Ming Zheng landed on another rooftop.
Her gaze swept over the wall corner that had turned to ash, and she clicked her tongue.
Then, her eyes followed the direction from which the attack had just come.
She saw that the previously tightly shut main door had been blasted open by a powerful force.
An old man in a grey robe walked slowly in.
The moment the old man appeared.
Chi Zonghan's face lit up with ecstatic joy. He no longer bothered to continue pressuring Chi Xian, turning and scurrying towards the old man, "Great Elder, you... you've come out of seclusion!"
The grey-robed old man, however, did not look at Chi Zonghan.
Instead, his gaze was fixed directly on where Ming Zheng had landed.
His sharp eyes flashed with keen, cold light.
And the moment the Great Elder appeared.
Chi Xian's gaze fell upon the girl standing on the rooftop, clad in a light purple, cinched short skirt.
His pupils constricted.
The worry in his heart slowly subsided.
But in the next second, it rose high again.
She... was really here.
He really didn't want to drag her into the Chi family's disputes...
He knew that Ming Zheng had always hated trouble.
So, he wanted to finish things quickly.
He wanted to round up all the ambitious people in the Chi family.
After that, he could pursue her without any reservations.
Let her become the mistress of the Chi family.
A mistress of the Chi family without any trouble.
But ultimately, he had still dragged her into it.
"It's Miss Ming Zheng, she's fine... she's fine!"
Si Lin also saw Ming Zheng's figure.
Although she was standing on the rooftop, with most of her body obscured, he still recognized the clothes Ming Zheng was wearing.
He let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Miss Ming Zheng was safe!
If anything happened to Miss Ming Zheng, Brother Chi would surely kill him!
Si Lin inwardly flattered Ming Zheng again and again.
As expected of the woman Brother Chi fancied.
As expected of the woman who saved Brother Chi's life.
She was truly amazing!
Without Miss Ming Zheng as a bargaining chip,
Second Master Chi could only sing a song of sorrow.
"Chi Zonghan, you are too impatient."
The grey-robed old man's brows were stern, his gaze retracted and fell upon Chi Zonghan.
That sharp, penetrating gaze sent a chill through Chi Zonghan's heart.
He quickly lowered his head, "Great Elder... I, I also wanted to wait for you to come out of seclusion, but, but this is the best opportunity..."
"This is your so-called best opportunity?" The grey-robed old man snorted coldly, his gaze sweeping carelessly around.
Then, with a flick of his sleeve.
Invisible spiritual waves rippled outwards.
The martial artists dressed in ancient martial arts attire were pushed back two steps by this spiritual wave.
This gave Chi Zonghan's men an opportunity to escape.
And the direction the grey-robed old man's finger pointed.
Was directly towards the rooftop where Ming Zheng was standing.
"Rumble!"
The explosion sound was extremely deafening.
But beneath the sound of the blast.
The grey-robed old man's deep, cold voice was still clearly audible, "You didn't even know a little rat had sneaked in?"
When Chi Zonghan saw the grey-robed old man, his entire focus was on pleasing him.
He hadn't noticed the target of the grey-robed old man's attack at all.
At this moment, hearing the grey-robed old man's words, he was a little surprised, "A little rat?"
Immediately, his gaze followed the direction of the explosion.
On the rooftop, smoke and dust billowed, and碎石 (suì shí - broken stones) flew.
Nothing could be seen clearly.
The next moment.
Chi Xian's figure suddenly shot towards the rooftop.
Accompanying his voice, which was as cold as snow and like a demonic sound from hell: "Great Elder, you have overstepped!"
The man stood amidst the billowing smoke and dust.
His figure was blurred.
But it made the tangible coldness around the man even more intense.
The ground itself seemed to tremble violently under an invisible force.
That was... the sign of Chi Xian's anger!
Chi Zonghan lost his footing.
His face suddenly turned pale, and he quickly reached out to the Great Elder for support, preventing himself from falling to the ground.
"G-Great Elder..."
"Idiot!"
The grey-robed old man snorted coldly, raising his hand and delivering a heavy slap to Chi Zonghan's head.
Chi Zonghan cried out in pain, but did not dare to utter a single word.
On the rooftop.
Chi Xian's gaze rapidly scanned the surroundings.
His heart was pounding wildly.
Just then.
A lazy, charming voice sounded from behind him, "Chi Xian, looking for me?"
Chi Xian turned around abruptly.
He saw Ming Zheng, her ruby-red lips curved into a smile, her eyes twinkling as she looked at him.
The smoke and dust from the explosions around them still billowed.
But the girl before him was not affected in the slightest.
Chi Xian's deep, ink-like pupils, in this instant, expanded and contracted, contracted and expanded.
His body moved faster than his thoughts.
He opened his arms and pulled the girl into a tight embrace.
Ming Zheng: "?"
Is he so handsome that he can do whatever he wants?
Just as Ming Zheng was about to struggle.
The man's hands suddenly tightened.
His warm breath sprayed in her ear.
It was a little heavy.
As if suppressing some emotion.
Beneath the thin fabric.
Ming Zheng could clearly feel the rapid beat of the man's heart.
It was a sound of panic.
And a touch of the feeling of a lost treasure being found.
She finally lowered her hands, allowing him to hold her.
"Th-that woman..."
At this moment, Chi Zonghan finally saw clearly who the woman embraced by Chi Xian on the rooftop was.
Why was that woman here?
Wasn't she supposed to... still be unconscious at his home?
"What? You know that woman?" The grey-robed Great Elder glanced at Chi Zonghan's expression and asked coldly.
Chi Zonghan stammered, "Th-that's Chi Xian's woman. I thought... an ordinary woman could be used to threaten Chi Xian..."
He raised his head and looked at the two embracing each other, "Great Elder, look, Chi Xian really cares about that woman..."
His words suddenly stopped.
His pupils suddenly widened.
His face also turned pale.
Wait...
When the Great Elder arrived.
He immediately launched an attack.
And the target of the attack... seemed to be that woman?
That woman...
Was unharmed by the Great Elder's attack?
And, not just once!
Chi Xian's woman...
Was not an ordinary person!
Upon realizing this.
Chi Zonghan's face instantly turned extremely grim, his eyes showing a hint of panic.
"Telling you that you're stupid, and you still don't realize it!" The Great Elder's expression was solemn, "That woman... is not to be underestimated."
On the rooftop.
Ming Zheng was held by him for a while.
All the eyes below were focused on the two of them.
Ming Zheng felt a little uncomfortable, "Had enough hugging?"
The current situation.
It didn't seem like a time for hugging and embracing.
Aren't they in the middle of a fight?
"Why... did you come?"
Chi Xian's voice, muffled against Ming Zheng's neck, was hoarse and deep.
As it lingered in Ming Zheng's ears, it was like a feather, lightly tickling her.
With her strength.
She would not have been caught by Chi Zonghan at all.
And she could have left completely.
But she...
Still came to the Chi family's ancient mansion.
Was it... for him, right?