Zhong Yuchen's blunt question stumped me. To be honest, I didn't know if he had any ulterior motives for getting close to me, but I had a strange feeling that I couldn't quite put my finger on.
I still felt that this matter had to be carefully considered. If the Hellfire Mirror didn't work, then wouldn't it be very embarrassing? Moreover, I wasn't sure if Ye Duzui would be willing to lend it to me. It was possible that he would go with me.
"No, if you hadn't brought it up, I wouldn't have known what an evil spirit item is. How about this? I'll ask my friend later. He might know something about it."
I waved my hand. At that moment, my phone rang. I took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number from Beijing. It didn't look like a prank call.
So, I picked it up. "Hello, who is this?"
"Zhuang Feng, I'm Fan Chengliang. You might not be familiar with this name, but I have another identity. I'm Fan Yuan and Fan Wei's father …" Fan Chengliang went straight to the point. His hoarse voice revealed an undisguised sadness.
Listening to him, I felt a little sad. Anyway, I was a son. Although I couldn't understand the feelings of a father, he had lost two of his precious sons in one night. It was understandable that he was grief-stricken.
"What's the matter?" I asked even though I already knew the answer. Looking at the situation, I was afraid that he was here to interrogate me!
He didn't have the courage to confront me face to face, but some things were more suitable to be said over the phone.
"Zhuang Feng, why did you have to be so ruthless?
I, Fan Chengliang, only have two sons. I don't even have a daughter. What do you think of me? "Fan Chengliang asked.
"Let me tell you this. They asked for it. They wanted to kidnap my girlfriend, so they can't blame me for being so ruthless."
Actually, when I said this, Zhong Yuchen kept winking at me. He was obviously nervous. After all, he was the one who did it. Compared to me, who had made a name for himself in Beijing, Zhong Yuchen was just a newcomer. The Fan family was a second or third-rate family. It would be a headache to deal with him by hook or by crook.
"Ahem, now I want to clarify a question. It's like this. According to the hotel's video and the forensic investigation, when my two sons died, you were not at the hotel yet. In that case, they didn't die in your hands. You can't deny this, right? Who did it? Why did you have to step in to keep the peace?" Fan Chengliang asked curiously.
"Sorry, no comment." As soon as I said that, the little loli Li Meiyu snatched my phone.
"Old man, what exactly do you want? It's your two blind sons who found someone to kidnap me. I'm the second miss of the Li family. I really don't know who gave you the courage to call me!
I can only say that they deserved to die. If you want to take revenge, my Li family welcomes you at any time. That's all! "
Li Meiyu said domineeringly, revealing a trace of unruliness. This was an eye-opener for me. Was she still the cute girl I knew?
Her words made Fan Chengliang speechless. Soon, Li Meiyu returned the phone to me.
"Hey, Master Fan, Miss Li said it very clearly. As the saying goes, every debt has its debtor. I don't need to emphasize this. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."
I said lightly. Originally, I didn't want to intensify the conflict, but Li Meiyu's change made me dissatisfied. So, I didn't mind bringing some hidden troubles to the Li family. As for whether Fan Chengliang had the courage to do so, that was another matter entirely.
"Wait, Zhuang Feng, I still have something to say. Although my second son is stubborn and always causes trouble, I can tell you clearly that my eldest son is very smart. No matter if it's EQ or IQ, he is better than others. If you say that you kidnapped your girlfriend Guan Ruolan, I can believe it, but you won't touch the second daughter of the Li family. Think about it, aren't you just making trouble for your family?
They didn't grow up eating melamine, so they should have some brains! "Fan Chengliang said calmly.
What he said made sense. I suddenly felt like I understood something, but I couldn't say it. From Fan Chengliang's point of view, his two sons were dead, so he didn't need to explain himself. I didn't cause trouble for his family, which proved that I wouldn't haggle over every little thing. However, he had the courage to call me. He wasn't angry, but rather, he was complaining about his injustice.
Thinking about it carefully, as long as the two brothers of the Fan Family didn't have the intelligence to the point where they needed to pay for it, they wouldn't kidnap Li Meiyu. It was also impossible for them to molest her. If they hung her, the Fan Family would be uprooted. Could it be that they didn't consider the stakes involved?
As one of the Four Great Families, the Li Family was definitely above these noble families. They could have just kidnapped Guan Ruolan. That way, it would have been easier for the assassin to complete his mission, and it would also have been easier for him to take revenge on me. However, they just had to kidnap Li Meiyu, a hot potato. Either the assassin's sperm had entered his brain and he didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, or the two Fan brothers had gone mad. Of course, there was also a third possibility, and that was that the assassin had done it on purpose to find excitement. After all, those in that line of work were just like those photographers who played high-altitude challenges. They would run to the top of a building a few hundred meters high and then take all sorts of selfies.
Thinking about it this way, I suspected that the two brothers of the Fan family had been implicated. Of course, I couldn't betray Zhong Yuchen.
"Yeah, the Master of the Fan family has a point. I'm going to eat now. Let's talk later." I had a feeling that this matter wasn't as simple as I had imagined.
Soon, I hung up the phone. Zhong Yuchen thanked me again. The little loli, Li Meiyu, didn't seem to care. She mumbled that her Li family would do anything to protect Zhong Yuchen. The Fan family was just a small family, and they couldn't do anything.
The tone of her voice gave off a feeling that she was deliberately making a fuss.