NOVEL NEXT Chapter 176: Foreign Object, Lock Core
Wang Ye's eyes, which had been tightly shut until now, opened at this moment.
He looked in the direction where Yang Xin was.
Yang Xin had been sizing up Wang Ye, and at the moment Wang Ye opened his eyes, his gaze met with Wang Ye's.
He felt a chill swirling in Wang Ye's eyes, murder overflowing, which gave him the sensation of plummeting into an abyss.
A succinct word emerged from Wang Ye's throat, "Fine."
Yang Xin let out a sigh of relief, but the gaze from Wang Ye just now still left him with a palpable sense of unease.
Yang Xin secretly congratulated himself for not choosing to deal with Chen Li, but instead opting to collaborate with Wang Ye.
Otherwise, being an enemy of Wang Ye would definitely be an extremely terrifying thing.
...
Having settled the collaboration with Yang Xin, Wang Ye went for a simple full-body massage and then walked out of Xianglong Foot Bath City.
"The four great families want the new generation to become the head of the family. On the He Family's side, it should be He Guang inheriting the position of Family Head, which is already a foregone conclusion. As for the Mei Family, I don't understand them well for now, I can ask Eldest Senior Sister about this after I get back,"
Wang Ye, sitting in the car, mused over the issue.
"As for the Fang Family, it's certain that Fang Feifei will inherit the position of Family Head. Fang Cunshan should be aware that Fang Feifei supports me; among the Fang Family, there isn't anyone who can restrain Fang Feifei. After all, even when Fang Cunshan was severely ill, despite Fang Junxiang's presence, the people of the Fang Family still followed Fang Feifei as their leader,"
"That is to say, following this event, knowing that I have Zhang Mengchuang behind me, Fang Cunshan, this old fox, might very well come to support me under Fang Feifei's recommendation."
"After all, when Fang Cunshan was in power, he had no chance, but now, the person destined to become the Head of the Fang Family is going to be Fang Feifei. Given Fang Cunshan's duplicitous nature, this behavior of his isn't surprising,"
"This matter, the heads of the other three great families, couldn't possibly fail to consider such a scenario. If so, then their current actions must be, before any significant changes occur..."
Seemingly because the content he thought of was too shocking for Wang Ye himself, when he reached this point, his pupils dilated significantly, and he continued with his speculation, "To remove Fang Feifei first and fast?"
"Fang Feifei is in danger!"
Coming to this realization, Wang Ye instantly grew concerned for Fang Feifei and took out his mobile phone, deciding that he needed to make a call to Fang Feifei!
Wang Ye did not know whether Fang Cunshan or Fang Feifei had considered this point or not.
Even if Fang Feifei hadn't thought of it, given Fang Cunshan's characteristic cunning and stratagem, he should have.
But Wang Ye felt that at this time, he should still remind them of it.
Having dialed Fang Feifei's number, it took about twenty or thirty seconds before Fang Feifei answered the call, with her voice feigning nonchalance coming from the other end, "What's the matter, calling me like this?"
In Fang Feifei's voice, there wasn't the sound one would expect from someone woken from sleep. Wang Ye judged for a moment and figured that Fang Feifei must have seen the call from him much earlier. In those twenty or thirty seconds, there must have been some moment of hesitation on Fang Feifei's part.
"I heard about the rotation of the Family Heads among the four great families. I've given it some thought, and during this time, it would be best if you didn't leave the house if it's not necessary,"
"The people from the other three great families in Yun City might have some designs against you."
Upon hearing Wang Ye's words, Su Wanqing was somewhat surprised.
Initially, Su Wanqing had planned to share with Wang Ye the plan of the four great families after she had dealt with the hurdle in her heart.
Yet, before she could relay the plan to Wang Ye, he had already grasped it on his own.
Moreover, he had deduced the plan that the other three great families would probably enact against her.
Considering this, Fang Feifei felt an inexplicable touch of emotion.
But still, she replied defiantly, "This has nothing to do with you, I'll just stay at home, there's no real danger to begin with."
"Hmm."
Upon hearing Fang Feifei's words, Wang Ye also felt relieved.
Since Fang Feifei had been staying at the Fang Family's place, there shouldn't be any problems.
After all, the security of the Fang Family was rigorous; there was no way that someone could directly target Fang Feifei at the Fang Family's home.
"Is there anything else?"
Fang Feifei, who should have hung up the phone, asked this question as if guided by some spirit.
She wanted to hear Wang Ye say something else.
"No, there's nothing else."
"Then I'm going to hang up."
As he heard Fang Feifei say this over the phone, Wang Ye realized that she wanted him to say something more, but he did not intend to say anything, so he pretended not to understand her implication.
After hearing Fang Feifei say this, Wang Ye sighed internally.
Click, click.
Just then, Wang Ye heard the sound of something being inserted into a lock.
The sound did not come from his side but from Fang Feifei's end.
This was not the sound of a key entering a lock but seemed more like something else, followed by the continued faint "click, click" noises.
The sound was very soft.
If it hadn't been for the phone call between Wang Ye and Fang Feifei and the fact that their previous conversation had left a moment of silence, they probably wouldn't have been able to hear such a noise.
"Is there someone outside?"
Fang Feifei called out.
"Miss Fang, there's something broken across from your room; we're fixing it right now. Sorry for the noise, has it disturbed you?" a middle-aged woman's voice came from outside.
"No."
"Okay, Miss Fang."
After the middle-aged woman responded, the noise resumed.
Wang Ye listened to the noise from the other side, his expression growing increasingly grave.
Both he and Fang Feifei had sensed something amiss.
The person outside might indeed be from the Fang Family, but they might not just be identifying as Fang Family People!
They were tampering with the lock of Fang Feifei's room while allegedly working across from it.
Fang Feifei's door was bolted from the inside.
Now, without knocking, the person outside had begun picking the lock of Fang Feifei's room, and one need only think a moment to realize what they were intending to do.
Both Wang Ye and Fang Feifei had believed that as long as Fang Feifei was at home, she would be safe.
Yet, unexpectedly, even though Fang Feifei was currently in the Fang Family house, danger had still found its way to her.
And the danger had arrived sooner than either of them had anticipated, catching them off guard!