Chapter 177 - I'll skin him alive!

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Back when Little Fan Wushuang had just disappeared, Little Han Ye and Little Wu Yuexue were devastated. They had planned for a trip to visit her, but before they could, she was taken away for a trip and somehow, she mysteriously disappeared during the trip. 

Obviously, none of them believed that it was an accident. However, unlike Little Wu Yuexue, Little Han Ye did not take it quietly. Every weekend since her disappearance, he would go to the Fan Mansion and Fan Entertainment at City G. 

He would wait until he saw Fan Chuan or his wife before calling them kidnappers, murderers, and abusers. And every time, Fan Chuan would tell his guard to get rid of him. 

Eventually, the guards at both the mansion and Fan Entertainment would smarten up. Every time they saw Little Han Ye lurk about, they would go and threaten him. 

Of course, for a teenager, Little Han Ye's temper was not mild either. He would fight them until he had enough before going back home. 

About two months after, Little Wu Yuexue told him about the birthday party at Fan Mansion. She was invited because her father was a director at Fan Entertainment, and she was allowed to bring a guest. Unfortunately, there was an explicit instruction from her parents telling her not to bring Little Han Ye along. 

After a few days of planning, Little Wu Yuexue managed to sneak Little Han Ye. Little Han Ye went to City G by himself and waited outside a hotel where the Wus would be spending the night. Before they headed to Fan Mansion, Little Wu Yuexue snuck Little Han Ye into the trunk of the car when her parents were not paying any attention to her.  

Once there, Little Wu Yuexue snuck him out by distracting the driver who had parked the car at the designated parking area. 

Thus, Little Han Ye managed to sneak into the party undetected. Since it was a children's party, no one really noticed him, especially since he was in a rented suit and did not look out of place. He kept a low profile until he saw Fan Chuan and his family walking out into the mansion garden where the party was held. He then went up the little stage when the workers had their eyes trained on the members of the family.

Little Han Ye did not know why he kept doing all these. He had no power against them, but he felt that, as a friend, if he did not do anything, could he still call himself her friend? So, even if it was useless, he wanted to do something. 

Holding the microphone, he suddenly yelled out, "Fan Chuan is a murderer!" 

When people turned to look at him, he yelled, "WUSHUANG'S DISAPPEARANCE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT!" 

He kept yelling into the microphone even as the workers dragged him away. Refusing to let the microphone go, he yelled, "FAN CHUAN IS A SNAKE IN HUMAN SKIN!" 

As he was dragged away, he not only called Fan Chuan a murderer, but he called each and every one of them a murderer, for turning their eyes away, for not looking deeply into the case more.

Fan Chuan was so angry that he had openly scolded Little Wu Yuexue's father for not disciplining his child properly. He had seen the surveillance camera recordings and knew that it was Little Wu Yuexue that brought Little Han Ye in.

Fan Chuan then personally sent Little Han Ye back home and talked to his mother. 

Well, he talked... but it was more like yelling for Little Han Ye. And threatening. 

"If I catch your son near my house or my office one more time, I'll skin him alive!" Fan Chuan had warned Feng Ruoyun in a low voice. His expression then was so scary that Feng Ruoyun trembled out of fear. 

Feng Ruoyun had been so scared that she forbade Little Han Ye from going to City G ever again, or she would take him and move to another city where he would never see Little Wu Yuexue ever again. 

"Mum!" he protested after his mother's warning. 

Feng Ruoyun snapped, "Don't argue with me! I didn't work so hard just so that you could get yourself killed!" 

Because of that, Little Han Ye never stepped foot inside City G ever again.  

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Even though that event happened a long time ago, the embarrassment was deeply etched in Fan Chuan and his wife's minds. The aftereffects of that scene lingered in everyone's mind for months after that. 

If it was not because Little Han Ye accused everyone, including Fan Xiyue and Fan Xichen, Fan Chuan and his wife would have gotten rid of him long ago. It was because Little Han Ye involved their children that they were sure he did not know anything and that he was only acting out because of his friend's disappearance.  

