Outside Hall One of the funeral home.
Xiang Jingshu appraised Chen Fan, saying coldly, "Should I call you Chen Fan, or Lord of the Night, or Mr. Long?"
"As you wish!"
Chen Fan said indifferently, "Miss Xiang, what exactly do you want?"
"Why don't you tell me what you want first?"
Xiang Jingshu glared, saying, "Don't bring that act you put on overseas to Dahua. Otherwise, I won't mind arresting you myself and keeping you in jail for life."
Chen Fan blinked.
That was a novel statement. One would have to ask who would dare.
"Slaughtering over a hundred people is enough for a small village. You probably don't have any regard for the law, do you?" Xiang Jingshu's voice grew colder.
Chen Fan chuckled, "So, you asked me here to give me a warning?"
"You..."
Xiang Jingshu was so angry she wanted to jump.
Her purpose in meeting Chen Fan was indeed to rein him in and warn him.
After all, the high-ranking National Security official above her had explicitly told her to just handle the aftermath. Even if she arrested Chen Fan, she had to let him go!
Moreover, she couldn't control the situation that might arise from this.
But seeing the hundreds of corpses from the Xu family, she felt that Chen Fan and the Night organization were too lawless and needed a warning.
With this thought in mind, she was promptly called out by Chen Fan.
He was simply too arrogant!
"You think I wouldn't dare arrest you?"
Xiang Jingshu said angrily.
"You dare!"
Chen Fan nodded calmly.
Hearing this, Xiang Jingshu should have felt triumphant. But Chen Fan's tone, as if he were looking at a petulant child, only made her more furious.
She had the urge to shoot Chen Fan dead.
"Go inside and take a look!"
Xiang Jingshu said coldly.
Chen Fan walked into the hall and saw rows of corpses, covered with white cloths.
In the hall to the right, two coffins were placed.
"That's Xu Donglai and Xu Xilou inside!" Xiang Jingshu said coldly. "Look at the good work you've done. Such slaughter, do you still have any humanity?"
Chen Fan said dismissively, "One can show humanity to some people, but some people simply have no humanity!"
He then added, "You've handled the aftermath for the Xu family quite thoroughly."
"You..."
Xiang Jingshu gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, if I were handling your aftermath, I would be just as thorough."
Chen Fan, too lazy to argue with the overzealous young lady, changed the subject. "Has anyone from the Xu family arrived yet?"
"We were notified today, they should be on their way now."
Xiang Jingshu snorted, "What, scared?"
Chen Fan didn't bother to answer. He turned to leave, "If there's nothing else, I'm going. Tell the one above you to send someone more reliable next time."
Xiang Jingshu's face turned ashen. "You think I'm unreliable? Chen Fan, do you believe I'll expose your identity as Mr. Long?"
"As you wish!"
Chen Fan replied casually.
The three-year period of his marriage into the Su family had long since expired, and he was indifferent to the exposure of certain identities.
Besides, someone might already be suspecting his identity as Mr. Long.
The reason he came to see Xiang Jingshu was not because of her threat to expose his identity, but simply to prevent her from causing him trouble.
The Scarlet Wings and other underground forces must be getting restless, and he intended to round them all up.
At this time, Xiang Jingshu's special status could introduce variables, possibly making those underground forces hesitate to make a move.
Xiang Jingshu gnashed her teeth in frustration and snorted, "You have a Dragon Pattern Compass. What is it for?"
"I'm not telling you."
Chen Fan said calmly, then suddenly turned his head to look outside.
A group of six people approached outside the hall, each with one hand behind their back, only about ten meters from the entrance.
These people looked like trouble, and it was unclear what they were doing at a funeral home.
As he was thinking, he saw the unfriendly glint in their eyes.
Instantly, he knew they were coming for him.
As expected, the moment Scar met Chen Fan's gaze, the hand hidden behind his back suddenly reached out.
Although largely obscured by clothing, a dark gun barrel was still visible.
