The eyes under her mask glinted with a faint chill. "After all, I underestimated that man. He's much harder to deal with than I thought. And that woman beside him, she definitely can't be left alive."

They had been lurking in the Ye Lu Royal Palace for so long and had meticulously planned everything. However, when the plan was already more than half successful, it was ruined by Freya.

This woman had actually seen through their trick.

The woman's fists clenched until her knuckles turned white, and murderous intent surged in her eyes. In that situation at that time, if she hadn't released the destructive noise, the shadowy figure would have surely died.

These were all her carefully cultivated trusted subordinates, but in this operation, almost all of them were wiped out.

The woman was extremely unwilling. All her years of hard work had been destroyed in an instant, all because of a young girl who didn't know any better!

"Master, don't worry. I will definitely kill her!" the shadow said respectfully.

"No, they will soon trace it back here. We must withdraw as soon as possible!"

Although Leonard was injured, his subordinates hadn't stopped investigating this matter. Now, the entire palace was filled with Leonard's people. Moreover, since Ye Lu An followed Leonard's instructions, the guards in the palace were on duty 24 hours a day.

They could leave here safely, but they had already missed the best opportunity. Taking action at this time would undoubtedly be courting death.

"But Master, Leonard and that woman are seriously injured. Now is the best time for us to take action..."

"I said withdraw. Do you dare to disobey my order?" the woman interrupted the shadow coldly before he could finish.

The shadow lowered his head in fear and didn't dare to say another word.

The sound of the wind chimes became clearer and clearer. Everything here had been arranged by them to deal with Leonard and Freya. But the last time, despite such a good opportunity, Freya had still escaped. Naturally, the woman was unwilling.

But what was the use of being unwilling? Having failed once, taking rash action a second time would only lead to a complete defeat.

But it didn't matter. Leonard already knew their identities. Although this operation didn't achieve its ultimate goal, at least Yuan Xiao had been rescued.

Next, it was almost time for Yuan Xiao to take action.

The woman looked up at the sky, and her narrow phoenix eyes glinted with a strange light. It didn't matter. Without waiting for them to take action again, the prey would soon come to their doorstep on its own.

Thinking of this, the woman's figure flashed, and she disappeared from the villa at an extremely fast speed. The shadow didn't dare to disobey the order and followed her.

...

Three days later.

Bradley finally woke up from his coma.

As Freya had expected, due to the long-term stimulation of the decibels, Bradley's hearing had indeed been damaged.

Although she had already treated him with acupuncture, his reaction ability was far from what it used to be.

What's more, sometimes it took several calls for him to realize that someone was talking to him.

Freya felt extremely sad to see him like this. If it hadn't been for him covering her ears, he wouldn't have exposed his eardrums to the noise like that.

"It's okay. I can hear you," seeing Freya so remorseful, Bradley pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "Besides, you're a famous doctor. You'll surely cure my hearing. This deafness is only temporary. Don't be too sad."

Freya nodded. "I will cure you."

Just as she finished speaking, Ye Lu An appeared at the door. He called Bradley several times, but Bradley didn't react for a long time.

It was only when Freya told him that Ye Lu An was here that Bradley turned his head.

Ye Lu An had already heard about Bradley's situation and was clearly worried, with a look of concern on his face, although he didn't show it in his words.

"Brother, your body is indeed different from that of an ordinary person. You can get out of bed and move around so quickly," he said, and then gently patted Bradley on the shoulder before sitting down on the sofa opposite.

Bradley still had his usual cold expression and said indifferently, "I heard from Blue Book that you took the corpses of those ninjas for testing. Did you find any clues?"

As soon as Bradley woke up, Blue Book had already reported the whole situation clearly. After several days of continuous tracking, the escaped shadowy figure (ninja) hadn't appeared again.

The entire palace no longer gave people the oppressive feeling it used to. It could be seen that the other side had withdrawn from the Ye Lu Royal Palace.

Now, their main focus was on the dead ninjas. Although Bradley guessed that there might be nothing left, he still asked with a glimmer of hope.

"I came here just for this matter," Ye Lu An paused for a moment, then cleared his throat and raised his voice. "Those ninjas had a kind of highly toxic substance in their teeth. After the plan failed, they were worried about revealing clues, so they bit through the toxin and committed suicide."

"I've already had someone take samples of the toxin and send them for testing. If there are no accidents, the results will be out today. However, these ninjas didn't leave any other clues on their bodies, so we can't determine their identities."

Bradley gave a hum. "Let me know when the results come out."

There was no doubt that those people were sent by the Yuan Kingdom to deal with him. But Bradley hadn't expected that the other side would be so cautious and leave no clues at all.

"Now that things have come to this, can you tell me why those people wanted to kill you?" Ye Lu An had too many doubts.

Bradley had been reluctant to say before, and he hadn't pressed further. But with these strange incidents happening one after another in the Ye Lu Royal Palace, he couldn't just ignore it anymore.

Moreover, his eldest brother already knew about this and had asked him about the situation several times. How could he give an explanation when he knew nothing about it?

After all, the entire Country Z was still his eldest brother's territory.

If he didn't give an answer, he couldn't face his eldest brother's trust.

Maybe the frequent mobilization of the palace guards recently would lead to rumors, making others misunderstand that he was abusing his power and having some underhanded dealings with Bradley in private, causing chaos in the palace.

Ye Lu An had to give an explanation to Country Z, or he wouldn't be able to have peace of mind.

Bradley naturally understood Ye Lu An's dilemma. He narrowed his eyes and thought for a long time before saying, "I told you before that those people were sent by the Yuan Kingdom. But I've never mentioned to you that my mother is also from the Yuan Kingdom."

Hearing these words, Ye Lu An was greatly shocked.

When he had cooperated with Bradley in business before, he had always thought that Bradley was the third young master of the Mu family. He had pretended to be disabled and ugly just for revenge. Later, through in-depth understanding, he had learned that Bradley had multiple identities.

He had never expected that this man who had hidden his true abilities so deeply was actually related to the people of the Yuan Kingdom.