Four eyes met.
Facing her husband's gaze, which clearly held anger, Qin Xue stood up and retorted, "What? If I don't agree, are you going to fall out with me today?"
The couple had never raised their voices at each other since they got married.
Qin Xue never expected her husband to turn against her over this matter.
From the look in his eyes, she felt that if she didn't help, he would bring up divorce.
Qin Xue really wanted to ask Nan Zi'an, who was the injured party here?
She, as the victim, had already shown great restraint by not causing trouble for the Nan family.
Now, she was being asked to intercede for the Nan family. Did they really think she was a pushover?
Enduring patiently did not mean she could endure forever.
Thump!
Nan Zi'an suddenly knelt before Qin Xue.
He looked as if he were about to cry, "Xue Mei, please, I'm begging you."
"The Nan family has worked hard to develop to where it is today. Brother and Father both realize their mistakes and have promised that as long as they can get through this difficult time, they will absolutely be law-abiding from now on."
Nan Zi'an did not want to, or rather, did not dare to fall out with Qin Xue.
Currently, all power in Tian Fan Pharmaceutical was in Qin Xue's hands. If they fell out, he would only receive some financial compensation at best.
Even if he returned to the Nan family with that money, given the current predicament of the Nan family, they would be unable to recover.
Besides kneeling, he didn't know how else he could get his wife to relent.
In the past, Qin Xue would have been reluctant to let her husband kneel before her and would have rushed to help him up.
But this time, she did not move.
With a calm expression, she said, "Zi'an, I'm telling you very clearly, it's not that I don't want to help. Even if I wanted to, Xiao Fan wouldn't change his mind."
"The Nan family's actions have completely angered him."
"Before I returned, he explicitly said that even if his aunt asked, it would be useless."
To make Nan Zi'an give up, Qin Xue could only use Chu Fan as a shield.
She had seen through the Nan family's true colors.
No matter what, she would not give the Nan family another chance to recover.
Nan Zi'an's eyes showed despair as he slumped to the ground, looking utterly defeated.
Qin Xue walked over and squatted beside him, comforting him, "Zi'an, there's no hope of turning things around in this matter. If only they had known earlier, why act this way in the first place?"
"You know very well what your elder brother and father have been doing all these years. I, Qin Xue, believe I have already been more than kind."
"That's just how the world is; there are no eternal kings."
"When you make a mistake, you must pay the price!"
"The Nan family's current situation is indeed dire. Although we have left the Nan family with nothing, I am still willing to provide some funds to give the Nan family a place to stay for the time being."
After a pause, Qin Xue continued, "This is the only help I can offer the Nan family right now."
If it weren't for her husband, she wouldn't have been moved even if the Nan family starved to death on the streets.
She had already experienced the story of the farmer and the snake.
The funds she provided would at most prevent the Nan family from worrying about daily survival.
However, it was impossible for them to get more financial support from her to make a comeback.
What heaven wills, one can help; what one wills upon oneself, one cannot live.
Facing Qin Xue's guidance, Nan Zi'an nodded, finally accepting reality.
In a moment, he had considered the situation from another perspective and realized that if it were him, he wouldn't be as generous as his wife.
His family had gone too far over the years, and it was time for them to taste some hardship.
Soon, Nan Zi'an found Nan Xiuming and the others and explained Qin Xue's intentions.
Upon learning that Qin Xue was unwilling to help resolve the Nan family's predicament and only willing to provide some money to cover their living expenses, curses rained down one after another.
"This Qin Xue, she's heartless."
"Has she forgotten how miserable we were before she married into our Nan family?"
"Exactly, if it weren't for our Nan family, would she have the right to have all this now?"
...
Listening to his family curse his wife, Nan Zi'an suddenly roared, "Enough!"
The scene immediately fell silent.
"Whoever curses Xiao Xue again will get out of here."
"Don't you know what you've done? And you still have the nerve to talk about her."
"Think about it from another angle, if it were you, would you provide money to support them?"
"If I hear anyone cursing Xiao Xue again, even if Xiao Xue gives me money, I won't give it to you. You can all go beg on the streets!"
Faced with his reprimand, the Nan family members all fell silent.
Nan Xiuming, whose senses had returned to normal, stood up and walked to Nan Zi'an's side, saying with a look of dejection, "Zi'an, let it be. Back home, please thank Xiao Xue on my behalf for not repaying kindness with enmity."
Then, Nan Xiuming looked at the rest of the Nan family.
"From today onwards, all of you get out and find jobs."
The pampered Nan family members, accustomed to a life of luxury, looked like deflated balloons upon hearing that they had to go out and find jobs.
At the Shan Hai Pavilion, Chu Fan's phone kept ringing.
The one calling was Nan Baixuan.
She had learned about what happened to the Nan family and knew that only Chu Fan could resolve it.
Therefore, she wanted to find Chu Fan for a good talk, hoping he would relent.
Knowing why the little girl wanted to see him, Chu Fan naturally didn't answer the phone.
There was nothing to say to her, and they wouldn't see eye to eye; she only thought from her own perspective.
After more than ten unanswered calls, Nan Baixuan seemed to give up and stopped calling.
Chu Fan, feeling slightly irritated, was about to go down the mountain for a stroll when his phone rang again. Thinking it was Nan Baixuan, Chu Fan was about to turn off his phone when he saw it was Ji Ningyue and immediately answered.
"Young Master, Lord Zhang has appeared!"
"The Heavenly Eye system just detected him in the southern suburbs of Shan Hai City."
A cold glint flashed in Chu Fan's eyes.
He was finally willing to show himself.
"Send me the location!"
After hanging up the phone, Chu Fan headed straight to the garage and then rushed towards the southern suburbs of Shan Hai City.
Not long after, Chu Fan arrived at the location Ji Ningyue had sent.
As soon as he got out of the car, a man proactively approached him.
"Young Master, please wait a moment. The brothers are searching the vicinity!"
When Ji Ningyue learned of Lord Zhang's appearance, she informed Chu Fan while simultaneously mobilizing those hidden in Shan Hai City to search the area beforehand.
Many hands make light work.
At the same time, it was impossible to let Chu Fan search here alone.
Time passed slowly, and more than ten minutes had elapsed. The man waiting by Chu Fan's side still had no feedback.
"Still no news?"
Chu Fan suddenly asked.
The man nodded nervously and hesitated, saying, "I don't know what's going on, but the brothers we sent out haven't replied."
Hearing this, Chu Fan frowned, "Has no one replied since I got here?"
The man nodded.
Chu Fan got out of the car and scanned his surroundings as he said, "No need to wait, they've probably been dealt with!"
What?
The man's expression changed drastically.
At the same time, Chu Fan leaped up, jumping onto a wall three meters high nearby. With a few more leaps, he was standing on the tallest building in the vicinity.
He took a deep breath and began to carefully sense the movements around him.
Soon.
Chu Fan's sharp gaze fixed on an abandoned factory a few hundred meters away.