Chapter 93: Mom! They’re Bullying Me, QAQ
At the village entrance, the Fang family’s entire group was surrounded by police from Yue City’s Municipal Bureau, Wen’an District Sub-bureau, Chiyuan District Sub-bureau, and Qingze District Sub-bureau.
Don’t ask why Qingze District came from so far away—if Li Wei didn’t show up, he’d wake up in the middle of the night and slap himself a few times.
Facing this vast wave of police, and seeing Shang Fuyan and Director Gao standing at the very front, Fang Song’s expression was about to crack.
From his eldest son, he’d learned that the abandoned child now had a capital officer guarding him. And during their conversation, that thick-skulled Hong Xingwang had still been extremely respectful to the young man—enough to prove the child had gained real power.
After that, they investigated a bit and quickly found out what the young man had done.
Lin Jiangye—because he could understand animal speech and command beasts—had been hired by Wen’an District Sub-bureau as a special consultant, basically half an insider.
After that, he repeatedly rendered outstanding merit, helping Wen’an District police solve major crimes again and again. Chiyuan District and Qingze District—those were still within Yue City, sure. But he’d even been invited to the capital to help. He’d led seabirds to assist Nanhai Coast Guard in capturing more than ten organ-trafficking black ships and rescuing hundreds of survivors. Then he went to Western Qiang and helped local police wipe out a cult organization, recovering tens of billions in stolen blood-and-sweat money.
After returning from Western Qiang, he got promoted and got a raise, becoming Yue City’s municipal special consultant.
If he only moved around inside Yue City, the Fang family might not have cared that much.
After all, he was only “half” in—he didn’t officially hold power.
But the capital, Western Qiang, Nanhai, and Taibai Mountain in the Northeast—all had invited him. That meant this person was registered at the central level.
If they brought him back into the family, forget future conveniences—just in Gao City alone, they could walk sideways.
And more importantly, their investigation told them Lin Jiangye was preparing to build a wildlife zoo. This young man in his twenties was holding an enormous fortune.
If they could coax him to abandon the zoo and hand that money over to the Fang family to patch their capital chain…
The welfare institute director had been too kind. Fang Song and Xing Shanyue had no guilt at all. They even felt smug—throwing the child away back then had been the right decision.
If they hadn’t thrown him away and kept him at home, maybe the family would have been destroyed. Only by casting him out and offering him no help could he grow strong—so that one day he could provide even more support to the family.
As for whether the child wanted to provide support, or whether he held resentment—none of that crossed their minds. Or perhaps they didn’t think it was a problem at all.
Or perhaps… from beginning to end, they had never truly regarded Lin Jiangye as a person.
Now the “prophecy” had expired anyway. It was time to bring the child back home!
On the way to Yue City, Xing Shanyue even happily told Fang Song that her maternal family had a distant niece who had just graduated college—perfect for the child to meet.
Fang Song was dissatisfied. In his view, he’d already allied with the Xing family; the next generation should ally with another clan.
Listening to their parents chatter excitedly, the children in the back seat were colder than cold.
Fang Hexuan had already been trained into a qualified heir. He had no objections to gaining a younger brother—especially since this younger brother would be very useful later.
Fang Tianwei couldn’t care less. The Fang family would never let a woman hold power, so whether she gained a brother or a sister wouldn’t affect her life.
As for the only one who might be affected—Fang Dongling—what came back would be his brother, not his brother replacing him. He would still be the youngest, still the most doted-on child, so it didn’t matter much. He was only a bit jealous of how anxious his parents looked.
But when they neared the village by the resort, the person greeting them wasn’t Lin Jiangye.
It was Yue City police—there to protect Lin Jiangye.
And when Fang Song saw Shang Fuyan at the front, he finally realized the situation wouldn’t unfold the way he’d imagined.
The lead car stopped. The Fang family vehicles behind were forced to stop as well.
Shang Fuyan walked to the lead car. The person inside rolled down the window, revealing Fang Song’s face.
