The hidden mechanism of the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam was the most crucial part!
No wonder Kong Kong the bald thief told her a story about pretending to be a god to help her conceal her fate; Zhuang Wu Jian always said she played an irreplaceable role within the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam formation.
It turned out Su Nan Yin had indeed been destined to not live long for many years.
Shen Yue had no choice but to abandon her, allowing her to be reborn through the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam.
It turned out that Zi Yu's injury last night was because Qian Fan distanced himself from Su Nan Yin, thus disrupting the momentum of the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam, causing Zhuang Wu Jian to inadvertently glimpse the hidden mechanism, triggering its self-protection mode.
This time it was a leg injury, next time an abdomen injury, then a heart injury, and finally a throat injury!
It turned out that as long as Su Nan Yin made Qian Fan wear shackles and kneel, the grand era of the Four Phoenixes soaring could be activated!!
If that was the case—
Just as Yang Xiao's thoughts raced to this point, Li Xiao knelt on one knee and advised, "Mother, you absolutely cannot interfere with this matter by force."
"What if I must do it that way?"
Yang Xiao, who only wanted to reach the Eastern Lands as quickly as possible and bring Su Nan Yin before Li Qian Fan, looked down at her son and asked slowly.
"Master Kong Kong said that the hidden mechanism has already been violated once. It's like a knife wound that needs time to heal. This cannot be rushed."
Li Xiao shifted his shoulders, knelt on both knees, and said, "Mother, go with the flow, and you will achieve greatness."
Yang Xiao looked at her son, remaining silent for a long time.
But her gaze became gentler and gentler.
Finally, unable to resist, she reached out and, just as Li Xiao had done when he was young, held his head in her arms.
She murmured, "Xiao Ge'er, Mother will listen to you this time."
As she closed her eyes, she thought of Li Xiao's youth.
Li Xiao, immediately after birth, was taken to Li Family Village to "depend on each other" with Li Wu Jiang.
This was because Li Xiao's fate clashed with Yang Xiao's (a king cannot meet a king).
If mother and son depended on each other, one would perish!
Only when Li Xiao reached his twenties did the ill-fated aura of their clash disappear.
Yang Xiao, who had missed her son almost to the point of madness, finally held her son tightly in her arms one day.
Now.
In the blink of an eye, her son had grown so big.
No longer welcomed by Yang Xiao—
But at this very moment, Yang Xiao rediscovered the feeling she had 23 years ago. kuAiδugg
However.
This heartwarming scene of mother and son's filial piety quickly dissipated as Li Xiao blurted out that Li Wu Jiang had earned twenty million US dollars from Li Qian Fan a few hours earlier.
The Empress Dowager Xiao, who regarded money as dirt, immediately had a dark expression.
She wasn't getting any of this good fortune!?
Oh no.
How could I have let that slip?
Realizing what she had done, Long Xu wished she could slap herself.
But she couldn't afford to dwell on it.
The Master of Long Xu immediately said, "Mother, I was actually planning to give that five million to you to keep safe for me."
That was more like it!
Empress Dowager Xiao's face immediately filled with kindness, and she gently stroked her son's head: "Go, call Wu Jiang to come here."
Li Wu Jiang, who knew nothing, arrived.
Li Long Zhu, who had called her there, also quickly boarded another private jet.
Xiao Chao, who was at Interpol Headquarters in New York, had mentioned a few days ago that she had accidentally strained her fetal qi, so Li Long Zhu had to go and see her.
And spend a few days of tenderness with his wife Zi Qi!
Watching the private jet take off, Li Wu Jiang wished she could give an order for a surface-to-air missile to fly out of the cave in the back mountain of Long Xu and shoot that man down from the sky!!
She had repeatedly instructed Li Xiao not to tell Empress Dowager Xiao about her extorting Li Qian Fan, so how could he not control his gluttonous mouth?
Under Empress Dowager Xiao's benevolent gaze, Li Wu Jiang reluctantly promised to offer the 15 million US dollars to the great mother-in-law.
Empress Dowager Xiao was overjoyed, but still not satisfied.
She then called Zhuang Wu Jian: "Xiao Jian, for my sake, the labor fee of ten million dollars can be settled for two million."
"What? Yang Xiao, who do you think you are?"
Zhuang Wu Jian was furious—
Yang Xiao said faintly: "Then I'll go to Han City myself to investigate this matter and protect Tang Xiao Ni. At that time, you won't earn a single cent!"
Zhuang Wu Jian—
Hatedly said: "Deal!"
Before Yang Xiao could say anything, Zhuang Wu Jian ended the call with a very hostile attitude.
Yang Xiao didn't care.
She immediately called Li Qian Fan: "Qian Fan, have you raised the thirty million US dollars labor fee for Zhuang Wu Jian? Your grandmother has 28 million dollars here, and since she has nowhere to spend it, she'll advance it for you. You can then remit 2 million US dollars to Long Xu later."
Li Wu Jiang heard this—
Almost stumbled and fell to the ground.
Empress Dowager Xiao was extorting three parties, but it was all for her eldest grandson!
"Grandmother, where did you get so much money?"
Li Qian Fan, who was about to go out, received Yang Xiao's call and was very surprised.
