Urban Martial Saint

The man looked at Shangguan Qing’s expression, cautiously saying, ”Second Gang Leader, this video is definitely more valuable than if Fang Cailiang appeared in it himself. Fang Cailiang is very family-oriented, if we use this video to threaten him, he would definitely be willing to pay a higher price. Otherwise, his wife and children are done for.

Even those people from the Ding Family can be threatened, as Young Master Ding is a direct descendant of the Ding Family after all!”

”No need!” Shangguan Qing suddenly shook his head, staring at the screen, and said solemnly, ”Threatening him is not very meaningful, this video has better uses.”

”Oh?” the man expressed surprise, asking, ”Second Gang Leader, what do you mean by that?”

Shangguan Qing gave a cold smile, saying, ”What do you think Ye would do if he found out about this?”

The man was startled, saying, ”Ye Qing would definitely seek revenge on Young Master Ding and the others. But then, won’t we lose the chance to threaten Fang Cailiang?”

”How much money can threatening Fang Cailiang bring us!” Shangguan Qing scoffed coldly. ”If it’s possible to make the Yes feud with the Ding and Fang Families, letting them fight among themselves—that’s when things would truly get interesting!”

Still not understanding, the man asked, ”Second Gang Leader, how does making Ye feud with the Ding and Fang Families benefit us?”

Shangguan Qing ignored him, this man could never understand that, in his eyes, Ye Qing was the biggest enemy. This man, who was about to rise in Shenchuan City, was always a major concern for the Fu Bang and Tianqing Gang. But the Fu Bang and Tianqing Gang dared not confront Ye Qing directly, as they feared the East State Poisonous Mantis.

And now this video could exactly lead Ye Qing to feud with the Ding and Fang Families. If that happened, they wouldn’t need to act themselves, Ye Qing would fight against the Ding and Fang Families, allowing them to benefit as bystanders.

”The biggest benefit is to eliminate Ye,” Shangguan Qing watched the video, speaking gravely, ”The most troublesome thing now is how to deliver this video to Ye, without letting the Ding and Fang Families realize that we are behind this. Otherwise, our surveillance activities being exposed would be detrimental to us!”

The man was silent for a while, then said softly, ”Second Gang Leader, Ye Qing is meticulous; no matter how we deliver this video, he will connect it to us. The best method now is not to expose the video; we should only leak a bit of information, letting Ye follow this trace on his own.

He’ll slowly discover the truth, and he definitely won’t suspect our involvement, while the Ding and Fang Families won’t guess that we leaked the secret!”

Shangguan Qing’s eyes brightened, saying, ”That’s a good idea. Fine, I’ll leave this matter to you. Once it’s handled, you’ll be in charge of Qingyu Pavilion!”

The man was overjoyed; taking charge of Qingyu Pavilion meant becoming a key figure in the Tianqing Gang—a great opportunity indeed.

”Second Gang Leader, rest assured, this matter is safe in my hands!” the man assured, pounding his chest, and then left the room to arrange things.

As Shangguan Qing watched Young Master Ding, Young Master Fang, and others continue to frolic on the screen, a cold smirk gradually spread across his lips.

”A bunch of wastrels, I’ll have to see how long you can be happy!” Shangguan Qing smirked softly to himself.

Meanwhile, in the city, Ye Qing couldn’t find any clues and returned to Tian Sheng. But shortly after returning to Tian Sheng, he received shocking news—Wang Lili had jumped off a building!

Ye Qing rushed to the hospital immediately. Wang Lili had already been taken to the emergency room. Outside the emergency room, Wang Tiezhu stood dazedly, tearless, unable to believe that his sister had chosen the path of suicide.

Previously, their lives had been filled with hardships, yet they had overcome so many difficulties together. Now, he was tutoring for the Zhao Family, earning enough each month to support the family. They finally saw a glimmer of hope, and at this moment, his only sister chose to end her life by jumping off a building—how could he accept this?

Long Hair supported Wang Tiezhu by his side. Seeing Ye approaching, he quickly called out, ”Ye!”

Only then did Wang Tiezhu come back to his senses and slowly turned to look at Ye, his eyes filled with confusion and sorrow. His soul seemed to have been evacuated, lacking even the strength to speak, with all his thoughts focused on his sister in the ward.

Ye Qing hurried over. Seeing Wang Tiezhu like this, he also felt very distressed.

”How is Lili?” Ye Qing asked gravely.

Wang Tiezhu was distraught, unable to speak. Long Hair explained from the side, ”She’s still in resuscitation. She hit a tree on her way down, which slowed her fall. Otherwise, jumping from that height, she would’ve likely died on the scene!”

