Chapter 55

As the night deepened, a new Audi A6L, not particularly eye-catching in Hanghu, drove along the main road. Inside the car, Ye Fan's expression was calm, as if he had just slaughtered a chicken rather than killed a person.

However... behind that calm, there was a cold and murderous intent!

Because he judged that He Fenghua would not let the matter rest, Ye Fan returned to the company at noon and carefully investigated the He family's situation, devising a plan to bring down the He family. However, before he could implement it, he encountered He Fenghua's retaliation!

In such a situation, he felt that if he did not quickly give the He family a big surprise, he would be letting He Fenghua off too easily!

Half an hour later, Ye Fan parked the car three kilometers away from Zijin Garden and walked there.

Zijin Garden.

This was the He family's stronghold. Except for He Li, who lived in the municipal compound, all other members of the He family basically resided in the Zijin Garden wealthy district. Among them, He Fenghua, as the successor of the He family, owned his own villa.

About twenty minutes later, Ye Fan secretly infiltrated Zijin Garden, wandering like a ghost and discovering that among the several villas belonging to the He family, only He Fenghua's villa was pitch black, while the others were lit up.

After thoroughly investigating the situation, Ye Fan approached He Fenghua's villa. Taking advantage of the moment when two of the He family's bodyguards were lighting cigarettes, he stealthily entered the villa and quickly found the safe hidden in the wall.

Generally speaking, having a safe at home means that even if thieves break in, it's not a big deal.

The premise is that the thieves are just ordinary burglars, not members of the "Thief Sect" — for members of the Thief Sect, it's not just ordinary safes they can break into, but even some secret bases.

Although Ye Fan was not a member of the Thief Sect, he had learned some of their skills from Chu Xuanji, making opening a safe as easy as drinking cold water.

"Click—"

A minute later, with a crisp sound, the safe was opened by Ye Fan.

Under the light, Ye Fan could clearly see that the safe was divided into three layers. The first layer contained cash, foreign currency, and bank cards. The second layer held some small jade antiques, and the third layer had only a black notebook.

Without hesitation, Ye Fan grabbed the black notebook.

After a month of secular life, Ye Fan had basically figured out the various rules of the secular world and knew that businessmen who used underhanded means to amass wealth would record their gift-giving and bribery activities.

This was done, on the one hand, to keep track of things, and on the other hand, to intimidate those who took the gifts but did not do their part. More importantly, it served as a lifeline — in times of crisis, businessmen could use these things to force their protectors to spare no effort to save them, or else everyone would go down together.

This was what was known as a community of interests, like ants on the same rope.

Tonight, Ye Fan came to Zijin Garden to obtain this evidence and use the rules of the official and business world to bring down the He family's commercial empire!

Hmm?

Opening the notebook, Ye Fan's pupils instantly dilated when he saw the content — this notebook was not just He Fenghua's personal record, but the He family's records over the years!

The earlier entries were written by the head of the He family, He Fenghua's father, He Rui, while the entries from the past year were all written by He Fenghua.

A year ago, after He Fenghua won Han Jing's heart, he spent great effort to buy a pair of rare porcelain vases for 200 million yuan and gave them to the second-in-command of Jiangnan, Han Guodong, earning his recognition and being designated as the undisputed successor of the He family!

Since then, the He family had chosen He Fenghua to handle these gift-giving and bribery activities — even if the recipients did not give the He family face, they would give Han Guodong face!

"Will this big surprise satisfy the He family?"

Ye Fan slowly closed the notebook, thinking to himself, but did not touch anything else in the safe. Instead, he closed the safe and left the villa like a ghost.

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Jiuxi Rose Garden, Su Family Villa No. 2.

Su Yuxin had not yet gone to sleep and was not working in the study as usual. Instead, she was sitting on the sofa in the living room, a rare occurrence.

The TV was showing the latest soap opera, but Su Yuxin had no interest in watching it. Instead, she kept glancing at the villa's entrance and the Vacheron Constantin on her wrist.

"Yuxin, it's very late, go to bed," Su Mother said, having already turned off the TV.

"Mom, you go to bed first. I'll sleep later," Su Yuxin replied absentmindedly.

Su Mother sighed, "Are you waiting for Doctor Ye?"

"Um."

Su Yuxin nodded subconsciously, then felt it was inappropriate and quickly explained nervously, "Doctor Ye is treating me today..."

