My Arrogant Young Lady

"Okay..." Wang Huan sighed helplessly. He picked up the card and sniffed it lightly. Then he said to us, "It doesn't smell like anything; it must be from a high-end hotel in the provincial capital."

"Wang Huan. What kind of reasoning is this?" Hearing Wang Huan's words, Heilong was immediately confused.

“I don’t mean anything by it. In rural areas of the north, most houses are heated by kang (traditional heated brick beds), so you’ll smell of firewood after just a short walk. Last time my brother and second sister tracked me down, I hid in a rural area near the provincial capital for a day, and I was covered in the smell of firewood. As for the cardholder, if he frequents certain entertainment venues, it will have a hint of perfume. If it’s a bathhouse, the card will be slightly damp and a bit wrinkled. I won’t go into details, but he’s definitely in a high-end hotel. And you can tell he’s very clean. He’s a very elegant and wealthy person,” Wang Huan said.

"You can have your uncle, Emperor Zhao, send people to search for the most luxurious hotel in this provincial capital," Wang You said.

"Elegant wealthy people, of course, want to stay in the best and use the best. A large portion of the high-end hotels in this provincial capital are owned by the Ye family; we can have the Ye family keep an eye on them. Any suspicious individuals can be sent to us by the Ye family," Wang Che said with a smile.

"I'll go right now." Hearing Wang Che's words, Tong Jialing'er finally realized. So, we still have the Ye family we can use.

The Ye family is like our own home now. We only need to call out, and they will do everything in their power to help us. She quickly disappeared into the house. Tong Jialing'er then went to the Ye family to find reinforcements.

“Brother, don’t worry. As long as An Yao isn’t in First Man’s hands, everything will be fine. An Yao is so eye-catching; as long as First Man takes her to a luxury hotel, we’ll find his whereabouts quickly. If we can’t find him, it means An Yao isn’t in his hands, and we can rest assured. As for the treasures of my Wang family, let him steal them as he pleases; our Wang family has plenty of money anyway,” Wang Che said with a disdainful sneer.

"That's what they say, but I'm worried..."

Before I could finish my sentence, my phone suddenly rang. I glanced at the unfamiliar number and immediately picked it up, asking, "First?"

"Haha, the young master of the Wang family does have some brains after all." A pleasant male voice came from the other end of the line.

"First, what do you want? To play with me?" I asked.

"Playing? I love playing! I love anything that's fun. And you, you actually stole my Desert Wolf. So I'm going to play with you and take your most precious treasure as compensation." First laughed.

"My most precious treasure?" I frowned.

“That’s right, it’s your most precious treasure, not the Wang family’s.” First said with a smile.

“Oh, do you know what my most precious treasure is?” I asked.

"..." Upon hearing my words, the first person's voice faltered.

I was frantically searching for An Yao, and then First came along to make things worse. I was furious, so I vented all my anger on First, yelling, "First, I'm warning you, don't act like an idiot and try to steal things from me. You stole the wrong thing back then, saying you wanted to steal my father's most precious treasure, but you ended up stealing Oda Seiji's head! You stupid piece of trash, think about what my most precious treasure is before you steal anything. Don't act like an idiot and just blindly steal things!"

After saying that, I slammed down the phone.

On the other end of the phone, a handsome young man looked at the screen, somewhat bewildered. He blinked, then lit a cigar and sat down in a deep thought. After finishing the cigar, he quickly ruffled his hair. "Wang Xi, what is his most treasured possession...?"

Chapter 430 The Most Cunning Enemy

Oda Seiji is not human; the First is. He is the second most notorious criminal after Oda Seiji. In some ways, the First is actually stronger than Oda Seiji. After all, he resurrected Oda Seiji; without the First, there would be no Oda Seiji, and this great catastrophe in the martial arts world would not have occurred.

But no matter how clever and cunning he was, he could never guess what the most precious treasure in my heart was.

