Chapter Index

    As soon as Fei Xiangnan returned to the study, he called Que Jiang. Without any preamble, he got straight to the point. “Give me a rundown of what’s happened these past few days.”

    Que Jiang sighed. What was bound to happen had happened. Starting from Xiao Fang’s agent, Que Jiang took a brief fifteen minutes to narrate the events in detail.

    “Boss, I don’t think Xiao Fang is as in need of protection as he appears on the surface. You should…”

    “He was almost hacked to death today.” Fei Xiangnan’s voice sounded calm when he said this, but it trembled with an emotion he himself didn’t realize.

    Que Jiang had not expected this at all and was instantly silenced.

    “Wu Quanwu?” Que Jiang didn’t even need to ask. He could guess. That man had no way out, so it was predictable that he would do something extreme. “It was my dereliction of duty.”

    “Bring that Director Wang to the company as well.” The word “bring” was heavily laden with implication.

    For the rest of the time, Fei Xiangnan did nothing but chain-smoke. He, who hadn’t smoked much all year, now wanted to rely on this to calm down. The thought that if he had been just a step too late… And to think Xiao Fang’s tone had been so calm when he called him. If he hadn’t finished his work ahead of schedule, everything would have been over.

    Xiao Fang sat at the dining table. The auntie had prepared a full spread of dishes, but he hadn’t touched a single one. Fei Xiangnan had been in there for two hours and still hadn’t come out. He must be furious. Xiao Fang clutched his stomach. Ugh, he was hungry.

    He got up and went to knock on the door, his tone exceptionally cautious. “Come out and eat. There’s Mapo Tofu, your favorite.”

    There was no response from inside the room.

    “There’s also Cumin Beef.”

    Still no reaction.

    Xiao Fang steeled himself. “I haven’t eaten yet. If you don’t come out, I won’t eat either.” Let’s see who could out-anger whom!

    Clang! The sound of hurried footsteps, and the door suddenly opened. The moment it did, Xiao Fang was hit by the heavy smell of smoke. He knew that Fei Xiangnan didn’t actually like to smoke.

    Before he could say anything else, Fei Xiangnan cut him off with two cold words: “Eat.”

    It was less like eating and more like Fei Xiangnan was watching Xiao Fang eat. If it weren’t for Xiao Fang’s threat, Fei Xiangnan wouldn’t have had any appetite at all.

    “After you finish eating, come to the company with me.” Fei Xiangnan got up to pour Xiao Fang a glass of milk.

    “For what?” Xiao Fang asked, his mouth full of shrimp, his words muffled.

    Fei Xiangnan’s icy gaze shot over. “To solve the problem.”

    Xiao Fang’s heart skipped a beat. He didn’t dare to object at all.

    After the meal, Xiao Fang followed Fei Xiangnan to the company with his head hanging low, not daring to speak the entire way. The shock of being attacked had completely transformed into a fear of Fei Xiangnan’s anger.

    Once they arrived at the office, Fei Xiangnan directly opened the door to the break room. There was a wall-mounted TV in the room. Fei Xiangnan turned it on, and the screen showed the scene in the main office. “Watch carefully.”

    Just as Xiao Fang was about to explain, Fei Xiangnan left the room and closed the door behind him. The key was, Xiao Fang had no confidence to argue back right now. If he had resolved the matter perfectly, it would have been fine. But the problem was, he had been retaliated against afterwards. If Fei Xiangnan hadn’t arrived in time, three lives would have been lost.

    On the screen, Fei Xiangnan was sitting at his desk. Soon, a dozen or so bodyguards arrived, their formation very similar to when Xiao Fang had first met Fei Xiangnan. The Fei Xiangnan of that time had been extremely ruthless!

    About ten minutes later, Wu Quanwu was brought in, handcuffed. He was forcibly pushed into a chair, a cloth stuffed in his mouth, unable to say a word. Fei Xiangnan just stared at him coldly. Wu Quanwu felt his hair stand on end under that gaze and didn’t dare to make a sound.

    Then, Director Wang walked in with a grim expression. The moment he saw Fei Xiangnan, his crying face was about to turn into a smiling one. He respectfully greeted him, “President Fei, hello. I wonder why President Fei has called me here?”

    Fei Xiangnan didn’t spare him a single word. He glanced at the sofa on the other side. A bodyguard immediately gestured for him to be pushed down onto it. Even after being treated like this, Director Wang was still smiling, trying his best to smile, unable to utter a single curse.

    The last person to enter surprised even Xiao Fang. It was actually Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi really hadn’t been causing any trouble recently. At most, he just didn’t want to help him, which wasn’t a big deal.

    “Fei Xiangnan, what are you doing? I don’t think I’ve offended you!” Xiao Qi’s face was very dark. Was this a public interrogation?

    “Sit.” Compared to the stupid things the others had done, Xiao Qi’s transgressions were minor. The merciful Fei Xiangnan granted him a single word, which was much better treatment than the previous two. Looking at the room full of bodyguards, Xiao Qi knew he could only talk tough; there was nothing else he could do.

    Fei Xiangnan’s icy gaze swept over the three men, the murderous intent within him almost uncontrollable. “For those of you sitting here who might not be clear on the situation, let me first give a brief introduction. I am Xiao Fang’s husband, Fei Xiangnan. I have no intention of making this public at the moment. You should all know what to do when you leave this room.”

    Of the three people present, other than Xiao Qi whose expression remained relatively normal, the faces of the others changed several shades.

    Husband? Fei Xiangnan? No matter how ignorant they were, they knew of this person. Offending him, let alone a small company, even ten companies wouldn’t be enough for him to crush.

