C20 What Exactly Was Going On? More and More Questions!

Wang Ziyan fixed Xiao Nan with a piercing gaze and said, "You're nothing but trouble, a complete waste of space. I told you not to come to Hemipeel Tower, yet here you are. And then you have the nerve to pick a fight with Young Master Liu Feng. Now you've met Director Liu Dahai and you still won't apologize. What are you thinking? Xiao Nan, what on earth are you doing? Apologize now, or don't bother coming home today..."

She immediately began to reprimand Xiao Nan upon arriving.

Her scolding was a mix of sincerity and pretense, with the hope that it might defuse the tension between Xiao Nan, Liu Feng, and Liu Dahai.

After finishing her tirade, Ziyan turned away, fighting back tears and sadness, managing a strained smile as she addressed Liu Dahai.

"Director Liu, I'm terribly sorry. This is my fiancé; he's not quite right in the head, which is why he offended Young Master Liu Feng today. Don't worry, I'll have a word with him. Director Liu, are you listening? Director Liu..."

As Ziyan spoke, she felt a sinking feeling in her heart. She noticed that Director Liu was still showing the same indifferent expression, seemingly unaffected by her words and not even looking her way.

It wasn't until Ziyan, filled with growing fear, kept checking on Liu Dahai and asking, "Director Liu, are you okay?" that he finally turned his gaze toward her.

His look startled Ziyan, and she listened as Liu Dahai said, "What? You're Xiao Nan's wife, and this is your husband? No, no, Nan, what's going on here? Is this my sister-in-law? Oh my, she looks like a celestial being. No wonder, no wonder she caught Nan's eye..."

Liu Dahai's words took Ziyan aback once more.

If his gaze was startling, his address made her want to leap away in fear.

Liu Dahai had actually called her sister-in-law!

While complimenting her, he also mentioned how discerning Nan's taste was. The most shocking part was that he referred to her incompetent husband, Xiao Nan, as Nan.

Wang Ziyan was slightly dazed by the shock of the revelation.

"No way, you've got to be kidding me. Liu Dahai actually calls that guy 'Nan'? Who is he, to wield such influence? But if he's so influential, why didn't he step in when his wife and her colleague were being harassed by Liu Shihan and Liu Feng?"

"That's rubbish! Who says he didn't step in? He absolutely did. He even had a verbal showdown with Liu Feng and stood his ground. Then Liu Dahai showed up. All of this just happened, didn't it?"

"Still, what exactly is happening here? Is there a problem with Director Liu Dahai? His expression seems off, and his words are quite puzzling, aren't they?"

"That's because you're clueless. Haven't you figured it out yet? There's no issue with Director Liu. He just encountered someone even stronger—Nan, also known as Xiao Nan. Clearly, Director Liu recognizes that Nan is not someone to mess with, which is why he backed down. It's plain as day."

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"No, I don't get it at all. If that were true, wouldn't his wife know he's a tough character? And Shangguan Ruohong, they work at the same company, and she's his wife's best friend. She'd definitely know if he was formidable. So, something's not adding up here."

"It must be that only that person himself and Liu Dahai, Director Liu, are in the know. That's the only explanation that makes sense. Regardless, this Nan is undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with..."

...

The onlookers couldn't help but converse among themselves, not out of boldness but because the situation was so startling.

Caught up in their astonishment, they had already cleared a path for Liu Dahai upon his arrival, positioning themselves at the edges of the hall, several meters from the center.

This distance gave them the confidence to speak freely, and their comments reached Shangguan Ruohong and Wang Ziyan's ears without interruption.

Even Liu Feng and Liu Minghui, who were nearby, overheard the entire exchange.

In a moment, the two individuals who were awkwardly attempting to push themselves up off the ground with their hands, crashed back down with a loud thud!

Yet, even as they lay on the ground, the fact that they had fallen didn't seem to concern them. Despite having scraped and bruised their arms in the fall, they remained apathetic to the whole ordeal.

This included their current position, closely entangled with each other in a way that could be seen as quite unseemly, even repulsive. Still, they seemed to have forgotten all about it.

If Liu Minghui felt his mind reel hearing Liu Dahai call Xiao Nan "Brother Nan," then for Liu Feng, it was beyond belief that his own father, Liu Dahai, would actually refer to Xiao Nan in such a familiar way.

Liu Minghui hadn't spent much time with Liu Dahai, but Liu Feng had been by his father's side for a long time, learning from him, especially before his recent foray into fandom.

So, how could Liu Feng not know the people Liu Dahai had encountered?

Yet, Liu Feng had never heard his father mention knowing someone named Xiao Nan, let alone that this Xiao Nan was so youthful.

Truth be told, Xiao Nan was quite young when he first met Liu Dahai. But Xiao Nan's name hadn't changed, and even though he was just a teenager at the time, his features had matured due to his training. Now, looking at him again, he appeared almost exactly as he did back then.