132: Chapter 132: Your Heart Has Shifted 132: Chapter 132: Your Heart Has Shifted Zhu Feng Island, as Su He was preparing to leave, she suddenly received a call from an unfamiliar number.
She hesitated for a moment, then answered it.
As soon as the call connected, a young child’s tender voice came through: “Mommy~”
Su He’s footsteps came to an immediate halt.
“Baby, tell Mommy, where are you now?”
After Su Yimo escaped, he hid inside a small box.
As for where he was, he had no clue.
“Mommy, baby is hiding in a box right now, and all I know is that there are lots of boats and those big shipping containers around me.”
Su Baobao briefly described his surroundings.
Boats?
Shipping containers?
It could only be the port.
So, her guess was correct, Ye Jiuqing had indeed taken the child out.
“Mommy, I’ve sent you my location.”
“Good, stay right there for now, as long as there’s no danger, don’t move, understand?”
“Mhm, okay, baby understands.
Oh, and Mommy, I’ll turn off the phone in a bit, I just took it on a whim.”
“Alright, Mommy understands.”
After hanging up, Su He immediately sent Jiang Yan Su Baobao’s location.
A few minutes after Ye Jiuqing ended the call, Jiang Yan received the message from Su He.
Jiang Feng headed to the east side of the port with two others, quietly.
Looking around, there were containers everywhere.
If they had to search each one, who knows how long it would take.
Fortunately, their young master was smart.
Several people hiding behind shipments suddenly heard voices and footsteps approaching from the distance.
Jiang Feng quickly said: “Split up, I’ll go find the young master.
If anything crops up, you guys distract them.”
“Yes.”
The three of them ran off in different directions.
“Damn!
I hope I don’t find that kid, I freaking shouldn’t have agreed to take him out, seriously freaking unlucky!” a man cursed: “Hurry up and search, if we can’t find him, we all have to answer to Young Master Jiuqing with our heads!”
Su Baobao was hiding in one of the abandoned containers.
It was filled with cardboard boxes, his tiny body curled up behind them all, and because he was so small, it was difficult to spot him.
He sighed in boredom.
His little hands touched his flattened belly when suddenly it started growling.
He hadn’t had a proper meal in two days, with no meat to eat; he was so, so hungry…
baby was so hungry…
He yearned for the braised pork ribs, sweet and sour pork, roasted chicken wings, braised chicken legs, Dongpo pork, dragon prawns, steamed meat with rice flour…
all made by the chef at home.
Lost in his cravings, Su Baobao almost fell asleep, when suddenly he heard footsteps outside the container.
He instantly became alert.
“Young master?
Are you there?”
Jiang Feng stealthily walked in, softly calling out.
Su Yimo didn’t move, then heard: “Young master, it’s me, Jiang Feng, Master sent me to look for you.”
The little guy recognized Jiang Feng’s voice.
Jiang Feng, with his phone’s faint light, looked at the mountains of cardboard boxes—no sign of movement, starting to wonder if the young master had moved to a different spot?
He was following the location given by Master.
It shouldn’t be wrong.
Just as he was about to message Jiang Yan, a youthful voice called out: “Uncle Jiang Feng, I’m here.”
Jiang Feng followed the voice and saw a small head peeking out from a cardboard box in the very back.
He was surrounded by stacked boxes.
My God, what a good hiding spot.
He walked over, stretched out a long arm, and picked him out.
“Young master, let’s leave here first.”
Having found him, Jiang Feng did not linger but quickly left the place.
After all, this was not their turf.
Carrying him, Jiang Feng retraced his steps away from the containers.
But just as they’d only taken a few steps, they were discovered.
“Who’s that?”
Two men waving flashlights shouted loudly.
Jiang Feng almost immediately turned and ran in the other direction.
Seeing someone carrying a child and running, the two men instantly chased after: “Stop!”
They instantly alerted other people in the vicinity who were searching.
Jiang Feng moved swiftly, quickly losing the people tailing him.
However, now that they’d been spotted, leaving was going to be difficult.
But it was fortunate that the three of them had split up to act separately, allowing the others to divert some of the pursuers’ attention.
“Uncle Jiang Feng, over there.” The little guy suddenly pointed in a direction to the right and whispered.
