"I understand..."

Excitement flashed in Hu Busan's eyes as he nodded.

His question was not to confirm the girl's relationship with Xu Fan but merely to know how Xu Fan would respond to such a situation.

Thankfully, he heard the answer he wanted.

Whoever offends my brother or sister shall be executed!

Xu Fan, you are indeed worthy of the position of Pavilion Master at Lingyan Pavilion!

After taking a deep breath, Hu Busan dialed Ke Bancheng's phone and, with a look of respect, passed the cell phone to Xu Fan after the call connected.

"Hello, who is this?"

On the other end of the line, Ke Bancheng was unaware of the caller's identity, his tone carrying a hint of confusion.

Listening to the familiar voice, Xu Fan replied with a faint smile, "Mr. Ke, I had thought that bit of money would teach you a lesson, but it seems I was wrong."

"The actions you are taking now, are you trying to tell me you've forgotten the pain once the scar has healed?"

"You..."

The sound of Xu Fan's voice instantly reminded Ke Bancheng of how the youth casually knocked six billion yuan out of his hand over dinner, and now he stammered, "Young man, I... I don't know what you're talking about..."

"Heh."

Right from the start, Xu Fan hadn't intended to get anything out of Ke Bancheng, and upon hearing his avoidance, Xu Fan said with an impassive face, "Ke Bancheng, I've always been a person who doesn't like to waste words with cowards. I'm giving you one minute to hand your phone to your wife."

Calling him a coward was already being polite. Always henpecked by his wife, Ke Bancheng felt his face flush as he listened to Xu Fan's indisputable tone.

Outside, he was a wealthy magnate, envied by all, and that admiration was what dulled the feeling of his humbleness at home.

Now, struck in a tender spot by Xu Fan, Ke Bancheng, without warning, exploded, "Mr. Xu, who do you think you are? Do you think you have the right to speak to me this way?"

"Why should I follow your orders?"

His voice near roaring, a mix of rage and wounded pride, Ke Bancheng's authoritative tone seemed as if it would burst through the receiver.

Xu Fan's mouth curved slightly, ignoring his questions.

"Ke Bancheng, in this world, there is a group of people known as desperadoes, do you really think there's anything I wouldn't dare do if I dare to kidnap your son?"

"Now you have half a minute left."

Concise and intimidating, the threat in Xu Fan's words was clear without close examination.

Indeed, Ke Bancheng never would have imagined such words could come from a youth of this age, and his back was instantly covered in cold sweat.

Indeed, when he had taken his son back to Shanghai from Jinling, he had spent a lot of money hiring additional bodyguards, but who could guarantee absolute security?

Between his masculine dignity and future peace, Ke Bancheng hesitated not a bit and chose the latter.

In his heart, he had always been weak; it wasn't worth throwing his life away over this.

And in his panic, he rushed over to Ana Dan.

"My... my wife, that kid's phone call..."

"Hmph."

The fear on Ke Bancheng's face only elicited disdain from Ana Dan.

She truly couldn't understand how she had ever fancied such a weak man...

Now that her godmother was already on her way to Jinling, coupled with the constraints of that Xia Family girl, what was there to fear from someone on the verge of death?

"Xu Fan, are you looking for Auntie for something?"

Bringing the phone to her ear, Ana smiled and started to deliberately disgust Xu Fan.

Their son had been kidnapped by this man, and she was seething with anger internally. Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west; clearly, it was now time for her to start taking revenge.

"Ana, where's the person?"

Not wanting to waste words on this woman, Xu Fan directly asked for the whereabouts of Xia Xiaodie.

"Hehehe, Xu Fan, are you talking about that Xia Family girl?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, if you think about it, it's not surprising. The girl is so charming, you definitely wouldn't want her to come to harm."

"Tell Auntie, your relationship with her, is it very good? After all, she was risking her life to gather information for you."

Ana's barrage of words was simply meant to make him angry and lose his ability to judge. Xu Fan closed his eyes briefly and said, "Ana, don't you think you talk too much?"

"..."

Provocation didn't seem to work on Xu Fan. Hearing his calm voice at this moment, Ana was startled for a bit before returning to normal.

"Hehe, fine, Xu Fan, then I won't waste words with you either."

"I told you before, the grudge between us, I, Ana, will definitely repay it tenfold!"

"You want to see that girl, don't you? Don't worry, someone will let you meet her, only, by then, she'll be coming for your life!"

Ana had clearly made up her mind long ago to have him pay with his life. Xu Fan pinched the corner of his eye and said indifferently, "Hmm, then you'd better make sure you don't leave me breathing."

Beep... Beep...

After speaking, Xu Fan directly hung up the phone. There was no reason to continue the pointless conversation with Ana.

"Master, do you think it's time to go to Shanghai now?"

After a while, Hu Busan, who was waiting at his side, respectfully inquired.

He felt it was almost time to declare war on the Ke Family.

"Not yet."

Xu Fan shook his head and said.

Although Ana hadn't revealed much information over the phone just now, he could still infer some things.

Xiaodie wasn't in Shanghai at the moment and was likely in the hands of Ana's godmother.

As for this godmother of Ana's, who hadn't disclosed even a hint of information, she must have already arrived in Jinling by now, looking to sever the head from his shoulders and avenge her external grandson.

The actions of the Ke Family had touched his Achilles heel, and one day, he would surely raze the Ke Family to the ground.

But for the moment, the most important thing was to rescue Xiaodie.

The Ke Family's rise in Shanghai was supported by Ana, and her godmother must have exerted a lot of effort in the background.

Given Ana's confidence in her godmother, this matter was probably not going to be easy to deal with.

"Hu Busan, later have the brothers help check for any suspicious individuals who have recently arrived in Jinling, female, about the age of..."

The enemy was hidden while he was exposed. It seemed the only path left for him was to strike after the enemy made a move.

Xu Fan took a deep breath and started making arrangements with Hu Busan, hoping to find and extract her from the shadows before she could make a move.

"Understood, Master. I will have everyone look into it."

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Hu Busan readily agreed.

"Hmm, go now, and immediately inform me once there's any news."

After giving the instructions, Xu Fan left the Jinling Hotel...

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