I have many precious treasures in my heart: Xi'er, my daughter, my parents, my friends, and my relatives. But who is my most precious treasure? Even I don't know. How could he possibly know?

Because I was anxious and angry, I couldn't help but give the first person a hard jab. It was unintentional, but it caused the first person a lot of trouble.

After asking myself this question, I realized I didn't know what the most precious treasure in my heart was. In my heart, the most precious treasure is definitely not money, nor is it my status or position. The most precious treasure in my heart can only be one person. So, who is that person?

After I hung up the phone, my brothers and sisters around me fell silent. They couldn't help but guess, just like the first one had. After a while, Wang Che thought for a moment and asked me, "Brother, who is the most precious treasure in your heart?"

"I don't know." I couldn't help but shake my head slightly.

"Haha, if even you don't know who the most precious treasure is, then you might be in for a headache." Wang Che couldn't help but laugh after hearing my words.

The most precious treasure in my heart is not Wang Che, and Wang Che is not angry at all. Because I still have parents, wife, and daughter. If I had to choose the most precious treasure in my heart, I would have to give up two of my parents, wife, and daughter. Wang Che has nothing to be angry about.

My brothers and other younger siblings weren't angry; they just laughed because one of my questions stumped the first person.

"Brother, that's a good question. You yourself don't even know who your most precious treasure is. This time, you're probably going to stump the first place winner," Wang Huan said with a mischievous smile.

“An Yao is definitely not in the first place. What we need to do now is to find and seize the first place,” Wang You said.

"Yes." I nodded gently.

Because the North is within my uncle's and the Ye family's sphere of influence, it would be easy for them to find First if they mobilized all their forces. Wang Huan and Wang Che advised me not to worry too much about An Yao, assuring me she would be fine. As for First, with our small group, finding him would be difficult. The best approach would be to have my uncle's men and Ye family disciples search every high-end hotel, while we wait for news at home.

That night, I was so angry that I drank a whole bottle of red wine in one go. When I'm in a good mood, I can drink a whole case and not get drunk, but when I'm in a bad mood, sometimes even just one glass will make me drunk.

That night, after getting drunk, I lay alone in bed feeling incredibly lonely. I couldn't help but think of An Yao, the white-haired little girl who slept with me during my loneliest time.

An Yao. I suddenly realized how important An Yao was to me. After she left me, I felt like the whole world had lost its color.

If Xi'er occupies the largest place in my heart, then An Yao is the next. Even my daughter wouldn't make me worry like this.

I love my parents, and I've thought about them for over a decade. But they are both among the strongest people in the world; they don't need me to worry about them. Xi'er is very good to me, and I love her very much. But Xi'er is safe now. She doesn't need me to worry about her either. As for my daughter, I haven't seen her since she was born. Now that I have, her image is always in my heart. But she doesn't make me worry too much.

So, right now, the person I'm most worried about is An Yao.

As for the most precious treasure in my heart, could it be...?

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt energized again. Since An Yao disappeared, I haven't had a good night's sleep. I've fallen ill and look extremely haggard. Now I'm suffering from insomnia again, and I couldn't help but get out of bed and walk around the room.

An Yao, An Yao, it turns out she's my most precious treasure. So, will the First One also guess that she's the most precious treasure in my heart? If the First One guessed it, is An Yao in great danger right now?

Looking at the lonely streetlights outside the villa, I thought for a moment, then immediately opened the door and walked outside. Just as I stepped out, I bumped into a girl.

"oops!"

It was Wang Che. I bumped into him and he almost fell over. He seemed a little annoyed. But when he saw it was me, he glared at me with amusement. "I thought some clueless person had run out of your room. Turns out it's you."

"Have you found the first one?" I asked.

“Found it.” Wang Che nodded gently.

After hearing Wang Che's words, I immediately went downstairs with him. Seeing that the brothers were already fully prepared, Wang You smiled and snapped his fingers as soon as he saw me come down, "Let's go!"

