Hearing Xu Fei’s words, Bai Feng felt a wave of relief.
In truth, Bai Feng wasn’t completely clueless. Since following Xu Fei, she’d seen plenty of incidents.
But she’d always thought Xu Fei was just stronger than average, dealing with petty thugs and hoodlums.
After last night’s events, though, Bai Feng suddenly realised the world wasn’t as simple as she’d imagined.
She also understood that, despite Xu Fei’s daily cheerful, carefree demeanour, he carried immense pressure and responsibility behind the scenes.
“Sorry, Brother Fei, I won’t be wilful anymore!”
Seeing Bai Feng’s earnest gaze, Xu Fei roughly guessed her thoughts. He chuckled, reaching out to lightly tap her nose.
“Alright, alright, no need to worry so much. You just focus on studying here, leave the rest to me!”
After saying this, with time pressing, Bai Feng headed straight to school.
Meanwhile, the Kawashima family convened another meeting.
This meeting’s agenda centred on Xu Fei’s identity.
As the family head, Kawashima Yosuke fully trusted Xu Fei, but Kawashima Yumi, who held significant status within the family, believed the matter should be approached rationally, without rash decisions.
Their differing opinions led to today’s assembly.
“Esteemed representatives, I’m sure you’re all aware of recent events within the clan. Due to my disagreement with Kawashima Yumi, I’ve made a decision.”
At this, everyone turned to Kawashima Yosuke, awaiting his next words.
“My decision is this: since many of you doubt Xu Fei’s identity, I propose arranging a test for him.”
“If Xu Fei passes this test, we’ll have no need to question or suspect his identity further!”
After hearing Kawashima Yosuke’s words, the attendees murmured thoughtfully, nodding in agreement, finding the proposal reasonable.
Even Kawashima Yumi was swayed by the idea. She asked directly, “It’s a good approach, but what kind of test will the clan leader personally arrange? It can’t be too lenient!”
As her words landed, Kawashima Yosuke smiled faintly.
“Rest assured, even if I’m partial, I know the family’s greater good comes first.”
“Since everyone’s here, I’ll share the main details of the test. If you agree after hearing them, it proves I’m not going easy on him!”
Kawashima Yosuke’s proposal was for Xu Fei to personally lead a team to reclaim a disputed territory the family had lost.
That territory was familiar to Xu Fei, the bar street Kawashima Miki had once taken him to.
It had originally belonged to the Kawashima family, but a dispute with Huanggua led to a clash.
Both sides fought fiercely but reached no resolution, leaving the contested land in limbo.
Later, Huanggua quietly sent people to occupy and operate the area, publicly claiming it as their own.
Though this infuriated Kawashima Yosuke, the territory was on the fringe of his clan’s holdings.
Fully managing it was impractical, so he had to swallow his anger for the time being.
After all, several other families were vying for his top position at the same time.
To avoid losing the bigger picture over a small matter, Kawashima Yosuke reluctantly let the territory go, biding his time to reclaim it when the opportunity arose.
