"Who are you?"
"What do you want to do?"
Three men rushed out of the house, looking at the collapsed main gate and Chu Fan on the ground with disbelief.
They couldn't understand how the normally intact gate had suddenly fallen.
If only the door panel had collapsed, their reaction wouldn't have been so strong.
But with the entire door frame, embedded in the stone pillars, also toppling down, it left them utterly bewildered.
Being a wealthy family, their main gate was incredibly grand, its construction strength was self-evident.
Even being hit by a car wouldn't necessarily cause the entire gate to fall.
"Where is Feng Tianhe?"
Chu Fan asked.
Feng Gu, the man with thick eyebrows, stepped forward, eyeing Chu Fan warily. "What do you want with my father?"
"There's a debt from three years ago that needs to be settled with him!"
"Tell that old geezer to get out here quickly!"
Chu Fan's words and actions were arrogant and presumptuous.
His intentions were clearly hostile!
Feng Gu let out a cold snort, clenched his fists, and reprimanded, "Kid, who do you think you are? My father isn't someone you can just meet whenever you please?"
"And you dare call my father an old geezer? You're not leaving today!"
The other two men's faces turned vicious.
"Go!"
Feng Gu was the first to charge at Chu Fan.
The wind whistled.
Before the three men could even react, they were already on the ground.
Chu Fan grabbed Feng Gu by the collar and dragged him inside.
"Call your father and tell him to come back obediently if he doesn't want his lineage to end!"
Feng Gu glared at Chu Fan with immense hatred, "You want me to call, so I'll call? You think..."
"Ah... my hand!"
Before Feng Gu could even see Chu Fan move, a sharp pain shot through his arm.
The broken arm made it impossible for Feng Gu to maintain his defiance, and he quickly called Feng Tianhe.
"Dad, someone's causing trouble at our house, and they're very powerful. Hurry back."
Silently, Feng Gu conveyed to Feng Tianhe that the troublemaker was formidable and that he should bring reinforcements.
Chu Fan naturally heard this but paid it no mind.
On the other end of the line, Feng Tianhe immediately gathered a group of people and rushed over.
Upon arriving at the entrance, seeing his grand gate, which had cost a considerable sum to build, lying on the ground, Feng Tianhe's eyeballs almost bulged out of his sockets.
For a wealthy family, the main gate was a symbol of their prestige.
To have their gate dismantled was akin to having someone stomp on their face, a grave insult to their dignity.
"To dare dismantle my gate, you won't be getting away with this today."
In his anger, Feng Tianhe's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.
Little did he know that even if he had wanted to let it slide, Chu Fan would not have given him the chance.
Over ten people charged into the courtyard.
Chu Fan stood at the entrance, with the barely conscious, near-suffocating Feng Gu at his feet.
Seeing his son at Chu Fan's mercy, Feng Tianhe gritted his teeth so hard they nearly shattered.
"Go!"
"First, break one of this brat's legs!"
More than ten thugs, wielding steel pipes, machetes, and other weapons, lunged at Chu Fan.
Screams echoed.
Feng Tianhe and the gang leader, who had been so arrogant just a moment ago, instinctively rubbed their eyes, trying to ascertain if they were seeing things incorrectly.
Was this even human?
Even the War Emperor of the Dragon God Kingdom had to kneel before Chu Fan, let alone some petty thugs.
Feng Tianhe and the gang leader, snapping back to reality, saw that their subordinates were no match for Chu Fan and turned to flee without hesitation.
They knew they had encountered a truly formidable opponent today.
Whoosh...
A cold wind brushed against their backs.
Just as a sense of foreboding dawned upon them, their vision blurred, and Chu Fan was already standing before them.
"I'm telling you, my big brother is..."
Before the gang leader could finish his intimidation, he was sent flying backward like a sandbag.
"You, what do you want?"
"I don't know you, I have no enmity with you, why are you looking for me?"
Feng Tianhe's face drained of all color, his legs weak and trembling as he stumbled backward.
"Who told you that if you don't know me, we have no enmity?"
