Ch 30 (Part 1): Rebirth of the Tool Man in a Pampered Protagonist Novel

Fang Ziyang was speechless and felt a bit inexplicably guilty. He never expected that the powerful and domineering figure in the Xie family would turn out to be such a pure person!

Didn’t he just give the other person a little nibble? It couldn’t be considered a real kiss. Although it was normal for men to marry men nowadays, it didn’t mean they had to maintain a distance as if they were between men and women.

He just took a bite, a mere touch of the lips. It shouldn’t be a big deal, right? Why did it seem like it left such a huge shadow on the other person?

It was truly unimaginable that someone like Xie Zheng, with his personality, could still exist in this open-minded era. A person who had experienced society, yet was more shy than a virgin!

What kind of rare specimen was this incredibly sheltered and aloof man…

Suddenly, Fang Ziyang felt a sense of guilt, as if he had tarnished something pure and aloof. He quietly withdrew his hand.

Looking at the man in front of him, whose serious image had been shattered, Fang Ziyang couldn’t help but smile sincerely from the bottom of his heart, teasingly saying, “Uncle Xie, do I look like a ferocious beast? Why do you seem so afraid of me?”

Embarrassed by being directly exposed, Xie Zheng’s normally stoic face couldn’t help but turn red.

Could he not be afraid? He had never encountered someone like Fang Ziyang, someone he couldn’t find words to describe. Although there had been people who had tried to approach and seduce him before, no one had the audacity of Fang Ziyang.

In the past, anyone who tried to cling to him would be frozen and driven away with a single glance from him. After the rumors of him being a doomed lone star spread, his surroundings became peaceful.

However, Fang Ziyang was an exception. He was completely fearless of Xie Zheng’s imposing aura and the rumors of being a lone star.

During their last encounter, Fang Ziyang initiated a kiss, and now he seemed even more relentless. Xie Zheng couldn’t help but think that Fang Ziyang had a secret crush on him! If this logic continued, would their next meeting involve dragging him onto a bed?!

For Xie Zheng, who had a severe case of emotional cleanliness, it was truly unimaginable. It was terrifying…

His lips twitched.

Facing Fang Ziyang’s teasing smile, it took Xie Zheng a long time to force out a sentence, “Although I’m only ten years older than you, I’m still your elder. It’s not good for you to act this way. Do you have any other questions? If not, I need to attend a meeting.”

The best way to deal with an impudent little imp was to simply keep your distance.

After so many years, Xie Zheng had never felt so helpless and headache-inducing because of a person.

And Fang Ziyang, for the first time in his life, encountered such a pure and aloof man.

Taking a deep breath, he felt a bit guilty about tormenting this pure and aloof flower.

“Okay, Uncle Xie, whatever you say goes. I promise to be a well-behaved and obedient child from now on. Since you’re so kind and willing to take care of me, how about helping me with one more thing?”

Fang Ziyang reluctantly nodded, taking out his phone as he spoke.

He showed the backup of the photo he obtained from Yan Tong to Xie Zheng and asked, “Uncle Xie, with your vast capabilities, can you help me investigate this woman on the left side of the photo?”

Asking for Xie Zheng’s help in investigating the mysterious woman in the photo was a spur-of-the-moment decision for Fang Ziyang.

During this period, he had been trying to find someone to investigate, but he was afraid of attracting Fang Yandong’s attention, so he couldn’t make any significant moves. Moreover, the events from twenty years ago had been deliberately concealed, and it was not something an ordinary detective could uncover. Although his hacking skills were good, they were not omnipotent. After all, back then, the internet in China was not as widespread as it is now, and many records couldn’t be found on computers.

However, when he met Xie Zheng again today and discovered Xie Zheng’s special attitude towards him, Fang Ziyang suddenly had an idea.

Xie Zheng’s power and abilities were obviously formidable, and if he was willing to help, many things would become much simpler.

Although it was a bit reckless.

But deep down, Fang Ziyang had an intuition that he could trust Xie Zheng.

He handed the phone to Xie Zheng.

Xie Zheng didn’t immediately refuse and naturally took a look. If it didn’t involve his bottom line, he didn’t mind helping.

However, as he looked at the photo…

Xie Zheng’s expression suddenly changed, and his pupils constricted.

Raising his head again to look at Fang Ziyang, his expression became serious, and a hint of imperceptible wariness and coldness crept into his previously calm voice.

“Why are you investigating this? What’s your relationship with this woman in the photo?”

Although Xie Zheng’s facial expression changed quickly, Fang Ziyang still noticed it. After all, even though his body was only eighteen years old, his soul was still twenty-eight, and he had experienced so much that his abilities in certain aspects weren’t much worse than Xie Zheng’s.

Calmly noting Xie Zheng’s abnormality, Fang Ziyang didn’t hide anything and said directly, “From the photo, you should be able to tell that this woman was probably friends with my mother in the past. However, recently, I received some information suggesting that she might not only be my mother’s friend but also my father’s lover. The child she’s holding might be my father’s illegitimate child…”

Xie Zheng’s face changed.

Fang Ziyang continued speaking, half-truths mixed with half-lies, “In the past, I was foolish and always thought that my father loved me dearly. It wasn’t until the incident with the viral video that I realized I had been living in a lie. His kindness towards me was just an act of buttering me up. For all these years, he hasn’t married not because he deeply loves my mother.”

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“A while ago, he even persuaded me and my older brother to transfer our shares of the company to him, so I reasonably suspect that everything he has done all these years is to secure the assets of the Fang family, waiting for the day he can bring back his ‘true love’ and son…”

Listening without saying a word, Xie Zheng’s expression kept changing.

Observing the other’s reaction, Fang Ziyang continued, “Of course, there’s another possibility.”

“What possibility?”

Perhaps the news was too shocking, Xie Zheng couldn’t maintain his composure. He quickly responded, clearly denying the previous speculations.

“There’s another possibility that the child in the photo is actually my biological brother…”

Fang Ziyang analyzed, “Although it sounds absurd, I have carefully considered this suspicion. My father treated me and my brother very differently. Even though he wanted my brother’s shares, he didn’t dote on my brother as much as he pampered me.”

“When I was younger, I thought my father liked me more, but now it seems like I was just self-centered.”

“Furthermore, our relationship has never been good from childhood to adulthood. Fang Qianhao never treated me like a younger brother, and I never felt close to him.”

“So, based on this, I have a bold suspicion that my father swapped his illegitimate child with my real brother… In doing so, his truly beloved son can openly become the young master of the Fang family and inherit the vast fortune left by my grandfather.”

The speculation that even without Uncle Liu and Aunt Zhang’s testimony, one could guess is because Fang Yandong’s attitude towards Fang Ziyang and Fang Qianhao is too confusing. Why is there such extreme favoritism toward two children born to the same mother?

“But there are still some questions I can’t figure out, so I can only ask Uncle Xie to help investigate. If I don’t figure out the truth, I’m afraid I won’t even know how I’ll die someday…”

At the end, Fang Ziyang’s lips curled into a mocking smile.

In his previous life, he didn’t know the truth until he died. He was manipulated and used as a stepping stone, only to discover it in this life.

In the high society, these melodramatic conflicts were common.

Xie Zheng’s temperament wouldn’t be greatly shaken by such secret matters. However, what Fang Ziyang revealed at this moment caused significant fluctuations in his emotions.

Because the woman in the photo was someone he knew.

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