Chapter 739 - 650: Ruthless and Heartless, A Fight to the Death (Part 2)

Chapter 739: Chapter 650: Ruthless and Heartless, A Fight to the Death (Part 2)

"Indeed, who could have imagined? One night passes, and suddenly incidents occur one after another. This makes things quite interesting."

The secretary immediately caught the inquiry in his superior’s words and quietly asked:

"President Lu, do you need me to arrange personnel to find out the truth?"

Lu Chenjia took out a cigar from an exquisite box but didn’t light it, just held it between his fingers, slowly rubbing the smooth cigar wrapper.

He shook his head, hinting:

"No need, since the person has already awakened, investigating further is meaningless, a waste of money. Moreover, someone else won’t be able to resist helping us find out the truth."

The secretary understood and remained silent:

"Yes, I understand."

At the end of the day, it’s still about business principles; a trader wants to buy the eggs.

As for which hen lays them, it’s irrelevant. What’s important is what the egg is worth at this moment and how to use the least cost to bring this egg back into one’s basket.

Wang Xinfa was different; he followed another set of rules.

In his eyes, the value of eggs doesn’t matter, nor does the value of the hen that lays them. What matters is whether this hen is exclusively laying eggs for him.

If it does, then the value of the eggs and the hen is whatever he says it is;

If it doesn’t, then both become worthless in an instant. It’s not just about slaughtering the hen or smashing the eggs. More importantly, it’s about finding out who touched his eggs.

For this, he is determined to uncover every step where someone might have interfered with the hen or the eggs.

To him, as long as he can eliminate the interfering hands, he can forgo the eggs and the hen.

Thus, Li Hanyu had always misunderstood Wang Xinfa by using a merchant’s scale and a businessman’s ruler to gauge and measure him.

She naturally felt today that Wang Xinfa was ruthlessly heartless, eager to break her bones.

But if she could understand Wang Xinfa from an official’s perspective, she might realize where she went wrong.

Unfortunately, that’s difficult.

Sometimes business and officialdom are close, sometimes they are far apart; when close, both sides benefit intimately; when distant, it’s a life-and-death struggle.

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"Investigate. I want to know how Qian Huan woke up and who’s helping Li Hanyu."

The atmosphere inside the carriage was suffocatingly tense. Wang Xinfa’s face held no trace of a smile, only a terrifying grimness, as he instructed Du Changle in a cold voice.

Sitting beside him, Du Changle immediately straightened his back, the tightness of his belt making his bulging stomach even more uncomfortable.

Inside, he was secretly pleased, but he didn’t dare show it on his face, instead showing an expression of astonishment, his eyebrows tightly furrowed into a dramatic ’川’ character.

Even his voice carried a tone of uncertain surprise:

"Member of Parliament, why this urgency? Didn’t the doctors just confirm that Prison Director Qian’s awakening was a medical miracle?"

Wang Xinfa let out a sarcastic laugh through his nose, as if he’d heard the most absurd joke in the world:

"’Miracle’? Du Changle, do you truly believe in uninvited ’miracles’ in this world?"

Feeling the genuine anger from the Member of Parliament, Du Changle quickly lowered his gaze, his neck bending into a pitiful arc, his voice dryly stammering:

"I dare not speak carelessly...

However, with Qian Huan waking now, isn’t this supposed to be good news for you, Member of Parliament?"

He cautiously observed Wang Xinfa’s profile and, seeing that he hadn’t immediately erupted, dared to continue speaking:

"In theory, Qian Huan is still rightfully the director of the Second Prison. As long as he returns there,

the Second Prison remains under your control, Member of Parliament. No matter how many schemes Zhang Deming has, his reach... his reach won’t reach there.

Isn’t this the result you’ve always wanted?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xinfa slowly turned his face, staring fixedly at Du Changle, causing the hair on the back of Du Changle’s neck to stand on end, his scalp tingling:

"Are you suggesting that, with this development, Fifth Prison’s Ling Song has no reason to transfer to the Second Prison, meaning you wouldn’t need to go to the Second Prison, and you could return to your position at the Hidden Sect’s Mobility Department?"

(ps: Ling Song—Warden of Fifth Prison.

Reference: Chapter 588, during the prison system meeting, Lou Duan proposed Ling Song’s transfer to the Second Prison to succeed Qian Huan, a decision that is pending but has received majority support from the prison system.)

Du Changle noticed the cold killing intent in the Member of Parliament’s eyes, making his mouth dry and leaving him speechless.

Wang Xinfa coldly observed Du Changle’s chubby face trembling with fear, the fine sweat like spores after rain spreading across his oily forehead.

He let out a cold snort, with each word like poison-tipped nails nailing into Du Changle’s heart:

"Du Changle, look me in the eyes and tell me—do you truly not wish to be the warden at the Second Prison?!"

Du Changle’s Adam’s apple moved with difficulty, as if something hard was stuck.

Yet Wang Xinfa didn’t allow him room to breathe or make excuses, speaking in a chilling, sinister voice:

"Put away your self-serving calculations. Do you truly think I don’t know the scheming going on inside you?"

Over the years, Wang Xinfa had advanced smoothly in his political career, almost as if he was divinely assisted in the Executive Government, climbing too smoothly.

Hence, he always looked to the distant future, somewhat neglecting the small circle at his feet and the people clinging beside him.

But today, Li Hanyu genuinely gave him a solid lesson in front of everyone.

Further, she forced him to publicly acknowledge a baseless ’good-for-nothing’ as his son!

Well done!

Indeed, well done!

However, this unexpected betrayal was like a bucket of cold water, drenching him from head to toe, jerking his attention back from the horizon.

He began to scrutinize the small circle beneath him once again—Li Hanyu, Qian Huan... along with the faces like vines entangled around him, including the trembling Du Changle before him.

Du Changle felt the Member of Parliament’s gaze growing more sinister and cold, like two icy, invisible scalpels, ruthlessly peeling away his thick layers of fat, stabbing directly into his quivering heart.

It had been a long time since the Member of Parliament had used such a gaze on him!!

A shiver surged from his tailbone up to the top of his head. Du Changle’s body shook even more, cold sweat trickling from his forehead, stinging his eyes, yet he lacked the courage even to wipe it away.

"Member of Parliament, please calm down. Changle has always been loyal to you with no ulterior motives, Changle..."

Du Changle felt terrified, his plump body squirming painfully in his spacious seat, attempting to display a more humble posture.

If not for the limited space in the car, he would kneel at the Member of Parliament’s feet, licking every speck of dust off his shoes, faithfully as he did when he first met him.

Wang Xinfa coldly watched Du Changle’s grotesque performance, like watching a clumsy circus act.

Already having witnessed a ’bone-chilling’ performance today, he had no mind to clutch onto Du Changle, so he withdrew his gaze softly saying:

"Enough, repeating those words over and over, I’m tired of hearing them. Do the tasks assigned to you honestly, got it?"

Du Changle nodded fervently, this time genuinely frightened, sincerely proclaiming loyalty:

"Understood! Understood! Rest assured, I will diligently uncover the truth of this matter without letting you down, Member of Parliament."

A hint of the frost on Wang Xinfa’s face seemed to relax slightly. He raised his eyelids, gently cautioning:

"Act swiftly yet discretely, don’t turn this into a joke, letting outsiders make a spectacle out of it.

Especially during this volatile autumn, don’t show any flaws, allowing the Hyenas a chance to pounce, otherwise all the fat you’ve nurtured over the years will just be a feast for others."

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