Ling Zhenfei kept one hand on Liu Guang, pinning him to the ground so the kid couldn't move, while his other hand condensed Qi into Needle, precisely targeting Liu Guang's acupoints and stabbing him with several needles in quick succession.

"What the hell did you do to me?" Liu Guang cried out in pain, the feeling of being pierced by the Qi Needles was not at all pleasant.

"Weren't you still looking for trouble with Liu Bingying and Xiao Ke? Now you are free to do so, just now I only lightly poked you a few times. Unfortunately, those pokes happened to hit several of your acupoints. What side effects might you feel from those pokes? Let me tell you about it."

"Actually, it's nothing much, it's just that it's going to take some extra effort to urinate from now on. Every time you pee, it's going to be extremely painful. Of course, you can endure it and not pee, but over time, a certain part of you will explode like a balloon. Just thinking about that scene is terrible."

"Kid, don't try to scare me. I've been through bigger storms than this. You think I'll be frightened just because you poked me a few times? Do you think I'll believe you?"

His thuggish bravado returning, Liu Guang shook his head and clearly didn't believe it.

Ling Zhenfei didn't respond to Liu Guang's words and turned to go back to Liu Bingying's home. Just now, he had only sealed off a few of Liu Guang's lower body acupoints, and the things Ling Zhenfei had said were true. Liu Guang was probably going to suffer quite a bit in the days to come.

Returning upstairs, Xiao Ke had already fallen asleep amidst her fear, while Liu Bingying was cleaning up the mess. Ling Zhenfei hurried over to help, and while they were halfway through the cleanup, Ling Zhenfei saw tears fall from Liu Bingying's eyes, shattering on the floor before she helplessly burst into tears, leaning on his legs.

Ling Zhenfei hurried over to comfort her, patting her back, unsure of what to say. He was just like that, clueless about how to comfort someone, especially a woman in distress.

Initially, Liu Bingying cried silently, her sobs growing louder until she suddenly turned and leaned on Ling Zhenfei's shoulder. Ling Zhenfei could feel her wet tears but had never experienced a woman crying on his shoulder before, let alone such a beautiful one, which left him a bit at a loss.

In the end, all Ling Zhenfei could do was gently hold Liu Bingying, whispering words of comfort. To his surprise, Liu Bingying grew even more heartbroken, lying on his shoulder, crying, and recounting her past, perhaps thinking of those memories made her cry harder.

Ling Zhenfei had previously stopped Liu Bingying from talking about her past and knew she indeed had a hard life. Such a beautiful woman had been so unfortunate.

"That's all in the past now, and things will only get better from here. Forget the past so that you can lead a better tomorrow," Ling Zhenfei could only offer weak comfort.

"Thank you. If it hadn't been for you today, I really wouldn't know what to do," Liu Bingying finally felt much better, her voice a whisper close to Ling Zhenfei's ear.

"Don't worry, Liu Guang won't dare to bother you anymore."

Liu Bingying took this as Ling Zhenfei trying to comfort her, but she still chose to silently believe him, wiping away her tears and standing up, her cheeks slightly flushed. "I'm really sorry, I invited you over for dinner, and instead, you had to see all this mess."

"This is my home too. How can you say that? A family always faces various issues together," Ling Zhenfei replied.

Liu Bingying was delighted by Ling Zhenfei's words and visibly cheered up quite a bit. A woman who had lived alone for so long had long since learned to be strong.

After cleaning up, Ling Zhenfei intended to leave, but Liu Bingying insisted he stay over because of what had happened earlier. Ling Zhenfei also feared that Liu Guang might cause trouble that very night, so he didn't put up much resistance and decided to stay at Liu Bingying's home.

Lying in Liu Bingying's bed, Ling Zhenfei suddenly sensed a faint scent of Liu Bingying on his body. It was to be expected since she had been crying on his shoulder for so long. As for his feelings toward Liu Bingying, Ling Zhenfei felt confused. Was she really just like a sister to him?

The next morning, Liu Bingying woke Ling Zhenfei to get out of bed, a sumptuous breakfast was already prepared that made Ling Zhenfei's mouth water.

"Uncle, will you have breakfast with Xiao Ke every day from now on?" Xiao Ke politely asked Ling Zhenfei.

"Uncle will come to have breakfast with Xiao Ke often in the future. Do you like Uncle?"

"Like, Xiao Ke likes Uncle the best."

Xiao Ke was delighted and so was Liu Bingying's face, but Ling Zhenfei was a bit distressed, fearing that he couldn't keep the promises he had made. Wouldn't that be the same as deceiving Xiao Ke?

Truth be told, he of course enjoyed visiting Liu Bingying's home and even wanted to come every day. Who wouldn't want to come with such a beautiful woman to take good care of them?

After breakfast, Liu Bingying took Xiao Ke to school and went to work. Ling Zhenfei also left the house at the same time and headed straight for the ornamental fish base, where the batch of ornamental fish was being sold. The entrance was busy with vehicles coming and going, and security at the base had now been strengthened to prevent further sabotage from others.

"Boss, all fish will be sold today, thankfully some were saved and we won't suffer a loss," Fatty remarked with a hint of helplessness. If it weren't for the poisoning incident this time, they definitely could have made a fortune.

"Don't be sad. Think of it as a learning experience. It won't be long before the next batch of fish has grown up and such incidents definitely won't happen again."

"Rest assured, a person won't stumble in the same place twice. That kind of thing won't happen again," Fatty said, still very optimistic about the future of the ornamental fish market.

"By the way, Boss, has Xishan Manor really closed down?"

"Not shut down, just temporarily suspended. We are building greenhouses now. It won't be long before we make a full recovery."

"I always knew you were no ordinary person," Fatty added while occasionally flattering Ling Zhenfei.

It was already afternoon by the time Ling Zhenfei left the ornamental fish base. For a moment, he felt a bit lost, wandering the streets and even recalling the last time he was ambushed there. He immediately thought of Zhou Tong and Zhou Jian.

While Ling Zhenfei didn't have a good impression of Zhou Tong, he quite liked Zhou Jian. After all, it was with Zhou Jian's help that he was able to find the clue leading to Wei Damin of Tianhe Group in the fish farm poisoning incident. Now that the matter was resolved, he should go and express his gratitude.

As soon as Ling Zhenfei thought it, he headed alone toward Zhou Jian's car dealership.

The ornamental fish base wasn't far from Zhou Jian's car dealership; after walking just a few streets, he arrived.

As he approached Zhou Jian's motorcycle shop, Ling Zhenfei felt something was off. There were no workers repairing vehicles at the entrance of the shop today, which was not the style of their shop. It had been very busy when he last visited.

"Is anybody there?" Ling Zhenfei called into the shop.

Suddenly, the shop door burst open and several people rushed out, surrounding Ling Zhenfei. Each of them was holding a wooden baton and looked aggressive, but not one of them was from the shop.

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