Tao Dafeng himself didn't know why he ended up confessing his father's criminal activities over the years.
By the time he regained his senses, he had already confessed everything.
"No... that's not what happened." Tao Dafeng, like a madman, summoned a strength he didn't know he had and leaped up from the sofa, intending to snatch the phone Long Aotian was using for recording.
But the other party was Long Aotian. No matter how frenzied Tao Dafeng became, no matter how strong he was, in front of Long Aotian, he was still like an ant.
"Slap..."
Long Aotian showed no mercy. He directly slapped Tao Dafeng back. Tao Dafeng felt a sharp pain again, his head spinning, and he felt like he was about to pass out.
At the same time, his cheek burned fiercely, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Long Aotian hadn't held back. While he didn't aim for a killing blow, he put in considerable force.
After hearing the crimes Tao Dafeng confessed, he wanted to beat this beast-like creature to death.
"Have those he mentioned as criminals all apprehended. No matter who is involved, show no leniency," Xia Feng said calmly.
Before they left, Elder Huang had specifically told him this.
His intention was clear: firstly, to show Xia Feng a stance, that this matter was to be handled by Xia Feng himself, and that anyone violating the law would be investigated thoroughly, regardless of who they were.
Secondly, Elder Huang himself was furious with such people and felt these tumors must be removed.
"Yes, Master," Long Aotian replied and immediately made a call.
"Let's go," Xia Feng turned and said to Jin Xiaochen.
There was nothing left to do here; Tao Dafeng's matter was settled.
"Mhm, okay," Jin Xiaochen nodded absently and followed Xia Feng out of the villa.
After they exited, Xia Feng glanced at Jin Xiaochen and smiled, "Your career will be smooth sailing from now on; you don't have to worry about such things happening again."
"Young Master Xia, thank you. Thank you so much," Jin Xiaochen expressed her sincere gratitude.
"You're welcome. You've treated me to meals twice, and I'm just helping you resolve a minor problem," Xia Feng waved his hand, indicating that Jin Xiaochen didn't need to be too polite.
To Jin Xiaochen, it might have been a monumental issue that she couldn't resolve herself.
But to Xia Feng, it was indeed a trivial matter, not worth mentioning.
It was something he did as a favor, and he had decided to help Jin Xiaochen solve this problem after reading her fortune the last time.
Xia Feng had always believed in fate. The fact that he had met Jin Xiaochen several times was fate, and out of this fate, Xia Feng was willing to help.
"Young Master Xia, if you put it that way, can I still invite you to dinner today?" Jin Xiaochen smiled and invited Xia Feng to dine again.
"You can," Xia Feng nodded.
Upon receiving Xia Feng's confirmation, Jin Xiaochen was overjoyed.
Tao Dafeng had tried every means to get Jin Xiaochen, wanting to taste this fresh 'fish' (a metaphor), but Jin Xiaochen refused to yield, ultimately leading to Tao Dafeng's downfall.
Whereas Xia Feng had only met Jin Xiaochen a few times with almost no interaction, Jin Xiaochen was eager to give herself to him, no matter what.
She even doubted if she was worthy, if her 'fish' wasn't good enough.
When a woman falls for a man, she is willing to go in and out with him.
Men are different; regardless of whether they like a woman, they want to go in and out with her.
This is the difference between women and men. Women might want it internally, but they never act rashly.
Men are different; they think about it and they do it, whatever feels good.
This is why people say men are animals who think with their lower halves.
The fate of Tao Dafeng's family was naturally predictable; they would all go in for re-education together.
After finishing dinner with Jin Xiaochen, Xia Feng returned to Modu that same day.
...
With the development of the Immortal Realm, Old Wang and others had recently made time to recruit workers for construction and development.
However, they felt it wasn't appropriate. If they brought workers up, wouldn't they all know about the Immortal Realm?
Old Wang found Xia Feng regarding this matter.
"Young Master Xia, the material issues are all prepared, but how do we handle the workers? If they see the Immortal Realm, won't it be exposed?"
Old Wang was very confused about this and wanted to discuss how to resolve this issue with Xia Feng.
"There's no need to worry about that. I will set up an array to make them forget about the Immortal Realm, making them believe they were merely working abroad," Xia Feng explained.
"Young Master Xia, that won't work either. Ten days on Earth is ten years up there. If they know the situation, they'll get ten years' worth of salary for ten days' work. I can't just give them ten days' pay, as this is hard-earned money."
Old Wang suddenly discovered this bug. Doing as Xia Feng suggested wouldn't work.
Xia Feng paused, having indeed not considered this angle.
It was true, as Old Wang said. They would work for ten years but only receive ten days' pay. This was hardly humane.
He wouldn't allow Old Wang to do such a thing.
If he used an array to confuse them, then only ten days would have passed on Earth, meaning only ten days had passed for their families and friends. However, receiving ten years' worth of money would be impossible to explain.
But if they had to explain, would they then only receive ten days' wages?
That was certainly not an option.
This was indeed a problem.
"Young Master Xia, what if we do this?" Old Wang, seeing Xia Feng's silence, quickly thought of a compromise.
"You say it," Xia Feng nodded and asked Old Wang.
"I'll tell the company directly that we're going abroad for construction development. For ten days' work, the salary will be 30,000. But everyone who goes will have a chance to enter a lottery, with the prize being a house worth a million. We can then indirectly give it to them in the form of a house."
Old Wang proposed his idea.
At this moment, Jack Ma also walked over and happened to overhear Old Wang's suggestion.
"Young Master Xia, that definitely won't work. A lottery requires some people to win and some to lose for it to be a lottery. If everyone wins, aren't you just beating around the bush? The lottery is redundant; it's no different from giving it away for free?"
Jack Ma began to refute Old Wang's suggestion.
"I think Teacher Ma is right. This is indeed redundant," Xia Feng agreed after hearing Jack Ma's analysis.
"This... seems to make sense."
Old Wang wanted to retort to Jack Ma a couple of times, but upon hearing Xia Feng also call it redundant, he swallowed his words and said it made sense.
"Teacher Ma, do you have any good suggestions?" Xia Feng asked Jack Ma.
Jack Ma, seeing that Xia Feng had asked him, smiled and said,
"Young Master Xia, what do you think about this?"