Section 177

Yet he didn't blame Xiao Wanling at all for failing to recognize a good person's kindness.

In his view, Xiao Wanling had been bewitched by Xu Hao.

Back in the day, he was a mercenary boss who had struggled in the Dark World for over a decade.

Yet he was still spun around in circles by Xu Hao's scams…

From this, it was clear that Xu Hao's skill in hoodwinking people was…

deceiving a pure and kind girl was simply too easy for him.

While he felt a sense of loss in his heart, Xu Hao's voice suddenly rang out.

"Wanling, don't blame Feifan either. He did it for your sake too, afraid that you'd be tricked by me…"

With such a great opportunity, it would be a waste not to farm a wave of Emotion Points.

Xu Hao spoke up at the right moment.

Fearing that Xu Hao would misunderstand, Xiao Wanling had distanced herself from Zheng Feifan.

Hearing Xu Hao say this, she couldn't help panicking, thinking he had misunderstood.

"Uncle Xu, please don't misunderstand. I have zero relationship with him."

"He's just a tenant of mine. I only rented to him back then because I felt pity for him, but clearly he has money yet keeps acting shamelessly and refusing to pay rent…"

Pausing for a moment, Xiao Wanling continued.

"Uncle Xu, you don't need to speak up for him anymore. He's just a local ruffian."

"If I had known earlier, I would rather have rented that apartment to a beggar than to him."

Seeing that Uncle Xu was still defending him, Xiao Wanling felt it was completely unjustified.

"Snap", "snap"…

It felt as though ruthless blades were stabbing into his heart one after another.

Zheng Feifan felt a deep, agonizing pain.

"You still claim your relationship with Xu Hao is just a hands-on teaching arrangement?"

"What do you mean by explaining yourself in such a rush?"

A flash of insight struck Zheng Feifan.

Could it be…

The beautiful landlady had already fallen for Xu Hao.

Damn it…

On what grounds?

How could an old man like Xu Hao win the goddess's affection?

While he was in his prime and full of high spirits,

yet she wasn't even willing to spare him a second glance.

After his anger subsided, Zheng Feifan had an epiphany.

Xu Hao truly had some impressive tricks up his sleeve.

Knowing that Xiao Wanling liked the Tea Ceremony, he used brewing tea to capture Xiao Wanling's attention,

and gradually moved on to hands-on teaching.

Through prolonged physical contact, he slowly gained Xiao Wanling's affection, ultimately winning the beauty over…

Xu Hao: "That's right, it's just as you think."

[Ding… Zheng Feifan is furious, Emotion Points +879…]

Zheng Feifan was burning with rage.

His anger toward Xu Hao was reaching a point where he could barely suppress it anymore.

Yet he heard Xu Hao's voice ring out once more.

"Feifan, this is where you're in the wrong."

"Your father left you billions in assets; there's no need for you to sponge off someone else's meager rent."

"Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, I still want to hear you call me Uncle Xu…"

Zheng Feifan's expression darkened.

Still trying to take advantage of him?

Trying to hoodwink him and treat him like a fool again, huh?

Hearing Xu Hao bring up his father's death, a surge of killing intent abruptly rose within Zheng Feifan.

The exact moment his killing intent sparked, a figure appeared by Xu Hao's side without a sound.

It was none other than his personal bodyguard—Bai Ling.

She was staring right at him with a pair of icy, emotionless eyes.

Zheng Feifan was startled.

From this woman, he sensed a strong aura of danger.

It was an even greater threat than the one brought by Old Wei, the martial arts expert Zhaos father had brought earlier.

Calm down.

Now was not the time to completely make an enemy of Xu Hao.

Once he investigated and uncovered the truth about his father's death,

if it proved to be related to Xu Hao, he would definitely slaughter this hypocritical and detestable fellow with his own hands.

"Stop putting on that hypocritical act over there. Don't think I don't know what you're really thinking inside."

"You'd better pray that I can't find out the cause of my father's death…"

Xu Hao wore a look of utter incomprehension.

"Feifan, you shouldn't say things like that. Mr. Zheng and I were on such good terms that calling him my sworn brother and dearest confidant wouldn't be an exaggeration at all. How could I possibly be the one who harmed him?"

Had it been before, Zheng Feifan would have been completely fooled by his outward appearance.

Who knows how overwhelmingly grateful he would have been toward him.

But now, the more he looked at him, the more hypocritical he felt he was.

Clenching his fists, he really wanted to go up and beat him up.

Yet seeing Bai Ling standing beside Xu Hao, he immediately extinguished that thought.

Her strength was slightly greater than his, but he wasn't afraid.

Hurting Xu Hao, however, was out of the question.

That would be completely meaningless.

"Fine, fine…"

While Xu Hao's tone was gentle, Zheng Feifan was relentless.

Xiao Wanling grew irritated.

"Get lost right now. You're not welcome here. Stop disturbing Uncle Xu from teaching me the Tea Ceremony."

"Snap", "snap", "snap"…

Invisible blades materialized once again, piercing his heart full of holes.

Gritting his teeth, he cast a deep look at Xu Hao before turning and walking out of the villa.

Behind him came Xiao Wanling's faint, lingering voice.

"Uncle Xu, how did you even get to know someone like that? He doesn't look like a good person at all."

"Uncle Xu, don't have any more contact with him in the future."

"Uncle Xu, our lesson just now hasn't finished yet. Let's continue…"

"Aiya, hold me tighter."

Just hearing the voice, Zheng Feifan could already picture the scene in his mind.

He put on the mask of pain once again.

[Ding… Zheng Feifan is heartbroken and desolate, Emotion Points +987…]

Quickly exiting the Xu Family Villa, Zheng Feifan's eyes grew resolute.

He had a very strong premonition.

His father's death was definitely related to Xu Hao.

He had to unearth the truth as soon as possible.

And let everyone see Xu Hao's true colors.