Seven or eight cars immediately filed out. Our car headed towards a high-end hotel in the provincial capital. On the way, Wang You said to me, "After three hours of searching, we have eliminated all suspicious persons. And among these high-end hotels, the only suspicious person is named Li Fei, who is staying at the Sheraton Hotel."

"Li Fei?" I couldn't help but frown.

"Firstly, he is skilled in disguise and can impersonate anyone. According to one of Emperor Zhao's friends, this Li Fei is a foreign national, but he lost contact with his family as soon as he got off the plane," Wang You said.

"So that's how it is. A man named Li Fei went missing. Then his family reported it to the police. Someone who knew about this told my uncle, right?" I asked.

“Indeed, your uncle has a lot of influence in the north. I didn’t expect him to even know about Li Fei’s disappearance.” Wang You nodded slightly.

“Great, let’s go catch Li Fei now,” I said.

An Yao's disappearance and the fact that First Place is seeking revenge at this time is indeed causing trouble. However, if we were to take First Place now, we would also have many benefits.

Taking first place will eliminate another powerful enemy for our Wang family, removing a potential threat to our future prosperity. The number one criminal is undoubtedly one of the world's top criminals, possessing considerable wealth. Suppressing bandits is the most lucrative job, just like when we wiped out the pirates in the northern seas, seizing much of their gold and silver. After eliminating Oda Seiji, our Wang family's wealth more than doubled.

If we can take first place again, the Wang family's wealth will increase by at least a third. Apart from the high level of danger and difficulty, taking down the number one spot is definitely beneficial to the Wang family.

On the road, I couldn't help but look out the window, hoping to find An Yao. But unfortunately, I didn't find An Yao.

About twenty minutes later, our car quickly pulled up in the parking lot in front of a high-end hotel. As our large group entered the hotel, we saw Long Pao and Ye Wuji already waiting inside with their respective men.

"Where is he?" I asked.

"Twenty-seventh floor, room 2711, the presidential suite. The entire hotel has been sealed off; we're just waiting for you to come and arrest us," said the man in the dragon robe.

"Alright. Go and take him down now." Hearing Longpao's words, I immediately took out my pistol.

With a ding, when we arrived at the 27th floor in the elevator, we saw that the entire corridor was already crowded with people. It was the Zhao family and the Ye family. They were all holding weapons and quietly guarding the first room, just waiting for me to arrive at the hotel to take the person.

I nodded to Longpao and Ye Wuji, and led Nie Xiaohai, Wang Kun, Wang You, Liuli, and Wang Yu through the crowd toward the first room.

It went too smoothly; I never imagined taking first place would be so easy. Perhaps it's because we're now united and our strength has increased.

Even though I had him surrounded in the house, I was still a little nervous. I felt that he couldn't possibly be caught so quickly; he would definitely use some trickery to escape.

I couldn't help but frown. I thought for a moment, then waved my gun, signaling everyone to back off.

Upon seeing my gesture, Long Pao and Ye Wuji immediately led their men to retreat. Only I, Wang Kun, Nie Xiaohai, Wang Che, Wang Huan, Wang You, Liuli, Wang Yu, Qinglong, Zhuque, Tong Jialing'er, and a few other powerful individuals remained near the entrance.

With a bang, I kicked the door open, and a thick cloud of white smoke immediately rushed in. The smoke was so thick that I couldn't even see my own outstretched fingers.

In an instant, our group of brothers was thrown into chaos. Everyone held their breath and desperately tried to disperse the thick smoke. But the smoke was too dense, and no matter how hard we waved, we couldn't clear it. Then, with a whoosh, the hotel's fire suppression system activated automatically, and water sprayed down from above. With that spray of water, our group of brothers looked even more disheveled.

He waved his arms vigorously, and the thick smoke gradually dissipated as Wang You ran into the room and opened the window.

Then, Wang Huan grabbed a card from the coffee table and said to me, "Brother, Li Fei is indeed number one. Look at this card."

