling strange, she walked back into the room.
Wan Yulin wondered if she was too mentally tense and imagined hearing a knock, when in reality it was just auditory hallucination.
After all, it didn't seem like a prank. The hotel corridor was quite long, and Wan Yulin's room was not near the stairs or the elevator. Even if someone were playing a prank by knocking, they wouldn't have enough time to hide without being seen by Wan Yulin.
And if it were someone from the room next door playing a prank, the timing would have been too rushed.
Wan Yulin had gone out in time. If the person outside wanted to hide back in their room, they would have definitely been heard closing the door by Wan Yulin.
Therefore, Wan Yulin could only return to her room in disappointment.
However, as Wan Yulin walked back into her room, she saw a man's figure standing in her room, in the common living area. Since Wan Yulin had booked a hotel suite, opening the door didn't just reveal the bedroom; the first thing seen was the living room, with separate rooms partitioned off.
Wan Yulin was almost startled into a scream, if not for her quick reaction in recognizing the man standing before her as Ye Tiancheng.
Ye Tiancheng gave Wan Yulin an apologetic smile, "I'm very sorry to have startled you. However, it was for the sake of concealing my movements. Being detected would be very troublesome, so I needed to conceal myself to the greatest extent possible. But because the concealment was too successful, it caused you some fright."
Wan Yulin patted her chest slowly, looking at the polite man apologizing to her, her cheeks flushing slightly.
She had met Ye Tiancheng before. After all, she was one of the tutors for Ye Tiancheng's daughter, so she had inevitably met him.
Wan Yulin had a very good impression of Ye Tiancheng. In her memory, Ye Tiancheng was a very polite man, good-looking, responsible towards his family, and therefore, she had very little contact with him, and even then, it was very brief.
Ye Tiancheng was very concerned about his wife and daughter, and was very gentle when accompanying them. He would proactively maintain distance from other women. He was also rumored to be very capable and had some business ventures.
In Wan Yulin's opinion, Ye Tiancheng was truly a good man. Of course, this didn't mean Wan Yulin had any feelings for Ye Tiancheng. Even if she did, Wan Yulin would have actively suppressed such feelings.
Because of the education Wan Yulin had received and her pride, she did not allow herself to become a third party in a marriage or relationship.
However, overall, Ye Tiancheng was still a rather charming man in Wan Yulin's eyes. Therefore, in this situation, Wan Yulin couldn't help but feel a little flustered when facing Ye Tiancheng, but that was all.
Wan Yulin said to Ye Tiancheng, "I was indeed a little startled, but it's alright. I can understand."
"At such a critical juncture, Mr. Ye indeed needs to conceal his movements. There is no problem with that."
Ye Tiancheng smiled and said, "Thank you for your understanding. I'll help you with some safety precautions now."
It was only after this that Wan Yulin understood how Ye Tiancheng had managed to conceal himself so successfully, to the point where she hadn't even noticed how he entered the room.
Ye Tiancheng had simply walked into the room openly, but Wan Yulin had simply been unable to see him at the time.
This time, even Wan Yulin had her worldview refreshed. However, this also gave Wan Yulin more confidence and reassurance in Ye Tiancheng and his associates, knowing that it would be difficult for anything to happen to her and that she didn't need to worry about encountering danger.
Wan Yulin thought to herself that Ye Tiancheng and his group were indeed doing as they promised, to do their utmost to protect her safety.
If even this couldn't protect her, then Xu Zhaoxing would likely be a monster.
Ye Tiancheng carefully set up the safety measures for Wan Yulin, then briefly explained some matters to her. In general, it was to review the plan and confirm the details, ensuring that the probability of error would be reduced later.
As for the safety precautions, considering Wan Yulin was an outsider, Ye Tiancheng did not ask Xiao Huli for any measures that required Wan Yulin to actively trigger them. This was because it would require Wan Yulin to remember more things, and active triggering would require actions, which could easily attract attention.
Therefore, all the safety measures Ye Tiancheng implemented were passive. As long as they could protect Wan Yulin, these were not major issues. Whether the trigger was active or passive was not the main point.
After Ye Tiancheng finished these matters and completed the communication with Wan Yulin, he left Wan Yulin's side as quickly as possible, using the room service that Wan Yulin had called to leave the hotel room invisibly with the room service staff.
Then, Ye Tiancheng returned to the car. Xiao Huli had come along and was also in the car, but Ye Tiancheng had not brought her with him when he went to find Wan Yulin.
After all, when doing such things, there was no need to bring so many people. Ye Tiancheng could handle it alone. After clarifying things with Wan Yulin, if Xiao Huli had followed, she would have had nothing to do, and there was no need for it.