Shang Fuyan gave a soft laugh.
Fang Song suddenly shivered. That laugh reminded him of something from the past.
Back when this man led police into the Fang home and hauled family members away, he’d made the exact same laugh.
“You really came.”
Fang Song’s heart sank.
What did that mean? Had this man been watching them for a long time?
Shang Fuyan gave him no time to think, cutting straight in with a cold demand.
“What are you doing here?”
Fang Song tightened his grip on the steering wheel, forcing himself to stay calm.
“That’s none of your business, Deputy Shang.”
Looking at the mass of police, his scalp tingled. He hadn’t imagined Lin Jiangye had been a consultant for such a short time, and yet had such close ties with local police.
So many officers showed up—for that young man.
They had to know he was coming to “recognize” Lin Jiangye, and came to stop him.
But besides their own family—who else knew?
Logically, bringing Lin Jiangye back would benefit the entire Fang family. No Fang family member would betray the family’s interests.
Unless…
Lin Jiangye returning would damage someone’s interests?
Fang Song quickly glanced at the three children behind him. All three looked cold and numb, as if they didn’t care about today at all.
Not caring… was still better than refusing.
Shang Fuyan ignored him and simply pointed backward.
“Get out. Go back.”
Fang Song’s teeth itched with hatred. He didn’t understand why Yue City police had gone insane. He was just coming to find his son—what did it have to do with them?
As if he still wanted to speak, Director Gao stepped forward, flicking his credentials in Fang Song’s face.
When Fang Song saw even Yue City’s police chief had come, his heart dropped like a stone.
The Fang family’s scheme had been seen through early—that was why these people were blocking their way.
Just as Fang Song didn’t know what to do, an elderly man stepped out from the car behind.
It was Fang Song’s father, Fang Yin—the former patriarch.
The moment he saw Fang Song hemmed in, he knew today wouldn’t go smoothly.
But if they turned back now, coming again later wouldn’t be so easy.
Seeing Shang Fuyan and Director Gao, the old man’s eyes flashed. He wiped his face, instantly pulled on a grief-stricken expression, and with a thump—
knelt before everyone.
“It’s my fault! It’s all my fault! If I hadn’t been possessed and stupid, that child wouldn’t have disappeared!”
Even now, he was still trying to cover up the real reason they threw the child away.
An eighty-year-old kneeling—who dared stand directly in front of him? At the very least, anyone younger didn’t dare.
This old bastard was basically trying to curse everyone with bad luck and shorten their lives.
Everyone’s faces looked awful. Not just Shang Fuyan’s side—Fang family members looked awful too.
Fang Yin was the previous patriarch. Kneeling to a bunch of juniors made the Fang family’s name look disgraceful.
But the moment he knelt, Shang Fuyan understood exactly what he was doing.
The lineup with the chief was too big. It made the old man feel the weight of Lin Jiangye’s connections. This kneel was meant to take all the blame onto himself—washing Fang Song and Xing Shanyue clean.
No matter whether the true reason was uncovered or not, the fault would all be his. The biological parents would be “uninformed!”
If Shang Fuyan hadn’t learned the truth from the institute director, he might have been fooled too.
How disgusting.
Director Gao’s brows knit tightly. In this world, two types of criminals were the most troublesome: elderly over seventy-five, and minors under fourteen. Unless they committed unforgivable evil, ordinary charges often couldn’t touch them.
They knew the Fang family would be hard to deal with—but didn’t expect them to go this far just to “recognize” Lin Jiangye.
Shang Fuyan was practically about to explode. He stared coldly at Fang Yin kneeling there, then suddenly smiled and walked slowly toward him.
From any angle, it looked like Fang Yin was worshipping Shang Fuyan.
Fang Yin’s old face twitched. So Shang Fuyan wasn’t dodging—fine, you want to kneel, kneel?
“You are indeed at fault. If this hadn’t happened twenty years ago, your family would have several people sitting in prison right now.”
