Chapter 178: Clearing Suspicion

Everyone stared at him blankly, seemingly stunned by the massive amount of information and unable to recover.

Such a reversal was unexpected, and even the person involved, A Wei, was greatly surprised.

He had indeed sent an undercover agent to infiltrate the Tattoo organization, but he could be certain that the undercover agent had already died in an accident and could not possibly be tipping them off.

The reason Xu Tian said this was to clear his suspicion, but...

A Wei opened his mouth, wanting to say something to Xu Tian, but suddenly realized that everyone present was staring intently at him and Xu Tian, so he had to give up.

After a brief silence, Tang Jihuai attacked again: "Simply preposterous!"

Xu Tian said unyieldingly: "Everything I said is the truth. Sixth Elder, if you feel there are any unreasonable points, you can bring them up, and I will answer them for everyone one by one."

"I see you won't shed tears until you see the coffin."

Tang Jihuai cursed in his heart, then raised his volume to question Xu Tian.

"Fine, then let me ask you: even if the undercover agent sent by A Wei wanted to pass on information, why didn't he contact A Wei, or find other Tang family high-level officials or bodyguards, but instead found you, an outsider who never intervenes in Tang family internal affairs? Do you think you have the ability to handle such a big crisis alone?"

Xu Tian shook his head upon hearing this, looking at Tang Jihuai with disappointment: "Sixth Elder, it seems you really don't understand. You just heard from A Wei that the undercover agent he sent died in an accident. How could a person who has already died pass information to A Wei?"

"What exactly do you mean?"

Tang Jihuai's face was ugly, and even the others around were confused.

"From A Wei's perspective, the undercover agent was indeed dead, so he couldn't contact the undercover agent."

"But the actual situation is that the undercover agent realized his identity was exposed, or faced some other crisis, so he deliberately let A Wei think he died in an accident, and from then on, he stopped contacting him."

"For that undercover agent to rather fake his death to cut off contact with A Wei, something very serious must have happened. Perhaps he was being monitored, or his identity was exposed and he was being hunted by Tattoo's people. So he couldn't contact A Wei, but he had to pass on intelligence, so he found me, someone who never participates in Tang family internal affairs. Is this so hard to understand?"

"Just like Tattoo's people wouldn't care if I escaped, they wouldn't care if that undercover agent contacted me, because my existence wouldn't even enter their line of sight. I pose no threat to them, so naturally, they wouldn't be on guard against me."

Tang Jihuai was angered into laughter. He gritted his teeth and continued to press: "Fine, let's say you are eloquent. Then, according to what you just said, that undercover agent told you the Lighthouse Country trip would be dangerous long before you set off. Why didn't you immediately report it to the Tang family elders? Why didn't you tell Bingyan?"

"You hid such a serious matter, causing Bingyan and the others to go to the Lighthouse Country as originally planned and encounter an ambush. What is your motive?"

Faced with Tang Jihuai's relentless questioning, Xu Tian shook his head in disappointment: "Sixth Elder, if a stranger you don't know suddenly told you that your whole family would meet with misfortune within the next week, would you believe it?"

"Nonsense, of course I wouldn't believe it!"

Tang Jihuai waved his hand impatiently: "Don't try to distract me, answer my question directly!"

"I am answering your question. Since you, Sixth Elder, wouldn't believe a stranger's warning, why should I believe the news told to me by someone of unknown origin?"

"This person of unknown identity told me Tang Bingyan would be attacked. Before I knew if his information was reliable, or if he harbored malice toward the Tang family, how could I go around spreading this?"

"And you also know that Bingyan prepared for this negotiation with AM for a long time and it absolutely couldn't be changed. Was I supposed to stop Bingyan from canceling such an important negotiation based on unverified news?"

"From my perspective, I could only subtly remind Bingyan that she would encounter danger on this trip to the Lighthouse Country, trying to persuade her to change her itinerary or increase security personnel."

"It was precisely because I couldn't ensure the accuracy of this information that I prepared the props and costumes in advance to impersonate the Shadow Master as the other party told me."

"I originally just held a 'burn the boats' attitude and took that box of costumes to the Lighthouse Country, but I didn't expect to really encounter an ambush, and those costumes played a key role in scaring off Tattoo's assassins."

"Before, I couldn't judge whether the person who contacted me was an enemy or one of our own. After successfully escaping, I could be certain that he truly wanted to help us, which is why he risked his life to send me a message."

"But to this day, I still don't know the true identity of that person, and because Bingyan is still in a coma due to extreme fatigue, I haven't been able to tell her about this immediately."

"I originally planned to discuss it with her after Bingyan recovered to see if we could find out who passed the information, but it wasn't until I heard you say A Wei was in contact with members of Tattoo just now that I realized the person who passed the information to me might be the undercover agent he planted on Tattoo's side."

"The undercover agent couldn't contact A Wei directly, so he chose a roundabout strategy and tipped me off."

Xu Tian's explanation was logical and well-founded, leaving no room for error or doubt, and it also happened to explain why A Wei was in contact with people from Tattoo.

The elders, who had just been cold-faced and ready to drag A Wei out for punishment, frowned and pondered, seemingly considering the truth of Xu Tian's words.

But it wasn't hard to see from their expressions that they felt Xu Tian's explanation was more reasonable.

Otherwise, how could Xu Tian, who never asked about Tang family internal affairs and didn't understand the dark forces, know so much internal information about Tattoo and Shadow, and how could he successfully disguise himself and deceive everyone?

Tang Jihuai's face was gloomy and terrifying. His carefully planned scheme to shift the blame had been easily resolved by a pretty boy, and he had been just one step away from labeling A Wei a traitor and convicting him.

That undercover agent was clearly already dead; how could he possibly pass information to Xu Tian again?

This kid was clearly lying through his teeth!

At this moment, the Tang Family Patriarch seemed to suddenly think of something and realized: "You were always against Bingyan going on a business trip to the Lighthouse Country—not because you didn't want to be separated from her and wanted to drag her along for fun, but because you already knew she would be in danger on this trip?"

With this, all the unreasonable points could be explained.

Xu Tian's abnormality and obstruction weren't because of selfishness, but because he knew Tang Bingyan would be in danger, which is why he tried to dissuade her in every way.

"Grandpa, I really didn't want her to go to the Lighthouse Country because I knew Bingyan might be in danger."

"However, I also knew that the negotiation for this project was very important to Bingyan and the Tang family, so it wasn't convenient for me to bring this up without being sure of the truth of the news."

"But the fact that we were all able to escape this time is thanks to A Wei's foresight in sending an undercover agent to Tattoo's side to scout for information early on."

"If it weren't for that undercover agent passing intelligence to me in time, we would probably have died in the Lighthouse Country."

The Tang Family Patriarch felt mixed emotions upon hearing this, even feeling some regret.

He looked at A Wei, his tone carrying obvious guilt: "Good child, it was us who misunderstood you. You did very well." ===== CHAPTER 179 =====