He Should Thank Us!

A Jiu kept Xiao Jiu company as they played by the door. Young Master Fei used the voice changer to treat Chen Xiaoxiao, while Jiang Anran assisted nearby.

Just like the first time, the treatment was completed calmly, though not quietly.

Toward evening, after a busy day, "Master Ye" said goodbye to Chen Xiaoxiao and checked his email.

There was still no reply from Gu Xiyue.

It seemed that emailing her really was no way to notify her.

After all, given Gu Xiyue's habits—or perhaps this was simply standard for business emails—she would reply whenever she received one.

Since she had not replied, Gu Xiyue was likely still being kept in the dark.

But time waited for no one. If he remembered correctly, tomorrow should be the day the contract was finally signed.

Standing at the entrance to the flower shop and looking at the voice changer, Young Master Fei hesitated before deciding to try calling.

Although the battery was critically low, he could spare a little for this. One phone call should not take long.

He could not use his own phone. The moment he did, his identity would be exposed.

With that in mind, he found Jiang Anran and borrowed her phone to call Gu Xiyue.

Unexpectedly, it seemed she had blocked calls from unknown numbers or something. The call would not go through.

Forget it. After several fruitless attempts, he could only give up.

Ji Gangji, it looked like the only thing to do now was send you to prison for a meal or two.

Still, economic crimes in the Southern Kingdom only carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Put that way, it could be considered saving your life.

After all, in the original novel, you were Ye Chen's stepping stone—the kind that got stepped straight into the underworld.

You should be thanking me.

Young Master Fei amused himself with his flawless logic, then picked up his own phone and called his old acquaintance, Deputy Captain Chen, to report the crime.

He would take the fast track and get the man arrested first. As for the evidence, they could make it up afterward.

The other party was thrilled to hear that it was such a huge achievement. "Alright, Young Master Fei. Leave this to me."

After hanging up, Young Master Fei felt at ease. That settled it.

However, not long afterward, a call came from the other side.

"Young Master Fei, this is unexpectedly difficult to handle."

From what he said, Young Master Fei learned that as soon as Deputy Captain Chen received the report, he had immediately gathered his men and prepared to make the arrest.

But somehow, someone had reported it to the Director.

The Director had given him a harsh scolding.

Director's office.

The Director leisurely smoked a cigarette. "Little Chen, your procedures are not compliant. You've been in the system for so many years—how could you do such sloppy work?"

Deputy Captain Chen still wanted to keep all the credit for himself, so he said, "Director, the informant is highly reliable. There won't be any mistakes. Special circumstances call for special handling."

The Director slowly rose to his feet. His smiling eyes, narrowed to slits, opened slightly. "This case is huge. You said the amount involved is at least one billion?"

Deputy Captain Chen had struggled through the system for so many years. Seeing the old fox open his eyes now, how could he fail to understand that his hopes of keeping all the credit for himself were slim? Still, if there was even the slightest chance, he wanted to fight for it.

"Yes, I heard it was that much."

"Who did you hear it from?"

"This... a concerned citizen." Hearing that tone, Deputy Captain Chen gradually realized that his hopes of swallowing such immense credit alone had been dashed. But he could not possibly hand over his source.

Even if monopolizing the credit was impossible, securing the primary credit would be best.

He hurriedly continued, "In any case, Director, we need to arrest him first. That way, when the system discusses things this year, you'll have something to stand on."

"What's the rush?" Seeing that Deputy Captain Chen refused to say more, the Director glared at him and sat back down. He brewed some tea and poured a little over half a cup for both himself and Deputy Captain Chen.

"No need, no need."

The Director had clearly long known that the source was Fei Yangyao, but he did not openly expose it. "Even if you won't say it, I can roughly guess where it came from. To be honest, I don't particularly trust that source. We need to be cautious with his reports. What if the accusation is wrong? If people say South City does not value private enterprise, that is not a responsibility you or I can bear."

"You're right, you're right. Then what about this man?" Deputy Captain Chen's heart, already hanging by a thread, sank even further.

"He still needs to be arrested, but we have to investigate it thoroughly first. If my little princess finds out that I handled a case without following procedure, she'll scold me fiercely."

Seeing the old fox bring up his precious darling, Deputy Captain Chen, who knew all too well that the Director was a doting father, knew there was nothing he could do. The old man was clearly trying to curry favor with his little princess.

It was common knowledge among the police department's mid- and upper-level officers that the Director's daughter despised Fei Yangyao. That was also one reason Deputy Captain Chen had not wanted to reveal the source of the information.

Besides, the Director was indeed in the right.

Even after Deputy Captain Chen returned to his office, the Director's two reassuring parting words continued to echo in his mind: "Little Chen, you're an old hand too. Your team's captain is about due to retire this year, isn't he?"

After hearing Deputy Captain Chen out, Young Master Fei hung up.

Young Master Fei finally understood—this man had been completely manipulated.

But that was none of his concern.

What mattered was his own problem...

Sigh, it was over. It looked like reporting it through the fast-track channel was no longer an option.

There was no time.

By the time they investigated the evidence and arrested anyone, the Gu Corporation building would probably have been renovated and sold off to someone else to open a new company.

It would be far too late!

So, because that female police officer did not like the sight of him, this could not be done?

Although Deputy Captain Chen had just said the struggle was brutal.

Young Master Fei summed it up.

The reason was actually childish.

What exactly was the background of this Director's daughter...?

Young Master Fei remembered. In the original novel, there had also been a stereotypical police flower—she hated evil, possessed exceptional combat skills, but was big-breasted and brainless...

Ahem, ahem, no.

She was passionate and righteous, but also obsessed with heroism, to the point that she often landed herself in criminals' dens and held Ye Chen back.

She was a cliché among clichés.

And in the original book, this female police officer had loathed the evil young master Fei Yangyao, believing everything he did was bad, and had kept a special eye on Young Master Fei.

By the later stages of that unfinished novel, she had practically become a professional Young Master Fei catcher.

But why?

Young Master Fei searched through all his memories, yet could not find a reason in either the book or his own original memories.

They had even been classmates as children!

Was that any way to treat an old classmate?

Thinking of how his reporting plan had been ruined because of that big-breasted, brainless woman, Young Master Fei felt his anger flare.

This was troublesome. All the civilized methods were gone—did he have to resort to force?

Surely he was not expected to storm the dragon's lair alone?

Charge straight into the enemy's headquarters?

Young Master Fei felt that even as the Young Master Fei of the Fei family, he would disappear completely by the next day.

No, he might disappear even more thoroughly because of that identity.

After all, if Father Fei found out, the vengeance for killing his son would be irreconcilable. If he then poured all his resources into Changning District, the Shen Family would absolutely be unable to withstand it.

Just then, his phone rang.