We Can Switch, Right?

Welcome to "I'm Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years," exclusively produced by Feilu Novel Network, narrated by Sang Ze Wang Xiaomo Lao He.

Li Maoren reacted strongly. Even then, he still didn't believe Wu Chen's words. Wu Chen only said that the truth still needed to be verified, but for the time being, it was better to believe it than not. This matter was too big. Wu Chen had already made his meaning very clear: he said He Shiqin was a witness, He Shiqin hated Ding Runlong, and he had even contacted He Shiqin. Of course, this was because he wanted to get rid of Ding Runlong. From Li Maoren's perspective, he absolutely could not allow Wu Chen to do this.

The Li Family and Ding Family families established an alliance many years ago and have been working together in multiple fields. It's not that just because Li Ruobing refused her family's arrangements four years ago, the Li Family and Ding Family have stopped cooperating and are waiting for Li Ruobing and Ding Ruilong to get married for several years.

Of course not.

Li Ruobing's marriage to Ding Ruilong was a crucial step in the alliance between the two families, serving as one of the guarantees for long-term cooperation, but not the only one. To put it bluntly, it was a more solid bond of shared interests.

From this perspective, there's absolutely no need to consider the relationship between husband and wife.

Arranged marriages, where everyone is bound by social norms, are rarely happy. It's already quite good if they can live in harmony and treat each other with respect.

Li Maoren's marriage to his wife was arranged, serving as the link between Li Jia and the Sun Family in their alliance.

Li Maoren and his wife had a good relationship, although he secretly had a mistress. But this was still considered good. Many children from wealthy families, after being married off through arranged marriages, would have children who didn't care about each other, and the couple would then go their separate ways, doing whatever they wanted and with whomever they wanted. On the surface, they would show affection in public, acting like a married couple, but in private, they didn't care about each other and each had their own mistress, living a very carefree life. This was no big deal.

Arranged marriage.

Whether a couple's relationship is good or bad has always been linked to their extended family alliances. The strength of these alliances is irrelevant; what matters is the legal framework governing marital property and their reputation.

The descendants have bloodlines from both families.

This is also why the Li Family insisted on forcing Li Ruobing to marry Ding Ruilong.

They knew perfectly well that Li Ruobing was resistant, and they knew perfectly well that even if Li Ruobing really married him, things wouldn't go well between her and Ding Ruilong, but that wasn't a problem, because feelings weren't important.

Importantly, once Li Ruobing and Ding Ruilong become a legal couple, both families will transfer some of their family assets to the couple's names and simultaneously work to expand and strengthen their assets.

This portion of the assets belongs to the couple, but also to both families; this is the strongest bond of interest.

Furthermore, the same applies to children. As long as a child is born with the blood of both families, and that child grows up to become one of the heads of the family, he/she is a community of interests between the two families. Conversely, this also guarantees that the two families will not easily break apart.

Take Li Ruotai, for example. His grandfather was the patriarch of the Li Family, and his maternal grandfather was the patriarch of the Sun Family. Not only him, but Li Ruobing was also a patriarch.

Therefore, the Sun Family exerted pressure on Li Ruobing's mother regarding the forced marriage, causing the mother, who had always protected Li Ruobing, to turn around and pressure her this time.

Since only Li Ruobing marrying into the Ding Family and having her child raised in the wild would be of great significance to the Ding Family, Li Family, and Sun Family, connecting them in terms of both interests and blood ties. Why get so worked up?

Wu Chen calmly watched as he stood up, and smiled politely at the person he thought he was doing. "You should understand what I'm trying to do now."

Do you dare touch Ding Ruilong?

Li Maoren, his face dark with anger, demanded an explanation.

He didn't think Wu Chen had the ability to directly take action against Ding Ruilong, but if what Wu Chen just said were to be exposed, it could very likely trigger a war between the major families.

The Li Family and the Ding Family have already formed an alliance. If something serious happens to the Ding Family, the Li Family cannot remain uninvolved. Other families may also get involved and benefit from the aftermath.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever, and given Ding Ruilong's personality, if someone were to provoke him or give him a private jab, he might even confess on his own.