Hearing Wang Huan's words, I quickly took the card. Just one glance at the card left behind by the first person, and my face turned incredibly grim. "Your most precious treasure is already in my hands. But I've thought of a very interesting game. I'm now disguised as your closest confidant, infiltrating your inner circle. If you want your treasure back, find me. However, you only have twenty-four hours. If you don't find me within twenty-four hours, I'll take your treasure and fly away..."

Chapter 431 Find the Imposter

"Your Highness, we've searched the hotel inside and out, but there's no trace of First Place, nor of anyone else." In the hotel's surveillance room, Ye Wuji walked up to me and whispered.

After listening to Ye Wuji's words, I continued to stare at the hotel's surveillance footage. At this moment, the footage was frozen on these few frames.

The day before yesterday at midnight, the first person checked into the hotel and went into room 2711. Yesterday morning, the first person left the hotel. In the afternoon, they returned to the hotel. In the evening, they left the hotel again. This afternoon, they returned to the hotel. Since returning to the hotel, the first person has not left again.

After we obtained information about First's whereabouts, Ye Wuji and Longpao had already led thousands of their men to surround the hotel. The hotel's surveillance cameras didn't lie. First couldn't possibly escape the hotel while surrounded. Furthermore, when we arrived, the windows of First's room were locked. Except for when he released a large amount of smoke and infiltrated my vicinity, he had no further chance to escape.

Just as the card he left behind said, he must be disguised as one of my comrades now. If he is indeed disguised as one of my comrades, doesn't that mean another brother of mine has fallen into his hands?

After eliminating possibilities, I've determined that An Yao is the most precious treasure in my heart. And since An Yao is the only missing person around me, it's highly likely that she has truly fallen into his hands.

"Damn it, this is just asking for death!" I thought for a moment, then lit a cigarette and said.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Ye Wuji asked me.

After hearing Ye Wuji's words, I turned around and glanced at my brother beside me. Then, gritting my teeth, I said coldly, "Let's go home first, and we'll talk about it when we get home."

Ever since I killed the eldest brother of the Ye family and avenged the Ye family members, the Ye family has become very respectful of me, even the heads of the four major branches of the Ye family.

When we got home, all the brothers looked very serious. Everyone knew that An Yao had now fallen into the hands of the number one player.

The first game. First place, won.

The second game the first guy wanted to play with me was to find the "first guy" among my group of brothers. After we stormed into the first guy's room, he released a large amount of thick smoke, causing chaos. Taking advantage of the chaos, he kidnapped one of our brothers and disguised himself as one of them to infiltrate my group.

Our game with him is to find him within 24 hours. If we fail to find him within 24 hours, then I lose, and he will run away with An Yuan as revenge for my capture of the Desert Wolf.

First, who is truly number one?

I couldn't help but smoke one cigarette after another, my eyes fixed on the brother next to me.

Wang Kun, Nie Xiaohai, Heilong, Bao Shaoye, Wang Huan, Wang Yu, Wang You, and even possibly Wang Che, Tong Jialing'er, or Liuli—any one of them could be the first imposter.

It is said that this number one is extremely skilled in disguise, able to convincingly portray even an old woman. And even when he disguises himself as a girl, we would hardly notice.

"Damn, is this number one guy lying to us? Did he really disguise himself as one of our people and infiltrate our ranks? Damn, nobody seems like him." Black Dragon immediately stood up.

"Who is number one?" Upon hearing Black Dragon's words, Azure Dragon frowned slightly and looked at the people around him.

“When we arrested First, the doors and windows of his room were all locked. In addition to the 27th floor of the hotel being completely surrounded by us, the entire hotel was also under a tight net. Even if First escaped from the 27th floor, we would still find him if he left the hotel. He had no other way to escape except to infiltrate our ranks,” Wang You said calmly.

"Damn. Does that mean another one of our brothers has been arrested? Where did our arrested brother go? How did he manage to get him out? If he impersonated one of us, then we're definitely one person short. Since we've guarded this hotel so tightly, how did he manage to hide our brother?" Young Master Bao asked.