Chapter 94

After returning home from Miaoyuan, Ye Feng called Zhao Caiqing to inform her that he had successfully arranged for someone to buy the jade, and that he would bring the person to the store the next day to look at the jade. If it was suitable, they would buy it the next day.

Zhao Caiqing expressed her gratitude.

After ending the call, Ye Feng felt much more relaxed. He understood how anxious Zhao Caiqing was, and helping her was a way to give some closure to the deceased foreman.

Just as he was about to enter the space to check on Xiao Rou and the Yin-Yang fruit, his phone rang again. It was Dai Gaole, who ran a bar at the seaside square.

Ye Feng's feelings towards this Brother Le were not particularly good, but they were not bad either. Although Dai Gaole had provoked him before, Ye Feng had given him a sufficient lesson, and they were even. Moreover, because of Wu Xinghua and Hao Jian, Dai Gaole had once stood on his side.

"What's up, Dai Gaole? Do you need something?"

"Ah, Brother Ye, I finally got in touch with you. I've been trying to call you, but your phone was always unreachable." Dai Gaole's voice sounded very anxious and urgent.

Ye Feng hummed in response, not explaining that his phone had been in his storage ring and thus unable to receive signals from outside.

"Brother Ye, I didn't want to trouble you, but I have no choice now. If you don't come to vouch for me, my bar will have to close."

Ye Feng found this sudden and asked, "What happened? Why do you need me to vouch for you?"

"Brother Ye, it's like this. Do you remember that night when you and Miss Wu drank at my bar? Two men with their bodyguards had a conflict with Miss Wu. Those two men fought like mad and left my bar in the early hours of the morning. I didn't think much of it, but today, a lot of people, including the police, came to my bar. They said those two men had gone missing, and they were not just ordinary people but wealthy and powerful figures. Their families, bodyguards, and company executives have reported the case to the police. The city bureau and the local police station have come to my bar, demanding that I close down and cooperate with the investigation. They said if anything happened to those two men, I would be a major suspect because they spent the night before their disappearance at my bar, and both sides' bodyguards can vouch for it. But I am truly innocent; I don't even know them."

Ye Feng understood what Dai Gaole meant. The two men he was talking about were Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan. They had suddenly gone missing, and their bodyguards and families had found Dai Gaole's bar and reported it to the police, even suspecting Dai Gaole.

This made Ye Feng very puzzled. From beginning to end, this had nothing to do with Dai Gaole. The real conflict was between Wu Xinghua and himself. If the police were to suspect anyone, they should first suspect Wu Xinghua and himself, as both sides' bodyguards had seen the entire conflict.

Could it be that Dai Gaole, the former gang leader, had a history of kidnapping and extortion, making him a suspect in the eyes of the police?

Ye Feng did not know the relationship between Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan and Liu Tianlong and Ghost Wolf, so he was also very puzzled and confused when he heard about their sudden disappearance.

Ye Feng then asked, "Dai Gaole, have you ever been involved in kidnapping or extortion?"

"No, Brother, I've done plenty of fighting and collecting protection fees, but I've never been involved in kidnapping or extortion. These people came to me in a very aggressive manner, and none of them are easy to deal with. Brother Ye, can you help me vouch for me to the police and their families, proving that I don't know these two men at all? I know your girlfriend might have a grudge against them, so when they came to me today, I didn't say anything about the conflict that night. I insisted that they just came to drink and that I didn't know who they met, what they said, or what they did. Fortunately, the VIP room and the outside were blind spots for the surveillance cameras. But the more I say this, the more they suspect me of being involved in their disappearance. Brother, I can't take it anymore. They will come again tomorrow, and I don't know how to face them. If they force me to close down, it won't be a big deal for me, but my brothers will lose their jobs and have nothing to eat."

Ye Feng was also very troubled by this. If he helped Dai Gaole vouch for him, although Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan's disappearance had nothing to do with him, he would inevitably be questioned and investigated by their families and the police. After the Liu Yong incident, Ye Feng was always a bit resistant to such things.

But if he didn't help, Dai Gaole would be in trouble. Regardless of how Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan ended up missing, they had indeed spent the night before their disappearance at his bar. Moreover, Dai Gaole had a criminal record, and his reputation in the seaside square area was not good. It was reasonable for their families and the police to suspect him. If he had to close down and be investigated because of this, it would be unfair. Besides, Dai Gaole had never mentioned him or Wu Xinghua during the investigation, which was quite commendable.

"Let's do this. Hang up first, and I'll think about it. I'll call you back later."

"Okay, Brother Ye. I'm counting on you to clear my name. I'll hang up now."

After ending the call, Ye Feng leaned back on the sofa in the living room, deep in thought.

Ye Feng absolutely did not want to deal with the police and Hao Jian's family, and he didn't even want Wu Xinghua to know about this. However, involving Dai Gaole in this went against his principles. Regardless of what kind of person Dai Gaole was, he and Wu Xinghua had indeed involved him in this. On the night he used his invisibility to pass through the wall, he had asked Dai Gaole and Dai Rao to take care of Wu Xinghua in the VIP room, and this was seen by Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan's bodyguards.

So, it was impossible for Dai Gaole to claim that he had never been to the VIP room and had never seen Hao Jian and the others.

After thinking for a long time, Ye Feng decided to use the old method. He would have Dai Gaole proactively meet with Hao Jian's family and bodyguards, with the police present. Then, he would use his invisibility and soul control techniques to help Dai Gaole clear his name.

Through the soul control technique, he could erase the recent memories of Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan's bodyguards and make their families voluntarily drop their suspicions and investigations against Dai Gaole.

By remaining invisible throughout, he could avoid dealing with the police again. Although this method would cost some of his value points, it was the best and most hassle-free way.

Besides, with his current value points in the tens of thousands, how much would the invisibility and soul control techniques cost?

With this in mind, Ye Feng immediately called Dai Gaole back and told him to proactively meet with the other party's family and bodyguards the next day, with the police present. He assured him that he would have a solution to resolve the issue once and for all.

Dai Gaole knew Ye Feng's abilities and trusted that he would not betray him. Moreover, at this point, he had no way to get out of this big trouble. When the police came to investigate, they asked him to confirm the conflict that night as described by the bodyguards. He claimed to know nothing about it and insisted that he did not know Ye Feng and Wu Xinghua. He felt that he had done the right thing, and if he offended Ye Feng again, the consequences would be even worse.

So, he readily agreed to Ye Feng's request.

What he did not know was that the police's true purpose in finding Dai Gaole was not to investigate Hao Jian and Zhao Chunnan's disappearance. That was just a pretext.

The real cause of this incident actually traced back to one person, and that person was none other than Lin Tianhuo's secret crush, Su Qing.

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**Note:** The last part of the text includes a promotional message for a new book, "Dark Journey to the West," which is not translated as it is not part of the main narrative.