    “So President Fei is Xiao Fang’s husband. I was truly blind, truly blind. I was worried about Xiao Fang’s future after he terminated his contract, but now I’m not worried at all. Haha, haha.” Director Wang kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.

    Fei Xiangnan completely ignored this fawning and began to settle accounts one by one.

    He started with Wu Quanwu, the one with the most serious crime.

    Fei Xiangnan gave a signal with his eyes, and a bodyguard removed the cloth from Wu Quanwu’s mouth. Unrestrained, Wu Quanwu still didn’t dare to speak, his heart trembling. He had been prepared to die, but falling into Fei Xiangnan’s hands was another matter entirely.

    “Wu Quanwu, do you feel like your life is completely hopeless, so you wanted to kill Xiao Fang?” Fei Xiangnan analyzed carefully for him. Wu Quanwu’s lips moved, but he didn’t dare to speak.

    Looking at this kind of face, Fei Xiangnan sneered. A coward with no ability. “Then let me tell you, you still have your mother. She’s seventy years old this year, right? She has always believed her son is capable. She thinks of calling you every holiday. In June, when the peaches at home ripened, the old lady would use a long pole with a net to pick them one by one and learn from the young people how to mail them to you. When you had that car accident and were almost paralyzed, your father abandoned you and divorced your mother. It was your mother who spent five or six years pulling a cart and picking up trash to pay for your treatment. At that time, she unfortunately developed rheumatism, and now her legs ache whenever it rains.” Did you think Fei Xiangnan was telling an inspirational story, persuading a lost youth? Of course not.

    How could an old fox like Wu Quanwu not understand? With a thud, he knelt on the ground. “President Fei, have mercy! I was wrong, I’m a moron, I’m a moron!” To prove he had realized his mistake, Wu Quanwu began to slap himself repeatedly.

    Fei Xiangnan looked away without any emotion, his gaze falling on Director Wang. Director Wang’s heart skipped a beat, and his body went rigid.

    “Your father was born in a poor rural village, but he never thought of giving up. He worked his way up to build the company you have now. Before he passed away, he repeatedly held your hand and told you to protect this company. Your mother passed away in your teens because of this business, followed by your father. This company should be the culmination of their life’s work, right?” Fei Xiangnan’s meaning was very clear. Director Wang’s lips trembled uncontrollably.

    “President Fei, President Fei, spare me! This is my dad’s life’s work! Please!” Director Wang lost control of his emotions and burst into tears, a genuine breakdown.

    Fei Xiangnan finally turned his gaze to Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi subconsciously swallowed.

    “You’re lucky. Xiao Fang didn’t really plan to do anything to you. Your fans took all the blame. It’s understandable that you were angry about losing the endorsement, but what does that have to do with Xiao Fang? Wasn’t it me who made you lose the endorsement?”

    This sentence shocked both brothers to different degrees. Xiao Fang was shocked because it turned out Fei Xiangnan was the one who had caused Xiao Qi to lose his endorsement. Xiao Qi was shocked because the ruthless Fei Xiangnan had actually gone to such lengths for Xiao Fang. Even Yan Yunyang hadn’t done that for him. Xiao Qi’s jealousy towards Xiao Fang couldn’t help but deepen.

    The remaining two men swallowed to varying degrees.

    “If I see any more comments online saying Xiao Fang caused you to lose your endorsement, I’ll hand over your little secrets to the major magazines. They’re experts at writing articles.” When it came to threats, Fei Xiangnan always knew how to hit where it hurt.

    Xiao Qi’s face immediately turned ashen, but he couldn’t say a single word in rebuttal.

    Fei Xiangnan leaned back in his chair, his cold eyes sweeping over the three men. “Tell me your solutions. You have to satisfy me so that I can satisfy you, right?”

    As soon as he said this, Director Wang was the first to speak. “President Fei, doesn’t Xiao Fang have that scandal about buying roles? Our company will come out and take the blame. We’ll say we encouraged him to spend money to buy them, and… and we made him invest in company projects without compensation. His net profit over these years… was only fifty… fifty thousand.”

    Fei Xiangnan’s face darkened rapidly. This company was quite good at scheming against Xiao Fang.

    “And?” This wasn’t enough.

    Director Wang gritted his teeth. For his last shred of dignity, what else could he not give up? “And the money we took from Xiao Fang over the years, a total of six million, will be returned shortly.”

    “Double it,” Fei Xiangnan said, turning it into twelve million with a single sentence.

    “Okay, okay.” Director Wang’s heart was bleeding.

    Next was Xiao Qi. He stood up directly. The proud him would not allow himself to lose any more face here. “I will post on Weibo to clarify. No one will slander him anymore!” After speaking, he walked away without looking back.

    Finally, it was the one with the deepest sin. Wu Quanwu had already slapped his face red and swollen. His bottom line was his mother; he could give up everything else.

    “Tell me your thoughts.” If it was too light, he would personally take action. He wasn’t short on time.

    “I…” Wu Quanwu’s voice was muffled. “I’ll go to the police station and turn myself in. I’ll say I intentionally tried to injure someone, and I owe a huge contract termination fee that I can’t pay. And… and I domestically abused my wife and children.” Everything he said was true. There was evidence. In the days he was at home, he had beaten his wife black and blue. Later, unable to control himself, he had hit his children. The children were now in the hospital.

    “How many years in prison do you think you deserve?” Fei Xiangnan asked again.

    Wu Quanwu trembled all over. “Thir-thirty years?”

    “My wife and child are only worth thirty years?”

    Wu Quanwu’s face instantly turned green. He was already fifty. He probably wouldn’t even survive thirty years. Thinking of his elderly mother, Wu Quanwu knew he had no choice but to hesitate. After much deliberation, he said, “Life imprisonment.”

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