Chu Fan punched Feng Tianhe in the chest.
The immense force instantly took half his life, leaving him kneeling on the ground, his face contorted in pain.
At this moment, he desperately wanted to shout, but the agony rendered him speechless.
"Three years ago, you hit someone, paralyzing them!"
"Who instructed you to hit him?"
Ji Ningyue's investigation revealed that three years ago, his mother had returned to Shanhai City and had been subjected to a dangerous assassination attempt, after which she met Chen Tao and his wife.
The identity of the assailant at that time had not yet been discovered.
However, based on the information gathered, his mother, having recovered sufficiently, left Chen Tao's residence, and Chen Tao, who came out to find her, was crippled by Feng Tianhe's car.
Given the severity of his injuries at the time, Chen Tao was fortunate to have received timely medical treatment to save his life. Had he been even tens of minutes later, he wouldn't be here today.
This led to the deduction that Feng Tianhe's intention at the time was to kill Chen Tao.
The reason, most likely, was that the mastermind behind the scenes was enraged by Chen Tao's assistance to his mother.
The mastermind was clearly connected to those who had attempted to assassinate his mother.
By following this lead, all of them could be exposed.
Chu Fan was a man of clear debts and grudges.
His gratitude had been repaid, and now it was time to find those who had harmed his mother.
He would settle the score with them one by one, letting them know that daring to lay a hand on his mother had only one outcome.
Death!
A despairing death!
A painful demise!
Upon hearing Chu Fan's question, a clear flicker of panic crossed Feng Tianhe's eyes.
He hadn't expected Chu Fan to be here because of that incident from three years ago.
Thinking that the matter involved many people, Feng Tianhe's eyes suddenly rolled, intending to feign unconsciousness to evade the questioning.
However, he had underestimated the extent of Chu Fan's concern regarding this matter.
Seeing the old man still attempting to play dumb and evasive even when facing imminent death, Chu Fan kicked out.
Feng Tianhe was sent flying like a stone into the house, crashing heavily onto the coffee table.
The intense pain prevented him from feigning unconsciousness any longer, and he let out a pig-like scream.
Seeing Chu Fan approach, Feng Tianhe struggled to his knees. "Big brother, I, I won't dare again, I won't dare again."
In his more than half a century of life, he had never experienced such agony.
His instincts told him that if Chu Fan's strength were even slightly greater, he would be dead.
It was effortless for Chu Fan to kill him.
Death, no one was fearless of it.
Feng Tianhe did not wish to endure further torment and could only beg for mercy.
"Three years ago, who instructed you to hit Chen Tao?"
"Big brother, no one instructed me. He suddenly rushed out, and my speed was too fast. It was an accident that I hit him, no..."
"Slap..."
With a crisp sound, Feng Tianhe was sent flying and then slammed back to the ground.
Thud...
Feng Tianhe's mouth opened, spitting out several bloody teeth.
"Old man, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"
"If I wasn't sure, would I have come looking for you?"
Feng Tianhe lay on the ground, trembling all over.
He knew Chu Fan wasn't bluffing; if he wasn't sure, he wouldn't have come here and acted like this.
He began to hesitate, weighing the consequences of speaking or remaining silent.
As Chu Fan's foot landed on the shattered teeth Feng Tianhe had spat out,
He looked up, his gaze firm, and said, "No one instructed me; it was all an accident!"
Feng Tianhe had finished his calculations.
If he didn't reveal the mastermind, Chu Fan would at most target him. And if he was to die in the end, his family would at least survive.
But if he were to reveal the mastermind, then not only would he die, but his entire family would be unable to escape retaliation.
"You don't want to talk, do you?"
"Do you think that by resisting me to the bitter end, only you will die, and your family will live?"
"Conversely, if you reveal who instructed you, your whole family will perish?"
Chu Fan, as if he could read minds, caused Feng Tianhe's expression to change slightly.
He squatted down, smiling as he looked at Feng Tianhe.
"Since you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, then I shall let you know that confronting me is ten thousand times more terrifying than confronting the person who instructed you."