Food Poisoning

Ye Fan tilted his head and looked at Wu Haoqiang. "Kid, you need to lose some weight. Eat less, got it?"

Holding a chicken wing, Wu Haoqiang said, "Uncle, don't be so stingy! Aren't you pretty generous when you're courting my future aunt? Who would marry a cheapskate like you?"

Ye Fan said irritably, "So you do know that's your future aunt! How can a little fatty like you compare? He's going to sleep with me."

"Uncle, have you no shame?" Wu Haoqiang said, his face flushing.

Qian Yu: "..." Was this "future aunt" Young Master Bai?

"Uncle, go order me two more burgers," Wu Haoqiang said.

"Those kidnappers only kept you from eating for one day, didn't they? Why do you act like you haven't eaten in a year? No burgers! Look at your belly. You need to lose weight, got it?" Ye Fan snapped.

Wu Haoqiang puffed out his cheeks and stared accusingly at Ye Fan.

"Young Master Ye, let me treat you!" Qian Yu offered generously.

"Oh, great! I'll order two more Family Buckets," Ye Fan said excitedly.

Wu Haoqiang hurriedly added, "I want a sundae and egg tarts too."

Qian Yu: "..."

Qian Yu ordered another pile of food, and Wu Haoqiang wolfed down a burger.

"Young Master Ye, is it really all right to say those criminals had food poisoning?" Qian Yu asked, watching Ye Fan drink his juice.

Ye Fan shrugged helplessly. "His dad is against superstitious nonsense. I don't want a lecture from him about pretending to have supernatural powers. Food poisoning sounds more scientific and plausible."

Qian Yu: "..." What was scientific or plausible about food poisoning?

"Sorry for the trouble, but take these two kids home later. I'll just get a taxi," Ye Fan said.

Qian Yu nodded. "All right."

At the Wu Family home.

"How is it, Tang Ning? Still can't get through?" Wu Houxuan asked.

Tang Ning shook her head. "No, but I called Nuannuan's mother. She said Nuannuan skipped school this afternoon and disappeared."

Wu Sihan said, "What are those two up to?"

"Her mother said Tang Nuan kept asking about Ye Fan. Apparently, she skipped school to go find him," Tang Ning said.

Wu Sihan asked in bewilderment, "Why would Tang Nuan go looking for Ye Fan?"

Wu Houxuan came in from outside. "I just went to the Police Station. Five criminals were found at an abandoned cotton spinning mill in the east of the city. All five were unconscious, and their arms and legs were all dislocated. The police said their injuries were identical. Either an expert did it, or it was a supernatural incident. One of them once tried and failed to compete with our Wu Family for business. He later went bankrupt through poor management. We can confirm that those men kidnapped Haoqiang."

"So someone might have rescued Haoqiang?" Wu Sihan asked.

"Sir, sir! The young master is back! Young Master Qian Yu brought him home."

At the butler's words, Tang Ning let out a huge sigh of relief.

Qian Yu had intended to leave as soon as he dropped Wu Haoqiang off, but the Wu Family was so enthusiastic that they insisted he stay.

"Young Master Qian, where did you find Haoqiang?"

Qian Yu said with some difficulty, "I saw the young master outside the cotton spinning mill. The kidnappers there all passed out from food poisoning. They hadn't fed Xiao Qiang, so he escaped that fate."

Wu Sihan frowned, looking at Qian Yu in disbelief. Food poisoning? Food poisoning could dislocate every joint in someone's body? That was far too much of a stretch.

Qian Yu gritted his teeth, inwardly rolling his eyes again and again. Young Master Ye's ridiculous story was going to be the death of him! The Wu Family would probably think he was in cahoots with the kidnappers.

Qian Yu took a deep breath. "It's getting late. Since Young Master Wu is safely home, I'll be going."

Wu Sihan nodded. "All right. Thank you!"

Tang Ning looked at Wu Haoqiang in confusion. "Why were you with Qian Yu? How did he end up bringing you home?"

"Uncle told him to bring me home, so he did!" Wu Haoqiang said, playing with his robot.

"Your uncle? Ye Fan?" Tang Ning asked.

Wu Haoqiang nodded. "Yes! Uncle rescued me!"

"Your uncle rescued you? How did he know you were in trouble? And how did he rescue you?" Tang Ning asked in bewilderment.

"Nuannuan went to find Uncle. Once he knew I was in trouble, he came looking for me!" Wu Haoqiang said.

"How did your uncle know where you were?" Tang Ning asked, puzzled.

Wu Haoqiang looked at Tang Ning, then at Wu Sihan. "Uncle has amazing abilities. You wouldn't understand."

Tang Ning: "..."

Wu Haoqiang skipped back to his room.

Tang Ning turned to Wu Sihan, her expression strange. "What do you think?"

Wu Sihan took a deep breath. "My cousin has been acting a little strange lately. Ye Yinglan sent some thugs after him today, and Ye Fan beat them all so badly they ended up in the hospital."

Tang Ning froze, astonished. "Ye Fan can fight that well?"

Wu Sihan shook his head. "I didn't expect it either. I just found out that Qian Yu went to see Ye Fan, and Tang Nuan arrived later. Then the three of them took Qian Yu's car to the cotton spinning mill! Not long after Ye Fan went there, he took Haoqiang to KFC."

Tang Ning drew a deep breath. "Then it looks like your cousin really might have saved our son!"

