Lu Jingye had already made a reservation for a hotel at Bin Jiang Road that had an open garden.

Zi Yi, Lu Jingye, the Dou Family members, some close friends, and a group of Lu Jingye’s subordinates had all gathered here.

At 8 p.m., Lu Jingye gave an order and thousands of fireworks were lit.

When deafening fireworks flew into the skies, everyone looked up in the skies in excitement and they were full of expectation.

However, when all the fireworks flew into the skies, there was only light and sound from the flares going up into the skies but there were no explosions.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

“What happened?”

“Why didn’t the fireworks explode?”

“Don’t tell me they got fake fireworks?”

Everyone subconsciously turned to Zi Yi and Lu Jingye who were standing at the edge of the sky garden.

“Cousin-in-law, are you sure there’s nothing wrong with the fireworks you bought?”

There was still smoke from the flare of the fireworks, but not a single one exploded. Dou Zerui felt that they had been cheated.

Zi Yi tilted her head and slightly lifted her chin as she said mysteriously, “I was the one who designed this, so just continue and wait.”

“Wait? Would there be a surprise at the end?”

Dou Zerui found it even harder to believe.

Even the others had expressed their doubts.

“Cousin-in-law, how much did you spend on these custom-made fireworks?” Dou Yunhao was a little concerned about this.

“Not much,” Lu Jingye said, “It did not reach a hundred million.”

The Dou Family members: “…”

For tens of thousands of fireworks to be set off one after another, it still needed some time.

When the last firework was set off, Zi Yi started to countdown. “Five, four, three, two, one.”

By the time Zi Yi finished counting down, fireworks appeared in the skies.

“Wow…. The twelve zodiacs!”

Everyone started screaming in excitement and traces of disappointment had disappeared.

After the twelve zodiacs disappeared, a dragon and phoenix appeared.

Both the dragon and phoenix were soaring in the night skies and it finally formed a harmonious image.

All the crowd along Bin Jiang Road got excited.

However, that was not all. After the harmonious image was formed, flowers, birds, fishes, and all kinds of New Year greetings appeared. In the end, two red hearts that seemed to be burning could be seen and they slowly came closer to each other; finally, an arrow shot through the hearts.

It did not immediately disappear after that; instead, it stayed in the night skies for fifteen seconds.

“Ahhhh!”

All the women started to scream in excitement.

Even the men were all constantly repeating words like. “What the?! So cool!”

Zi Yi tilted her head and looked at Lu Jingye as she asked with a smile, “Ah Jing, did you receive my love?”

A gentle smile appeared on Lu Jingye’s face and he could not help but raise his hand to stroke her face. “I’m very surprised.”

Zi Yi continued to smile. “If not for the fact that I can’t be too high-profile at this time, I would have designed even more things.”

Lu Jingye’s lips curved upwards and he said, “You can keep such things for me to look at alone. There’s no need for everyone to see it.”

Having said that, he pulled her into his embrace.

Just then, Dou Yue’er started to incite them. “Cousin-in-law, you should kiss my cousin!”

Dou Yurui also joined in. “Yue’er is right. During such a romantic moment, you should kiss~”

Unexpectedly, the others also started to join in. “Kiss! Kiss!”

Zi Yi looked up at Lu Jingye.

He was looking at her at that moment.

Zi Yi winked at him innocently. “Since this is everyone’s request, we have to meet their expectations.”

Lu Jingye’s gaze deepened ever so slightly.

The next moment, he lowered his head and sealed her lips.

“Ahhhh!”

…

On the other side.

There was a large residential area in the north of the city.

Other than the original residents, there were also many people who were working in the city but were unable to afford expensive apartments.

There were schools, hospitals, supermarkets, markets, and all sorts of entertainment establishments. It had formed a complete community system.

Precisely due to that, there were even more people hidden in the dark and lurking around. It was even possible for some unimaginable bad guys to be hidden here.

Lu Yunxiao was currently sitting in an ordinary black van with a communication device in his ears. He was listening to his subordinate’s report.

“No.1 Community Area. Everything is clear.”

“No.2 Community Area. Discovered suspicious individuals.”

“No.3 Community Area…”

After listening to his subordinate’s report, Lu Yunxiao finished giving out commands and his gaze landed on the opposite night market.

He was currently located at an vibrant night market and there were all sorts of things being sold here.

As it was currently New Year’s Eve, festive lanterns were hung from one end of the street to the other and there would be the sounds of firecrackers from time to time.

There were food stalls, game stalls, supper stalls, supermarkets, billiard rooms, KTV, hair salons, and so on and so forth.

A few minutes later, there were two drunkards walking unsteadily toward Lu Yunxiao’s direction as they supported each other.

These two individuals did not attract the attention of people on the street, but Lu Yunxiao felt a strong sense of crisis.

By the time they walked past his car, he put on a cap and alighted from the car to follow them.

The two of them supported each other into a dark and narrow alley.

This alley was a dead end and usually, there would not be anyone walking there.

Lu Yunxiao concealed his presence and followed behind these two people.

When they reached the dead end, these two people stopped walking and stood up at the same time. There were no longer any traces of their drunken appearance from before.

One of the guys took out his phone and dialed a number. A few seconds later, he said, “We have already made arrangements here. Hurry up on your end and don’t let anyone find out.”

Having said that, he hung up the phone.

The two individuals were not in a rush to leave either. They leaned on the wall and started having a small chat.

The person who made the call earlier said, “As long as our plan succeeds tonight, we will be sure to earn a huge sum of money. After receiving your share of money, where do you plan to have fun?”

The other man mentioned a place. “I heard that the girls there are extremely friendly. We’ve been out for over half a month this time and it’s time for me to treat myself well.”

“Aren’t you afraid of those girls squeezing you dry?”

“What’s there to be afraid of… Who?!”

By the time they discovered someone was following them, Lu Yunxiao had already appeared in front of them and fired shots at them.

Along with the sounds of two gunshots, both their knees buckled and they knelt on the ground after getting hit.

“Ugh…”

Both of them had quick reactions and were about to take out their guns to deal with Lu Yunxiao.

With a wave of Lu Yunxiao’s other hand, the whip in his hand had tied them up together.

“Who are you?”

Both their expressions stiffened at the same time. Looking at the man approaching them, they felt a huge sense of crisis and fear.

This man’s aura was too strong. He was giving them so much pressure that they found it difficult to breathe.

“What did you do?”

The moment Lu Yunxiao opened his mouth, his voice was so deep that it caused the two people to tremble.

They did not answer him.

Lu Yunxiao raised his gun again and before he pulled the trigger, one of the men was so frightened that his voice broke.

“I-I’ll talk! I’ll talk! We hid several explosives in the night market.”

“Where did you hide the explosives?”

“At the Night Scene KTV, Limited Edition KTV, and also Tian Yi Wonton Shop. Both of us are only errand boys, please let us go.”

Lu Yunxiao looked at them coldly and said to the invisible robot, “Go and scan for all the explosives in the area and destroy them all.”

The two men who were tied up and listening to Lu Yunxiao moved their eyes subconsciously and looked around. They noticed that Lu Yunxiao was wearing a communicator device and thought that he was talking to the device. Their heart rates sped up, while their minds were thinking of how to escape.