The lights were on in the renovated living room of the Xie family's villa in Jiangcheng.
Xie Changan, the head of the household, paced out, his brow furrowed. On the computer screen beside him, the footage of Qin Yexuan standing at the gate continued to play.
The surveillance camera at the gate had a built-in recording function, so Qin Yexuan's words were clearly audible.
"Xie Changan, I know you can see! And you can hear! Qin Mou has a word for you!"
"Your Xie family is forbidden from approaching Bingyan. Dare to harm Bingyan again, and I will exterminate your Xie family's three generations!"
Hmph!
Xie Changan sneered, disdainful!
"These words sound like they're from a common thug. What do you mean 'exterminate my three generations'? What era is this? Are you acting like an ancient emperor?"
Xie Changan was vexed. With his status, position, and family background, to be threatened by some petty hoodlum! It was an utter humiliation.
This daughter, Su Bingyan, truly had no upbringing since childhood, to associate with such people. How could she possibly be acknowledged by the ancestral family?
If others didn't say anything, the matriarch would never accept it.
The Xie family had developed better and better over the years. After the old master passed away, the old madam took full control of the family's power and was the chairman of the Xie family group's board of directors!
Her two sons and three daughters all had to pander to the old madam to get even minor positions.
Xie Changan considered himself the most educated and promising heir in the family, yet the old madam disliked his wife, Liu Shanshan, and was incredibly fond of his elder sister-in-law, who came from a prestigious family.
His elder brother, Xie Nanshan, was a good-for-nothing, only managing to get the position of family general manager through his wife.
Now, his own household was in disarray, his wife was bedridden, and his son was useless. It was truly frustrating!
He pulled out his phone and directly called the Jiangshan Law Firm: "I've given your firm so much money, handle this matter for me! I don't care what methods you use, coercion, enticement, or even playing some dirty tricks, you must not let Su Bingyan cause trouble at this time! My Xie family's money isn't so easily taken!"
After speaking in anger, he dialed another number: "Old Jiang, you're a high-ranking official in the Nanjun Police Department. Help me investigate someone named Qin Yexuan. Yes, find out everything about him! Thank you."
Upstairs, his son, in his early twenties with a youthful face, cautiously came down, still holding a bag of medicine.
Xie Changan frowned: "Stop right there! Didn't I tell you that your mother's illness is for the doctors to handle? Your current responsibility is to properly prepare for the old madam's birthday banquet! This is a rare opportunity, you need to perform well, otherwise how will you compete with your siblings?"
His son, Xie Yunfeng, looked so weak, like a good-for-nothing who had never seen the world.
He lowered his head now: "Dad, I can't handle the birthday banquet. I just want to take care of Mom, and I don't want to join the family business. I want to join the army!"
What!
Xie Changan was furious. He strode over and slapped him: "You want to join the army? You? What can you achieve? Can you do it? Can you endure that hardship? Do you want to be like Su Bingyan outside? Hanging around with riffraff soldiers in the future?"
Xie Yunfeng gritted his teeth and looked up: "No matter what, she's still my sister. You can't talk about her like that. You abandoned my sister behind Mom's back back then, and now you have the nerve to say this?"
You, beast!
Xie Changan grabbed the nearby baseball bat and raised it to strike.
"Stop!" Liu Shanshan, frail and thin in her pajamas, appeared upstairs, her body swaying: "Xie Changan, if you dare touch my son, I'll fight you to the death!"
Xie Changan looked on helplessly, his hand lowering the bat.
His son, Xie Yunfeng, quickly helped his mother back into the bedroom. Outside, the private doctor they had hired had also arrived.
The family was truly in chaos! Xie Changan had no choice but to prepare the old madam's birthday banquet himself. This matter could not be taken lightly. First, he needed to find a suitable venue for the banquet!
The old madam liked grand occasions, and the grandest and most perfect place in Jiangcheng was, of course, Biguijinyuan.
It was adjacent to the number one property in Nanjun, Jinhai Building One!
Xie Changan made another call, seeking connections and pulling strings.
