Chapter 606 - 393: Yingnan City University! Yin Qi!!!

Chapter 606: Chapter 393: Yingnan City University! Yin Qi!!!

This is a cold case buried for twenty years. The D building of Yingnan University, involved in the incident at that time, was abruptly cut off from vitality after the event—the floors above the fourth were completely sealed.

Heavy fire doors were locked, covered with dust year-round, and windows were nailed shut with boards, leaving only a few scattered dormitories on the lower floors occasionally in use.

The upper floors have been wholly turned into a storeroom for discarded desks, chairs, and old lab equipment, becoming a corner of the campus no one dares to approach lightly.

Deep into the night.

The campus of Yingnan University had long shed its daytime bustling, with only the streetlights on both sides of the main road still lit.

Bright light spilled through the thin mist onto the road, stretching the shadows of the plane trees long, and the rustling of leaves in the wind was exceptionally clear in the silent night.

The hands of the clock quietly slipped past midnight, inching closer to one in the morning.

According to routine, the campus gate at this time should have only been emitting a faint glow from the security room, with very few passing vehicles.

But tonight was different; there was an indescribable abnormality to the scene at the gate—

Not only were there several black sedans rarely seen on ordinary days parked, but there were also a few figures in suits standing by, unmistakably the high-level officials of Yingnan University.

Even the president, who rarely appears on non-working days, was among them, making a total of five people.

They were not conversing, only occasionally looking up at the road outside the campus, their expressions grave, as if waiting for or anticipating something about to happen.

Of course, their faces all bore unmistakable fatigue now, the dark circles under their eyes distinct under the streetlight.

Clearly, these high-level leaders, upon receiving the impromptu notice, could only force their heavy lids open, standing straight in the night wind, without daring to utter a word of complaint.

Though it was late into the night, they could not afford to offend the one giving the notice.

After all, the other party was a retired old leader of Yingnan City, still head of the Lu Family, deeply rooted with complex power connections locally.

This retired old leader not only had his past network in politics but also wide reach in the business sector.

Even though he seldom made public appearances now, a single word from him was heavy enough to make these active university leaders dare not show the slightest slack.

The principle of "a higher official ranks above people" became even more pronounced in front of such a family.

Minutes ticked slowly amidst the stagnating night wind, with the occasional passing of late-returning vehicles on the asphalt road outside.

Headlights pierced through the darkness and then quickly disappeared, with the engine’s noise soon swallowed by the campus’s silence.

Until a glaring high beam shone from the road’s end, a black sedan of stable outlines, oozing of affluence, appeared slowly.

The car body glimmered with a cold metallic luster under the streetlight, different from ordinary vehicles, as it steadily approached the campus gate, halting firmly in front of the university officials.

The driver almost immediately opened the door, his movements respectful and swift, moving around to the left side of the rear, gently opening the car door.

The first thing in sight was a foot clad in black cloth shoes, followed by an elderly gentleman in a black Zhongshan suit slowly stepping out.

The fabric of the Zhongshan suit was smooth and crisp, exuding a dignified aura despite the elderly person not being tall.

Under the bright streetlight, the elderly man’s full head of silver hair was particularly striking, meticulously combed with some strands of black hair not yet fully faded interspersed.

The right side car door immediately opened too, with another old man in his sixties, dressed in a crisp suit, stepping down quickly.

His hair was meticulously groomed, his tie neatly tied, yet paying no mind to adjust his jacket slightly ruffled by the night breeze, half running to the side of the elderly man in the black Zhongshan suit, slightly bowing with clear respect.

On the other side, the president of Yingnan University—this figure who had wielded power over the campus for ten years, usually calm and authoritative before staff and students.

At this moment, his pupils contracted slightly, his gaze fixed on the elderly man in the formal suit.

He was too familiar with this face; even with the added silver hair, the temperament between the brows remained unchanged—it was Lu Yuliang.

It should be noted that even before Lu Yuliang retired from the leadership position in Yingnan City, he had already been the president of this university.

Back then, many basic infrastructure projects and resource applications of the school had been coordinated by Lu Yuliang. He naturally had a deep impression of this heavyweight old leader locally.

Who indeed was this elderly man in the black Zhongshan suit?

The president of Yingnan University was engulfed in a sea of inner turmoil, eyes glued to that solitary, calm figure.

He knew too well the weight Lu Yuliang carried.

This old leader who had steered Yingnan City for many years, having cultivated the political and business arena for decades, always had people respecting and fearing him; never had he shown such near humility to anyone?

Just now when Lu Yuliang got out of the car, that hurried step, slightly crouched back, even the instinctive lowering of his voice while speaking, every detail spoke volumes of his extreme respect for the man in the Zhongshan suit.

A family elder?

But the president had never heard of such a highly respected elder in the Lu Family.

If not an elder, then this identity was profoundly unfathomable.

The president’s thoughts raced, suddenly recalling the rumors from back then.

It seemed there was always some inexplicable force behind Lu Yuliang’s ability to remain unscathed amid numerous political storms, even rising smoothly in the ranks.