Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Huang Leji suddenly changed his tune and discovered a clue, even going as far as to directly find the person, obviously shocking a group of people.

If only he had done this earlier! Fu Qian shook his head.

No matter what reasons Huang Leji found, he did not believe that the Huang Family, with all its power, would fail to find any clue.

Failing to find the Evil Omen was one thing, but if they couldn’t even find a third party who stood up a woman, then the Huang Family had truly hit rock bottom over the past hundred years.

Besides, Huang Leji’s behavior today was very abnormal.

He showed up before the agreed time and directly admitted his mistake with a sincere attitude, even sending out his golden enforcers and elite team for dispatch.

He was being far too humble!

Combining these two things, there was only one explanation—they had found that person, and then, unfortunately, they discovered exactly what he had predicted, that the individual was indeed related to the Huang Family.

Considering that yesterday the patriarch of the Huang Family boasted that there was absolutely no connection to them, this was a direct slap in the face.

So, out of maintaining family honor, they prepared to show a proper attitude but stubbornly deny any wrongdoing.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much time to play games with him.

“Then it seems I was mistaken, my apologies to this beautiful lady.”

Now that Huang Leji had finally caved in, Fu Qian expressed shock and remorse with a serious face, formally apologizing to the woman called Xiao Ying.

Hmph!

The woman known as Xiao Ying clearly wasn’t in a good mood and responded with a snort.

There was no need to look to know that this woman was the one who placed the bug in the room last night.

The reason Su Gao hadn’t been instructed to take care of her immediately was to deal with this kind of non-cooperation from the Huang Family.

Originally, the eyewitnesses and such were just casually mentioned to drag the Huang Family into the mess, and if things escalated, Huang Leji could claim defamation since there was no solid evidence.

But this woman’s crime of spying on the Night Watchman’s movements was undeniable, and Su Gao could fully prove it.

Now the Huang Family was truly pinned down and unable to struggle.

Huang Leji was clearly aware of this and gave up defiantly.

It must be said that the efficiency of the Huang Family was not too shabby, as a crowd of people awkwardly waited for less than half an hour before a gentleman was brought in.

This man was in his twenties, with a slick and powdered appearance, and the first thing he did upon entering the door was to rush to Huang Leji, crying bitterly. However, even before he reached him, he was restrained and pulled back.

“Advisor Fu, this person is Huang Jinyong, the suspicious individual we found, the one whom the victim invited out yesterday.”

Huang Leji introduced without a hint of embarrassment.

“Although he is a member of the Huang clan, considering the severity of the situation, I had someone bring him over immediately.”

Oh?

Fu Qian looked down at Huang Jinyong, who was half-kneeling, half-lying on the floor.

“Do you know the woman named Geng Yue?”

This…

Huang Jinyong instinctively looked up.

“Answer honestly to what you’re asked.”

Huang Leji’s tone was icy cold.

Now the Huang Family had no face to speak of any longer, and covering up would only bring more embarrassment.

Additionally, he had already carefully questioned this troublemaker and confirmed that he had no relation to the Evil Omen.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t risk covering for him, giving that Mr. Fu the opportunity to ride roughshod over them.

“I… I know her!”

Huang Jinyong was startled and answered honestly.

“Did she invite you to have lunch together yesterday?”

“Yes…”

“Then why did you murder someone and flee?”

…

“No, I really didn’t! I didn’t even go there, how could I possibly murder someone!”

Huang Jinyong’s voice was already tinged with a sob.

“Someone invites you out, and you don’t go. Such behavior itself is very abnormal, why should I believe you?”

“It’s true, it’s really true, I have been dodging her for half a month. It’s her who keeps pestering me, insisting that we meet up and talk…”

“Dodging her? You might as well clarify things a bit more.”

Fu Qian looked up and saw not just one gossipy gaze but several, so he might as well give these people a thrill.

“It’s like this…”

Huang Jinyong, terrified out of his wits, didn’t dare conceal anything and quickly spilled the beans about his relationship with Geng Yue.

According to him, Geng Yue was a woman he had hooked up with a year ago, and they had been carrying on secretly for over a year.

In the interim, everything was as sweet as honey with good feelings between them, but recently, Geng Yue had become more ostentatious and wanted to ditch her husband for a life with just the two of them, so he started avoiding her.

Ah, what a stirring tale of romance!

“I couldn’t possibly be with her for real; I’ve been lying to her all along.”

Huang Jinyong wore a mournful expression.

“The only reason I could start something with her in the first place was that I told her I was a Transcendent, but I’m not!”

“And she believed you, just like that?”

“…I am a member of the Huang Family.”

That explained it.

Fu Qian nodded in understanding.

“Did she ever tell you about her husband’s situation?”

“Not much, just that he’s a small businessman, very boring and often away on business trips, whereas she longs for the world of the Transcendents…”

Fu Qian looked up to see that Captain Qiao and the other two wore stiff expressions.

This guy was clearly a pushover, and what he said was most likely true.

However, if what he said was true, then Geng Yue’s husband was truly in a pitiable state.

As a bona fide Transcendent who had renounced his superior status to marry his childhood sweetheart and live an ordinary life, to have his wife cheat on him with a faux Transcendent was tragic.

What sort of torment-filled script was this!

“It’s a great misfortune for the Huang Family to produce such a disgraceful descendant; it truly tarnishes our family’s reputation. I apologize for this and for causing laughter in front of you and Executioner Yan,” said Huang Leji, suddenly speaking up with a righteous demeanor.

“Let this man stay here to assist in the investigation, as we are not yet certain whether what he says is true.”

Upon hearing this, Huang Jinyong burst into fresh wails.

“Old Master Huang is truly prudent.”

Fu Qian made a polite remark, not bringing up what the other had said the day before.

We’re not the kind to nitpick, as long as our aim was achieved.

Huang Jinyong himself was entirely unimportant.

Fu Qian wasn’t interested in their sordid love life; he always felt that Geng Yue’s death wasn’t likely to have much to do with the Evil Omen.

This hubbub wasn’t generated to fish for gossip.

Fu Qian’s objective was always the Evil Omen.

So far, it seemed that no valuable information had been gleaned, but often a lack of results is a result in itself.

As a family with a century of heritage, the Huang Family, pushed to this point, could only offer up such a poor specimen. This suggested a possibility—the Evil Omen might be hiding within the Huang Family itself.

Think about it, a foreign Transcendent would be exceedingly conspicuous, not to mention having to skulk around committing murder. How could they remain untraceable under such searching?

Unless it was a case of hiding in plain sight, this individual lurking in everyone’s blind spot, and possibly even utilizing the family’s protection to cover their tracks.

Next, it might be worth narrowing down the search in this direction.

Let’s hope there’s still time.

Just then, someone moved up beside Huang Leji and whispered something in his ear.

The latter’s face changed instantly, and he addressed Fu Qian word by word.

“Someone in the Huang Family has just been murdered—it might be the work of the Evil Omen!”