Chapter 82: Reversal
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“Your bookshelves’ fourth and fifth rows have changed, and the books on your bedside are the ones originally placed on the fifth row. So, I privately asked the caregiver taking care of you and Aunt Zhang.”
Xiao Yun was stunned. He had never expected that he would be exposed because of such a small detail.
“Enough, who gave you this?” Xiao Chen asked, holding the syringe.
Xiao Yun lowered his head, smiled, and indeed had a taste of “winner takes all.”
“I don’t care if you don’t say it. Go tell the police.” Xiao Chen took out his phone, and on the screen was the recording of the conversation with Xiao Yun just now.
“Do you really think the police can handle them?”
Xiao Yun looked at Xiao Chen with an expression that said, “You’re really naive.”
“You think that as long as you cooperate with Eden, they will give you my heart?”
Xiao Chen also gave him a “You’re really naive” look.
Xiao Yun became nervous. He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth.
“Let me tell you the purpose of Eden catching me.” Xiao Chen made a “please” gesture, letting Xiao Yun sit at the dining table in the living room.
In front of Xiao Yun, he poured hot water into the cup of instant noodles, sprinkled all the seasonings in, took a copy of Xiao Hongwen’s “Financier” magazine, covered it, raised one leg, placed the heel on the chair, propped his knee with one hand, and smiled at Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun waited for a while and couldn’t help but ask, “What is their purpose?”
“Do you think your pheromones are more powerful, or mine?” Xiao Chen asked.
Xiao Yun’s face immediately turned ugly. “Does such a question have any value?”
“Of course, it helps you understand reality. Let’s be frank—neither you nor the entire Xiao family has a higher concentration of alpha pheromones than me. The higher my A value, the more uncomfortable you all feel. Even if you get my heart, you don’t have the functionality of my pheromones. What use would Eden have for you?” Xiao Chen played with the cup.
“What use would they have for you?”
“First, whether they are producing golden apples or the drugs you’re currently using, they need high-quality alpha A-plus. Just on this point, I’m more valuable than you.”
Xiao Yun’s throat rolled, confirming that Xiao Chen had hit him where it hurt.
“Second, this new type of drug they have can help the body recover, and after recovery, the abilities become stronger. To prove this strength, they need a control group. As one of the exemplary high-quality alphas, I am an excellent reference. Look at you… it’s good if you can stand on both legs; but you can’t even land a punch on me. Can you join the control group?”
“Stop talking.” Xiao Yun gritted his teeth.
“Oh, let me remind you again. After tonight, your value to Eden is completely gone. What do you think they’ll do to you?” Xiao Chen leaned back in the chair, that smile like a devil.
Xiao Yun fell into silence. When his hatred towards Xiao Chen cooled down, he found himself in a dilemma. Once able to negotiate with Eden using the entire Han family and even the relationship with the Xiao family, he now found himself like a bereaved dog. Whatever Eden told him to do, he had to do.
“Go to the police station with me tomorrow. As a witness, maybe you can survive.”
“Do you want me to betray Eden? Do you know the consequences of betraying Eden?”
Xiao Chen chuckled and uncovered the instant noodles. “Betraying Eden might lead them to immediately send a car to run you over. Following Eden, they’ll let you play to your heart’s content, have you fight against other alphas until you’re beaten to death. Before I finish this bowl of noodles, you better give me an answer.”
Xiao Yun’s facial expressions changed rapidly—entanglement, suspicion, and fear surged up one after another.
Until Xiao Chen finished the last bite of noodles, sighed in satisfaction, and said, “Junk food is the best. So, do you have an answer now?”
“I… I’ll go with you…”
Xiao Yun’s words were only halfway spoken when the doorbell suddenly rang.
Xiao Chen’s expression became serious, placing a finger on his lips, gesturing to pause their conversation.
He walked towards the door, thinking it should be Xiao Hongwen returning at this hour. But if it was Xiao Hongwen, he could open the door himself without ringing the bell.
