Hearing Chen Xiao's words, Xiao Tian Ce was overjoyed and said excitedly, "Good, Chen Xiao, then I won't be polite!"
The address "Chen Xiao" was much more intimate than "Mr. Chen."
Chen Xiao smiled and nodded, "If you're polite, I'll get angry."
Xiao Tian Ce patted Chen Xiao's shoulder with relief and laughed heartily.
"He's a good young man, just too prone to trouble."
Chen Xiao awkwardly touched his nose, "Military God Xiao, what do you mean?"
Chen Xiao had caused countless troubles; he didn't know which specific one Xiao Tian Ce was referring to.
"Let me give you a heads-up, the Zhao family is gathering forces and preparing to deal with you."
Xiao Tian Ce said directly.
Chen Xiao was not surprised by this. He had killed Zhao Hong Yuan, so it was natural for the Zhao family to target him.
However, Chen Xiao didn't care.
He smiled faintly, "Let them come at me."
Xiao Tian Ce also said, "The Zhao family is nothing to fear, and even if this incident hadn't happened, given your relationship with Li Ziqing, you would have clashed with them sooner or later."
Back then, the five great families of the imperial city had joined forces to deal with Li Ziqing. It was only with Xiao Tian Ce's intercession that the five families spared Li Ziqing's life.
And based on Xiao Tian Ce's understanding of Li Ziqing, this woman would absolutely not let things rest.
Now that Li Ziqing had Chen Xiao as her backing, her return to the imperial city for revenge was, in his opinion, only a matter of time.
Chen Xiao naturally understood what Xiao Tian Ce was saying. He asked, "Military God, what exactly was the feud between the Li family and the five great families back then?"
"Li Ziqing hasn't told you yet?"
Xiao Tian Ce was surprised.
Chen Xiao shook his head.
"Heh, since she hasn't told you, I won't pry."
Xiao Tian Ce smiled and shook his head, then continued, "In short, I hope you can turn enemies into friends. However, in the end, I am just an outsider. The one who tied the bell must untie it. Your grievances need to be resolved by yourselves. I will not interfere."
Chen Xiao was speechless. It seemed this matter could only be told to him by Li Ziqing herself.
Then Xiao Tian Ce added, "Of course, if you ever need my help, I will not hesitate."
"Then I thank you in advance!"
Chen Xiao cupped his fists, accepting Xiao Tian Ce's good intentions.
"Besides the Zhao family, there are also people from the Liu Sect and the Huang Sect who have been restless lately. Although their strength is average, you must still be wary. After all, they have the Five Divine Sects behind them. Although hidden sects rarely interfere in secular affairs, there's always a chance of the unexpected, so it's best to proceed with caution."
Xiao Tian Ce reminded him again.
His understanding of Chen Xiao was even greater than Chen Xiao realized.
Chen Xiao nodded, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"That's good. I have a mission in the army and will be returning to the northern region soon. Chen Xiao, we'll meet again!"
Xiao Tian Ce cupped his fists to Chen Xiao and prepared to take his leave.
Chen Xiao was slightly surprised, "So soon?"
"Yes, you killed four S-class ability users today, which will soon shock the entire world. With you here, those unruly foreign forces will definitely not dare to cause trouble again, so there's no need for me to stay here any longer."
With Chen Xiao present, Xiao Tian Ce could leave with peace of mind.
"Alright then, Military God Xiao, we'll meet again!"
Chen Xiao reluctantly bid farewell to Xiao Tian Ce.
On the helicopter flying back to the northern region, Gongzi said unhappily, "I didn't expect us to come and go so quickly. I thought you would have a match with that kid, but nothing happened!"
Xiao Tian Ce smiled, "No need to compete, I'm not as good as him."
"Hmm?"
Gongzi was stunned.
This was the first time since he had followed Xiao Tian Ce that the latter had personally admitted to being inferior to someone else.
"Military God, are you serious? That kid is very strong, but you've already reached the divine realm, and you still can't beat him?"
Xiao Tian Ce smiled wryly and shook his head, "I can feel that if it were a fight to the death, I would surely die at his hands. Moreover, the divine realm is my peak, but he seems to have just begun."
Hearing these words, Gongzi remained silent for a long time, with only four words left in his heart: terrifying!
Just as Xiao Tian Ce had said, after Chen Xiao single-handedly annihilated four S-class ability users, all foreign forces attempting to encroach on Anchen Technology withdrew from Jiang City the next day in disgrace.
Li Ziqing and Song An Ran's cooperation officially began, with massive capital injected into Anchen Technology, and everything was on the right track.
The two women entered workaholic mode, making Chen Xiao seem incredibly leisurely in comparison.
At this moment, he was sitting in his director's office, with his legs crossed on the desk, leisurely reading a web novel.
"This author, 'The Whale in the Mountains,' writes really well!"
Chen Xiao took a sip of tea, shaking his head and sighing.
Just then, the deputy director rushed in, "Director Chen, something terrible has happened, Director Chen!"
Chen Xiao was engrossed in his reading and was displeased by the interruption. "What's the rush? What happened?"
"Chu, Chu Luo... Chu Luo is in trouble!"
Li Dafu said intermittently.
He was out of breath from running.
"Director Li, please speak slowly. What happened to Chu Luo?"
Chen Xiao's brows furrowed.
"That kid Chu Luo has been captured!"
Li Dafu said anxiously.
"What? Chu Luo has been captured?"
Chen Xiao jumped up from his chair. "Who captured him?"
"A group of fierce-looking strangers."
Li Dafu said, "Originally, young Chu was seeing a patient in the consultation room when a group of people suddenly arrived. After saying a few words, they directly took Chu Luo away."
"Damn it, who has the guts to come to my territory and capture my people!"
Chen Xiao's eyebrows shot up.
Jiang City was his stronghold. To cause trouble in his territory was like provoking a tiger!
"Director Chen, don't worry. Young Chu seems to know those people, and those people also called young Chu something like... Young Master..."
Li Dafu added.
Young Master?!
As Chen Xiao had expected, Chu Luo's identity was indeed not simple.
"Do you know where they took Chu Luo?"
Chen Xiao asked.
"They took young Chu into a car and drove away. Director Chen, look, it's this car."
Li Dafu was quite clever and had taken a photo of the car, clearly showing its model and license plate.
Chen Xiao took it and immediately called Qi Tian Hu, asking him to send people to find the car.
In just over ten minutes, Qi Tian Hu's call came through.
"Boss Chen, the car and the people have all been found. They went to the Shuiyun Hotel. The room number has been checked. Should we go in and apprehend them now?"
Qi Tian Hu asked for instructions.
"Don't alert them yet. Wait for me to get there!"
After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiao headed straight for the Shuiyun Hotel.