The decision was final.

Working backward from the result to deduce the process is much simpler than finding the answer through painstaking reasoning.

Even before executing him by drowning him in the river, he made sure the other person knew the truth before he died. However, judging from the other person's expression, he was clearly heartbroken by the incident, which is why he finally broke down in his defenses.

It makes sense. After being betrayed by her childhood sweetheart, she finally found someone to rely on, only to be used by that person again... It would be hard for anyone to overcome such a blow.

You're a bad woman too.

Looking at He Yuxia in front of him, Xu Shi secretly shook his head.

"...So what? What do you want to do now?"

Upon hearing his words, Miss He simply sighed softly, clearly knowing that she had no room for further argument.

And what Xu Shi said was basically true.

"It's very simple. I need to know as much information as possible about 'those people' from you."

Xu Shi said seriously, increasing the pressure on his hand, "I don't deny that I know nothing about you, not even your names... so I have to ask you for help, Miss He Er."

What if I say no?

He Yuxia gritted her teeth, revealing a defiant look in her eyes.

"The 'Snake Ring' has many ways of getting people to tell the truth, Miss He."

Xu Shi was completely unimpressed by this. He recalled that Xia Wuyou at least had some messy hair back then... Not good enough, start over!

"I'm currently performing sex doll modifications on some people. Why don't you keep her company?"

"...Then I'm afraid Chairman Xu will be disappointed."

He Yuxia smiled, but her eyes suddenly became serious.

With a sudden flick of his brush, which he hadn't put down, the ink dots he flung out transformed into sharp blades, heading straight for Xu Shi's vitals.

"Young Master!"

Su Lin, who was standing to the side, exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this, but before she could make a move, Xu Shi's "Jade Capital" had already activated its force field protection, easily blocking the sneak attack.

"You're quite something, Miss He."

Looking at the ink-black blade that had pierced the protective shield several inches, Xu Shi was a little surprised. "No one knew you were an 'Ascended One' before... that means you must be at least a level above, right?"

"But this level doesn't seem quite enough?"

"Is that so?"

As she spoke, He Yuxia had already broken free from his control, her expression becoming even more composed. "Then how do you know that the person standing in front of you is the real me?"

Before she finished speaking, her figure suddenly became ethereal, disappearing little by little like smoke and dust.

"I hope you'll have grown a bit when we meet again, little brother..."

"Young Master, are you alright?"

Su Lin wanted to go after him, but after thinking about it, she decided to worry about Xu Shi first.

What could possibly be wrong with me?

Xu Shi waved his hand, "Her ability is quite interesting."

Judging from the effect, it should be similar to the magic paintbrush of Ma Liang? Turning what is drawn into reality... Even the person I saw today was probably a stand-in prepared in advance, or it could be an additional effect of her ability.

However, he was not upset by her escape. He calmly ordered, "Make arrangements for a city-wide search. She can't escape."

If she could have escaped, she would have disappeared without a trace along with Shenhe's defeat, instead of waiting here for him to finish playing Conan before leaving with harsh words.

In fact, this was the big fish he was trying to catch in the long run—Xu Shike had never stopped monitoring and tailing He Yuxia, and she could see any contact with her.

However, the fact is that she didn't, which is enough to prove that she couldn't do it, rather than being complacent or fearless... What a joke, the mysterious force that has been hiding in the dark would definitely not make such a low-level mistake.

Since that's the case, it's actually quite simple. Now that the entire City of Night Sin is under his control, He Yuxia probably can't even leave the city. At most, she can only hide. So let's just do a thorough search to find her.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Seeing his confidence, Su Lin felt relieved, responded, and immediately went out.

Xu Shi stayed behind, waiting for Ning Wei to bring his maternal grandfather to confront them—the commotion here earlier was quite significant, it would be strange if no one noticed.

So not long after, he saw Ning Wei pushing a wheelchair with Wen Shengkui.

Butler Ning looked constipated and gave him a reproachful glare.

—Didn't I tell you to be more peaceful, bro? How did things turn out like this?

Xu Shi was also helpless about this, but as usual, he still shifted the blame back to Xu Shi.

—You failed to keep the old man calm and you're blaming me? That's enough.

Ning Weiren was dumbfounded.

—You're the one who's gone too far! Mr. Wen is just not fully recovered, he hasn't lost consciousness or fainted! You've made such a commotion, do you think I'd plug his ears?

He finally witnessed Xu Shi's true colors as a scoundrel. What kind of person is he?

Xu Shi looked up at the sky and said, "Sorry, Chairman Xu never makes mistakes; if there is a mistake, it's yours."

"Alright, alright, if you glare your eyes out again, I'll kick you all as third wheels."

Wen Shengkui interrupted their eye contact with annoyance and looked at Xu Shi, asking, "What are you up to, kid? Explain yourself."

Xu Shi didn't hide anything from them. After organizing his thoughts, he explained the whole story to them—he had just said that they should know when the time came, and now the time had come, hadn't it?

"Are you sure? Yuxia has...connections with those people?"

The old man wasn't so incapable of accepting such a thing—the fact is that anyone standing at the top of Night Sin City would, like Xia Ke'an said, maintain a sense of crisis in this regard.

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