“Thank you, Director Xie.”
Lu Yuansen’s tone was displeased; he had already learned of Xu Xincheng’s fall and was furious about it.
“The murderer has been caught,” Xie Chou reported as if to his superior. “His name is Lu Pan. Master Lu should be familiar with him.”
Upon hearing this, two sharp glints flashed in Lu Yuansen’s eyes. “What did you say? His name is Lu Pan? Which Lu Pan?”
“The one who injured Young Master Lu,” Xie Chou replied truthfully.
“Director Xie, keep a close eye on him for me. I’ll be there immediately!” Lu Yuansen hung up the phone after saying this.
For the past two days, Lu Yuansen had been sending people to search for Lu Pan.
However, he seemed to have vanished; there was no trace of him in any of Qingcheng’s hotels.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yuansen’s eyes were filled with killing intent.
He concealed his killing intent, quickly went downstairs, and headed to the West Sea District Police Station.
Soon, Lu Yuansen arrived at the police station.
Xie Chou greeted him with a fawning expression. “Master Lu, you’ve arrived.”
“Where is he?” Lu Yuansen asked impatiently.
“In the interrogation room. Follow me.” Xie Chou led the way.
Lu Pan sat on a chair in the interrogation room, eyes closed, meditating. Only when he heard footsteps did he slowly open his eyes and look at Lu Yuansen, who appeared at the doorway.
“Get out!”
Lu Yuansen ordered Xie Chou and the others, as if he were the director of the station.
Xie Chou exchanged a look, and everyone left the interrogation room.
“A’pan, is it really you?”
Lu Yuansen’s voice was somewhat emotional as he looked at the defiant Lu Pan in the interrogation room.
A faint smile curled at the corner of Lu Pan’s lips. “Lu Yuansen, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
“A’pan, what do you mean by this?” Lu Yuansen feigned ignorance. “I’m your uncle. Don’t you recognize me? When you were little, Uncle often…”
“Lu Yuansen, stop acting!” Lu Pan looked at the benevolent-looking Lu Yuansen with sarcasm. “Don’t you just want to get what Grandpa left behind?”
Upon hearing this, the smile and affection on Lu Yuansen’s face vanished instantly, as if he had changed faces.
He focused his gaze on Lu Pan, their eyes meeting, and his voice turned cold. “You do know!”
“Of course,” Lu Pan replied, lightly spinning the ring on his left middle finger. “Do you want it?”
Lu Yuansen frowned and said earnestly, “A’pan, as long as you hand over that item Grandpa left years ago, Uncle will ensure your safety. You will still be the young master of the Lu family. How about it?”
Lu Yuansen was tempting Lu Pan. In his opinion, Lu Pan had only learned some powerful martial arts and had no strong background.
As long as Lu Pan handed over what Grandpa left behind, he would have plenty of ways to deal with him then.
“Lu Yuansen, do you take me for a three-year-old child, or are you brainless yourself?” Beneath Lu Pan’s smile was endless coldness.
“If you want what Grandpa left behind, it’s simple!” Lu Pan slowly retracted his smile, gazing at Lu Yuansen, whom he hated to the bone. “Explain the accident back then in detail, and then kneel at my parents’ grave and repent for three years!!”
As Lu Pan became enraged, the temperature in the not-so-large interrogation room plummeted.
Lu Yuansen shivered. He hadn't expected Lu Pan’s martial arts cultivation to be so high.
“A’pan, I don’t understand what you’re talking about! That fire back then was just an accident. The police station has already closed the case. All the files, you can…”
“Heh.” Lu Pan let out a series of cold laughs. “The police station has closed the case? Lu Yuansen, if people didn’t know better, they’d think you were the director here. You’re telling me the police station has closed the case? You’re fooling yourself with such nonsense!”
Lu Yuansen’s expression was unpredictable. Lu Pan was more troublesome than he had imagined.
“A’pan, I know you won’t listen to anything I say now,” Lu Yuansen continued to appeal to their family ties. “But an accident is an accident. We are blood relatives after all. How could Uncle possibly harm you!”
