Yuan Zhao woke up on the second day, but the familiar bed curtains weren't there when she opened her eyes. She instinctively sat up, but accidentally aggravated her wounds, letting out a soft gasp. Then she heard a voice say:

"You woke up quickly!"

Yuan Zhao looked up and saw Rong Ruo not far away, washing and dressing.

Seeing him, everything from last night flashed through Yuan Zhao's mind, and he quickly said, "Thank you for last night, Chief Supervisor."

"By the way, Master, what about my two maids?"

Upon hearing this, Rong Ruo turned and glanced at her, slowly uttering two words:

"He's not dead."

Hearing this, Yuan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. Her biggest worry was Wen Feng and Linglong.

"Master, did I receive any news when I called them?"

Yuan Zhao couldn't help but ask.

Her biggest worry was that her father and brothers would be anxious for her if they knew what happened last night.

No one knows what happened last night.

Rong Ruo spoke calmly.

Yuan Zhao was taken aback, but then realized that Rong Ruo had suppressed it.

"Thank you, Supervisor."

Since neither his father nor his elder brother had received any news, the Marquis's mansion must have received no news either. What are they thinking now?

Do you think that since she didn't come home all night, she must be dead?

If I were to appear before them now, what would they do?

"My lord, please send a message to the Yuan family."

Yuan Zhao spoke.

Rong Ruo glanced at Yuan Zhao, but neither agreed nor disagreed.

At the Yongning Marquis's residence, Zhou Shiyuan, his father, and the matriarch stayed up all night, all waiting for news from the other side.

A night passed without any news, and Yuan Zhao did not return.

Zhou Shiyuan began by saying:

"It's bound to succeed."

Zhou's father remained silent, but his thoughts were similar to Zhou Shiyuan's. This time, he had spent a lot of money to hire people from the best assassin organization to take Yuan Zhao's life.

Even if Yuan Zhao possessed extraordinary abilities, he could not escape it.

Upon hearing this, Madam Zhou stopped turning the beads and frowned, saying:

"But why is there still no news?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou's father spoke up:

“Mother, you don’t know this. The organizations in the martial arts world are different. I didn’t reveal my identity when I went there. They only care about killing people and don’t send messages back.”

“Now that Yuan Zhao has not returned all night, it must be that the matter has been accomplished.”

Hearing this, Old Madam Zhou continued to fiddle with the prayer beads in her hand and said softly:

"Amitabha!"

She originally wanted to keep Yuan Zhao for a while longer, but because she caused too many problems, she couldn't keep her any longer.

In order to get rid of Yuan Zhao, she even took out all her personal savings.

Thinking of this, she opened her eyes and slowly said:

"Now, we need to think about the future path of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a maid came in to announce that Supervisor Rong had arrived.

"he?"

Upon hearing Rong Ruo's name, Zhou Shiyuan felt his shoulder begin to ache again.

What is he doing here?

Zhou's father also looked unwell. They had no connection with Rong Ruo. It was already surprising that he came to the banquet that day, so what was he doing here today?

Old Madam Zhou was quick-witted; she frowned and said:

"That evil star is probably here for Yuan Zhao."

"Everyone says that the Imperial Guards have all the eyes and ears in the world. He probably already knows that Yuan Zhao is in trouble."

"Having come here now, do you perhaps know something?"

Upon hearing this, the Zhou father and son's expressions changed, and finally, the father said:

"Let's go out and see what he has to say."

"What happened last night will leave no evidence, so even if he is angry, there is no proof."

"Shiyuan, you stay with your father."

Zhou Shiyuan nodded in agreement, but he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Yuan Zhao is his nominal wife, the heir apparent of the Yongning Marquis's mansion. Now that something has happened to her, her lover is rushing to demand an explanation. It's truly ironic.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that his own father was also involved with Bai Mianmian...

Thinking about this made him feel increasingly uncomfortable.