Chapter 1335 - 1339: The Faction Dilemma

Lin Feng took Lu Lu directly to the Retired Cadres Sanatorium in Jiangzhou City and met Su Zhenxian.

When Su Zhenxian heard that Lin Feng actually wanted to send the beautiful woman he brought along to act as a personal bodyguard beside him, he was really taken aback...

"No, no, no... this is not appropriate!" Su Zhenxian glanced at Lu Lu, frowned, and said a string of refusals to Lin Feng, "This, this doesn’t look good!"

Lin Feng naturally knew what Su Zhenxian was referring to when he said it doesn’t look good. To cover things up, Lin Feng planned to let Lu Lu stay in Su Zhenxian’s room overnight. After all, Lu Lu appeared to be a delicate great beauty, and others seeing this scene might even think Lin Feng was sending a woman for Su Zhenxian to warm his bed!

Lu Lu was also a smart person, naturally understanding what Su Zhenxian was worried about. She smiled as she glanced at Su Zhenxian and said lightly, "Old Su, aren’t you overthinking it? I’m just a little girl, not afraid of any implications, what are you afraid of?"

After speaking, Lu Lu gave Su Zhenxian a sidelong glance. This old man seemed to be around sixty, and he didn’t know any martial arts, so Lu Lu wasn’t afraid of his potential for harm.

"Of course I’m afraid..." Su Zhenxian said with a bitter smile to Lu Lu, "I have to lead by example. If this matter gets out, I’m afraid I won’t be able to earn people’s respect!"

"Old Su, you’d better think it over..." Lin Feng looked at Su Zhenxian with a grin and said, "If you don’t agree to let Lu Lu protect you personally, I’m afraid I can’t guarantee your safety. Then it’s not about whether you can earn respect, but whether you’ll see the sun tomorrow!"

When Su Zhenxian heard this from Lin Feng, his face darkened, and he looked a little annoyed at Lin Feng, "Lu Qiang and the others won’t be that useless, right?!"

"It’s not about Lu Qiang’s ability!" Lin Feng shook his head and said softly to Su Zhenxian, "What if Lu Qiang is the problem?"

Su Zhenxian paused, suddenly recalling when Lin Feng saved his entire family in the Imperial City. Back then, he was also shocked to discover that those bodyguards at home, whom he thought could be trusted, were all assassins from the Sky Slaughter Organization. If Lin Feng hadn’t happened to be there, the whole family could have been in trouble!

"I understand!" Su Zhenxian nodded with a worried expression, "Then let this girl stay!"

"That’s good..." Lin Feng nodded and smiled at Su Zhenxian, "Old Su, just tell people that Lu Lu is Su Zi’s classmate, and she’s come to ask for your help..."

"Bad idea..." Su Zhenxian shook his head and sternly stared at Lin Feng, saying lightly, "Leaving a girl who came to ask me for help overnight, do you think my reputation isn’t bad enough?!"

"Haha... It does seem a bit problematic..." Lin Feng laughed awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Let’s do it this way!" Su Zhenxian said lightly, "If we have to do this, I’ll say this little girl is my distant niece. She hasn’t seen me for a long time, heard I was in Jiangzhou, and specifically rushed here from Jiangnan to see me. It’s inconvenient for her to return at night, so she’s staying over for a night!"

"That works! I’ll be taking my leave now!" Lin Feng agreed with Su Zhenxian’s suggestion.

"Well, then, I must trouble Miss Lu..." Su Zhenxian said with some embarrassment to Lu Lu.

"It’s nothing..." Lu Lu generously cupped her hands towards Su Zhenxian and said lightly.

Lin Feng walked out, first greeting Lu Qiang and the others, then swaggered out through the main entrance, drove his car back towards the center of Jiangzhou City, and stopped near a gas station. There, he walked over to a police communications command vehicle that was refueling and saw Cao Tiannan, who was sitting in the passenger seat with a somewhat stern face.

Cao Tiannan was the overall commander appointed by Su Zhenxian to direct the entire net-drawing operation. His main task today was to command the police force near the Veterans’ Sanatorium to coordinate with Lin Feng for the arrests. This gas station was the pre-arranged meeting spot between Lin Feng and Cao Tiannan, where he would later sit in the back of the command vehicle with Cao Tiannan, then quietly return near the Retired Cadres Sanatorium in Jiangzhou City and enter standby mode.

"Lin Feng..." Upon seeing him, Cao Tiannan pushed open the car door and got out, walking to Lin Feng’s side, and asked with some doubt, "Do you really think something will happen today? Why do I feel like nobody would dare to make a move?"

Apparently, Cao Tiannan wasn’t convinced that anyone would have the audacity to attack Su Zhenxian. This was a big deal that could shake all of China. Who would dare risk universal condemnation?!

"Looks like Mayor Cao still finds it hard to believe!" Lin Feng smiled, shook his head, and said lightly, "I won’t say much else, I just want to tell Mayor Cao one thing: not long ago, when the chancellor spread the news about being ill, he was actually being poisoned by someone. If I hadn’t saved Old Su at the right time, I’m afraid China would have a new chancellor by now!"

Cao Tiannan froze for a moment, then looked intently at Lin Feng. Lin Feng saved Su Zhenxian back in the Imperial City? This kid must have really connected with someone influential!

"Mayor Cao, don’t look at me like that, you’ll make me shy..." Lin Feng laughed and said lightly.

"Shy my ass..." Cao Tiannan paused and jokingly swore, "I ask you, since you saved Chancellor Su in the Imperial City, you should know who wants to harm him, right? Give me a hint first!"

Lin Feng glanced around the gas station, shook his head, pointed to the command vehicle, and said to Cao Tiannan, "It’s probably not convenient to talk here; let’s discuss it in the car."

Cao Tiannan nodded knowingly.

A few minutes later, the command vehicle was full of gas. Cao Tiannan and Lin Feng sat in the back compartment, while the driver drove them slowly to the Retired Cadres Sanatorium in Jiangzhou City.

On the way, Lin Feng briefly explained to Cao Tiannan about the various traps and attacks Su Zhenxian faced in the Imperial City, and slightly analyzed the suspicious targets. Each suspected target Lin Feng mentioned almost scared Cao Tiannan half to death.

Finally, Cao Tiannan wiped cold sweat from his brow, looked at Lin Feng with a bitter expression, and said, "I kind of regret knowing these inside stories now. If I didn’t know... about these things, I guess I could still keep a stable mindset. Now, I genuinely don’t know how to face it!"

Cao Tiannan implied that if he didn’t know who Su Zhenxian’s opponents were, he could just help catch people without pressure. But knowing from Lin Feng that helping Su Zhenxian meant offending the other few families of the Imperial City’s five major families, Cao Tiannan truly didn’t know whether helping Su Zhenxian was a win or a loss... This wasn’t just help, it was choosing sides!

"Stay calm, stay calm..." Lin Feng comforted Cao Tiannan with a smile, "Just do your job well!"