When Yue Xiaofei came out of Elder Xu's private room, his entire presence had changed.
Before, he had been a blade with its edge laid bare, cold and intimidating.
Now he was a volcano on the verge of eruption. Calm on the outside, but inside, he held enough fury to destroy everything in his path!
His father wasn't in Yanshan Prison!
Ye Jincheng had presided over the trial!
Those two revelations had thrown every one of his plans into disarray.
He had thought his only enemy was the Cao Family.
If he found evidence and brought them down, he could clear his father's name.
But now, it was clear things were nowhere near that simple.
Ye Jincheng, a man of such standing that even Elder Xu could hardly meet him, stood before Yue Xiaofei like an insurmountable mountain.
As he walked, Yue Xiaofei rapidly considered his options.
Should he storm the Southern Heavenly Gate project's base and demand answers from Ye Jincheng?
No.
It was one of the most heavily guarded places in the Dragon Kingdom. Forcing his way in would be tantamount to declaring war on the entire country.
Then what could he do?
Yue Xiaofei frowned. For the moment, he couldn't think of a good solution.
He crossed the second-floor corridor and took the side stairs down to the first floor.
He had no desire to return to that noisy Banquet Hall and deal with those two-faced dignitaries.
All he wanted now was somewhere quiet to sort through his thoughts.
But just as he reached the first-floor corner and was about to leave through the side door, he ran into a group of people.
At their head were Su Wanning and her senior, Xu Yaoyang.
Several well-dressed young men and women followed behind them, all apparently from wealthy