After leaving the woods, Liu Xiaoyuan walked towards the roadside. After a few minutes, he finally reached Tan Lingshan's car.
When Tan Lingshan and Murong Yuyan saw that Liu Xiaoyuan had returned unharmed, the worried expressions on their faces immediately disappeared.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, you're finally back! I was so worried!" Murong Yuyan unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, got out, and walked up to Liu Xiaoyuan, hugging him tightly.
Liu Xiaoyuan was surprised by Murong Yuyan's reaction and let her hug him for a while. Only then did Liu Xiaoyuan smile and say, "Alright, alright, I'm fine now."
Murong Yuyan was so worried that she couldn't help but do what she did just now. Now, hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Murong Yuyan immediately left Liu Xiaoyuan's embrace shyly.
After leaving Liu Xiaoyuan's embrace, Murong Yuyan shyly ran to the car and sat down like a little girl.
Her heart was pounding wildly. She was so embarrassed just now. She had actually taken the initiative to hug Liu Xiaoyuan. She was so shameless.
"Oh my, my big star, now you know how to be shy. I don't know who it was that saw someone coming and ran like a big rabbit," Tan Lingshan said with a smile.
Upon seeing Tan Lingshan teasing her, Murong Yuyan immediately raised her small fist and started punching Tan Lingshan, saying as she did so, "Lingshan, you're so mean! You're so mean! You made fun of me! You made fun of me..."
"Haha... I'm not making fun of you, I'm just telling the truth!" Tan Lingshan's mood improved when she saw that the danger had passed and Liu Xiaoyuan had returned unharmed.
Liu Xiaoyuan walked up and saw the two girls playfully fighting. He smiled and asked, "What's making you two so happy, fighting like this?"
Upon seeing Liu Xiaoyuan approaching, Murong Yuyan immediately recalled her previous attempt to seduce him and shyly stopped.
Seeing Murong Yuyan like this, Tan Lingshan teased, "Someone's heart is fluttering with romantic feelings."
The "someone" Tan Lingshan was referring to was naturally Murong Yuyan. Murong Yuyan knew this, and when she heard Tan Lingshan teasing her again, she started playfully hitting Tan Lingshan with her little fists.
After the two women had their little tiff, Tan Lingshan's expression immediately turned serious. She looked at Liu Xiaoyuan and asked, "Brother Liu, who were those two people just now? Why were they looking for me?"
Liu Xiaoyuan thought to himself, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? I'd like to ask you instead."
"You don't know why these two people are causing you trouble?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked in surprise.
Tan Lingshan nodded and said, "I don't know. I don't know either of them. I don't understand why they're causing me trouble. Maybe they're business rivals."
Enemies in the business world? Liu Xiaoyuan thought that was impossible. For a businessman like you to invite a cultivator is definitely not an easy task.
Moreover, those two people were fellow disciples, meaning they were members of a cultivation sect. How could a businessman possibly know disciples of a cultivation sect?
Therefore, in Liu Xiaoyuan's view, his business rivals could basically be eliminated. Of course, there's always a chance of something going wrong.
Unfortunately, both of those mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators bit their tongues and committed suicide, failing to obtain any useful clues. What a pity.
"Brother Liu, did those two people escape?" Tan Lingshan asked worriedly. She was naturally concerned because if they had escaped, they would definitely come back to cause her trouble.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "You don't need to worry anymore. Those two people bit their tongues and committed suicide. You don't need to worry about them coming to cause you trouble again."
Upon hearing the words "biting his tongue to commit suicide," Tan Lingshan and Murong Yuyan were so astonished that their mouths gaped open.
The idea of biting one's tongue to commit suicide is something you only see in TV dramas. In real society, who would bite their tongue to commit suicide? Sometimes when you accidentally chew your tongue while eating, it hurts terribly, let alone biting your tongue to commit suicide.
"Did they really bite their tongues and commit suicide?" Tan Lingshan asked Liu Xiaoyuan, her eyes wide.
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "Yes, I wanted to ask them why they arrested you, but they refused to say and eventually bit their tongues and committed suicide."
Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Tan Lingshan immediately recalled the battle between Liu Xiaoyuan and the two of them, which was like a character in a mythological drama, who was actually able to fly through the air.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, you can fly? Are you a martial arts master?" Tan Lingshan asked in surprise.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "I can't answer that for you. You should drive home quickly; it's not safe to stay here any longer."
Tan Lingshan wanted to keep bothering Liu Xiaoyuan with more questions, but when she realized that Liu Xiaoyuan was right, she immediately drove away.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, why don't you stay at my place tonight?" Tan Lingshan said.
"Isn't this a bit much? We've only known each other for a few hours, and you want to take me to meet your parents? That's a bit too fast, isn't it?" Liu Xiaoyuan joked.
In fact, Liu Xiaoyuan knew that the reason Tan Lingshan let him stay at her house was simply to have him work as her bodyguard.
Liu Xiaoyuan was unwilling to do something like being a bodyguard for free, but he felt that something was off about tonight's events, and that Tan Lingshan might be hiding something. So, Liu Xiaoyuan decided to go and check it out.
Tan Lingshan said to Murong Yuyan in an annoyed tone, "Yuyan, you need to control this guy in your family. He's so shameless."
After being told this by Tan Lingshan, Murong Yuyan involuntarily turned her head to look at Liu Xiaoyuan. Just then, Liu Xiaoyuan also looked at her, and their eyes met. Murong Yuyan's face turned as red as a peach blossom in March, and she turned her head back.
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't expect Murong Yuyan to be so shy. This was completely out of character for her as a celebrity. Normally, celebrities are very outgoing, otherwise they would be stage-frightened when they go on stage.
Could it be that Murong Yuyan really has feelings for him? Liu Xiaoyuan questioned himself again.
Sigh! It's a problem when a man is too outstanding; there are always beautiful women admiring him. Liu Xiaoyuan thought to himself with such smugness.
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Who said I'm shameless? Miss Tan, you can't say things like that, or I'll sue you for defamation."
Tan Lingshan said, "Hmph, go ahead and sue me if you want, I'm not afraid of you."
"Oh my! You've got some nerve. Looks like I'll have my lawyer sue you tomorrow and make you pay for my financial losses," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
Murong Yuyan interjected, "Lingshan isn't afraid of that lousy lawyer you hired."
Chatting and laughing in the car, Tan Lingshan and Murong Yuyan immediately forgot about what had just happened and started joking with Liu Xiaoyuan.
(End of this chapter)
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