Cheng Jian pulled the thug by the collar and whispered a few words of advice.

The thug asked, "Boss, is this okay?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Cheng Jian lit a cigarette. "At worst, we just won't take the bait."

"OK."

The local thugs themselves didn't show up, and there were many children playing at the alley entrance.

He casually sprinkled a handful of White Rabbit milk candies, and some children were willing to run errands for them.

The thugs and ruffians repeated what Cheng Jian had taught them to say to the children.

The children ran into the gate of the Ye family's courtyard in groups of three or five, curiously looking at everything inside.

"elder sister."

"elder sister."

"Sister, can I have one of your dates?"

The children clung to the courtyard gate, their eyes fixed longingly on the bright red dates hanging on the tree.

Ye Fanxing smiled and waved to the children.

The children ran in.

Yin Zhongzheng and Ye Fanxing were picking dates from the tree for the children.

Lian Qiao remained seated under the eaves, reviewing Ye Heping's information.

She heard the children's laughter and looked up with a slight smile at these little ones who were laughing so happily over a single date.

I couldn't help but think of my son. Did he used to look expectantly at the jujubes on the tree under the jujube tree?

"elder sister."

A little boy reached out and tugged at Ye Fanxing's hand.

Ye Fanxing leaned closer and asked, "What's wrong?"

The little boy said mysteriously to Ye Fanxing, "Someone is investigating your family."

Where is that person?

Ye Fanxing immediately became wary.

The little boy pulled Ye Fanxing out of the courtyard gate. Ye Fanxing asked with a puzzled look, "Where did you find it?"

"At my grandma's house, a grandpa came and asked her if she knew Ye Wanzhang."

The little boy led Ye Fanxing to the gate of the neighboring courtyard. Upon seeing the poster on the gate, Ye Fanxing's initial wariness instantly dissipated.

The neighbors next door used to be acquaintances of Grandpa and Grandma Ye, and they visited each other frequently.

Her family also helped her a lot with her grandparents' funeral.

How is your grandmother's health?

The little boy nodded and said, "Okay!"

Just as Ye Fanxing was about to enter the neighboring courtyard, a man rushed out from behind the gate and covered Ye Fanxing's mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

Ye Fanxing was terrified and kicked the man hard between the legs.

The little boy, unaware of what was happening, asked the man who was standing motionless on the ground, "Uncle, when are you going to give me the candy you promised?"

Ye Fanxing understood perfectly well that this man had used candy to lure the child into the trap.

Enraged, she took out acupuncture needles and stabbed the man's acupoints several times.

The man lay on the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

Ye Fanxing, still shaken, patted her chest and demanded fiercely, "Who sent you?"

The man, covered in sweat, looked at Ye Fanxing with a lewd smile, "You're beautiful, I'm lusting after you!"

Ye Fanxing: "..."

In broad daylight, how could anyone be so lewd and horny?

Thinking that she couldn't let this black sheep continue to harm people, Ye Fanxing squatted down and continued to give the man acupuncture.

She would only be satisfied with stabbing him until he was paralyzed from the waist down!

As soon as Ye Fanxing squatted down, Cheng Jian silently crept up behind her, swung the stick in his hand, and smashed it down on the back of Ye Fanxing's head with a "bang"!

Upon seeing this, the little boy screamed in terror.

Cheng Jian ignored the thugs lying on the ground, carried the unconscious Ye Fanxing, turned around and walked into the yard. He closed the gate, used a long ladder to climb out from the backyard.

The little boy's screams attracted Yin Zhongzheng and Lian Qiao, who were picking dates in the Ye family's courtyard.

As soon as Lian Qiao and Yin Zhongzheng saw the needles on the man's body, they knew it was Ye Fanxing's technique.

"toffee."

Give me candy.

The little boy screamed in fright.

When the other children saw the man, they swarmed around him, pushing him around and constantly asking for candy.

Yin Zhongzheng and Lian Qiao immediately understood that Ye Fanxing was in trouble.

Yin Zhongzheng immediately took out copper coins to cast a divination.

"Senior sister, southeast direction."

Ignoring everything else, Lian Qiao and Yin Zhongzheng chased after them in the southeast direction.

Seeing this, the guard asked, "Teacher Lian, what happened?"

Lian Qiao said, "Notify Huo Dongfang that Xingxing is in trouble!"

The guard replied with a shocked expression, "Yes."

Cheng Jian's attack on Ye Fanxing was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather a premeditated plan.

He stuffed Ye Fanxing into a tricycle he had stolen, disguised it slightly with a blanket, and drove towards the public cemetery outside the city.

Dad, Mom.

The son is unfilial.

I was unable to be there for you in your final days.

But don't worry, I brought Ye Fanxing with me.

Your son has avenged you.

Cheng Jian pedaled the tricycle quickly.

He had no idea how powerful Ye Fanxing's master and uncle were, nor did he know that the reason he was released from prison was because they wanted to use him to kill Ye Fanxing.

Does Ye Fanxing have any enemies in Huacheng?

have.

After a little thought, I knew that my enemy was Cheng Jian.

Huo Dongfang had just discovered that Cheng Jian's release from prison was a violation of regulations when he immediately received news of Ye Fanxing's incident.

Huo Dongfang, the guards, Yin Zhongzheng, Lian Qiao, and others all headed towards the cemetery in the southeast direction.

Meanwhile, Cheng Jian arrived at the cemetery.

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