As they spoke, there was a knock on the door.
An English male voice called out, "Sir, the person has been brought."
The eldest brother walked over and opened the door.
A throng of tall foreign men in suits and sunglasses, escorting several men and women with black bags over their heads, pushed their way in.
Thump, thump!
They were pushed to the floor, one after another.
Everyone stood with their hands clasped, forming a line.
Grandpa slowly rose from the sofa, leaning on his cane as he walked to the front of the group.
"Remove the hoods," he said in English.
The leading foreign man walked over and pulled the hoods off everyone's heads.
Jiang Nan Fang's eyes immediately fell on Li Shi Yan, the thin man at the forefront.
She lunged forward, grabbing his collar, her voice trembling with emotion.
"Was it you? You arranged all of this, didn't you?"
"First, you caused the product to have loopholes in the country, then you lured Ah Jue here, with the intention of harming him!"
"Why would you do this? Who instructed you? Where is he now? Speak!"
Li Shi Yan probably hadn't expected such a grand reception. He trembled, looking utterly innocent.
He glanced at Jiang Nan Fang, then at the others, shaking his head frantically.
"Is this why you brought me here? Just to let me explain this? I don't know!"
"I know nothing! By heaven, Ms. Jiang, we dealt with each other in the country, and you know the product had no issues!"
"If there were issues, Ah Jue wouldn't have taken over my company. I truly don't know what happened; I only heard about the incident a couple of days ago."
"I only just learned about Ah Jue's car accident. Please, don't look at me like this. I really didn't harm him, and I have no reason to. Believe me!"
He spoke with sincerity.
However, without proof, it was difficult to be believed.
Especially with Zhan Bei Jue's life hanging in the balance.
Seeing his stubborn refusal to tell the truth, the old man tilted his chin.
He pointed to the girl behind him.
"Go, bring her here."
The leading foreign man walked over and, like picking up a chick, lifted the girl.
The girl was fair and delicate, with refined features. She looked about fifteen or sixteen.
Clearly terrified, her legs dragged on the ground as she shook her head, looking at Li Shi Yan for help.
"Brother, I'm scared, save me, brother!"
Li Shi Yan immediately panicked and tried to stand up to save his sister.
"Don't touch her! Who are you? You're not allowed to touch her! This has nothing to do with my sister!"
The eldest brother walked over and kicked Li Shi Yan hard in the shoulder, shoving him back.
"Are you blind? You don't even recognize Mr. Zhan Lao, the patriarch of the Zhan family?"
"I advise you not to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. You're asking for trouble. Tell the truth now, and you can avoid some physical suffering."
"If you continue to be stubborn, this is your sister, isn't it? She's quite pretty..."
Li Shi Yan, as a man, understood the implication of the unspoken words.
His parents, too, instantly turned pale and crawled towards him, shaking his arm.
"How could this happen? What kind of trouble have you gotten into outside?"
"A Yan, tell the truth quickly. Your sister is only sixteen, you can't harm her!"
Li Shi Yan looked utterly distraught and pounded the floor fiercely.
"I'm really not lying! I really didn't harm anyone! It's one thing if others don't believe me, but Father, Mother, why don't you believe me either?"
"If it weren't for my sister's illness, if it weren't for bringing you out to change the environment, why would I need to sell the company?"
"I haven't harmed anyone! Even if you kill me or flay me today, I'll say the same thing! I truly don't know what's going on!"
"Still so stubborn. Stop wasting your breath on him. That room inside is for you. Take this woman in!"
The eldest brother said to the men behind him in English.
Although everyone's faces remained impassive, they were inwardly delighted.
Without a word, they collectively surged forward, grabbing the sister and heading inside.
Li Shi Yan's parents wailed on the floor like madmen.
"No, no, please, I beg you! Let's talk properly!"
"A Yan, it's not that Mom doesn't believe you, but I beg you, if you know anything, tell them quickly! Your sister is still a child!"
"No, no!" Li Shi Yan was also terrified. He knelt on the ground without any pretense of dignity, crawling towards the old man.
"I'm sorry, Grandpa. I was blind and didn't recognize you!"
"But I beg you to believe me, I have done nothing to betray you! If you have anything, come at me, but don't touch my sister. She has a severe heart condition!"
As he spoke, a man in a suit ran to the eldest brother and said something in English. The girl had fainted.
Li Shi Yan's parents immediately scrambled up and rushed forward desperately to save their daughter.
The room descended into chaos.
Li Shi Yan clung tightly to the hem of the old man's clothes, as if he were about to tear his heart out to show him.
It seemed he was truly not involved.
The old man, having seen countless people, could discern genuine fear from feigned, genuine lies from false ones.
After a moment, he raised his hand and pushed Li Shi Yan away, instructing everyone.
"Send them to the hospital first."
"You, it's best you haven't truly done anything to betray Ah Jue. If I find out, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth and will not let you go."
"I know, I know! Thank you, Grandpa!"
Li Shi Yan stood up, overcome with gratitude.
"What happened to Ah Jue? Where is he now? Can I go see him?"
The eldest brother, his face grim, walked over to push Li Shi Yan.
"Stay put at home and don't run off anywhere. I'll have people watching you. If you dare to run, be careful your family's legs get broken."
"Do not spread this matter outside. Get out."
The Li Shi Yan family hurried in and then hurried out.
The flicker of hope that had just ignited was extinguished.
Jiang Nan Fang was now one hundred percent certain of her suspicion.
It had to be Ke Jing Yu.
She couldn't think of anyone else.
"I know who might have done it."
Both Grandpa and the eldest brother turned their gaze to her.
Jiang Nan Fang's face was pale, but her eyes were resolute.
"Ke Jing Yu."
"His son became a vegetative state because of me and Ah Jue. He harbors resentment, it must have been him."
Furthermore, his previous loss in acquiring New Vision and Huatai with Zhan Bei Jue.
Ke Jing Yu might have started plotting to sabotage the product back then.
It was just that they hadn't fallen out before, and she had trusted him too much, not thinking much of it.
Looking back now, everything had been a foreshadowing.
"Grandpa, you stay here and continue the search. I'm going back to the country to find Ke Jing Yu now!"
"No matter what it takes, I will find out Ah Jue's whereabouts!"
Ke Jing Yu?
How could the old man not know this person?
In the business circles of Shangcheng, he was a formidable figure.
If it was truly him, could a mere Jiang Nan Fang persuade him?