Chapter 665 Are you satisfied?

"I'm not joking." Huo Nanxiao said coldly.

Xia Wanwan felt a chill run through her body. An inexplicable fear spread from her heart, and she felt as if all her strength had been drained away. Her reddened eyes were filled with only disappointment and helplessness.

Everyone could see that this time, Huo Nanxiao wanted to protect Xia Ningxi and give her an explanation.

But……

This incident did not have serious consequences.

Even if Xia Ningxi's house is burned down, the Xia family can provide compensation.

Xia Wanwan could only turn her gaze to Xia Ningxi, her body trembling slightly: "Ningxi, say something."

Xia Ningxi retorted, "Are you sure you want me to speak? Huo Nanxiao's words are my meaning. You and Zhou Bingchang are family, but I am not. I only know that he has to pay the price for what he did."

"But..." Xia Wanwan wanted to say something more.

Xia Ningxi retorted, "Sister Wanwan, can't you understand human language? This whole thing has nothing to do with you, and you have no right to interfere. If I were you, I would pretend I know nothing, leave here obediently, go back to Qinyuan to recover, instead of protecting your stupid uncle and going to hell with him."

At this moment, Xia Wanwan fell silent.

Although Huo Nanxiao had stood by her side more than once before, and had always sided with her and protected her during many conflicts, Xia Wanwan now felt a great deal of malice.

She knew Xia Ningxi's anger, and she knew that Xia Ningxi was trying to avenge her child by killing everyone. But the person Xia Ningxi was targeting was Xia Wanwan's uncle, one of her closest family members, and Huo Nanxiao did not choose to protect her.

Perhaps, she wasn't that important to Huo Nanxiao.

Xia Wanwan was very sad, but she didn't say a word.

As for Zhou Bingchang, he had already been terrified by Huo Nanxiao. How could he have imagined that his attempt to steal a chicken would backfire and end up getting himself killed?

He could only keep apologizing, and in the end he even knelt down before Huo Nanxiao, but there was still no response.

Zhou Bingchang could only plead with Xia Ningxi, hoping she would show leniency, but he received no response.

Zhou Fenglin couldn't just stand by and watch his brother die, so he had to swallow his pride and say, "Xia Ningxi, he was wrong in this matter. You can punish him however you want, but please spare his life."

"Impossible." Xia Ningxi said bluntly.

Zhou Fenglin: "We're all family, please do me a favor."

"Don't say nice things to me, I don't want to hear them at all." Xia Ningxi glanced at Zhou Bingchang and said, "The hand that started the fire should be chopped off. Only in this way will they learn their lesson."

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

Zhou Fenglin was about to collapse.

Zhou Bingchang was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

The rest of the Xia family looked at each other, unsure of what to say to appease Xia Ningxi.

Zhou Bingchang could only keep kowtowing to Huo Nanxiao and apologizing: "Young Master Huo, I really didn't mean it. Please let me go. Please forgive me this time. I will definitely turn over a new leaf and be a good person in the future."

"Young Master Huo, we are family. You will marry Wanwan sooner or later. If something happens to me, and outsiders find out about it, they will definitely use it to attack the Huo family."

"I promise I will never do such a thing again, and I will apologize to Xia Ningxi and the children properly. Please forgive me this time for Wanwan's sake..."

Zhou Bingchang was trembling all over.

Huo Nanxiao ignored him, glanced at Xia Wanwan, and walked to her side. "You should go back."

Xia Wanwan's trembling hands gripped his sleeve, and she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a sound.

"Lu Qi, take Wanwan home. Let her rest well these next few days and don't let anyone disturb her," Huo Nanxiao ordered.

Lu Qi walked quickly to Xia Wanwan's side: "Miss Wanwan, please come back with me."

"I..." Xia Wanwan hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

Lu Qi kindly reminded him, "Staying here will only escalate the conflict. You might as well leave. After all, there's a reason for all of this, and if we really investigate, you'll be implicated too."

If Xia Wanwan hadn't insisted on getting involved with the Huo family and interfering in Huo Nanxiao and Xia Ningxi's marriage, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

She was at fault for all of this.

Others might give Xia Wanwan some face out of respect for Huo Nanxiao, but Lu Qi wouldn't. In his eyes, Xia Wanwan was a mistress who broke up someone else's family, and he wouldn't give her any face.

After forcibly removing the person, Lu Qi immediately closed the car door.

Xia Wanwan seemed unwilling to go back and asked Lu Qi not to leave yet. Lu Qi readily agreed and opened a window for her to look into the house, but there was nothing he could do.

Huo Nanxiao came out with Xia Ningxi. Not long after they came out, Zhou Bingchang was helped out. It was hard to see his expression from a distance, but it was clear that Zhou Bingchang was missing one of his hands.

He was missing one of his hands! And it was still bleeding.

Xia Wanwan wanted to go over and check on the situation, but Zhou Fenglin had already put the person in the car and hurriedly told the driver to drive away at high speed.

Lu Qi: "Miss Wanwan, the matter has been resolved. You should go back and rest. You are not in good health and should take good care of yourself. Please don't let this small matter affect others."

Xia Wanwan's eyes were red, and she knew perfectly well that Lu Qi was threatening her. She saw Xia Ningxi get into Huo Nanxiao's car, and tears welled up in her eyes. But Xia Wanwan was also afraid of being seen, so she could only obey Lu Qi's arrangement and go back obediently.

Huo Nanxiao originally intended to send Xia Ningxi back to Lanyuan, but then he remembered that the three children were still living at Tang En's house. He said, "Let's take the children back to my place tonight."

"No need," Xia Ningxi refused without any politeness.

Huo Nanxiao asked, "Are you still not satisfied with today's result?"

"It's alright." Xia Ningxi was very angry before, but since Huo Nanxiao had treated her like this, her anger had indeed subsided.

She had assumed that Huo Nanxiao would listen to Xia Wanwan and blindly favor Zhou Bingchang, but Huo Nanxiao's actions today were truly unexpected, so she was no longer angry.

Huo Nanxiao said, "I'll take that as your agreement. The child can stay at Lanyuan for the next few days; it's very safe there."

“I haven’t offended many people in the capital. As long as Zhou Fenglin and the others behave themselves, I’ll be safe wherever I am,” Xia Ningxi replied.

Huo Nanxiao said, "You suspect Zhou Fenglin?"

“Of course. I have no grudge against Zhou Bingchang. Even if he were really bored and had nothing better to do, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to come and kill me. Someone is instigating him behind the scenes, deliberately making him a tool. I can’t think of anyone other than Zhou Fenglin.”

As Xia Ningxi finished speaking, she suddenly looked at Huo Nanxiao, her clear eyes meeting his gaze: "Huo Nanxiao, you let Zhou Fenglin go because you didn't want Xia Wanwan to be sad?"

"It has nothing to do with her," Huo Nanxiao denied.