Chapter 1038: Chapter 1027: Is My Wife Angry?
“What are you trying to investigate?”
He Qiang frowned, slightly clenching his teeth, his face showing an angry expression, and said in a hoarse voice, “Could you at least let me put my clothes on first.”
The two members of the Shadow Team did not respond, instead turning to look at Ning Fan.
Ning Fan nodded, sat down on the chair in the lounge, and crossed his legs.
In front of the three of them, He Qiang quickly got dressed, covered the woman’s delicate body on the sofa with a coat, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to face Ning Fan.
Watching his actions, Ning Fan’s tense expression relaxed slightly.
This He Qiang left a rather good impression on him.
“State your purpose, if I can help, I will not refuse.”
He Qiang sat next to the woman and waved his hand as he spoke.
Though restrained, He Qiang had already regained his composure in a short time, displaying a commanding presence as a big boss, which Ning Fan found quite impressive.
“I don’t need your help. Sitting quietly and not causing trouble is the biggest assistance to me.”
Ning Fan laughed coldly, tossing the Klose Hand Crossbow back to He Qiang.
The two Shadow Team members were taken aback by this move and wanted to intervene but dared not speak; their nerves instantly tensed up. If He Qiang made any moves with the crossbow, they would not hesitate to eliminate him at any cost!
Looking at the hand crossbow, He Qiang froze for a moment and asked, “Aren’t you afraid I might use this against you?”
“You can try.”
Ning Fan calmly looked at He Qiang, his expression serene.
He Qiang’s eyes showed a hint of complexity, and for a moment, he really had the urge to raise the crossbow and kill Ning Fan.
He rose from an underground organization, and even though he’d cleaned up his act now, his bandit nature remained.
Ning Fan barged into his lounge, witnessing his ‘combat process’ directly, leaving him naked and embarrassed for a few minutes.
This humiliation was unbearable for him.
However, as his gaze met the calm in Ning Fan’s eyes, He Qiang felt a shock in his heart, lowered his hand, and dared not make any moves.
Time passed, minute by minute…
About half an hour later.
Ning Fan’s phone vibrated.
“Mr. Ning, we have secured the garage dormitory and found no unusual items related to the assassination, but there is a lot of crime evidence. Should we collect it?”
“Collect it.”
Ning Fan gave a brief reply to the message, put away his phone, and stood up.
“Let’s go to the next place.”
Ning Fan turned and left He Qiang’s lounge.
The two Shadow Team members exchanged a glance and gave He Qiang a warning look; one of them even made a throat-slitting gesture.
“Behave, and don’t leak today’s events.”
After leaving a message, the Shadow Team members followed Ning Fan out of the lounge.
They came suddenly, and left quickly. Within minutes, all members of the Shadow Team, including Ouyang Feifei, had withdrawn from He Qiang’s garage.
In the lounge, He Qiang shot an arrow at the window, shattering the glass directly.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Still unsatisfied, he kept pulling the trigger, emptying all the bullets from the crossbow magazine until no more bullets could be fired, only then did he stop.
The woman’s face turned pale with fright and, trembling, walked up to hold He Qiang’s arm, whispering, “Brother Qiang… what’s wrong with you?”
“Get lost!”
He Qiang pushed the woman away irritably, exclaiming in anger, “Who exactly are these people?”
“Brother Qiang, are you alright!”
“Brother Qiang, I came too late…”
After the sound of the arrow, a rush of footsteps sounded, instantly filling the lounge.
A dozen stout men, bare-chested and covered with tattoos, locked their brows and looked worriedly at the furious He Qiang.
“Investigate thoroughly for me, I’ve never suffered such humiliation in all the years I’ve been in Jianghu, dare threaten me, I want them dead without burial!”
“Yes!”
The dozen strong men responded in unison to He Qiang’s command.
…
Under the moonlight, Ning Fan walked leisurely along the road in the suburbs, slowly making his way back towards the Dragon City District.
He Qiang’s garage had been thoroughly checked, and no suspicions related to the assassination were found.
Excluding He Qiang’s garage, based on the current intel the Shadow Team has, only two suspicious targets remain.
The Hong Family and the Dragon City Ning Family!
“Tut-tut, this He Qiang was even selected as one of the top ten outstanding entrepreneurs in Dragon City, and yet the dark data we uncovered could get him executed a dozen times. This kind of person can still get chosen as an outstanding entrepreneur?”
“Collusion between officials and businessmen, it has always been like this, don’t you understand this principle by now.”
Chatting idly, the members of the Shadow Team followed Ning Fan’s pace, and Ouyang Feifei jogged alongside Ning Fan, quietly asking, “Mr. Ning, should we call it a day or continue investigating another target?”
“Continue investigating.”
Ning Fan said calmly, “As long as this matter remains unclear, we are always in a passive mode, which is not what I want to see.”
“Understood!”
The Shadow Team naturally followed Ning Fan’s orders.
However, things didn’t go as planned.
Just as Ning Fan prepared to lead the team to investigate the Hong Family’s mansion on the hillside, the Shadow Team received intel that directly interrupted his plan.
“Tomorrow, the tax authorities will conduct a surprise inspection of the Dragon City Branch Company!”
A member of the Shadow Team respectfully handed the intel to Ning Fan.
“Tax authorities…”
Recalling the threat from Liu Yong before he died, Ning Fan couldn’t help but frown.
Even in death, Liu Yong couldn’t let people rest easy; he was quite something.
“Let’s return to the company then.”
Ning Fan turned to Ouyang Feifei and said, “Take Qiu Xiuxiu with you, arrange for her to familiarize herself with the company policies tomorrow, and prepare to receive the tax authorities.”
“Yes!”
Ouyang Feifei naturally had no objections to Ning Fan’s orders and nodded promptly in agreement.
Beside her, Qiu Xiuxiu, who had been worried that Ning Fan was just making empty promises, now showed a happy expression, pursed her lips, wanting to thank him but didn’t dare to approach Ning Fan.
Ning Fan, wrapped up in his thoughts, didn’t notice Qiu Xiuxiu’s careful intentions.
The Shadow Team returned to their respective guard areas for shift duty, while Ouyang Feifei and Qiu Xiuxiu went back to the company.
As for Ning Fan, he returned to the hotel alone.
“You still remember to come back, huh?”
As Ning Fan entered the room, Xu Ruolan’s side-eye greeting came along, spoken with a sense of grievance, “Even if I let you manage the company, you don’t have to become a workaholic, not even coming home.”
“Have you been waiting long?”
Ning Fan smiled slightly, patting Xu Ruolan’s head.
“Not really… I just don’t want you to be too tired.”
Xu Ruolan pouted, threw herself into Ning Fan’s arms, and spoke softly.