Wu Sihan nodded. "That does seem the most likely explanation. But how did Ye Fan know where Haoqiang was?"

When Qian Yu mentioned Ye Fan, he seemed to hold a genuine respect for him. Wu Sihan had originally thought Qian Yu was merely superstitious, but this eldest young master of the Qian Family was no fool. Without some real ability, Ye Fan probably couldn't have won him over.

"Whatever happened, what matters is that Haoqiang is safe. Have they found the people behind it?" Tang Ning asked.

"The masterminds have all been arrested." Wu Sihan's expression turned icy. "Don't worry. I won't let them off."

If this incident wasn't dealt with properly, Wu Haoqiang might face endless trouble in the future. Wu Sihan would never show them mercy.

At the Ye Family home.

Ye Yinglan covered her face, looking deeply aggrieved.

Ye Hongwen said angrily, "That unfilial brat is getting far too arrogant."

Wang Xiaofei looked at Ye Yinglan's face. "Look how badly he hurt her! Ye Fan even grabbed Lan'er by the throat. Was he trying to kill her?"

Ye Hongwen gritted his teeth. "I don't know what's gotten into that boy lately." He remembered Ye Fan being extremely quiet and timid, always cowering in his presence and unable to get a complete sentence out. But now, there seemed to be nothing he wouldn't dare do.

"Father, you have to teach him a lesson for me!"

Ye Hongwen sighed. "That boy has the Wu Family backing him, so he thinks he can do whatever he likes. Even I can't do anything about him anymore."

Hearing Ye Hongwen's words, Ye Yinglan felt even more wronged.

Seeing Ye Hongwen evade the issue, Ye Yinglan angrily retreated to her room.

Ye Zhize knocked on the door and entered. When Ye Yinglan saw him, she called out plaintively, "Brother!"

"Angry?" Ye Zhize asked.

Ye Yinglan said dejectedly, "Father does nothing but curse him. He won't stand up for me at all. In the end, he's just afraid of the Wu Family."

Ye Zhize's face darkened. "Ye Fan seems like a completely different person lately."

"He confessed to Young Master Bai and caused such a scandal, yet he still has the nerve to stir up trouble. He's utterly shameless," Ye Yinglan said irritably.

"I heard he beat every man you took with you. When did he become such a good fighter?" Ye Zhize asked in confusion.

Ye Yinglan pressed her lips together. "I don't know either. Maybe those thugs were just useless. They talked so big, too, promising they would teach him a lesson for me."

Ye Zhize looked at Ye Yinglan and admonished her, "Ye Fan has the Wu Family behind him. We can't confront him head-on. You need to use your brain."

Ye Yinglan said awkwardly, "Of course I'm not as clever as you, Brother."

Ye Yinglan knew that Ye Zhize had orchestrated the beauty trap against Ye Fan. He had ruined Ye Fan's reputation and won the girl as well, earning Ye Yinglan's utmost admiration.

"Big Brother, once you marry Sister Tingting and the Ye Family forms an alliance with the Liao Family, we won't have to fear the Wu Family anymore," Ye Yinglan said.

Ye Zhize smiled, a trace of smugness flashing in his eyes. "How could a good-for-nothing like Ye Fan ever deserve Tingting? But since he can't have her, he keeps spreading slander about her out of spite. Despicable!"

At the Bai Family home.

"Yunxi, how do you feel?" Bai Shiyuan asked.

Bai Yunxi nodded. "I feel much better."

"Grandpa, who wrote the prescription?" Bai Yunxi asked curiously.

Bai Shiyuan said somewhat awkwardly, "An old practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine."

After receiving the prescription, Bai Shiyuan had begun asking Zhou Jinzhi who had written it. At first, Zhou Jinzhi said it was an unparalleled expert. Later, he said it was his future grandson-in-law, infuriating Bai Shiyuan.

Once he learned that Ye Fan had written the prescription, Bai Shiyuan investigated him. Ye Fan had a terrible reputation, and rumors of his abusive tendencies had left Bai Shiyuan deeply prejudiced against him.

"Grandpa, did Uncle Zhou send this Jade Buddha?" Bai Yunxi asked.

Bai Shiyuan nodded reluctantly. "Yes!"

"I'll transfer the money."

Bai Shiyuan rolled his eyes. "No need. Someone already paid." A prescription had arrived along with the Jade Buddha. A prescription was all well and good, but scrawled across it in flamboyant handwriting were the words, "I'll ride the Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds to come marry you!" That little bastard.

Bai Yunxi frowned. "Was it him?"

Bai Shiyuan looked at Bai Yunxi and coughed lightly. "Yunxi, what do you think of Ye Fan?"

Bai Yunxi tilted his head, his lips curving into a cold smile. "Hard to say. He seems like a very interesting person."

Bai Shiyuan: "..." Interesting? Bai Yunxi had suffered from the cold energy since childhood, leaving him somewhat aloof. Coupled with his exceptional abilities, this made him courteous and refined on the surface but dismissive of everyone underneath. Hardly anyone met his standards. Anyone Bai Yunxi called interesting was no ordinary person!

"How do you know about Ye Fan, Grandpa?" Bai Yunxi asked in confusion.

"Your Uncle Zhou said Ye Fan gave you the Jade Buddha," Bai Shiyuan said.

Bai Yunxi nodded. "I see."