The one who urged the abandonment, the ones who threw the baby away with their own hands, the ones who knew and still didn’t pick him up—each one more vile than the last.
Then Shang Fuyan gave a little “oh,” still smiling.
“I remember years ago in Gao City, I arrested people from your Fang family too. What a pity. Otherwise, you could’ve had a family reunion in prison.”
Brutal.
Then he added, “I’m curious—can you keep kneeling here forever, even if something happens back home? Will you still not go back?”
If the earlier words were just cruel, this was outright a threat.
Director Zhou’s mouth twitched hard. She knew Shang Fuyan absolutely wouldn’t be able to hold back.
“You’re a cop—threatening people like this, is that appropriate?” Fang Yin snapped his head up, glaring furiously.
“A threat requires leverage,” Shang Fuyan shot back. “What leverage does your family even have?”
But every Fang family member felt their blood run cold.
Leverage? The Fang family had far too much. They couldn’t withstand scrutiny at all.
If it were someone else, they might still play dumb.
But the one speaking was Shang Fuyan—this lunatic who’d been obsessed with their family since years ago.
Fang Yin truly thought Shang Fuyan was insane.
They were all businesspeople—why didn’t he investigate others, why did he target the Fang family? Even after moving to Yue City, why wouldn’t he let them go? What did the Fang family ever do to him?
If not for… if not for his backing being the Shang family—if not for Shang family people being either military or police—Fang Yin would’ve thrown him into the sea to feed fish!
Fang Yin was furious, but he only dared curse in his heart, not out loud.
If he said it out loud, Shang Fuyan’s answer would definitely not be something he wanted to hear.
Everyone understood: the Fang family was the biggest poisonous snake. If you don’t deal with the biggest snake, are you supposed to keep feeding it?
Back in Gao City, it wasn’t like Shang Fuyan hadn’t tried. The Fang family had gotten smarter, cleaned up their loose ends, and he couldn’t grab them.
But not long after he left, they returned to old ways. From that moment, Shang Fuyan had quietly been collecting evidence.
He might not have been in Gao City—but Gao City had Hong Xingwang.
Even when Hong Xingwang used to clash with him, on the matter of targeting the Fang family, Hong Xingwang would absolutely stand on Shang Fuyan’s side.
In the end, the Fang family still crashed right into his hands.
Fang Yin clenched his back teeth, terrified and enraged. Shang Fuyan’s cold, assessing gaze felt like it would rip their filthy insides open and display them publicly.
“You can’t…”
“I can,” Shang Fuyan said softly. “I’m a cop. Eradicating evil is my duty.”
Even if people later accused him of personal bias, so what? If problems were uncovered, was that his fault? He hadn’t held a gun to the Fang family’s head and forced them into murder, arson, tax evasion, smuggling, organized prostitution, and other crimes.
Did they think he stopped caring after leaving Gao City? Keep dreaming.
Fang Yin’s breathing turned rapid. He stood up, desperate to get back into the car and rush home.
Maybe it was already too late—but on their own turf, there might still be room to turn things around.
But they couldn’t leave.
Because a roadblock had arrived.
A real roadblock tiger.
When everyone saw a huge tiger sitting right in the roadway, they all froze. Only Shang Fuyan and Yan Keke reacted instantly.
“Mountain God / Mountain God!”
One recognized her from long-term contact. The other was born with the talent to recognize every cub at a glance. But after realizing it was Tiger Mom, both humans felt their backs go cold.
Wait—if the Mountain God was here, how far could Lin Jiangye be?
In the next second, a lazy voice sounded nearby.
“Come when you want, leave when you want?”
Following the voice, they saw the young man step out with a whole pack of “cubs.” And overhead, it was like rain—crows poured down, instantly surrounding every human.
“Crow Boss told me you idiots were just standing here. I didn’t believe it…” Lin Jiangye saw Director Gao and suddenly stuttered, his expression turning complicated.
Wait—everyone else coming is one thing, but why are you here too, Chief Gao?!