Even so, they had sent their men over to watch over Little Han Ye and his mother for a long time. 

"You said he's dating Angela now?" Fan Chuan asked while looking at his daughter. His brows were furrowed lightly. 

Fan Xiyue nodded. "Angela seems to really like him too."

"I don't agree with this. Tell Angela to break up with him."

"What?" Fan Xiyue frowned. "Dad, he's President Du's assistant now. It will be good for Angela, and us, if they remain together!" 

Fan Chuan frowned. "What?" 

"He has been working for President Du ever since Yuexue's accident," Fan Xiyue explained. She was not surprised that Fan Chuan did not know anything about it since Wu Yuexue's parents had never talked about their daughter to anyone since the devastating accident years ago, and knowing how they felt about their son-in-law, no one asked them about him either. 

"That's worse!" Fan Chuan turned his head around so quickly that Fan Xiyue was surprised that he did not hurt himself. He looked at his son-in-law and said, "Do not send the invitation to Du Corporation!" 

Su Wei frowned. He put down his chopsticks before he answered, "Dad, I can't do that. If I send it to everyone else but not to Du Corporation, then what would they think of us? It's bad for us, especially since we are about to move there. Why are you so worried about him? He's just an assistant."

"I don't want him to come and make trouble for us," Fan Chuan said gruffly as he swept a hand across his head of gray hair. "That guy hates us because of Wushuang's incident, and if can, I really don't want to see him with any members of our family." 

"Dad, but what about Angela? You know how sad she was when her last relationship ended the way it did. Besides, Wushuang's disappearance was an accident. Even the police said that there was no foul play. Surely he must have forgotten about it by now," Fan Xiyue said as she tried to convince her father not to interfere with Angela's life.   

Su Wei nodded as he chimed in, "Angela and Wushuang's matters aside, Dad, even though we are not afraid of Du Corporation, but that doesn't mean we can afford to offend them. The invitation is not for this Han Ye guy, but it's to President Du. We need to look at the bigger picture." 

Fan Xichen took this opportunity to voice his opinion, and he said, "Yeah, Dad, I might be incompetent, but at the very least, I know what the consequences are if we were to sideline Du Corporation. Having heard of his indifferent attitude, I doubt President Du would care for it or even have time to come, but this invitation is just a part of business etiquette. Either we invite every big company in Imperial City, or we be like before, invite only those within our sector and those within City G." 

"For one," Yi Xia said, "our son is right. I know what you're worried about, but we can't afford to offend President Du. I doubt he would even come, and as his assistant, that man would probably be too busy to come as well. At most, he might send some insignificant people over as his representatives."

"Yi Xia..."

"This opportunity is good for us. Don't forget that Shaohang is back, and when I gave him a call before, he said that he's thinking about staying long term. If our move to Imperial City proves to be disastrous, then Shaohang might try to take over the company again. Don't forget that we won by a small margin of votes last time." 

Fan Chuan frowned. His oldest brother had always been a pain in his a*s. Even from young, Fan Shaohang had never missed an opportunity to take a jab at Fan Chuan. In the entire Fan Family, the ones with true power had always been the two of them. The fact that their father handed all the power to Fan Lei previously took both of them in shock. 

Yi Xia saw that her husband was getting agitated, so she put a hand on his to comfort him. When he looked at her, she added, "Don't forget what we've been doing. Everything is to protect our family. If you give him the opportunity to take over, then everything that we've done so far would be useless." 

Fan Chuan knew what his wife was saying. Yes, everything would be useless if he were to watch another person take over what should have belonged to him in the first place. His decision to give up on the woman he loved to marry Yi Xia, his decision to kill the brother who loved him the most, and his decision to get rid of the only child of his brother...

He had made all those decisions with great difficulty, and he did not wish them to be wasted. 

As the head of the family, he had to make sure that his descendants would be able to live comfortably. 

"Fine..." Fan Chuan said. He turned to Su Wei and said, "Do as you wish then."

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