His tone was a bit serious, and after being questioned by him, the film empress's tears began to fall like broken strings.
"Daddy is so fierce. Ever since Aunt Gong came home, Daddy doesn't like me anymore. Daddy is always fierce with me."
"Does Daddy not want me anymore? Daddy wants to be with Aunt Gong, Daddy doesn't want me and Mommy anymore!"
Already in a bad mood, hearing his daughter sobbing like this only made Zhan Beijue more agitated.
"Stop crying. I never said I didn't want you, and I never will. It's that damned Jiang Nanfang who doesn't want you!"
He thought that saying this would elicit a strong reaction from Ge'er, and today he would finally reveal Jiang Nanfang's true colors to her.
However, after he finished speaking, Ge'er shook her head firmly.
"Impossible. Mommy loves me and my brother very much, she wouldn't abandon me."
"Did you argue with her again? Did you misunderstand her again? You always misunderstand Mommy!"
"What do you mean I always misunderstand her? It's clearly her own..."
Zhan Beijue suddenly remembered the strange account from yesterday.
Jiang Nanfang was being monitored, otherwise, there wouldn't be evidence of her being with Xu Yanchuan.
Everything was just right, and he happened to witness it. Could there really be a misunderstanding?
He took out his phone and called A Zhong, "Did you find that number from yesterday?"
A Zhong replied, "I've already found it. But the number was likely resold by a second-hand dealer, so it's meaningless."
"What do you mean?"
"The number is registered under an old man named Liu Shuanggen. I've already visited him overnight, and this person passed away just two months ago..."
Useless.
After following him for so many years, he couldn't even accurately trace a single number.
Zhan Beijue said angrily, "No matter what method you use, you must find the person behind this. You have one more day!"
The call ended. Seeing his daughter's beautiful eyes red and swollen from crying, her small mouth still quivering.
He suddenly remembered Jiang Nanfang's identical face.
"Since you want to see her so badly, I'll take you to see her."
"But I'll remind both of you in advance. Your mommy is not a good person. If you see anything unpleasant, don't be sad. It's enough that Daddy will always be with you."
Zhou Jinxiu received Jiang Nanfang's distress call before he had even woken up.
He rushed to the police station without delay, only to find Xu Yanchuan and his mother also there.
The four of them exited the station one after another. At the entrance, on the wide road, Zhou Jinxiu's and Mrs. Xu's luxury cars were parked one behind the other.
Mrs. Xu was scolding Xu Yanchuan as she walked towards her car.
"Disgraceful! Wait until your father gets home and breaks your dog legs!"
"You've been back for so long, but you don't even come home, always messing around outside! And now..."
"Who is that woman? Is it her? Shameless! She'll do anything to marry into our Xu family! She actually dared to mess up your records, I'll go tear her ugly face apart!"
Saying that, Mrs. Xu quickened her pace and called out to Jiang Nanfang.
"Hey, that woman, stop!"
Xu Yanchuan quickly went to pull her back.
"I've already said it's a misunderstanding. Don't you understand? I was drunk last night and someone set me up. It has nothing to do with her. Mom, don't talk nonsense."
"You're still protecting her after all this? I want to see how beautiful and capable she is to be worth you acting like this! Get up!"
Hearing the argument behind them, Jiang Nanfang and Zhou Jinxiu instinctively stopped.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she turned around, a slapping hand, accompanied by the wind, landed on her face.
Mrs. Xu used all her strength, and Jiang Nanfang staggered from the blow.
"I thought she was some beauty that could topple kingdoms, but it turns out she's nothing special!"
"Look at you, you have neither elegance nor a good figure! Do you think you can seduce my son with this? Do you think our Xu family's door is that easy to enter!"
Jiang Nanfang didn't understand how things had escalated to this point.
From last night until now, she had to explain to Zhan Beijue first, then to the staff, and now to Mrs. Xu, and later to Zhou Jinxiu.
What on earth was going on? She had become a villain indebted to everyone!
Her ears were ringing from the slap, and Jiang Nanfang no longer had the energy to be angry.
She was emotionally and physically exhausted, and her eyes looked at Xu Yanchuan faintly, "Is this your mother?"
Xu Yanchuan rushed forward and pulled his mother away forcefully, then ran to her to apologize.
"I don't know how things turned out this way. My mother misunderstood. I'm sorry, she didn't mean it."
"No need to apologize to me," Jiang Nanfang said with self-mockery.
"If anyone is to blame, it's myself for being brainless and easily falling into someone else's trap. It's not your fault."
"The aunt's slap was well-deserved. Even if she hadn't slapped me, I would have wanted to slap myself. How could I, at my age, still be so easily manipulated?"
"Nanfang..."
"No need to say more, you are also a victim, I don't blame you. But the message I received yesterday was indeed sent from your phone, and I still ask you to investigate exactly what happened and give me an explanation."
After saying that, she turned around, feeling exhausted.
Zhou Jinxiu was furious seeing her slapped for no reason.
"If you don't like her son, and never intended to marry into the Xu family, why would you just let yourself be slapped?"
"The Xu family isn't some great family. So what if you really wanted to marry into it? As for slapping someone? She thinks too highly of herself..."
Seeing her son siding with an outsider, Mrs. Xu, who was already angry, was about to explode upon hearing Zhou Jinxiu's words.
"What are you saying? Stop right there! You ill-bred thing, I'm your elder, what are you babbling about!"
Jiang Nanfang didn't bother with Mrs. Xu, but Zhou Jinxiu was not so easygoing.
He stopped, turned back, and looked at Mrs. Xu with a casual expression.
"Don't think too highly of yourself, acting so fierce. I don't have an elder like you."
"Do you think the Xu family is that great, that every woman wants to marry into it? You're too narcissistic."
"With me, Zhou Jinxiu, around, she wouldn't possibly be interested in your son. Stop having delusions of persecution, it's ridiculous!"
"What are you saying? What is he saying? Xu Yanchuan, you actually know such an uncivilized person?"
"He's insulting me, daring to mock me! Are you dead? Why aren't you speaking? Go and hit him!"
Xu Yanchuan was also annoyed.
He hadn't slept all night yesterday, and he had clearly asked Gong Beibei to come today. But his mother showed up instead.
It would be a scene of chaos when he got home, and now Zhou Jinxiu was causing trouble here!
"Zhou Jinxiu, this matter has nothing to do with you. Mind your own business, I don't want to talk to you."
Zhou Jinxiu thought he was backing Jiang Nanfang.
"How can it have nothing to do with me? You probably don't know what my relationship with Jiang Nanfang is."
"I'm pursuing her. She's my future girlfriend. Am I not allowed to speak up when my girlfriend is being bullied? Does the surname Xu rule Nancheng?"
After saying that, he reached out and pulled Jiang Nanfang into his arms, affectionately caressing her face.
"It's only because your mother is old and her bones would fall apart if touched that I don't want to argue with her. If it were someone else, I would have slapped back today!"
In the car across the street, Zhan Beijue watched this chaotic scene clearly.
He was truly impressed by Jiang Nanfang's charm.
"From now on, consider your mommy dead. You are never allowed to mention Jiang Nanfang's name to me again."