Ling Feng brought Xiao Ran back home, accompanied by Old Mr. Bai and Aunt Bai.
Along the way, Old Mr. Bai's expression was grim.
Xiao Ran didn't want Grandpa Bai to be sad, but after racking her brain for all the jokes she had ever heard, she could only manage to elicit a forced and fake smile from him.
"Old Mr. Bai, you can stay here for the time being," Ling Feng said.
Old Mr. Bai looked embarrassed.
"How can we impose? We should find somewhere else to settle."
Ling Feng smiled, gently supporting Old Mr. Bai's arm, and said calmly, "Old Mr. Bai, not to mention the care you gave my brother and me back then, but just for finding a good partner for my elder brother, I should take care of you for the rest of your life."
Distinguishing between kindness and enmity was Ling Feng's principle.
Old Mr. Bai had been kind to him and his elder brother Ling Yan, so he would not let them be without support in their old age.
Old Mr. Bai's eyes were already moist. Recalling the actions of his son and grandchildren, he could only choke back sobs, unable to utter another sound.
During dinner, Ling Feng's phone suddenly rang.
The call was from an unfamiliar number, and Ling Feng's brow furrowed slightly.
His number was a special line for the war zone; how could an unknown number get through?
After a moment's hesitation, he answered the call.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Ling Feng, it's Tang Ru. I suspect you of kidnapping the elderly. Where are you now?"
Ling Feng's brow furrowed. Why was it this Tang Ru again?
"Didn't your superior tell you that you have no right to interfere in my affairs? Also, where did you get my phone number?"
Ling Feng retorted without politeness.
"That's none of your business. I'm just asking where you are now."
"Slap!"
Ling Feng hung up the phone. What a joke! Did he, the dignified King of Zhenbei, care about the threat of a mere young girl?
However, just a moment later, the phone rang again, still from the same number.
Ling Feng continued to hang up.
But before long, the phone rang again.
Ling Feng, unable to bear it any longer, answered the call and said coldly, "If you continue to harass me like this, I will terminate all your duties."
"Ling Feng, I know you are a special agent, but as a police officer, there are some things I must investigate. Now, people from the Bai family have explicitly stated that you took their elderly relative away. I must give them an explanation."
Tang Ru's words were still neither humble nor arrogant, but her tone was no longer as assertive as before.
So it was the Bai family!
Ling Feng thought for a moment and then told Tang Ru his location.
Ling Feng actually admired Tang Ru quite a bit. Although she was sometimes as stubborn as a mule, it couldn't hide her shining qualities.
The next morning, a car stopped in front of the villa.
Not only Tang Ru arrived, but also Bai Xiaowang and Bai Xiaohong.
"Ling Feng, it's only been a day, are you feeling well?"
Bai Xiaowang's face was filled with fawning smiles.
Behind him, Bai Xiaohong stood with her head lowered, her cheeks slightly flushed, like a shy girl next door.
If Ling Feng hadn't seen her yesterday, he would have been deceived by her appearance.
Ling Feng did not answer Bai Xiaowang's question, merely looking at him coldly.
"What are you doing here?"
"We came to see you, Ling Feng. You don't know, but ever since you left our house yesterday, Xiaohong has been missing you terribly. Isn't that right, Xiaohong!"
Bai Xiaohong wriggled her body and nodded slightly.
Ling Feng felt like rushing to the toilet to vomit, yet he was afraid that if he left, this father and daughter pair would enter the house.
He suppressed the churning in his stomach and said coldly, "I have nothing to do with you. Yesterday, I was only visiting Old Mr. Bai. You should leave."
Tang Ru, standing beside them, was stunned. She never expected that these two people, who had cried their eyes out at the police station, were actually using her to find Ling Feng.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ling. They told me they were looking for their elderly relative. I didn't know they were using me," Tang Ru said, her face full of embarrassment.
Ling Feng glanced at Tang Ru and said faintly, "Although I admire your enthusiasm for your work, it's best to use your brain before acting in the future, otherwise, you'll only do more harm than good with good intentions."
After speaking, Ling Feng was about to close the door.
But Bai Xiaowang suddenly shouted.
"Dad, Dad, it's Xiaowang, your Wangwang. Come out and see your son."
Old Mr. Bai heard the commotion and came to the door.
However, his gaze towards Bai Xiaowang was filled with disappointment.
"Didn't you want to kick me out, this old bone, for your in-laws? What are you doing here now?" Old Mr. Bai asked angrily.
Bai Xiaowang just kept smiling foolishly.
"Dad, please forgive Xiaowang this time. I was forced to do it, but don't worry, Dad, we have already severed ties with the Jia family."
Upon hearing this, a hint of relief seemed to flash across Old Mr. Bai's face.
Bai Xiaohong, standing behind, said softly with a blush, "Grandpa, I only regret not listening to you back then. Xiaohong knows she was wrong now and hopes Grandpa can fulfill Xiaohong's wish."
Old Mr. Bai was slightly taken aback and asked, "Fulfill what?"
"Dad, didn't you want Xiaohong to marry Ling Feng back then? Since Xiaohong knows she was wrong, why don't you help arrange it, so that our Ling and Bai families can be bound by eternal marriage?"
Old Mr. Bai's face showed surprise.
"This, this, isn't Xiaohong already betrothed to the Jia family's young master?"
"Dad, don't you understand? The Jia family is in such a state now. If Xiaohong marries there, won't she be suffering? This marriage is naturally void."
"Pfft!"
Old Mr. Bai spat out a mouthful of blood.
His finger trembled as he pointed at Bai Xiaowang and cursed, "You shameless wretch! Not to mention the engagement is set and cannot be changed, but you, you can't do this even for the child in Xiaohong's belly."
Aunt Bai, standing beside him, also had a flushed face and pointed at Bai Xiaowang, angrily scolding, "You scoundrel, you're not here to pick up your father, you're here to use your dad to climb the social ladder!"
Bai Xiaowang's face had already turned completely dark. He never expected that the thing he least wanted Ling Feng to know would be revealed by his own father.
"You degenerate, you degenerate..."
Old Mr. Bai trembled with anger, clutching his chest and gasping for breath.
"Aunt Bai, what's wrong with Old Mr. Bai?" Ling Feng asked urgently.
Aunt Bai said with great concern, "He... his heart condition has relapsed."
Ling Feng immediately stepped forward, scooped up the trembling Old Mr. Bai, and strode out.
"I'll leave these two to you to deal with."
This was what Ling Feng said to Tang Ru as he left.
Bai Xiaowang was furious, but Bai Xiaohong was even more so. They watched Ling Feng's retreating back, muttering curses, but showing no concern for Old Mr. Bai's condition.
"Xiaohong, let's go. With your looks, you'll marry into a wealthy family sooner or later. He's not the only one in this world who has prospered like Ling Feng."
"I apologize, but I am now arresting you on charges of false reporting and illegal abortion."
Tang Ru reached out and blocked the path of the two.
This stubborn girl had finally opened her eyes.
Bai Xiaowang and Bai Xiaohong stood there dumbfounded. They still had dreams of marrying into wealthy families. If they were arrested and sent to prison, how could they ever marry into wealth?
"Officer, this is all that person's nonsense..."
But Tang Ru gave them no room to speak. With a slight movement of her arm, she pushed Bai Xiaowang to the ground.
"If you refuse to cooperate, I will use force!"
Given Tang Ru's personality, how could she show any leniency to such scum?