God-Level All-rounder Expert
Chapter 379 - 403, Something Happened!

Chapter 379: Chapter 403, Something Happened!

After leaving Luo Mingguang’s house, Shen Binnan suddenly thought of something and said, "Our ploy is so simple, Luo Mingguang won’t be fooled by it."

Fang Yi smiled and said, "Don’t worry, with Luo Mingguang’s brains, he won’t figure it out."

Just now, Fang Yi had also taken a look at Luo Mingguang, and through meticulous observation, he realized that Luo Mingguang was not particularly astute; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been at a loss for words when faced with Shen Binnan’s confrontation.

What really caught Fang Yi’s attention, however, was the middle-aged man beside Luo Mingguang. Fang Yi didn’t know the identity of the middle-aged man, but he could feel two sharp gazes from the man’s eyes, indicating that this person was no simple character.

Perhaps it was this middle-aged man who had emboldened the Luo Family to act so brazenly.

Shen Binnan pondered for a moment and said, "But I don’t know who the person beside my uncle is; maybe he could figure it out."

Fang Yi smiled and said with ease, "Who that person is, I don’t know, but I suspect he’s the mastermind behind all this. Even if he figures it out, it doesn’t matter; that will only put pressure on Luo Mingguang. I think... Luo Mingguang has already started using all his resources to find his son."

Hearing Fang Yi say this, Shen Binnan felt slightly relieved and said, "Then let’s go back."

Fang Yi shook his head, however, turned around to look at the villa behind them, and asked, "Your grandmother lives here?"

Shen Binnan didn’t know what he was planning but nodded anyway.

"I’m going in to meet your grandmother, have a chat about life. You go back first," said Fang Yi.

Chat about life?

Shen Binnan looked at this nonsensical fellow, once again feeling the urge to beat him up.

She watched Fang Yi enter the villa and disappear into the night before turning around to leave.

Meanwhile, Fang Yi quietly entered the villa where there were no guards at all, and he easily made his way inside, finally encountering an elderly woman bedridden in a bedroom.

With no one else around, Fang Yi stopped by the bed and then stretched out his hand to take the old woman’s pulse.

Her pulse was chaotic, but it didn’t seem to be due to illness. Fang Yi’s gaze swept around and noticed a faint purple substance at the corner of the old woman’s mouth, sinking his heart.

"Purple Soft Powder?!" Fang Yi cursed under his breath.

Purple Soft Powder was a poison, not the kind that kills quickly, but a slow-acting one that would gradually worsen a person’s health day by day, making it nearly impossible to detect.

A rapid chain of thought passed through Fang Yi’s mind. Clearly, Luo Mingguang wouldn’t have the audacity to do such a thing; it wasn’t in human nature to harm one’s flesh and blood this way, and it seemed unlikely that the Luo Family would commit such an act. The only person who would do this must be that middle-aged man.

But Purple Soft Powder was not something that ordinary people could get their hands on. Who exactly was that middle-aged man, to be able to acquire such a thing?

Just then, the bedridden old woman weakly reached out, grabbing at nothing in particular, and muttered, "Binnan... Binnan... my niece..."

Watching the old woman in such agony, Fang Yi took a deep breath, then took out a silver needle and quickly applied several needles to alleviate her suffering.

After doing all he could, Fang Yi turned and left the villa. It was now late at night. He returned to his hotel and went straight to bed.

The next morning, the sound of the doorbell woke Fang Yi, who opened the door in just his underwear and saw Shen Binnan standing outside.

Shen Binnan was dressed as before, but with jeans replaced by black capri pants, her jade-like calves strikingly pale, and her high heels switched for crystal-colored sandals, the ten toes looking exceptionally delicate.

Her hair was somewhat disheveled, with a few strands falling across her face, adding a touch of temptation and lethargy to her allure.

His gaze shifted again, and Fang Yi saw a tray in her hands, filled with breakfast.

Fang Yi was used to Shen Binnan’s squinting look, yet when she saw Fang Yi’s muscular body clad only in a pair of beach shorts below, remembering he had come back so late last night, Shen Binnan was both amused and touched. A faint, gentle smile thawed across her normally icy face.

But soon enough, Shen Binnan spoke in her usual tone, coldly saying, "Have you seen enough? If you have, make room quickly, I’m getting tired holding this."

Fang Yi hurriedly took the tray from her, with a sycophantic grin, "I’ll hold it for you, please come in."

Once inside, Shen Binnan sat down, and Fang Yi placed the tray on the table.

Breakfast consisted of two steamed buns, a cup of soy milk, and oddly, there was also half a cup of cow’s milk.

"Huh?" Fang Yi picked up the half cup of milk, said nothing, and downed it.

Shen Binnan was immediately startled and hastily tried to stop him, but it was too late, Fang Yi had already finished the half cup of milk. Setting down the glass, Fang Yi smacked his lips, "Why’s this milk cold?"

Shen Binnan’s cheeks were flushed with both color and inexplicable anger, "You... you jerk!"

I’m a jerk? Fang Yi was full of confusion. I just drank this half cup of milk; how does that make me a jerk? But Fang Yi wasn’t stupid, seeing Shen Binnan’s emotional outburst, he instantly guessed something, and said, "Wait a minute! This milk, you didn’t...?"

Shen Binnan gritted her teeth and said, "Yes!"

A smile appeared at the corner of Fang Yi’s mouth, "That’s nice."

Shen Binnan glared at him fiercely, "Nice? What’s nice!"

Fang Yi said, "Drinking after you, that’s something couples do, it’s like an indirect kiss."

Shen Binnan felt an urge to pummel Fang Yi, biting her silver tooth and saying, "Hurry up and eat! If you don’t eat now, I’m taking it away!"

Like lightning, Fang Yi grabbed a bun and started eating, while saying, "I love buns."

Shen Binnan was infuriated by Fang Yi’s insinuation.

While Fang Yi had his breakfast, Shen Binnan took out her mobile phone, idly playing with it as it wasn’t yet time for the next step in her plan, leaving her quite bored.

Suddenly, Shen Binnan’s expression changed drastically at something she saw.

Fang Yi, just finished with his meal, noticed Shen Binnan’s sudden change of expression and quickly asked, "What’s wrong?"

"Xu He... Xu He’s in trouble."

Fang Yi frowned, snatched Shen Binnan’s phone, and glanced at the screen.

Shen Binnan was browsing the news, and on this news page, bold black letters formed the headline—Xu He becomes famous, ungrateful!

It was an entertainment news piece about Xu He published yesterday afternoon. The piece had been read over a hundred thousand times with tens of thousands of comments. The content berated Xu He for coming out of the mountains to become a star but forgetting her roots and not taking care of her hometown folk, basically short of directly calling her a "bitch".

As for the comments, Fang Yi didn’t read them; he didn’t need to guess to know they weren’t anything nice.

Without another word, Fang Yi took out his phone to call Xu He, to first find out what had actually happened.

But what shocked Fang Yi was that Xu He’s phone was switched off.