Hearing this, Jiang Feng didn’t ask or think further; he just followed the kid’s direction.
Two minutes later.
Jiang Feng saw several cars parked not far away.
“Uncle Jiang Feng, how are your driving skills?” Su Yimo asked quietly beside his ear.
Though confused by the question, Jiang Feng still replied, “Just a bit worse than a professional racer.”
Immediately after, Su Yimo pulled out a car key from who knows where.
Jiang Feng: “?”
“Here, this is the car key.
How about we drive out?”
Jiang Feng: “…”
“I took the keys sneakily when they weren’t paying attention.”
If not for the lack of time, Jiang Feng would have given a thumbs up in praise.
He really couldn’t fathom how a child just over three years old could have so many tricks up his sleeve.
From the moment Su Yimo was brought here, he had committed this place to memory.
The smartphone he took casually was found on the back seat of a car; it must have been left behind by them.
Without thinking too much, he just hid it.
The car key was taken while one of the men went out for a smoke.
Perhaps due to his young age, the man let down his guard around him.
After getting into the car with the little one, Jiang Feng immediately sent a message to Jiang Yan.
Then, he started the car.
Elsewhere, after Jiang Yan received the message from Jiang Feng, he looked towards Ye Jiuqing and said indifferently, “Since Young Master Ye isn’t selling, I won’t insist.
We can collaborate again another time.”
Saying this, he stood up and brushed off the wrinkles from his clothes.
Ye Jiuqing furrowed his brow: “…”
Helian Lu was also somewhat puzzled.
The man had been so persistent about the goods a moment ago, but his attitude changed so quickly.
“President Jiang, are you always so fickle?” Ye Jiuqing bit the back of his teeth and said.
Jiang Yan spoke unsmilingly, “Young Master Ye may not understand me yet, but in doing business, I never force anyone.
After all, it’s not like there is only one fruit shop.
Sometimes, I also need to compare options.”
Damn!
Helian Lu silently gave Jiang Yan a thumbs-up for his brazen role-reversal, impressive!
After speaking, Jiang Yan left.
However, as soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he was surrounded by a group of people wearing black tight-fitting attire.
He calmly scanned the circle, his dark eyes carrying a chill.
A teasing and solemn voice from Ye Jiuqing came from behind, “Do you really think you can come and go as you please here?”
Jiang Yan turned around, his gaze indifferent as he faced him.
The man spoke plainly, “Then I’d like to see if Young Master Ye can actually stop me.”
Jiang Yan’s tone was even, yet it carried a hint of provocation.
Ye Jiuqing, with his snobby and haughty demeanor, retorted, “Mr.
Jiang, don’t forget, this is Y-country!
Even if you have extraordinary abilities, what difference does it make?
Do you think you can still escape?”
Initially, Ye Jiuqing had been suspicious about the meeting arranged by Helian Lu.
What he hadn’t expected was that Jiang Yan would appear so shortly after.
Does that also imply that she had come as well?
And yet, he hadn’t received the slightest hint of it.
Fortunately, he always liked to be fully prepared when dealing with affairs, never at a disadvantage!
Regardless of what he said, Jiang Yan remained composed.
“The true strong ones are kings no matter where they are,” he said indifferently.
As soon as Helian Lu came out, he heard this statement and clapped his hands, exclaiming, “Well said!”
Ye Jiuqing had tolerated him for a long time, always letting others grow bolder while putting himself down.
Without hesitation, he kicked at Helian Lu’s knee.
Yet, Helian Lu’s reaction was incredibly quick, and he dodged it.
“Damn!
I just spoke the truth, was that necessary?
If you crippled me, would you take responsibility for me?” Helian Lu moved aside, complaining towards Ye Jiuqing.
Ye Jiuqing had had enough: “Ah Gui, take them down and lock them up!”
“Yes, Young Master Jiuqing.”
Helian Lu immediately protested, “Hey Ye, you dare to lock up even me?
Have you lost your freaking mind?”
Ye Jiuqing gave him a cold stare, “If it weren’t for the Helian Royal Family blood running through your veins, do you think you’d still be standing here?”
Helian Lu: “…”
So, does he also have to thank the blood running in his veins?
