Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Murong Yuyan pouted and sat down on the sofa.
Seeing that this tactic was not working, Tan Jianye had no choice but to walk up to Liu Xiaoyuan again and beg him to help.
Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Tan Jianye and said, "Mr. Tan, if you want to save your daughter, you'd better tell me the truth honestly. Otherwise, I won't get involved in this mess of your Tan family's affairs."
Upon hearing this, Tan Jianye smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, what are you saying? I don't understand."
Seeing that Tan Jianye was still pretending to be confused, Liu Xiaoyuan sneered and said, "Since you don't understand, Mr. Tan, then please leave!"
Before Tan Jianye could say anything more, Liu Xiaoyuan's face immediately turned cold. He said, "Boss Tan, I'm asking you to leave politely. Don't be ungrateful. If you need me to physically remove you, don't blame me."
Tan Jianye did not expect Liu Xiaoyuan to be so direct, issuing him an ultimatum.
After hesitating for a moment, and thinking of his daughter's crisis, Tan Jianye finally decided to tell Liu Xiaoyuan the truth.
Because Tan Jianye has no other options, Liu Xiaoyuan is his last hope, and he has no choice but to place all his hopes on Liu Xiaoyuan.
The two people who came to his house tonight were no ordinary people; they could actually fly. Tan Jianye was terrified. The two people grabbed his daughter by the shoulders and flew away through the second-floor window.
Tan Lingshan even told Tan Jianye that he must find Liu Xiaoyuan to rescue her.
Tan Jianye knew that these were not ordinary people, and that going to the police would be useless. In the end, Tan Jianye thought of Liu Xiaoyuan, because Tan Lingshan had said before that Liu Xiaoyuan was not an ordinary person.
Therefore, Tan Jianye called Murong Yuyan, hoping that through her, he could persuade Liu Xiaoyuan to help rescue Tan Lingshan.
However, Liu Xiaoyuan didn't buy into it at all, so Tan Jianye had to come in person.
“Mr. Liu, it’s not that I’m deliberately hiding it, it’s just that this thing is too important to our Tan family,” Tan Jianye said with a sigh.
Seeing that Tan Jianye had finally spoken up and told the truth, Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Tan Jianye's face. From his expression, he could tell that Tan Jianye was not very willing to tell the story.
"Don't worry, I have no interest in this item in your house. I just want to know more about it," Liu Xiaoyuan said truthfully.
As Liu Xiaoyuan himself said, he wasn't interested in what Tan Jianye had at home. What really annoyed him was seeing Tan Jianye trying to hide the truth and treating him like a fool.
Tan Jianye then slowly revealed the truth.
It turns out that Tan Jianye's family had a small tripod, which was obtained by Tan Jianye's grandfather's generation. At that time, Tan Jianye's grandfather's generation was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat.
However, since acquiring this small cauldron, the Tan family's life has gradually improved, to the point that by Tan Jianye's generation, they had become a large and prosperous family.
Some wealthy people are particularly superstitious. In the eyes of the Tan family, the Tan family's current status is entirely due to this small tripod. Therefore, in the eyes of the Tan family, this small tripod is their lucky charm and must not be lost.
If this small cauldron is lost, the Tan family will be doomed.
Therefore, in Tan Jianye's mind, this small cauldron is the lifeblood of their Tan family, and it must not be lost.
After listening to Tan Jianye's story, Liu Xiaoyuan felt that Tan Jianye was being a bit too superstitious. A person's success depends primarily on their own efforts and opportunities; as for someone to claim that a small cauldron could create a glorious family, Liu Xiaoyuan found that hard to believe.
"Then how did others know that your Tan family possessed that small cauldron?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked.
Logically speaking, Tan Jianye would not let others know that he valued this small tripod so much. It's like suddenly finding a fortune and discovering a box of money; you would definitely hide it well and not let anyone know, probably not even your own parents.
Tan Jianye said, "It's all my fault. At a party, I drank too much and said a few extra words unintentionally, which were overheard by someone with ulterior motives. So now, I don't drink at any party or dinner, and if I do, I only drink a little at most."
Hearing Tan Jianye's words, Liu Xiaoyuan felt that something was amiss. Even if someone with ulterior motives overheard this, they would at most be curious as to why a cultivator would be targeting them. Liu Xiaoyuan felt that there was more to this than met the eye.
Either Tan Jianye was hiding something from him, or Tan Jianye hadn't noticed.
After Tan Jianye finished speaking, he said to Liu Xiaoyuan, "Mr. Liu, I have said everything I need to say. Please, Mr. Liu, save my daughter."
Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Tan Jianye and asked, "Since they came for your Tan family's small cauldron, why don't you just give it to them? Is your daughter's life less valuable than a small cauldron?"
Upon hearing this, Tan Jianye immediately said, "Mr. Liu, we can't give away this small cauldron. If we do, our Tan family will be finished. Besides, even if I give them the cauldron, they might not release Ling Shan."
Liu Xiaoyuan was speechless when it came to Tan Jianye. He couldn't tell if Tan Jianye was excessively obsessed with the small cauldron or if there were other reasons. His daughter had been kidnapped, and instead of using the cauldron to ransom her, Tan Jianye's first thought was to ask Liu Xiaoyuan for help.
Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan remain silent, Tan Jianye pleaded again, "Mr. Liu, please help me and rescue Lingshan. They said that if we don't exchange the small cauldron before dawn, Lingshan will die."
Tan Jianye really values Xiao Ding more than his own daughter's life. Even at this point, Tan Jianye still can't bear to let Xiao Ding go and redeem his daughter. He's truly a bizarre character.
Just then, Tan Jianye's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was his wife calling.
"Why did you call me?" Tan Jianye asked irritably.
Tan Jianye's wife said, "Tan Jianye, if you won't take the small cauldron to save our daughter, I will. I'm telling you, I've already taken the small cauldron to save our daughter. You can't bear to part with the small cauldron, but I can!"
"Damn it!" Tan Jianye roared in fury when he heard that his wife had secretly taken the family's small cauldron to ransom Tan Lingshan. "Come back here! Now! Come back here! Do you hear me? Now!"
Tan Jianye's wife said coldly, "Tan Jianye, Lingshan is my daughter, the apple of my eye. I don't have a heart of stone like you! For a small cauldron, you disregard your own daughter's safety. What a good father you are!"
(End of this chapter)
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