Top-tier Unruly Master

Amidst the commotion, the boy looked around, puzzled. "What is this place?"

At that moment, Ding Fan glanced up at the boy's mother, only to see the middle-aged woman's face ghastly pale—ugliness had peaked to an extreme.

Ding Fan didn't answer the boy about where they were; instead, he turned to question the middle-aged woman beside him. "Your child has woken up, aren't you happy at all?"

As Ding Fan's words settled, a nearby camera directly focused on the middle-aged woman.

"I… I…" The middle-aged woman was at a loss for words.

Ding Fan, observing her, became even more certain of his suspicions. This middle-aged woman was definitely not the boy's mother.

Previously, while the boy was unconscious, Ding Fan had used his Divine Sense to investigate and unexpectedly discovered liquid from the Purple Kui herb in the boy's body.

This was a type of herb capable of inducing a person into a lengthy coma, with immense damage to the body. Based on this, Ding Fan could assert that the middle-aged woman was not the boy's mother.

How could a birth mother harm her own child to such an extent? The woman displayed no joy at the boy's awakening, only panic—thus, Ding Fan was one hundred percent certain of his previous judgment.

"Manager Ding's medical skills are indeed impressive, but the little boy still looks a bit unwell. Let me take him to the hospital," Xiao Dao offered, stepping forward.

Ding Fan looked at Xiao Dao.

Though Xiao Dao's expression was calm, Ding Fan, experienced in reading people, could see the hidden panic.

When the middle-aged woman arrived at Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory with the boy and reporters, Xiao Dao followed right after. It was impossible that these events were unrelated to them.

Noticing Ding Fan's gaze, Xiao Dao coughed lightly, then addressed Hao Zhihua, "Take the child to my car. As medical professionals, we must have compassionate hearts. We shall take the child to the hospital for a thorough examination immediately…"

Just as Hao Zhihua moved to lift the boy upon hearing Xiao Dao's words, Ding Fan, with a sweeping gesture of his hand, thwarted Hao Zhihua's effort.

"Do you recognize that person?" Ding Fan pointed to the middle-aged woman, who claimed to be the boy's mother, and asked the boy.

The boy looked in the direction Ding Fan was pointing and involuntarily began to tremble.

"Save… save me… save me…" The boy's eyes brimmed with terror as he desperately sought refuge in Ding Fan's embrace.

The onlookers, seeing the boy's reaction, were all puzzled. Shouldn't a child be relieved to see his mother?

No longer able to feign composure, Xiao Dao spoke up, "Manager Ding, the boy has just woken up and might be having the residue of a nightmare. Please, let me take the child to the hospital for a thorough check-up."

After saying this, Xiao Dao decisively strode forward to snatch the child from Ding Fan's embrace.

"Scram!"

The moment Xiao Dao approached, Ding Fan kicked him to the ground with a swift blow.

Ding Fan's abrupt action stunned everyone present, and Yan Ruyao looked at Ding Fan incomprehensibly. With media reporters still on site, even if Xiao Dao was indeed infuriating, such an altercation would surely affect the image of the company and the pharmaceutical factory.

What was Ding Fan doing?!

"What… what are you doing?" Hao Zhihua, like a dog, hastily went over to help his master up from the ground.

At this point, Ding Fan paid no mind to what the crowd might think; he gently soothed the boy in his arms, imparting a trace of True Qi into the boy's Divine Sense. The terrified boy's complexion began to regain some color.

"With me here, no one will bully you. Today, I will stand up for you," Ding Fan conveyed a reassuring glance to the boy. "Tell me, who is that person? Is she your mother?"

Glancing at the middle-aged woman, the boy said, "She is not my mother… She is a demon… She forced me to take medicine, and after drinking it, I didn't know anything anymore."

"Then, did you take any calming pills before you went unconscious?" Ding Fan inquired.

"No, she gave me some green liquid to drink..." the boy recounted earnestly.

As the boy finished speaking, everyone present was taken aback. The middle-aged woman was not the boy's mother and, according to the boy, his coma was due to the medicine she had administered.

"I… I…" At this point, the middle-aged woman started to lose her composure, never having imagined that the boy would wake up after taking the medicine…

"I think the child must be confused from being unconscious too long. He can't distinguish reality from dreams. We should take him to the hospital first," Xiao Dao interjected.

Ding Fan glanced at Xiao Dao. "Are you saying the child is delirious?"

