Chapter 13: The Night Bar

Ye Xuan's mother could fully feel the murderous aura emanating from her son, which also alarmed her greatly. She rushed to speak out and dissuade him, saying, "The suffering your mom has endured is nothing, and any resentment I had has long since dissipated. As long as we can reunite as a family, I am satisfied."

Hearing his mother's words of persuasion, Ye Xuan quickly concealed his killing intent, but he did not agree to her. Clearly, he felt he had to seek justice for his mother concerning the events of the past.

After chatting idly for a while, Ye's mother went into the kitchen and cooked a braised carp for Ye Xuan, along with several other exquisite dishes. By the time the meal was served on the table, it had already become completely dark outside.

"Xuan, don't wait anymore. Your sister probably won't come back today. Let's eat," said Ye's mother with a forced smile, putting a piece of fish into Ye Xuan's bowl. However, the worry in her eyes was clearly caught by him.

Ye Xuan did not touch the food in his bowl but smiled and said, "Mom, you wait at home; I'll go to the school and bring our sister back. It won't take long."

After saying this, Ye Xuan did not wait for his mother to stop him, and immediately stood up and stepped out the door. When Ye's mother chased after him to the door, there was no sign of Ye Xuan outside!

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Among the clouds, within the void, Ye Xuan walked with a leisurely pace.

At this moment, Ye Xuan's face was ice-cold, clearly unhappy about his little sister not coming home at night. When he was in a bad mood, he tended to kill, a habit formed over the past four years on the Blood Sea Battlefield.

Lanqi High School, a third-rate high school, lacked the sight of any student wearing a school uniform. This high school was filled with various rowdy students and delinquent girls and was known as one of the worst high schools in Jiangnan City.

It was now eight o'clock in the evening. The school was deserted, but various private cars were parked at the school gate, and flamboyantly dressed girls occasionally got into these cars and drove away.

With a Floating Light Shadow, a blink in the void, Ye Xuan quietly appeared in front of the school gate without drawing anyone's attention. Looking at the scene in front of the school gate, Ye Xuan's expression became slightly colder.

A few ruffians with wildly dyed hair smoked, and several scantily clad girls joked and played around, while middle-aged men getting out of private cars chatted up some delinquent girls. Even a fool could tell what they were discussing.

"My sister goes to school here?" Ye Xuan's voice was ice-cold, his face extremely grim.

Ye Xuan walked toward a few ruffians ahead until he stood right in front of them, drawing their attention to his presence.

"Hey, kid, I've never seen you before. You're so young; could you also be here looking for some excitement?" A green-haired gangster said to Ye Xuan with a laugh, prompting the other ruffians to burst into laughter.

"Do you know a girl named Ye Ling'er?" Ye Xuan asked in a deep voice.

"Ye Ling'er?"

The green-haired gangster paused, then looked Ye Xuan over carefully and asked, "What's your relationship with her?"

"I'm her brother," said Ye Xuan, his voice slightly more frigid.

"Haha, a sworn brother, huh? Who would've thought that little wild thing Ye Ling'er had a sworn brother." The green-haired gangster laughed playfully, utterly oblivious to the cold light rising in Ye Xuan's eyes.

"I'll ask you one more time, where is Ye Ling'er now?" Ye Xuan stepped forward, right in front of the green-haired ruffian, causing his expression to turn startled, and then to one of anger.

"How the hell are you talking to me, you..."

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Qingmao originally wanted to bolster his courage, but before he could finish speaking, his vision blurred as a powerful palm suddenly choked his neck, and he was hoisted into the air in an instant.

Ye Xuan's fingers slowly clenched together, his voice growing even colder as he said, "Tell me where she is."

Such a scene terrified the other hooligans to the extreme. They had intended to step forward and help, but upon seeing Ye Xuan's icy gaze, they immediately scattered and fled.

Clearly, these thugs were also the kind who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Seeing Ye Xuan lift Qingmao effortlessly, they suspected he was a trained fighter, and they dared not confront him.

"Cough... cough... I... I'll talk..." Qingmao's face turned red with difficulty as he eked out a few words, prompting Ye Xuan to loosen his grip, letting the man fall to the ground.

"Today is Brother Hu's birthday, Ye Ling'er and a few female classmates were taken away by Brother Hu long ago. I heard they're at Nightclub," Qingmao blurted out quickly, afraid that Ye Xuan might beat him severely.

"Brother Hu?"

Ye Xuan murmured to himself and then looked at Qingmao, asking, "Who is Brother Hu?"

"Brother Hu is one of the leaders of the Beichuan Gang. If you really are Ye Ling'er's brother, I advise you to not go looking for her," Qingmao said with a fearful look when mentioning Brother Hu.

Hearing Qingmao's warning, Ye Xuan silently glanced at the man. Qingmao wasn't inherently bad; otherwise, he wouldn't have warned him. It was unclear why he had ended up like this.

After getting the address of Nightclub from Qingmao again, Ye Xuan casually started walking towards the distance.

"Hey, you really going to find Ye Ling'er? You'll get beaten to death!" Qingmao hesitated but still called out to the departing figure of Ye Xuan.

"Learn to be a better person, and remember to dye your hair back," Ye Xuan's voice came from afar, startling Qingmao. He didn't know that, had it not been for his kind warning just now, he might have become disabled due to his previous vulgar language.

Nightclub.

Heavy metal music filled every inch of space, countless young men and women wildly dancing in the dance floor, the DJ on stage shouting with passion, and two scantily clad, seductive women shaking their bodies.

Just entering Nightclub, Ye Xuan frowned, disliking such extremely noisy venues. If it weren't for looking for his sister, he would have never appeared here.

"Sir, are you alone?" A waiter quickly approached Ye Xuan, inquiring.

"I'm a friend of Brother Hu, do you know where he is?"

As Ye Xuan's voice fell, the waiter's face froze, scrutinizing him carefully with a puzzled look in his eyes. Today was Brother Hu's birthday, and all of Brother Hu's friends were notorious figures, so how could there be such a refined young man?

Despite his doubts, the waiter still pointed out the direction for Ye Xuan, which made him head towards the private booth where Brother Hu was.

In Booth No. 1.

On the luxurious golden sofa sat a dozen bald brutes with fierce faces, each with tattoos of dragons and tigers on their bodies, the clinking of their glasses resonating from time to time. The leader, with a ferocious face and several scars on his shiny bald head, appeared so intimidating that no one dared to make eye contact.

Around them were more than ten young girls, a dazzling array of foreign liquors piling up on the table, and from time to time, frivolous laughter would erupt from the girls.

Ye Ling'er, with yellow-dyed hair, still heavily made up, was sitting next to Brother Hu, but deep worry lay in her eyes. She did not want to be there at all, but Brother Hu insisted on her company.

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