Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 447 They're not allies, they're the enemy!

"Relatives?" Du Hexuan turned and exchanged a glance with Du Anrao, his face showing surprise.

If it were her unreliable, good-for-nothing father who came looking for her, he would have clearly stated his identity instead of using ambiguous terms like "relative."

Who exactly is this relative...?

"Okay, thank you for your help. We'll take the child there right away."

When Du Anrao and his companion arrived with the child, they saw a handsome young man in his late twenties, dressed appropriately, but with slightly disheveled hair and a somewhat haggard face, looking rather travel-worn.

"Zhao Zhao, Zhao Zhao, are you alright? Do you still recognize me? I'm... Uncle, I'm your uncle!"

The man wanted to reach out and take the child, but he was worried that it would frighten the child who had just suffered a great shock. His outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and he silently withdrew it, trying to awaken the child's memory of him first.

"Uncle?" Wouldn't that be the brother of the original Madam Ke?
Du Hexuan turned to look at Du Anrao for a consultation, and saw her nod at him.

Upon hearing the other person's shout, Ke Zhaozhao released Du Anrao's neck, turned her head, and stared at the person with wide eyes and curiosity.

Seeing this, Du Anrao asked her softly, "Zhaozhao, take a closer look, is this your uncle?"

Ke Zhaozhao stared at the person in front of her for a long time, as if she had finally unearthed a related memory from the dusty past, and her eyes suddenly reddened.

"Uncle, it's uncle..."

As she spoke, she reached out her hand to him, and the man quickly reached out to hug her.

As soon as he hugged him, the child hugged his neck and cried, "Uncle, Zhao Zhao missed you so much."

Large tears fell into the collar of his expensive suit, burning the skin on his neck and also burning his heart.

"Uncle missed you too. It's all Uncle's fault. Uncle came too late and made Zhaozhao suffer so much. Uncle deserves to die. He didn't take good care of Zhaozhao and let Zhaozhao be bullied by those vicious villains! Don't be afraid, Uncle is here. No one can bully Zhaozhao anymore."

The reunion of the two is certainly touching, but now is really not the time for idle chatter.

Ji Weifeng quickly remembered the presence of Du Anrao and his companion, barely wiped away the tears from his and his child's faces, and then solemnly introduced himself to Du Anrao and his companion.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Zhao's uncle, my name is Ji Weifeng. I watched your program on my way here. Thank you for taking care of Zhao Zhao these past two days. If it weren't for you two, Zhao Zhao would probably be..." Du Anrao didn't hear much of what the man said after that; all he could think of were big exclamation marks.

[Ji Weifeng? This guy's name is Ji Weifeng? The heir to Fengji Industrial, Xi Yanjia's loyal sycophant? This guy is actually Zhao Zhao's... maternal uncle?!]

Du Hexuan was shocked. Xi Yanjia's sycophant? Damn, this person is not an ally, but an enemy!
Realizing this, Du Hexuan rushed forward immediately to stand in front of his sister.

Du Anrao and Ji Weifeng were both startled. Ji Weifeng was puzzled. Although the man's attitude towards him just now was not particularly friendly, it was not hostile either. Why did he suddenly become so wary of him? Could it be that he had some kind of grudge against him before without his knowledge?
Du Anrao was simply puzzled. What was his second brother doing? Why was he suddenly standing in front of him with such a bitter expression? Did he have some kind of problem with this Mr. Ji?
Despite his doubts, Du Anrao was more concerned about the matter between Ji Weifeng and Xi Yanjia.

In the original storyline, Xi Yanjia met Ji Weifeng after the power struggle within the Xi family officially began. At that time, Xi Yanjia and her brother had their eyes on a promising real estate investment company owned by the Xi family and were competing with another powerful younger member of the family for the right to inherit the company's shares.

To better select a suitable successor to inherit the company's shares, Old Master Xi gave them a test: to each rely on their abilities to secure the ring road development project in City A.

Xi Yanjia's opponent was very knowledgeable about the real estate industry. Having worked in the company for many years, he had accumulated a lot of connections in this field, making him completely different from Xi Yanjia and her two opponents who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun and whose actual skills were all just talk.

Logically speaking, the two of them are no match for him, but who can blame them when Xi Yanjia is the female lead? The female lead's halo, bestowed upon her by the author, allows her to encounter a key figure who can change the course of the battle at this moment, namely, President Ji Weifeng in front of her.

As the plot unfolds, Xi Yanjia, while attending a tea party among wealthy women, overhears a shocking story about a stepmother plotting to eliminate her stepdaughter. The protagonist of this story, the eliminated stepdaughter, happens to be the niece of Ji Weifeng, the heir to Fengji Industrial, a business she desperately wants to cultivate a relationship with. She then tells Ji Weifeng about it, gaining his support and favor.

After sorting out the timeline, Du Anrao's gaze towards Ji Weifeng and his nephew changed instantly.

My poor little Zhao Zhao, in the end, your death was nothing more than a stepping stone for the female lead to curry favor with your uncle, create interaction with him, and make him fall in love with her.

Furthermore, Ji Weifeng seemed to have been brainwashed by a zombie after that. In order to help Xi Yanjia obtain her family's assets, he repeatedly used the power of his own company to promote her. In the end, he even believed the empty promises made by Xi Yanjia and did not hesitate to embezzle a large amount of company assets, just to support Xi Yanjia in taking on an impossible project.

As a result, the project failed, and his company's cash flow dried up, leading to bankruptcy and a series of charges including tax evasion.

[A promising young man, the heir carefully groomed by his family and parents, was driven to climb onto the rooftop and jump, becoming a pile of mud, his blood drained by the female lead, leaving not even a complete corpse. How can the word "tragic" even begin to describe it?]

Upon hearing this, Du Hexuan temporarily lowered his guard and looked at Ji Weifeng with a hint of pity, as if he were looking at a fool.

Ji Weifeng: "..." What's going on? What's wrong with this guy? He was giving him the cold shoulder before, like he was an enemy, but now he's all lovey-dovey and tender. Does he have some kind of ulterior motive?
Luckily, Du Hexuan didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would have grabbed a teacup from the table and smacked him on the forehead.

Neither of the two men in the standoff noticed Du Anrao, but when they saw the change in Du Hexuan's expression, their eyes flickered.

What's wrong with my second brother today? He seemed so hostile towards Mr. Ji one minute, and then his attitude changed completely, visibly softening and even showing some sympathy for him. It's like… he knows what's going to happen to him. Could it be that he can hear what I'm thinking?