"Hmph, Xu Fan, your plotting is really loud, isn't it?"

Guan Shanhai sneered and then looked over at Xu Fan.

The intimidation in his gaze made Xu Fan's scalp tingle.

He was truly wronged. Plotting. At that time, drunk as he was, how could he have plotted anything? He couldn't even count on his fingers.

"Uncle, you really misunderstand me, I didn't plot anything…"

Xu Fan wished his face could carry the huge characters for 'wronged.' He really hadn't thought that much at the time.

"It's just that I drank too much that night, otherwise that wouldn't have happened…"

Thinking of the mistake he made that night, Xu Fan felt like an eggplant beaten by frost.

But upon hearing this, Guan Shanhai was taken aback.

What is this guy talking about?

"Boy, what did you just say? Say it again?"

It seemed the thing this brat was talking about wasn't the same thing he wanted to speak about.

At this moment, Guan Shanhai's eyebrows furrowed into Sichuan characters. Could it be that his daughter and this brat had other things happening between them that he didn't know about?

"Huh?"

Xu Fan was feeling depressed, but upon hearing Guan Shanhai's words, he curiously lifted his head and looked over at him.

"Uh, I, I said, that night, that night I drank too much, and then, then things happened…"

Talking about it again made Xu Fan really embarrassed, knowing that the person sitting across from him was the father of the victim.

Stammering through his explanation, Guan Shanhai's square face grew colder, as if frosted over.

"Something happened, what happened?"

"Uh, you, you don't know?"

Seeing the puzzled look in Guan Shanhai's eyes at this moment, Xu Fan's brain froze.

Something seemed off...

Logically, Guan Shanhai should have called him over because of that matter, so why was he the one asking him about it?

Could he have called him over for something else?

"Boy, don't beat around the bush, spit it out!"

As he was sorting out the sequence of events, and before Xu Fan could figure it out, Guan Shanhai pressed him for answers again.

"Uh, then there's no after then."

Xu Fan, feeling pressured, blurted out a random reply.

Though he hadn't guessed why Guan Shanhai had summoned him, Xu Fan was sure it couldn't be about the incident he was thinking of.

"Um, Aunt, I've finished my tea, could I have another cup?"

Feeling somewhat shaky under Guan Shanhai's gaze, Xu Fan pretended to fidget with his teacup, trying to divert attention.

"Boy, don't play dumb and try to act innocent with me, just tell me now!"

Clearly, this tactic wasn't effective. Seeing Guan Shanhai standing up abruptly, Xu Fan grimaced and said with a forced smile: "Uncle, why are you so angry?"

"Getting angry is bad for your health. How about we sit down and have a good talk, and you tell me what you came here for today?"

"You rascal!"

Xu Fan's skin was thick as iron, and seeing that he had resolved to play dumb to the end, Guan Shanhai completely lost it, grabbed the broom nearby, and charged at Xu Fan!

"You think if you don't say it, I won't know what you did?"

"Damn it, you dare touch Guan Shanhai's daughter, today I'm going to break your damn legs!"

Guan Shanhai was not foolish; once Xu Fan spoke up to that extent, if he couldn't figure it out, Secretary Shi might as well resign!

Seizing the broom, with a murderous look, he charged towards Xu Fan.

"Ouch! It's a misunderstanding, Uncle!"

Guan Shanhai had already lost his temper, and Xu Fan dared not sit anymore. He got up from the sofa and started playing tag with Guan Shanhai in the living room.

Although Guan Shanhai had experienced military training, he was old now. Moreover, Xu Fan's agility was many times superior to his, making Guan Shanhai follow him in exhausting circles, gasping for breath.

"You rascal, you, you stop! I, I'm going to break your legs today!"

"Dare to mess with Guan Shanhai's daughter?"

Guan Shanhai, broom in one hand and leaning on the sofa with the other, started cursing.

Xu Fan, seeing him struggling desperately, felt like crying.

"Uncle, why bother? You can't catch me anyway."

"I can't catch you?"

Even then, Xu Fan dared to mock. Guan Shanhai gathered his breath and lunged toward Xu Fan again.

However, after several rounds, he still couldn't catch Xu Fan.

"Uncle, why don't you rest for a while? If you wear yourself out, Shimeng will definitely scold me later."

Seeing Guan Shanhai trying to beat him at his age, yet failing, Xu Fan compassionately started persuading him.

"Rest? Wait till I catch you. If I don't beat the shit out of you, consider it clean!"

Guan Shanhai, far from any official's demeanor at that moment, was purely a furious father.

Although he talked tough, damn it, that kid could really run. At that moment, Guan Shimeng, catching her breath, looked at Xu Fan, feeling immensely frustrated.

"Hey, Uncle, why bother? You're up in years. Fighting isn't good for either of us."

Guan Shanhai still hadn't given up on punishing him. From a distance, Xu Fan continued to plead, "Besides, if you hurt me, wouldn't Shimeng be distressed?"

"If I kill you, Shimeng will become a widow."

"I, I'm going to kill you!"

Xu Fan kept talking, and Guan Shanhai, furious to the point of nearly having a heart attack, chased after him with the broom, no longer caring to catch his breath.

"Aiyo! Help! Murder! Shimeng! Save me!"

If the enemy moves, I move; Xu Fan, seeing Guan Shanhai pursuing him again, took to his heels.

He kept mumbling under his breath.

He was sure that Guan Shimeng was inside the house, just confined by Guan Shanhai and not allowed to come out.

Guan Shanhai and his father shared the same temperament when they were young—a typical die-hard attitude. If he continued the game, Xu Fan guessed that Guan wouldn't give up even by dawn.

"Aiyo! Aiyo! My leg is broken!"

"Aiyo! Aiyo! My stomach, it hurts, it hurts!"

On the second floor, in Guan Shimeng's bedroom, her mother was keeping her company, waiting for her father to finish speaking.

But hearing Xu Fan's screams from downstairs, the mother and daughter were somewhat puzzled.

Guan Shanhai was unusually irritable today. Logically, although Shimeng was shaken, punishing someone so severely was excessive.

Besides, if this got out, it wouldn't sound good.

"Mom, why is Dad hitting someone..."

Guan Shimeng had been in the room all this time, worried about Xu Fan.

Logically, Xu Fan had made this decision to help her, and he was not at fault.

Hearing Xu Fan's screams from downstairs, she burst into tears...

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