The Fisherman Reaps the Reward!

Qiu Tu was no longer a newcomer who had just entered officialdom.

Over the past few months, he had gained a basic understanding of many of the unspoken rules and coded language within official circles.

Yan Chen's words sounded perfectly fine at first glance. After all, he was the director of the Investigation Department, while Tang Feifei and Qiu Tu were both his subordinates.

Now that the two of them had rendered meritorious service, it was entirely reasonable for him to offer a word of encouragement.

But upon closer consideration, the emphasis of his words became clear: they had not betrayed "my" "trust" in them.

This was actually a signal to outsiders that tonight's operation had been authorized, directed, and arranged by Yan Chen.

That meant most of the credit would go to Yan Chen.

After all, Yan Chen would receive credit for leadership.

With just one simple sentence, the plan Qiu Tu, Tang Feifei, and Liu Xiongyuan had devised to set Yan Chen up was mostly ruined.

When the report reached the Shelter, it would only count everything that had happened tonight as the achievement of the New Realm City Investigation Department—in other words, Yan Chen's leadership achievement.

And it would no longer criticize Yan Chen for attempting to advance at such a critical moment while Moonlight Lake was condensing.

Realizing this, Qiu Tu, who had caught the deeper meaning in Yan Chen's words, hurriedly gave Tang Feifei a slight shake of his head.

If even Qiu Tu could hear Yan Chen trying to claim credit, how could Tang Feifei fail to understand?

Seeing Qiu Tu's signal, she gave him a faint nod before saying coldly, "Director, you flatter us."

"We were also extremely alarmed when such a major accident suddenly occurred tonight."

"Our first thought was to ask