Blackstone Code
Chapter 2023

Chapter 2022

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A Grueling Day! For Mr. Truman, it was a grueling day.

He could ignore Joanna's affairs; everything would go through the Judicial Process.

He had already secured reelection, so he no longer needed to worry about family responsibilities or anything of the sort. He could even demonstrate his loyalty to the Federation by refusing to interfere in Joanna's Judicial Process.

His daughter had disappeared. She had somehow shaken off the agents assigned to protect her, and the National Security Committee was now sending more people.

His relatives had all called him, asking what on earth was going on.

Even Pelius had shown some dissatisfaction with Joanna and him.

The waves around him grew higher and higher, until they became a tsunami, filling him with a despair that made it hard to breathe.

Lin Qi had certainly played a very special role in all this. He did not even know how to deal with Lin Qi's problem.

After all, he had chosen Lin Qi instead of having the National Security Committee investigate Joanna because he believed Lin Qi would not deceive him over something like this.

But the truth was that he had not only done exactly that—he had also deceived himself.

Perhaps from that moment, or even earlier, Lin Qi had already changed his attitude toward him.

It was an extremely complicated feeling. Mr. Truman looked at the documents in his hand and set down his fountain pen.

He did not know what to do. He clearly had so many plans! The telephone on the desk suddenly rang, startling him.

He stared blankly at the phone for a while before answering.

It was a call from the Former President.

"It's the same problem as before, Truman. I'll help you negotiate with those people."

The words sounded very straightforward, and Mr.

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