"So that's it!" Chun Yan suddenly realized. Despite all the calculations, she had made a mistake at this step. She truly deserved her suffering, deserved her failure.

"Do you have anything left to say?" Lin Yifan inquired.

"I have nothing to say," Chun Yan replied.

"Then make a confession!"

"Do you really want to know the answer?"

"Damn right, if I didn't want to know, why would I be interrogating you?" Lin Yifan rolled his eyes, replying with irritation.

"Alright! Then I'll tell you the truth," Chun Yan said. "Mr. Zhen sent me here. You castrated his offspring, prevented him from engaging in sexual activities, he will be your enemy for eternity! He won't rest until you're dead!"

"Damn it! Him again."

Upon hearing the mastermind behind the scenes, Lin Yifan was so furious he could hardly contain himself.

A few days ago, while in Guiyuan City, Zhen Jian had sent men to frame him and his family members time and again.

First, a time bomb was planted under his car; then poisonous snakes were released at a water park, and finally, they followed him home, trying to take control of his parents to force him into submission.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this turn of events; otherwise, they would have succeeded.

On the other side, Fangfang and the others were also very angry, especially Zhou Jiajia; she was utterly fed up and hated her former boyfriend.

Seeing that Lin Yifan and his group were angered by the revelation of the mastermind, Chun Yan secretly gloated in her heart, finding it amusing that this bunch of fools who thought they were so smart actually believed her words.

However, Lin Yifan and the others couldn't be blamed; Zhen Jian indeed had sufficient reason to seek revenge on them.

Chun Yan knew about Zhen Jian; she had learned about his castration from Zhen Jian himself.

So, with this man around, she wasn't afraid of Lin Yifan's suspicion.

Chun Yan's acting was quite good, mainly because she was still being punished, so her expression showed no trace of a smile—only discomfort and pain.

Upon learning the identity of the mastermind, Lin Yifan was not ready to let it go and continued to press: "Where is Zhen Jian now?"

"I don't know, I only know he paid me money, told me to follow his orders, and that's it," Chun Yan replied.

"Are you sure you don't know?" Lin Yifan asked again.

"How would I know? He's always elusive, I don't even know what he does," Chun Yan answered.

"Do you have a way to contact him?" Lin Yifan inquired.

"I have his phone number," Chun Yan replied truthfully.

"Then tell me the phone number right away," Lin Yifan urged impatiently.

"049517129***," Chun Yan rattled off a series of numbers for Lin Yifan to take note of.

Upon hearing the format, Lin Yifan knew instantly that it was an international phone number. Zhen Jian was very cautious, always keeping a step ahead to prevent Lin Yifan from finding him.

"Clever bastard," Lin Yifan cursed silently, his fists clenched tightly as if he was very angry.

Right now, Chun Yan was his only trump card. He believed that as long as Chun Yan had not tipped anyone off, Zhen Jian would definitely call back; then, he could use Chun Yan to negotiate and arrange a meeting with Zhen Jian.

The thought was good, but he was destined to fail; Chun Yan had already sent a secret signal to her subordinates, indicating the operation had failed.

Chun Yan was carrying a listening device; every move of the Lin Family was being monitored by her subordinates behind the scenes.

"Fangfang! Give her the antidote, she's still of some use to us for now," Lin Yifan suggested.

"Okay!" Fangfang happily agreed, knowing what Lin Yifan was up to.

"Hmph! I knew you wouldn't kill me," Chun Yan thought to herself with great smugness.

As long as she was alive, anything was possible.

Then, Lin Yifan secured Chun Yan with an iron chain; after that, he rejoined Zhou Jiajia and the others.

Upon learning that Chun Yan had put the ingredients of the poison into four dishes one by one, Lin Yifan was truly terrified, not expecting such a small girl to be so vicious.

However, it might have been Zhen Jian who commanded it, so he couldn't decide on the spot who had actually come up with the diabolical plan.

In any case, this time they were lucky to have the cautious Fangfang, or his three women would have been poisoned to death by Chun Yan.

"Fangfang! You're amazing!"

Having said that, Lin Yifan gave Fangfang a kiss on her tender face as a reward.

Fangfang blushed with joy, but the next moment, when she smelled the scent of another woman on Lin Yifan, she frowned and asked angrily, "Yifan, why does your clothing smell like a woman? Tell me, did you go off to flirt with another woman tonight?"

"No... no, how could that be," Lin Yifan said in a panic, hastily explaining.

He had never expected Fangfang's nose to be so sensitive; he was truly impressed by the girl.

Feeling suspicious upon hearing that Lin Yifan was carrying the fragrance of another woman, Zhou Jiajia and Su Qingqing immediately pounced on him, frantically sniffing his clothes.

Indeed, just as Fangfang had said, there was a woman's scent on Lin Yifan's clothes, and they joined the force of accusers as well.

"Tell us! You big bad guy, did you go off and flirt with another woman?"

"No! My darlings, you have to believe me," Lin Yifan pleaded earnestly.

A moment ago, he had been interrogating someone with authority, and now he found himself being questioned in return, the reversal of roles giving him a roller coaster of emotions.

"Then how do you explain the scent of a woman on your clothes?" Zhou Jiajia and the others demanded.

"Because... because at the party, I didn't have a partner, so I just randomly picked someone and danced with her. That's how I ended up with her fragrance, nothing more," Lin Yifan rushed to explain.

"Why on earth did you have to dance?" Zhou Jiajia and the others kept pressing.

"They insisted that I dance, I couldn't help it!" Lin Yifan replied, a picture of innocence as though he truly had no choice.

"Lies, it's definitely not as simple as you say," Zhou Jiajia and the others remained unconvinced.

Lin Yifan was slick, and they wouldn't easily take his word for it.

"Really, I'm not lying to you," Lin Yifan swore, raising his fingers.

"Then what proof do you have?" Zhou Jiajia and the others challenged.

This was the best way to forestall misunderstandings for Lin Yifan and also the best way to ease his own concerns.

"You could call Long Tengyu, the host of tonight's banquet, and he can vouch for me," Lin Yifan responded.

Long Tengyu was now asking Lin Yifan for a favor. Lin Yifan believed that Long Tengyu, being a clever man, would know what to do if Zhou Jiajia and the others really decided to call him.

"Fine! Give me his number, I will call him right now!" Zhou Jiajia said, demanding Long Tengyu's number from Lin Yifan, not believing his story.

Lin Yifan quickly handed over Long Tengyu's number to Zhou Jiajia, letting her make the call, showing no fear whatsoever.

Zhou Jiajia and the others were perplexed, unsure if Lin Yifan was telling the truth, so with skepticism, they dialed Long Tengyu's number.

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