Finally, he reached President Hu of Tianyi Mingju.
President Hu sounded impatient on the phone: "The Xie family? I know you, but with your family's meager qualifications, you want to book Biguijinyuan? I'm sorry, that requires the approval of the owner of Jinhai Building One. That place is excellent, the best private garden in all of Nanjun!"
"Private garden?" Xie Changan understood: "Then please trouble yourself to contact the owner of Jinhai Building One. What do you think about this matter..."
Beep, beep, beep, the other party directly hung up the phone.
Xie Changan stood there, his face flushed, feeling utterly disheartened.
There was nothing he could do. The Xie family's wealth was only slightly above average. It was understandable that President Hu wouldn't pay them any mind.
At this moment, directly opposite the Xie family villa, dozens of elite officers from the War Department's Intelligence Division were in position.
They had fully rented out the building opposite, conducting comprehensive surveillance and investigation of the Xie family!
This was a command from the highest level of the War Department!
The direct responsible officer was Major General Lieyang Army, Jiangcheng Military Governor, God of War Xiao!
Assisting Xiao Zhanshen was the Director of the Jiangnan Police Department, Chen Qiuhai.
Currently, on the twelfth floor of the Liujin Building opposite the Xie family villa, a temporary command center had been set up.
People bustled about in the spacious command center. A relationship map of the Xie Changan family had already been drawn on the whiteboard.
God of War Xiao was sipping tea, with Chen Qiuhai sitting opposite him.
Both of them seemed quite relaxed.
"The Mr.'s order is to make Xie Changan kneel and beg an audience at the Su family's small building within two days. This task is too simple," God of War Xiao said lazily.
Chen Qiuhai, however, was a man of action. He said in a low voice, "General Xiao, we can't really wait for two days, can we? That would make us seem too incompetent."
God of War Xiao's spirit perked up: "Old Chen, you have a point. So, what should we do?"
Chen Qiuhai raised his hand and checked the time: "It's five o'clock in the afternoon now, and Mr.'s family is having dinner. My suggestion is, within two hours! That is, before seven o'clock, we must make this Xie Changan show up on his knees! That would be our real capability!"
"Agreed!" God of War Xiao chuckled: "What is the Xie family worth? We don't need to bother with Xie Changan!"
As they were speaking, the dedicated phone rang.
Chen Qiuhai picked it up and answered.
"What? Someone is investigating Mr. Qin's identity information in the police system? Damn it! Who did it?"
"Jiang Moumou, the Director of the Political Department of the Nanjun Police Department?"
Chen Qiuhai gritted his teeth: "Immediately apprehend Jiang Moumou and bring him to the command center within fifteen minutes!"
He hung up the phone and looked up at God of War Xiao: "This Jiang Moumou must be one of Xie Changan's connections. Xie Changan wanted to investigate Mr.'s background and found this person! Let's start with him!"
Jiang Moumou, the head of the Political Department of the Nanjun Police Department, was currently enjoying tea in his office. He had just brewed some pre-rain spring tea and was about to savor it while humming a tune.
Bang! The office door was kicked open, and four men in black police uniforms walked in.
"Who are you?! This is the Political Department of the Nanjun Police Department!" Jiang Moumou exclaimed in shock, roaring angrily.
The other party revealed their identities: "We are direct guards of Commander Chen Qiuhai. Please accompany Officer Jiang, and, don't put on that face, believe it or not, we can shoot you on the spot."
Believe it!
Of course, they believed it!
The direct guards of Commander Chen Qiuhai could very well shoot him dead!
Officer Jiang's legs instantly went weak. He was dragged out and sent to the command center.
Upon seeing Chen Qiuhai, Officer Jiang's knees buckled. He fell to his knees and wailed: "I'm sorry, Officer Chen, I've failed your teachings. I accepted tea from several chambers of commerce, it really wasn't much, just two pounds of famous tea, and I didn't embezzle anything else."
Chen Qiuhai and God of War Xiao were stunned, then couldn't help but burst into laughter!