Fan Chengxin gritted his teeth and said, "I heard someone set the fire! If I find out who did it..."
"What was your fiancée doing there at the time?" Zong Ruoan interrupted Fan Chengxin before he could finish his harsh words and continued to ask.
Fan Chengxin couldn't say what Fen Tai Ni was doing at the time. After pondering for a long time, he carefully chose his words and said, "She was introducing her classmate to a boyfriend. Who knew... Sigh, anyway, good intentions were not rewarded. The old saying is right, you shouldn't be a matchmaker!"
"Introducing her classmate to a boyfriend? Which classmate? Do you know them?"
"I know them, but not well. They also died there." Fan Chengxin shrugged as if nothing had happened.
After asking for a long time, there was no evidence to show that Fan Chengxin was related to the photos from that day.
Of course, Zong Ruoan wasn't here to investigate the photos.
That kind of thing was under the jurisdiction of the Punishment Department, not the Special Security Bureau.
Zong Ruoan was here to investigate and seize evidence related to the main branch of the Da Fu Prefecture Fan Family.
...
Returning to the Special Security Bureau's Mulan City branch with a pile of evidence, Zong Ruoan had Lu Jianpeng work with a subordinate to organize information related to the materials.
Soon, they found first-hand information.
"This Fan Family really knows how to stir things up..."
"Look, to compete for commercial land in Mulan City, they sent people to beat their competitors to death and buried them under the foundation of the commercial building. They even found two Guardians of the Alliance of the Spirits of Light from who-knows-where to perform the Mahākāla Rite to suppress it for a thousand years... Tsk tsk..."
"What's this? Look here, the two sons of the current head of the Fan Family are said to have had over five hundred girlfriends in total, and more than thirty fiancées. More than a hundred of those girlfriends committed suicide after breaking up... Do you believe it? These two are a bit hard on girlfriends..."
"Among these girlfriends who broke up and committed suicide, forty-six families once went to the Disciplinary Department to report the Fan Family for forcibly seizing property and even harming their families to death. However, after investigation by the Disciplinary Department, all were found to be false accusations. These families were instead sued by the Fan Family and compensated the two young masters for their emotional distress..."
"The wife of the current head of the Fan Family is said to have had a fiancé before marrying the head of the Fan Family. But many years ago, she drove to the library and, because it was night and visibility was low, had an accident and killed someone. This person turned out to be her fiancé at the time..."
Zong Ruoan silently listened to the information Lu Jianpeng summarized.
After a while, he said, "How much information is there about Fan Chengcai?"
"There are about forty-six cases related to Fan Chengcai and human lives. There are a total of three hundred and eighty-two cases of seizing women and property."
Lu Jianpeng quickly browsed the preliminary information and reported to Zong Ruoan.
Zong Ruoan sneered, "Doesn't the Governor of Guiyuan Star care?"
Lu Jianpeng looked at the information with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?" Zong Ruoan glanced at him.
"The head of the Fan Family has two older sisters. One married Hu Meihang, the Governor of Guiyuan Star, and the other married into the Rong Family, as the wife of Rong Ruoye, the second son of the current head of the Rong Family, known as Second Master Rong."
Zong Ruoan frowned slightly, "That Rong Family?"
Lu Jianpeng nodded, "That Rong Family, the famous Nobles of Beichen Star, only one level below the Four Great Noble Families."
"Heh, no wonder the Fan Family, a small, insignificant Baron, the lowest level of nobility, can stir up trouble on Guiyuan Star, and even the Governor of Guiyuan Star follows their lead?"
Zong Ruoan sneered repeatedly with his hands behind his back.
Lu Jianpeng thought, of course, otherwise? If the Fan Family didn't have some backing, how dare they be so arrogant?
Zong Ruoan nodded, "As long as we have solid evidence, even the Rong Family won't dare to interfere."
Then he asked, "What about the Fan Family's assets?"
Lu Jianpeng said, "According to the information from headquarters, this is a list of the Fan Family's assets. It may not be perfect, but at least eighty percent of their assets are on it."
Zong Ruoan took it and glanced at it, then immediately stood up and said, "Their family has a Private Starship!"
Lu Jianpeng was also shocked, "The Fan Family?! They can afford a Private Starship?!"
"A used one, but the condition seems to be good."
This was the task Huo Yushen gave them. They had combed through the wealthy people of Mulan City several times, but had not found a suitable candidate.
Until they started investigating the Fan Family.
"Check the specific information of this Private Starship!" Zong Ruoan looked at Lu Jianpeng.
