In the end, only Duan Ze and Shen Niannian remained at the dinner table.

Duan Ze's face flushes easily when he drinks, but he has a high alcohol tolerance.

Shen Niannian was pregnant, so she did not drink alcohol.

Duan Ze had just returned from the police station this morning and spent a long time handing over his work with Li Wei and the others, so they only had a short rest together.

Everyone had left, and everything was quiet except for the eldest brother who took turns standing guard in the villa garden.

Even the nanny and cook left, leaving them with a private space.

Shen Niannian lowered her head and remained unusually silent.

Duan Ze poured himself a glass of wine, downed it in one gulp, then put down the glass and reached out to Shen Niannian: "Come here, let your brother give you a hug."

Shen Niannian then raised her head, her eyes already red.

Duan Ze sighed and pulled her directly into his arms. Shen Niannian sat on his lap like that.

Duan Ze: "I'm back safe and sound, aren't I?"

Duan Ze's words only made things worse, and Shen Niannian's tears fell like pearls.

Duan Ze couldn't finish wiping it all, and he was at a loss for words, both amused and exasperated.

"You're about to become a mother, why are you still acting like a little crybaby?"

Shen Niannian then glared at him: "What?!"

Immediately, Shen Niannian turned around and hugged Duan Ze: "I'm so happy that you and my brother are back safe and sound, but... brother, Brother Fang is gone... I'm so sad..."

"Without Brother Fang, I wouldn't be alive today."

Duan Ze felt a slight pang in his heart, because he knew that Shen Niannian was telling the truth, and he was also very grateful to Fang Liang.

But there's no way...

Duan Ze hugged Shen Niannian: "Be good, when we get back to the capital, I'll find a way to make it up to them."

Shen Niannian nodded and hugged him tightly.

"It was the first time I realized that...life is so fragile."

"Brother, when are we going back to Kyoto...?"

"I don't want to come to Wenzhou anymore. Let's get married properly when we get back to Kyoto, okay?"

Duan Ze nodded: "Okay."

Duan Ze had finally managed to comfort the heartbroken Shen Niannian until she fell asleep when he received a call from Liang Mo.

"Aze, Zhou Luo will be sent back to the capital tomorrow."

Duan Ze understood the unspoken meaning in Liang Mo's words.

"Okay, I'll be there in half an hour."

And so, after Shen Niannian fell asleep, Duan Ze rushed to where Zhou Luo was.

Since Zhou Luo will be escorted back tomorrow, the place where he is being held is very close to the station.

When Duan Ze arrived, Zhou Luo was already waiting for him. He wasn't surprised to see him and even smiled.

"Duan Ze, you're truly remarkable. Where do you get the ability to get so many people to help you?"

Duan Ze walked over and sat down opposite Zhou Luo.

"You should be glad that Niannian is safe and sound, otherwise I would have blown your head off long ago."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Luo chuckled and said, "You're really arrogant!"

"Do you know that even without you, my Nian Nian can still live a peaceful and safe life!"

"And another thing! The person I want to see isn't you, it's Shen Niannian! What gives you the right to act so arrogantly in front of me?!"

Duan Ze originally hated Zhou Luo, because if it weren't for Zhou Luo, Shen Niannian wouldn't have gone through all this while pregnant, and wouldn't have been involved with so many different forces. What's worse, Fang Liang's death and Fang Yan's serious injury...

But seeing Zhou Luo like this, he felt a pang of sadness.

"You are not only pitiful, but also pathetic."

Zhou Luo froze for two seconds, then slammed his hand on the table: "What nonsense are you spouting?!"

"You're just relying on your good family background! If you were in my position, would you still be able to criticize me so condescendingly?!"

Duan Ze coldly watched Zhou Luo's madness. He hadn't come today to see Zhou Luo act crazy, but rather to…

Duan Ze sat there calmly: "Zhou Luo, I'm here to tell you that starting today, all of the Shen family's support for the Zhou family will be cancelled."

"Based on the things you've done that deeply displease my wife and me, we intend to legally reclaim all the financial assistance the Shen family has provided to the Zhou family over the years, including but not limited to your overseas studies expenses, your younger siblings' schooling expenses, your parents' medical expenses, and so on..."

Zhou Luo's face suddenly turned deathly pale: "Why?! Why are you doing this?! It was the Shen family who funded me! Not you!"

Duan Ze chuckled and said casually, "Because Shen Niannian is my wife, that is our joint property, so of course I have the right to reclaim it."

Under Zhou Luo's resentful and angry gaze, Duan Ze said, "I'm not a member of the Shen family. I don't have that much sympathy for an outsider. And that house your parents live in in Kyoto, if I remember correctly..."

"Was it also given by the Shen family?"

Zhou Luo immediately snapped: "Duan Ze! What right do you have?! Why should my parents be involved in our feud?!"

Duan Ze looked at him with a mocking expression, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "Then how come you've involved so many people in your feud with me?"

"Zhou Luo, you should have thought about what would happen if you failed when you did these things. Now you have only yourself to blame!"

Duan Ze is different from Shen Niannian. Shen Niannian will not involve the Zhou family because of Zhou Luo. She will feel sorry for the Zhou family, and if giving them some money can settle things, it is nothing to her.

After all, the amount of money given to the Zhou family is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for the Shen family, an expenditure of tens of thousands of yuan a month is just considered charity.

But Duan Ze is different. The Zhou family are all bloodsuckers, and Zhou Luo, in particular, really thinks he's a young master just because of the money the Shen family gives him. He won't let any of them go.

He came to Kyoto in a hurry, so these matters were temporarily put on hold. But once he returned, the first thing he would do was to drive the Zhou family out of his house.

Duan Ze was about to leave when Zhou Luo suddenly became agitated: "You're not allowed to leave! Duan Ze, I won't allow you to take it out on my family!"

"Where's Niannian? Niannian would never let you do that!"

Duan Ze sneered, "Is that so? I'll just start by targeting the Zhou family, what are you going to do about it?"

"What? Still want revenge? Well, we'll see when you get out..."

Duan Ze seemed to remember something else: "Oh right, once you go in, it might be hard to come out and talk about it later."

"I was overthinking it."

Duan Ze smiled, turned around and walked outside.

I'm begging you!

Duan Ze paused slightly in his steps.

Zhou Luo lowered his head dejectedly: "I beg you! Don't make things difficult for my family! I'm so sorry to you and Niannian..."

Duan Ze sneered. The thought of the days when he almost lost his wife and children made him feel utterly devastated.

He is a vengeful person.

so…

Duan Ze said, "Zhou Luo, if apologies were enough, what would we need the police for?"

“You will have to pay for the terrible things you’ve done. None of you in the Zhou family will escape.”

After Duan Ze finished speaking, he left without lingering.

Zhou Luo was left bewildered. After a few seconds of panic, he began to curse wildly, but it was all in vain.