Upon hearing Xie Yuyao's words, the men's wicked smiles froze, and they began to scrutinize Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei.

From their stunning beauty to their overall demeanor, coupled with their eye-catching military coats, even the most clueless person could tell that these two women came from extraordinary backgrounds.

A tall, burly man who had been watching coldly said politely, "Ladies, you've seen something you shouldn't have. You'll have to come back with me for a cup of tea and a rest."

Xie Yuyao realized he was probably the leader of the group, so she asked, "Are you going to kill us to silence us?"

Zheng Guangyuan was slightly taken aback, then laughed and cried at the same time: "How could that be? We were just having a minor skirmish, it's not like we'd take lives so lightly."

Yang Shumei said, "But judging from your posture, those two are about to die."

"They're just external injuries; we know what we're doing."

"With so many of you attacking together, things could get complicated," Xie Yuyao said coldly. "I'll go check it out."

Without waiting for the thugs' response, she started walking in that direction, and Yang Shumei immediately followed.

Zheng Guangyuan watched the two figures walk away, smiled with interest, and waved his hand, signaling the remaining people to follow.

As Xie Yuyao approached the scene of the fight, her pupils suddenly dilated; the two people on the ground were actually acquaintances.

"Zhao Dayong, Arong, it's you!" She quickly approached and squatted down to check their injuries.

Zhao Dayong was also taken aback: "Xie Zhiqing, Yang Zhiqing, what are you doing here?"

"You know each other?" Zheng Guangyuan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the group.

Zhao Dayong shut his mouth and remained silent.

Taking advantage of the moment when no one was looking, Xie Yuyao took out iodine, cotton balls, gauze, and other items for stopping bleeding from her bag (space) and treated the wounds of the two people.

Both of them had cuts on their heads and bled quite a bit. As for the injuries on their bodies, they weren't visible because they were wearing thick clothes.

Seeing that she carried medical supplies and treated wounds skillfully, Zheng Guangyuan asked, "Are you a doctor?"

"No." Xie Yuyao continued working, her voice cool and collected. "I don't know if there's any internal damage. It's best to go to the hospital for a checkup."

"Go to the hospital? Did we let you leave?" another thug said menacingly, brandishing his stick as a threat.

Ah Rong was helped up, wincing in pain. Hearing the angry shout, he asked, "What? You're trying to kidnap me again?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get out of here!"

Zhao Dayong helped Arong along, and the two staggered as they followed the thug who was leading the way.

Xie Yuyao held Yang Shumei's hand and followed behind, having already made a judgment about where this group of people came from.

In the lobby, a man in a cotton overcoat paced back and forth like a caged beast. Master Zheng sat in the main seat, flanked by two henchmen. Behind the empty guest chairs stood two other men.

The man paused, stopping in front of Master Zheng. He put his left hand on his hip and pointed at Master Zheng with his right: "You said you were absolutely confident, that's why I joined forces with you. Now I can't hold on any longer, you have to supply me with the goods!"

He was Zuo Jun, the leader of the third largest black market in the county. His eyes bulged outwards, his temples had prominent veins, and he had a terrible scar on his left cheek. He looked very fierce.

"I've almost sold out all my goods, so I can't give them to you anymore." Old Master Zheng irritably clenched his fist and tapped the armrest of his chair.

Who would have thought that Qi Tai had a powerful ally in the shadows? This hidden trump card was so well concealed that he underestimated the opponent's strength, leading to his current crushing defeat.

Zuo Jun clenched his fist and threatened, "Then what am I supposed to do! Just hand over the territory to him like this? If you can't turn the tide, I'll switch sides and cooperate with Qi Tai to wipe you out!"

"Outrageous!" Master Zheng was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged. He accused Qi Tai, "Qi Tai is not stupid. How could he possibly look up to you? If you hadn't used force to drive him away first, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

After joining forces with Zuo Jun, Master Zheng sent many people to Qi Tai's territory to dump goods at low prices, thus starting a price war.

Qi Tai responded by lowering the prices he controlled, and then used their own tactics against them, causing their markets to be impacted by the low prices.

Of the three, Zuo Jun, the weakest, saw his black market collapse the fastest.

Seeing that customers were flocking to the people sent by Qi Tai, the usually domineering man issued an order to drive them away, smashing the stall and driving away Qi Tai's men.

Qi Tai, naturally, wouldn't tolerate this and expelled the rival sellers from his own territory. Master Zheng was forced to get involved.

The situation gradually spiraled out of control, leading to smashing of stalls and brawls, escalating the incident into a new chapter.

If it were a normal price war, they would at most lose money and resources, and could still hold onto their territory and slowly recover. Now that the situation has escalated, Qi Tai will not back down easily; he is determined to take over their territory.

"Now you're blaming me? If I hadn't driven them out, my territory would have been taken long ago!"

Just as the two were shifting blame and pointing fingers at each other, Xie Yuyao and the others were brought before them.

After listening to Zheng Guangyuan's report on the ins and outs of the matter, Xie Yuyao finally understood that Qi Tai and A Rong had been sent to investigate the market near the train station.

Rather than taking over the territory of Master Zheng and Zuo Jun, Qi Tai would rather open up a new market next to them.

This way, they can capture customers in this area without initiating vicious fights or becoming the unreasonable party.

Zheng Erye's men were patrolling the market near the train station when they encountered Zhao Dayong and his companion. The initial verbal conflict escalated into a physical brawl, and the unfortunate Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei were innocently dragged into it.

Upon learning that the two girls knew Zhao Dayong and his companion, Zuo Jun, who was always lustful, glared fiercely at Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei and sneered, "Good job catching them. I've been burning with rage for a while now. One for each of you, you go first."

Master Zheng frowned. These two girls had such a pure and innocent air about them; it was obvious they were outsiders. "Don't drag irrelevant people into this."

Zuo Jun scoffed and looked at Master Zheng: "What are you afraid of! We've come this far, what's the point of talking about principles? If you don't want it, I'll take it all!"

After saying that, he turned to Xie Yuyao and the other woman: "My two beauties, if you have someone to blame, blame Qi Tai. He's the one who upset me, which is why I took you."

Xie Yuyao noticed Zheng Erye's attitude and, after hearing Zuo Jun's words, mocked him: "He looks tall and strong, but he's a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong."

"Hmph, so you're a little firecracker. I like you even more." Zuo Jun smiled cruelly, straightening up to grab Xie Yuyao.

Master Zheng shouted to stop them: "Wait! Since they've been brought here, I'll deal with them."

"Oh?" Zuo Jun's gaze was sharp as a sword, staring intently at Master Zheng.

The two guardians behind Master Zheng stepped forward, clenched their fists, and tensed up, entering a state of alert.

The two men brought by Zuo Jun made the same move, and a battle was about to break out.