“Prince Helian, please.” Ah Gui was still utterly respectful towards him, after all, his identity was clear.
Helian Lu: “…”
He showed no intention of moving.
Ah Gui didn’t dare do anything to him, so he could only look towards Ye Jiuqing with a “pleading” expression in his eyes.
However, the man had no intention of paying him any attention.
Ye Jiuqing stared intently at Jiang Yan, growing increasingly displeased.
“Ah Gui, take this person down first!”
“Yes, Young Master Jiuqing.”
With a slight wave of Ah Gui’s hand, two men approached.
But before they could even touch Jiang Yan’s clothes, the man gave them a kick that sent them flying, the action was crisp and decisive.
“Splash!
Splash!”
Both of them were kicked into the water.
It’s evident how powerful Jiang Yan’s kick was.
Everyone else was stunned.
Ye Jiuqing’s face became darker and darker, so dark it seemed like it could drip ink.
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly upwards as he gritted his teeth and said, “I didn’t expect President Jiang to be so skilled.
Since that’s the case, I’ll let my men have a good exchange with President Jiang.”
Having said that, he gave Ah Gui a look.
Upon receiving the signal, Ah Gui made a gentle wave of his hand.
A group of people dressed in black moved aggressively towards him.
Even Helian Lu was shocked at this, it was unfair to have so many people against one.
He couldn’t hide what was on his mind, whatever he thought, he would say the next second: “Ye Jiuqing, this isn’t fair.
They have only one person, and you have so many!”
Ye Jiuqing couldn’t be bothered with him.
Seeing that Ye Jiuqing ignored him, Helian Lu turned to look at Jiang Yan, who was being surrounded.
But—
He was shocked.
What did he see?
He saw a series of shadows, at one moment like a straight line, at another like a parabola, and then with a “splash,” they all fell into the water, creating waves too.
This…
None of Ye Jiuqing’s men could even touch a single hair on Jiang Yan; they were truly pitiful.
It looked like his worries were unnecessary.
Yet, like someone with verbal diarrhea, he kept babbling non-stop.
“Wow, Old Ye, seems like your elite soldiers aren’t up to much.”
“Even with overwhelming numbers, they can’t defeat him single-handedly.” Helian Lu clicked his tongue and continued, “Your men, they all need to be retrained.”
“…”
Jiang Yan was agile, his moves fast, accurate, and fierce!
He gave them no chance to react, no room to breathe.
Many didn’t even have time to react before they were already in the water.
Then, wave after wave of them kept coming, like a relentless siege.
Clearly, they wanted to wear out Jiang Yan’s stamina.
Ye Jiuqing had no shortage of people at his command.
Helian Lu saw through the strategy and couldn’t help but comment: “Old Ye, that’s not ethical of you!
It’s clear you’re bullying him.”
“…”
Ten minutes later.
Everyone could see that Jiang Yan didn’t show the slightest sign of fatigue, he was like nothing had happened.
Moreover, his movements and strength hadn’t weakened at all.
His stamina was astonishing!
This was the word that flashed through Helian Lu’s mind.
At the very least, about forty people had taken turns to confront him by now, but without exception, they were all thrown into the water.
Su He and others had already left Zhu Feng Island.
Zhu Feng Island was some distance from Yilie Pier, it would take about an hour by car.
But Su He had managed to shorten the time to half an hour.
Therefore, on the quiet roads of Country Y during the night, a car passed by like a black shadow, impossible to capture.
The three people in the car felt as if they were on a roller coaster ride.
“Holy shit!
Old Ye, what the hell are you doing?”
Helian Lu saw Ye Jiuqing pull out a silver short gun.
He was about to step forward when he was blocked by Ah Gui standing beside him.
He would definitely not be able to beat this tall man in front of him.
But —
“Ye Jiuqing, don’t mess around, you can’t afford to provoke Jiang Yan’s identity!” Helian Lu was really afraid that this kid might go crazy and actually shoot.
“Besides, if you hurt him, Su He will definitely not forgive you!
You have offended her once already, do you really want to do it a second time?”
In a moment of urgency, he could only bring up Su He.
Actually, he had always known Su He, but he didn’t expect that Jiang Yan’s wife would turn out to be the Su He he knew.
