Chapter 173: The Path of Seeking (Grand Finale)

Jiang Tao’s expression shifted slightly...

Face to face, he did not dare to have a direct conflict with Yang Fan. He had only himself to blame for courting death by coming over to provoke him.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not going to eat you!" Yang Fan said with a smile.

However, Jiang Tao could not remain calm at all!

"Who the hell do you think you are, daring to curse our Tao—"

Before the man behind him could finish his sentence, a black shadow flashed by. In the next second, the man's throat was grabbed. Before anyone could react, Lin Xi pulled him by the collar and hurled him in front of the crowd.

The man fell to the ground, retching dryly, because he could clearly feel that a pill had been forced down his throat.

While cheerful music played in the distance, everyone here was gripped by a deep sense of terror.

Yang Fan took a step forward and kicked the man straight to the ground!

"Tell me, Jiang Tao, do you pledge your loyalty to me or to him? If you pledge it to me, stand up and slap him across the face!"

"That's poison!" Lin Xi said coldly.

"Yang Fan, how dare you poison people here?" Jiang Tao roared with rage. Yet, the man on the ground made his choice instantly, scrambled to his feet, and delivered a fierce slap across Jiang Tao's face.

"You—"

"How dare you curse my boss? Getting slapped is getting off lightly!" The man was on the verge of tears. Faced with life and death, choosing to live was the only option!

"Get lost over there!" Yang Fan said coldly.

"Yes, Boss!" The man retreated to the side in terror.

"Well?" Yang Fan looked at Jiang Tao and sneered.

Those standing further back remained silent. Young Master Song and Young Master Han were allied with Yang Fan, while Young Master Bai's group watched coldly without uttering a word.

"Yang Fan, this is the Jiang family's residence!"

"I didn't say it wasn't the Jiang family's residence. Besides, I didn't hit you. Did any of you see me slap him?"

"I..." Jiang Tao was on the verge of a breakdown!

"With the New Year approaching, I didn't plan to cause trouble for you, but you insisted on courting death and came looking for it yourself. Of course, since you were holding our mistress, you ought to pay some compensation for emotional distress!"

Young Master Bai almost burst out laughing...

"Young Master Bai, what are you laughing at? I'm terribly short of money, unlike you folks from the wealthy Bai family!" Yang Fan said.

"Not at all. I think it's entirely reasonable!"

Jiang Tao didn't dare to scold Young Master Bai; the gap in their status was simply too vast.

"What about the rest of you? What's your choice? Right now, I'm just asking you to pick a side. Of course, if you choose not to, I won't do anything to you either. Today is Jiang Huai's grand wedding, so let's not make a scene at someone else's celebration."

Lin Xi's gaze locked directly onto the people standing behind Jiang Tao!

Every single one of them was trembling uncontrollably!

"Alright, make your choice. Come here, Yan'er, sit on my lap and let me experience what you're made of!" Yang Fan pulled a chair over and sat down.

He even patted his thigh. Everyone present watched the scene unfold!

Zhong Ziyan steadied herself and struggled out of Jiang Tao's embrace!

"Let go of me!"

"Zhong Ziyan, how dare you!" Jiang Tao roared furiously!

Zhong Ziyan returned the gesture with a sharp slap that sent Jiang Tao clutching his face, while she walked straight toward Yang Fan.

Jiang Tao watched the scene with bitter resentment, grinding his teeth in hatred!

"Don't look, turn your heads away!" Young Master Han and Young Master Song instructed the group behind them, and even Young Master Bai's subordinates turned around.

"Well, Jiang Tao, doesn't that slap feel wonderful?"

"Yang Fan, I'm going to kill you!" Jiang Tao broke down, forced to watch helplessly as Yang Fan fondled Zhong Ziyan!

Of course, it was over her clothes. The moment he actually touched Zhong Ziyan's bare skin, the auxiliary seal placed upon her would take effect.

"We are all civilized people, what's all this talk about killing? Who said your wife couldn't be my mistress?" Yang Fan smiled. Lin Ruo turned her face away, utterly indifferent.

"Zhong Ziyan, you'd better remember this!"

"Of course she remembers. How you beat her when you get back is your own business. Haven't you heard the saying? Other men's wives are always the best!"

Young Master Bai narrowed his eyes as he watched. Jiang Tao was burning with such fury that he looked ready to lunge forward!

Naturally, he wouldn't get the chance, because someone from behind him gave him another kick!

They had no choice but to make a move. Following that kick, several more people rushed forward to beat him savagely!

They certainly held nothing back, because if they didn't beat him, they would die, and they didn't believe for a second that Yang Fan was just making empty threats!

"You guys, not going to join in?"

Lin Xi glared at them, and another black shadow flashed. Before those people even had time to react, they were fed the poison as well!

"Go easy on him, don't hit his face. Jiang Tao is a very handsome man. Aim for other areas instead. The harder he gets beaten, the lonelier his wife will be, the more she'll hate to part with me, and the greener the hat we'll put on him!"

Jiang Tao tightly shielded his vital areas...

"Stop right there!"

Suddenly, a stern shout echoed—it was Jiang Tao's father!

The men finally stopped beating him...

"Tao'er!" Jiang Fangliang shouted!

"Dad, they're beating me! Kill them for me!" Jiang Tao pointed at the group and cursed, his face and body covered in footprint marks!

"Jiang Tao, are you planning to kill us too?" Young Master Bai asked coldly.

"Uncle Jiang, why are you getting so angry? Jiang Tao is just having a disagreement with his own subordinates. None of us laid a hand on him!" Young Master Song said.

"That's right. This is the Jiang family estate, so it wouldn't be appropriate for us to interfere! Jiang Tao, you can't just frame us just because we didn't help you out. We didn't touch him at all and stood far away!" Young Master Han chimed in.

"Dad, it's Yang Fan!" Jiang Tao pointed directly at Yang Fan.

"I didn't lift a finger either. See? I was just keeping an eye on your wife for you! Can you imagine if such a beauty got hurt in the brawl? That would be such a shame. You ought to be thanking me!"

"You..." Jiang Tao spat a mouthful of blood, and Jiang Fangliang's expression darkened completely!

With representatives from three major families present, let alone Jiang Tao, even the head of the Jiang family had to weigh his options carefully.

As for Yang Fan, someone else would deal with him in due time!

"Let's go back!"

"Dad, kill them right now!" Jiang Tao had completely lost his sanity.

"Let's go. And Ziyan, come along, let's head back!" Jiang Fangliang barked.

Zhong Ziyan stood up. The seal attached to her acted like a magnet, preventing her from straying more than five paces away from Jiang Tao!

"Darling, let's go out on a date another day!" Yang Fan called out with a smile. Zhong Ziyan looked at him and smiled back.

In Jiang Tao's eyes, that scene was filled with murder intent!

In the end, they left. Jiang Tao had already decided he was going to give this bitch a vicious beating tonight!

"Boss, we've done as you instructed!"

"Twenty million per person, transfer the funds right now. Consider this your filial tribute to help me celebrate the New Year!" Yang Fan said.

Since he made the trip, he couldn't possibly return empty-handed!

"First wife, time to collect the money!" Yang Fan pulled Lin Ruo into his arms and said.

A dozen minutes later, over two hundred million more was deposited into their accounts!

Yang Fan was in high spirits...