Jiang Mengxin closed her eyes, not daring to watch, and tightly gripped Lu Ming's hand, returning to the car with him.
As soon as the car door opened, they saw Su Wanran sitting in the passenger seat, drenched in sweat, as if she had just come out of a sauna.
"Mengxin, you're back!"
Su Wanran excitedly lunged forward and hugged Jiang Mengxin tightly. The two women embraced and wept uncontrollably, having thought they would never see each other again.
The experience had been truly perilous. If Lu Ming hadn't handled it so well, both of them could have lost their lives.
Closing the car door, they drove back.
Su Wanran said with lingering fear, "I never imagined Fan Xiang could be so insane. Lusting after women is one thing, but to actually try to kill someone! Is he crazy?"
Jiang Mengxin also found it hard to comprehend. How could the young son of the Fan family patriarch do something so outrageous?
It was simply unimaginable.
Only Lu Ming didn't think the matter was that simple.
He analyzed, "Fan Xiang doesn't seem like someone with such foresight. His lecherous intentions feel more like a spur-of-the-moment impulse. And the fact that I was called to the main house to exorcise spirits for the Old Madam just when you were attacked... it's too much of a coincidence."
Jiang Mengxin frowned, "Are you suspecting the Old Madam?"
Lu Ming replied, "Not the Old Madam, but Su Ru, who is by her side."
Su Ru. The name alone sent a chill down one's spine.
Jiang Mengxin said, "Could she be behind this? But the ones who attacked us were Fan Xiang and the Fan family, not Su Ru's subordinates. It looks more like the Fan family is enraged by their loss in the Lion King's Contest."
Lu Ming shook his head.
It wasn't that simple.
He said, "Although the Fan family members carried out the action, it doesn't mean the Fan family planned it all. From what I see, Su Ru and the Fan family likely colluded. Su Ru was responsible for the diversion, while Fan Xiang handled the actual operation."
Listening to Lu Ming's words, Jiang Mengxin and Su Wanran felt even more disheartened.
One Su Ru was already difficult to deal with. If they also had to face the Fan family, it would be like being attacked from both sides. Su Wanran would have no peace in Fog City from now on.
Without Lu Ming's help, with Su Ru's intelligence and the Fan family's strength, they could have wiped Su Wanran out in minutes!
Su Wanran said, "If it's as Lu Ming suspects, I fear I won't have a moment's peace from now on."
Lu Ming smiled faintly and pulled the car over to the side of the road.
He unbuckled his seatbelt, picked up the shoe box beside him, and said to the two women, "You two drive back yourselves. I have something to take care of."
"What is it?" Su Wanran asked curiously.
Lu Ming replied, "This matter cannot end here. Since Su Ru and the Fan family want a war, we'll fight them to the end! If they want war, then let it be. I'm going to the Fan family now to deliver a challenge. Wait for my news."
Wow... So assertive.
But it was understandable. Since the other party had already come to their doorstep, there was no point in tolerating it any longer.
Su Wanran nodded seriously, "Go ahead. Teach the Fan family a lesson they won't forget. Let them know our Su family isn't to be trifled with!"
Then, Lu Ming got out of the car and took a taxi to Orange Red Building.
Since the Fan family patriarch was not in the capital, the current head of the Fan family was their eldest daughter, Fan Xiaoyun, who lived in Orange Red Building.
Half an hour later, the car stopped.
Lu Ming got out of the car, holding the shoe box with both hands, and walked towards the main entrance of Orange Red Building.
The Fan family's henchmen all recognized Lu Ming. They inwardly hated him, but at the same time, they knew how formidable he was and dared not provoke him.
A henchman approached Lu Ming and blocked his path.
He said timidly, "Lu Ming, why are you here again? Our Sister Yun doesn't like you. Please leave."
Lu Ming chuckled and said, "Tell Fan Xiaoyun I have a gift for her."
The henchman glanced at the shoe box in Lu Ming's hand. "Alright, wait a moment."
A moment later, the henchman ran into Orange Red Building and then ran out again, saying, "Sister Yun is in the reception room. Please come in."
Led by the henchman, Lu Ming entered Orange Red Building and arrived at the reception room, where he met Fan Xiaoyun again. Enemies meeting, their eyes burned with animosity. They couldn't stand each other.
Fan Xiaoyun didn't even offer Lu Ming a seat and asked coldly, "A weasel paying respects to a chicken. Lu Ming, what are you doing here?"
Lu Ming said, "I'm here to tell you something and give you a gift."
"What is it? What gift?" Fan Xiaoyun asked.
Lu Ming replied, "The matter is urgent. Su Wanran, the chairman of our Origin Project, was attacked in her office, and my fiancée, Jiang Mengxin, was kidnapped."
Oh?
Interesting.
Fan Xiaoyun knew exactly what was going on. This was planned by her and Fan Xiang, with Fan Xiang carrying it out personally.
She had been waiting for news for a long time and was getting anxious. But hearing Lu Ming's words, Fan Xiaoyun felt both relieved and happy, realizing Fan Xiang was safe.
She chuckled and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, I can't believe such outrageous things can happen in Fog City in broad daylight. But Lu Ming, with an attack and a kidnapping, why aren't you reporting it to the police? Why come to me? Do you think I kidnapped her? No, absolutely not. Although you embarrassed me in the Lion King's Contest, I'm not so petty as to resort to kidnapping and murder."
Lu Ming nodded, "It's true you didn't do it, because I've already tracked down the culprit and rescued my fiancée."
"What?"
Fan Xiaoyun stood up abruptly, her pupils wide with disbelief.
No way?
How much time had passed?
In such a short time, Lu Ming had found them and successfully rescued the person. What kind of extraordinary ability was this?
Calming down slightly, Fan Xiaoyun sat back down and said, "That's good. Congratulations."
Lu Ming continued, "Sister Yun, don't you want to know who the criminal is who kidnapped my fiancée and attacked Chairman Su?"
Fan Xiaoyun's heart was hanging by a thread.
She knew but was pretending ignorance.
She coughed awkwardly and said insincerely, "It must be some heinous criminal. Tell me, who is it?"
"Fan Xiang!" Lu Ming declared loudly, "The culprit is your own brother, the Fan family's only son, Fan Xiang!"
Uh...
Fan Xiaoyun showed no surprise.
She remained silent, meeting Lu Ming's gaze, trying to figure out his true intentions.
After a moment.
Fan Xiaoyun said, "So Fan Xiang is already in your hands, right? You came here to accuse me? Speak, what must I do to get him back?"
Let him go?
Heh!
It wouldn't be that easy!
Lu Ming placed the shoe box on the table and said, "The business is concluded. Now it's time for the gift. Sister Yun, please accept this generous present."
As he spoke, he opened the shoe box.
Fan Xiaoyun looked over with great curiosity. She wanted to know what gift Lu Ming had brought her.
The moment she looked, she was shocked.
Inside the shoe box were a pair of severed human hands!
Upon closer inspection.
Fan Xiaoyun recognized these hands!
They were Fan Xiang's hands!!!