Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO-Chapter 595 Incoming Call

As he spoke, Xu Ke took out his phone and saved the numbers for Han Wang and Ye Lang.

Tang Yingchang watched him, a look of pity in his eyes. If Shi Hongda, who was already driven to despair by Xu Ke's breakthrough to the Innate realm, found out about this, he'd probably cough up all his blood...

SNAP. Xu Ke closed the laptop and pulled up the dialer. "Han Wang took the 'deposit' I gave him when he left, and it's been two hours. It wouldn't be out of line to give him a nudge now, would it?"

Seeing this, Tang Yingchang couldn't help but say sympathetically, "Mister Xu, he probably hasn't even boarded his flight."

"Besides, his phone was likely destroyed in the explosion. He probably hasn't even gotten a new SIM card yet."

"You won't be able to get through!" He could already foresee the miserable fate that awaited Han Wang...

Xu Ke paused, a look of realization dawning on him. "You're right! By the way, Elder Tang, do you know Han Wang and Ye Lang's real names? I want to have someone run a background check on them."

Xu Ke stroked his chin thoughtfully. "I remember they called each other Brother Wang and Brother Ye. Are those their real last names?"

Tang Yingchang considered this for a moment. "Ye Lang's surname is indeed Ye, but 'Lang' isn't his given name. I believe he's called that because he used to be a soldier in the overseas Wolf King Unit."

"As for Han Wang, his surname is Wang. The 'Han' comes from his special True Qi—it's a rare, ice-cold variant among the rigid types of True Qi that can slow a person's movements. That's why they call him Han Wang..."

Xu Ke raised an eyebrow. So that's how it is. He understood perfectly well that Han Wang's ice-cold True Qi didn't literally create ice. Rather, it slowed the flow of his opponent's True Qi, creating the sensation of being frozen stiff.

"Alright, I'll ask them when I manage to call them," Xu Ke said, glancing at the traffic jam outside and sighing. I should have just walked to the medical hall. I wouldn't have been stuck here all this time.

Afterwards, Xu Ke received messages from the Xie and Bai families of Sui City. They were mainly checking if he had arrived safely and extending polite invitations to visit again when he had time. After replying to each of them, he put his phone down, intending to close his eyes and rest.

Just then... BUZZ. His phone vibrated.

Xu Ke glanced at the screen. It was Duan Chongfeng.

Xu Ke answered the call. "Big bro, what's up?"

"You're back?" Duan Chongfeng's voice was sharp with urgency, as if something had agitated him.

"Yeah. Zhuo'e must have told you, right?" Xu Ke chuckled. He knew the trio from the Northern Dragon Guard would have gone straight to Duan Chongfeng.

"He did." After that, the line went quiet.

Confusion crept onto Xu Ke's face. "...Is there something else?"

"Aren't you going to tell me yourself?" Duan Chongfeng's voice was indignant.

"Uh, tell you what?" Xu Ke's mind went blank for a moment. So much had happened, he had no idea what Duan Chongfeng was referring to.

"Something this huge happened, and you're still asking me?!" Duan Chongfeng's voice cracked.

"Ah!" Xu Ke finally understood, a touch of warmth spreading through him. "Are you talking about the assassination attempt from the Assassin's Alliance? Ahem... I'm telling you, it's nothing. Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine, see?"

He'd assumed Duan Chongfeng was angry that he had faced danger without telling him. The thought filled Xu Ke with warmth. It wasn't just Wong Qifu who worried about him; he had friends and brothers he could count on, too...

But Duan Chongfeng's next words shattered the warm feeling. "Who the hell cares about that? It's not like it's the first time someone's tried to assassinate you."

Xu Ke: "???"

What the hell?! Are you even human?

"Then what *do* you want to ask?" Xu Ke snapped, his patience gone.

Duan Chongfeng shot back, "What about your breakthrough to the Innate realm?! You didn't think to tell me something like that first? I had to hear it from my nephew? You've really got some nerve, Xu Ke."

Even as he spoke, Duan Chongfeng's face was still a mask of shock. He clearly remembered that when they first met, Xu Ke was only at the Acquired Middle Stage. How could he have reached the Innate realm in less than two months?!

