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Xiao Yefeng felt utterly helpless in the face of the girl's tears. He could only allow Han Juan to cry as he examined the identities of the people around them. After a thorough investigation, he realized that aside from the seven handguns, there were no clues to be found. Eventually, Han Juan's sobs subsided into quiet weeping. At that moment, Xiao Yefeng sat on a rock beside Wolf Brother's corpse and looked at Han Juan, saying, "So, who are you? Who are these people? Why were they trying to kill you? And why did they have guns? This isn't something easily dealt with in Huaxia!"
Xiao Yefeng was filled with confusion; all the information he needed could only come from this girl. After all, he had just helped her and her friend kill seven people. He had to understand the whole situation.
After a long while, Han Juan finally calmed down. Glancing at the bodies of the seven men, she spoke through her tears, "My name is Han Juan, and this is Lily. We still have others who were killed."
Upon hearing Han Juan's words, Xiao Yefeng felt a chill run down his spine—not out of fear, but genuine anger. His rage was beyond description, especially after learning that Vulture had died at Zhu Ganglie's hands and that innocent girls were being hunted down. He never expected that all of this was connected to Zhu Ganglie; it left him momentarily stunned.
At that moment, Xiao Yefeng asked, "With Zhu Ganglie committing so many illegal acts, doesn't the police in Huaxia do anything? From what I understand, Huaxia has one of the strictest legal systems in the world."
"You're not Huaxia People?" Han Juan detected Xiao Yefeng's lack of understanding about Huaxia from his words and asked curiously.
"That's right; I just returned to my homeland after growing up abroad," Xiao Yefeng replied. Technically, he wasn't lying—he had lived overseas since he was five until he turned eighteen when his captain died shielding him from gunfire. He returned to fulfill his captain's last wish but was arrested as soon as he got off the plane. He spent two years in prison, so it was accurate to say he had just returned.
"That makes sense. While Huaxia is indeed an ideal country in the eyes of people worldwide, beneath its calm surface often lie turbulent undercurrents. The prosperous facade of Huaxia is merely a misconception held by those who don't understand it. The real Huaxia People are easily deceived; collusion between officials and businessmen is quite normal. Especially with families like the Zhu Family that almost monopolize certain areas—do you think the law would ever come down on those with such complex networks of relationships?"
In her helplessness, Han Juan delivered a profound truth that seemed riddled with flaws yet left Xiao Yefeng—an adept debater—without any grounds for rebuttal.
Indeed, when businesses grow large enough, they must engage with the government. It starts with building relationships with high-ranking officials until a complex web of connections is established. Pull one thread and it affects everything; even if they don't consider the Zhu Family's interests, those in power will always look out for themselves. So how could investigators ever reach their vulnerabilities?
Although there are annual anti-corruption campaigns, how could those truly in power ever be caught? In the end, it's often about sacrificing pawns to protect the king—throwing out some small fish and perhaps one big fish as a scapegoat before calling it quits. Reflecting on this made Xiao Yefeng lower his head; what right did he have to criticize these dark corners when he himself had once lived in them?
"I understand now. So what do you want to do? I want to resolve this completely," Xiao Yefeng asked Han Juan.
"We grew up together, and now all three of them are dead. What can Lily and I do? After we collect their bodies, Lily and I will leave this place. If we can't fight back, then we'll just run!" Han Juan said with a face full of helplessness.
"Let's go, we need to leave here." With that, Xiao Yefeng picked up the unconscious power and Han Juan limped after him as they left the forest. Once they were far from the trees, Han Juan cleaned the blood off her body and woke Lily. After some comforting words, the three of them worked together to properly handle the bodies of the three deceased girls.
They hastily buried them, and then Xiao Yefeng hitched a ride back to the city with the Two Goddesses. Considering the danger, he withdrew money from their card and arranged for them to take vehicles that didn't require tickets to leave. As for where the Two Goddesses chose to meet again, Xiao Yefeng didn't pry. However, as they parted ways, he noticed a lingering danger in their eyes. He had already provided them with a solution; whether they could escape their fate depended on their luck.
Thus, Xiao Yefeng once again received information about Zhu Ganglie's crimes, while his hands were stained with seven lives. Although he had saved them out of goodwill, a life was still a life. He wouldn't bear legal responsibility for the deaths of these seven people, but his fortune had already accumulated seven debts of darkness. However, as the saying goes, "the more lice, the less itch," so Xiao Yefeng didn't care much about these additional debts.
After hastily buying new clothes and changing out of his dirty ones, Xiao Yefeng returned to Golden House Courtyard. By this time, New Year's Day had passed, and fewer people were showing up at Golden House Courtyard. After all, aside from wealthy ladies, only true sisters remained there. However, in China, New Year is a must-celebrate holiday, so even those who were kept had returned home in style.
Now sitting alone in the hall, Xiao Yefeng shook his head helplessly. He wasn't worried about Zhu Ganglie's retaliation; instead, he was thinking about how to secure a reasonable position that would allow him to stay close to Liu Yiyi at all times. No matter how hard he racked his brain, he couldn't come up with an idea. According to the fortune-telling he received earlier, Liu Yiyi would face a life-and-death calamity this year. Furthermore, her yin constitution would awaken on her twentieth birthday. Without a good solution to this problem, Liu Yiyi's best outcome for the rest of her life would be spent in a hospital bed.
Although Xiao Yefeng knew all this, how could he make Liu Yiyi believe him? Should he just say: "Sister Liu, I see you have great disasters ahead; stay by my side and I'll help you."
Xiao Yefeng doubted whether Liu Yiyi would believe him; if this information got out, even he wouldn't believe it himself. At that moment, he looked up at the sunlight streaming in from the balcony and realized that there were no longer any of the Two Goddesses' undergarments left there. Moreover, one of his Silver Needles was still on Liu Yiyi's lingerie and hadn't been returned yet; this made him quite irritated.
Whether it was due to these matters or something else entirely, Xiao Yefeng found it hard to concentrate. So while the Two Goddesses were away, he decided to go alone to the third-floor bathhouse and soak himself in the warm water. As he leaned against the edge of the pool to rest, a document appeared on the table beside him. Picking it up made Xiao Yefeng's eyes light up.
It was an appointment letter from Wankang Pharmaceuticals—the largest medical group in Hangzhou—and Liu Yiyi was named as the appointee. Opening up the computer on the desk and searching revealed that his suspicions were correct: Wankang Pharmaceuticals was indeed controlled by one of China's Four Great Families—the Liu Family—holding sixty-one percent of its shares. In essence, Wankang Pharmaceuticals was a company owned by the Liu Family.
The document indicated that Wankang Pharmaceuticals was established through collaboration between the Liu Family and several prominent families in Hangzhou and had been researching drugs that could enhance human immunity. This appointment letter required Liu Yiyi to serve as an assistant to the president during this holiday period. Those who have worked in large corporations know that being an assistant to the president can sometimes carry more weight than being a vice president.
Indeed, further searching revealed that Wankang Pharmaceuticals was hiring special internal staff—specifically an assistant manager for internal affairs—who would be responsible for ensuring Liu Yiyi's safety as she took on her role as assistant president. Excited by this news, Xiao Yefeng jumped out of the pool; this information was crucial for him. From observing Liu Yiyi's features, he sensed that her calamity was imminent. If he could secure this position for himself, he would fulfill part of his promise to her.
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