Chief Gao didn’t feel embarrassed at all. He stared at the Mountain God with glowing eyes, clicking his tongue.
“Beautiful… too beautiful! This tiger truly deserves the name Mountain God! Taibai Mountain people didn’t name her wrong!”
Lin Jiangye: ???
But Tiger Mom’s mood was clearly bad. A low, rumbling growl kept coming from her throat—enough to make anyone’s legs go weak.
And the real terror for the Fang family was still coming.
Behind Lin Jiangye, a whole group of fierce beasts emerged—lions, tigers, cheetahs, and more—while raptors circled above. Seeing it in real life was far more intense than any video.
If only that intensity weren’t aimed at them.
After getting the message from the crows, Lin Jiangye immediately guessed the Fang family had come. He just hadn’t expected Shang Fuyan to bring a whole crowd to block his front gate.
He walked to Shang Fuyan’s side and glanced at him.
Shang Fuyan looked surprised when he saw him, then annoyed—those emotions quickly turning into anger at the Fang family.
Lin Jiangye found it funny and exasperating. He tilted his head.
“Do you really think you can hide this from me?”
He pointed at the birds in the sky and on the nearby branches.
Did this man forget those birds were all his eyes?
Maybe elsewhere was uncertain, but here—within a two-kilometer radius—Lin Jiangye knew everything clearly.
After he said that, Shang Fuyan pressed his lips, the regret in his eyes deepening. In his urgency, he’d forgotten that too.
Lin Jiangye patted his shoulder and lowered his voice.
“I know you mean well. But this—this has to be handled by me. Otherwise they won’t let go.”
When you have money and power, they try to pull you in. If you destroy the Fang family, when they have nothing, wouldn’t they cling to him even harder?
Some things had to be said face to face, or they’d always think there was hope.
Even if they still refused to give up afterward—saying it and never meeting him were two different things.
And this time, Lin Jiangye planned to do something big. ^_^
How big?
Big enough that the moment they saw him, they’d tremble—so scared they’d wake up from nightmares and wet themselves. ^_^
Shang Fuyan turned to look at him. Lin Jiangye’s mood wasn’t good, and his eyes weren’t as bright as usual. But there was no fear, no resistance—
only trust.
Trust in what?
Shang Fuyan followed his gaze and saw Tiger Mom slowly walking toward Fang Yin.
“Mom! It’s that family—they’re bullying me!” Lin Jiangye pointed at the lead car and complained super loudly.
The moment he said it, everyone who’d been furious at the Fang family’s disgusting tactics suddenly looked crystal clear—along with a fresh surge of sympathy.
Look at them. Playing tricks so hard they forced the foster mom to come out.
Xing Shanyue sat in the passenger seat. When she heard Lin Jiangye call “Mom,” she thought he was going to acknowledge her. She tried to squeeze tears into her eyes and put on a moved expression, about to get out—
when the car jolted violently.
Then a tiger’s roar shook through everyone’s ears.
The Fang family members in the cars closest to the Mountain God had their brains buzzing from the roar.
A tiger… a real tiger! How could a tiger be here, ahhh?!
Tiger Mom was angry. And when a wild adult Amur tiger got angry, the damage was terrifying.
One slap turned the window into a spiderweb of cracks.
Another slap dented the car door inward deeply.
Then the other animals joined the “revenge.” The smaller ones attacked the windows; the stronger ones tried to flip the entire car.
Everyone inside screamed in panic, terror drowning their minds. They forgot there were police around at all.
But at Lin Jiangye’s signal, the officers silently withdrew into the surrounding woods, pretending they weren’t there.
As for Chief Gao, Jiang Xin had invited him up the mountain to drink tea. The only humans left on the spot were Lin Jiangye and Shang Fuyan.
Watching the chaos, Shang Fuyan glanced back and saw villagers emerging curiously.
He waved at them, then prepared to explain on his phone.
A hand pressed down on his phone. The young man’s expression was perfectly calm.
