The veins on the back of his hand bulged, gritting his teeth fiercely, wishing he could glare a hole through Jin Chenye’s back.

He stared intensely at Ye Mingmei, who was nestled in Jin Chenye’s arms, almost unable to control the urge to pull her away.

"Since we’ve found the person now, I’ll take her away. I hope Mr. Yu doesn’t have any objections." Dan Hanjie walked leisurely from behind Yu Xiuzhun with his hands in his pockets.

"..."

Hearing this, Yu Xiuzhun immediately concealed any emotion on his face and turned to look at Dan Hanjie.

Dan Hanjie’s enchanting eyes glinted knowingly, not saying much from start to finish, with a wicked smile on his lips.

"Let me give you a piece of advice, Mr. Yu. Some things, once missed, can’t be retrieved." Dan Hanjie sneered, his deep black eyes seeming to see through everything.

He pulled Qin Youxuan’s hand and strode towards the Yu family’s door.

Yu Xiuzhun’s body trembled, and his gaze instinctively turned towards Ye Mingmei, ultimately only catching a glimpse of Jin Chenye’s back.

His cold, stern face seemed to be plunged into the depths of winter, frozen in a sheet of ice.

...

"Mingmei, how do you feel?" As soon as they got in the car, Qin Youxuan couldn’t hold back any longer and instructed the driver to head to the hospital immediately.

"No need, I’m fine, just some minor scratches, I don’t need to go to the hospital." Ye Mingmei murmured softly.

"You’re hurt like this, and you say you’re fine. Did you eat lion’s courage that you dared to jump from such a height? What if you were crippled... pff, pff, pff, what am I saying?"

Qin Youxuan grumbled a few words and, seeing that Ye Mingmei looked out of sorts, stopped speaking.

"I didn’t think that much. I knew you were coming, but Yu Xiuzhun locked me upstairs. I couldn’t see you, nor hear your voices. If I didn’t do this, I was afraid you couldn’t find me."

Ye Mingmei lowered her head.

Indeed, it would have been impossible to find her.

Nobody knows better than Ye Mingmei how wicked Yu Xiuzhun can be.

He’s capable of such blatant acts, so hiding someone away is nothing.

"It’s okay now." Qin Youxuan hugged her, "I’ll take you to the hospital to treat the abrasions on your body. Don’t worry, we’ve explained everything to Ru, she doesn’t know you were taken, she just thinks you’re working overtime at the company."

"Mm."

Ye Mingmei nodded obediently, her gaze shifted towards the window.

The aura surrounding her was somewhat low, a bit gloomy, indescribably desolate...

Qin Youxuan furrowed her brows, glanced at Dan Hanjie and Jin Chenye beside her, bit her lip, and said nothing.

"You just mentioned Guan Mai Port, what’s going on with that, do you have any concrete evidence?" Jin Chenye abruptly broke the silence, his gaze directed at Dan Hanjie.

A glint of vengeance flickered in his eyes.

"No, I just received news that the liveliest port under Yu Xiuzhun’s control now is Guan Mai, so I was taking a gamble, but judging by Yu Xiuzhun’s reaction, it seems like there’s indeed something amiss."

Dan Hanjie’s tall figure leaned against the car seat, his arm around Qin Youxuan’s waist, allowing her to rest comfortably on his chest.

His indifferent tone revealed no emotions.

"...Guan Mai? Is that the Yu family’s big port in Southeast Asia?"

Ye Mingmei’s nerves tightened, and she instinctively asked aloud. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"How do you know about that?" Jin Chenye’s gentle eyes flickered, looking at Ye Mingmei with surprise.

"N-nothing, I just overheard it once by chance, and was a bit curious." Ye Mingmei rubbed her fingers, her expression somewhat nervous.

She wasn’t good at lying, and whenever she lied, she would become anxious.