Xiao Chen opened the video feed and found that standing at the door was unexpectedly Xiao Nan, with his hands in his pockets, wearing an impatient expression.
Xiao Chen opened the door, coolly asking, “Oh, still thinking about your cousin so late?”
“What? Did you bully him?” Xiao Nan looked like he was ready to grab Xiao Chen by the collar.
“No, how could I? It’s so late; do you have some business coming here?”
“My phone was left here. Did you really think I wanted to see you?” Xiao Nan didn’t even bother changing into slippers, walking directly to the sofa in the living room. His phone was indeed there.
When he was about to leave, he suddenly realized something, “Brother Yun, why are you sitting there? Where’s your… where’s your wheelchair?”
Xiao Nan took two or three steps to reach Xiao Yun, looking worried. “Brother Yun, did that guy…”
“Me? Are you saying I piggybacked your brother down, or did I carry your brother down?” Xiao Chen walked over with a smile, picking up his instant noodles. At the moment, he was most interested in how Xiao Yun would explain to his brain-dead fan that he could walk, run, and even ambush people in the middle of the night.
“You didn’t let Brother Yun rest so late. What did you do to him? Don’t you know his heart condition?” Xiao Nan accused sternly.
Xiao Chen just smiled, “Do you want to knock on your brother’s knee? His knee reflex is quite good.”
Xiao Yun showed an ugly expression; he lowered his voice and said to Xiao Nan, “Xiao Nan, it’s late. Go back first. I’m fine.”
“Fine? What did Xiao Chen mean by his words? Can your legs… can your legs really walk?” Xiao Nan asked.
“Yes, I can walk,” Xiao Yun replied.
“Since when could you walk?” Xiao Nan asked again.
Xiao Yun closed his eyes and sighed, “I had some reasons to hide the fact that I could walk, but I didn’t intentionally deceive you. Because in the entire Xiao family, only you are sincerely good to me.”
Xiao Nan showed an expression of disbelief, “Last time I came to see you, could your legs walk?”
Xiao Yun’s face looked unpleasant, “It’s too late today. Can we talk about this later?”
“What about when I brought you from the hospital and sent you back here? Could you walk then?”
For someone like Xiao Nan, who when you love someone, you care for them in every possible way and wish them a long life; when you no longer love them, you wish them death, he couldn’t tolerate Xiao Yun’s deception.
Xiao Chen originally didn’t have the habit of watching the excitement, but the showdown between Xiao Yun and Xiao Nan was very interesting to him. If he didn’t watch it from beginning to end, he might have trouble sleeping tonight.
Xiao Nan asked again with his soul, “Then what about before? After your mother had an accident, and you were taken to the hospital, could your legs walk?”
“Why do you keep asking these questions? Is it meaningful? Ah?” Xiao Yun, who was originally impatient, finally couldn’t hold back and exploded.
“I’ve done so much for you! I can’t stand anyone shaking your position, I can’t stand anyone coveting your position! I can’t stand anyone making you sad! Today, you’re asking me if it’s meaningful!” Xiao Nan shouted.
Even Xiao Le, who was upstairs doing homework, opened the door and stood on the stairs, asking, “Brother—what happened?”
Xiao Chen gave her a gesture, “Go into the room. I’ll tell you what happened later.”
Xiao Le pouted and closed the door.
“It’s you who doesn’t understand. I never asked you to do these things, nor have I ever begged you to do these things for me.” Xiao Yun was getting impatient, wanting to get Xiao Nan out quickly. The matter about “Eden” had not been finished discussing yet.
“You scoundrel!” Xiao Nan rushed up in three or two steps and punched Xiao Yun in the face.
The onlooker was stunned. Xiao Chen really didn’t expect Xiao Nan to actually hit Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun stumbled backward, falling to the ground. Before he could get up, Xiao Nan’s second punch came.
