Yan Aohan nodded. Chong Lou’s recent outing had indeed caused quite a stir. Although it posed no real threat to Zhu Yanyi, such a person was better off dead. Chong Lou was a hypocrite. In this world, gentlemen were not to be feared, nor were petty men. What was truly terrifying was a hypocrite. You never knew when such a person would stab you in the back. Yan Aohan had long wanted to deal with Chong Lou. This was why, when Zhu Yanyi suggested taking down Chong Lou to cheer herself up, he agreed readily and made extensive preparations.
Chong Lou never imagined his fate would end this way. When he woke up and saw Yan Aohan and Silver Fox before him, his face changed slightly. He did not recognize Yan Aohan, but he recognized Silver Fox. "Silver Fox, aren't you afraid the Godfather will be angry with you for this?"
"The Godfather is currently in Tibet. Even if he is angry, so what? He cannot leave Tibet." Silver Fox smiled. "Besides, he doesn't need to leave. After the New Year, I will personally visit Tibet. Some matters need to be resolved. Rest assured, since you care so much about the Godfather, I will convey your concern to him."
Fear flashed in Chong Lou’s eyes. Even if he were dull, he understood Silver Fox’s meaning now.
Silver Fox intended to kill the Godfather.
"You want to deal with the Godfather? Do you know what you are saying?" Chong Lou stared at Silver Fox. "That is the Godfather. How could you possibly handle him?"
Silver Fox sat down comfortably nearby, looking relaxed and carefree. "Precisely because he is difficult to handle, I must deal with him. Moreover, if we do not confront the Holy Church, certain issues cannot be resolved. We do not have the time to play games with the Godfather. Dealing with him is inevitable. I believe the Godfather understands this too, which is why he sent you here. He originally intended for you to restrain me. However, he likely never expected that restraining me would not be an easy task. And you are truly foolish. You came here without first securing your footing, yet you rushed to fight me."
Silver Fox wore an expression of regret.
Silver Fox was no fool. He understood clearly what the Godfather intended. The Godfather was ambitious and ruthless. Because of his ambition, he could not attend to every detail, so he always sought to use methods of restraint, much like ancient emperors used balance tactics. Unfortunately, he forgot that the emperor’s balance tactic required the existence of an emperor. The current Godfather was not an emperor himself. Trying to play balance games against him was merely a ridiculous joke.
Chong Lou looked at Silver Fox, a trace of fear rising in his heart. If he did not realize now that his previous arrogance was only because Silver Fox had allowed it, he truly was a fool.
"You deliberately let me win before?" Chong Lou asked. Silver Fox knew well that his past successes were due to Silver Fox’s deliberate concession.
"Yes." Silver Fox nodded slightly. "I saw you foolishly enjoying being ordered around by the Godfather, so I wanted to see what abilities you had. Unfortunately, your abilities were merely so-so. I originally thought you would be at least better than Yin Mei. Even if not better, you should have been comparable. But you are not even as good as Yin Mei. In fact, you are far inferior."
Silver Fox looked at Chong Lou’s不服气 (unconvinced) expression with regret and smiled. "Do not be unconvinced. Someone like Yin Mei fought against me for nearly ten years. He died only by accident. By the way, you may not know, but he died at the hands of the Little Divine Doctor. So, do not be too sad about being defeated by the Little Divine Doctor this time. Let alone you, even I show respect to the Little Divine Doctor. Yet you foolishly went to fight her. Did you really think you were invincible?"
"Cough, cough." Yan Aohan coughed twice. "When speaking ill of my wife, remember to avoid me."
Silver Fox glanced at Yan Aohan. "I would like to avoid you, but often there is no way to avoid it. Since that is the case, it is better to speak openly in front of you. This shows that my actions are open and aboveboard."
"Come on." Yan Aohan sneered. "You can only say such things to boring people or nag them. If you continue to nag in front of me, I do not mind taking some medicine from my wife to offer you as a gift."
"No, keep your medicine for yourselves." Silver Fox dared not touch Zhu Yanyi’s medicine, especially the special formulations.
Seeing Silver Fox’s reaction, Yan Aohan smiled slightly and said, "Hurry up and deal with this person. Once finished, we can leave. I still need to go home and accompany my wife."
Silver Fox nodded, not objecting. He walked to Chong Lou and spoke slowly. "Chong Lou, do you know? Your failure lies in your heart being as big as the Godfather’s. The Godfather is ambitious and ruthless because he is the Godfather of the Holy Church. What are you? At most, you are just a dog before the Godfather. Unfortunately, you never saw your own status clearly, which led to this result. By the way."
Silver Fox seemed to remember something and added, "I should let you meet someone. Only then will you understand why you ended up in such a state."
After speaking, Silver Fox clapped his hands. A door nearby opened, and a person entered. It was a woman. Chong Lou looked closely, and his face changed. It was Zhang Qiaolian. "Qiaolian, why is it you?"
Zhang Qiaolian entered, still looking mature and charming. She walked to Chong Lou, looked at her, and smiled lightly. "Xiang Yao, no, it should be Chong Lou. When you divorced me, did you ever think I would scheme against you? You think your wife Liu Peipei knew of my existence by chance? You think Liu Peipei committed suicide for you? Do you really believe she would kill herself for you?"
"You… it was all you. You poisonous woman." Chong Lou looked at Zhang Qiaolian in disbelief and cursed loudly.
Zhang Qiaolian sneered. "You forced me to become this poisonous woman. If you had not lost my daughter, would I have become a poisonous woman? If you had not been ungrateful and divorced me, would I have become a poisonous woman? If you had stayed quietly in the psychiatric hospital as a mental patient, it would have been fine. But you insisted on coming out. Since you came out, do not blame me."
"Losing your daughter was not my doing." Chong Lou argued.
"Yes, it was indeed not your hand that did it. It was your mother’s hand. But if you had not agreed, would she have done it?" Zhang Qiaolian said calmly.
"However, rest assured. I will settle the score with you first. After settling this account, I will return to Sicheng Town and settle the score with your parents. The pain your whole family has caused me, I will return it all to you." As she spoke, Zhang Qiaolian seemed to remember something and then smiled.