Chapter 228
The news came quickly, partly because Qin Xian's subordinates were indeed capable, and partly because Tang Yu hadn't contacted many people since returning to the country. He had been practically idle, doing nothing except appeasing his girlfriend and her family, and going to hotels with Fan Shi.
Such secrets of checking into hotels with another woman behind his girlfriend's back naturally caught the investigators' attention first. After all, when the boss ordered an investigation, it was presumably to find dirt, so they immediately sent over all hotel records and surveillance videos.
Hearing about something is quite different from seeing your own brother being played like this with your own eyes.
Qin Xian couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.
Seeing Qin Xian looking at his phone, Ji Fei couldn't resist moving closer.
Although the videos weren't playing, the thumbnails made it clear enough who was in them.
Ji Fei's heart leaped with joy.
[Perfect, everything's going smoothly. Qin Xian is so smart, he must have figured it out.]
Qin Xian put away his phone and directly addressed Luo Fei: "Luo Fei, I need to speak with you privately."
Luo Fei was startled, and seeing Qin Xian's unusually serious expression, though puzzled, he still stood up.
Others looked at them curiously, asking what secret they couldn't share.
[A direct attack? I hope Luo Fei can handle it. Although we shouldn't take pleasure in others' misfortune, I'm really curious about Luo Fei's reaction. If only we could watch it in person.]
Even Ji Fei, thick-skinned as she was, felt embarrassed to follow them at such a moment.
Qin Xian, who was about to leave, paused, then took Ji Fei's hand.
Ji Fei was surprised.
"Come with us," Qin Xian said.
Ji Fei immediately followed enthusiastically.
The other members of the Qin family watched silently, all tense for a moment. But they soon became exasperated because once the involved parties entered the room, they could no longer hear Ji Fei's inner thoughts.
Meanwhile, Luo Fei slightly furrowed his brows, and seeing Qin Xian's serious expression and Ji Fei's awkward demeanor, he had an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
"What do you want to tell me?" Luo Fei asked.
Without any hesitation, Qin Xian straightforwardly related what he had heard in the garden.
Luo Fei's expression went blank, staring at Qin Xian and Ji Fei in disbelief.
"An illegitimate child? Tang Yu? That school bully who tormented Fan Shi in high school? He's my half-brother? And he came today!"
It was the first time Ji Fei had heard Luo Fei's voice so unstable; the shock must have been severe.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Unfortunately, this was just the beginning.
Luo Fei's face turned extremely ugly. Judging by the veins on his forehead, he was trying hard to suppress his emotions. He completely believed Qin Xian's words without any doubt.
His father's twenty-plus years of betrayal to his mother hit him hard at once. He wasn't concerned about his own hurt, but worried about what kind of impact this news would have on his mother if she ever found out.
Luo Fei closed his eyes briefly. "Qin Xian, Ji Fei, thank you for telling me the truth, but I hope you can keep this secret for now. I'll find a way to handle it later."
Luo Fei was speaking exhaustedly when Qin Xian suddenly said, "This isn't the main point of what I wanted to tell you."
Luo Fei was stunned, looking at Qin Xian in disbelief. The illegitimate child wasn't the main point?! Could there be something even worse?
Ji Fei couldn't help saying, "You should prepare yourself mentally."
Luo Fei became anxious.
Qin Xian took out his phone and operated it for a while, and Luo Fei's phone vibrated as several videos were transferred over.
Qin Xian explained, "I was originally concerned about him having some scheme, so I had people do a simple investigation. I didn't expect to discover something more important, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen this moment to tell you about the illegitimate child matter."
Actually, Luo Fei had also found it strange that the illegitimate child matter could have been discussed at any time, why not wait until after the happy occasion?
When he confusedly opened his phone and saw the video thumbnails, his pupils suddenly contracted.
He immediately played the videos.
One after another.
Blood began to suffuse Luo Fei's eyes, his entire face turned ashen, and even his muscular body started trembling uncontrollably. His phone made cracking sounds in his palm.
When he looked up again, his face was full of murderous intent.
"He actually..."
Ji Fei was startled, feeling something indescribably off about Luo Fei's reaction.