As for Fatty, Fatty was not brought along for this operation by Ye Tiancheng. Ye Tiancheng had left Fatty at home and asked Fatty to take good care of Ye Qingcheng, as well as Fatty's own partner. At such a critical moment of action, it was imperative to have people at home, and Ye Tiancheng was not at ease.
Ye Tiancheng had even called Hou Mingzhu back home and asked her to stay with Fatty, so that Fatty could look after her more easily.
Although Hou Mingzhu had many bodyguards protecting her, those bodyguards were basically ordinary people. Ye Tiancheng was not at ease when facing Xu Zhaoxing, who possessed a fragment of the Fuxi Qin. It was only when the cultivator Fatty protected Hou Mingzhu that Ye Tiancheng could be more at ease and have no worries.
Hou Mingzhu also cooperated and immediately returned home after receiving the message.
After making these preparations, Ye Tiancheng went to meet Nie Chongyang. Nie Chongyang's side was also almost ready, and they would act together.
Nie Chongyang's people were also fully armed. Xiao Huli had drawn many talismans in the past few days, all for this day.
Moreover, the cooperation between Xiao Huli and Nie Chongyang's team was officially settled.
After returning a couple of days ago, Nie Chongyang had tested the effectiveness of the talismans with his teammates. The results were astonishingly good, and everyone was excited on the spot, wishing that Nie Chongyang could reach a cooperation with Xiao Huli immediately. With such a layer of protection, how much would their casualty rate be reduced in future missions?
However, due to the tight schedule and the urgent mission at hand, there was no time for Nie Chongyang and his team to experiment to see which talismans would be more suitable for their investigation team. Therefore, they could only use the talismans they had already understood and possessed, and then rush to draw them to arm the entire investigation team and everyone who needed to cooperate in the action.
This time, arming everyone with talismans did not require Nie Chongyang and his team to purchase them. Because of Ye Tiancheng's involvement, Ye Tiancheng and his group bore all these costs. This time, Ye Tiancheng was making a significant financial outlay.
Ye Tiancheng also had his own selfish motives. While it appeared on the surface that Ye Tiancheng was suffering a great financial loss, he was actually profiting. For Ye Tiancheng, it was not a loss-making venture, so Ye Tiancheng was very willing to pay out of his own pocket.
After Ye Tiancheng met with Nie Chongyang, they waited for a while. Around six o'clock, Xu Zhaoxing sent a message to Wan Yulin, sending her the new restaurant address and the private room number. The agreed-upon time was eight o'clock in the evening.
Indeed, as Xu Zhaoxing had promised earlier, he had notified Wan Yulin two hours in advance.
Wan Yulin received the message and forwarded it to Ye Tiancheng, who then relayed it to Nie Chongyang. The group immediately took action and headed directly to the restaurant.
The deployment was also very simple. About ten key individuals found an opportunity and all went to the restaurant's private room to wait. This time, Ye Tiancheng used a rather overpowered talisman, one that could make them invisible. Even in this state, they could communicate with their companions; only others could not see them.
Under these circumstances, if Wan Yulin were still to encounter any mishap, it would be truly strange.
Ye Tiancheng only hoped that Xu Zhaoxing could be apprehended this time. It would be best if Xu Zhaoxing made a move today. Then everything would be smooth sailing, and after a few days of rest, he could start his next trip, leaving Lan Cheng to proceed to the next step.
By a little past seven in the evening, Ye Tiancheng and his group were waiting in the private room, chatting, when suddenly, the door to the private room opened.
It turned out that Xu Zhaoxing had arrived early. He had even arrived at the private room more than half an hour in advance.
Because no one could see them inside the private room, truthfully, if anyone could have seen Xu Zhaoxing in this state, then even if Ye Tiancheng and the others had outright declared that Xu Zhaoxing was the murderer, no one would have doubted them.
Ye Tiancheng and the others could not have imagined that a person's appearance could change so drastically in an instant. In the absence of anyone seeing, the appearance Xu Zhaoxing displayed, Ye Tiancheng and the others had witnessed it firsthand. At the moment of opening the door, and in the instant after closing it, Xu Zhaoxing's face changed immediately.
After Xu Zhaoxing changed his expression, his demeanor was truly the standard for a perverted murderer, exceptionally dramatic, with real-life drama.
Xiao Huli remarked, "He really looks like a standard villain. If I weren't here in person watching him right now, I would think I was watching television. I always thought that villains on television would act like this for screen effect."
Ye Tiancheng also nodded, "Perhaps it's because the actors portray it realistically, not entirely due to dramatic effect or screen appeal."
Nie Chongyang and his team knew more. Their profession involved seeing far more people than ordinary individuals, and they understood people like Xu Zhaoxing better, knowing that this was not a rare occurrence.