Chapter 12: The Zhao Family Wiped Out
Zhao Dechang knew he had no room to choose anymore. All he could do was nod helplessly.
Ye Fan pulled the rag from Zhao Dechang's mouth. Enduring the agonizing pain in his arm, Zhao Dechang looked at Ye Fan in despair and asked, "Tianlong already died by your hand, didn't he?"
Although he had already guessed the answer, Zhao Dechang still wanted confirmation.
"What do you think? Five years ago he tried to run me over with a car, and today he wanted to kill me again. Should I keep someone like that around until the New Year?" Ye Fan replied coldly. He had never shown mercy to anyone who wanted his life.
Showing mercy to an enemy was being cruel to oneself.
Zhao Dechang closed his eyes in pain.
Sure enough.
What a pity.
Five years ago, after Ye Fan became a fool, they should never have gone soft. They should have finished him off then. Instead, they let him live until now, and in the end the Zhao family died at his hands.
"Ask your questions," Zhao Dechang said. Knowing he was doomed, he instead felt strangely calm.
Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well let Ye Fan fight the people behind him to the bitter end. That would surely be a spectacular battle.
"In Yuncheng, besides the Wang and Li families, who else is affiliated with the Liu family from the provincial capital?" Ye Fan's first question immediately stunned Zhao Dechang. So Ye Fan had already investigated the forces behind him this thoroughly?
Whoever said Ye Fan was a fool—the real fool was themselves!
Ye Fan had pretended to be foolish for five years to hide his true abilities.
When he stayed still, nothing happened. But once he made a move, he became every enemy's nightmare.
"The Liu family's only affiliated families in Yuncheng really are the Wang and Li families. But besides them, the Liu family also stationed other experts in Yuncheng to monitor the Ye family's movements at all times. I don't know where those people usually hide," Zhao Dechang paused before continuing. "I regret that we failed to kill you five years ago. But let me tell you this—you can't beat them..."
Ignoring him, Ye Fan continued, "Behind the Liu family in the provincial capital, which powerful family in the capital is backing them? How much do you know?"
Zhao Dechang shook his head. "We know very little about the big shots in the capital. I only met their representative once. He wore a mask, and everyone called him Young Master Zhou... I don't know who he really was. But their influence is terrifying. They can even decide who becomes the governor of Yuncheng."
"But I do know this: besides the Ye family becoming too powerful, they attacked your family because they seemed to be searching for something."
Ye Fan questioned Zhao Dechang for a while longer but learned nothing else of much value.
His internal energy surged.
Under the impact of that force, Zhao Dechang's body turned into fine dust, drifting out the window and scattering into the wind.
The next moment, Ye Fan vanished from the Zhao residence like a ghost.
It seemed that if he wanted to uncover the identity of the powerful family backing the Liu family, he would have to investigate the Liu family in the provincial capital himself.
After Ye Fan left, several major incidents shook Yuncheng in rapid succession.
Zhao Dechang's younger brother and his family suddenly got into a car accident while driving home. Their vehicle plunged into the Yunsha River, and their fate was unknown.
Another core member of the Zhao family accidentally fell from the eighteenth floor after attending a meeting.
Soon afterward, news spread throughout Yuncheng that Zhao Dechang and his son had disappeared.
...
At the Ye family estate in Yuncheng.
Listening to the report from the head of the guards, Leng Feng, Ye Changfeng frowned deeply.
"So the Zhao family was practically wiped out overnight?"
Zhao Dechang, his younger brother, and the other core members had all suddenly disappeared or died. This was obviously no ordinary coincidence.
"Yes," Leng Feng replied. "According to our intelligence, Zhao Tianlong originally planned to scheme against Young Master at the banquet, but ended up suffering the consequences himself and was thoroughly humiliated. We also discovered that the Zhao family was involved in Young Master's car accident five years ago, but the trail has now gone cold."
Ye Changfeng knew roughly what had happened in Ye Fan's accident five years earlier.
Although the official investigation concluded that the driver had been drunk and hit him by mistake—and the driver had gone to prison—Ye Changfeng never believed it was merely a coincidence.
Whenever the Ye family tried to investigate further, a mysterious force always interfered, forcing the investigation to stop at the crucial moment.
Now that they had finally found a clue, the Zhao family had been completely exterminated.
Could this really be another coincidence?
"To eliminate the Zhao family so cleanly in such a short time, the culprit would have to be at least a Grandmaster. Since when did Yuncheng gain another Grandmaster-level expert?" Ye Changfeng muttered while looking through the documents Leng Feng handed him.
"Where's that brat Ye Fan? Where is he now?" Ye Changfeng suddenly thought of him. Five years ago, Ye Fan had already reached the Grandmaster realm.
Could Ye Fan have regained his senses and destroyed the Zhao family himself?
"Young Master Ye has already been taken home by Miss Su. He's staying there, and our people are guarding the area. He hasn't left Miss Su's residence," Leng Feng answered confidently.
The guards protecting Su Yixue were all Leng Feng's trusted subordinates, each at the Martial Control Realm.
"I see..." Ye Changfeng sighed in disappointment. "Keep a close eye on the Su Group. Those bastards targeting the Ye family will definitely move next to suppress the Su Group and strike the Su family."
That girl from the Su family had protected the Ye family so fiercely. They couldn't let her devotion go unrewarded.
Although the Ye family had suffered a devastating blow, as long as this old man was still alive—and with the million-strong Heavenly Dragon Army behind him—he still had the ability to protect the Su family.
"Yes. There's one more thing. Xia Hao, the head of the Xia family from the provincial capital, recognized Young Master at today's banquet. He said Young Master was the one who saved his life five years ago. Against everyone's objections, he chose to cooperate with the Su Group. That should help ease some of the Su Group's difficulties."
"Oh? Xiao Fan's medical skills were already that impressive five years ago? He could save lives? How come I never knew?" Ye Changfeng realized that despite Ye Fan having grown up, he actually knew very little about his own grandson. "That's good news."
Meanwhile, in the Su Group office, Su Yixue had just finished signing the contract with Xia Hao and was now staring blankly into the mirror.
Although she had already decided to marry Ye Fan and bear children for the Ye family, now that the moment was truly approaching, she still felt nervous...
Just imagining herself standing naked before Ye Fan made her blush crimson.
In the mirror, Su Yixue's figure was flawless—graceful curves in all the right places, breathtakingly beautiful, the very image of a stunning beauty.
Countless wealthy young men in Yuncheng dreamed of having her.
But tonight, she would belong to Ye Fan.
...
At the Royal KTV in Yuncheng, Xu Dong and a group of wealthy young heirs sang, drank, and indulged themselves without restraint.
After one song ended, one of them asked in confusion, "It's almost midnight. Why hasn't Young Master Zhao arrived yet?"
They had agreed that after Zhao Tianlong dealt with Ye Fan, he would come here to celebrate.
But they had already waited for over two hours, and there was still no sign of him.
Xu Dong frowned as well. "I'll give Young Master Zhao a call."
But after several attempts, Zhao Tianlong's phone remained unreachable.
Left with no choice, Xu Dong called another acquaintance from the Zhao family.
The news he received instantly turned his face pale.
"Young Master Xu... I'm afraid Young Master Zhao won't be coming. Zhao Dechang and Zhao Tianlong have both disappeared. Every core member of the Zhao family died within the last hour. The Zhao family has already been destroyed..."
(End of Chapter)
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