Xiao Chen stared at Cao Yan in silence. For the first time, the man in front of him felt like a stranger. 0

From the day they’d met, Cao Yan had always been a quiet listener, smiling gently no matter what anyone said. Whenever the group talked things over and Li Guanqi asked for his opinion, Cao Yan would just scratch his nose like a child and say he’d go along with whatever Li Guanqi decided. 0

Xiao Chen didn’t know what Li Guanqi and Ye Feng meant to Cao Yan, or what the three of them had been through together. 0

But the Cao Yan before him now, raging like a lion king, exuded a raw authority Xiao Chen had never felt from him before. Xiao Chen could tell that even if he insisted on going back to save the others, Cao Yan would turn and...0