"Mr. Dong, are you leaving? What? Aren't you going to have them sign the shipping agreement?"
As Dong Zihua passed by the man, the man suddenly spoke.
Dong Zihua's face was extremely grim. "Hmph, we'll see. One day, you'll regret this."
With that, without stopping, Dong Zihua pushed open the conference room door and walked straight out.
"Kid, I've got my eye on you!" Ma Peng glared at the man, then quickly chased after him.
Seeing that both of them had left, the man turned his gaze to the people present. "Everyone, you must have a clear view of the current situation in South China. I believe you've already made your decision."
"Of course, we'll choose Da Xiong's port."
"Exactly. Now that the Huangfu family has no ports in South China, what other choice do we have?"
"What's more, it saves money. I've always felt that the Huangfu family's shipping fees were too expensive, but they had a monopoly. Now, we can save a lot of costs!"
Some people in the room began to agree. Almost everyone had decided to cooperate with Da Xiong's port.
Of course, some people were worried about retaliation from the Huangfu family and could only temporarily suspend operations and observe for a while.
About ten minutes later, a group of people suddenly barged into the conference room. These were Da Xiong's subordinates, who had come looking for Ma Peng.
Unfortunately, about ten minutes earlier, after Dong Zihua had driven away without listening to Ma Peng's explanation, Ma Peng had also driven away from the resort.
For the past few days, Chen Fan had been going to and from work with Qin Shuran.
When the mental hospital learned that Chen Fan was back at work, the number of patients instantly doubled. The interns also surrounded Chen Fan every day, wanting to learn some valuable experience from him.
Even after work, several of them were still asking Chen Fan questions, afraid that he would disappear again for a long time after leaving.
Chen Fan had to promise that he would be at work on time the next day to allay their concerns.
Just as Chen Fan was about to drive home with Qin Shuran, his phone suddenly rang.
Upon answering, Er Gou's voice came through, "Brother Fan, I'm sorry, but Ma Peng still got away."
Chen Fan frowned slightly and remained silent.
"Brother Fan, it was Ma Yi. He told Ma Peng everything, which gave Ma Peng time to escape. But don't worry, Brother Fan, we'll catch that Ma Peng even if we have to chase him to the ends of the earth!" Er Gou quickly assured Chen Fan again.
"You guys be careful. He's at the end of his rope, and he's most dangerous now."
"Yes, Brother Fan."
However, just as Er Gou was about to hang up, he suddenly remembered something. "Brother Fan, we discovered something else today."
"We found out today at Ma Peng's residence that he had returned before. We also found a secret room in his room, filled with information about the people around you. I'm worried he might lash out and harm those close to you."
Chen Fan asked, "Whose information was it?"
"I took photos and sent them to your phone."
Chen Fan looked at his phone screen. Indeed, several photos had been sent to his phone.
There were photos of Long Yinglan, Zhang Chongshan, Luo Yongtang, Qin Shuran, Sun Xiao, Luo Xixi, Xia Yiting, and so on. Almost everyone around him had their information in Ma Peng's secret room.
However, Chen Fan was not worried about these people. Setting aside Long Yinglan and Zhang Chongshan, even Sun Xiao and Ma Jun had people arranged to protect them.
However, just as Chen Fan was about to put down his phone, two people in a photo made him frown again.
"Not good." Chen Fan seemed to realize something.
He immediately said, "Notify Liang Chao and the others. Send people to Cui Jie's house immediately!"
With that, Chen Fan hung up the phone without further ado and drove towards Cui Jie's house, while also asking Qin Shuran to contact Sister Cui.
However, Qin Shuran called several times but couldn't get through, which made Chen Fan even more certain of his suspicions.
"What's wrong with Sister Cui? What happened?" Qin Shuran asked nervously.
Chen Fan said in a deep voice, "That Ma Peng might be with Sister Cui."
"What?!" Qin Shuran was stunned, her face filled with worry.
She had heard about the feud between Chen Fan and Ma Peng. She had also heard the phone call between Da Xiong and Chen Fan yesterday, and she knew that today was the day they were going to deal with Ma Peng.
However, Ma Peng had escaped. If he really found Sister Cui, then she and Xiao Ling'er would be in grave danger.
Chen Fan remained silent, hoping he was overthinking things.
At this moment, in a residential building in the old town.
An Audi car slowly drove in. A man in a suit and tie got out, looked at the address on the slip of paper in his hand, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes, and he slowly walked towards the residential building, knocking on the iron door of a household.
"Who is it?" a woman's voice asked from inside the house.
"It's me, a friend of Chen Fan's, here to deliver something." The man's voice sounded from outside the door.
"Dr. Chen?" The door opened, and a beautiful woman, still charming, appeared. She was very polite and quickly invited the visitor in.
"Xiao Ling'er and I don't lack anything. Why would Dr. Chen send something? Please come in."
"Xiao Ling'er, pour our guest some tea."
The man, carrying a handbag, walked in and casually closed the iron door behind him. This was Cui Jie's home.
"Is it a toy that Uncle Chen Fan bought for me?" Xiao Ling'er was overjoyed to hear that it was something from Chen Fan. She held a cup of water and hopped over to the man.
Seeing Xiao Ling'er, a smile curved the man's lips, and he nodded in response, "Of course."
"Yay!" Xiao Ling'er danced with joy.
"Mom, Uncle Chen Fan sent me a gift!" As she spoke, Xiao Ling'er leaned her head into the handbag, wanting to see what was inside.
However, when Xiao Ling'er saw what was inside, the smile on her face instantly vanished. She said dejectedly, "Mom, why did Uncle Chen Fan send me a gun? I'm a little girl, not a little boy. I like Barbie dolls."
Cui Jie, who was cutting fruit for the man, heard this and her expression changed instantly.
She rushed out of the kitchen with the fruit knife, but the scene before her made her heart sink to the bottom.
The man had taken a handgun out of the handbag, and the muzzle was pointed directly at Xiao Ling'er's head.
"Xiao Ling'er, don't move!" Cui Jie quickly stopped Xiao Ling'er, her face filled with panic.
"Sir, who... who exactly are you? We... we don't know you. Please, please don't hurt my daughter." Cui Jie trembled all over with nervousness.