I Received Messages From Future Self!

Beijing! 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Ye Family Mansion!

Although dawn had not yet arrived, the Ye Family’s council hall was already filled with their key decision-makers.

Presiding at the head of the room was the Ye Family Leader, Ye Lingchen’s father.

On his left sat an elderly man, his hair and beard completely white, and visibly frail.

This was none other than the Ye Family’s legendary Super Master, presumed dead according to Jianghu rumors.

To his right sat a familiar face—Long Lie.

Below Long Lie was the Ye Family’s Young Master, Ye Lingchen.

Following Ye Lingchen were elder members of the Ye Family who held substantial power.

These individuals were essentially confidants of the Patriarch Ye. Without that level of trust, no one could step into this council hall today.

"Fang Xiaocao has already launched a full-scale assault on the Pawnshop group. It’s time for us to act too."

"Whether it’s out of an obligation to our allies or for the benefit of dividing the Pawnshop’s assets, standing idle is not an option."

Long Lie held a report in his hand and was the first to speak, pinpointing the central topic of this meeting.

"Show of hands."

The Patriarch Ye wasted no time on discussions and immediately called for a vote.

While Patriarch Ye was domineering by nature, he always employed democratic methods for decisions that didn’t concern the survival of the Ye Family.

Votes were always cast by raising hands.

Before Patriarch Ye could finish his sentence, Ye Lingchen was the first to raise his hand.

This proposal could be opposed by anyone, but Ye Lingchen could not afford to.

The reason was simple—Fang Xiaocao was his external ally.

Long Lie had been the one to find Fang Xiaocao for him, an ally with Super Masters under her command.

Both emotionally and logically, Ye Lingchen would undoubtedly support Fang Xiaocao.

Following Ye Lingchen’s raise, Long Lie also raised his hand.

Long Lie had been appointed by Patriarch Ye as Ye Lingchen’s guardian.

In essence, he was part of the so-called Crown Prince faction and naturally supported Ye Lingchen unconditionally.

With Long Lie’s stance clear, more members of the Crown Prince faction began to follow suit.

Once the Crown Prince faction completed their vote, it was time for Patriarch Ye’s confidants to cast theirs.

Three minutes later, everyone in the council hall, except Patriarch Ye and the elderly Super Master, had made their choices.

The situation in the room became slightly tense—votes for and against the proposal were split evenly.

Patriarch Ye glanced at everyone and finally fixed his gaze on the elderly man.

"Mr. Qian, what is your opinion?"

Patriarch Ye treated the elder with utmost respect.

Mr. Qian lifted his eyelids and cast a brief glance. "Agree."

With that, he closed his eyes again.

Patriarch Ye smiled faintly. He had expected Mr. Qian’s agreement all along.

Just as Long Lie was Ye Lingchen’s protector within the Crown Prince faction, Mr. Qian had once served as Patriarch Ye’s guardian in his youth.

This seemingly democratic council meeting had an outcome predetermined from the very beginning.

The supporters were guaranteed to outnumber the opposition.

Not just this time—but every time.

The direction of the result was always orchestrated by Patriarch Ye himself.

Unforeseen circumstances were never allowed to arise.

"I agree as well."

Patriarch Ye proclaimed with a jovial smile.

"The minority shall obey the majority!"

"Long Lie, gather your men immediately and launch an attack on the Pawnshop branches and enterprises throughout the Beijing area and its outskirts."

"Aim to uproot every branch of the Pawnshop in the shortest possible time and seize all their assets. Everyone else will assist Long Lie in their assigned tasks."

Patriarch Ye laid out the plan he had already devised in advance.

"Yes!"

The crowd stood up and responded in unison.

Today, the Jianghu was destined to be far from peaceful—it would be drenched in bloodshed.

And similar incidents were not limited to the Ye Family.

Almost every Jianghu force, like sharks drawn to the scent of blood, began targeting the Pawnshop branches and assets within their territories under various pretexts.

The fall of the Pawnshop group had become an inevitable fate.

The metaphor "When a whale falls, countless creatures thrive" found vivid imagery here.

The illustrious Pawnshop group, which stood tall in the Jianghu for centuries, was finally pulling down the curtain.

Meanwhile, the Blacklist also received news.

But the news arrived far too late.

The Blacklist, even if it wished to rescue the Pawnshop group, could no longer make a difference.

A sense of helplessness pervaded—the feeling of failing to change a doomed fate.

They knew Fang Xiaocao was the mastermind behind it all.

Remembering their own irreconcilable enmity with Fang Xiaocao, the Blacklist began mobilizing internally.

Preparing for anything that might come.

The Blacklist was certain: once the Pawnshop group was eliminated, Fang Xiaocao’s next target would inevitably be them.

They couldn’t afford to repeat the Pawnshop group’s path to destruction.

Even if their ultimate downfall was inevitable, they swore to drag Fang Xiaocao down with them.

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Tang City!

Junyue Villa District, Villa No. 11.

Qi Yu had also received news of the Pawnshop group’s imminent demise.

It was among the "too late to save" kind.

Even the key figures of the Pawnshop group could only flee by sheer luck.

The once-dominant presence of the Pawnshop group, which had ruled over the Jianghu for centuries, was doomed to disappear.

After all, no matter how formidable they were, it was impossible to go against the entirety of Jianghu forces.

This time, the destruction of the Pawnshop group saw almost all factions with Super Masters taking part.

The Pawnshop group’s mere two Super Masters were utterly incapable of forcing these factions to spit out the fat meat they’d already swallowed.

In fact, even if those two Super Masters managed to escape alive, they wouldn’t dare to show their faces again.

The factions that divided the Pawnshop assets would not tolerate their resurgence in Jianghu under any circumstances.

No one wanted to gamble on the possibility of the Pawnshop group rebuilding itself and taking revenge for today’s vendetta.

Thus, the Pawnshop group had to disappear completely.

If those two Super Masters chose to go into hiding under new identities or allied themselves with other factions, the matter would be left alone.

But should they dare to bear the Pawnshop group’s banner again within Jianghu...

They wouldn’t even need Fang Xiaocao’s intervention—someone would eliminate them without hesitation.

"Trash!"

"A bunch of useless fools!"

Realizing the intricacies, Qi Yu shattered his wine glass in fury, cursing the Pawnshop group for their incompetence.

Given such tremendous resources, they squandered them to the point of ruin.

Qi Yu wished he could directly confront the decision-makers of the Pawnshop group and demand to know if their brains were filled with mush.

How could it all collapse in a single night?

Did they forget to call upon allies for aid?

The more Qi Yu thought, the angrier he became. Smashing the wine glass wasn’t enough to vent his fury.

Grabbing a nearby bottle of red wine, he swung it hard and smashed it against the young man’s head.

CRACK—

The bottle shattered on impact with the young man’s skull.

And his skull shattered along with it.

THUD—

The young man’s corpse collapsed straight to the ground.

His wide-open, lifeless eyes stared fixedly at Qi Yu, as if questioning why he had been killed.

Qi Yu sneered and pulled an A4 paper from his pocket, tossing it onto the corpse.

On the paper, these words were written:

Name: Shi Guang, Senior Detective, Major Case Unit——