Chapter 1202: Driving the Villain Insane

She reeled off a long list of people in one breath, making Zhu Qingrui snap, "Shut up! Are you ever going to finish?"

Shi Youxuan: "I'm not finished yet. Don't interrupt. Who was I up to?"

She frowned, thought for a moment, and then put on an expression as if she had just remembered: "Oh, and Elder Lian, Elder Run, Nian Ye, Nian Fei, Nian Xiang, Nian Xiao, Nian Shuang, the short one who guards the west gate, and Auntie Wang who cleans the Square!"

"My demands aren't high. I only need to see these few people. They have all been kind to me, and I need to see that they are all safe and sound. How about it? That's my only request. It's not too much to ask, is it?"

Zhu Qingrui:...

This "only request" was—too much for him!

Never mind half of them; he couldn't even scrape together a tenth of that list.

When the Ji Family was attacked, most of the guards and Elders had been killed, and the remaining insignificant people had all been sold off. Shi Youxuan's request was simply impossible to fulfill.

Zhu Qingrui frowned, displeased: "Shi Youxuan, everyone says you are cunning and full of tricks, and they were right. But you had better not play games with me; it's useless."

Shi Youxuan said contemptuously: "Who do you think you are? Do you really think you're worthy of me playing tricks on you? Stop the nonsense. I'll give you half an hour to get everyone together, then we can talk about the Treasure. If even one is missing... Hmph!"

"Snap!"

The phone screen went black.

Shi Youxuan was very "impolite"; she hung up as soon as she finished speaking, not even leaving him a chance to reply!

After hanging up, Shi Youxuan immediately dropped her haughty expression and, filled with anxiety, began making phone calls one by one.

First, she notified Wang Yong.

Wang Yong was closest to the Ji Family. According to her previous instructions, if nothing went wrong, Wang Yong should be in the Forest looking for Bai Lang, having Bai Lang go to the Ji Family to scout the situation.

But plans change faster than reality; there was no need to scout anymore, it was already confirmed—the Ji Family had indeed been occupied by Zhu Qingrui.

Shi Youxuan judged that her aunt, her father, and the two children must still be alive!

After several confrontations, she understood Zhu Qingrui.

Although that brat wasn't old, he was meticulous and very rational.

Both his father and mother died at her aunt's hands, so he hated her to the bone.

He would torture her, but he would absolutely not let her die!

Because he absolutely, definitely could not find the last piece of the map for the Treasure, nor could he guess where it might be.

The fact that he called her to ask for the location of the Treasure meant that her aunt hadn't cracked.

As long as her aunt didn't speak, their family would remain intact.

Because her aunt had a particularly stubborn personality; if even one person were missing, she would fight Zhu Qingrui to the death.

Zhu Qingrui also understood this and wouldn't act rashly.

But the others were hard to say.

That was why she had listed a whole bunch of names; some were real, some were made up.

But that didn't matter. Zhu Qingrui wouldn't go to verify them anyway; his mind wouldn't be on these insignificant people. Right now, his whole heart was set on the Treasure!

Wang Yong was in the Forest, and the signal was very poor.

He wasn't even using a regular phone; it was a satellite phone.

After trying a few times, it finally connected.

"Sister-in-law, I suspect the Ji Family is already in the hands of that brat surnamed Zhu..."

Shi Youxuan interrupted him: "No need to suspect. It's true. Now you listen and I speak. Remember this carefully."

"Mm."

Shi Youxuan: "I judge that the people guarding the Ji Family are from the L Country military. There won't be many of them, but there should be around a hundred. The palace and the Dungeon are the key points; the rest of the areas are defensive weaknesses. The Ji Family..."

Thinking of the current state of the Ji Family, Shi Youxuan choked up for a moment, feeling so distressed she could barely continue.

But she quickly adjusted her emotions, forcing herself to return to a rational state immediately.

Time was limited; every extra word she said was another chance for victory!

"There shouldn't be many people left alive in the Ji Family. Even if there are, they are likely covered in wounds and tortured to the brink of death. Those people have guns—machine guns and pistols—and heavy weapons. You must be very careful when you go in."

"Mm-hmm, don't worry, Sister-in-law, I've noted it all down."

Wang Yong admired Shi Youxuan to the point of prostration. Even though she was ten thousand miles away, she could grasp the current situation at the Ji Family so thoroughly.

He would never have guessed that Shi Youxuan had grasped all this information just from one video call with Zhu Qingrui!

During the video call just now, Shi Youxuan appeared to be setting conditions and seemed to be deliberately making things difficult.

In reality, she was multitasking.

While setting conditions, she was judging the current state of the Ji Family through the terrain and the people on the other side, thinking of countermeasures as she judged!

Wang Yong said he had noted it down, but Shi Youxuan still couldn't be completely at ease. She gave a final warning: "A Yong, you must absolutely not act impulsively. Remember one thing: save yourself first. It doesn't matter if you can't rescue the people; you must not get yourself trapped in there."

"Mm." He nodded heavily.

Shi Youxuan made her second call to her husband.

"Wuu wuu wuu... Sheng Hanyu, come back, come back immediately. I'm so sad, so scared, I need you to comfort me..."

Sheng Hanyu was in a high-level meeting.

Upon receiving his wife's call, his expression changed immediately.

He said to his daughter: "You preside." After saying that, he left, hurrying out of the conference room.

Shi Ran continued to preside over the meeting, seamlessly and perfectly.

The Chairman had left the conference room in such a hurry; it must be something important. What could it be?

Others didn't say anything, but they were guessing in their hearts. Only Shi Ran didn't guess.

No need to guess; it must have been a call from Mom. No one else but her could make Dad lose his composure like that.

The Sheng Family.

Sheng Hanyu had just entered the main gate when Shi Youxuan grabbed him and pulled him into the Study.

Closing the door, she immediately threw herself into her husband's arms and wailed, "Sob, husband, what should I do? What am I supposed to do? Things are exactly as we guessed; Zhu Qingrui has entered the Ji Family..."

He comforted his wife, "Don't worry, the Clan Leader and Dad will surely be protected by their own good fortune; they will be fine. Have you made contact with Wang Yong?"

His wife lifted her head from his arms, her face covered in tear tracks, and sobbed, "I made contact." Then, she repeated to her husband what she had said to Wang Yong.

Sheng Hanyu:...

Wasn't this arranged very well?

It was perfectly sound and meticulous.

Yet when it came to him, his shrewd and capable wife immediately transformed into someone with low intelligence.

Shi Youxuan was not pretending; everything was just a natural outpouring of emotion.

Half an hour later.

Zhu Qingrui did not call, and Shi Youxuan was not surprised, because the people simply could not be gathered together.

Ji Family.

Edge of the Forest.

Wang Yong led his men to approach the Ji Family quickly, with two little Bai Lang guarding his side.

Meibai brought up the rear to prevent danger from coming from behind.

"Aowu——"

The two Bai Lang in the cage stood up instantly, and even their eyes became spirited.

They let out a cry, then lay back down, even closing their eyes to rest.

They knew reinforcements had arrived, and the signal they sent out was to tell their family to be careful!