"Hm?"

Upon hearing Qin Mengyue's words, Xu Fan instinctively looked over at her.

"You're saying, who?"

Having set the parcel down, Xu Fan asked.

Qin Mengyue shrugged her shoulders and said, "These past few days, I caught a few car thieves. They work as a team, and I suspect that it must be one of their members who hasn't been caught yet, wanting to take revenge on me."

"…"

After hearing Qin Mengyue's explanation, Xu Fan was somewhat amused yet frustrated.

"Qin Mengyue, you're overthinking it. What's inside this isn't something that can be caught in Jinling,"

As a medical practitioner, one learns not just about healing people. Xu Fan was familiar with the poisonous substance sent in the parcel.

Most of these poisons were found mainly in the Sichuan and Shu regions, and were rare in Jinling; even if they were present, the riff-raff Qin Mengyue spoke of certainly didn't have the capability to handle them.

Let alone gather an entire parcel of such deadly insects.

"Then... maybe they bought it through other channels."

Qin Mengyue retorted a bit defiantly at this, upon which Xu Fan patted her shoulder and said, "Alright now, be good, don't argue with me."

"Little Yueyue, think about it. With your King's Dominance Aura, which blind fool would dare to provoke you?"

"Leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry about it."

After saying this, Xu Fan took the parcel and headed straight for the front door.

Qin Mengyue furrowed her brow and pondered over the conversation, then suddenly started hopping madly and cursing.

"How dare you Xu Fan, calling me a savage!"

…

After leaving his house, Xu Fan, holding the parcel, headed directly to the supermarket downstairs run by Sister Lan.

The parcel could almost certainly be said to have been delivered intentionally to his doorstep, and the sender was most likely related to him somehow.

Anadan, he now remembered, was a name that likely belonged to the Miaojiang region.

So, this welcome gift probably came from the hands of Auntie Anadan.

"Xu Fan, what is this?"

Xiao Lan was sitting at the supermarket's cashier counter and, seeing Xu Fan come over with a package, she couldn't help but be curious.

"A welcome gift from Ke Longxiang's honorary grandmother."

Xu Fan put the parcel on the counter and said, "Sister Lan, check the surveillance at the door for me. This package should have been delivered by someone from the Ke Family."

To leave a parcel at his doorstep, one had to pass by the supermarket's surveillance camera, and Xu Fan wanted to check whether he could find any clues in the earlier surveillance footage.

"Okay, I'll order it right now."

Xiao Lan had just come back to the supermarket from outside and wasn't too familiar with the situation. With no room for error, she immediately instructed a staff member to pull up the previous footage.

"Xu Fan, it's ready, have a look."

Soon, Xiao Lan had the staff display the surveillance footage, and Xu Fan sat in front of the computer, hitting fast forward and watching intently.

Watching the continuous footage, he didn't discover anyone with a parcel going upstairs; most of them were residents living nearby.

"Hmm? Strange, this old lady seems unfamiliar..."

Xiao Lan stood by Xu Fan's side and furrowed her brows as she saw an old lady with a hunched back going upstairs.

For the nearby residents, Xiao Lan had almost always seen them before, especially ones with such obvious characteristics, who she should be very familiar with.

However, she had no recollection of the old lady in the surveillance footage.

Adding this building, which is a stair-access block with no elevator, the surveillance footage shows this elderly woman, who appears quite old and shouldn't have been living here.

"Xu Fan, do you also think there's something off about her? But..."

As Xu Fan was controlling the progress bar, repeatedly playing the segment where the elderly lady was climbing the stairs, Xiao Lan couldn't help but ask.

She indeed felt the woman was suspicious, but the woman didn't carry any package on her.

"Heh, as expected of someone with such boldness and skill."

Pressing pause, Xu Fan had more or less confirmed his own thoughts.

Pointing at the elderly lady in the surveillance video, Xu Fan said, "Sister Lan, look at her legs; they're trembling quite severely, nearly flawless."

"However, to such an extent, how could she possibly climb up the stairs?"

In the video, the elderly lady's legs were severely unsteady, but she entered the staircase without any pause for rest, which was indeed suspicious.

"Furthermore, if an old person is hunched over all year round, their center of gravity when walking should be on the front foot—it's quite difficult to fake that, but she..."

Watching as Xu Fan pointed out details in the video frame by frame, carefully analyzing them with her, Xiao Lan cracked a smile.

This guy, perhaps he's a bit too meticulous...

"Heh, after all, I've often watched someone pretending to be old and tired."

Compared to harmless old folks putting on an act of frailty, the performance of the woman in the surveillance footage needed improvement.

Pointing at the elderly lady's hunchback, Xu Fan said, "If I'm not mistaken, she must have hidden the package inside here."

Xiao Lan nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked, "What's inside?"

By this time, even she didn't know what was inside. Xiao Lan was very curious about what Ke Longxiang's supposedly kind old lady had sent to Xu Fan.

"Nothing much, just a bunch of poisonous insects."

"..."

Hearing Xu Fan's explanation, Xiao Lan instantly got goosebumps. Then, distancing herself a bit from the package, she asked, "So, what's your plan now?"

She had just glanced at the package brought by Xu Fan, and there wasn't much useful information on it.

Shrugging his shoulders, Xu Fan said, "I'll follow this address she gave me and check it out, what else can I do?"

"This..."

Xiao Lan shook her head and said, "Xu Fan, let someone else check out the situation first."

Xiao Lan directly rejected Xu Fan's approach. The address, clearly, was information deliberately leaked by the other party.

Probably, what was waiting for him there was just a trap.

Going rashly could be exceptionally risky.

Drawing a breath, Xu Fan said with a wry smile, "Sister Lan, it's no use, I have to go there myself."

"Xiao Die is in her hands. Given the current situation, I can only play along with her game."

Most likely, this old lady was Anadan's godmother. With Xiao Die currently in the clutches of this old woman, he had no choice but to seize her back.

Even if it meant entering a dragon pool and tiger's den, he had to take the risk.

Handing the package to Xiao Lan, Xu Fan then asked, "Sister Lan, do you know where this address is?"

Stepping forward, Xiao Lan took a look and said with a frown, "This place is quite far from the city…"

The address was for a place called Dongling Village, which is one of the few underdeveloped, remote villages near Jinling. Thinking carefully, Xiao Lan realized that even by car, it would be at least a three-hour drive.

"Okay, I got it. I'll go there now to see what kind of feast they have prepared for me."

Having located the address on his phone, Xu Fan took a deep breath, steadied himself, and prepared to set off...

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