Chapter 200 Tearing Apart
The sound of the door being broken made Fu Hongyuan pause in his watering of the flowers.
When I turned around, the courtyard was already crowded with people.
A middle-aged man was thrown in, bound with rope, his hands immobilized, forced to hunch over. He could move his legs, but it was clear he was lame. His well-tailored suit was covered in footprints, and he was bruised and battered, looking utterly disheveled.
"Brother-in-law, save me! Yushu is going to beat me to death, brother-in-law! Please save me!"
The middle-aged man ran too fast, his leg twisted, and he knelt down with a thud, kowtowing solidly to Fu Hongyuan.
Even though he didn't want to.
"Lusheng?" Fu Hongyuan frowned as he looked at Cheng Lusheng's disheveled appearance.
Zhu Bo just said that Cheng Lusheng and Fu Yushu entered the door together. Fu Hongyuan hadn't figured out the reason yet, but now that he saw it, he understood that Cheng Lusheng had come in this way.
"Yushu, what's going on?" Fu Hongyuan looked at Fu Yushu, but did not directly plead for Cheng Lusheng.
“You should ask him what happened, not me. Or perhaps Mr. Fu should ask himself.”
Fu Yushu lifted his eyelids and looked at Fu Hongyuan with cold indifference. Apart from the faint resemblance in their faces, the tense atmosphere between the two did not resemble that of father and son at all.
Diao Huai moved a sofa and soft chair over from the side, and Fu Yushu sat down. Compared to the people standing around him, he was much shorter, but his aura intimidated everyone present.
No one dared to look down on him.
"Yushu, what do you mean by that?" Fu Hongyuan frowned as he looked at his son.
“Mr. Fu is still pretending to be stupid and refusing to be honest. Very well, Diao Huai, you speak.” Fu Yushu raised his chin, and Diao Huai, who had been standing behind him, immediately spoke up.
"Ten days ago, Song Ying, the wife of Qin Shu from the Qin family in the capital, came to Nancheng to film a movie. On the highway from the airport to the film set, she was provoked and harassed by a group of motorcycle gangs. Last night, Miss Song was attacked again on the film set. All four attackers were armed. After investigation, the first incident was done by Young Master Yuqi, but in reality, it was Cheng Lusheng who instigated it. The second incident was caused by people personally sent by Cheng Lusheng."
After Diao Huai finished speaking about these two things, Fu Yushu placed his right hand on his left hand, gently turned the cold jade thumb ring on his thumb, and then looked up at Fu Hongyuan sideways.
“Cheng Lusheng doesn’t have the guts. Mr. Fu, he’s one of your men.”
Fu Yushu used a declarative sentence. He was very certain about the relationship between Cheng Lusheng and Fu Hongyuan, otherwise he wouldn't have brought people over today.
“I don’t know any Song Ying or Song Shu. Yu Shu, I haven’t been involved in the Fu family’s affairs for years, and it’s none of my business what the Cheng family does. If he has done something wrong, as an adult, he should take responsibility for it himself. But I also want to advise you, don’t forget, he is your uncle.”
According to Fu Hongyuan, even if Cheng Lusheng did something wrong, it had nothing to do with him, an old man who spent his days watering flowers and tending to plants.
Even if Fu Yushu wanted to do something to Cheng Lusheng, Fu Hongyuan wouldn't stop him, as long as no one died.
"Did you hear that? Mr. Fu said this has nothing to do with him."
Fu Yushu raised her long leg and kicked Cheng Lusheng in the buttocks, knocking Cheng Lusheng, who had just gotten up, back down.
"Diao Huai, some people's tongues are useless now. Cut them off." Fu Yushu's voice was calm, yet it sent chills down Cheng Lusheng's spine.
Diao Huai responded, pulled out a butterfly knife from somewhere, twirled it in his hand, and walked towards Cheng Lusheng.
He squatted down, grabbed Cheng Lusheng's chin with his left hand, and immediately immobilized Cheng Lusheng, making him unable to move an inch.
The butterfly knife in his right hand gleamed coldly as he approached Cheng Lusheng.
Cheng Lusheng's eyes widened in terror, bloodshot and red. In his final moments, he struggled frantically, shouting, "Brother-in-law, don't forget what you promised me! Yuan Jing's death, Cheng Lin's death, do you believe I'll...?"
