Melina smiled and said, "Xiao Fan, you've really got Degeliere in a bind this time!"
Hearing her words, Cheng Xiaofan chuckled dismissively. "I have plenty of ways to deal with people like Degeliere."
Melina smiled. "Darling, you're amazing. I'm so happy to have met you in this life!"
Cheng Xiaofan said, "Melina, if I'm not mistaken, Degeliere will definitely call your father tonight."
Melina asked, "Why would Degeliere call my father?"
"It's very simple!" Cheng Xiaofan said with a smile. "Degeliere now knows he's also infected with the potent poison, and only I can detoxify him."
"However, he sent assassins tonight to try and eliminate us. Knowing he's completely offended me and can't ask for my help, the only option left for him is to seek peace with your father, hoping he'll intervene and ask me to save his life!"
Melina asked, "If my father intervenes, what are your plans?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled. "If your father truly intervenes, I can't exactly refuse. However, if Degeliere wants to live, he'll have to go bankrupt and hand over his fortune!"
"You absolutely cannot be soft-hearted with people like him!"
Melina nodded upon hearing this. "Yes, we must not be lenient with people like him!"
The two chatted and laughed as they walked, arriving at the entrance of Melina's villa without realizing it.
Miller, hearing the sound of the car braking outside, immediately rushed out of the villa.
"Ah, Xiao Fan, Melina, you're back!" Miller exclaimed, his face beaming, as he ran forward with open arms to give Cheng Xiaofan a big hug.
Cheng Xiaofan, unaccustomed to this Western greeting, quickly dodged aside. "Mr. Miller, I can only hug your daughter. I'm not used to hugging men; it's too creepy!"
Miller burst into laughter. "Alright, if you're not used to it, then fine. I won't hug my daughter either, and will reserve her embrace just for you!"
The three entered the house.
Melina seemed particularly excited to see her father, her usual worried expression gone. "Father, you seem so happy. Did something good happen?"
Miller smiled. "Xiao Fan is visiting us. That's good news!"
Melina laughed. "Besides Xiao Fan, did Degeliere call you, begging for peace and admitting his mistakes?"
Miller looked taken aback. "Melina, how did you know?"
Melina smiled faintly. "On our way back, Xiao Fan had already predicted this."
Miller looked at Cheng Xiaofan curiously. "Xiao Mi, you even guessed that?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "It's quite simple. On our way back, Degeliere sent assassins to ambush us near the Chinatown exit, intending to kill Melina and me."
"What he didn't expect was that before the two assassins could act, I discovered them. I eliminated one, and let the other, a female assassin, go."
He then recounted how Haley was poisoned and how Degeliere had become infected.
Upon learning the truth, Miller became furious. "Degeliere is truly despicable, even sending assassins! If I had known, I shouldn't have agreed to his plea for peace and let you help him detoxify."
Cheng Xiaofan laughed heartily. "Mr. Miller, you should have agreed. Otherwise, how could I have used this opportunity to utterly crush him and conveniently empty his pockets!"
"You're right, you're right!" Seeing Cheng Xiaofan's shrewd expression, Miller knew he had a foolproof plan to bring Degeliere down.
He said, "Degeliere is a menace. If we don't completely subdue him, he'll eventually resurface and cause trouble again."
"Hmph!" Cheng Xiaofan snorted, speaking righteously. "Degeliere should not have, but he did, reach out to my woman's family. To dare touch my people is to invite his own demise!"
"Thank you, Xiao Fan. It's a pride for our family to have a man like you for Melina!" Miller was deeply touched by Cheng Xiaofan's words.
Cheng Xiaofan smiled slightly. "Mr. Miller, this is what I should do. It's getting late, and Melina and I need to rest!"
"..." Miller immediately fell silent.
From the expressions on his daughter and Cheng Xiaofan's faces, he could tell they were eager to be alone for a certain purpose.
"Good, good, good. You rest, you both rest well!" Miller said repeatedly with a face full of happiness.
Melina immediately linked her arm with Cheng Xiaofan's and headed upstairs.
Watching their retreating figures, Miller's face rippled with laughter.
He murmured in admiration, "What extraordinary people come from China!"
The next morning, Cheng Xiaofan woke up and began practicing his You Long Palm in the yard of Miller's villa. His kicks and palms flew, his entire body enveloped in a golden glow.
He was only practicing some techniques, careful not to use his full strength, fearing that a single palm strike might completely destroy the trees or rock formations in the yard.
Even so, the leaves and branches of the trees were stirred into a frenzy by the energy vortex surrounding Cheng Xiaofan, forming a massive whirlwind.
*Swish!*
Cheng Xiaofan leaped into the air.
He floated horizontally through the air, weaving back and forth among the trees.
His movements became increasingly rapid, so fast that a slight raise of his hand or a flick of his foot produced sonic booms in the air.
Miller, also an early riser, came into the courtyard. The scene before his eyes left him utterly stunned.
"My God, this is incredible!" After a long moment, Miller finally recovered and exclaimed.
Cheng Xiaofan spotted Miller at once. With a swift aerial flip, he landed on the ground, chuckling from afar.
He called out, "Good morning, Mr. Miller!"
Miller quickly responded, "Xiao Fan, you're up even earlier than I am!"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled. "We country folk in China have a habit of waking up early from childhood. As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm, right?"
"..." Miller was momentarily speechless. This kid's train of thought was too jumpy, how did it suddenly turn to birds?
Miller said, "Xiao Fan, you're truly amazing. I just saw you flying in the air. What kind of martial art is that?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly. "It's hardly a martial art. When I was young, I loved climbing trees in the mountains to find bird nests. I learned all this back then."
Miller's face was filled with shock. "My God, you could fly in the air as a child? That's incredible, absolutely incredible!"
*Ring, ring, ring...*
At that moment, Miller's phone rang.