"Here are..." Lu Jianpeng brought over the relevant data, reading it aloud to Zong Ruoan as he looked, "In the past month, this Private Starship has traveled to and from Guiyuan Star three times. Tsk tsk, once to send Fan Chengcai to Cangge Star to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of Quan Caiwei, the eldest daughter of the Quan Family's third branch."
"The second time was to send Shang Qizhen, the Fan Family's Matriarch, back to her maiden family on Beichen Star for a visit."
"The third time, the reason is unknown. There's no information on it, only that it left Guiyuan Star."
Zong Ruoan nodded, "Then give this information to Colonel Kang. He's in charge of the Intelligence Division, and this information was originally gathered for him. It'll be easier for him to investigate the third trip than it is for us."
Lu Jianpeng nodded, "I'll send it to them right away."
Afterward, Zong Ruoan and Lu Jianpeng spent the entire night organizing the data, categorizing it, and then extracting anything that could serve as evidence, storing it separately.
"Keep an eye on the Punishment Department of Da Fu Prefecture to see when they conclude their internal investigation of Fan Chengcai. I also want to know the results of the internal investigation." Zong Ruoan looked at the information they had compiled, tapping his fingers lightly on the desk.
"What does Young Master Zong mean?"
"I need to know how many people in the Disciplinary Department are on the Fan Family's side, so I can be targeted and rectify the entire Disciplinary Department." Zong Ruoan assigned the task.
Lu Jianpeng: "...Young Master Zong, isn't our focus on investigating the supply chain of gene drugs?"
Zong Ruoan was calm and composed, "There's no contradiction. Let's deal with the Fan Family first."
Lu Jianpeng glanced at Zong Ruoan, seeing no emotion on his face, only a businesslike tone, as if no personal feelings were involved.
But Lu Jianpeng knew that people from large families like the Zong Family were more likely to be discreet about what they cared about.
...
Time passed quickly.
From Wednesday to Thursday, Xia Chujian was busy memorizing the key points circled by her aunt.
This wasn't for next summer's National Higher Education Entrance Examination, but for the upcoming final exams.
This was the last final exam of high school, and also their graduation exam.
Passing it would earn them a high school diploma and allow them to participate in next summer's National Higher Education Entrance Examination.
Those who failed would have to repeat their senior year.
Repeating a year, even in a public school, required tuition fees.
Everyone was giving it their all for the final sprint.
So, in the past two days, although she felt like someone was always following her, she didn't pay much attention.
Because she had privately contacted her teammates and found that they were also being secretly followed.
According to Li Fu and Song Mingqian's observations and tests, those people not only had no malicious intent but were also secretly protecting them.
Once she confirmed this, Xia Chujian paid even less attention.
This day was Friday, and Xia Chujian had to take her final exams at school.
The Beichen Empire's senior high school graduation exams only tested four subjects: Beichen Literature, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
Each exam was two hours long, four hours in the morning and four in the afternoon, all completed in one day.
This was also her high school graduation exam.
According to her original plan, after getting her high school diploma, she would work full-time as a Hunter and didn't plan to go to university.
There weren't many universities in the Beichen Empire, and the admission rate was very low compared to the entire population of the Beichen Empire.
Even the worst universities had an admission rate of only one in ten thousand.
The top universities had admission rates lower than one in a million.
University fees were also very expensive.
Children from ordinary families who wanted to go to university would basically be in debt as soon as they graduated.
However, as long as they could get into university, even if they had to borrow money to finish their studies, it would be completely worth it.
Because after graduation, they would basically be high-income earners in society and would definitely be able to repay the loans.
And with Xia Chujian's current financial resources, she could go to university without taking out any loans.
But her grades were too poor, and Xia Chujian didn't have any hope for it.
But to avoid upsetting her aunt, she still followed her study plan step by step.
...
Friday arrived, and the first exam started at eight o'clock.
The first exam was Beichen Literature.
The Beichen Empire has a million-year history, and in this long river of history, countless poems, songs, and various brilliant literary masters have emerged.
Therefore, the Beichen Literature textbooks for high school students in the Beichen Empire are not only particularly thick, but also have a wide variety of designated extracurricular readings.
However, in her three years of high school, Xia Chujian had not read a single extracurricular book.
Because all her extracurricular time was spent earning money as a Hunter.
On days when she didn't have to go to school, she was either doing missions or training at the Association.
Where would she find the time to read extracurricular books?
In order to ensure that her Beichen Literature grade met the passing standard, Xia Yuanfang had circled twenty important readings for her.
