Gou Feng spoke calmly, and Han Lang listened with a blank expression. The two spoke of the Ye family's massacre ten years ago as if they were truly recounting a story.
"At that time, the Gou family, like your Han family before, was just an ordinary second or third-rate family in Lecheng. By chance, I met Ye Wuji, the head of the Ye family, who was then the leader of the Eight Great Families..."
According to Gou Feng, he was also a driven and righteous young man back then.
After meeting Ye Wuji, Ye Wuji greatly admired his ability to handle affairs and his optimistic attitude.
Thus, the two quickly established business dealings.
With the Ye family, the leader of the Eight Great Families, as their backing, the Gou family also rose rapidly.
This was something that should have made both him and Ye Wuji very happy, but at this moment, something happened that caused them to disagree.
A larger family seemed to have also noticed Gou Feng's potential and specifically approached them for cooperation.
At this point, the Gou family was only one step away from becoming one of the Eight Great Families. If they could partner with this family and complete this deal, the Gou family would undoubtedly be promoted to one of the Eight Great Families, and it might even bring some benefits to the Ye family, allowing them to reach new heights.
When Gou Feng happily shared this news with Ye Wuji, he did not expect Ye Wuji to strongly oppose it!
The reason was simply that the Ye family and that super family had incompatible ideologies?
This greatly distressed Gou Feng and made him even more perplexed.
In his opinion, they were all just businessmen. The most important thing for businessmen was to seek profit; ideology should at least come after profit!
For this reason, Gou Feng was in a state of distress. On one hand, he did not want to let go of the great fish of that large family, and on the other hand, he did not want to create a rift with Ye Wuji because of it.
Until one day, he discovered that Ye Wuji had met with the head of that large family behind his back.
This made Gou Feng extremely unbalanced, and he even began to suspect that Ye Wuji, seeing the immense profit involved, wanted to cut him out and embrace that large family's support alone!
"Didn't you consider at the time that it might just be a misunderstanding?" Han Lang interjected upon hearing this.
Gou Feng smiled self-deprecatingly, "Once evil thoughts arise in a person, how can they still think from another's perspective? Moreover, I was decadent for several days because of this, almost drunk and unconscious every day. Wasn't the purpose to deliberately attract Ye Wuji's attention? And the result? Not only did I not receive any comfort from Ye Wuji, but I also received no explanation! You must know that the cooperation period offered by that large family was running out!"
"So, you made the decision yourself?"
Gou Feng nodded and continued with the story.
After reaching cooperation with that large family, it indeed brought immense benefits to the Gou family. Even if the initial cooperation was completed, the Gou family was bound to be promoted to the new Eight Great Families.
But at this moment, Ye Wuji was furious.
Not only did he rush to Gou Feng's door and scold him thoroughly, but he also threatened to use the full might of his family to suppress the Gou family.
Gou Feng was terrified.
You must know that although the Ye family was the leader of the Eight Great Families, their strength was not particularly far from the Four Great Clans. It was not like now, where there was a generational gap between the Eight Great Families and the Four Great Clans.
Although the Gou family had progressed rapidly, if the Ye family wanted to suppress them, it was entirely possible.
For this reason, Gou Feng became anxious.
He went to that large family for help, but that large family only told him that to climb higher, one needed the boldness and courage to do so.
From then on, Gou Feng's heart turned to wickedness.
After much thought, under the guise of apologizing to the Ye family, he hired more than a dozen assassins and massacred the entire Ye family overnight!
Since then, the Gou family and that large family jointly divided the Ye family's assets, and the Gou family thus became the leader of the Eight Great Families. As for that large family...
Gou Feng did not mention much more, but Han Lang already had a general idea.
"But such a major case should have caused a sensation throughout Lecheng! How did you ultimately escape punishment?"
Gou Feng smiled, "Since I dared to do it, I naturally had a backup plan! As for the specifics, I don't think Han Shao needs to get to the bottom of it, right?"
Han Lang smiled, "Is it because of the Wang family? Aren't they the best at deceiving the heavens?"
Gou Feng remained silent.
Han Lang continued to ask, "Do you know that one survivor escaped from the Ye family?"
"Of course, I know! Ye Huan, the eldest young master of the Ye family!" Gou Feng said without any hesitation at this point, "I even personally gave the order to cut the grass and eliminate the roots. But somehow, the assassins lost his trail outside Lecheng. I haven't heard any news of him all these years. What? Does Han Shao know?"
Seeing his unrepentant demeanor, Han Lang could only smile helplessly and replied, "Of course! Otherwise, why would I have come to ask about this?"
Gou Feng's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this, "Really? You know his whereabouts? Is he still in Lecheng?"
Han Lang replied with interest, "What? Are you scared?"
"Haha..." Gou Feng laughed heartily, "If I were still in the Gou family compound, I would naturally be a bit worried. But now that I'm sitting here, what is there to be afraid of? The reason I ask is simply that I want to see him!"
Han Lang asked again, "Are you regretting it then?"
Gou Feng also shook his head, "I've already done it, so what is there to regret! For the past ten years, hasn't my Gou family lived a life of high status and carefree existence? Ruthlessness is a necessary quality for the powerful!"
"Then why do you want to see him?"
Gou Feng replied somewhat profoundly, "You might not believe it when I say it! I do have some nostalgia for his father. Although I betrayed him heartlessly, there are indeed some feelings deep down. If he could see me as I am now, perhaps it would be a form of closure!"
Han Lang nodded. He did not bother to calculate whether Gou Feng's words were sincere, as these things were meaningless to anyone.
"I'm sorry, you might not get to see that closure. Because he died long ago!"
Han Lang felt there was no need to tell Gou Feng that Ye Huan had studied under the Shennong Heavenly Doctor and learned a great deal of skill, nor did he reveal the hatred in his heart towards the Gou family.
Therefore, he felt that, at this point, this grievance had essentially reached its conclusion.
Gou Feng was not surprised. He said faintly, "Indeed! Such a young child, with such serious injuries, in the cold weather, it would be very difficult to survive. Oh well, after all these years, it's just a story!"
Han Lang said nothing more. He simply got up and walked to Gou Feng, taking back his pack of cigarettes.
Just as he was about to leave, Gou Feng called out to him again.
"Can you give me another one?"
Han Lang did not refuse. After lighting another cigarette for him, he left the interrogation room without looking back.
Closing the door, Han Lang let out a deep sigh, muttering to himself.
"Brother Shennong Heavenly Doctor, with things reaching this point, your wish has been fulfilled, hasn't it?"