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"fight?"

Several security guards tensed up, lowered their stances, and stared at her with menacing eyes.

Gu Nan casually rubbed his wrist, gripped his badge with his right hand, and raised an eyebrow with disdain: "I'll give you one hand, and we'll finish this quickly."

The guards looked at each other warily, and one of them slowly backed away, then turned and ran into the house after missing a person.

Gu Nan caught his intention out of the corner of her eye, but she didn't stop him. She slowly swayed her body and raised her voice: "Which is faster, your call for people to come over, or my hands and feet?"

The word "quick" trailed off with a hint of laughter, lingering in the air. Before it could dissipate, she suddenly exerted her strength, blurring her figure in everyone's astonishment.

Almost instantly.

"Bang!"

Three grown men couldn't withstand a single sweeping leg kick.

He fell to the ground with a thud.

Gu Nan clapped her hands and snorted with a sneer: "Trash."

Without giving them time to react, they walked slowly into the house, stepping directly over the threshold. Behind them, the gatekeeper shouted at the top of his lungs, "Someone has broken in!"

Gu Nan ignored him and walked slowly forward. A few seconds later, heavy footsteps came from all directions and surrounded her.

She stared intently, her gaze sweeping over several familiar faces. The corners of her mouth widened, revealing a cold and mocking smile: "What a coincidence, we meet again."

As he spoke, he slowly rolled up his sleeves, his fingers curling up, causing the muscles in his forearms to flex smoothly and firmly.

I thought to myself, this is a good opportunity to test the bodyguards of the Wan family.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he struck first, his fist tearing through the air, disrupting the flow of the breeze, and slicing through the air currents to hit the bodyguard's face.

Despite the bodyguards' quick reflexes, they couldn't dodge the force of the punches that swept through their faces, and the courtyard instantly descended into chaos.

Countless fierce gazes were fixed on her.

The atmosphere immediately became tense.

However, the person who initially started the trouble suddenly fell silent. Gu Nan relaxed her fist as if nothing had happened, with a silver badge in her palm. The force of clenching her fist had left a ring of marks on her skin.

She calmly played with it, slightly bending two fingers to pinch the badge, and with a flick of her knuckles, the badge drew a bright arc in the air.

"Smack."

It landed steadily back in the palm of my hand.

She slowly scanned the various expressions on the bodyguards' faces, making sure that everyone recognized the owner of the badge, and then calmly put the badge back into her pocket.

His clenched fist was poised to strike, as if he could unleash his next attack at any moment.

"What does Miss Gu mean by this?" The voice was old and extremely intimidating.

Gu Nan's brow twitched, and she turned her head in response to the sound.

Standing before the railing of the long corridor, Master Wan walked slowly, his face displeased. Behind him, Shen Ming looked surprised.

Gu Nan said regretfully: "It's not going to happen."

"We demand an explanation."

Master Wan sneered. Lately, one thing after another had gone wrong, and behind every incident, he could see Gu Nan's shadow. He was utterly disgusted with Gu Nan and couldn't muster a kind look at him: "You scratched Si Zong, and I didn't come looking for you, yet you still dare to come to my door."

Even though the road ahead was clear, Gu Nan deliberately took an unconventional route. With a nonchalant expression, she pushed aside the bodyguard beside her and carved a new path through the human wall, smiling as she walked towards Master Wan.

"Is Master Wan senile? Lu Yushi ordered me to take action, how could I dare to go against him?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Master Wan snorted, as if saying another word to her was a waste of his breath.

Gu Nan's smile deepened, and her words were like knives, each one stabbing into Master Wan's heart: "Even you have to be mindful of Lu Yushi's feelings, let alone me. You are old enough to tolerate being bullied by a junior, but Lu Yushi is five years older than me, so shouldn't I be even more tolerant?"

She deliberately emphasized the word "endure" in a simple way, as if afraid that Master Wan, being old and hard of hearing, would repeat, "Endure a little longer."

Master Wan's hands, hanging by his sides, clenched tighter and tighter, almost tearing the loose skin flat. The backs of his hands were a sinister white, and the purplish-blue veins stretched out like centipedes, forming winding lines.

Shen Ming saw this and reprimanded the bodyguards: "Go back to your posts, didn't you see that Master Wan and Miss Gu have something to talk about?"

As the crowd dispersed, the heavy, stagnant atmosphere remained unrelieved. Master Wan and Gu Nan stood, one under the eaves and the other outside the railing, one with a sinister expression and the other with a playful provocation. Neither made a move, their dark gazes clashing a hundred times over.

"You'd better pray that Lu Yushi can protect you for the rest of your life."

Gu Nan replied calmly, "I wouldn't dare."

"Those who are too arrogant will not have a good ending." Master Wan calmed his heaving chest. At his age, he wouldn't lose his mind because of Gu Nan's two sentences.

"Heh," Gu Nan smiled indifferently, took out a badge from his pocket, and tossed it to Master Wan across the corridor railing. "Master Wan, you should leave those words to your good son. Stopping someone in the street and beating someone up, tell me, how much money are you going to spend to buy the video I have?"

"What is this?" Master Wan reached out and took it, about to throw it into the flower bed.

Gu Nan spoke slowly and deliberately: "Even the bodyguards of the Wan family can recognize the badge at a glance. Does Master Wan not know his own son well?"

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Shen Ming hesitate, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't, and she gave him a warning look.

Master Wan paused, his face cold: "You said he stopped you in the street and beat you up, but you don't look injured. This old man has lived for so many years, do you think I would be fooled by a little girl like you? Your little tricks are only enough to fool Lu Yushi."

Gu Nan was not annoyed: "Who said he hurt me? Lu Yushi told me to be careful of your Wan family. I'm not a fool like Wan Sizong who tries to outsmart a paramecium. How could I fall for his trick?"

