Naturally, the sleeping Su Yi had no idea that someone wanted to invite him over overnight to "ask" him some questions.
As the Zheng family's people arrived at the hotel to fetch him, the Shen family also received the news simultaneously.
In this world, there is both black and white.
The Shen family was involved in both legal and illegal activities, and the Zheng family was naturally no cleaner.
Moreover, there was no evidence to support their suspicion of Su Yi, so they could only resort to underhanded tactics.
"What do you mean? The Zheng family's youngest son is dead, and they suspect Mr. Su did it?"
"Yes, Master. The Zheng family claims that Mr. Su was at the scene at the time. It is said that Mr. Su's medical skills are astonishing, so they want to invite him over to get a clear understanding," the bodyguard who delivered the message quickly said.
Awakened in the middle of the night, Shen Mingwen was immediately invigorated and lost all sleepiness.
He wasn't surprised that those with ulterior motives knew about the relationship between the Shen family and Su Yi.
However, he was confident that outsiders absolutely did not know the true extent of Su Yi's situation with the Shen family, nor how capable he was.
Precisely because of this, in order to avoid alarming anyone, he did not send anyone to protect Su Yi's safety.
That would only make him a target for those with ulterior motives.
However, he didn't expect such a coincidence to occur: Su Yi had a conflict with the Zheng family, and the Zheng family even had a youngest son die as a result.
Regarding the so-called cerebral hemorrhage, the Zheng family might only suspect that Su Yi had a hand in it, but Shen Mingwen, having witnessed Su Yi's medical skills, was already largely convinced.
Most likely, Zheng Ziye, unaware of the danger, rashly offended Su Yi, and then Su Yi killed him using some secret method.
"However, the Zheng family's overnight search for Mr. Su is probably not just because of Zheng Ziye's death."
Shen Mingwen, experienced in the ways of the world, already had some guesses and immediately said to the bodyguard:
"Don't worry about so much. Do you know where Mr. Su is? Quickly gather a few people to protect Mr. Su's safety. Don't let anyone take him away. If it's convenient, bring him here. If the Zheng family obstructs, wait for me to arrive."
The bodyguard immediately acknowledged the order.
Although the Shen family hadn't specifically assigned anyone to watch Su Yi these past two days, Jiangcheng wasn't that big, and it wasn't difficult for such a large family to track Su Yi's movements.
Soon, a large group of bodyguards rushed to the hotel where Su Yi was staying.
...
Knock, knock, knock~!
The loud footsteps and urgent knocking at the door made Yue Ling, who was playing with her phone beside Su Yi, frown.
The faint hostility emanating from the group outside caused a faint light to flicker in her hands.
However, after thinking about it, she didn't immediately act but instead woke up Su Yi, who was beside her.
In reality, Su Yi didn't require that much sleep anymore; not sleeping for a day or two wasn't a big deal.
The reason he still ensured eight hours of sleep every day was simply out of habit.
After being awakened, his mind was very clear.
Knowing that a large group of unidentified people with some hostility had appeared outside, he understood that the aftermath of dealing with that young man during the day had arrived.
Su Yi hadn't offended many people. He had previously guessed that this person was either an enemy of the Shen family or had become enemies with them recently when the Shen family was helping him acquire those farms, so they deliberately came to cause trouble.
Seeing that the retaliation had come so quickly, there was no need to guess anymore.
The bosses behind those farms, acquired by the Shen family through some means, certainly didn't have such methods, nor such courage.
The young man eliminated by Yue Ling's magic was most likely an opponent of the Shen family.
He felt somewhat helpless at being drawn into this power struggle.
However, that was unavoidable.
Any benefit came with risks. He chose to enter the world of the wealthy through the Shen family to develop his career, so encountering such things was inevitable.
The response wasn't that complicated: meet soldiers with generals, and water with earth.
Since they hadn't chosen to call the police or use official channels to deal with him, there was even less need for him to do so.
After all, Yue Ling's identity was special, and it wasn't appropriate to expose her yet.
"It seems they've come to invite us. Since they're here, let's go with them and see what's up."
Su Yi could roughly guess the other party's intentions.
If they were truly here for revenge, they would have already broken down the door and barged in.
Since they were still knocking politely, it meant they hadn't determined that Su Yi was the murderer of that young man but were just trying to make an issue out of it.
As for the purpose, Su Yi couldn't guess.
Perhaps it was to disgust the Shen family, or perhaps it was because they knew about the Water of Life he had displayed in the Shen family and wanted to take the opportunity to bypass the Shen family and get a share of the pie.
Who knew?
However, he didn't care.
Just like when he faced that young man during the day, he didn't care what a dead man was thinking or what his purpose was.
...
"You must be Mr. Su?"
Outside the door, a stern-looking man in a suit coldly looked at Su Yi.
"That's me. What's the matter in the middle of the night?"
Su Yi said calmly.
"I'm from the Zheng family. Our family head has something he wants to ask you in person. Please, Mr. Su, come with us."
The bodyguard's expression was cold and hard, and his muscles were already tense.
If Su Yi dared to say no, he would immediately take action and forcibly take him away.
However, to his surprise, Su Yi didn't seem surprised at all and immediately said:
"Okay!"
As he spoke, he glanced into the room and urged:
"Are you dressed? We're leaving."
"I'm ready!"
"..."
Looking at the casual Su Yi and Yue Ling, who was dressed and walking out of the room unhurriedly, the bodyguard's face was momentarily blank.
Wait, I'm here to kidnap you in the middle of the night, aren't you even a little nervous?
Working for the Zheng family, this wasn't the first time he had broken into someone's residence in the middle of the night to kidnap them.
Although this time he knocked on the door first instead of breaking it down, the essence was actually no different.
This was the first time he had encountered a client who was so willing to cooperate with his work.
He originally thought that Su Yi was planning to play along and come up with some crooked ideas, but he didn't expect Su Yi to actually act like he was going to visit a friend.
After getting into the car with Yue Ling, he didn't show any intention of running away. Instead, he paid attention to the car's ride experience. After the two seriously discussed it, they said that they would buy one later or something.
The highly vigilant bodyguard was speechless.
What made him even more speechless was that, as they talked, Su Yi actually started chatting with him.
He asked some boring questions like "How old are you this year?" "How many people are in your family?" "How old are your children?" "Do you have a wife?" "How much is your monthly salary?"
Seeing that the other party was so cooperative, in order to avoid trouble, the bodyguard answered Su Yi's questions very simply. He answered whatever Su Yi asked.
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