"Diao Huai, what are you standing there for! Didn't you hear what Yu Shu just said? Why aren't you making a move? Are you just going to let Cheng Lusheng spout nonsense?!"
The moment Yuan Jing and Cheng Lin's names appeared, Fu Hongyuan, who had been calm and composed all along, finally showed signs of emotional fluctuation. He even took a few steps forward with the showerhead in his arms, only to be blocked by the people brought by Fu Yushu.
Judging from their posture, they clearly felt that Diao Huai was too slow and couldn't wait to do it themselves.
Diao Huai ignored Fu Hongyuan and turned to Fu Yushu for his opinion.
He was certainly capable of acting quickly, but Diao Huai knew that Fu Yushu was only asking him to act to force Cheng Lusheng to speak.
And now, the goal has been achieved.
As expected, when Fu Yushu raised his hand, Diao Huai quickly released him and retreated back behind Fu Yushu.
Fu Hongyuan was still struggling, "Yushu, what are you doing! Why are you stopping me!"
“Didn’t Mr. Fu just say that I shouldn’t forget that Cheng Lusheng is, after all, my maternal uncle?” Fu Yushu retorted, using Fu Hongyuan’s earlier words to shut him down.
Fu Hongyuan choked for a moment, but quickly calmed down and stopped struggling. He put the copper kettle and showerhead aside and straightened his clothes. "Move aside."
The bodyguard did not let go.
"Fu Yushu," Fu Hongyuan called out his son's full name.
Fu Yushu then slightly raised his hand, and the bodyguards made way.
Cheng Lusheng was terrified that Fu Hongyuan would attack him, so he practically scrambled towards Fu Yushu to hide. In this situation, only Fu Hongyuan could protect him.
Fu Hongyuan gave Cheng Lusheng a cold glance. He used to think that Cheng Lusheng was a cowardly good-for-nothing who was easy to control. He could easily get carried away with just a few words and was a perfect fool to charge into battle.
He almost forgot that the more someone enjoys using someone else's power, the more easily they can be manipulated by others. Just like now, under Fu Yushu's intimidation, he blurted out things he shouldn't have said, almost ruining his big plan.
“Mr. Fu, I don’t have much time.” Fu Yushu raised his wrist, glanced at it, and looked impatient.
"Fu Yushu, I am your biological father!"
The constant use of "Mr. Fu" reminded Fu Hongyuan of Fu Yuhua's demeanor earlier. Speaking of which, Fu Yuhua had acted the same way, raising her hand to check the time and putting on airs, as if their time was the most precious thing in the world and no one else was as busy as them.
"If you want to know something, just ask me. What does Cheng Lusheng know? Does he even have the right to bark and yell here?"
Fu Hongyuan glanced at Cheng Lusheng, then walked over and sat down opposite Fu Yushu.
Even though the former head of the Fu family has fallen from grace, he still retains his pride and dignity.
"Alright, first question. Who are the people behind these two events?"
Fu Yushu stared at Fu Hongyuan, who no longer concealed his intentions. "You guessed right, it was my idea. Over the years, the Fu family has only been able to make its mark in the southern part of the city, and has never been able to advance further into the north, especially the capital. Why? It's because the Qin family is blocking our way."
"Now that the Qin family is in trouble, Old Master Qin has three sons: the eldest, Qin Yongzhongping; the second, Qin Zhen, has committed a crime; and the third, Qin Yue, died young. Even Old Master Qin himself is no longer as capable as he used to be. Only Qin Shu, a mere young man, is left in charge. If you don't eliminate this obstacle of the Qin family now, when will you? Wait until Qin Shu has secured his position as the head of the Qin family and completely controls the situation in the capital? That celebrity surnamed Song is the best breakthrough point. Yu Shu, the Fu family cannot miss this opportunity."
Fu Hongyuan appeared to be earnestly advising Fu Yushu, seemingly only concerned for her well-being.
Unexpectedly, Fu Yushu didn't care. "I have my own plans for how the Fu family will proceed in the future. Mr. Fu, I am the head of the Fu family now. You don't need to worry about these things."
"Fu Yushu!" Fu Hongyuan raised his voice, "I did all this for the good of the Fu family!"
"Is it for the good of the Fu family, or for your own good?"
Fu Yushu's words followed closely behind Fu Hongyuan's, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
"Smuggling, breaking the law, betraying the country, Fu Hongyuan, is this what you call doing it for the good of the Fu family? Do you really think that no one knows what you've done all these years?"
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