Chapter 1: The Eye-Catching Wedding

  As Ning Fan approached, the four young men obviously increased their vigilance. The ones playing cards stopped playing, the one making a phone call put down his phone, and the guy who had already peeled an apple twice finally stopped peeling it and started eating it.

  "Let's get straight to the point, what is your purpose?" Ning Fang asked calmly as he walked up to the four of them.

  "Hey kid, what's up? We don't know you." The guy who was peeling the apple earlier took a bite of it and said with a careless tone.

  This man was speaking while playing with a fruit knife in his hand, and the threatening implication could be said to be quite obvious.

  "I have an impression of you." Ning Fan stared at the young man eating an apple, "Yesterday when I went to Qingxue Group, I saw you, you are a security guard for Qingxue Group."

  He glanced at the other three and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you guys, along with those eight others, are all security personnel from Qingxue Group? So it seems that Song Wenbin sent you here?"

  Although they had only met once and just took a glance, Ning Fan still remembered the security guard. Seeing the security guard, Ning Fan understood that this trouble was indeed caused by him.

  But this made Ning Fang extremely angry. Song Wenbin was indirectly threatening his family to coerce him!

  "Wow, Young Master, Qing Xue Group?!" Ning Ke suddenly shouted in an exaggerated manner, "I saw online that Zhao Qing Xue is so beautiful! Unfortunately, she married that scoundrel Chen Zi Xuan. Luckily Chen Zi Xuan ran away, otherwise Zhao Qing Xue would have been taken advantage of!"

  Ning Fan was speechless for a moment, when did Keke become so gossipy?

  The person holding the apple in his hand was still pretending to be confused at this moment: "What is Qingxue Group and what is Song Wenbin, we don't know anything about it. We are just here for a vacation!"

  "You can't deny it, but I'm only giving you two options." Ning Fang's tone was somewhat cold. "First, you leave the hotel on your own, and we'll refund all the room fees you've paid. Second, I'll throw you out directly, and not a single cent of the room fees will be refunded!"

  "Oh my, quite a big tone you have there!" A somewhat sarcastic and mysterious voice came at this time, along with the voice, Ning Fan's line of sight appeared another group of people, not too many nor too few, exactly eight.

  Just as he opened his mouth, a burly man wearing a vest with a menacing look and a knife tattoo on his neck appeared. This big man was obviously the leader of the group, because as soon as he finished speaking, the four people sitting on the sofa got up and came to stand behind him.

  A tattooed big man, with a toothpick in his mouth, slowly walked towards Ning Fan: "I'm saying, are you guys running a black shop? You took our money and now you're kicking us out? Alright, you're actually bullying us, come on, let's find a place to talk this through."

  The big fellow spoke as he stretched out a palm as big as a lotus leaf and patted Ning Fan's shoulder.

  The tattooed big man had a relaxed and casual smile on his face, obviously not taking Ning Fan seriously. Unfortunately, he wouldn't be smiling for long, because his palm couldn't land on Ning Fan's shoulder, and it would never be able to again.

  At the sight, the big man suddenly revealed an incredible expression, because he saw that it was actually Ning Fang who had grasped his wrist, and the enormous strength transmitted from his wrist made the big man even more astonished. He had always thought himself to be stronger than others, but at this moment, no matter how hard he tried, his hand could not move in the slightest!

  "I know what you're doing." Ning Fan looked at the tattooed man coldly. "You think it's natural to pay for a room, but you use this disguised intimidation to threaten my family. If I didn't do anything today, your intimidation would only get worse until I couldn't bear it and had to compromise with you. But I can tell you that your calculations are wrong. Now, I'll ask you one more time: will you leave on your own or do I need to throw you out?"

  "This is intimidation!" The tattooed man struggled hard, but still couldn't pull his hand back, and for a moment he was somewhat annoyed. "I'm going to complain about this inn, make you close down, no, not just complain, I'll also call the police, have all of you from this black shop arrested...... uh!"

  Ning Fan suddenly kicked the big man's stomach with a loud thud, causing him to curl up in pain and let out a mournful cry. Immediately after, Ning Fan slapped the big man's shoulder heavily, directly knocking him to the ground.

  "What are you doing?"

  "How dare you raise your hand?"

  "Beat him up!"

  Another ten people scolded in unison, and several of them had already rushed towards Ning Fan, but in fact, Ning Fan was faster than them, he had taken the initiative to charge towards these people.

  "Huh?"

  "Ah!"

  "My leg!"

  Groans and wails intertwined, in less than a minute, these eleven people also fell to the ground, one by one writhing in agony on the ground, unable to get up for a while.

  "Cocoa, there's a rope in the house, go get it. Li Wu and Li Qi, help me tie them all up." Ning Fan finally spoke up to instruct.

  "Got it, Uncle!" Ning Ke rushed inside.

