"Don't worry, I won't let him off."
Ning Beichen looked at Feng Wu's condition with a headache. In just a few days, she had been seriously injured twice.
The last time it was a Silver Knight, and she was still able to escape with severe injuries. This time, encountering Ryan, a Gold Knight, she didn't even have a chance to flee, with not a single part of her body intact.
"Damn pervert, may your whole family prosper!"
Ning Beichen cursed Ryan, then picked up Feng Wu and left with Liu Yilin.
There was no ambush outside. It was estimated that the old man was just bluffing. However, Ning Beichen didn't dare to gamble at the time, and the old man also dared not to gamble.
The old man was indeed bluffing because neither he nor Ryan had expected to lose. In their eyes, Ning Beichen was just an insignificant nobody.
But who could have imagined that this insignificant nobody would play the wolf in sheep's clothing and defeat Ryan, who was at the strength of a Gold Knight.
This immediately made the old man panic. They hadn't made any backup plans, as they thought it wasn't necessary. Who would have thought it would all go wrong? Just as he was at a loss, he saw Liu Yilin secretly hiding outside the door and peeking, which gave him an opportunity to hold her hostage.
The old man fled with Ryan and immediately arranged for people to come and protect him.
But by the time the old man sent Ryan back, Ryan was still dead.
After careful examination by doctors, it was found that Ryan's heart seemed to have been shattered by some force, as if someone had taken an iron hammer and smashed his heart fiercely.
A dark cloud hung over the Violet family. Although Ryan was not the sole heir of the Violet family, he was their most promising heir and the one with the most hope.
Yet he died, died in that damned Eastern country. The butler only brought back a cold corpse.
People from the Holy Hall had already arrived. They said nothing and only took Ryan's body away. The Violet family did not dare to obstruct the Holy Hall's decision.
"Die! I want him dead! I want them all dead! Even if it means exhausting all the Violet family's power, I will tear them to shreds!"
Ryan's father roared with uncontrollable rage, like a vengeful spirit.
"Louis, I don't care what method you use, I want to see his head placed before me. I want to use his head and his blood to mourn my son."
Ryan's father ordered the butler.
"Yes, master."
The butler replied with a hunched body.
He had watched young master Ryan grow up. It could be said that his heartache over Ryan's death was no less than the master's. He also wished he could tear Ning Beichen to shreds.
"I allow you to use all the rights of the Violet family. I only want his head."
Ryan's father smashed a valuable vase as he said this.
Ning Beichen was not surprised by the Violet family's reaction. The moment he decided to kill Ryan, he knew he would eventually go to war with the Violet family.
So, when the Violet family issued a bounty kill order against Ning Beichen on the international stage, Ning Beichen learned of it immediately.
However, what he was concerned about was not the Violet family, but the Holy Hall's reaction.
After all, for the Holy Hall, the death of a Gold Knight was a huge blow.
But the Holy Hall had no reaction, which made Ning Beichen even more worried.
He was not afraid of barking dogs, but of lurking wolves.
Moreover, this incident would likely implicate Liu Yilin and those around her, which was what troubled Ning Beichen the most.
Ning Beichen was not afraid of war, nor the Violet family, nor any Holy Hall, but that was under the premise of being alone, as he could come and go freely.
But now, he had to protect Liu Yilin, and also deal with the Violet family and the Holy Hall. This put him in a very passive position, so he had to make some arrangements in advance.
The best solution was naturally to call for help. Without manpower, he couldn't do anything now. He couldn't even leave Liu Yilin's side. And Feng Wu, who was useful before, was now seriously injured and lying in bed, likely not to be up and about for several months.
But Ning Beichen was not the only one having a headache; others were too.
The external security personnel were also having a terrible time. Recently, a large number of well-known international bounty hunters were entering the area, and this was through legitimate channels. The number of those who entered through unofficial channels was unknown. And their destination was all Hail City New Town.
"Boss, we have some findings. Through an international informant, we learned that the Violet family has offered a bounty of ten billion for the heads of Liu Yilin and her bodyguard named Ning Beichen."
"What?"
"Ten billion?"
"And in US dollars."
"No wonder all these bounty hunters have gone mad. If it were me, I'd go mad too."
"Why would the Violet family target Liu Yilin?"
A man with a square face asked.
"We don't know. Rumor has it that their son died, and it seems to be related to these two."
An intelligence officer said.
"Hmph! Audacious! Do they really think this is their territory? Liu Yilin is an outstanding entrepreneur and scientist of our country. Do they want to deal with her? Did they ask us?"
The square-faced man slammed the table forcefully.
"By the way, what's the background of that bodyguard beside Liu Yilin?"
The square-faced man suddenly remembered something and asked.
"He is a bodyguard beside Liu Yilin, holding a legal bodyguard ID. His identity and origin are very legitimate."
The intelligence officer replied.
"Then, do you think the Violet family's ten billion US dollar bounty is more targeted at Liu Yilin or that bodyguard?"
The square-faced man frowned and continued to analyze with his team.
"It's hard to judge with the current insufficient information. But he is just a bodyguard beside Liu Yilin. I believe the Violet family is more focused on Liu Yilin."
"By the way, boss, I heard that a few days ago, Ryan, the eldest son of the Violet family, proposed a marriage alliance to Liu Yilin, but she refused."
"I suspect he was enraged and wanted to do something despicable to Liu Yilin in secret, but was thwarted by her bodyguard, and that's why they incurred the wrath of the Violet family."
"Hmph! What marriage alliance, it's nothing more than trying to pluck the peaches. The higher-ups have already instructed us to pay attention to and protect Liu Yilin, to prevent such an excellent talent from being taken away by foreigners. We have been negligent."
The square-faced man said with some annoyance.
They also bore half the responsibility for this matter. They had been busy investigating and dealing with another issue before, so they had neglected to pay attention to Liu Yilin.