All Things in the World Can Be Measured, Except for the Human Heart

Chapter 44: Everything in the world can be measured, except for the human heart. Even a fool knows that this is not a good time to act. Michael glared fiercely at Lin Qi and quickly left.

A few minutes later, Mr. Fox walked in from outside with a puzzled look. He closed the door, saw the gifts, and said with a smile, "I just saw Michael, he seemed very angry?"

Lin Qi nodded, gestured to the things he had sent, and said casually, "He came to ask for my forgiveness, but I didn't agree."

Mr. Fox sighed, walked to a round chair and sat down, picked up a piece of fruit and took a bite, the moisture was quite sufficient.

These shops and stalls in the hospital are all the hospital's own business, which is related to the livelihoods of many people, so they naturally dare not be perfunctory. This is also one of the potential advantages of capitalization or commercialization, which is competitiveness.

People, businesses, or even industries without competitiveness will soon be eliminated in the great tide of capital. In order to ensure that they will not become the eliminated part, these people will only try their best to make themselves competitive enough.

Mr. Fox swallowed the pulp in his mouth, hesitated slightly, but still said, "Actually, it's best to reconcile this matter. If Michael is really driven away, the Revenue Service may not pretend to be blind and deaf."

In Mr. Fox's view, Lin Qi had already achieved what he wanted in this matter. He had won against Michael, and the latter had come to beg for his forgiveness. So everyone should compromise with each other, solve the problem, and neither side would look too bad.

This is also the consistent thinking and practice of people like Mr. Fox. They sometimes coerce those law enforcement departments that pose a threat to them, but they never really stab them with a knife.

To put it bluntly, if they have a pile of shit on their own ass, they can bring one down today, and someone new will come to deal with them tomorrow. So they pay attention to stopping at the right time, and everyone being well is the real well-being.

Mr. Fox felt that Lin Qi was going too far, too radical. He said meaningfully, "If you make the people from the Revenue Service lose face, they will keep an eye on you."

This sentence cannot be said to be wrong, but it cannot be said to be right either.

Lin Qi turned to look at him and asked a question, "Mr. Fox, even if I stop now, do you think that after things have become known throughout the Federal, can a small Sabine City Federal Revenue Service director stop it by saying stop?"

"No!", he raised his finger and gestured, "The people above want to see who made them lose face, and the people below also want to take back some face from me. Whether I forgive Michael or not, they will be watching."

"In three to five days, they will start to make trouble for me. If I forgive Michael now, it will only make them think that I, a young man, have no background and am a weak person who can be bullied at will."

"Since forgiving or not will not change the situation I will face next, then why should I wrong myself?", he said, and even laughed, "Once you decide to do something, don't think about leaving a way out. The more detailed you think, the smaller your courage will be."

Mr. Fox's expression changed slightly. He frowned and thought for a while before nodding in agreement with Lin Qi's idea, "What you said makes some sense, so what do we do next?"

In fact, from the very beginning of the whole thing, everyone did not have too many faults. If there were any, it could only be said that Michael had targeted the wrong person.

If Lin Qi did not resist, he would end up unlucky. Either he would be thrown into prison by Michael and live a life worse than death, or he would be secretly attacked by people like Mr. Fox.

So someone has to fall. The process of every successful person going from lying down to standing up is often not entirely by their own strength, but by borrowing the corpses of those who have failed.

If Lin Qi's guess was correct, the tax system would start to investigate and collect evidence against Lin Qi, and even those law enforcement units that exceeded the tax system would start to test the situation on Lin Qi's side.

Lin Qi didn't care much about these issues, "We are legitimate businessmen, Mr. Fox. In fact, this will also be a huge opportunity for you and your business."

When it came to things that were related to him, Mr. Fox became more concerned. He threw the half-eaten fruit into the trash can and took out a silk handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his slightly sticky fingers, "What do you mean?"

"Sabine City is being watched by the higher-ups, they will definitely send some investigation teams, or ask the local law enforcement units to clean up the chaotic city streets. At that time, some people will always disappear. The vacuum zone after the disappearance is precisely your opportunity, isn't it?"

Lin Qi's voice had a tempting tremor, "Think about it, if you are the only one in the entire city..."

Mr. Fox swallowed. His heart was beating violently. He had never considered this kind of thing before, because the division of territory could not be determined by a few people and a few words. This was a rule that had been left for many years.

Any industry must have rules. Only with rules can there be order. If he wants to rashly expand his business scope and expand his territory, as long as he has this idea, others will warn him not to mess around, otherwise he will be against everyone.

This is a solidified way of thinking. No one can afford the cost of a full-scale war. Sabine City is just a small city. They don't have the spirit, courage, means and background of those in big cities.

But now, Lin Qi has drawn him a big pie. If he is the only one doing this business in the entire city... just thinking about it makes people tremble. So much profit, if it all goes into his own pocket...

But he quickly broke free from this unrealistic fantasy, shook his head quickly, and said with a wry smile, "I would like to, but I can't do it.", his tone and eyes were very sincere, "First of all, I know my business is illegal, and secondly, I don't have the ability to declare war on others at the same time, and I can't beat them!"

The expansion of the underworld is always accompanied by bloodshed, every banknote stained with it. To touch someone else's interests, only death can quell the anger.

Mr. Fox is just a financial company; he does have some people under him, but they aren't strong enough, numerous enough, or ruthless enough.

Lin Qi waved his hand. "You'll know when the time comes. I'm telling you this just so you can be mentally prepared."

Meanwhile, Michael, frustrated by Lin Qi, went straight to the prison. Little Michael's trial was in two days, and he now hoped more than ever that Little Michael would recant and deny his crimes.

One reason for doing this was to still have a chance to tie Lin Qi to the case. As long as he could find a way to prove that Lin Qi had framed him, then his previous assault on Lin Qi, which led to his hospitalization, could be interpreted as a forgivable mistake.

If he used a ring to try to kill his own child, then his beating of Lin Qi would have nothing to do with law enforcement or his position. He would simply be standing from the perspective of a father, doing what a man, a father, should do.

The public and media uproar would shift from whether he was involved in any criminal behavior to sympathy for him. Not only would he keep his job, but his family wouldn't face any problems.

Another reason was that, in case that didn't work, he wanted to take advantage of the little power he still had to get Little Michael out as soon as possible. Perhaps he could still use his old superior's connections to get Little Michael a decent job in the future.

Based on these two points, he had to talk to Little Michael again.

But how could he know that what had happened between him and Lin Qi had not only become a big deal known throughout the Federal, but also known to the prisoners in the prison—they could read newspapers, which was a protected right.

When Little Michael learned that his father was in big trouble, the idea of giving up his guilty plea and having his father bail him out was completely erased from his mind.

Now that Michael could barely protect himself, if he interfered in his affairs, he might be caught for abusing his power, which would make things even more troublesome. So, when Michael requested a visit, Little Michael refused the prison guard.

His idea was actually correct: only by protecting Michael could the family have a future. But sometimes, a young man's mind... would inexplicably have some problems.

Young people always think they have grown up, matured, and can think like adults, but they overlook a fatal problem.

They have always lived in a simple ivory tower, so how can they know what the real society is like? After being rejected by Little Michael, Michael was utterly devastated, feeling like the end of the world had arrived.

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