After being rejected by Xiao Anhe without hesitation, the subordinate who had made the suggestion was a little sad. He said to Xiao Anhe sadly, "Brother, you've changed. You're not as decisive as before."

Xiao Anhe did not explain his subordinates' suspicions, but hung up the phone directly.

Unbeknownst to him, his trusted subordinates had already come up with many speculations about his sudden change in personality, which could be broadly categorized as follows:

The first possibility is that Xiao Anhe has not fully recovered, so he does not want to confront Qian Yue'e and her son directly for the time being.

The second possibility is that Xiao Anhe had a better solution, but it was difficult to explain over the phone, so he simply hung up.

Compared to the two reasonable guesses above, the third and final guess is too terrifying.

That means Xiao Anhe was tricked into joining a pyramid scheme. The reason he hung up the phone so abruptly wasn't because he didn't want to talk, but because someone was watching him and preventing him from continuing.

After guessing that Xiao Anhe might really have fallen into a pyramid scheme, his brothers and subordinates looked at each other, and no matter how big the grudges were in the past, at this moment, they just wanted to hug each other and cry.

How could their brilliant and capable elder brother have been tricked into joining a pyramid scheme? He's so smart, how could he be so careless?

No, it's not that their eldest brother is unintelligent or careless, but rather that he has been abroad for a long time and is unaware of just how outrageously sophisticated the methods of scammers in China can be.

Just as they were grieving, An Jingfeng arrived. He looked around at everyone present and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you all?"

These are all elites under Xiao Anhe's command. Even in the most difficult times, they have never looked so dejected. Can anyone tell him what exactly happened?

Seeing that no one was speaking, An Jingfeng raised his hand and pointed directly at a man, saying, "Lin Qiang, you speak."

After An Jingfeng nodded, the man named Lin Qiang knew he couldn't avoid it. He stood up and looked at An Jingfeng cautiously, "Brother Feng, we were just discussing why our eldest brother hasn't returned yet?"

An Jingfeng pulled up a chair, lifted the back of his trench coat, and sat down. "Have you come to a conclusion?"

Lin Qiang looked around and saw that they were all looking down at the ground, showing no intention of helping him. He swallowed hard and said nervously, "Brother Feng, we've come up with several possible outcomes, but just before you came in, we had already come up with the most likely one."

At this point, Lin Qiang swallowed hard several times, not daring to continue.

An Jingfeng habitually reached into his pocket, intending to take out a cigarette, but after searching through all his pockets, he still couldn't find any. He remembered he still had half a pack left; could he have left it somewhere?

There are always people with sharp eyes who, seeing An Jingfeng reach into his pocket and find nothing, know he hasn't found cigarettes. They quickly take out their own cigarettes and hand them to An Jingfeng.

Not only that, she even took out a lighter to light An Jingfeng's cigarette.

An Jingfeng did not refuse, not because he was arrogant and needed someone to light his cigarette, but because he had not only lost half a pack of cigarettes, but also his lighter.

He wasn't sure if he dropped it when he was beating up the scumbag outside the bar last night, or if he left it at the hotel later. It was just half a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, nothing valuable, so he didn't think much of it.

After lighting his cigarette, he took a deep drag, and amidst the swirling smoke, he slowly began to speak, continuing the question he hadn't finished asking earlier, "Lin Qiang, now, can you tell me what your final decision was after your discussions?"

Did he know where Xiao Anhe was? Did he also know the truth behind why Xiao Anhe wasn't spending time with Qian Yue'e and Xiao Yang for the time being? He was very curious as to why Xiao Anhe hadn't returned to carry out his power grab, based on the speculations of others who didn't know the truth.

Lin Qiang knew he couldn't escape it, so he swallowed hard again and finally spoke, "Brother Feng, I'm telling you, please don't hit me!"

Even though An Jingfeng knew perfectly well that this was their way of shirking responsibility and protecting themselves, he still nodded in agreement with the request, "Okay, I promise I won't beat you up, now you can talk, right?"

Lin Qiang not only looked down at the tips of his shoes, but also kept pinching and rubbing the hem of his clothes with both hands.

An Jingfeng, a man of imposing stature and height, couldn't stand watching a woman act like this, especially one who had been wronged. "Now, immediately, tell me the result you've reached!"

Although An Jingfeng's status in their hearts was not as high as Xiao Anhe's, not even half as high, every man present was still afraid of him when he got angry.

Especially Lin Qiang, who was called out by name and stood up to speak as a representative of the masses, was so scared that his legs trembled. He was sure that if An Jingfeng roared like that again, he would definitely wet his pants on the spot.

"Brother Feng," Lin Qiang said, his voice trembling, "I...the final result of our discussion is...it's..."

An Jingfeng completely lost his patience, threw the half-smoked cigarette on the ground, crushed it under his foot, and said in a sinister tone, "What is it? Tell me!"

He's very busy, but he doesn't have that much time to listen to nonsense.

"The final conclusion we reached was... my brother was tricked into joining a pyramid scheme!"

As Lin Qiang finished speaking, those who had been keeping their heads down and trying to protect themselves suddenly gained courage. More than one person echoed Lin Qiang, "Yeah, Brother Feng, should we go and rescue our eldest brother!"

This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!