Zhao Yunfeng's attitude at the moment was unpleasant, and Xu Fan glanced at him indifferently and asked, "Are you threatening me?"

"You can think of it that way."

Zhao Yunfeng replied to Xu Fan without hesitation, clearly not taking seriously the man who bought vegetables in the Xia family's kitchen.

"Hey, hey, I'm talking to you, have you argued enough?"

Suddenly, an impatient voice rang out, and Xu Fan frowned, looking in the direction of the sound.

The one who had spoken was the middle-aged man who had not appeared at the Xia family's house that day.

He had just released his hand from the waist of the woman next to him and stretched lazily before he looked over at Xia Yanyu.

"I'm saying, sister-in-law, niece Xia, I've come here today to discuss serious matters with you, and you're making me watch this boring stuff?"

He felt bored and curled his lips dismissively before saying, "What a bunch of useless people, such a small matter, isn't it easy to resolve?"

"As for a vegetable seller like this country bumpkin, who can resist the temptation of money? He probably took someone's money to poison my second niece."

"It's easy to handle. You, drag this guy out and beat him right now. I refuse to believe his mouth can be tougher than a stick!"

He pointed at Zhao Yunfeng and casually instructed, then looked back at Xia Yanyu.

"Niece Xia, do you know how much the Xia Group has lost these days while you were busy trying to stay alive?"

"If you're too busy to care, you can't expect the whole Xia family to go down with you, right?"

The middle-aged man was Xia Yanyu's uncle, Xia Bodang.

In recent years, even though Xia Yanyu held the power of life and death over the Xia family and controlled the family, there were many who did not accept her authority because of her age.

Xia Bodang was one of them.

After Xia Yanyu's father disappeared, by seniority, the next one in line to become the Clan Leader of the Xia family should have been Xia Bodang.

But Xia Yanyu's father, Xia Hengzhou, had left a family letter appointing Xia Yanyu as the Family Head...

For Xia Bodang, this was like having meat snatched from his mouth. Over the years, he had consistently opposed Xia Yanyu and even secretly tripped her up more than once.

He had come tonight intending to make Xia Yanyu relinquish control of the Xia family.

Suppressing the anger in her heart, Xia Yanyu said, "Uncle, Xiaodie hasn't woken up yet. I don't want to discuss other matters."

"As for the company's losses these days, please don't worry. When the time comes, I will recoup them all."

"Humph..."

Xia Yanyu's Tai Chi-like deflection pushed her uncle's pressing questions back at him, causing Xia Bodang to hum dissatisfiedly.

"When the time comes, it's another matter whether you'll even be alive to recover anything."

After muttering to himself, Xia Bodang looked over at Zhao Yunfeng and reprimanded, "What the hell are you still standing there for? Did the police send you here to daydream?"

"Don't just stand there, drag this country bumpkin down and interrogate him!"

"..."

A flicker of anger could be seen in Zhao Yunfeng's eyes; as a top soldier of the Four Symbols Group, he had never been treated like this.

But remembering the significance of the Xia family's status in Jinling, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.

"Hold on a second."

Seeing Zhao Yunfeng move to drag him away for a harsh interrogation, Xu Fan stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Glancing indifferently at Zhao Yunfeng and Yi Qiu, Xu Fan sighed, somewhat helplessly, "Can't you be a bit smarter and not drag down the lower limit of human intelligence?"

"Kid! Who are you calling dumb?"

As Yi Qiu was secretly pleased that this guy was about to be dragged away and punished, Xu Fan looked at him as if he were a big idiot, igniting a surge of anger in Yi Qiu.

"Sigh..."

Xu Fan shook his head in resignation and said, "According to your theory, I'm the one who poisoned them. Then why would I come back after completing the task?"

"Am I so foolish as to return to seek death?"

"This..."

The crowd in the hall nodded silently to themselves upon hearing Xu Fan's explanation.

Indeed, if Xu Fan had already successfully poisoned someone, why would he come back?

In this world, there can't possibly be someone that foolish...

Xu Fan sighed and continued, "Correct, I did indeed leave the Xia family mansion tonight, and I do not wish to elaborate on the specific reasons. I just want to tell you all that I'm not the only person with a motive tonight."

"What?"

Xu Fan's words were startling, making everyone turn their gaze towards him.

With a slight smile, Xu Fan then looked in Yi Qiu's direction. "First off, the first person is Yi Qiu."

"What nonsense are you spouting, kid!"

Xu Fan mentioning Yi Qiu nearly scared him to death!

Xu Fan ignored him and simply continued, "Bodyguard Yi Qiu, according to what you said earlier, you encountered a suspicious individual while patrolling tonight. Therefore, you've concluded that he was here to rendezvous with me."

"Everything must be based on evidence. Did you witness me making contact with him firsthand? Instead, it's you who've had contact with him."

"You say you fought him to a draw, but looking at you now, you don't appear to bear any signs of having been in a fierce battle. Now, isn't that strange?"

"This...that seems reasonable."

"If there has been a fierce battle, logic dictates there should be injuries, yet he looks as if nothing has happened..."

Under Xu Fan's guidance, the crowd in the hall began to discuss amongst themselves, and seeing suspicion-filled eyes turning towards him, Yi Qiu suddenly felt anxious.

"You country bumpkin! Stop talking nonsense! Believe it or not, I'll tear you apart right now!"

He glared fiercely at Xu Fan and cursed, his heart aching for the tall tales he'd told earlier.

Tonight, faced with an opponent far too strong, he had been thrown out without any chance to fight back—how could there be any signs of combat on him...

Had he known it would come to this, he wouldn't have bothered adding fuel to the fire for this guy!

"Heh, tear me apart, are you planning to silence me by killing me?"

Xu Fan muttered with a sly grin, ignoring Yi Qiu, whose face was red with fury, and then shifted his gaze to Xia Bodang.

"Well, I don't know your name, but let me friendly remind you not to be a cradle-snatcher anymore."

"With your current condition, how can you satisfy a woman? Or do you think that their feigned cries when beneath you make you feel accomplished?"

Xu Fan seemed to hit the nail on the head, immediately causing the woman beside Xia Bodang to panic, and she started cursing at Xu Fan!

"You little brat, stop spouting nonsense!"

"Honey, don't believe him, you're incredible, and I—I've never been with any other man."

"Pfft..."

The woman's words sounded all too much like a guilty conscience, and Xia Yanyu couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh as she watched from the side.

Her great-uncle was addicted to women and had a liking for young actresses and models; Xu Fan's exposure was definitely a huge blow...

"Slut! Get lost!"

Feeling embarrassed by the brainless woman with big breasts, Xia Bodang slapped her across the face and then turned his gaze to Xu Fan.

"You little cur, what gives you the right to speak here?"

"Oh?"

Xu Fan squinted, completely unfazed by his threat.

His lips curved into a sardonic smile as he hummed, "I'm going to say it anyway, can you stop me?"

"You said you arrived just at the moment the second miss was poisoned, and I find that extremely suspicious."

"Could it be that the suspicious person Yi Qiu encountered was you?"

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