"Emotions are still about supporting others."

"You know him too, you're quite familiar with him." Gu Nan deliberately dragged out her words, keeping everyone in suspense.

Master Wan noticed something on her ambiguous smile, his eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly, and he gave her the order to leave: "I'll let you off the hook because you're young, but if you still don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for not giving Lu Yushi face."

Gu Nan thought to herself, "You'd better not give Lu Yushi any face."

His gaze shifted back to Shen Ming, his tone suggestive: "Master Wan is indeed very kind-hearted. His own family is in dire straits, yet he still has the leisure to handle other people's family affairs. Can he even handle them properly?"

"you."

"I almost forgot, Lu Yushi asked me to give this to Young Master Shen, and also to ask if there have been any changes to the date of Miss Shen and Lin Haoyu's engagement banquet, so he can make arrangements in advance."

Shen Ming's face darkened.

Gu Nan pretended to be blind and talked to herself, her tone reproachful: "Master Wan, this is where you are wrong. You and the Lin family head are old friends, and you have such great ability to make the five families of Beicheng listen to you, especially the Shen family. The Shen family only has this one precious daughter. Master Wan knows Lin Haoyu's character, so why did you push Miss Shen into the fire pit?"

"Nonsense! Lin Haoyu even keeps his biological father a secret, how would I know?"

This was exactly what Gu Nan wanted to hear. Feigning surprise, she said, "So you didn't know? That's strange. Why did Master Wan help Lin Haoyu forge evidence in the main hall of Xingyin Temple?"

She chuckled meaninglessly: "No one can match Master Wan's kindness."

Master Wan choked up. At the time, in order to stop Lu Yushi from sowing discord between the Lin and Shen families, he didn't think much and first made a false alibi for Lin Haoyu.

A chill crept up his spine to his face, which was so dark it looked like it could be squeezed to release water. Gu Nan was clearly not present that day.

Behind him was Shen Ming, and looking at Shen Ming now made him feel guilty. He thought to himself, since the incident happened at the Lin family's place, the Lin family couldn't possibly produce evidence to prove that Lin Haoyu was indeed dating two women at the same time.

It's all just talk; if he denies acknowledging Gu Nan, he has no proof.

Cold voice: "Forged testimony?"

Seeing his calm expression, Gu Nan guessed what he was thinking. With a knowing smile on her lips, she blurted out, "I really have no evidence to prove that Master Wan gave false testimony."

"Heh." Master Wan turned to leave, having no intention of getting entangled with her.

The moment he turned around, Gu Nan grabbed the pillar with one hand, hooked her long leg, and gracefully flipped over the railing, landing steadily on the horizontal bar.

The entire set of movements was fluid and graceful.

His long, straight legs stretched forward, precisely blocking Master Wan's path.

With sharp eyes, she calmly added the second half of her sentence.

"But coincidentally, there is a witness."

Master Wan was forced to stop, his gaze sweeping downwards, his eyes cold, his slow tone carrying the authority of a superior: "Did Lu Yushi send you here to sow discord like this?"

Seeing Shen Ming deep in thought, Gu Nan stopped there and said no more, her tone light: "No, that's not it. I said I came to demand an explanation."

"Xiao Yi won't hold a grudge, so don't try to use this to sow discord between us."

"Do I need to sow discord? He treasured that 911 you gave him, and before he could do anything, it got smashed." Seeing Wan Ye's expression freeze, Gu Nan lowered her voice, "So what if the car was smashed? I can just give him another one. But it's Wan Sizong's fault for hurting people."

The rhythmic tapping of fingers on the railing created a sound like drumbeats urging one to make a firm decision.

"Fortunately, I arrived in time, and fortunately, Wan Yi was lucky to have something to protect himself in the car. Otherwise, Wan Sizong might have succeeded this time." He changed the subject, still smiling, "It's good that he succeeded, so that Master Wan won't be unable to make up his mind between his two sons."

Master Wan's expression suddenly hardened: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Gu Nan twitched the corner of her mouth: "I won't give Wan Sizong a chance to succeed. If they insist on fighting to the death, I will have no choice but to help Wan Yi. Master Wan knows how kind-hearted I am."

His expression paused for a moment, then he seemed to remember something important and feigned a look of realization: "Oh, right, Master Wan may not know, but the girl who went to Xingyin Temple last time was Yan Yi's apprentice. As for Yan Yi, Master Wan is familiar with the Lin family head, so he should not be unfamiliar with him."

Her expression was playful, and her gaze never left Master Wan's face for a moment.

The taut jawline revealed Wan Ye's displeasure. Even though he tried to appear indifferent, the subconscious movement of his slightly narrowed eyes betrayed his true thoughts.

Gu Nan mentally applauded herself. Master Wan must have long suspected that Su Wanting was someone arranged by Lu Yushi, but Lu Yushi would never admit it. Before this, Master Wan might have been wavering, wondering if it was a coincidence or intentional. Now that she, a kind-hearted person who wasn't even there, had given a complete account of what happened, there was no doubt that Master Wan would point the finger at Lu Yushi.

"What does Lu Yushi mean?"

Gu Nan chuckled at the expected question: "Lu Yushi is always ready to stand up for the weak."

Using Lu Yushi might not be enough to scare Master Wan, but Master Wan would never allow Wan Yi and Lu Yushi to get together.

“If Master Wan doesn’t give me an explanation today,” Gu Nan said softly, suppressing her smile, “I’ll have no choice but to ask him to back me up for Wan Yi.”

Ignoring Master Wan's gloomy gaze, Gu Nan jumped off the railing, landed steadily, and ordered, "As soon as possible."