The Great Elder's face turned awkward, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Since second brother doesn't want to lose face, I will handle this matter."

Then, he turned and walked out the door.

Just reaching the stairway of the second floor, five young men with swollen and bruised faces from being beaten by Shen Qiang immediately surrounded him, eyes glaring and fists clenched.

"Great Elder, you've already summoned the strong members of the family, right? I can't wait to see Shen Qiang kneeling and begging for mercy."

"Shen Qiang slapped me over thirty times. I must return the favor twofold!"

"He broke my nose, ruining my handsome appearance. I want to castrate him to slightly relieve my anger!"

"Yes, letting him die easily would be too kind. We must make him regret living till his last breath!"

Upon hearing the young men's words, the Great Elder coughed lightly, glanced at the young man standing in the middle of the stairs with hands behind his back, slightly lower than him, and said solemnly,

"You all should not be so rude. Shen Qiang is Xu Nan's close friend, the heir of Wanxin Hesheng. You should treat him with respect."

The young man with a shirt without a single wrinkle suddenly brightened in expression.

While the five young men beaten by Shen Qiang were stunned speechless.

Then, the young man whose nose was previously broken by Shen Qiang became anxious: "Great Elder, we agreed that I am the heir of Wanxin Hesheng!"

The Great Elder sighed, patted his shoulder: "We are a family; rules must be followed. In your competition, Xu Nan was far ahead, so you lost, can't blame anyone."

Upon hearing this, the young man suddenly became anxious: "No, it's not that I lost, you all are afraid of Shen Qiang!"

Bang!

The Great Elder raised his hand and slapped him hard, snapped sternly: "Shouting and arguing, what kind of etiquette is this? Losing is losing, winning is winning. A man should be able to pick up and let go. Rather than reflecting on whether you did wrong, you blame others. It's truly shameless!"

The young man cried out loudly: "Great Elder, I want to be the heir, I want to be the heir!"

"Get out!" The Great Elder yelled angrily.

Then he coldly glanced at the four young men beside him: "From now on, when you see Shen Qiang, you should respect him as you would an Elder. Anyone dares offend him, will definitely be punished!"

The four young men nodded repeatedly in shock.

Not daring to make a sound.

Meanwhile, the Great Elder sternly said: "Also, you must not speak about what happened today to anyone. If I hear anyone gossiping behind our backs, threatening Shen Qiang privately, or threatening Xu Nan, they will be dealt with according to family rules!"

The four young men instantly turned pale, nodded in fear.

Looking back at the crying young man on the side, the Great Elder snapped: "Go home and cry, don't embarrass me here."

The young man wiping his tears moved slowly, angering the Great Elder who kicked him downstairs with a thud.

Then, amidst the horrified gazes, the Great Elder smiled at the young man whose shirt remained seamlessly smooth: "Li Gang, I know you are Xu Nan's senior and have a brotherly relationship, so it seems you should be familiar with Shen Qiang as well."

"Previously, we had a small conflict with Shen Qiang, it was just a misunderstanding, now it's resolved. Miss Xu Nan has already become the true heir of Wanxin Hesheng. Such an important matter, simply making a phone call wouldn't be respectful."

"So go pay a visit to your master, and while you're at it, give him this good news."

Upon hearing this, the young man with a seamlessly smooth shirt brightened his eyes like light bulbs and joyfully said: "As you command, thank you Great Elder for this opportunity, I'll go right away!"

With that, Li Gang hurried downstairs, heading straight for Xu Nan's villa.

At this time, in Xu Nan's villa.

Having spent almost half an hour outside, Xu Nan had already returned.

And Shen Qiang had also gone upstairs to get dressed.

The three of them were not discussing any serious matters, just Shen Qiang chatting with Xu's father about Xu Nan's embarrassing childhood stories.

The atmosphere was very harmonious.

Like two old friends catching up on household matters.

While Xu Nan was not present earlier, those genuine conversations between men didn't happen.

From the weather, to sightseeing spots, fun things, delicious foods, and the bad things Xu Nan did as a child, these basically took up the whole conversation.

All three of them smiled brightly.

The atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

But subtly hinted at a mysterious aura.

At this moment, Shen Qiang's phone rang.

It was Qian Shanxue calling.

"Just answer it here, it's okay," Xu's father smiled.

Shen Qiang hesitated for a moment, then answered the call.

"Shen Qiang, I have good news for you, that Liu Chengye confessed. The people he schemed to steal treasures from are all over the country, with 93 victims. If these cases are confirmed, my Points will once again surpass Wenren Meiqiao."

With a beauty by his side, Shen Qiang evidently wasn't too interested in this matter, and said: "Congratulations, anything else?"

Qian Shanxue on the other end was silent, seemingly sensing Shen Qiang's distraction.

After waiting for a moment with no sound, Shen Qiang grew impatient and wanted to hang up when Qian Shanxue said: "Yes, there's more, I don't know how to tell you."

Shen Qiang frowned and asked: "Since when did you become so wishy-washy?"

Qian Shanxue sighed, then said: "A small problem arose with this case. Liu Chengye confessed, explained the methods, crime locations, times, and some victim information. But actually, so far, he has only sold six treasures, and the other 97 stolen treasures haven't been disposed of."

"People caught with goods, that's good news," Shen Qiang casually remarked.

Qian Shanxue was helpless and said: "Liu Chengye hid the 97 treasures in a property he bought, but when we went to check, those treasures had disappeared."

Shen Qiang's eyes glinted, then he smiled: "Oh, ran into a double-cross, huh?"

Qian Shanxue replied: "Exactly, and I suspect it was done by your people."

Shen Qiang smiled until his eyes narrowed, inexplicably recalling Bianyi's smug grin.

"No rush, investigate slowly, the key issue is whether the incident is indeed resolved. Even without recovering the stolen goods, does it count as you solving the case?"

Qian Shanxue was surprised, paused for a moment, and said: "Criminals' illegal gains being used doesn't mean the case isn't solved, so of course it counts."

"That's good. I have something important to deal with now, we can discuss this matter another day."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Qiang stood up, smiled at Xu Nan and Xu's father and said: "Sorry, I have an important matter to personally handle, so let's have dinner together tonight."

Xu's father smiled and said: "Okay, see you tonight."

Xu Nan looked puzzled and said: "My dad rarely visits, don't you want to spend time with him?"

Shen Qiang smiled until his eyes narrowed and said: "You know, my Heshenghe is full of demons and monsters, if I'm not watching them, they are prone to causing trouble, especially with a couple of them whose hands aren't clean, I need to go teach them a lesson."

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