Hearing this, Xu Ke immediately started laying on the sarcasm. "Oh, is that what this is about? Just a little breakthrough to the Innate realm. Who makes a big fuss about that? It's not like it's hard..."

Duan Chongfeng: "...Say that again?"

He was still at the Innate Initial Stage. Was Xu Ke mocking him? Of course he was.

"Hehe, I won't say it again," Xu Ke taunted. "But seriously, it's not hard. I could've done it in my sleep."

Duan Chongfeng was silent for a long moment before he exploded. "...You get your ass over here right now! I swear I won't kill you!"

Tang Yingchang was utterly speechless. Who would have thought this was a conversation between a company president and the successor to the Medical Saint?

After the shouting died down, Duan Chongfeng's tone became serious. "Look, that's no way to gamble with your life. If you have another plan like that in the future, you tell me beforehand, you hear me?" He was genuinely frightened by what Duan Zhuo'e had told him. Xu Ke had truly been walking on a tightrope. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"It was a rush job. Don't worry, I'm still alive and kicking," Xu Ke chuckled.

"Who the hell is worried about you?" Duan Chongfeng snorted. "A kid from my Duan family was in that car with you! If he died, were you planning on becoming my brother's son to make up for it?"

"No need for that!" Xu Ke laughed. "Haha, but seriously, why don't you have a kid of your own? What's the point of raising a nephew?"

"Too much trouble. Don't bring it up." Duan Chongfeng's expression turned guarded.

Xu Ke smoothly changed the subject. "So, where's Zhuo'e? And how are the others doing?"

He was actually quite curious about what Bai Qian'er and the others were up to after landing. Jokes were jokes, but he couldn't neglect his duties as their Seasoned Envoy.

"Uh, they're fine, they just got settled in... As for Zhuo'e, I think he ran to the bathroom with diarrhea five minutes ago. Why isn't he out yet?!"

Just then, the sound of a toilet flushing echoed over the phone, followed by Duan Zhuo'e's agonized cry. "Aargh, I'm dying in here! Diarrhea the second I landed! I swear, Tianhai and I are cursed..."

Duan Chongfeng's voice suddenly became muffled as if he were pinching his nose. "God, the stink is killing me. I'm stepping outside to talk."

Xu Ke: "…"

He was mortified. Then he remembered... He, Tang Yingchang, and the Ghost-Poison Elders had all taken Snake Mask's antidote. But Duan Zhuo'e and the others hadn't.

Xu Ke rubbed his nose and gave a dry laugh. "Maybe he just ate something bad? It's fine, one good purge and he'll be okay!" I'll find a way to make it up to them later, he thought.

"You young people these days, always eating all kinds of junk..." Duan Chongfeng sighed.

The actual culprit just forced a smile and quickly changed the subject. "Right, right... Oh, by the way, what's the status on Lin Zhongtian's death?"

"Hahaha! Don't even get me started on that." To Xu Ke's surprise, Duan Chongfeng burst out laughing.

"What happened?" Xu Ke asked, puzzled.

"Yuan Shang wants to strangle you right now. You'd better watch your back," Duan Chongfeng said, clearly enjoying the situation.

"What on earth happened?" Xu Ke broke out in a cold sweat.

"They can't find the killer, but Long Capital is breathing down his neck to continue the investigation. So, you tell me, is he exhausted?"

"...Exhausted."

"To make matters worse, Peng Hetong was just arrested, and a huge part of the technical department was purged. They're severely short-staffed. Tell me, is he exhausted?"

"...Exhausted!"

"So, don't you think he wants to strangle the culprit?"

Xu Ke immediately wailed, "Then he should go after Ye Taiqing!"

"Hahaha, but the only one he *can* find is you..."

Xu Ke coughed twice. "His problem is a lack of manpower. All he needs to do is hire a few more people. He should leave me out of it."

"And where would he do that? Tianhai is a tiny little place. Where is he supposed to find capable people with clean backgrounds?"

"Why can't he?" Xu Ke suddenly frowned in thought, and then his eyes lit up. "Speaking of which... we have a Law Enforcement Hall Chief right here, don't we?"

"Who?!"