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"I've heard about it. I also know that the person's name is Chang Sifang, and he wasn't found by you; he turned himself in," Yi Xiaoyin sniffed dismissively. "Furthermore, I've heard that Chang Sifang is a subordinate of Chu Yao."

Yi Xiaoyin’s tone carried a trace of resentment, although she didn’t believe that Chu Yao would send someone to kill Ah Jiu. Nonetheless, she couldn't help but vent her frustration to Xia Tian.

"Wife Yi Yi, that's fake news. I just asked the guy and he said it was Cheng Zighao deliberately framing Wife Yao Yao. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the police station right now and ask him. As for me, I’m heading over to the Cheng family first to deal with this moron, Cheng Zighao," Xia Tian quickly interjected.

"I’ll be the one asking," Yi Xiaoyin sniffed before hanging up the call.

Xia Tian didn’t bother calling back. He stashed his phone and led Chu Yao and Gu Hanchuang swiftly toward the Cheng family residence.

In the heart of Jingcheng city, there is a unique-looking compound consisting of several standalone villas. If viewed as one entity, it turns out to be an enclosed quadrangle courtyard, but with a modern villa-style design.

This villa-styled quadrangle courtyard must have a considerable value. Owning such a property in this location isn't just about money; ordinary tycoons, even if they are worth billions, can't live here. It's evident that the owner of this villa has an extraordinary status.

In fact, this place belongs to the Cheng family. The Cheng family is now one of Jingcheng's four minor influential families and owns this large villa-styled quadrangle courtyard.

Several months ago, many minor influential families in Jingcheng envied or even resented the Cheng family because they believed that the Cheng family’s luck was too good. Back then, several other minor influential families were stronger than the Chengs, but after a reshuffle of power among major influential families in Jingcheng, these minor influential families fell behind the Chengs. This was due to the fact that during this round of reshuffling, the Cheng family reaped the greatest benefits.

After Li and Sun clans collapsed successively, there were numerous vacancies left in several key departments within Jingcheng city. Although Zhao, Qian, Song, and Yuan families grabbed the most important positions among those four major influential families, a number of relatively less crucial but still significant spots remained open. Of these openings, nearly half were secured by the Cheng family alone, while dozens of other clans divided up the rest. As a result, the strength of other influential families increased marginally whereas that of the Chengs saw an exponential rise, which naturally propelled them to become one of Jingcheng's four minor influential families.

Of course, many people in Jingcheng are aware that the good fortune of the Cheng family isn’t simply due to divine favor but because they have someone’s support—someone referred to as Mr. Yue by everyone, which is actually Yue Zhi Feng. In reality, the Cheng family is merely a vassal of Yue Zhi Feng.

However, these days, fewer and fewer people envy the Cheng family. In fact, everyone now regards the Cheng family as fools because they did something that seemed utterly foolish to them.

A few days ago, when news spread in the capital city that Xia Tian was seriously injured and almost became a cripple, causing him to be abandoned by all, countless people wanted to find trouble for Xia Tian or teach him a lesson. After all, this kid had made many people in the capital feel frustrated months ago.

Thinking about it is one thing; doing it is another. Although many people wished to teach Xia Tian a lesson, they only thought about it without taking action, as Xia Tian and them did not have any deep enmity. Moreover, teaching him a lesson would be very risky. Therefore, most of the people who wanted to teach Xia Tian a lesson ended up watching from the sidelines, waiting for others to take action.

Of course, everyone was happy to see Xia Tian being taught a lesson. If someone really did it, they usually cheered them on secretly rather than calling them foolish. However, teaching a lesson is one thing; how to do it is another. In their view, the Cheng family used the most foolish method.

Everyone felt that openly causing trouble for Xia Tian was not a wise choice and should be done covertly to minimize risks. These days, many people had indeed caused Xia Tian trouble and he had faced several assassination attempts. However, only two families in the major clans of the capital city openly challenged Xia Tian: one was the Yuan family and the other was the Cheng family. While both acted openly, people could understand the Yuan family's actions since they already had a grudge with Xia Tian, especially after Yuan Shicai was humiliated by Xia Tian, so it made sense for them to seek revenge publicly now. But everyone felt that the Cheng family must have lost their minds when they also openly challenged Xia Tian.

It's worth noting that prior to this, there had never been any conflict between the Cheng family and Xia Tian; if anything, Xia Tian had done them a favor by eliminating the Li and Sun families, paving the way for the Cheng family's current status.