"Chen Fan, don't look for trouble. You think just because you're the Lord of the Night, you can do as you please..."
Before she could finish, Chen Fan grabbed her by the waist, pulled her into his arms, and rushed towards the side hall.
"You..."
The sudden change caught Xiang Jingshu off guard, and she angrily rammed her elbow towards Chen Fan's chin.
Bang!
A deafening gunshot echoed, and buckshot blasted in from the doorway, leaving small holes in the wall.
Bang, bang, bang...
Following that, more gunshots rang out, as the other thugs also opened fire, shattering the glass door, which fell to the ground with a crash.
Xiang Jingshu's elbow hit Chen Fan's chin.
Chen Fan tilted his chin slightly, deflecting the force of Xiang Jingshu's elbow, and quickly held her tighter, moving behind the wall for cover.
Hearing the gunshot, Xiang Jingshu froze for a moment before realizing she had misunderstood Chen Fan.
But the scent of him still made her feel ashamed and annoyed.
Scar and his men stormed through the door, aiming their guns at the side hall and firing directly.
Six guns fired simultaneously, the shotgun's power being particularly formidable.
Bullets whizzed through the side hall door, hitting the coffins placed there, riddled with holes and splinters flying.
Alas, Xu Donglai and Xu Xilou, though already dead, were still not allowed to rest in peace.
Watching the fierce firepower, Xiang Jingshu froze for a moment, then flew into a rage!
She was from the security department, a lieutenant colonel, one of the enforcers of the law.
But she never imagined that someone would just start shooting wildly like this.
If Chen Fan hadn't reacted so quickly, in that sudden moment, she might have been killed and ended up lying in a coffin like Xu Donglai and Xu Xilou.
Chen Fan had already let go, and now held a service pistol in his hand.
It was Xiang Jingshu's own gun, as her rank allowed her to carry a weapon wherever she went.
Chen Fan had held her not only to dodge but also to discreetly take her gun.
Clicking off the safety, Chen Fan casually extended his arm and pulled the trigger.
Da da da, three consecutive shots, fired past the door.
"Ah..."
A scream of pain rang out, as the thug who had charged in the fastest was shot.
"Number four!"
"Scar, that guy has a weapon too!"
"Damn it, don't die, number four!"
"..."
Amidst the shouts, Scar and his men dared not charge further inside.
Chen Fan casually returned the gun to Xiang Jingshu. Under her stunned gaze, he grabbed a coffin lid leaning against the wall with one hand and threw it outside.
Xiang Jingshu was dumbfounded.
Although these were thin coffins from the funeral home, the lids must have weighed sixty or seventy pounds, yet Chen Fan had thrown it out so effortlessly.
Exclamations rang out from outside.
Xiang Jingshu peered intently, but Chen Fan's figure had already disappeared from her sight.
A terrifying killing intent erupted, sweeping through the funeral home like a storm.
Bang, bang, bang...
After a few gunshots, the firing stopped abruptly.
Xiang Jingshu, unsure of what was happening, held her gun and cautiously approached the doorway, peeking into the main hall.
She saw that all the thugs had fallen to the ground, now cold corpses.
Only the leader, with a scar on his face, sat slumped on a corpse, gasping for breath, his face a mask of shock and terror.
The gun in his hand had flown to the doorway, now a mangled piece of scrap metal.
Xiang Jingshu's expression was one of shock and disbelief.
And just as wide-eyed and disbelieving as she was, was Jiang Shaolong, hiding behind a bush more than thirty meters outside the hall.
His face was deathly pale, his body trembling.
Trembling, he slowly backed away, sweat beading on his forehead, and turned to flee.
Unlike Xiang Jingshu, he had witnessed the entire process of Chen Fan, imbued with a monstrous killing intent, dispatching Scar and his men in mere seconds.
It was too terrifying, too horrifying.
Was this former good-for-nothing son-in-law of the Su family even human?