"Yuan Muye, do you know who I am? Offending me won't end well for you.”

Xia You chattered incessantly.

Yuan Muye's head throbbed. He slapped Xia You on the head, warning, “If you keep yapping, I'll freeze you too.”

Hearing that he might be frozen, Xia You dared not utter another word.

Jiang Nan initially wanted to resist, but quickly dismissed the idea, knowing he was no match for Yuan Muye.

Soon, Yuan Muye brought them both into the jade stone world.

Seeing that Yuan Muye didn't intend to bring Lin Meier in, Jiang Nan immediately asked, "What about Meier? Why aren't you bringing her in?"

"Don't worry, I won't kill her. As for other matters, don't ask. Even if you did, I wouldn't tell you," Yuan Muye said bluntly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Xiaoyao and Dali walked over.

Compared to a few days ago, Yuan Xiaoyao seemed to have grown much taller, blossoming into a graceful young woman.

"Brother, who are these two people? Are they your friends?" Yuan Xiaoyao asked, sizing up Jiang Nan and Xia You.

Yuan Muye shook his head, briefly explaining the events of the evening.

After listening, Yuan Xiaoyao immediately understood.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll keep a close eye on them."

With Yuan Xiaoyao's current strength, killing Jiang Nan and Xia You would be as easy as crushing ants.

Seeing that Yuan Xiaoyao and Dali were both ghosts, Jiang Nan's eyes widened in surprise. He hadn't expected Yuan Muye to associate with evil spirits, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Yuan Muye, I thought you were so righteous. Aren't you associating with evil spirits too? What right do you have to lecture us?"

Jiang Nan suddenly felt emboldened.

Yuan Muye couldn't help but roll his eyes. He had wanted to say something, but decided it wasn't worth explaining to someone like him.

"Xiaoyao, keep an eye on these two. I have something else to take care of. I'll be back soon."

Yuan Muye gave them a few instructions and then left.

Back outside, Yuan Muye was surprised to find Lin Meier crying.

"Crying already?" Yuan Muye smiled and said, "Weren't you quite arrogant earlier? I didn't think someone as stubborn as you would cry so easily!"

Lin Meier could only give him a look since she couldn't speak.

Yuan Muye found Lin Meier's resentful gaze amusing, but he didn't feel like making fun of her right now.

Then, he released Lin Meier from her icy prison and said, "You have two choices now: one, you follow me; or two, you end up locked up like those two."

Hearing this, Lin Meier instinctively shielded her chest with her hands and looked at Yuan Muye with disgust. "You're a pervert!"

Yuan Muye was speechless!

Was this woman out of her mind?

"You don't think I'm interested in you, do you? You're overthinking it. My girlfriend is a thousand times more beautiful than you. Why would I be interested in you?" Yuan Muye said indifferently.

Lin Meier's expression immediately darkened.

"Negative emotions from Lin Meier +999!"

Sure enough, women cared about their appearance. Lin Meier's negative emotions were maxed out instantly.

Yuan Muye was enjoying it!

After all, he was in desperate need of negative emotions.

Lin Meier glared at Yuan Muye. "Shameless! Then why do you want me to follow you?"

"Naturally, it's to let you contact the Shangguan family," Yuan Muye said bluntly.

If he locked them all up, the Shangguan family wouldn't be able to reach them. So, he had to leave someone outside to keep track of the Shangguan family's movements.

Lin Meier snorted and said, "Why do you think I'll help you?"

"If you don't want anything to happen to Jiang Nan, you better do as I say. Of course, you can ignore me, but I can't say what will happen to you then," Yuan Muye said calmly.

He knew that this woman wouldn't listen to him obediently, so he didn't expect too much from her. As long as she didn't cause too much trouble, he wouldn't lay a hand on her.

Lin Meier wanted to retort, but remembering that she might be frozen again by this guy, she swallowed the words she was about to say. She'd remember this!

"Negative emotions from Lin Meier +999!"

Suppressing her anger, Lin Meier asked, "Do you want me to call the Shangguan family now?"

Yuan Muye shook his head. "No, wait for the Shangguan family to contact you."

With that, Yuan Muye took out his phone and called Yu Haijing. Surprisingly, the call connected quickly, and Yu Haijing's voice came through the phone.

"Yuan Muye, how are you?"

It was clear that Yu Haijing was worried about Yuan Muye.

"I'm fine. Where are you now?"

Yuan Muye was mainly worried about the painting, afraid that Wang Ming would escape. Although it was unlikely, he couldn't rule out the possibility of an accident.

"I'm at the intersection. I asked Li Pangpang to come pick us up," Yu Haijing replied.

Yuan Muye was taken aback. He hadn't expected Yu Haijing to call Li Pangpang. How was he going to explain this to Li Pangpang?

"I'm coming to find you now!"

Yuan Muye hung up the phone, sighing helplessly. What he feared most had happened. He hadn't told Li Pangpang about this because he didn't want him to worry.

But Yu Haijing had called Li Pangpang herself.

Come to think of it, Yuan Muye found it quite strange. Yu Haijing clearly didn't like Li Pangpang, so why did she call him? Couldn't she have asked someone else to come?

As Yuan Muye thought about this, he walked outside. When he reached the door, he turned to look at Lin Meier and found that she was still standing there, motionless.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go!" Yuan Muye's tone was cold.

Lin Meier felt a chill run down her spine and didn't dare to argue. She immediately followed him.

Leaving the villa, Yuan Muye immediately felt much lighter. He checked the time; it was already past eleven.

He walked to the intersection as quickly as possible and saw a black car parked not far away.

It was the same car that Yuan Muye and Li Pangpang had driven here.

Sitting in the car, Yu Haijing saw Yuan Muye walking towards the car at a glance and quickly reminded Li Pangpang, "Yuan Muye is here."

Li Pangpang, who had been lost in thought, looked up when he heard her say that. It was indeed Yuan Muye.

He quickly got out of the car and went to meet him.

"Muye, are you okay?"

Li Pangpang had heard that Yuan Muye had stayed behind alone in the villa to deal with people of unknown origin, and he was extremely worried. He had wanted to go find Yuan Muye, but he was afraid of an accident.