No one expected the Cheng family to repay a favor, but unexpectedly, Cheng Hao from the Cheng family went out of his way to cause trouble for Xia Tian, simply because he disliked Xia Tian. As a result, he ended up hurting himself, making people feel that the members of the Cheng family were utterly incomprehensible. There were many people in Beijing who actually had grudges against Xia Tian but did nothing about it; however, the Cheng family, which had no real enmity with Xia Tian at all, went out to make a spectacle of themselves instead. This either meant they were sick or completely stupid—stupid to an extreme degree!

Especially in recent days, when people started hearing rumors that Xia Tian had only pretended to be injured from the beginning and there was no so-called betrayal by everyone around him; also, his relationship with the Zhao family and even the Song and Qian families remained close. Moreover, when they learned that the first goddess doctor of Beijing, Yi Xiaoyin, also maintained a close relationship with Xia Tian, people felt that the Cheng family had truly become hopelessly foolish.

Indeed, everyone thought that the Cheng family was now beyond redemption, especially after learning that Yi Xiaoyin’s maid, Ah Jiu, had been shot twice in her heart and that it was actually orchestrated by Cheng Zighao from behind the scenes. Everyone felt that the Cheng family was doomed. At this point, virtually all families with connections to the Cheng family started distancing themselves from them. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the Cheng family was surrounded on all sides, with everyone waiting for Xia Tian to eliminate the Cheng family just as he had done to the Li and Sun families. Some families were already considering how they could divide up the Cheng family's influence.

At this moment, Cheng Zighao’s mood within the Cheng family was also very bad; he began to sense an invisible hand pushing him and his entire family step by step into a bottomless abyss!

Now, the whole of Beijing—including within the Cheng family itself—believed that Ah Jiu being shot had been orchestrated by him. But only he knew the truth: although he really did harbor resentment towards Yi Xiaoyin and even wanted to shoot her twice, it wasn’t something he had done. He was well aware that, despite his anger at Yi Xiaoyin’s actions, she should be punished personally by Yue Zhi Feng if he truly intended to punish her; it wasn't for others to interfere.

To account for this situation to Yue Zhi Feng, he had no choice but to find someone to fake being the gunman and then eliminate that person so there would be no way to prove anything. He thought this matter was basically resolved, but he never expected today’s true culprit to surface on their own.

Although the killer claimed that the mastermind behind the crime was Chu Yao, another woman of Xia Tian, Zheng ZhiGao still did not feel schadenfreude because this meant that he had deceived Ye Zhifeng before.

Just as Zheng ZhiGao was thinking about how to explain things to Ye Zhifeng, his phone suddenly rang. He picked up the phone and hurriedly answered it: "Mr. Ye, you're calling me..."

"I just got news that the killer has confessed; he said that the person who ordered him to kill Ah Jiǔ was you—you made him frame Chu Yao!" The tone in Ye Zhifeng's voice was clearly angry.

"Mr. Ye, it really wasn't me! Listen to my explanation…" Zheng ZhiGao quickly said.

"You should go explain things to Xia Tian instead; he has already gone to your house!" With a cold snort, Ye Zhifeng hung up the phone.

Instantly, Zheng ZhiGao's face turned ashen. He sat down dejectedly, his mind in chaos. Was the end of the Zheng family really going to arrive so soon

"No, no, this can't happen..." Cheng ZhiGao quickly calmed down. He took out his phone and was about to call for help; he couldn’t let the Cheng family meet the same fate as the Li and Sun families.

But at that moment, a voice came from outside: "You fools of the Cheng family, get out here now! Otherwise, I’ll tear down your house and bury you all alive!"

Cheng ZhiGao still dialed the number: "Dad, Xia Tian has come. You need to find a way quickly or we’re done for!"

After making this call, Cheng ZhiGao didn’t hesitate and rushed out of the room because he knew that Xia Tian was serious; if he didn't go outside, Xia Tian would really tear down their house just as he did with the Li family's house. He didn’t want to be buried alive like that.

Stepping out of the room into the courtyard, Cheng ZhiGao immediately saw Xia Tian and also noticed Chu Yao next to him, along with an extremely beautiful Taoist nun whom he didn't recognize.

"Xia Tian, killing Ah Jiu has nothing to do with me!" At this moment, Cheng ZhiGao was somewhat smart; he didn’t waste any words but directly addressed the main issue because he knew that if he chattered on uselessly, he might not even have a chance to speak about what was important as he could be dead before he could say anything.d wasn’t close to Jiang Zhenkun, but she felt that helping him out a little was nothing much, considering they were both from the same school."Thank you, Miss Shu." Jiang Zhenkun hesitated for a momen...