Wang Yan knew Shen Xing had not left. It was neither Shen Xing who told him nor Guo Limin who informed him. Rather, Jue Xintun had contacted Wang Yan first that very day and stated his intentions outright.
Jue Xintun did not know all that much. He only knew that Wang Yan did not deal drugs, that Wang Yan was genuinely driving Xiao Molong's economic development, and that Wang Yan had gone to Daqulin and killed Mao Pan to avenge Shen Jiandong.
Under those circumstances, if he wanted to make use of Shen Xing, he naturally had to make things clear to Wang Yan first. Otherwise, if Shen Xing called Wang Yan to pull some strings, and Wang Yan investigated who was meddling behind the scenes, wouldn't Jue Xintun be finished?
It was precisely because of those concerns that Jue Xintun contacted Wang Yan in advance.
Naturally, Wang Yan had no particular reaction. Shen Xing had his own life, and Wang Yan could not manage him. He was Guo Limin's babysitter, not Shen Xing's. Shen Xing had only been a secondary reason for Mao Pan's death; the main reason was the conflict between Mao Pan himself and Chen Hao.
So Shen Xing could do whatever he wanted. Wang Yan simply continued doing his own thing.
What he was doing could be summed up in one sentence: constantly expanding the boundaries of his power.
On one hand, the scale of his business expanded every day, and he recruited new people every day. Whether it was legitimate work such as construction sites and tourism, or less legitimate businesses such as smuggling and hunting, everything grew bigger and spread outward from Xiao Molong and the surrounding areas toward more distant places.
On the other hand, his infiltration of the Xiao Molong government continued