CHAPTER 836: CHAPTER 833: WORRIES

"Dou Dou, come over to Auntie,"

"No, I have to stand guard here." Dou Dou stood at the door, motionless, like a guard.

Seeing her little posture, Qi Huilan couldn’t help but find it amusing.

"What are you guarding for? We’re at home, there’s no bad guys."

"Yes, Potato said there are bad guys, and asked me to protect you and Uncle," Dou Dou said in a serious tone.

"What do you mean?" Qi Huilan was stunned by the words and her expression became serious.

She turned to look at the balcony, where Jiang Hongtu was on the phone with Shen Siyuan’s father, and from his hearty laughter, it was clear that the two were having a pleasant conversation.

She thought about it, feeling that the situation seemed serious, so she approached the balcony without saying a word, only signaling with her eyes.

Jiang Hongtu was slightly taken aback, then he nodded slightly, and soon, after some polite conversation with Shen Jianjun, he hung up the phone.

"What’s wrong?" he asked in confusion.

"Dou Dou just said we were in danger, Xiao Shen sent her to protect us," Qi Huilan said.

Jiang Hongtu’s face changed upon hearing this, "Is he being targeted?"

He was not surprised because when he took the elixir and learned about its effects, he knew that Shen Siyuan would be targeted sooner or later, but he didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

"I’ll give him a call." Jiang Hongtu immediately raised the phone that he hadn’t put down yet.

Since Shen Siyuan had visited twice, he naturally left a contact.

But when he dialed the phone, he only received a busy signal.

"Can’t get through," Jiang Hongtu frowned deeply.

"Maybe you should call his father to ask," Qi Huilan suggested.

Then she turned to look at the door, where Dou Dou was scratching her butt and head from time to time, looking restless. This game was not fun at all for the restless Dou Dou.

Seeing her like this, Qi Huilan wanted to laugh but knew this was not the time.

"I’ll call Taozi first and ask." Jiang Hongtu said.

Upon hearing this, Qi Huilan quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, call Taozi quickly."

Only then did she react, not knowing if her daughter was in danger.

Taking advantage of Jiang Hongtu’s phone call, she hurried to Dou Dou and picked her up.

Dou Dou’s originally upright body immediately went limp in Auntie’s arms, seemingly letting out a sigh of relief.

"Auntie is asking you, how is your little aunt? Is she okay? Is there any danger..."

Qi Huilan asked in rapid succession, making Dou Dou’s little not-so-smart brain spin a little.

She scratched her head, then again...

Qi Huilan, finding it funny, grabbed her little hand, realizing she had asked too many questions at once.

So she rephrased it, "Is someone protecting your little aunt? Is it your Potato protecting her?"

"It’s Duoduo," Dou Dou immediately replied.

"Then where is your Potato?" Qi Huilan urgently asked again.

"He went to find the bad guy."

Dou Dou said this and immediately turned her head towards Xiajing’s direction.

At that moment, Jiang Hongtu had put down his phone.

"Taozi is fine," he said.

Qi Huilan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She held Dou Dou and went straight to Jiang Hongtu’s side, asking, "What exactly happened, it makes one really worry."

"Taozi said the Four Seas Group has targeted the item in Xiao Shen’s hands," Jiang Hongtu said with a somewhat serious expression.

"Four Seas Group?"

Qi Huilan was shocked at this, and then panicked again.

If it were some northern cities, they might not understand the Four Seas Group, but being from a coastal city nearby, and adjacent to Yue Province, how could she not know about the Four Seas Group?

She originally wanted to suggest to Jiang Hongtu that if Xiao Shen ran into trouble, they should find a way to help him, right?

But now, she couldn’t bring herself to say it. The Four Seas Group’s power is immense, deeply entrenched, not something her small Jiang Family can compare to. Going against them is like an egg hitting a stone.

"Xiao Shen wouldn’t be in any danger, right? And Taozi too."

Qi Huilan is not an uninformed ordinary person. She is very aware of some dirty tactics used by these large groups.

Not to mention behind the scenes, even openly leveraging some official forces is not something ordinary people can withstand. A fabricated charge could tear a family apart.

Of course, Xiao Shen is not an ordinary person, and perhaps this move won’t work on him, but what about her own daughter? His parents?

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but worry.

Apparently, Jiang Hongtu noticed her thoughts and comforted her, "Taozi told us not to worry, and to pay attention to the news today. For now, we can only trust Xiao Shen."

"The news?"

Qi Huilan held Dou Dou and went to turn on the TV.

Jiang Hongtu, on the other hand, picked up the phone and started browsing the local news.

Then he saw a report.

Early in the morning, a rainbow appeared across the sky in Bin Hai.

In the video, a beautiful rainbow cut through the sky, shooting straight towards the direction of Yangcheng across the sea.

Jiang Hongtu thought of what Taozi had previously told them, about the brilliant radiance in the sky over Bin Hai caused by Shen Siyuan’s cultivation and Sword Qi emission. At that time, he listened as if it were a story, half-believing.

Now, he suddenly felt that this might be Xiao Shen’s doing. It’s just that their family and Xiao Shen’s family are in opposite directions, and they didn’t go out early, so they didn’t notice the anomaly in the sky.

Thinking of this, he immediately went to the balcony to look up at the sky but saw nothing.

He couldn’t help but look back with some disappointment, then started searching for information about the Four Seas Group, but found nothing, which made him a bit anxious.

Then he suddenly thought of the departmental work group.

Even though they were no longer young, it doesn’t mean they were behind the times. They were also learning new things.

Like the WeChat group created for convenient work communication, something that never existed in the past.

When he opened it, he found the group seemed to be buzzing.

Messages were almost flooding the screen.

What they were discussing was not the rainbow, of course.

They were discussing the murder case that happened at Shengyuan Hotel’s entrance.

As staff members of the local government department, their sources of information were naturally swifter than the average person. Besides, several leaders who governed Bin Hai were present at the scene, and it’s said they were terrified.

Someone even "considerately" posted photos.

Jiang Hongtu browsed through them, thinking that had he been there, he might also have been frightened. It was so gruesome.

"The one who died was Yu Donghai, a leading figure of the third generation of the Four Seas Group..."

"His death was indeed peculiar. It’s said a ray of light descended from the sky, blasting him into a cloud of blood, leaving not even bone fragments..."

"The political arena in Bin Hai is likely to quake. Since Yu Donghai died here, and there were leaders involved, they will have to account for this to the Four Seas Group..."

...

Jiang Hongtu did not continue reading because he knew Shen Siyuan had made a move.

He didn’t feel Shen Siyuan’s methods were cruel, instead, he praised him:

"Good kid"

But after praising, he started worrying about Shen Siyuan. He used such bloody methods in broad daylight and in front of leaders, would the authorities let him off? Would they let it slide?

He thought of the two "National Security" personnel who had visited last time. They left contact information back then.

He pondered whether to ask them, but after a second thought, felt it might not be wise.

Because from the chat records, it was said that Yu Donghai was killed by a ray of light, not by Xiao Shen. Calling now would be like walking into a trap, wouldn’t it?

Thinking about this, he called Taozi again.

He knew his phone might be monitored, so he didn’t directly ask but subtly inquired about Shen Siyuan’s condition.