704: Chapter 693: A Tricky Opponent 704: Chapter 693: A Tricky Opponent Teng Huayang and Teng Dong’s arrival in Jiangcheng did not escape the notice of certain people; currently, many families are keeping a close watch on the Shangguan Family, monitoring all their movements.
Among them was the Huo Family.
When Huo Yuanshan learned that people from the Yunteng Family of Zang City had already arrived in Jiangcheng, he too became anxious and hastily dialed Huo Zhanyuan’s number.
“Hello, son, have you been properly dealing with Ning Fan?”
Huo Yuanshan asked worriedly.
Now, his son Huo Zhanyuan was in Zhonghai, sent there by him to get close to Ning Fan and Huo Qiuran, but after some time, it had been ineffective.
Now that people from the Yunteng Family of Zang City had arrived in Jiangcheng, Huo Yuanshan knew they couldn’t delay.
If they couldn’t win over Ning Fan, once the Shangguan Family settled their affairs in Jiangcheng, the Huo Family wouldn’t be able to escape the Shangguan Family’s wrath.
Originally, when Qiuran was taken away by Ning Fan, the Shangguan Family was humiliated, and the Huo Family completely turned against them.
Although now, because of Ning Fan’s two strikes against the Shangguan Family, they could breathe momentarily, but that didn’t mean it would last forever.
Once the Shangguan Family regained their Vital Energy, they would probably start by targeting the Huo Family first, and Huo Yuanshan couldn’t help but fear.
“Dad, let me come back…”
Huo Zhanyuan replied wearily, with a downcast tone.
After being hit repeatedly by Ning Fan and Huo Qiuran, Huo Zhanyuan no longer wanted to stay in Zhonghai.
He wanted to go home.
But how could Huo Yuanshan agree to let him come back?
Ning Fan and Huo Qiuran were still unresolved.
Wouldn’t allowing him to return now mean their efforts were wasted?
“Endure a little longer and try again.
Qiuran is your own sister.
She doted on you the most when you were little.
Talk to her properly.
She can’t possibly abandon you to your fate.”
Huo Yuanshan could tell from Huo Zhanyuan’s tone that his son wasn’t progressing well in Zhonghai.
Huo Zhanyuan wanted to come back, and Huo Yuanshan understood that.
Wasn’t he the father, after all?
Couldn’t he see what his son was going through?
It was clear the boy couldn’t take the hardship and was now trying to beat a retreat.
At this moment, Huo Yuanshan couldn’t bear to reprimand his son and could only offer comfort first.
On the other end of the phone, Huo Zhanyuan kept forcing a bitter smile, feeling even more bitter inside.
Everything Huo Yuanshan said was true, but precisely because it was true, Huo Zhanyuan felt so heartbroken he couldn’t speak.
His father wasn’t in Zhonghai and didn’t understand the situation.
He didn’t know what was going on with Ning Fan and Huo Qiuran.
But Huo Zhanyuan, having been in contact with Ning Fan and Huo Qiuran, had come to understand many things.
Indeed, the Huo Family had done wrong in the past.
If it weren’t for the Huo Family’s relentless pursuit of the two, perhaps they wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Huo Qiuran wasn’t just disappointed with Huo Zhanyuan; she was thoroughly disillusioned with the entire Huo Family, a fact that made Huo Zhanyuan see no hope of winning her back.
Yes, as a child, Huo Qiuran doted on her brother the most.
But Huo Zhanyuan knew all too well the many excessive things he had done, having long since squandered the affection Qiuran had for him.
When Ning Fan questioned whether he had truly considered apologizing to Huo Qiuran, Huo Zhanyuan nearly fell apart.
Continuing to stay in Zhonghai was an endless torment for him, with no hope in sight.
He had originally hoped to take this opportunity to return to Jiangcheng, but hearing his father speak that way, Huo Zhanyuan knew that his desire to go back wasn’t as simple as just wishing it.
He had to look to Huo Yuanshan’s mood, and what’s more, he probably had to consider the feelings of Ning Fan and Huo Qiuran as well.
“Son, go find your sister and tell her that someone from the Yunteng Family in Zang City has come.
Tell Ning Fan to be careful!”
Huo Yuanshan relayed the news of Teng Huayang’s arrival to Huo Zhanyuan, asking him to inform Huo Qiuran or tell Ning Fan about it either way.
After chatting a few more sentences with Huo Zhanyuan, Huo Yuanshan hung up the phone.
However, Huo Zhanyuan in the suite at the Zhonghai hotel had a bitter expression and his eyes were filled with self-mockery.
Since he couldn’t shake it off, Huo Zhanyuan knew he had to persist in Zhonghai.
It wasn’t that he had great perseverance, but rather he seemed a bit resigned to his fate.
The next day, Huo Zhanyuan put on his uniform and drove his Ferrari to Xu Corporation, arriving early at the security department.
Sitting in a corner, as other security guards arrived, the originally quiet security department became noisy.
The security guards noticed the silent Huo Zhanyuan in the corner but didn’t pay him any attention.
They weren’t the same kind of people as Huo Zhanyuan, and their enthusiasm for why he was there had waned after the first few days.
“Kid, did someone in your family die?”
Zhu Xuetao, perhaps unable to bear it any longer, walked up to Huo Zhanyuan and asked.
This was a very rude thing to say, but Huo Zhanyuan didn’t have much of a reaction.
Sitting in the corner, he stared blankly at the entrance to the security department, seemingly lost in thought.
Seeing him in a daze, Zhu Xuetao pursed his lips, knowing the young man was waiting for someone.
It couldn’t be anyone other than Ning Fan.
Indeed, about ten minutes later, when Ning Fan appeared at the entrance of the security department, Huo Zhanyuan’s eyes finally moved.
He quickly stood up, forcing a stiff smile on his face and jogged over to Ning Fan’s side.
“Brother-in-law, I have something important to tell you!”
The normally lifeless Huo Zhanyuan seemed spirited with Ning Fan’s arrival and whispered in Ning Fan’s ear before giving him a pleading look, hoping Ning Fan would follow him somewhere.
Ning Fan nodded, and then followed Huo Zhanyuan to a secluded place.
“Spit it out, what’s the matter with you now?” Ning Fan said, looking at Huo Zhanyuan with impatience.
Huo Zhanyuan had grown used to Ning Fan’s attitude.
When Ning Fan asked, he immediately said, “It’s like this, people from the Yunteng Family in Zang City have come, and I’m afraid it’s not just about Jiangcheng this time.
You need to be careful!”
What the visitors from the Yunteng Family in Zang City actually intended to do, neither Huo Zhanyuan nor Huo Yuanshan knew.
But that wasn’t important.
What they really wanted was to put Ning Fan on guard, to coerce him onto their side, and to provoke him to deal with the Yunteng Family members would be enough.
However, Huo Zhanyuan wouldn’t know that he had unwittingly hit the nail on the head, as Teng Huayang and Teng Dong’s visit to Jiangcheng this time was mainly directed at Ning Fan next door in Zhonghai!
So, Huo Zhanyuan’s statement was not wrong, but rather correct.
Ning Fan indeed needed to be careful.
Upon hearing that people from the Yunteng Family in Zang City had arrived in Jiangcheng, Ning Fan furrowed his brows.
For Ning Fan, the Yunteng Family was indeed a somewhat prickly adversary.