Although Empress Dowager Xiao could mobilize funds from Long Xu, the Marco family, even Imperial Valley, the Ding family of the Four-Nine City, and the War Emperor God with a phone call, up to hundreds of billions of US dollars (without a doubt, Yang Xiao was the real wealthy lady).
But her personal savings were not much.
She rarely used her power as Empress Dowager to mobilize funds from Long Xu and the Marco family.
Empress Dowager's voice came from the phone, exceptionally kind: "Well, you don't need to worry about that. Anyway, I'm not stealing, not robbing, and not defrauding."
Li Wu Jiang, standing beside her, roared inwardly: "You are even more ruthless than stealing, robbing, and defrauding! The reason that bastard has become the good-for-nothing he is today is all because you spoiled him!"
"Grandmother, please keep this money. I'll ask you for it when I urgently need it."
Although Chu Ya Zhi and Su Lao Die couldn't withdraw thirty million US dollars for the time being, and Li Qian Fan still needed to raise it elsewhere, he felt embarrassed to always be spending his grandmother's money.
When he was in Flaming Valley before, he had lived off his parents without any guilt.
Now, he had amassed billions by ruthlessly plundering the members of the Ten Great Families of Jiangbei, the Seven Noble Families of the Coast, especially the "Qian Fan Hat Association," and with Su Nan Yin's assistance, had established his own new power.
How could he still have the nerve to spend his grandmother's money?
After all, it was too difficult for his grandmother to save some private money!
"Alas, my dear grandson is so filial. Alright, I'll keep this money for you for now. Tell me when you need it."
Empress Dowager Xiao, with deep emotion, ended the call.
Then, with a sidelong glance at Li Wu Jiang, she said: "From now on, learn from my eldest grandson how to be filial to your elders. If I catch you pouting behind my back again, I'll rip your mouth open!"
Li Wu Jiang shivered, quickly bowed, and said "yes" in a submissive manner.
Empress Dowager Xiao stood up and walked away as if she were riding the wind, with her hands behind her back.
Watching her walk away and making sure she couldn't hear her, Sister Wu Jiang turned around, put her hands on her hips like a shrew facing the back mountain, and yelled: "It's just that I couldn't resist when I was young! And I ruined him when Brother Xiao was growing up? It's been so many years, and you still can't forget it! You only know how to pick on me all day long! If you really anger me, I'll poison you with rat poison!"
Li Qian Fan, of course, was unaware of Sister Wu Jiang's pent-up resentment.
After his call with his grandmother, he pondered for a long time, tapping his chin, and finally decided not to use the Su family's funds.
Or rather, he didn't want to speak to a certain Empress right now.
However—
Looking at the words "Her Majesty the Empress" happily jumping on his phone screen, Li Qian Fan could only frown and mutter to himself, "Zhi Zhi's analysis is indeed correct. Within three days at most, she'll call me as Su Nan Yin," before picking up the phone.
It was a video call.
On the screen.
Su Nan Yin wore a white fitted suit, her hair elegantly tied back in a bun, her face bare, with a single touch of vermillion on her lips.
Her expression was indifferent.
Noble, sexy, dignified, and majestic, she seemed almost ready to burst through the screen!
The background was, in fact, the office of the Executive Deputy Director of Dark Blade.
"Li Qian Fan, when will you return to work at the unit?"
Deputy Director Su got straight to the point, her tone icy: "I'll give you 24 hours to consider. Either you appear before me within 24 hours, or go to Director Zhao and resign your secretary position. My Dark Blade is the sharp blade of the nation, not a garbage dump for certain playboys to slack off and accumulate experience."
These words!
Li Qian Fan's face was full of displeasure: "What, can't Dark Blade function without me?"
"Remember, 24 hours."
In Deputy Director Su's eyes, a chilling ruthlessness flickered: "Either come! Or, get out."
Beep.
The video call ended.
Sitting behind the door, pretending to be Li Qian Fan's secretary, Yao Yao held her breath, not daring to make a sound.
She could clearly feel that Deputy Director Su was truly angry.
If she made any noise at this moment, Deputy Director Su would surely unleash all her rage upon her.
Yao Yao lowered her head.
She pressed her lips tightly, wishing she could even pause her heartbeat.
It would be fine after work.
No matter how angry Su Nan Yin was, her daughter wouldn't be afraid!
Su Nan Yin stood up, her white high heels clicking, and walked towards the door.
She needed to go into the courtyard and take several deep breaths to suppress her indescribable restlessness.
"Her Majesty the Empress's state is even more unusual today. If I play cards with her tonight, I'll surely slaughter her as I did last night."
Yao Yao glanced sideways at Deputy Director Su's swaying buttocks and thought of this when her phone suddenly rang incessantly.
The caller ID displayed—
The elegant words "Fiancé"!
Yao Yao's heart bloomed with joy, but she dared not show it.
Didn't she see Deputy Director Su's icy expression right now?
It was better to take the call outside.
But Deputy Director Su was standing by the desk, looking coldly at Sister Yao Yao, what did this mean?
Oh.
She meant for Secretary Du to make the call in front of her.
Yao Yao dared not object in any way.
She could only timidly extend her finger and slide it on the screen, then obediently tap to turn on the speakerphone.
Li Qian Fan's voice came through: "Yao Yao, don't you want to go to Modu with me to be a bodyguard and earn money? I'll be going to Modu soon, do you want to come?"