“Do you think I’m an idiot—”
Xiao Yun, usually living a pampered life, lacking exercise due to his heart condition, couldn’t withstand Xiao Nan’s fists.
He was beaten, and Xiao Chen was quite happy. But what problem did he bring out by getting beaten? Who would go with him to the police station to testify tomorrow?
“Hey hey hey!” Xiao Chen held Xiao Nan’s third fist, pulling him up, “That’s enough, do you really want to beat him to death?”
Xiao Nan stood there with his head down, shoulders shaking, as if he was crying.
“Is it worth it? Shedding tears for this scum? Not worth it…”
Before the words were finished, Xiao Nan suddenly made a move. A cold light flashed, and Xiao Chen was completely unprepared, feeling a needle-like pain in his arm.
Xiao Nan lifted his head; he wasn’t crying but laughing.
The smile was very ostentatious.
Xiao Chen covered his arm, and Xiao Nan threw the syringe he held in his hand. It happened to fall on Xiao Yun’s face.
“Brother Yun, do you want to betray ‘Eden’? You’ll die miserably.”
Xiao Yun panicked and threw away the syringe, propping himself up with his elbow, backing away in embarrassment.
Xiao Chen’s vision blurred. He shook his head, never expecting that he would avoid Xiao Yun but still fall for Xiao Nan’s trick.
… Xiao Nan was the one from “Eden.”
Looking at Xiao Yun’s reaction, he didn’t even know Xiao Nan’s identity. I’m afraid that from start to finish, Xiao Yun was just a decoy for Xiao Nan.
On the surface, it always looked like Xiao Yun was using Xiao Nan like a white lotus, but in reality, it was Xiao Nan using Xiao Yun to create the illusion of being “brain-dead”?
No… I must tell Xu Xingran and the others…
Xiao Chen tried to reach for his phone, but Xiao Nan, with a devilish smile, walked to his side, took out his phone, placed it on the table, and leaned in Xiao Chen’s ear, saying, “Don’t make any noise. Lele is still upstairs.”
This light warning fell on Xiao Chen’s heart, as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Xiao Chen finally couldn’t resist the effects of the drug and collapsed.
Xiao Yun got up and ran towards the door, shouting something while running. Xiao Nan smirked and caught up with him in three or two steps, swinging a vase skillfully, smashing it on Xiao Yun’s head.
“Crash—” Xiao Yun fell to the ground.
Lele, upstairs, heard the noise and immediately opened the door. “Brother—brother—what happened…”
She stood on the stairs, and the first thing she saw was Xiao Chen lying on the ground. Without thinking, she rushed down.
“Brother! Brother! What happened to you!” Lele kept shaking Xiao Chen, but he showed no response.
She looked in the direction of the entrance, seeing Xiao Yun lying in the broken vase shards, while Xiao Nan stood beside him, looking dumbfounded.
“Xiao Nan! What the h*ll happened! What’s wrong with my brother!”
Xiao Nan finally came to his senses, “We… we need to call an ambulance!”
“What happened exactly!”
Xiao Nan held his head, “I fought with Xiao Yun, and your brother tried to stop me. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yun gave your brother an injection, and then he ran towards the door! In a panic, I used the vase to hit him…”
Lele, hearing this, was bewildered, but she immediately called for an ambulance.
Medical personnel arrived and took the unconscious Xiao Chen and the bloodied Xiao Yun to the hospital.
Not long after, Xu Xingran and Gu Liyu received a call from Captain Hong.
The content of the call was not just about Xiao Chen being taken to the hospital but that both Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun were missing.
Because five minutes after Xiao Chen was taken away by the ambulance, another ambulance arrived at the Xiao family. Lele was completely confused. If the ambulance that arrived now was from the hospital, then which ambulance took away Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun?
When Xu Xingran and An Lan arrived at the Xiao family, the police were already on the scene conducting an investigation.
