18. Settle privately?

After watching Madam Fu and Fu Yucheng leave, Fu Fengcheng asked, "What happened to his face and legs?" Xu Shaoming's eyes lit up; he suddenly became excited. "First Young Master, I heard that last night when he returned from the Zheng family, someone put a sack over his head." The First Young Master didn't pay much attention to gossip, which made Xu Shaoming hesitate to share such news earlier in the morning.

"Who is so bold?" Not many people in Yong City would dare to knock out the Fourth Young Master Fu. Fu Fengcheng raised his head and looked at Xu Shaoming, scaring him so much into shaking his head repeatedly. "It wasn't me!"

"…" Fu Fengcheng was speechless. "Go and investigate."

"Yes," Xu Shaoming hurriedly replied, although it was really hard to say if he could find out.

Fu Fengcheng lowered his eyes and thought for a long time before saying, "Let's go take a look too."

Xu Shaoming walked over and pushed the wheelchair out as he remarked, "First Young Master's mood has improved quite a bit these past two days."

Previously the condition of First Young Master was truly worrying. Although he hadn't neglected his crucial responsibilities, he had almost locked himself in the dim study, rarely coming out to meet people. Nobody knew what he was thinking during those days spent in the study.

However, as his trusted confidant, Xu Shaoming knew that after the incident, he had changed a lot.

Because he had never been an extroverted and enthusiastic person, outsiders might not have noticed the difference much, attributing his subdued and desolate mood to his injuries. But Xu Shaoming knew that it was more than that.

He must have undergone changes that even he was unaware of.

But… when faced with such circumstances, who wouldn't change?

Fu Family's main hall, Warlord Fu, was receiving guests.

There weren't many people in this world that could be received by Warlord Fu personally, but the person before him was one of them, even though he appeared to be young— barely in his thirties. Seated next to Warlord Fu was a young man with an elegant and refined demeanor. Despite his scholarly appearance, his smiling eyes held an underlying sharpness. He was Wei Changxiu—the current richest man in An Xia— qualified to be personally received by Warlord Fu.

Wei Changxiu was just twenty-eight years old this year, yet he had been managing the huge family and all the properties under it for almost nine years. When the patriarch of the Wei family suddenly passed away nine years ago, Wei Changxiu, who was studying abroad, hastily returned and used forceful means to reorganize the entire family. He suppressed the family members who were trying to vie for the inheritance, firmly seizing authority over the entire family.

Compared to him, even An Xia's famous duo, the 'Twin Gem of An Xia', appeared somewhat inexperienced.

After all, these two were only marshals, while Wei Changxiu had already become the head of a household.

On the floor in the middle of the hall, several men and women were tied up like dumplings and thrown on the ground. Their mouths were stuffed. When they saw Warlord Fu and urgently tried to speak, all they could produce were muffled sounds.

"Nephew, what does this mean?" After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Warlord Fu got straight to the point.

Wei Changxiu had been in Yong City during this period, but he truly didn't know why Wei Changxiu came to visit today and brought a bunch of 'dumplings' with him.

Wei Changxiu smiled faintly, "To be frank, I've come here to ask the Warlord for help."

"Oh?" Wei Changxiu needed someone to intercede for him?

Wei Changxiu explained, "This person defiled a cousin of mine in Yan City. Not only that… he wanted to force her to marry him. My cousin is strong-willed and refused, so she wanted to sue him. This family wanted to silence her, so after drugging her, they threw her into a pond. If it weren't for her luck that someone happened to pass by, I'm afraid she might have died. Such a person… how should we handle him?"

Warlord Fu slammed the table, "Such b*stard should be beaten to death!" While Warlord Fu acknowledged his past flirtatious tendencies, he had never stooped to such immoral and disgusting actions.

And not to mention, after raping someone's daughter, he even tried to kill her and dispose of her body? Simply despicable!

After his burst of anger, Warlord Fu looked at Wei Changxiu with a slight frown, "Such matters, it's up to you to handle them. Why did you have to come all the way to Yong City?" With Wei's influence, even if these people were capable, no one would dare to shelter them, right?

Wei Changxiu smiled bitterly. "To be honest, this family is… the Feng family of Yan City."

Warlord Fu was stunned for a moment before he finally remembered.

The Feng… Feng from Yan City. Wasn't that Madam Fu's maiden home?

His expression turned sharp as he cast a cold look at the people on the floor. Finally, he spotted a trace of resemblance to Madam on the face of one young man. He couldn't help but glance at Wei Changxiu, who was sipping tea and wearing a respectful and polite smile.

What a cunning fellow!

The hall fell silent in an instant. Warlord Fu glanced at the people still whimpering on the floor and said irritably to the person beside him, "Untie them!"

Soon, the three men and two women on the ground were released. The eldest man among them immediately shouted, "Brother-in-law! Help! Wei Changxiu wants to kill us!"

"Shut up." Warlord Fu's voice turned cold. His gaze, rather than being concerned about saving people, seemed more inclined to kick the person a few times. "Regarding what Boss Wei just mentioned, do you have anything to say?"

The Feng family's members couldn't help but show a hint of guilt on their faces. They denied, "That Wei is just spreading lies! We are innocent! Brother-in-law, you have to intercede for your two nephews."

The two men also hurriedly called out, "Uncle-in-law, Uncle-in-law," claiming that they were innocent and had been framed by the Wei family.

Sitting beside them, Wei Changxiu chuckled softly. His beautiful narrow phoenix eyes raised slightly as he toyed with an ivory folding fan in his hand. "Framed you? Of what value do you have for me to frame you? Just because your surname is Feng?"

Although the Feng family and the Fu family were in-laws, they had not been close to the Fu family all these years. No one knew why, but anyone could tell that Warlord Fu did not value this in-law.

The Feng family was originally just a middle-class family in Yan City. Even the Wei family's branch in Yan City surpassed them, not to mention the Wei main family. Such a family wasn't worth the Wei family's effort to frame, let alone sacrificing his cousin's good name. Unless Wei Changxiu intentionally wanted to make Warlord Fu uncomfortable.

The Feng family members choked beyond words. Warlord Fu could tell what was going on just by their expressions. He wasn't interested in asking about the trivial details, so he looked at Wei Changxiu and said, "Nephew, what do you want to do? My Fu family will not be biased."

Hearing this, the Feng family members paled. They had heard of Wei Changxiu's methods.

"Warlord?!"

"Brother-in-law…"

"Uncle-in-law…"

"Shut up!" Warlord Fu slammed the table and said coldly.

Wei Changxiu smiled as he looked at them, then clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Warlord. Indeed, you're truly righteous. I have misunderstood."

After that, he turned to Warlord again, "Though my cousin was saved, the harm has been done. The Wei family respects Warlord and won't take these people's lives. However… I also need to explain this to my family members. Please understand, Warlord."

"There's no need to say anything else," Warlord Fu said.

"Alright." Wei Changxiu's smile contained no warmth. He spoke with a calculated tone, "For the beast who harmed Wei's girl, I want him to be castrated so he can never harm women again. As for these two accomplices… either send them to prison for twenty years, which would conclude this matter or… I want them to never walk again. Oh, including these women as well."

Either the main culprit would face consequences, and the three Feng men would go to prison for twenty years. Or the legs of these three people would be broken. This matter was considered privately settled. He wasn't asking for their lives; he was giving Warlord Fu some face.

"What? No!" The woman, who had been trembling and not daring to speak, could not help but cry out.