Ye Qing frowned deeply and asked in a deep voice, ”What exactly happened?”

Long Hair shook his head, saying, ”I don’t know. We just got the message that Lili had jumped, and we rushed over here, still unsure of what exactly happened. However, there are a few witnesses, they’re over there giving statements right now; they should know what happened.”

Ye Qing nodded, patted Wang Tiezhu’s shoulder, and said, ”Pillar, don’t worry, Lili won’t have any trouble.”

Wang Tiezhu nodded blankly, tears uncontrollably welling up. His mood had plummeted to its lowest point.

Ye Qing didn’t know how to comfort him, so he could only instruct Long Hair to take good care of him while he himself hurried off to find those eyewitnesses.

The police officers responsible for making the record were from the Xicheng District police force; among them, two were subordinates of Zhao Cheng Shuang. They recognized Ye Qing and knew of his brotherly relationship with Zhao Cheng Shuang; therefore, upon seeing Ye Qing, they didn’t hide anything and immediately brought out the records for him to see.

A police officer explained, ”The place she jumped from was behind the hospital. At night, there are very few people around, so there weren’t many eyewitnesses nearby. Mainly, three security guards and a parking attendant saw the incident, but it was after the girl had jumped. Then, a security guard screamed out of shock, which drew others over. As for why she jumped, nobody knows yet.

Moreover, there was no sign of a struggle upstairs, so for now, we can only determine the incident as a suicide.”

Another officer continued, ”Also, we found a pile of burned items on the rooftop; we don’t know if it’s related to her jumping. However, based on the temperature of these ashes, we determined that she jumped shortly after these items were burned. We have sent the burned items for analysis, and the results should be out soon.”

”Burned items?” Ye Qing was momentarily stunned, turning his head to ask, ”What burned items?”

A police officer took out a plastic bag, pointed to the black powder inside, and said, ”These burned items.”

Ye Qing took the plastic bag, opened it to smell, and then pinched some between his fingers, his expression turning slightly colder. From the smell and the texture of the powder, it was clear that these were ashes left from burned photographs. However, what did these have to do with Wang Lili’s suicide?

Just then, a police officer led a nurse inside, saying, ”Captain Wang, this nurse says that before Wang Lili jumped, there was a man in black clothes lingering outside her ward for a while.”

”Oh, is that so?” The officer immediately turned around and asked, ”Nurse, could you please describe the situation in detail?”

The nurse nodded and recounted the event. She was on duty at the time, and there weren’t many people in the corridor. The only noticeable person around, understandably, received some extra attention from her. The man was mainly lingering outside Wang Lili’s door, even crouching down once, although it was unclear what he was doing.

Afterward, he knocked on Wang Lili’s door and immediately ran off like a thief.

This news made Ye Qing’s heart skip a beat, and he quickly asked, ”Did you get a good look at what this man looked like?”

The onlookers gave Ye Qing a puzzled look. None of the other officers had spoken yet, and it was odd for Ye Qing, who was not in uniform, to speak first.

”He was in plain clothes,” Captain Wang hurriedly explained, to dispel the nurse’s doubts.

The nurse then felt reassured and slowly described the man’s appearance. The most significant detail was a black mole at the corner of his eyebrow, which was very noticeable.

Ye Qing memorized this man’s features. He was convinced that Wang Lili’s jump was undoubtedly connected to this man. Coupled with the events of Jia Zhengze being taken away tonight and Da Hong being killed by a car, it seemed that these three incidents were planned to destroy all leads and keep him from finding the mastermind.

In fact, such actions only fueled Ye Qing’s fury even more. This time, he was determined to resolve this matter no matter what; he was set on making the mastermind pay in blood!

There, Ye Qing gathered all the information he could and then got up to leave.

The nurse stayed behind to complete a thorough statement, reporting everything she knew before she was allowed to leave.

She didn’t linger at the hospital and changed her clothes before directly leaving the building. A black sedan was waiting at the hospital entrance; the nurse immediately climbed into the car, where a young man was waiting for her.

”How did it go?” the moment she entered, the young man asked anxiously.

The nurse replied, ”Just like you said, I repeated everything word for word without any mistakes. The statement is made, and also, the person you mentioned was there. He even questioned me personally, but I answered just as you instructed, and they didn’t suspect anything.”

”That’s great!” the young man exclaimed joyfully, excitedly kissing her on the face.

”Stop it!” the nurse said, blushing coquettishly and asked, ”By the way, what exactly are you doing? Why did you have me tell these lies to deceive them?”