She even wrote out all kinds of analyses for her to memorize through rote learning, and even predicted three essay topics for her.
Xia Yuanfang wrote them directly and had her memorize them perfectly.
Xia Chujian memorized them, but didn't pay much attention.
To reiterate, for the Beichen Literature course, there were more than three hundred designated extracurricular readings in three years.
Each book contained at least a hundred famous poems and essays, adding up to more than thirty thousand famous poems and essays.
And the exam would only select three to five as test questions.
Basically, the probability of guessing the right question was one in ten thousand.
But when she sat in front of the answering computer and saw the famous works that appeared before her, she was a little dazed.
Aunt is really something...
Because two of the poems and one famous essay that appeared in this graduation exam were exactly three of the twenty important readings that Xia Yuanfang had circled for her! Looking at the specific questions, and the final essay question...
Xia Chujian was completely dumbfounded.
They were all things she had memorized!
Including the essay question, which was one of the two writing styles her aunt had predicted!
Her aunt had already written it, so what was she waiting for?! Xia Chujian didn't say a word and began to copy what she had memorized.
In order to prevent the examiners from thinking she was too good and suspecting her of cheating, she deliberately omitted some of the particularly well-written sentences that her aunt had written.
She felt she wasn't worthy.
She finished the two-hour Beichen Literature exam in only one hour.
After spending another half hour checking, she submitted her paper.
When she walked out of the classroom, she didn't put any pressure on her classmates.
Everyone generally believed that the reason she submitted her paper early was that a slacker couldn't answer the questions anyway, so there was no point in wasting time...
Next was the math exam.
Xia Chujian's math scores were still good, at least compared to her physics scores, which were always twenty points, she could occasionally get ninety points on her own in math, which could be considered her talent.
This time, seeing the math questions, she was even more confident.
Because her aunt had guessed eight out of ten multiple-choice questions correctly.
Her aunt had guessed four out of five big analysis questions correctly.
And she could do one of them herself.
Therefore, she finished the math exam in only one hour.
Then there were the chemistry and physics exams in the afternoon.
When the chemistry paper appeared on the exam-specific system, Xia Chujian was no longer so surprised.
Also ten multiple-choice questions, five essay questions.
Auntie guessed all the multiple-choice questions correctly.
Of the five essay questions, she guessed three correctly, and the other two were very basic knowledge, no need to guess.
Xia Chujian happened to know how to do them.
So when she took the chemistry test, she didn't deliberately give away points, because she wanted to save more points for the last subject, physics.
Physics was Xia Chujian's weakest subject. Her goal wasn't even to pass, but to get thirty points.
Because the graduation grade looks at the total score, not the individual subject scores.
She did well in mathematics and Beichen Literature, and went all out for chemistry, so as long as she got thirty points in physics, her total score would definitely reach the passing line.
So when she saw the physics paper, she was completely numb.
Could Auntie have hacked into the Beichen Empire's education system and seen the paper?
Physics had ten multiple-choice questions and five essay questions.
Auntie guessed them all correctly!
This was a 100% guessing rate!
Xia Chujian was especially careful when doing the questions, for fear that she would accidentally fill in all the correct answers.
She deliberately got one multiple-choice question wrong, and then did three of the five essay questions correctly, leaving the other two blank.
In short, she just barely passed physics, as long as she passed.
She wasn't picky.
After all four exams were over, she came out of the school, her emotions in a very mysterious state.
She returned home as if in a dream, and after seeing Xia Yuanfang, her first words were: "Auntie, how did you do it?! How could you guess so many questions correctly!"
"Really guessed them?" Xia Yuanfang smiled and nodded, "Tell me, what's going on?"
When she heard Xia Chujian describe all the test questions, she was still not satisfied, and said with disdain: "This guessing rate is not high at all. For example, in mathematics, I gave you fifty multiple-choice questions, and only guessed eight correctly. Do you call that 'guessing'?"
"Also, although all the physics questions were guessed correctly, that's because I increased the amount of guessing. I only guessed ten out of a hundred multiple-choice questions, and only five out of fifty essay questions. —Low, too low."
Xia Chujian: "..."
The second update is at one o'clock in the afternoon.
In order to add more updates, I am saving manuscripts. Now let's talk about the conditions for adding updates.
Two more updates for each alliance master. There are currently four alliance masters, so I owe everyone eight more updates.
One more update for every three hundred monthly tickets, currently owing two updates.
I will pay back the owed monthly ticket updates next week. (^▽^)
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