Fang Min quickly gathered his thoughts, put the phone back where it was, and when he opened the study door, he resumed his usual refined demeanor.
He pushed up his glasses and asked the butler, "How long has Mr. Tian been here?"
The butler was also one of Du Fangyun's men. His attitude towards Fang Min was neither particularly respectful nor disrespectful; he always had a businesslike expression on his face. "Master, this is not something I can say."
Fang Min really wanted to kick him hard. What a lackey! And he couldn't even say anything. One day, he would make these scoundrels know who the real master of this house was.
Fang Min wasn't one to hold a grudge against a servant. She composed herself and headed for the stairs.
As soon as she stepped onto the stairs, she heard Du Yunfang's tearful voice coming from the living room, "What should I do now? Weiwei is my only son, and he insists on doing that. I have no way to stop him."
Fang Min pretended not to hear anything and strode down the stairs.
He walked into the living room and saw the same scene he had seen often over the years: a gray-haired man sitting next to Du Fangyun, with a dignified expression. Even without saying a word, he exuded the sharpness of someone who had long held a position of power.
While Du Fangyun appeared to be sitting, her upper body was actually leaning towards the man.
Fang Min was already used to this. He walked to the sofa, bowed slightly to the gray-haired man, and said respectfully, "Boss, you've arrived."
The leader surnamed Tian ignored Fang Min's respect and directly questioned him, "Is Xiao Anhe your nephew?"
Fang Min nodded nervously, "Replying to the leader, Xiao Anhe is indeed my nephew."
"Since he's your nephew," Director Tian continued, "why didn't you, as his grandfather, do anything about what he did?"
The implication was that the grandfather was somewhat at fault for not properly raising his grandchildren.
Fang Min nodded repeatedly, admitting her mistake. "Yes, yes, the leader is right. It's all my fault. I failed to discipline them properly."
Leader Tian gently patted Du Yunfang's hand, "Yunfang, you can rest assured now. Fang Min will handle Weiwei's matter. After all, no matter how close a nephew is, he can't be as close as a son!"
After he finished speaking, he deliberately glared at Fang Min.
Fang Min quickly replied, "That's for sure. No one is closer than your own son."
His biological son... A flash of deep sarcasm crossed his eyes as he said those four words.
Having held a high position for many years, Leader Tian had always been the one looked up at, so he didn't bother to look at Fang Min's expression. As for Du Fangyun, having been married to Fang Min for so many years, she rarely gave Fang Min a second glance, and at this moment, she certainly wouldn't look at him.
Leader Tian left after having breakfast, something Fang Min was so used to that she didn't even raise an eyebrow.
At the dining table, Leader Tian sat in the seat of honor, with Du Fangyun sitting right next to him, while Fang Min sat in the guest's seat.
The Fang family's usually simple breakfast became more elaborate with the arrival of Leader Tian. Du Fangyun ate very little herself and kept serving food to Leader Tian. Leader Tian seemed to take it for granted. Fang Min buried her head in her own food and didn't even look up.
After breakfast, the leader, Tian, finally left. Du Fangyun reluctantly saw him off at the door before returning. When she saw Fang Min preparing to water the flowers in the garden, she immediately became furious. "What's the point of doing these useless things all day? The higher-ups have already decided to take action, so why aren't you getting moving!"
Fang Min smiled gently, "With such a good and capable wife like me, I have nothing to fear."
"I don't know what sins I committed in my past life!" Du Fangyun complained to Fang Min, "I have to repay so much to you in this life!"
Fang Min smiled, took the bucket to water the plants, and didn't say anything more.
On the highway, a car that was driving more steadily suddenly braked. Fortunately, it wasn't a sudden stop, and the experienced driver quickly regained control of the steering wheel.
He looked into the endoscope, cold sweat beading on his forehead, his voice trembling, "B-Big Brother, are you alright?"
It wasn't that he was distracted or dozing off while driving; someone had forcibly cut in front of him, disregarding traffic rules. If Xiao Anhe hadn't been in the car, given his temper and the brand and performance of the car he was driving, he wouldn't have given in to that unreasonable person.
Go ahead and crash, who's afraid of who?
With Xiao Anhe in the car, he wouldn't be willing to take any risks, let alone a head-on collision.
Xiao Anhe had already opened his eyes and was looking out the car window. He had seen the forced entry earlier, so he naturally wouldn't blame the driver. "I'm fine, you drive carefully."
The driver wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and was even more focused on driving than before.
After the near-accident, Xiao Anhe suddenly understood many things.
Although he has no evidence for many things to date, he is 100% certain of them.
First of all, the rumor that the old lady of the Xiao family was unable to have children and therefore plotted to frame her cousin so that she would have a child for the old master of the Xiao family is definitely true.
Secondly, back then, Old Mrs. Xiao's cousin gave birth to not just one son, but two sons, a pair of twins. For her own reasons, she only let the Xiao family know about the existence of one child, and she took the other child away.
Years later, the child who was taken away by Grandma Xiao's cousin accidentally learned about his origins, which turned his entire life upside down.
He found Xiao Qinghan and told him about his background. With a face that was almost identical to the real Xiao Qinghan, Xiao Qinghan quickly recognized his younger brother.
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