86: Chapter 86 Senior Sister

Ye Fan and his two companions had a relatively smooth journey and did not encounter any powerful zombies.

The ones they did encounter were just small fry, easily dealt with by Ye Fan and his group.

As the sky began to darken, the trio finally arrived at the location of the Jiang Family.

"Is this the Jiang Family?" Ye Fan asked slowly, looking at the grand villa before him and then at Li Hao beside him.

Li Hao smiled slightly, took half a step closer to the villa in front of him, and said, "That's right, this is it."

At this moment, bright lights were already lit inside the villa.

Unlike the Wang Family, the Jiang Family's location was not heavily guarded, nor were there people patrolling the surrounding area.

Perhaps this was because it was getting late!

Ye Fan and his group slowly approached the main gate of the villa. It had clearly been replaced; it was made entirely of special steel and, unlike a regular gate, it looked significantly sturdier.

Ye Fan exchanged glances with Li Hao and Zhao Xiu, then said slowly, "Let's go in and take a look."

"Yeah, let's go." The two nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Arriving at the gate, Ye Fan and his group quickly tapped on the steel door in front of them, producing a series of muffled sounds.

As the gate was knocked, a voice immediately rang out from the mansion's courtyard, "Who is it?!"

Four or five figures could be seen rushing toward the gate.

Several voices muttered quietly, "Who is it? It's so late, it couldn't be zombies, right?!"

"How could that be? We've already cleared out all the zombies in our vicinity."

"Then should we open the gate?"

"This..."

At this, all five of them wore hesitant expressions, looking at each other.

However, at that moment, the voices of Ye Fan and his group came from outside the gate.

"Open the gate. I am Li Hao, the eldest son of the Li Family of Jiangcheng. I'm here to see Uncle Ning about something!"

"The Li Family of Jiangcheng? It's someone from the Li Family. Should we open the gate or not?" the group whispered quickly after hearing Li Hao's voice.

"It's almost dark. How could someone from the Li Family show up at this hour? I have a feeling something's fishy!"

"I think so too!"

"Yeah, I also think something's wrong."

"How about this? Xiao Liu, go report to the Family Head first and see what she thinks!" one of the middle-aged men said, tapping the man beside him and giving instructions in a low voice.

"Okay." The man nodded quickly and trotted toward the villa.

"Hey, hey, hey! Who are you people? What kind of game are you playing? Hurry up and open the gate to let us in!" Li Hao shouted loudly toward the courtyard while quickly slapping the iron door.

"How can you prove you are from the Li Family and not some evildoers in disguise?"

"Hey, come on. I am the eldest son of the Li Family. Do we even need to disguise ourselves?"

"Hmph! Who knows! There are plenty of people eyeing our Jiang Family right now! Who knows if you're one of those bad guys."

Hearing this, Li Hao looked completely puzzled and turned to exchange a glance with Ye Fan.

"It seems the Jiang Family is not in a very good situation right now," Ye Fan said calmly, arms folded across his chest.

Li Hao, completely unaware, frowned quickly and said in a deep voice, "Th-this... what's going on? Who is so bold as to target the Jiang Family? Could it be that..."

Just as he said this, a bad premonition arose deep within Li Hao, and he looked incredulous. "Could it be that something happened to the Jiang Family Head, and she was infected with the zombie virus?"

"No way!" Li Hao couldn't help but shiver.

"I think it's very possible. Something major must have happened to the Jiang Family. Otherwise, as one of the three great families of Jiangcheng, even if they suffered heavy losses after the apocalypse, they wouldn't be someone others could just target."

Ye Fan stroked his chin and said quickly.

Li Hao felt that what Ye Fan said made some sense and nodded to himself. "If that's really the case, then that's truly terrible."

While Ye Fan and his group were talking, Xiao Liu, who had gone to report the news earlier, came jogging back into the courtyard.

Seeing this, the others quickly asked, "How did it go? What did the Family Head say?"

"The Family Head told us to let them in," the man named Xiao Liu said, panting.

"Ah, are you sure?"

"Sure, that's exactly what the Family Head said."

The group quickly exchanged glances, then said in a low voice, "Alright, open the gate."

