Jill Jing was running in a hurry.
For the first time, Jill wasn't carrying her usual bottle of cola. Her little face was smudged and anxious, her eyes full of panic.
She ran from the far end of the street toward Evan Lin.
Originally, she was supposed to cut through the commercial district and then head to the hotel where Evan was staying from there.
But she was running so fast, she even lost a shoe.
"Danger!"
From a distance, Jill spotted Evan and sped up, rushing over and shouting at him as loudly as she could.
But maybe because she's used to speaking softly, when she actually tried to yell, her voice trembled uncontrollably, coming out sharp and high-pitched.
She waved at Evan, and not far behind her, a cold-faced middle-aged man strode after her with the bearing of a tiger.
That middle-aged man kept about two hundred meters behind Jill, using the bustling crowd as cover.
The middle-aged man's brows furrowed repeatedly as he watched this scene.
He was from the Shang family, named Quentin Shang. He had come this time to deal with the issues involving Mason Shang and the Rowe clan of ancient martial arts.
Mason Shang and Fourth Elder Rowe's group perished in the fire—this was no small matter.
Naturally, the Shang family couldn't just sit back and watch.
But since this was Beijing, the Shang family in distant Tangshan couldn't muster enough strength. If they really wanted to bring a large force to fight, they didn't have the guts to play with Nightstar, Moonshade, and those guys in Beijing.
This time, the goal was simple: take the people away, bring them back to Tangshan.
First, capture Old Man Liu. That would naturally lure out the mysterious figure behind Mason Shang and Fourth Elder Rowe's deaths.
It's just that simple.
Only, he ran into a tough opponent at the hospital.
A huge man, built like a real beast, with a body like an iron tower, actually withstood three attacks from Pointing-to-Mystery experts.
Fortunately, in the end, he managed to subdue him smoothly.
It was only then that Quentin Shang noticed Jill Jing rushing out in a panic.
He hadn't known what connection the little girl had to the situation; he just instinctively followed her.
That simple act of following led him straight to the commercial street.
Watching the youth who, after saying something, led Jill Jing to the side of the street, Quentin Shang raised his brows slightly.
He was a Pointing-to-Mystery expert.
Though he was only a beginner in the Pointing-to-Mystery Realm, that was still a Pointing-to-Mystery.
With his keen eyes, Quentin saw no trace of inner force or any unusual aura on the youth.
If there was anything special, it was that after that strange line, the youth's calmness was almost frightening.
He then glanced at Selina Wu beside the youth; the girl also showed no sign of inner force.
They were just ordinary people.
So was that earlier line just something he said offhand?
Quentin Shang raised his brows slightly.
From his vantage point, the youth led the panicked Jill Jing to a supermarket by the street, then bought two bottles of water from the freezer at the entrance.
He twisted open a bottle of cola and handed it to the little girl with the dusty face.
Opening a bottle of mineral water, he poured some onto his hand and gently wiped the dust and tears from the girl's face.
After that, Quentin saw him answer a phone call.
The caller was Autumn Zheng, and she sounded especially frantic on the other end.
Professor Gordon Gu was injured, and Old Man Liu had been taken away.
Along with Gavin Duan, that made two people gone in total.