Chapter 422: In the Dragon King's eyes, Fan Bro is a total genius!

Chicken?!!

Zheng Canghai gazed at his precious daughter Zheng Qingxuan in disbelief.

He simply suspected he had misheard.

Before his precious daughter returned home, he had imagined the scene of her being kidnapped. In those brutal scenes, there were even painful images of her being humiliated and raped.

He had already devised a revenge plan, vowing to tear Lin Dongfan limb from limb!

So you're telling me you just hit a chicken, then got surrounded by villagers in the fishing village? Is that really the truth behind your losing contact?

No!

This is absolutely not the truth!

Maybe your precious daughter was scared silly by those bastards and dare not speak the truth.

The more Zheng Canghai thought about it, the more wrong it felt; his mind had already filled in the brutal scene of his precious daughter being pressed onto the bed and humiliated, having nude photos taken, being threatened not to blab.

He grabbed Zheng Qingxuan's hand.

He comforted her heartbrokenly: "Qingxuan, don't be afraid. You're home now, and with Dad here, no one can hurt you. What exactly did you go through? Tell me everything plainly, and I'll back you up."

"I already said, I hit a chicken."

Faced with this overflowing fatherly love, Zheng Qingxuan also wore an incredulous expression—not doubting her father's affection was lacking, but doubting his head had taken on water.

If his head weren't waterlogged, how could he not understand human speech?

This is unscientific!

She laughed carelessly and asked: "Dad, did you receive some kind of stimulation today?"

This heart‑piercing question.

It instantly left Zheng Canghai staring blankly, his heart feeling chilly.

He thought, today it's not just that I was stimulated; today I was made to sit on someone's head and take a big dump, and now both the official and business circles of Haishan are laughing at me……

This matter shouldn't be dwelled on; thinking about it makes my chest feel suffocated.

Zheng Canghai swallowed his resentment, calmly asked Zheng Qingxuan: "Are you sure you just hit a chicken, not a person?"

"Wan really just hit a chicken."

"That's just plain weird—if you killed a chicken, paying for one chicken should settle it. Why are the villagers surrounding you? And why can't your family reach you?"

After Zheng Canghai fired off his three‑question logical barrage, his eyes locked onto his precious daughter Zheng Qingxuan, as if he could see the truth at a glance, silently waiting for her to bravely spill the facts.

The result left her a little disappointed.

Zheng Qingxuan replied unconcernedly: "I wanted to settle it with money, but I didn't have any cash on me. I originally wanted to call you, but there was no signal."

"No signal?"

"Eh, I don't know what's going on; that rundown fishing village had zero bars today."

"So how did you get out of it then?"

"A guy named Xie Xiaofeng came over and helped me pay two hundred bucks. There are still plenty of good people in this world, Dad—you should do more good deeds too. Back in school, people often gossiped about me behind my back."

"!!!"

Zheng Haicang lowered his head in shame, scolded into having no temper left.

If it were his son saying that, Zheng Canghai would have already slapped him, thinking "Old man doesn't look like a good person?" But since it's his precious daughter lecturing him, the situation is quite different.

He must sincerely feel ashamed for three seconds.

Three seconds later.

Zheng Canghai again grasped his precious daughter's hand, forcing out an embarrassed smile: "Dad promises you, I'll become a good person who does good deeds and accumulates virtue."

"Then you'd better reflect a bit; I'm going back to my room to rest—I'm really tired today."

"Mm."

Zheng Canghai watched her off with a smile.

After his precious daughter entered her room, his face instantly darkened, all smiles vanishing without a trace.

Of course, he wasn't angry because his daughter had scolded him.

Rather, he took out his anger on Lin Dongfan!

Today his precious daughter's "loss of contact" was absolutely no coincidence!

In that moment, Zheng Canghai had already connected all the clues, sketching out a clear sequence of events in his mind:

The Wuling driver at the traffic light intersection flipped the middle finger provocatively and spoke rudely, saying Qingxuan had a plastic‑surgery face!

That was obvious!

The other party had long figured out Qingxuan's personality—she loves to look pretty! This was a precise provocation, timing, place, and method just right, perfectly triggering her urge to chase them down.

After luring Qingxuan to the fishing village, the villagers deliberately released a chicken to cause a traffic accident.

That chicken was definitely let loose by those troublemakers on purpose!

Their goal was to find an excuse, reasonably entangle Qingxuan and trap her in the fishing village; at the same time, they used technical means to block the village's cell signal, preventing Qingxuan from making calls.

Ultimately, they fabricated the appearance of her losing contact.

Those troublemakers in the fishing village don't have such heaven‑defying smarts; all of this is definitely a scheme laid out by Fan Dongfan! Its purpose is to increase bargaining chips and force me to compromise.

After the negotiation succeeds, they'll then have Xie Xiaofeng pose as a big‑hearted good Samaritan, pay for the chicken and release the person!

Damn your mother!

Two hundred bucks tossed on the roadside—I, old man, won't even glance at it!

You actually used two hundred bucks to fabricate a "good‑person card," tricking my daughter into going around in circles, and then coming back to give me an ideological lecture!

The more he thought about it, the more Zheng Canghai felt depressed.

An unprecedented sense of defeat weighed on his heart, making Zheng Canghai deeply feel that he had been utterly crushed this time, as if struck by a dimensionality‑reduction blow!

He returned to the study.

He picked up a thick, large brush and wrote the three big characters "Fan Donglin" on the white paper.

Although it was written poorly, it looked a bit like an illiterate beginner's attempt.

But this didn't stop him from pasting those three big characters on the wall; hanging those three characters was equivalent to hanging Lin Dongfan's posthumous photo on the wall.

Gazing at the three characters "Fan Donglin", he sighed:

"You surnamed Fan, you little brat actually managed to perfectly create a kidnapping effect within the legal framework! Truly deserving of being a genius with heaven-defying intellect, what an intricate layout."

"Since you're a genius, I can't let you live!"

"Because I'm not a genius."

Zheng Canghai stared at the large characters on the wall, his deep eyes revealing a hint of chill.

He took out his phone and sent a message to the City Bureau's protector: "Chief Tong, shouldn't that rebellious underling of yours be kicked out? Get rid of him first; I have a big use for him."

He waited about four or five minutes.

He finally received a reply from Chief Tong from an unknown number: "I heard Old Cai flipped the table today, trying to oust you from the Dragon King's throne—is that true?"

This message, full of subtext, made Zheng Canghai feel vexed.

He couldn't help cursing this wicked world inwardly—damn it, it has no human warmth at all! People say when someone leaves, the tea grows cold, but I haven't even left yet, and they're already trying to switch allegiances!

Zheng Canghai suppressed his anger and replied: "Heh, he indeed wants to move up, but the question is whether he has the ability. If it weren't for fear of causing trouble for you police, he wouldn't be alive now."

"Don't brag, speak frankly—can you hold onto the Dragon King's position?" Chief Tong pressed.

Zheng Canghai quickly replied: "Rest assured, if I can't do it, Mayor Guo will be the first to dispose of me. Mayor Guo hasn't said a word either now—he believes I can steady the situation."

"Understood."

"Thank you for your trust, Chief Tong."

After replying to that message, Zheng Canghai breathed a sigh of relief; as long as his backing doesn't fall, he is confident he will laugh last in all external conflicts.

Now he only waits for Chief Tong to eliminate that rebellious underling in the police force!

Then he will use the remnants of that rebellious underling to catch Fan Donglin off guard and kill him! As the saying goes, guard against day and night, but those closest and trusted are the hardest to defend against.