The next second, the courtyard gate swung open, and the figures of Ye Fan and his two companions appeared in the doorway.

At this time, Li Hao, who was still talking to Ye Fan, heard the sound of the gate opening and immediately turned around. "Oh, finally willing to open the gate."

Seeing this, the people in the courtyard gradually wore awkward smiles on their faces. "We were just afraid you might be those lawless elements always eyeing the Jiang Family!"

"Alright, alright, take us to see the Jiang Family Head!" Li Hao waved his hand quickly and said calmly.

"Follow me!" one of the middle-aged men said quickly.

As soon as Ye Fan and his group entered, the courtyard gate was quickly closed, as if they were afraid someone might sneak in.

Li Hao swept his gaze over them quickly and asked, looking puzzled, "Wait, is there really a need to be this cautious?"

The middle-aged man sighed and said slowly, "Sigh, given the Jiang Family's current situation, we have to be cautious! There are people eyeing us covetously everywhere outside."

"What's going on? Why is it like this?" Ye Fan asked indifferently.

"Sigh, this is all caused by the apocalypse. Our Jiang Family Head, Jiang Ning, was unlucky and unfortunately sacrificed after being infected with the zombie virus when the apocalypse arrived." The middle-aged man sighed again, his tone filled with pity as he spoke in a low voice.

"Ah! This..." Li Hao's face immediately showed disbelief, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

Although he had guessed earlier that something might have happened to the Jiang Family Head.

But hearing it with his own ears now, he still felt it was completely unbelievable.

"Then who is the person in power in the Jiang Family now..." Ye Fan continued after a moment of silence.

The middle-aged man answered truthfully, "The person currently in power in the Jiang Family is the Jiang Family's daughter—Jiang Ruoxue, along with her mother."

"Jiang Ruoxue?" Ye Fan whispered the name after hearing it.

Li Hao seemed to have heard Ye Fan's muttering and cautiously leaned over to Ye Fan's side, whispering, "Yeah! What's wrong? Master, do you know this Jiang Ruoxue?"

"No... I don't know her! It's just a friend I knew before who also had this name." Ye Fan shook his head quickly.

"Oh, so that's it! I was wondering how you knew her!"

Ye Fan did not continue speaking.

He just followed slowly beside the middle-aged man, walking toward the interior of the villa.

Before the apocalypse had arrived.

When Ye Fan was just a freshman, he had also met a senior student in her junior year.

Her name was the same as the Jiang Family's daughter: Jiang Ruoxue.

At that time, Ye Fan had a pretty good relationship with that senior.

Back then, that Jiang Ruoxue had even confessed her feelings to Ye Fan, and the two almost got together, but unfortunately, Ye Fan's heart was already taken.

The person he liked in his heart was the Jiangcheng University campus belle, Ji Yuyan, who was in the same year as him.

Therefore, he had rejected the senior Jiang Ruoxue's confession.

In his youth, he didn't know the value of a senior, and mistakenly treated the campus belle as the treasure.

Now, whenever Ye Fan recalled that time, he felt some regret.

But fate played its tricks, and their destiny was just like that.

Later, it was precisely because of this incident that their relationship gradually drifted apart, and it became rare for them to be in contact for a long time.

Ye Fan vaguely remembered that the last time he was in contact with that senior was two months ago.

At that time, it was because it was Jiang Ruoxue's birthday that Ye Fan had sent her some well wishes.

As time passed, the middle-aged man had already led Ye Fan and his group through the first floor and was heading toward the second floor.

The Jiang Family Head was waiting for Ye Fan and his group in the living room on the second floor.

Passing through the hallway and just arriving on the second floor, the middle-aged man stopped and said slowly to the three of them.

"The three of you, the Family Head and the others are in the living room. I won't disturb you."

"Yeah, thanks." Ye Fan nodded slowly, thanking the middle-aged man.

"It's nothing, it's only right." The middle-aged man said with a smile, bade farewell to Ye Fan and his group, and walked downstairs.

After watching the middle-aged man who had brought them there leave.

Ye Fan and his two companions exchanged glances and slowly stepped forward, walking toward the living room on the second floor.

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