“For years, I have been repenting and living in self-blame!” Lu Yuansen put on a sorrowful expression. “That night, if I had drunk less with my second brother, with my second brother and sister-in-law’s strength, they wouldn’t have been trapped by that fire!”
“Let alone have their remains completely lost!”
Lu Yuansen’s voice trembled slightly.
“Enough!” Lu Pan couldn’t listen anymore and interrupted Lu Yuansen sternly.
Over the years, he had sent people to investigate countless times. In the fire back then, his parents’ remains were completely lost. Only a jade pendant from his father was found in the ruins.
“Lu Yuansen, your acting is so good, it’s a shame you’re not an actor!”
Lu Pan’s voice was a little hoarse. If it weren’t for the lack of conclusive evidence, he would have killed Lu Yuansen immediately.
“I will get to the bottom of what happened back then. I will make everyone kneel at my parents’ grave and repent!!”
Lu Yuansen felt the intense killing intent from Lu Pan, his face looking extremely unpleasant.
“A’pan, just be cooperative, and Uncle will take you out. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise what?” Lu Pan smiled again.
Lu Yuansen stood up and said coldly, “Otherwise, you can stay here and reflect properly. When you’ve figured things out, I’ll take you out!”
“Scram!”
Lu Pan’s roar was like a divine thunder from the heavens, startling Lu Yuansen, who took three steps back before stabilizing himself.
Lu Yuansen was shocked. Lu Pan’s roar possibly contained the strength of a peak internal force practitioner.
“Then you can stay here and reflect properly!”
Lu Yuansen waved his hand and left the interrogation room.
Outside the door.
Xie Chou, who was smoking, quickly extinguished his cigarette and greeted Lu Yuansen. “Master Lu, do you want me to use some methods to make this kid loosen up?”
He had heard most of the conversation between Lu Yuansen and Lu Pan.
Lu Yuansen’s expression was gloomy, and he nodded silently.
——
On the other side.
Yun Chuxue came to the Nalan family to save Lu Pan.
The only person she could think of was Nalan Wuye, who had feelings for her.
Although Yun Chuxue didn’t know how to face him, she had no choice but to try when she was at her wit’s end.
Nalan Cang, who had been unconscious for a long time, had recently taken the medicine brought back by Nalan Mingyue.
Soon, under the anxious gaze of the entire clan, Nalan Cang woke up.
The Nalan family members were overjoyed, and Nalan Mingyue’s eyes turned red.
Just as the Nalan family was immersed in joy, a servant came to report that Yun Chuxue was outside the gate asking to see Nalan Wuye.
“Didn’t she follow that Lu Pan? Why is she looking for me?!” Nalan Wuye’s tone was sour.
Despite his words, he still went to the gate and saw Yun Chuxue.
Nalan Wuye saw Yun Chuxue’s swollen eyes and exhausted appearance, and his heart softened. “Chuxue, you and I no longer have any relationship. Why are you still looking for me?”
“Wuye, please save Lu Pan. He killed someone and was taken away by the police.”
Yun Chuxue, as if having exhausted all her dignity, begged Nalan Wuye. “I know I’ve failed your affections, but right now, only you can save him. Please…”
Nalan Wuye opened his mouth, surprised that Yun Chuxue had come to ask him to save her love rival.
What did Yun Chuxue take him for? A fool or a sycophant?
“I’m sorry, I can’t help you!” Nalan Wuye’s heart ached.
With that, Nalan Wuye turned and left.
Yun Chuxue stood at the doorway, lost and dejected, her legs feeling as heavy as lead.
“You just said Lu Pan killed someone and was taken away by the police?”
Nalan Mingyue appeared at the doorway, asking the dazed Yun Chuxue.
Yun Chuxue came back to her senses, somewhat desperate. “Miss Nalan… Miss, can you help him?”
Nalan Mingyue glanced at the yellowed marriage certificate she had just obtained from her grandfather, then nodded.
“Yanzi, go to the police station!”