Black Bear gave Zhang Xiaonuo a helpless look. True, this was hard to explain, but set against Zhang Jingyao's orders, he could no longer afford to indulge Zhang Xiaonuo. "Xiaonuo, enough," he said. "Your father knows these people!"

At Black Bear's words, Zhang Xiaonuo fell silent. The one person he feared most was Zhang Jingyao, and since Zhang Jingyao had spoken, he had no choice but to shut his mouth. The resentment in his heart had not faded, but he could only swallow it and keep his peace.

In truth, Zhang Jingyao did not know Yang Ce or Wang Yanqiu at all. He had done this purely because of a phone call from Li Zhiyuan.

After Li Tianjia got home, she told Li Zhiyuan everything that had happened that day. But when she came to describing Huang Lin and Huang Yan's friends, Li Zhiyuan began to pay closer attention. This Yang Ce she spoke of seemed to be someone of considerable importance.

Back then, when Li Tianyu was in Country X, he had said that the gold mine had been forcibly seized by a man who claimed to be Huang Yan's boyfriend. Li Zhiyuan had asked Li Tianyu what the man looked like, but though he thought it over for a long time, he could not place him. It was probably no one he had ever met.

So at the time he had assumed it was a tactic of General Karls, who, in order to recover the gold mine, had deliberately found such a man to pose as Huang Yan's boyfriend, so that a representative of the Huang family could take over the mine.

Though he did not know Yang Ce, Yang Juehuan's appearance had been etched into Li Zhiyuan's memory. So when Li Tianjia mentioned that a man on very intimate terms with Huang Yan had also been present, Li Zhiyuan instinctively asked what the man beside Huang Yan looked like.

Li Tianjia did not know what her father meant by it, but she described Yang Juehuan's features faithfully all the same. The moment Li Zhichen heard it, he thought: so the enemy has crossed my path. It seemed he had wronged General Karls after all. It was this young man who had been pulling the strings from behind.

But now that you have come here, this is my territory. Why would I keep you around if I did not deal with you? At the thought, Li Zhiyuan felt a fierce urge to give Yang Juehuan a sound thrashing.

"Father, why are you asking about this man?" Li Tianjia asked, watching Li Zhiyuan's face—startled and delighted at once—with some suspicion.

"Do you remember? Your brother Tianyu said that while he was in that African country, a representative of the Huang family, claiming to be Huang Yan's boyfriend, came and seized the gold mine," Li Zhiyuan said.

"Ah!" At her father's words, Li Tianjia understood at once. "You mean this is the very man who was in Country X in Africa back then?"

"I believe so!" Li Zhiyuan nodded. "From the way you described him, he matches Tianyu's description very closely. And this man is indeed on very intimate terms with Huang Yan!"

"Damn it, that little bastard dares to come here and run wild!" Li Tianjia could not help cursing. Having just been thwarted in front of Yang Ce, her emotions were thoroughly unsettled.

(To be continued)