"Yuxin, if you're worried about him, you can call and ask," Su Mother hesitated for a moment, then interrupted Su Yuxin with a bitter smile.

"Uh..."

Hearing Su Mother's words, Su Yuxin felt as if her secret had been exposed, her mouth slightly open, and she was at a loss for words.

Originally, she had heard from Su Jindi and Fubo that Ye Fan was a martial arts expert, but she did not know how strong he was.

And based on her understanding of He Fenghua, he would definitely seek revenge on Ye Fan!

After all, unlike her, He Fenghua did not know that Ye Fan had Chu Ji as a backer!

In such a situation, how could she not be worried with Ye Fan not returning?

Because of her worry, she kept looking at the entrance and her watch, and had tried to call Ye Fan more than once, but her personality prevented her from mustering the courage.

"Yuxin, sometimes it's normal for girls to take the initiative."

As the saying goes, no one knows a child better than a parent, and as Su Yuxin's mother, Su Mother knew her daughter's thoughts well.

"Mom..."

Perhaps not expecting Su Mother to say this, Su Yuxin was stunned for a moment, then blushed and was about to say something when she heard a car outside.

This discovery made Su Yuxin's face light up, and she involuntarily stood up, but quickly sat down again.

Seeing Su Yuxin's hesitant expression, Su Mother could not help but smile bitterly but did not say much, deciding to give Ye Fan and Su Yuxin some private space.

"Doctor Ye, you're back."

As soon as Su Mother went upstairs, Ye Fan entered the living room, and Su Yuxin immediately stood up from the sofa, greeting him with a smile, like a wife waiting for her husband.

"Um." Ye Fan nodded, "It's so late, why aren't you sleeping?"

"Can't sleep..."

Su Yuxin replied, then noticed the bloodstain on Ye Fan's sleeve, her face changing as she hurriedly approached, grabbing his sleeve with concern, "Doctor Ye, what happened? Why is there blood on your sleeve? Did that bastard He Fenghua send people to retaliate against you?"

"No."

Hearing Su Yuxin's concerned words and seeing her anxious and worried expression, Ye Fan felt a warm feeling in his heart and instinctively did not want to worry her.

"Then why is there blood on your sleeve?" Su Yuxin still held onto Ye Fan's sleeve, her concern not diminishing, "You can't lie to me!"

"It's too hot, and I had a nosebleed on the way back."

Ye Fan fabricated a lie, his gaze lingering on Su Yuxin's worried and beautiful face, seemingly enjoying the feeling of being cared for.

"Phew..."

Trusting Ye Fan, Su Yuxin did not doubt his words and let out a long breath. Then, realizing she was still holding his sleeve and that Ye Fan was smiling at her, she panicked, let go, and took a step back, not daring to look at him.

"You haven't fully recovered, so you shouldn't stay up late. You need to rest early," Ye Fan said, noticing Su Yuxin's embarrassment and deliberately changing the subject.

"I know."

Su Yuxin nodded and involuntarily revealed her true feelings, "I was going to sleep, but you didn't come back for a long time, and I thought He Fenghua might have sent people to retaliate against you, so I was a bit worried..."

"Don't worry, in a few days, He Fenghua will be in jail," Ye Fan said confidently.

In jail?!

Su Yuxin was stunned.

At noon, she had tried to use legal means to punish He Fenghua, but he had been unafraid and even thought she was overreacting and extremely foolish!

Now, Ye Fan was confidently saying that He Fenghua would be in jail...

Could it be that Doctor Ye was going to use his connections to take action against He Fenghua?

After a brief moment of shock, Su Yuxin asked herself.

"I obtained evidence of the He family's bribery of officials over the years."

Seeing Su Yuxin's puzzled expression, Ye Fan explained, "If I give this to your grandfather, with his methods, he should be able to bring down the He family."

"W-What?!"

Hearing Ye Fan's shocking words, Su Yuxin was stunned on the spot!

Although all official coordination matters for the Su family were handled by Su Hongyuan, and Su Yuxin was still a novice in the dark struggles of the official and business world, she knew that both the He family and the Su family, as well as other commercial families, would pay tribute to officials.

One could say that although this was common knowledge, the evidence was the most precious secret of the major families, and if it leaked, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Now, Ye Fan had obtained the evidence of the He family's tribute to officials...

This was like cutting off the root, controlling the He family's lifeline!

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