"Sorry," he said these two words in a hoarse voice.

Yun Xiangcheng smiled and said, "There's no need for you to apologize to me. If it can help you vent your anger, these three punches were worth it."

Upon hearing this, Gabriel gave a bitter smile with his thin lips.

He used to think that people's hearts were cold and indifferent. It wasn't until he came to the Dark Web that he truly understood what brotherhood was.

In the past, all the fighting and killing were for the sake of interests.

But the Dark Web was different. It was an organization that maintained international stability. Although it seemed fierce and ruthless in the eyes of outsiders, they had never crossed the bottom line, nor had they done anything against their conscience.

Over the years, Bradley had given his brothers a home, provided them with a prosperous life, and taught them the skills to protect themselves.

Their lives no longer belonged to themselves but solely to Bradley.

Now, because of his own selfish desires, he had actually ignored the safety of the entire organization and came to the Black Dragon Gang to seek revenge. It was extremely stupid.

Gabriel felt extremely guilty at this moment. He took out his phone and made a call to Bradley.

As soon as the call was connected, he said softly, "Sorry, brother. I was reckless!"

Bradley, who was far away in the royal palace of Country Z, received Gabriel's call. All his nervousness and unease dissipated with these words.

The corners of his thin lips curved slightly, and he said calmly, "It's not too late to see the error of your ways. Gabriel, the Black Dragon Gang needs to be eliminated, but definitely not now."

Their current power was already comparable to that of the Black Dragon Gang. But at the moment, the most important thing was the matter of Yuan Country. Otherwise, if all the matters were mixed together, it would only bring negative effects.

Things needed to be dealt with one by one in order to achieve the desired goal.

Moreover, for Bradley now, the most important thing for Gabriel was not to seek revenge but to find Lan Xiaoling and the two children as soon as possible.

"I understand," Gabriel's voice carried a hint of weakness. "After you finish dealing with the matters in Country Z, we can discuss it further."

"Okay."

Bradley was very pleased that Gabriel could calm down and think about this matter. Considering that Gabriel's emotions had been in a low state recently and he was prone to cranky thoughts, he assigned some work to him.

After dealing with this matter, Bradley felt as if the string in his mind had snapped, and he relaxed a lot.

However, things kept happening one after another. Just as he had finished dealing with Gabriel's matter, some bad news came from the Blue Book.

Yuan Xiao had escaped!

When Bradley received this news, he angrily shouted, "What's going on?"

All along, he had arranged for people to keep a close watch on Yuan Xiao. The basement was so well-guarded that not even a fly could get out.

Yet, Yuan Xiao had still managed to escape.

"Currently, most of our forces have been deployed to Country Z, so the defense around the Royal Garden Mansion has become much weaker. I'm afraid those who broke into the prison took advantage of this window of opportunity,"

The Blue Book briefly and clearly explained the situation. When Bradley heard the end of it, he suddenly realized what had happened and punched the wall heavily.

"Strengthen the defense around the Ye Lu royal palace. Yuan Xiao has escaped, but as for the mastermind behind the scenes, he won't be able to get away easily!"

He had been careless and fallen into the enemy's plan of luring the tiger away from the mountain.

"Yes."

The Blue Book received the order and turned to leave to carry it out.

As soon as the Blue Book left, Bradley flew into a rage and kicked the table.

In an instant, that expensive mahogany table shattered into pieces.

Freya had just seen Queen Sally off and when she came back, she saw this scene and asked worriedly, "Bradley, what happened?"

Bradley was a rational person and wouldn't vent his anger casually even if he had a temper. But at this moment, the way he clenched his fists and looked furious was something Freya had seen for the first time.

When Bradley saw that it was her, he quickly put away his emotions and tried to make himself look less ferocious.

After calming down, he said, "There's news from the Royal Garden Mansion. Yuan Xiao has been rescued."

Upon hearing this, Freya was greatly shocked.

But she quickly understood and said in a solemn voice, "Did we fall into a trap?"

"That's right."

Bradley narrowed his eyes, and his voice became a bit colder. "The assassination of Heize last time was actually a bait set by the other side. They were just using a feint to draw us back to Country Z. After we concentrated our main forces around the Ye Lu royal palace, they took advantage of the weak defense at the Royal Garden Mansion to rescue Yuan Xiao."

"I should have thought of it earlier, but I was negligent and let the enemy take advantage of the situation."

Bradley said resentfully. He was good at planning, but he had been outmaneuvered by others instead.

Now that Yuan Xiao had escaped, it was extremely disadvantageous for them. In the future, Yuan Xiao would surely do everything he could to deal with them, and their situation would become much more difficult as a result.

Freya was also worried, but she hid it well and soothed Bradley's emotions, saying, "Yuan Xiao is just a hopeless case. Since we were able to catch him once, we can definitely catch him a second time."

Although these were words of comfort, Freya still had confidence.

Yuan Xiao's biggest weakness was his inability to resist women. Otherwise, how could he have been caught by them in the first place?

People could change in many ways, but it was extremely difficult to change their nature!

"Now we have no way back. We can only fight this battle!" There was a cold glint in Freya's eyes. After a slight pause in her tone, she continued, "I have a hunch that they will take action soon."

Yuan Xiao's escape was like a wake-up call for them.

Since those people wanted to deal with them, they surely wouldn't delay for too long. Freya looked out of the window at the sky, which was as gloomy as if it was covered by a black cloth.

This was the sign before a storm hit. Therefore, she guessed that it should be within these few days.

"You're right. They're coming!"

Bradley's eyes were also so gloomy that they were terrifying.

There had been frequent warnings recently, which were clear signs. The upcoming action was bound to be menacing, and they had to make full preparations.

Because of this matter, Bradley was extremely busy and left without any delay.

Freya also wanted to find out the situation. As soon as she went out, she saw the White Fox walking towards her with some snacks in her hands. Thinking that the White Fox must have something to report, Freya quickly turned back and entered the room.

A moment later, the White Fox came in.

Freya looked around warily, and after making sure that no one was following, she closed the door.

"Speak," Freya said impatiently.

The White Fox said, "Didn't you ask me to observe the movements of all the maids in the royal palace? I've found something very strange."

"What is it?" Freya frowned.

The White Fox told Freya in detail what she had discovered, "Most of the maids in this royal palace are normal. Their working hours are very regular, and their activity areas are just between two places. But there's a maid who's very strange. Every time she goes to Ye Lu Mingshuo's residence, she can stay there for over an hour. The normal work of a maid is to serve tea and water, and half an hour should be enough for that.

"What do you think she can do in that hour? Could it be that there's something shady going on between the two of them?"

As she said this, there was a strange glint in the White Fox's eyes.