章 100: The Deadly Pursuit

As the Xiao family, relatives, friends, and business associates made their solemn procession towards the graveyard for the burial of Xiao Mingyuan, a sleek black sedan with tinted windows idled a discreet distance away from the villa. Its occupants remained shrouded in the vehicle's shadows, their presence all but undetected amidst the somber proceedings.

Inside the sedan, Zhang Kai and his assistant Lin Feng sat in tense silence, their gazes fixed upon the procession of mourners as the Xiao family's limousines pulled away from the compound. As the last car disappeared around the corner, the black sedan's engine rumbled to life, and it began to follow at a measured distance.

Zhang Kai's features were etched with a grim determination that seemed to defy the very gravity of the situation. His eyes, once alight with arrogance and disdain, now burned with a smoldering intensity that spoke of a man on the precipice of obsession.