  The rope was quickly taken out, and Li Wu and Li Qi naturally came to help. In a short while, all twelve people were tied up with their hands behind their backs.

  "You, this is kidnapping, this is illegal detention! I'll call the police, I must call the police!" The tattooed big man sat on the ground, with a fierce and sinister look.

  Before coming here, Da Han thought this was a very easy job, but now he just found out that it's not easy at all.

  "Don't worry, I'll call the police." Ning Fan looked at the big man with a mocking gaze, then took out his phone and dialed Shi Kun's number, putting it on speakerphone.

  "Ning Fan, what's wrong?" The phone connected quickly, and Shi Kun's voice came from the other end.

  "Uncle Kun, I'm at my hometown in the countryside. Twelve people have arrived at my home and I suspect they're accomplices to assassins, so I've taken control of them first. Can you send a few police cars over to take them away?" Ning Fan said calmly, not intentionally lowering his voice, clearly wanting these people to hear him.

  The killer's accomplice?

  Da Han's face changed color, and for a moment he started to feel that something was off.

  "Twelve people?" Shi Kun's tone changed slightly, "Ning Fan, are you sure they're related to the killer?"

  "To be honest, I'm not quite sure, just suspicious." Ning Fang naturally wouldn't say anything definite. "Uncle Kun, it's not that I'm being paranoid, but from yesterday to today, I've already encountered several groups of assassins."

  "Uh-huh, you're right. I'll send a car over immediately." Shi Kun apparently thought Ning Fan's words were reasonable, as anyone who had encountered several waves of assassins in a row would start to become suspicious.

  "Police comrades, we are not killers, we are security guards, we are the security guards of Qingxue Group..." Da Han finally realized the problem and hurriedly shouted loudly there.

  "Uncle Kun, did you hear that? They said they're security guards from the Qingxue Group. I think they're even more suspicious now." Ning Fan added at this time.

  "Got it, I'll get them here right away. You take care of them!" Shi Kun's voice became somewhat tense before he hung up the phone.

  The tattooed big man was momentarily baffled, what's going on? He said he was a security guard for the Qingxue Group, but somehow he seemed more like a suspect in a murder case.

  The tattooed big man naturally wouldn't understand that the main suspect in Ning Fan's assassination was Chen Zixuan, and Shi Kun didn't know about Ning Fan and Zhao Qingshuang's special relationship, so he would think that Zhao Qingshuang might also be Chen Zixuan's accomplice. Now these people are the security guards of the Qingshuang Group, so the suspicion is naturally even greater.

  "Now you're willing to admit that you're the security guard of Qingxue Group? Ning Fan looked at the big man, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone. "Unfortunately, it's too late. After we get to the police station, you can slowly explain yourselves. Hopefully, the police will believe you."

  "This is a false accusation, you're framing me!" The tattooed man roared in anger.

  "From yesterday to today, I've encountered six killers. Three of them are dead, one is crippled, and the other two are in police custody." Ning Fang's tone suddenly turned cold, "If you keep shouting, believe me, I'll let you accompany those three dead killers!"

  A faint aura of killing intent emanated from Ning Fan's body. As the saying goes, "Disaster does not befall one's family." If his opponent was only targeting him personally, he could still tolerate it, but now these people had come to threaten his family, which was something he could not tolerate!

  The heavily tattooed man suddenly shut his mouth and didn't dare to speak again, while the others were also silent as cicadas in winter. The aura that Ning Fan emitted made everyone feel a huge pressure, even fear!

  "I'm asking you for the last time, was it Song Wenbin who sent you here?" Ning Fan looked at the tattooed man with a very cold tone.

  "Yes, it was Director Song who told us to come. He said that what we're doing isn't against the law or a crime, and no one can do anything to us." The tattooed man hastily replied.

  Finally, the big Han pleaded again: "Brother, help us out, we're just security guards, we're not hitmen, don't make us go to jail, I don't want to go to jail!"

  "Take care of them." Ning Fan didn't bother with the big man anymore, but instead instructed Li Wu and Li Qi in a sentence, then turned around and walked out of the inn.

  Away from the crowd, Ning Fan took out his phone again and after a moment of contemplation, he finally dialed a number.

  "Anything wrong?" A gentle and moving voice came from the other end of the phone, which was Zhao Qingxue.

  "I need to confirm one thing." Ning Fan's tone was calm. "Do you really want to invest in the Qingyun Mountain Scenic Area?"

  "I've been to Qingyun Mountain, the air and scenery there are great, at least in Zhongjiang Province, you can't find a better place. And that Half-Mountain Lake and waterfall are quite rare." Zhao Qingshuai's voice was gentle and moving, "In my opinion, this is a high-quality investment project, so yes, I really want to invest in Qingyun Mountain Scenic Area."

  "In that case," Ning Fan said calmly, "I think I can discuss a business deal with you."