"Why didn't she say anything? Why... the child..." Luo Fei was so shocked he could barely string words together.
Qin Xian slightly furrowed his brows, thinking Luo Fei was too angry to think clearly, so he spoke directly, "If we really check the baby's months, we should be able to find out exactly how many months along she is. Perhaps it's a month different from what you know, and you can also think about whether you really had relations during that time?"
Luo Fei swayed, he wasn't stupid and naturally recalled those abnormalities. So the child wasn't his, but rather Fan Shi was pregnant with his half-brother's child and had come to him for salvation.
Qin Xian took the opportunity to present the information he had gotten from Ji Fei's thoughts as his own analysis. "I think he must have known about Fan Shi's pregnancy. Perhaps he just wanted to compete with you for the family inheritance - if not for himself, then for his child in the future."
No man could endure such an insult; Luo Fei's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.
Ji Fei carefully watched Luo Fei for a while before couldn't help asking, "Should we arrange to stop the wedding?"
Luo Fei seemed to suddenly come to his senses and rushed out violently.
From his demeanor, he had completely lost his rationality and seemed ready to kill someone.
Ji Fei and Qin Xian couldn't react in time before Luo Fei disappeared.
[I thought Luo Fei would consider his reputation and handle it quietly, but he's going to beat someone up? Are the scumbag and shameless woman going to be exposed?]
Ji Fei immediately got excited and quickly pulled Qin Xian to go watch the drama unfold.
Just as they came out, they heard a commotion.
From a distance, they could see that on the lawn, Luo Fei had already knocked Tang Yu to the ground with one punch.
One of Tang Yu's teeth was knocked out, his mouth was bloody, and he was completely dazed.
Before he could react, Luo Fei had already grabbed Tang Yu's collar and was throwing punch after punch, almost smashing him.
The ferocity caused everyone around to cry out in alarm.
Luo's Father was shocked and called for people to stop him.
However, Wu Xingqing was the first to react and rush over, so Luo Fei only managed to land three punches before being blocked - no matter how out of control he was, he wouldn't hit a woman.
"Get out of the way!"
"Mr. Luo, what are you doing? We came to attend your wedding, what right do you have to hit people!" Wu Xingqing was so angry her eyes were red, but facing Luo Fei, she didn't back down at all, protecting her boyfriend.
"This has nothing to do with you, move aside!" Luo Fei roared.
"You... are you still a police officer? How can you be so violent and unreasonable!" Wu Xingqing refused to budge.
Others had come forward by this time to pull Luo Fei back.
Luo's Mother supported the panting Luo Fei, "Luo Fei, what on earth are you doing?"
Luo's Father anxiously glanced at Tang Yu, and seeing that although he was injured, he hadn't passed out, he immediately felt relieved, then turned to glare angrily at Luo Fei.
"What are you doing at your wedding, hitting guests?!"
Luo Fei looked at his father, his expression becoming even worse. "Guest? You call him a guest?!" He pointed angrily at Tang Yu, about to say something when someone called him from the second-floor balcony.
Luo Fei turned to see Fan Shi with a pale face, tears in her eyes.
From that distance, Luo Fei actually couldn't tell who Fan Shi was looking at.
But it made him swallow whatever he was about to say, only coldly looking at his father, whose expression was clearly unnatural, and said: "Dad, is this your invited guest? He's not welcome!"
"Luo Fei?!" Luo's Mother was shocked, wondering when her son had become like this.
Luo Fei gritted his teeth and said to his mother: "Mom, you probably forgot, he's the school bully who fought with me in high school, he used to bully Fan Shi!"
Ji Fei and Qin Xian, who had followed, suddenly froze.
They exchanged glances, feeling something wasn't right.
[Either handle it secretly, or since it's come to blows, shouldn't he expose those two's shenanigans? Is it to save face, not wanting people to know he's been made a cuckold? But if he conceals it like this, how can he cancel the wedding?]
Qin Xian slightly furrowed his brows, also unable to figure out Luo Fei's approach.
The Qin family members who were watching the fight also found it strange. Was he planning to keep Fan Shi's matter hidden to save face?
[Oh my! He can think that way? Luo Fei... you're not even slightly wronged in being such a huge fool!]