Back then, Ye Jiuqing had already offended Su He over his master’s matter, and the two had a direct fallout.
However, he had forgotten that Su He was Ye Jiuqing’s soft spot.
The more she was mentioned, the more uncomfortable Ye Jiuqing felt, leading him to find Jiang Yan more unbearable.
Ye Jiuqing had even thought that if Jiang Yan were to die, Su He would be his.
Ye Jiuqing didn’t take in a word he said.
In the past, he could restrain himself from going to Z country to find Jiang Yan.
But now that he appeared here, he could not be blamed.
Suddenly, on top of the sound of fighting on the deck, there came the harsh screech of tires from the road.
The people guarding at the entrance of the pier didn’t have a chance to stop it.
Mainly because the other party drove as if they had a death wish.
Su He almost saw the moment she hit the brakes, Ye Jiuqing was holding a pistol in his hand, aiming straight at the position directly in front of him, she followed his line of sight and saw that it was Jiang Yan.
This scene was very familiar!
Yes, very familiar, she had the same dream last night!
Her heart instantly tightened, her breathing became rapid, and her palms were filled with cold sweat.
Jiang Yan naturally sensed the dangerous aura as well.
He raised his long leg and, with a relaxed spin, sent the person who was trying to ambush him from behind flying with one kick.
When he stopped, he was facing Ye Jiuqing.
His deep blue eyes were as terrifying as the abyss of the deep sea, filled with fury and bloodlust.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Jiang Yan had already noticed.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
In the dark night sky, two gunshots crossed at the same time!
The shot fired by Ye Jiuqing was dodged by Jiang Yan.
At the same time, the gun in Ye Jiuqing’s hand also fell from his grip, dropping to the ground.
Everyone looked towards the direction from which the other gunshot came.
A slender figure, clad in a black jacket, was standing nearby with a gun raised.
And the barrel of the gun was aimed, not at anyone else, but Ye Jiuqing.
When Helian Lu saw Su He’s familiar face, his mouth unconsciously gapped open.
“It’s over, it’s all over!
This is like running into a nuclear bomb!” he muttered.
Ye Jiuqing, from beginning to end, never looked over.
He stared intently at his right hand, which had a cut on the webbing between the thumb and index finger.
On the deck.
Seeing that Jiang Yan was alright, Su He’s tightly stretched heart naturally relaxed.
Then, she looked over at Ye Jiuqing’s face, which was so pale it seemed almost sickly.
Her brow furrowed slightly, and her voice was extremely cold: “Ye Jiuqing, I said, don’t touch those you shouldn’t!”
Yet, Ye Jiuqing did not answer her, but instead gazed at her darkly and fiercely, including at Jiang Yan, whom she was protecting behind her.
Just now, he could tell that she was truly anxious for Jiang Yan.
Only for someone she truly cared about would she show such anxiety.
She had cared about him like that before, but then everything changed!
A strong sense of hatred and irritation surged up inside him, as if a demon in the depths of his heart was causing trouble, wishing to destroy everything in front of him.
In contrast, Jiang Yan at this moment had complex emotions yet also felt a trace of joy.
The latter was because he truly felt Su He’s concern for him.
The former was because, from childhood to adulthood, there had never been a woman who stood in front of him in a protective stance.
Seeing that the temperature of the scene had suddenly dropped, Helian Lu hurried to smooth things over saying, “Susu, you misunderstood Ye, he has always kept your words in mind.
He just wanted to spar with President Jiang, he didn’t mean anything.”
Upon hearing this, Su He glanced coldly at those on the deck who were lying on the ground, moaning in pain while clutching various body parts, as well as the silver pistol that had fallen on the ground.
She looked at Helian Lu with indifference and in a lukewarm tone said, “Do you think I’m blind, or are you blind?”
Helian Lu: “…”
At that moment, Ye Jiuqing suddenly spoke up: “What counts as someone who should be touched, and who should not?”
He raised his right hand, showing the wound towards Su He, his tone carrying a hint of grievance and resentment.
“What about me?”
“Su He, what do you take me for?”
“Have I not treated you well?
Why can he not be hurt, yet I can be hurt?
Aren’t you being a bit too biased?”
His sudden change left everyone at the scene dumbfounded!
Wasn’t he quite domineering just a moment ago?