With the deaths of Yamamoto Kuroda and Oka Kenji, this exchange meeting had come to an end.
Oka Kenji had killed some participants from various factions and severely injured others. Even if they had wanted to continue the exchange meeting, they wouldn't have been able to.
Qin Yi didn't linger at the scene and left soon after.
Because he had killed two people, many onlookers' gazes turned intensely toward him. He couldn't stand it, so he left and returned to the hotel.
Jiang Xiong Ba and members of other factions, after handling the aftermath, rushed back to find Qin Yi.
"Mr. Qin, Wu Dao Zi from Zhongnan Mountain, Zhu Ge Tian Ji from the Zhu Ge family... they all want to see you. Do you want to..."
Before Jiang Xiong Ba could finish, Qin Yi waved his hand and refused, "Forget it, I won't see them!"
He knew the purpose behind these people wanting to meet him.
It was no more than seeing that he could effortlessly kill even experts like Yamamoto Kuroda and Oka Kenji, thinking he was powerful and wanting to curry favor with him!
Just like Jiang Xiong Ba back then.
However, with so many people requesting an audience this time, Qin Yi couldn't be bothered. He didn't have the energy!
"Alright, I'll turn them all away for you, Mr. Qin!"
Jiang Xiong Ba turned and left the room, rejecting everyone who wished to see Qin Yi.
In the afternoon, Jiang Hong Xin drove Qin Yi and Jiang Xiong Ba away from Yuan Yi Town.
Jiang Hong Xin first sent Qin Yi back to Hai Cheng, then returned to the provincial capital with Jiang Xiong Ba.
Upon parting, Jiang Xiong Ba repeatedly told Qin Yi that the Jiang family would follow Qin Yi's lead from now on. If Qin Yi ever needed anything, he only had to ask, and the Jiang family would go through fire and water to fulfill his request.
Qin Yi returned home without calling Zheng Shu Fen beforehand, planning to surprise her.
However, unexpectedly, as Qin Yi entered the villa after returning to the residential area, he saw Zheng Shu Fen arguing with a man and a woman inside.
The man and woman were both around fifty years old, dressed expensively, and well-maintained. At their age, they looked like they were in their forties.
"Get out, you two, get out of here..."
Zheng Shu Fen's face turned red, and she tried to push them away. She even reached out to push the woman.
However, due to Zheng Shu Fen's lack of strength, she couldn't move her.
The woman pushed Zheng Shu Fen back, causing her to stagger several steps backward. She was about to fall onto the ground.
Qin Yi rushed forward and caught her, preventing her from falling.
"Xiao Yi!" Zheng Shu Fen was surprised to see Qin Yi. "Weren't you out with Xiao Xin? Why are you back so soon?"
Qin Yi didn't answer. He looked at the man and woman before him, especially the woman who had almost pushed Zheng Shu Fen down. His gaze involuntarily turned somber.
"Mom, who are they?"
Before Zheng Shu Fen could answer, the woman stepped closer and said, "Oh, you must be Qin Yi! The last time I saw you, you were this small..."
She spread her hands, gesturing a height, and continued, "Now you've grown so big, truly a distinguished young man!"
"???"
Qin Yi frowned, completely perplexed.
He looked at the two of them more closely and confirmed that they were strangers. He had no memory of them and they weren't their family relatives, which made him even more confused.
Then, the man said to Zheng Shu Fen, "Sister Shu Fen, since Qin Yi is back, we won't disturb you and your son any longer. Please think carefully about our previous request!"
"If you really refuse, then we'll have to find our daughter!"
"Yong Fei, let's go!"
With that, the man pulled the woman away.
Zheng Shu Fen stood rooted to the spot, her expression as furious as it could be, almost solidifying.
Qin Yi watched them leave the door, then turned his gaze back to Zheng Shu Fen and asked, "Mom, who exactly are they? What did they mean by what they just said?"
Zheng Shu Fen didn't answer immediately. With a complicated expression, she walked to the sofa and sat down.
Qin Yi followed and sat beside her, watching her and waiting for her reply.
After a few minutes of silence, Zheng Shu Fen finally sighed and said, "Alas, I never intended to tell you about this. But I didn't expect Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei to be so shameless. If I don't tell you, they will surely tell you in the end!"
Clearly, Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei must be the names of the man and woman from earlier.
"Xiao Yi..." Zheng Shu Fen suddenly turned to him, grabbing his arms with both hands, and said with a complex expression, "Actually, Xiao Lei is not your biological sister!"
"What?"
Qin Yi felt a thunderclap in his head, as if he had been struck by lightning.
Zheng Shu Fen ignored his reaction and continued, "Xiao Lei's biological parents are those two people from just now!"
"Back then, Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei abandoned the infant Xiao Lei in a garbage dump. I found her and brought her home!"
"Later, they found out that I had found and adopted Xiao Lei. They clearly promised me they would never appear again and disturb us. Yet now they've gone back on their word, and they're using Xiao Lei to blackmail me. They, they are truly shameless..."
Towards the end, Zheng Shu Fen became increasingly emotional, her face flushing red.
Qin Yi had never expected that Qin Lei was actually found and adopted by Zheng Shu Fen.
Immediately, he pressed further, "Mom, why didn't Xiao Lei's biological parents want her?"
Earlier, Qin Yi had seen that Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei were both well-dressed, suggesting they came from decent families. It wasn't possible that they abandoned Qin Lei simply because they couldn't afford to raise her, was it?
Hearing this question, Zheng Shu Fen became even angrier, grinding her teeth and saying, "Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei are patriarchal. They didn't want her because they thought Xiao Lei was a girl!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yi's anger involuntarily surged.
Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei, as Qin Lei's biological parents, had cruelly abandoned her simply because she was a girl.
And they had abandoned her in a place like a garbage dump. If Zheng Shu Fen hadn't found her back then, Qin Lei would have surely died!
Even a beast wouldn't harm its young, yet Wei Teng and Li Yong Fei could be so cruel to their own flesh and blood...
Qin Yi clenched his fists tightly!
At this moment, he deeply regretted letting the two of them leave just now. If he had known this was the situation, he would never have let them go!
Qin Yi suppressed his inner anger and asked again, "Mom, you said they are using Xiao Lei's identity to blackmail you, what's going on?"
This time, Zheng Shu Fen remained silent for a few seconds before replying, "They came to my door today and demanded ten million from me! They said if I don't give it to them, they will tell Xiao Lei her true identity and take her away!"