The leader frantically defended himself, saying, "That guy is very ambitious; he wants to take control of Monster Flame. He incited me, promising that he could help me take the top spot in Monster Flame. He seemed quite capable, and I couldn't resist agreeing..."

"Is that so..."

Xu Fan nodded, noting that there were no major inconsistencies in the leader's words. If this employer truly wanted to control Monster Flame, then he must have revealed some information about himself to this leader.

At this point, the leader racked his brain and then said, "If I remember correctly, this employer's name should be Lu Jun..."

"Lu Jun?"

Hearing that name, Xu Fan couldn't help but pause and gave the man a few skeptical looks.

By now, Monster Flame no longer existed in this world, and the leader would have no desire to be the boss of Monster Flame anymore.

What he wanted now was only to share everything he knew with Xu Fan in hopes of clinging to a chance at life.

But to say that the strategist behind this operation was Lu Jun?

Xu Fan felt it was unlikely.

A gut feeling led Xu Fan to dismiss this answer.

The person who planned to kidnap Professor Sun should be the one behind Feng Huang. Xu Fan looked at the man and asked, "You just said he's very capable; have you two met face-to-face?"

These days, Lu Jun has been staying in Shanghai; how could he have the time to come to Northern Europe?

"Right, right, right, we have met in person. The guy's strong, really strong."

As the leader recalled his encounter with the employer, a hint of fear flashed across his face, followed by a bitter smile.

"Honestly, with his strength, I don't quite understand why he needed us to do the job."

"..."

Listeing to the man's explanation, Xu Fan didn't need to continue the interrogation.

In his mind, Lu Jun was just a rich scion at best with some skills, hardly the type to strike terror in such a terrorist.

It was probably someone using the name Lu Jun to throw him off.

"This guy is really playing the long game..."

The person behind Feng Huang must be no simple character.

"Uh, I've told you guys everything I know, can... can you let me go now..."

At this moment, the leader before him asked tentatively.

Xu Fan glanced at him, then turned and walked away.

"Azure Dragon, cripple him and let him fend for himself."

The man was a bad egg to begin with; letting him go would be like releasing a tiger back into the wild.

But having promised not to kill him, Xu Fan kept his word. If the man could still walk out of Gleite Snow Mountain after being crippled, then he would consider himself incredibly lucky.

...

After Azure Dragon and the others finished dealing with the remaining matters, Xu Fan followed them aboard a plane out of Gleite Snow Mountain.

The people kidnapped by Monster Flame were almost all top individuals in their fields or wealthy tycoons. White Crescent had rescued them and as they departed, none were stingy with their gratitude, giving White Crescent a substantial reward.

It had been a long time since the brothers had met, and it was rare for them to get together this time. They really should have spent some time to catch up properly.

However, Xu Fan needed to hurry back with Professor Sun to report their safe return, so he excused himself from Azure Dragon and the others' insistence, then took the earliest flight with Professor Sun back to Huaxia.

After deboarding the plane, Xu Fan took Professor Sun straight to his home.

"Alright, Professor Sun, your daughter and wife are in the house. Go see them," Xu Fan said with a smile to Professor Sun as they arrived at the doorstep, urging him to reunite with his family.

"Okay, Mr. Xu, I really owe you one this time."

Xu Fan hadn't informed anyone about his trip abroad, and now that the trouble was taken care of, he stood at the door, began informing others of their safe return to ease their concerns.

He came up with an excuse to explain his absence; it wasn't that he didn't want to reveal the truth to everyone, but the truth was simply too hard to explain.

Going abroad alone and wiping out a terrorist organization specialized in kidnapping by himself?

If one did not see it with their own eyes, nobody would probably believe it, right?

"Brother Qianfan, Miaomiao has something important to tell you!"

He was just assuring a bunch of people of his safety when he saw a message from Miaomiao.

Ever since their last separation, he had been entangled with a heap of affairs, and they had only chatted via phone.

Having not seen her for such a long time, he believed that the girl must have missed him quite a bit. Now that the hassle was taken care of and he had some free time, he could indeed go and keep her company.

After greeting Professor Sun and his family, Xu Fan immediately headed over to Miaomiao's place.

Half an hour later, upon reaching Miaomiao's apartment, Xu Fan let her know he was downstairs and went straight up.

"Miaomiao?"

Taking the elevator to Miaomiao's apartment floor, Xu Fan stood at the door and knocked.

With a creak, the door swung open directly.

"..."

Clearly, the girl had opened the door upon knowing he had reached the building, allowing him to come straight in.

He guessed she might be live streaming, which would explain why she was so busy.

Xu Fan didn't say anything and walked straight in upon opening the door.

Miaomiao lived alone, and the place wasn't large. Entering the house and seeing the open bedroom door not far away, Xu Fan walked in naturally.

"Strange, why isn't she here?"

He thought that the girl would be live streaming in the bedroom, but upon entering, he found no one there.

Rustle rustle.

At that moment, the sound of running water reached his ears, and following the noise, Xu Fan looked towards the bathroom inside the bedroom.

Through the dimly visible frosted glass, he saw the silhouette of a slender, graceful figure taking a shower.

Obviously, the girl had planned to take a good decent shower before he came up the stairs.

Barely visible, Miaomiao was earnestly scrubbing every inch of her beautiful skin, humming a tune without realizing that he had already entered her bedroom.

"Cough, cough!"

Xu Fan, now standing in the bedroom, coughed twice to give her a hint.

The figure in the bathroom suddenly stiffened and then quickly locked the door.

"Who... who is it?"

"..."

Only now did she think to be on her guard, causing Xu Fan to shake his head.

"The big bad wolf who came to peep at you showering."

He shouted toward the bathroom, and soon Miaomiao recognized it was his voice.

"Hmph! Brother Qianfan, you big bad wolf! How could you come in so quickly..."

She had just live-streamed for quite a while and wanted to take a nice bath before Xu Fan came upstairs.

But who could have known he would come up so quickly.

"Brother Qianfan, just wait for me in the bedroom for a bit, okay? I'll come out after I'm done showering, and then we'll do something big together!"

Do something big?

Hearing the words of the girl who was stark naked in the bathroom, Xu Fan involuntarily stroked his chin.

Could it be that the girl had invited him over to her place today for the grand purpose of human reproduction?

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