Chapter 45

"Feng Yang?" Seeing that the Feng Family and Su Family had yet to return, Yin Li could no longer sit still. He followed the corridor all the way over and found that the Feng Family's atmosphere was decidedly off.

"Are you all right?" Yin Li asked cautiously. He noticed that Su Nan and the Su Family were gone.

"We're fine." Feng Yang came back to himself. "Weren't you keeping Grandpa company? Why did you come out?"

"You'd been gone for so long that everyone was worried," Yin Li said. The four members of the Feng Family had left so many guests at the banquet and run out; everyone was talking about it.

Feng Jianguo frowned deeply, realizing that his family had been somewhat discourteous as well. "Let's go back first. We'll talk about this later."

Talk about what? Yin Li looked curiously at Feng Yang.

Feng Yang recounted what had happened between himself and Su Nan. Yin Li immediately understood and smiled as he reassured them, "Uncle, Auntie, don't worry. Feng Yang is the lifesaving benefactor of the Yin family. Once he comes to Yanjing, we'll definitely take good care of him. We absolutely won't let him come to any harm."

Given the Yin family's influence in Beijing, the Feng Family believed Yin Li's assurance. But even so, there was a saying: you could be a thief for a thousand days, but you could not guard against one for a thousand days. Worried about her son's safety, Yang Liu still did not want Yin Li and Su Nan getting too close.

"How about we arrange for Xiaoyang to transfer schools?" Yang Liu suggested tentatively. "A different school, a different city. How about Shanghai City? Its economic development isn't inferior to Beijing's, and Shanghai University is quite good too."

Yin Li immediately grew anxious. "There's no need for that. If Uncle and Auntie are really worried, I can figure something out and have the school persuade Su Nan to withdraw, or make him transfer. Feng Yang worked so hard to get into X University. There's no reason for him to change his life plans just to avoid a bad person."

Shanghai University was good, but it was still slightly inferior to X University. Besides, Yin Li attended X University too. He had been eagerly looking forward to Feng Yang starting school as soon as possible, so the two of them could reunite in Yanjing.

Now that he had heard Yang Liu say that, he naturally could not stay calm.

Feng Yang also felt there was no need. Given Su Nan's scheming nature and intelligence, every move he made was bound to leave traces. Keeping him under his nose would make it harder for him to stir up trouble. If Feng Yang hid far away just to avoid Su Nan, he was not confident he could figure out Su Nan's way of thinking.

Just as Yang Liu had said, you could be a thief for a thousand days, but you could not guard against one for a thousand days. But if you knew perfectly well that the other party was a thief and still refused to guard against him, burying your head in the sand instead, that would only make trouble more likely.

Besides, Feng Yang had an inexplicable premonition. Since the Heavenly Dao favored and watched over Su Nan so closely, perhaps its loophole and weakness lay with Su Nan. To be safe, Feng Yang would not make a move against Su Nan himself, lest he suffer a backlash from merit. But neither would he stay too far away from him.

Feng Yang wanted to see just what was hidden between the Heavenly Dao and Su Nan.

Seeing that both their son and Yin Li were so insistent, Feng Jianguo and Yang Liu could not continue persuading them. The family hurried back to the banquet. Feng Fei said to Feng Yang, "Since you don't want to leave X University, I'll find a way to transfer to Beijing. Then I can protect you nearby."

Feng Yang nodded. Back then, Feng Fei had graduated from the police academy at the top of his class. Many departments had thought highly of him, and his teachers had strongly recommended him to their old comrades. Yet in order to care for his parents and younger brother, Feng Fei had declined his teachers' recommendations and returned to report for duty in Songjiang City.

Feng Yang had felt even then that Feng Fei had sacrificed too much for the family. Now Feng Fei intended to transfer to Beijing, though his original purpose was still for Feng Yang's sake. But Feng Yang always felt that working in Beijing offered far better prospects than working in Songjiang City.

Yin Li grinned foolishly. "That would be even better. Oh, right—if Brother Feng wants to be temporarily transferred to Beijing, I can ask my second uncle to help."

Yin Li's second uncle—wasn't that Yin Zhengyi? The man who, in his previous life, had destroyed the Yin family's main branch, gotten Yin Li kidnapped and slowly sliced to death, enraged the old master of the Yin family to death, and was eventually killed by the Vengeful Ghost.

Feng Yang's heart stirred, but he asked without changing expression, "Are you close to your second uncle?"

"Yeah!" Yin Li nodded repeatedly, speaking in a boastful little tone. "My second uncle treats me really well. Because of that, my cousin was especially jealous when we were kids. He always complained to Grandpa that he suspected he wasn't actually my second uncle's biological son. Feng Yang, don't worry. Leave Brother's transfer to me."

Feng Yang could not possibly rest easy. But he and Yin Li had only known each other for a few days, so it would not be appropriate to warn Yin Li against his second uncle when they were not close. More importantly, he did not want to alert the enemy.

In any case, Yin Li was now protected by the Vengeful Ghost Talisman. No ordinary human or ghost could get near him.

At that thought, Feng Yang smiled. "Then I'll have to properly thank your second uncle."

Yin Li chuckled. "Once you come to Beijing, our whole family will treat you to a meal. We'll thank you in person for saving Qingqing. Then I'll introduce you to my second uncle and aunt."

After a pause, Yin Li frowned with particular distaste. "But my cousin is really annoying. He's always making snide remarks, and he doesn't speak nicely. Don't pay attention to him."

Feng Yang had no impression of Yin Li's cousin. By the time he met the Vengeful Ghost in his previous life, the ghost had already completed his revenge. Everyone in the Yin family's second branch was dead. The enormous Yin Corporation had collapsed overnight. The Vengeful Ghost had been extremely reticent about that period of his life. It was only through stray remarks accidentally revealed over their more than twenty years together that Feng Yang had deduced that the person who had brought the Vengeful Ghost to such a state was his second uncle.

Now that he had been reborn, Feng Yang naturally could not allow the tragedy of that year to repeat itself. Besides, he was also very curious about Yin Zhengyi. He could understand Yin Zhengyi's series of actions in seeking wealth and murder to seize the Yin family's assets. But Feng Yang had never understood why Yin Zhengyi had ordered the kidnappers to slowly slice Yin Li to death, or where he had found people capable of carrying out such a punishment.

For modern people, no matter how deep the hatred, killing someone was generally enough. If they wanted revenge, even torture to death would suffice. But death by a thousand cuts was excessively cruel and meticulous, and it required considerable technical skill. Considering that the Vengeful Ghost had been a Ghost King from the moment he was born, Feng Yang had every reason to suspect that Yin Li's death had been far more complicated than it appeared.

"What kind of person is your second uncle? What does he usually like?" Feng Yang pressed.