OBS Chapter 496: Xu Fan’s Friend’s Encounter
Chapter 496: Xu Fan’s Friend’s Encounter
After hearing his son's words, Father Xu sighed deeply and said slowly, "Son, your mother is a woman after all. She has not seen much of the world, so her knowledge is naturally limited. You must not take it personally. Dad has always supported you in his heart."
Xu Fan frowned and looked at his father in confusion, with a hint of complaint in his tone: "Dad, if our family encounters any difficulties, you can always ask my friends for help. Didn't I mention it to you before? They have promised to help take care of our family. But you see, you almost starved to death at home. If I hadn't come back in time, I'm afraid you three would have starved to death at home."
Father Xu sighed heavily again, looked at his son with a somewhat dim gaze, and said softly: "My son, you just returned home, I'm afraid you haven't contacted your friends yet."
"Alas... several of them were forcibly captured by the Japanese last year, and there has been no news of them until now. The remaining ones are now unable to take care of themselves. They are already in a difficult situation, so how can I have the nerve to bother them again?"
When Xu Fan heard this, his eyes widened and he stared at his father in disbelief. His voice trembled slightly because of shock: "Dad, what did you say? Are they in trouble?"
Father Xu nodded solemnly, his eyes slightly reddened, as if he was recalling the heartbreaking scene at that time: "Yes, son, Dad watched helplessly as several of them were taken away by the devils. They were beaten beyond recognition and dragged away..."
"Why were they captured? Does anyone know the reason? Also, where were they taken?" Xu Fan asked worriedly.
At this moment, his heart felt as heavy as if it was pressed down by a huge rock, and all kinds of bad possibilities kept emerging in his mind.
What he was most worried about was that if the Japanese knew their true identities and had not released them for such a long time, they might have already met with an accident or been secretly executed.
"Well... I'm not too sure. Under the circumstances at that time, how could I dare to go forward to get the news!" Father Xu answered in a low voice. If you don't listen carefully, you really can't hear it clearly.
At this moment, Zhang Youwei, who had been lying on the ground trembling, suddenly stretched out a trembling hand and shouted at the top of his voice: "I, I, I know..."
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Youwei.
He was shaking all over and stammering, "If I tell you everything I know, can you let my family go?"
However, Xu Fan just looked at him coldly and responded mercilessly: "Humph, since even you know it, it means it is no longer a secret."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Youwei quickly shook his head and retorted, "No, no, no, this is absolutely a huge secret! I only found out about it by accident. In the entire New City, there are only a few people who know the inside story of this matter."
Seeing that Xu Fan seemed to agree, Jiang Jiyun took out a silver needle dipped in anesthetic without hesitation and stabbed it into Zhang Youwei's hand with lightning speed.
"You! You! What are you doing? What are you holding to stab me?" Zhang Youwei widened his eyes in horror, staring at the silver needle that suddenly appeared on the back of his hand, his voice trembling with fear.
Jiang Jiyun rubbed his hands expressionlessly, then looked at Zhang Youwei coldly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a sinister smile: "Hehe... this is not an ordinary needle, it is poisonous. Just a little bit of it can make people want to live but not die. I have lived for so long, and no one has ever dared to threaten me!"
"When did I threaten you? I don't even know who you are, so how could I threaten you? Give me the antidote quickly! Xu Fan, are you just going to watch her commit murder?" Zhang Youwei roared.
Gradually, he felt his entire palm and even his arm becoming numb and losing sensation.
"I was listening to the story just fine, but I got upset when you didn't tell the truth. And I got even more upset when you threatened Brother Xu Fan." Jiang Jiyun took out another silver needle and shook it in front of him.
Zhang Youwei was horrified to find that his arms had slowly lost sensation, as if they no longer belonged to him. They hung limply, unable to exert any strength at all.
This sudden situation frightened him so much that his face turned pale, his whole body trembled, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead.
He could no longer keep calm, his lips trembled as he opened his mouth, his voice filled with obvious fear and panic: "I'm telling you, I'm telling you! It's all because those damn Japanese devils took a fancy to the Xie family's coal mine! On that day, Master Xie Zhan was having dinner in a restaurant with a few good friends, and a few Japanese came in from behind. Without saying a word, they deliberately picked a fight and provoked trouble, then beat Master Xie Zhan and his friends up without giving any explanation, and finally forcibly took them away!"
Zhang Youwei paused for a moment, swallowed his saliva and continued, "Later, when I was drinking with Yu Laoliu from the security group, I accidentally heard him mention this matter. He told me that several coal mines owned by the Xie family have now been handed over to others, and that the guys who were captured would not be released until the Japanese completely took over all the mines."
At this point, Zhang Youwei's face was full of pleading. He stretched out his other hand, which was still able to move, tremblingly, and stretched it forward desperately, as if trying to grab something, and kept muttering: "I really told you everything, I didn't dare to hide anything! Please, please, give me the antidote quickly!"
Jiang Jiyun looked at Xu Fan, and when she saw him nod, she took out an ordinary pill that her uncle had made.
Zhang Youwei saw the brown pill and quickly pinched it and threw it into his mouth.
"After your poison is removed, your hand will be numb for a while before it recovers." Jiang Jiyun said and returned to Jiang Jiyuan.
"Xu Fan, we're leaving first. Please take care of your family matters and then come back to meet us." Jiang Jiyuan originally came with his sister to bring him some food and water. He didn't expect to hear so many things.
Xu Fan saw Jiang Jiyun winking at him and followed them out. "I'll see you off."
He took them to the cellar, and was so angry at the empty cellar that he was speechless.
After Jiang Jiyun filled up his cellar, he went on to fill up all the water containers in the house with water.