"etc!"
When they were still 500 meters away from Li Xiang's house, Jiang Yuan stopped Ning Yanlan.
"What's wrong?" Ning Yanlan asked, puzzled.
"The warlord's men are at Sister Li's house!" Jiang Yuan said solemnly.
"No way!" Ning Yanlan also craned her neck to see, but couldn't see clearly through the many obstacles.
Jiang Yuan's eyesight, enhanced by his Heavenly Eye, far surpassed Ning Yanlan's. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's go, let's go straight to the city square!"
Jiang Yuan is fine, but Ning Yanlan cannot be seen by the warlords, at least not now when their strength is insufficient.
"I hope my sister-in-law and the others are alright!" Ning Yanlan asked worriedly.
"It's nothing!" Jiang Yuan shook his head. "The warlord's people are probably just here to ask about Xiao Xin. They'll leave in a while!"
"I see!" Ning Yanlan looked a little melancholy. She gripped the USB drive tightly in her palm, and after glancing at Jiang Yuan's profile, her expression became somewhat resolute, as if she had made a major decision.
"Find a car, let's go to the trading area together and try to exchange any useless items we have!" Jiang Yuan pulled Ning Yanlan in another direction.
There were many cars parked on the road, and Ning Yanlan, being from a special department, could easily get a car. So the two drove off, but they were stopped several times at special checkpoints, all of which were routine checks by warlords.
Ning Yanlan had put on makeup and changed her hairstyle. With a baseball cap on, she looked like a completely different person. So, those who were just dealing with their superiors didn't notice anything unusual, and the two rushed straight to the city square.
Upon arriving at the city square, the atmosphere was far more lively than before; it was no longer just lively, but downright noisy.
"So many people?" Jiang Yuan asked in surprise as he got out of the car.
“That’s normal, most of the people here are adventurers who have gone out to explore!” Ning Yanlan seemed to know the area very well. She pulled Jiang Yuan along, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to a quieter trading area!”
"Isn't this the place?" Jiang Yuan glanced at the large crowd in the square.
"This is a trading area spontaneously organized by adventurers. Since there are no rules, there are many scams and deceptions. Those who genuinely want to trade should go to the core trading area!"
Ning Yanlan explained, "The core trading area is jointly controlled by several major families in the South City. With mutual supervision, there are very few cases of double-crossing, so many people go there to trade goods!"
"How do you know so much?" Jiang Yuan asked curiously, because Ning Yanlan had been with him these past few days, and the time she had to learn about this information was only in the first three days, since she hadn't left Jiang Yuan's sight since then.
“My nominal fiancé is a spoiled young master from one of the families. In the first few days, he shamelessly took me to all sorts of places! So I know a lot about what’s going on in Nancheng!” Ning Yanlan’s tone was disdainful, as if she only felt disgust when she talked about that guy.
"Then why didn't he step in to help you deal with the warlord's affairs later?" Jiang Yuan didn't think that the scions of big families were superior to others. He only talked to Ning Yanlan to help her solve her current problems.
Ning Yanlan seemed to have anticipated Jiang Yuan's question, but calmly replied, "Later, when our department went on a mission, that guy was my assigned protector. I faced a Tier 3 monster alone to save him! I told you, that guy abandoned me and ran away!"
Jiang Yuan nodded.
Ning Yanlan laughed angrily, "I was lucky to survive, but when I got back I found out that our entire department had been wiped out. There were two reasons for the annihilation. First, our department hindered Nancheng's plan to become king, and second, the USB drive."
"After that, I went to find that bastard, but I didn't expect that after abandoning me, he turned around and went back to have fun with a woman. Although I wasn't angry, that guy had offended my eyes, so I shot him twice!"
"Could it be his manhood?" Jiang Yuan felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.
Ning Yanlan's eyebrows arched like crescent moons as she said angrily, "Actually, I wanted to, but the consequences would be too severe. I could bear it, but my family couldn't handle it when Nancheng was unsealed! So I only shot him twice in the thigh!"
"That's ruthless!" Jiang Yuan said with a wry smile. Ning Yanlan was always decisive and efficient, so this was normal for her.
"That bastard spread rumors that I knew where the USB drive was. The warlord didn't care whether it was true or not, he just arrested my friend and threatened me. That's when I ran into you!" Ning Yanlan recounted her entire experience in Nancheng.
Jiang Yuan fell silent after hearing this. Ning Yanlan's matter involved many powerful figures, and it was not something that could be resolved by a single fourth-level expert.
"It's alright! I'll handle these things!" Ning Yanlan thought Jiang Yuan was silent because he was afraid, after all, she had offended many people.
"We've been through thick and thin together, your business is my business, don't talk nonsense about solving it all by yourself!" Jiang Yuan said with a faint smile.
"Aren't you afraid?" Ning Yanlan bit her lip and finally asked the question she most wanted to know.
"Afraid?"
Why be afraid?
Jiang Yuan revealed a calm smile. Although he was just an ordinary college student, he had also experienced many ups and downs.
He was adopted by foster parents at an orphanage when he was two years old. His foster parents died unexpectedly when he was six. He was sent back to the orphanage when he was ten. But when he was sent back to the orphanage at the age of ten, all the people who hated him and wanted to drive him out of the Jiang family did not even have the courage to look at him.
It's not that he can't compete, but that he doesn't want to compete anymore. As long as he wants, the young master of the Jiang family will still be him.
However, during the last four years of his life in the Jiang family, the elder who had taught him said two things that ultimately led him to choose to leave the Jiang family.
"Those with a cursed fate will always win at themselves and lose at the expense of others."
"If you stay with the Jiang family, you will win, and you will lose."
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