Inside the clubhouse, Yuan was getting impatient.

"Big Bear, you said Oniisan will be back soon. Where is he?"

Xiao Zhiren rubbed the space between his brows and dialed Ru's number. She picked up at the last ring. "Where are you?" He got straight to the point without dilly-dallying at all.

There was silence at the other end and for a second, Xiao Zhiren thought perhaps, she wasn't there. Just as he was about to ask again, her deep but mischievous voice rang out, "According to you, in your heart."

Xiao Zhiren spurted the wine in his mouth and coughed profusely. Then he heard the sound of her laughter as she said, "Oh man, I always wanted to say that. Your reaction must be priceless."

She certainly was enjoying herself to the fullest at the expense of him but in her defense, he started it! Who told him to drop bomb after bomb on her?

"Are you drunk?" He couldn't help but ask since he could never believe that her sense of humor could get suggestive or better.

"Drunk? Please, I have better tolerance than you." She replied in a haughty manner which made it clear to Xiao Zhiren that it was really Ru on the phone.

"Be serious. Yuan is asking for you here." Seeing the way Yuan was urging him, he had to get to inquire in all seriousness.

"Oh, about that... I left a while ago. There is a... A situation that needs my personal attention." She replied while her eyes roamed around on the rows of bodies that were being carried out by her people in body-bags.

"You left?" His frown got deeper.

"Mhmm..." She hummed in response. "Tell little squirrel, I'll make it up to him some other day." Saying that she hung up the phone.

"What did he say?" Yuan inquired Xiao Zhiren who was staring at his phone screen.

"Rong had an urgent situation. So, he left." Xiao Zhiren's reply dampened Yuan's mood as his face fell. "Sh... Cough! He said he'll make it up to you later." He reassured his little brother.

While on Ru's side, she looked at the now-empty teahouse and sighed heavily. "Jack!"

"Yes, my lord!"

"Find me the identities of these people. Also, give me a list of people whom Metrix Consortium has offended in recent months. And pay up as much as you have to. But this matter shouldn't blow up at all."

"You don't have to worry at all." Jack bowed his head and stepped back to follow her instructions.

"But master, these people could be after Alev Knight," Adia voiced out her opinion from the side.

"They called me Xie Rong. Besides, how many people really know what Alev Knight looks like?" Adia quietened up as Ru's words made sense. Only Ru's direct subordinates and business partners knew what Alev Knight looked like. For the rest of the world, he was a mystery that was yet to be solved.

"That is also true. But who have the guts to threaten your life?" Adia was still perplexed about this fact. These people were courting death now!

"I think it's time to tell people that master Xie Rong is not to be messed with," Connor suggested and Ru even pondered over this fact.

"Forget it. I don't want to lose my precious low-key life." Ru waved them off offhandedly. She really didn't want any unnecessary attention on herself. It was not worth it.

Back at the clubhouse, Ran Zi left the private room to get some fresh air when a strange scenario caught his attention.

"What did you say?" A female voice was shrieking. "Thirty people couldn't even kill a single man? What pathetic people did you hire?" That hissing voice sounded oddly familiar to him. "I don't know what you do. It's an order from the headquarters. You must kill Xie Rong!"

Ran Zi halted in his steps as he heard the name. He stood rooted in his spot with a perplexed expression. Who would want to kill Xie Rong? And why?

Although there were plenty of assassination attempts on himself, he still believed that all of those were because of his family's status. But what does Xie Rong have except for a hard-earned reputation and status? Yes, he heard about Ru's influence pretty well and also knew that Metrix Consortium offended more than just a few people. But none of them could be capable of challenging her power.

He took a detour to hide behind a pillar and kept watch to find out who was talking just now. Since Xie Rong was involved with Xiao Zhiren how could he let anyone hurt her? Anything or anyone that was precious to his elder brother was also precious to him!