CHAPTER 734: CHAPTER 734 ABNORMALITIES IN THE BODY

"Sigh, it’s not easy to accumulate some ’overseas assets,’ but it looks like they’re going to be confiscated today," Ye Shikai said teasingly, which made sense. When Su Qingyu found out about Ye Shikai’s identity, she even ’indirectly confiscated’ his black gold card, along with a series of subsidiary cards, and called it a ’dowry.’ Is there such an expensive dowry? Fortunately, he didn’t have the habit of spending extravagantly, or he would have had to let the Ghost foot the bill. Now that he brought Su Qingyu to his overseas home, it was inevitable she might ’plunder’ again.

"There should still be some collected fine wine in the wine cellar, I’ll go get a bottle," Ye Shikai coughed lightly and said indifferently.

"No need, just get a bottle of the red wine brewed on your estate, I want to have a taste," Su Qingyu pulled on Ye Shikai’s hand and said with a smile.

"Fine, I will get it now. You go back to the living room first," Ye Shikai nodded his head. The wine cellar was deeply located; Ye Shikai took the elevator down to the wine cellar, where he happened to encounter Pena tallying the wine.

"Lord Netherworld King," Pena said respectfully, standing to one side, "My Lord, are you here to fetch wine? I can bring it to you later."

"No need, I’d better do it myself," Ye Shikai hastened to say, for Su Qingyu was not ’especially friendly’ to Pena. If she were to deliver it, that would just be inviting trouble. Ye Shikai looked closer; Pena had the classic Western beauty, similar to Ailina who he knew, but with an ’S’ shaped figure that was indeed captivating—no wonder Su Qingyu was displeased.

"That’s fine then," Pena still had that formulaic smile, standing quietly at the side waiting.

Ye Shikai picked out a five-year-old red wine, which was produced in his own estate. Although it wasn’t very famous, it was very meaningful.

"Lord Netherworld King, yesterday, Lord Moon God visited me," Pena’s words at this moment made Ye Shikai’s movements halt. Ever since Ji Qian used the awakening fruit to wake Su Qingyu up, she had gone abroad alone. Ye Shikai knew she must be trying to avoid the appearance of impropriety, and besides, when she saw the loving interactions between Ye Shikai and Su Qingyu, it was perhaps more torturous than death itself.

"I know, she didn’t say anything, did she?" Ye Shikai did not turn around, speaking faintly.

"She said... she said..."

"Alright, if you can’t bring yourself to say it, don’t. I’ve already guessed," Ye Shikai sighed, took the red wine, and turned to leave the wine cellar.

"After so many years, she is still the same," Ye Shikai didn’t need to think to know that Ji Qian must have instructed Pena not to mention her in front of Su Qingyu, worrying that Su Qingyu might overthink. Perhaps, with Pena’s Western thinking, it was hard to understand Ji Qian’s words. Maybe only Ye Shikai could truly appreciate the bitterness in her heart.

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"Qingyu, what are you doing?" When Ye Shikai returned to the living room, he saw Su Qingyu fiddling with some books.

"Of course I’m planning our travel itinerary. It’s our precious honeymoon, and I don’t want to waste it," Su Qingyu took the red wine that Ye Shikai poured and sipped gently; although it wasn’t well-known, it tasted excellent.

"Alright, whatever you decide is fine," Ye Shikai stood up, "I have some things to take care of; I’ll be out for a bit. Stay at home."

"Okay, go and come back soon."

The place Ye Shikai needed to go was the Netherworld Palace’s headquarters. The estate was not far from the headquarters, an hour’s drive. According to the previous arrangements, Nightmare, Illusion Fox, Worm, and Zi Yun had all returned. As for the Ghost, he stubbornly insisted on staying in Yanjing. To him, the biggest problem was not the intricate power dynamics of the overseas underworld but the ’Boss Xing’ of Yanjing.

Ye Shikai remembered a sentence that Ghost had once said to him: as long as Boss Xing was not eliminated, Ye Shikai and Su Qingyu in Yanjing were akin to sleeping on a time bomb.

"Sir, we will arrive shortly." The Netherworld Palace driver drove the car into the headquarters. At first glance, the headquarters seemed somewhat abrupt and empty, but in fact, the entire vicinity had been rigged with electronic devices by Worm. Take for instance the main gate; buried underground were electronic bombs, and any forced entry would undoubtedly result in both the car and personnel being blown to pieces.

"These little rascals, who knows what they’re up to now." Ye Shikai pushed open the door to the headquarters. In Ghost’s absence, Nightmare should be the temporary butler, but given his cold personality, he assuredly would have let Worm take on the butler’s role.

"Boss."

"Sir."

"Bro."

What Ye Shikai did not expect was that these people were actually playing cards in the office, and they seemed to be enjoying themselves tremendously.

"Don’t stand up, continue playing," Ye Shikai waved his hand, signaling everyone to sit down. He came to the headquarters just to check on the situation. Now Zeus and Aphrodite’s reputation was already not what it used to be. With the several battles that Ye Shikai had fought abroad, he had caused a huge stir in the international Underworld. Who would dare to cross him carelessly? In this period, Netherworld Palace could be described as benefiting from all directions, naturally not having many overt enemies.

"Bro, I heard that you and sister-in-law came here for a honeymoon."

"Yes, she has suffered a lot recently. It is only right to have a honeymoon after our recent marriage," said Ye Shikai.

"Sir, I have already ordered the Hidden Guards to be on alert at all times." Nightmare never joked. Wherever Su Qingyu went, the Hidden Guards were to protect her. In Yanjing, it was Ghost who was in charge of this; here in Europe, naturally, Nightmare arranged it himself.

"You’ve done well," Ye Shikai nodded. "As everyone knows, Yanjing has not been peaceful these days. Taking advantage of this time, Ghost is also there to ’clean house.’ I do not wish for any accidents to happen here."

"Boss, otherwise, I should just return to Yanjing these days. With Ghost investigating there, I think I can be of help." At this point, Worm volunteered, his electronic surveillance skills being nothing short of miraculous. After thinking it through, Ye Shikai agreed. Right now, with Short-nosed Crocodile severely injured and Ghost having only a few usable people, having one more person would add to their strength.

As Ye Shikai spoke, his complexion suddenly turned pale, and he felt a severe pain in his back, a pain that seemed to penetrate deep into the marrow and was unbearable.

"Boss, what’s wrong with you?"

"Bro, are you okay?"

Everyone quickly gathered around upon seeing this, and Ye Shikai waved his hand. After a while, the pain subsided as though it had never occurred, but the sweat on his face told him that the pain was real.

By comparison, the source of the pain seemed to be near the wound, approximately two inches above it, similar to yesterday. Ye Shikai examined himself with his Inner Strength, but everything seemed as usual without any abnormalities.

"Bro, what happened to you just now? You look so pale." Zi Yun was a medicinal herb expert. Seeing Ye Shikai like this, he had a vague sense of unease, and his expression became grave.

"It’s probably an aftermath of the injury, nothing serious."