Is Chapter 858 a case of winning by doing nothing?
Feng Tianyu remained noncommittal, only frowning as he stared at the little black dog's rear end, making it involuntarily clench its legs together.
"Male."
He gets jealous of women, let alone male creatures of the opposite sex. Letting it rub against his junior sister a couple of times was already the biggest limit he reluctantly gave in consideration of the other party's merits!
Ye Wanxi was both annoyed and amused. She glared at him but ultimately said nothing.
As the victim, Ji Yafeng gave a brief statement in the car and was then sent home.
As soon as they got out of the car, the mother and daughter received meticulous care, and the child was first taken up to a room on the second floor to rest.
Ji's mother and others had advised Ji Yafeng to go and rest with the child, but Ji Yafeng was curious about what had happened to her and the child after they were arrested, so she forced herself to stay awake and followed Ji's mother back to the first floor.
“We really owe a lot to Miss Ye for her help this time.” As soon as Ji Yafeng sat down, Zhai Yizhong took his wife’s hand and said in a low voice, “The man who kidnapped you did call us after he took you away and asked us for 50 million. He said he would deliver it to the designated location tonight.”
"Fifty million?" Ji Yafeng's eyes widened. "Is he crazy? Our family doesn't seem to have that much money. And he wants to send it over tonight? We couldn't possibly borrow that much. Those two bastards did it on purpose, making up an excuse to kill the hostage!"
Ji Yafeng thought the other party would ask for at most 20 or 30 million, but she didn't expect them to be so greedy, asking for 50 million, which wouldn't be enough even if they sold their whole family.
“My parents and I were originally planning to raise money, borrowing as much as we could. It was Miss Ye who stopped us and led us to you.”
Upon hearing this, Ji Yafeng subconsciously looked at Ye Wanxi, opened her mouth to thank her, but was stopped by Ye Wanxi, who saw through her intentions.
"Don't thank me, thank your family's guardian angel."
Ji Yafeng looked completely bewildered: "Our family's guardian spirit? Our family has a guardian spirit?"
Zhai Yizhong's smile faded slightly, and his gaze toward the old lady revealed a hint of guilt: "It's Dahei."
"Big Black?" Ji Yafeng was also startled. "Wasn't it already..."
Zhai Yizhong sighed and briefly recounted to his wife what Ye Wanxi had told them earlier.
Ji Yafeng's expression was quite complicated after hearing this. After all, she was the one who suggested giving the dog away. Although she felt a little guilty after learning that the dog had died, her relationship with the dog was not particularly close, so her guilt was really limited.
Hearing Zhai Yizhong's words and thinking about what had happened at home recently, as well as Dahei's protection of her and the child today, Ji Yafeng's eyes suddenly reddened.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have insisted that Grandma give it away."
Grandma Zhai was saddened by Dahei's death, but she never blamed her granddaughter-in-law: "It's not your fault. Everyone has things they're afraid of. It just so happens that what you were afraid of was Dahei. I think Dahei wouldn't care about these things, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed by your and Tingting's side all this time, looking after you."
The more the old lady said this, the more upset Ji Ya Feng became. Ji's mother saw what her daughter was thinking, thought for a moment, and took the initiative to ask, "Miss Ye, since you can see Da Hei, you must have a way to help my daughter and her in-laws, right?"
As soon as Mrs. Ji said this, everyone's eyes turned to Ye Wanxi again.
"This dog named Dahei saved Xiaofeng and the child. It's a benefactor to the Zhai family and also to our Ji family. Now that we're separated by death, there's not much we can do, but if we can set up a memorial tablet for it at home and offer it some incense, it should still be of some benefit to it, right?"
Ye Wanxi gave Ji's mother an approving look. That's why elders are so knowledgeable. Didn't she just get to the point?
"That's one way to do it."
The eyes of everyone in the Zhai and Ji families lit up. Zhai Yizhong, at this moment, also showed his reliability as the head of the family: "Please, Miss Ye, help us to the end and tell us the effective way to worship Dahei. In addition, Miss Ye's little black dog has also helped us a lot today, so we should thank you properly."
Ye Wanxi didn't care much about these things, but Zhai Yizhong's understanding made her look at him with new respect.
The dog named Dahei from the Zhai family has been dead for some years now. Even if it still has strong attachments, lingering in the mortal world for too long is not good for its soul.
In addition, during this period, it had repeatedly tried to advise the family to ensure their safety, which had taken a lot of effort.
When she saw it just now, she noticed that the dog's soul was much more transparent than last time.
Now that it has the offerings of two families, its spirit can be more solidified.
As long as both families are sincere, they can at least keep it alive until the old lady passes away, and then it can go with her to be reincarnated, which can be considered to fulfill the master-pet relationship in this life.
Ye Wanxi told the Zhai family how to worship Dahei, and after receiving large red envelopes from both families, she left.
As soon as they got into the car to go back, Ye Wanxi handed one of the bags to Feng Tianyu and said with a smile, "Here, one bag for each of you, just right."
Feng Tianyu chuckled: "I didn't help at all today, so is this considered a free win?"
"I wasn't much of a help; it was Charcoal Head who did the work. If you put it that way, we all just got carried to victory by it."
As they talked, the two of them looked at the little black dog at the same time. The little black dog seemed to know that they were talking about it, and it wagged its tail, a little embarrassed but also a little proud.
Seeing this, Ye Wanxi couldn't help but laugh: "Then let's use this money to give it an extra meal tonight."
"Woof!" Charcoal was overjoyed at the thought of extra food and kept circling around the two of them.
Ye Wanxi smiled, then frowned as if she had thought of something and said, "That woman..."
"That woman surnamed Shang?"
Ye Wanxi's eyes brightened slightly, and she hurriedly asked, "You also noticed that she's acting strangely, right?"
"Um."
The woman exuded a rotten aura, cold, damp, and somewhat rancid.
People who have this smell are usually either dead or suffering from a serious, decaying disease and are about to die.
“She gives me a very uncomfortable feeling. The last time I had this feeling was in Linjia Village. It seems I still need to find Xiao Jihui.”
"Okay, I'll call him in a bit."
Feng Tianyu acted swiftly, and Xiao Jihui was also very careful about the things the two had told them. The next day, the two obtained the confessions of the man and woman, as well as the information obtained by the police investigation.
There's not much to say about that man. He had no prior dealings with the Ji family, but he had a grudge against Zhai Yizhong.
This man was originally the heir to a small company, barely qualifying as a minor second-generation rich kid. Because he was an only child and was spoiled by his family, he developed an extremely self-centered and arrogant personality.
His feud with Zhai Yizhong stemmed from a cooperation agreement signed several years ago.
(End of this chapter)
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