The speed of Yun Yanlan's change of attitude was astonishing.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu was mentally prepared. After a brief moment of surprise, he deduced, "They created the Qi Wu Zhe two years ago. Their return this time must be with the intention of targeting the Wu Zhe community again. And among the Dragon Country's families, only those of the first-rate and above can afford to support Wu Zhe."
Qi Wu Zhe were modified Wu Zhe whose potential was explosively unleashed through a combination of drugs and physical enhancement.
Unfortunately, the information Qian Pangzi had given Zhou Yu contained little of value.
He only knew these much.
However, Zhou Yu believed that since Qi Wu Zhe were modified by drugs, there must be side effects.
A drug that could unleash a Wu Zhe's potential in one go would inevitably have significant drawbacks.
"In Yunhai, there are only the Zhang and Jin families among the first-rate families. As for the Jin family, you need not ask; I believe you already know they are my influence in Yunhai," Yun Yanlan said.
Now, she no longer withheld this information.
Zhou Yu would have found out himself anyway, so it was better to be upfront and tell him directly.
"I did know this, but I was truly shocked when I learned the Jin family was your influence, Sister Yanlan."
Zhou Yu nodded slightly, then continued, "The Jin family would not cooperate with the Shadow Organization. Therefore, Shadow's only target must be the Zhang family!"
Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, they were still led back to the Zhang family.
But it all seemed too easy.
There were only two first-rate families in Yunhai. If it wasn't the Jin family, it had to be the Zhang family. Under such circumstances, the Zhang family would still dare to conspire with Shadow in secret?
What's more, Leng Xue, that woman, was still in Yunhai!
If the Zhang family truly had the guts, Zhou Yu would almost admire them.
"Xiao Yu, I know what you're thinking. This is also where I am puzzled. While the Zhang family has been very prominent lately and might be making significant moves in secret, they are still a first-rate family and wouldn't be so foolish," Yun Yanlan said, tapping her red lips with her delicate fingers as if in thought.
Old Master Zhang had weathered many storms; his mind should be sound. And while the current patriarch of the Zhang family, Zhang Deshuang, was somewhat lacking in ability, he wouldn't be an idiot.
"Sister Yanlan, sometimes things that are obvious can lull us into a false sense of security. Think about it, or else, why would our ancient ancestors have sayings like 'the clever are often outwitted by their own cleverness' and 'the most dangerous place is the safest place'?" Zhou Yu said.
Upon hearing this.
Yun Yanlan's beautiful eyes lifted slightly.
She chuckled and said, "Brother Yu is right. It was my assumption."
What Zhou Yu described was not impossible.
Yun Yanlan had treated everyone involved in these matters as intelligent individuals, believing that intelligent people would act according to established patterns. However, it was precisely this habitual way of thinking that most easily led to erroneous information filtering.
"Then, Sister Yanlan, do you have any more information about the Qi Wu Zhe? I only know they are modified by drugs, but I don't know the specific methods of modification, nor how their bodies differ from ordinary Wu Zhe after modification," Zhou Yu continued to ask.
However, Yun Yanlan stated that the information she had was incomplete.
If he wanted to understand Qi Wu Zhe, he would have to find the War God Leng Xue.
The Dragon Group had been involved in the Qi Wu Zhe incident two years ago from start to finish, so all related data was kept by the Dragon Group, making it difficult to leak.
Even with Yun Yanlan's extensive information channels and strong intelligence-gathering capabilities, she couldn't penetrate it.
That was the Dragon Group!
Even if she could, Yun Yanlan would hesitate before doing so.
After all, it was an official organization of the Dragon Country, and she had to carefully consider the implications.
"Good brother, why do you have that expression? Could it be that your little fiancée is unwilling to tell you even this?"
Yun Yanlan found it amusing seeing Zhou Yu's crestfallen look.
"Sister Yanlan, please stop teasing me. That woman is so cold and unfriendly to everyone. If I ask her about something as confidential as Dragon Group secrets, she certainly won't tell me."
Zhou Yu sighed repeatedly.
He dared not show that he had a good relationship with Leng Xue in front of the demoness.
Of course, the reality was that his relationship with Leng Xue was indeed not good.
It was a small miracle if they didn't glare at each other when they met.
And their initial cooperation, which he had reached with Leng Xue, had likely been reported to Yun Yanlan by the Jin family.
"She is your fiancée, after all. She shouldn't refuse to tell you such a small matter," Yun Yanlan said, feigning nonchalance.
In fact, she was quite concerned about the development of Zhou Yu and Leng Xue's relationship.
Zhou Yu naturally understood this!
Therefore, he continued to play dumb, "Fiancée? Sister Yanlan, didn't you already know that she actively proposed to break off our engagement? Since the engagement is broken, how can she still be my fiancée?"
"When you broke off the engagement, did she tear up the marriage contract in front of you? Or did you tear up your copy of the marriage contract?" Yun Yanlan asked.
The information she had received was that the War God Leng Xue personally escorted a serious criminal to the Barren Sea Heavy Prison and proposed to break off her engagement with the prison guard Zhou Yu.
However, the details of this intelligence did not specify the whereabouts of the marriage contract.
This meant that Leng Xue had only verbally broken off the engagement. Neither her grandfather nor Zhou Yu's master were present, and the marriage contract had not been torn up.
Such an engagement breakup was difficult to finalize.
At least, in the eyes of the two parties involved in setting up this engagement, it would have little effect.
Yun Yanlan believed that Leng Xue's decision to break off the engagement was her personal wish, not the intention of Old Master Leng.
Therefore, she could not tear up the marriage contract, nor could she obtain it.
"That is not the case, but since she has already said so, our engagement is surely considered null and void." Zhou Yu said.
He had tacitly accepted this at the time.
Moreover, the woman had come to break off the engagement. As a man, should he cling to it?
One reason was that a forced union would not be happy.
Another reason was that he had no emotional foundation with Leng Xue, so breaking it off was for the best.
After all, even if the Leng family didn't break off the engagement, he would have initiated it himself.
He just didn't expect Leng Xue to make the move first.
"Little man, you have a truly carefree heart. How can an engagement arranged by your master and Old Master Leng twenty years ago be broken off simply by her word? Furthermore, do you know if breaking the engagement was her personal decision or the Leng family's decision?"
"She personally thought so, and as for the Leng family, they probably implicitly agreed. After all, I'm just a minor prison guard. There's no reason for the Leng family to be interested in me."
"What about her grandfather?"
"I'm not sure about that."
Although Zhou Yu claimed to be unsure, he knew the truth in his heart.
The older generation tended to be more committed to their promises. Old Master Leng would not go back on his word.
Therefore, Zhou Yu was certain that Leng Xue must have gone to the Barren Sea Heavy Prison to break off the engagement without her grandfather's knowledge.
But that was no longer important.
As a party involved, Leng Xue had to take full responsibility for this matter!
If it's broken, it's broken!