Captain Hong stood at the door of the Xiao family, smoking a cigarette and chatting with Xu Xingran. Xu Xingran’s brows were tightly furrowed, indicating that something must have happened to Xiao Chen.
Lele stood on the side, wiping away tears. As soon as An Lan arrived, she ran over to him.
“Brother An Lan!”
An Lan hugged Lele, patting her head, saying, “Don’t cry, tell me everything that happened.”
Lele recounted everything she knew, including the words she heard from Xiao Nan.
At this moment, Xiao Nan sat on the steps of the Xiao family, and a police officer tried to help him up. However, his legs were weak, so they let him sit there. Captain Hong assigned a police officer to take care of him and also tried to find out what had happened.
At this time, Xiao Hongwen’s car hurriedly arrived. He was still wearing his dinner suit, obviously having drunk alcohol. He walked up to Captain Hong, grabbed him, and asked, “What’s the meaning of the police? Both my sons are missing? Ah Yun is missing… Ah Chen is missing too?”
“Mr. Xiao, please calm down… According to our current understanding, Xiao Yun is likely affiliated with ‘Eden.’ He helped ‘Eden’ take Xiao Chen away,” Captain Hong said.
“What… Xiao Yun… is still in contact with ‘Eden’? This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! His legs are not working, his heart is not working well. Why would he mess with ‘Eden’?”
If Xiao Yun was really connected with ‘Eden,’ it would be a fatal blow to the Xiao family. If this matter was exposed by the media, the reputation of the Xiao family would be ruined.
“We won’t say things without evidence. Xiao Chen confronted Xiao Yun tonight, and he recorded the conversation. Xiao Yun’s legs have also recovered, and he helped ‘Eden’ because he wants Xiao Chen’s heart.”
With this statement, Xiao Hongwen was completely panicked.
“That unfilial son of Xiao Yun doesn’t matter! But Ah Chen must come back! He must come back! We, the Xiao family, only have him left! Only him! You go contact ‘Eden,’ whatever the cost, we’ll pay! We’ll pay whatever it takes! He must be brought back!”
Seeing this scene, several police officers who had dealt with Xiao Chen exchanged glances.
“How interesting. Why did I hear that Xiao Hongwen didn’t care about Xiao Chen at all before? Now he treats him like a treasure?”
“You don’t know? Xiao Hongwen placed high hopes on his eldest son Xiao Yun because Xiao Yun could rely on the strength of the Han family. But now that the Han family is finished, Xiao Yun has leg and heart problems. Xiao Hongwen only sees him as a burden. Moreover, among the younger generation of the Xiao family, there is now only Xiao Chen, an excellent alpha. If this son is gone…”
“The Xiao family will be completely ruined?”
“Of course. But this is retribution. Xiao Hongwen didn’t recognize the value of Xiao Chen. How good is Ah Chen?”
“That’s right!”
At this moment, An Lan was not in the mood to listen to Xiao Hongwen’s expression of “fatherly love.” He just wanted to know what had happened.
While a police officer accompanied Xiao Nan, who still seemed dazed, and was repeating the question, “Why did he lie to me? Why did he lie to me?” Xu Xingran pieced together the events of tonight and explained them to Gu Liyu and An Lan.
“Didn’t you say you arranged people to watch over the Xiao family?” Gu Liyu asked Xu Xingran.
“My people saw the ambulance leave, and they followed it. But the ambulance that took Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun away had experienced anti-surveillance techniques. My people lost track of them. Moreover, they changed cars halfway, and Captain Hong is already checking the surveillance along the route.”
Captain Hong came over, instructing Xu Xingran and the others, “I know you kids think highly of yourselves. I don’t care what you did before, but from now on, I don’t want you to keep anything from me.”
“We understand, Captain Hong. Don’t worry,” Xu Xingran said.
Lele, still holding onto An Lan, cried out, “Brother An Lan, can I stay with you guys? I don’t want to stay here!”
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