Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1492: Chapter 1491: Delivering a Meal

These four people, two guarding outside the courtyard, two guarding inside.

This setup is the most troublesome. If anyone tries to forcibly break in, there’s no way to handle all four of them at once without making a huge commotion, which would naturally alarm the members of the Su Family.

However, during this process, Su Yang figured out the eating habits of these guards. He got acquainted with someone working in the Su Family’s dining hall and learned that these individuals had the habit of eating late-night snacks. This realization immediately made Su Yang’s eyes light up as a plan started to form in his mind.

Under normal circumstances, Su Yang could leave the premises after finishing work at 10 PM. However, the Su Family also provides dormitories for staff members, and many employees just stay the night if they work late, which happens quite frequently.

The persona Su Yang is currently assuming—Zhang Bing—happened to have a small dorm room here. Thus, Su Yang staying back tonight wouldn’t raise any suspicion.

At 11 PM, Su Yang stationed himself outside the Su Family’s dining hall. Soon enough, he saw a young man riding an electric scooter, carrying food—it was a late-night snack delivery for those four guards.

Su Yang quietly followed the man for some distance. When he ensured there was no one around, he suddenly sped up and crashed into him, knocking the young man to the ground.

”Ah, damn!” the young man cried out in pain as he went sprawling.

Su Yang, already prepared for this, sprang to his feet quickly, rushed over, and helped the young man up. ”Ah, my apologies! So sorry, it’s so dark out here—I didn’t see clearly! Really, I’m so sorry!”

”Are you fucking blind?” the young man roared angrily. ”Do you even know how to ride? How do you manage to crash on such a wide road? Is something wrong with your brain?”

Su Yang kept his face full of an apologetic smile. ”So sorry, it’s my fault, entirely my fault!”

”What good is your apology now?” The young man glanced at the scattered food on the ground, bellowing angrily, ”Do you even realize who this late-night snack is for?”

Su Yang glanced at the man’s attire and suddenly put on a frightened expression, stammering, ”You... You work at the Su Family dining hall? This... This food is for someone important in the Su Family?”

The young man looked smug. ”So, you do know it’s for someone important in the Su Family? Do you have any idea what the consequences are for interfering with these people’s meals?”

Even though the Su Family of Yanbei’s rules were known to treat service staff reasonably well, the reality was that these influential figures didn’t need to resort to direct punishments. A mere word from them could still get staff members fired.

Jobs within the Su Family of Yanbei were incredibly rare and highly coveted, especially since the pay offered was significantly better than anywhere else. So naturally, nobody wanted to lose such an opportunity.

Su Yang immediately looked panicked and grabbed the young man’s arm. ”Buddy, I... I’m so, so sorry! I really didn’t mean it. It’s just that I couldn’t see clearly earlier. Please, you must forgive me this time. I’m begging you...”

The young man raised his chin arrogantly. ”What’s the point of you apologizing now? The food’s ruined. How am I supposed to deliver it to them?”

”How about this—I... I’ll compensate you. What do you think?” Su Yang offered eagerly.

”Compensate me?” The young man’s eyes widened. ”Are you insane? Do you even know where this food came from? Compensate? How do you expect me to deliver it now?”

”Listen, buddy, really, I’m so sorry. How about this...” Su Yang pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket and shoved it into the young man’s hand, lowering his voice, ”Buddy, this job of mine, it wasn’t easy to get. I also work at the dining hall. I’ll whip up an identical set right away—they won’t even notice. Let’s just call it even tonight. If there’s ever anything you need from me in the future, just say the word, and I’ll take care of it without hesitation. Deal?”

The young man felt the thickness of the cash in his hand and, after a moment of hesitation, finally gave in to temptation. Su Yang’s deferential tone made him feel smug and superior. After thinking it through, he realized that in his two or three years of delivering food here, it wasn’t unusual for these people to eat meals from outside. No one would care too much about it. Moreover, this was the Su Family of Yanbei—who would dare make a big fuss here?

Overcome by greed, the young man quietly pocketed the cash and pretended to grumble, ”Since you’re so sincere, fine, I’ll let it go this time. But you better hurry up and prepare those meals. Don’t delay the big shots’ dinner; got it?”

”No problem at all, I got it!” Su Yang nodded repeatedly, smiling, as he escorted the young man back to the dining hall, where he personally prepared four fresh meals.

Of course, while the young man wasn’t paying attention, Su Yang discreetly spiked the meals with Sogu Powder.

The young man took the meals and strutted off triumphantly.

Despite this occurring within the Su Family of Yanbei and well within the sensing range of the Terrestrial Immortals, they didn’t bother to concern themselves with such trivial conflicts.

After all, this was merely a matter between ordinary people. The Terrestrial Immortals only focused on sensing the presence of powerful figures; the doings of weaker individuals didn’t interest them, nor did they have the bandwidth to keep track of every single petty matter.

Su Yang watched as the young man delivered the food, then saw the two guards outside eat it. About a few minutes later, they slumped to the ground—evidently overcome by the effects of the drug.

Still, Su Yang didn’t dare barge in immediately. He lingered outside for another ten minutes, estimating that the two guards inside must have eaten as well, before proceeding forward.

First, he checked on the two guards lying on the ground, pretending to notice something was wrong with them. Then, he walked up to knock on the door.

There was no response from within. Without a doubt, the two inside had also succumbed to the drug.

Su Yang wasted no time. He fished a key from one of the guards, propped both of them to sit against the wall, and then unlocked the door to enter.

Inside, the other two guards were sprawled on the ground as well, their food containers tipped over, clearly taken down by the Sogu Powder.

Su Yang headed straight for the attic. Just as he entered, he felt something sharp pressed against his back.

He immediately raised his hands and whispered, ”It’s me!”

At the same time, he clutched a note in his hand and waved it behind him to signal the person.

The person behind him took the note, glanced at it, and then lowered the sharp object.

Turning around, Su Yang saw Black Widow standing behind him, holding a fruit knife in her hand.

Black Widow stared at Su Yang with visible surprise. She opened her mouth, as if to speak, but Su Yang motioned for her to stay silent.

He handed her another note, briefly explaining the reason for his presence.

After reading the note, Black Widow’s expression softened into understanding. She nodded at Su Yang, her eyes showing a rare trace of gratitude. Truth be told, coming to the Su Family of Yanbei was a life-threatening endeavor. For Su Yang to risk everything to rescue her—it was no small feat.