After Tang Yu and the other man left the office, Long Ya smiled with satisfaction in the general manager's office.
He walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window, took out his phone, and called Ye Chen.
As soon as the call connected, he said respectfully, "Dragon King, our revenge against Mingyue Hotel is complete. I forced that Tang kid to sell us the hotel for five billion."
"Oh?" Ye Chen's voice on the other end held a hint of delight.
Mingyue Hotel was where he had been humiliated.
Long Ya had managed to buy it so cheaply, making him over ten billion in one stroke.
His abilities were indeed outstanding!
"You did a good job with this, but it's only a little interest paid back."
Ye Chen smiled arrogantly, then asked, "By the way, what about that man surnamed Wang?"
A dog of the Tang Family had dared to reprimand him in public!
He had to die!
"I've already had someone look into it. He flew to Africa a few days ago."
"Send someone over to kill him. Anyone who insults me must die," Ye Chen ordered.
After hanging up, Ye Chen put away his phone and smiled wickedly.
He had suffered so many setbacks in Suhang, and finally he had vented his anger!
This was only a little interest. The real show was just beginning.
Chi Yin had already gotten him some confidential documents, and his other pawns were all in place.
All of Suhang was nothing more than a chessboard where he could test his skills!
West District Police Station.
An exceptionally beautiful policewoman sat in front of a computer, frowning as she pored over several files.
The case at Mingyue Hotel from a few days earlier was still under investigation.
It was definitely a murder.
But Bai Wanyi couldn't find any evidence, and it frustrated her to no end. She had spent the past few days glued to her computer, trying to figure out how to solve the case.
"Captain Bai, why don't you take a break? You didn't get any proper rest last night, did you?"
A young police officer came over, concerned.
"It's fine. Why sleep long while you're alive? You'll lie forever once you're dead."
Bai Wanyi waved him off, then pushed her cup toward her colleague. "Make me another black coffee."
"All right."
The young officer looked at her with a touch of heartache. Captain Bai took her work far too seriously.
Wouldn't it be nice if she relaxed once in a while and dated me?
When the coffee was ready, Bai Wanyi took a sip. Its bitterness jolted her wide awake.
Just then, her laptop chimed.
She glanced at it and saw that someone had sent her an email.
Her instincts told her that the email, sent to her personal account, contained a crucial lead.
She quickly opened it, and her pupils contracted.
The email was connected to Mingyue Hotel, but not to the murder case. It concerned drugs.
"Quick, get Director Wang over here!"
She slapped the desk and shouted to her colleague.
The other officer snapped out of it and hurried off to fetch their superior.
The man known as Director Wang was a middle-aged man with a square face and a thoroughly upright air.
He came over and looked at Bai Wanyi with concern. "Wanyi, I don't mean to criticize you, but you're a pretty young woman, and you work late every night. Those dark circles have turned you into a panda."
"Look at this first."
Bai Wanyi moved her chair aside so her superior could read the email.
After one look, Director Wang's expression turned grave.
If the lead in the email was genuine, this was a major case.
"Hold the next chapter on your shelf so you don't lose it if you like this book!"
"Call a meeting at once. Set up a team to investigate. I'll lead it myself," Director Wang ordered loudly.
Soon, the entire West District Police Station was in motion.
After a two-hour meeting, the investigation team left the station to begin their work.
Bai Wanyi wanted to join the team too, but Director Wang turned her down and told her to eat and get some proper rest first.
Feeling a little dejected, she changed into casual clothes and went out to eat.
She wasn't picky about food and usually went to a roadside food stall across from the station.
As she reached the entrance, someone greeted her.
"Officer Bai."
She looked back. After a few seconds, she recalled his name and smiled. "Ye Chen, right?"
She had met him a little while ago.
Back then, a pickpocket had been stealing things on a bus.
Ye Chen had stepped in to stop him.
After they got off, the pickpocket had brought people to take revenge, but Ye Chen had beaten them all to the ground.
When she arrived to arrest them, she had been surprised. This guy had hidden his skills well, so she remembered him a little.
But what had left the strongest impression was his smile.
There was just... something strange about it.
"I thought Officer Bai had forgotten my name."
Ye Chen instinctively flashed a wicked smile, the corners of his mouth curling high.
He was holding a grubby woven sack filled with plastic bottles and other odds and ends.
"Have you taken up a side hustle?" Bai Wanyi asked with a laugh when she saw him.
"No. I just ran into an old woman. She's so old, and yet she was still picking up bottles. It was hard to watch, so I helped her bring them back and bought her some fruit," Ye Chen sighed.
Hearing that, Bai Wanyi felt a little more favorably toward him.
This man seemed pretty kindhearted.
"Are you here to eat? Want to join me? I'll drop these bottles off and come right back," Ye Chen said with a smile, gesturing toward the food stall.
"No need. I'll just get takeout and eat back at the station. I still have work to deal with."
With an easy smile, Bai Wanyi waved and went inside to order.
Ye Chen didn't press her.
When it came to picking up women, you had to know where to draw the line.
A woman who went all the way with you at the first opportunity could do the same with another man.
The more beautiful the woman, the more slowly you had to take things. That was how you got her completely devoted to you, even willing to join your harem.
After walking a short distance with the bag of plastic bottles, he casually tossed it into a trash can.
He had bought it earlier from an elderly woman who collected recyclables for ten yuan.
He had spent ten yuan because he didn't have any smaller bills on him.
The whole bag of bottles wasn't worth even five yuan.
"If I arrange a few more encounters, that should just about do it. This kind of woman is pretty easy to win over."
Ye Chen smiled smugly.
After two carefully arranged encounters, he was already confident enough.
Bai Wanyi was a woman he absolutely had to win.
She wasn't just exceptionally beautiful, one of the most renowned beauties in Suhang. Her background was also extraordinary.
The Bai Family wasn't one of Suhang's four great families, but its influence was terrifying.
They were a political family, and half of Suhang's political establishment consisted of their former students and associates.
If he wanted to control Suhang, he couldn't do it without the Bai Family's power!
He washed his hands by the roadside, then hurriedly got into a car and headed to the next place.
He still had to go build up favor with the other beautiful women.
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