Turning to the boy, Ding Fan asked, "Do you know the phone number of your real parents?"

The boy nodded. "I know..."

"Yan Ruyao, give me your phone," Ding Fan said to Yan Ruyao, who had been staring in shock.

Yan Ruyao hurriedly took out her phone and handed it to the boy.

At that moment, the camera was aimed directly at the boy, and the scene fell silent. The middle-aged woman beside him couldn't hide her nervousness. Xiao Dao's eyes were darting around as though he was plotting something.

"Yan Ruyao, tell the security guards to close the factory gates!" Ding Fan ordered Yan Ruyao at his side.

Yan Ruyao immediately went to arrange for the pharmaceutical factory's security guards to close the gates.

Meanwhile, the boy made a call. Because there was a camera nearby, he used the speakerphone.

"Dad, it's Xiao Feng..." After the call was picked up, tears started streaming down the boy's face.

"Xiao Feng?! Is it really you? Where are you now... Dad misses you so much..." A middle-aged man's voice, trembling from excitement, came from the other end of the line.

"I was tricked by human traffickers... Dad, save me..."...

Upon hearing this, everyone present understood that the boy, called Xiao Feng, was definitely not the middle-aged woman's child.

At that point, Ding Fan's gaze was sharp as he looked at the middle-aged woman.

"It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me..."

"Take her away," Ding Fan said to the security guards who had already been waiting nearby.

The guards quickly rushed over and subdued the middle-aged woman.

By now, it was apparent to all the onlookers that the middle-aged woman had brought Xiao Feng to the pharmaceutical factory as part of a conspiracy – one that sought to bring about the downfall of Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory.

At this moment, Yan Ruyao herself was shocked. Prior, she had thought Ding Fan was making a fuss over nothing; but now, it was clear that if Ding Fan had not intervened, Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory might have been ruined that day.

Now, Yan Ruyao's perception of Ding Fan started to waver. Could such a man be considered incompetent?

Ding Fan took Yan Ruyao's phone and addressed the middle-aged woman. "You kidnap ten-year-old children and poison them with a potion to turn them into a vegetative state, and now you're here at our Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory to blackmail and extort. How many years do you think you'll spend in jail if I make this call?"

Upon hearing Ding Fan's words, the middle-aged woman fell to her knees in fright. "Please don't, I beg you to let me go; it's all my fault for being too greedy. Please give me another chance."

"Uncle, this person tortured me, hit me, send her to the police..." Xiao Feng said with teary eyes.

Ding Fan nodded. "Such a villain certainly can't be let go."

Hearing Xiao Feng's words, the middle-aged woman felt waves of despair. She knew that if the police got involved, she could easily spend several decades in prison.

All at once, as if a thought struck her, the middle-aged woman turned her head and desperately called out to Xiao Dao. "Xiao Dao, save me, I don't want to go to jail, please, save me."

Yan Ruyao was immediately taken aback; she had not expected the middle-aged woman to turn to Xiao Dao for help. She looked at Ding Fan, who appeared to have expected this all along.

As smart as Yan Ruyao, she quickly realized that Ding Fan had known about this situation all along. The middle-aged woman and Xiao Dao were connected, and Ding Fan's aim was to expose them both.

At that moment, Yan Ruyao couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for Ding Fan's meticulous planning and execution.

"Why are you looking for me? I don't even know you..."

Xiao Dao had barely finished speaking when he suddenly sprang into action. "You scum, you're a disgrace to humanity, I will kill you!"

Xiao Dao threw a kick straight toward the middle-aged woman's chest.

The onlookers gasped in shock. Just by watching, one could tell the force behind Xiao Dao's kick was immense, and he had targeted the most vulnerable part of the body, the chest. If he had connected, the woman would have had no chance of survival!

To attempt murder in front of so many people! This ruthlessness was beyond what most could muster.

Xiao Dao's kick came so suddenly that no one around her had a chance to intervene. Just when everyone thought the kick would surely connect with the middle-aged woman, a figure suddenly sprang into action.

"Get lost!"

With a thunderous roar, Xiao Dao, who was about to hit the middle-aged woman, was sent flying through the air.

Thud! Xiao Dao did not land lightly. He lay on the ground, moaning in pain.

Everyone turned to look at the person who had kicked Xiao Dao away, and it was none other than Ding Fan!