“Don’t worry. Before we came, I already had Bai Zhengwen deliver apology gifts to every household and explain things.”
He wasn’t stupid—if he was bringing Tiger Mom out, of course he had to notify the neighbors first. What if he scared someone?
Shang Fuyan finally let out a breath of relief, a lighter smile appearing in his eyes.
“I was even thinking of having Jiang Xin keep it from you.”
The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Jiangye elbowed him.
“And you’re saying that out loud?! Something this big, and you still wanted to hide it from me!”
This elbow strike carried about seventy percent of Lin Jiangye’s strength. Shang Fuyan’s face went faintly green, and he simply leaned onto Lin Jiangye’s shoulder, putting on an exaggeratedly pained look.
“My fault…” he apologized in a small voice, acting pitiful.
That actually startled Lin Jiangye.
How could he not tell Shang Fuyan was pretending to be pathetic? It was exactly because he knew Shang Fuyan was acting that he felt shocked!
“You…” He wanted to say something, but Shang Fuyan’s next movement made him shut up immediately.
Shang Fuyan touched his chest, and Lin Jiangye instantly remembered Shang Fuyan collapsing into his arms—his hands smeared with Shang Fuyan’s blood.
Fine. He was only trying to protect Lin Jiangye, trying not to let him get wronged.
Lin Jiangye closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then shot him a glare.
“Alright, I’ll let this one go! But next time, if you hide anything important from me… wait—don’t tell me you actually have something else?”
As he said that, Lin Jiangye sharply caught Shang Fuyan’s pupils twitch twice—he’d hit the mark.
“You—!!!”
Shang Fuyan straightened up quickly, grabbed Lin Jiangye’s arm, then lowered his head to Lin Jiangye’s ear and spoke softly.
“I found out something… but I’m not sure whether I should tell you. Selfishly, I think it’d be better if you didn’t know.”
Better not know? Why?
This time, though, there was real sorrow in Shang Fuyan’s eyes. It wasn’t an act—he genuinely felt hurt about it.
But what could it be, something that made him hurt?
Lin Jiangye suddenly didn’t dare imagine.
“I’ll tell you later. For now—let’s drive these people out first.” Shang Fuyan turned Lin Jiangye’s body so he faced the Fang family, who had already had their cars flipped and were crying as they crawled out.
The cubs were sharp. They were “punishing” the Fang family, but none of them directly attacked anyone.
Even without direct strikes, they could still cause harm.
For example, when someone tried to run, a beast would suddenly appear beside them and swish a paw—startling them into twisting an ankle and falling. That had nothing to do with the cubs, right?
Who told them they were so easily scared? Right? ^_^
Tiger Mom was the most imposing of all. Together with Tianshu and Tianxuan—two fierce felines—she toyed with Fang Song, Fang Yin, and the rest like cats playing with mice.
Except… these “mice” were much bigger than real mice.
And conveniently, they were also much bigger than real cats.
After being toyed with like this, forget eighty-year-old Fang Yin—even Fang Hexuan, still young, was nearly exhausted to death.
Would they dare come find Lin Jiangye again?
Absolutely not. This enlarged, real-life “cat-and-mouse” horror show was enough to haunt them with nightmares for years.
Some people tried to use the “biological parents” card to stop Lin Jiangye, but that young man’s smiling expression was even more terrifying than Shang Fuyan’s.
“If you still have the energy to talk, then you’re not suffering enough. Fine—Crow Boss! Go to Qingze District and bring the seagulls over!”
Not enough birds, huh? No problem—besides crows, he also knew a whole flock of seagulls in Yue City!
If that still wasn’t enough, he could just take a trip to the wetland park!
Try using family-emotion blackmail on him? What a joke—he had basically zero “family feelings” for humans.
That person hadn’t expected his mouth would bring disaster. Once the seagulls really arrived, the screams became even more miserable.
Only then did their brains finally clear.
This person—and the Fang family—could not possibly have any relationship at all.