Wu Chen remained calm and composed, maintaining his smile. "Even if I don't do it, this is a ticking time bomb; it might explode any day now."

Uncle, can you drive He Shiqin?

Do you dare tell the Ding Family that you know about this?

That Li Man immediately felt uncomfortable, because he couldn't say he dared not, but rather that he was unable to.

Ding Ruilong's personality is really problematic. If Li Maoren hadn't informed Xu Dong and He Shiqin, it's hard to say what Ding Ruilong would have thought.

But what if Li Maoren were to speak to Ding Jia and Ding Ruilong, saying, "I know Ding Ruilong killed Dong Yuantao back then, so what should we do?"

That would mean Li Jia had a huge handle on the Ding Family, a handle that could pose a great threat to the Ding Family. How could the two sides negotiate the distribution of benefits in the future? Unfairness would arise, and cooperation and marriage would be in trouble.

The key point of these issues is that the Dong Family is rising rapidly, and compared with families like the Ding Family, Li Family, Sun Family, Wei Family, and Xie Family, the Dong Family has less of a rich history and heritage.

Dong Yuantao's grandfather was a few years older than the Ding Family patriarch, but he was one level below the Ding Family patriarch in terms of position and status. Therefore, until Dong Yuantao's grandfather passed away, the Dong Family had not yet reached the level of the Ding, Li, and Sun Wei families.

The person who truly led the Dong Family to its powerful rise was Dong Yuantao's father, Dong Yaoguang, who is currently the number one figure in the Dong Family.

Dong Yaoguang is 58 years old this year and has two sons and one daughter. Dong Yuantao and Hang San are his youngest sons.

At 58, he's not young, but compared to Dong Yaoguang's current position, he's not old at all. He's currently at a higher rank than Li Maoren, and he's following a very orthodox political career path. Judging from his mother's upward trajectory, he has every opportunity to advance further in the future.

Therefore, even if he made it to the top, his ranking would still be quite low, and he wouldn't have the strength to crush the Ding Family in one fell swoop.

But this is based on the premise that the Ding Family patriarch is still alive. The Ding Family patriarch is already 80 years old; how many more years can he live?

Once he dies, many of his connections will simply dissipate.

By then, it will truly be a time bomb, the kind with tremendous destructive power.

If it explodes, unless the Ding Family abandons Ding Runlong, the entire Ding Family will be in danger.

Even if the Ding Family doesn't protect Ding Ruilong, the bond between the Li Family and the Ding Family is stronger than the person Li Ruobing is going to marry—and that person happens to be Ding Ruilong.

The more Li Maoren thought about it, the more serious he felt this matter was.

If what Wu Chen said is true, then should Li Jia involved in this messy marriage with the Ding Family?

This is the most damaging information about Ding Ruilong that Wu Chen possesses, but it's not the only one.

Ding Ruilong is a big problem. Wu Chen just didn't want to drag things out for too long or spend too much time dealing with this, so he chose the most direct and fatal option: the couple.

You can choose to remind them about the prize confirmation; it's fine.

Seeing Li Maoren's expression change, Wu Chen smiled and spoke again.

However, I don't think this is a good choice. The Sun Family is your Li Family's biggest ally. The Ding Family has only been cooperating with you for the past few years. Because Ruobing hasn't surrendered, the cooperation is very cautious. You can switch, right?

Li Maoren stared at Wu Chen with a stern face.

Mei Qing had already spoken; he was already guessing who Wu Chen had sent to deliberately break up the marriage alliance between Li Jiayu Ding Family.

I think Dong Jia is a good choice.

Wu Chen then joked that Dong Yuantao's cousin is Dong Yaoguang Dong Yaoyang's youngest daughter, Dong Yaqiu, who just graduated from university a year ago. He thought she and A Tai were a good match.

Li Maoren found Wu Chen's words somewhat ridiculous. It sounded like everything was meticulously planned, but marriage alliances between large families were never that simple. Even if we assume the Li Family and the Dong Family weren't familiar with each other, lacking even basic trust, how could they possibly arrange a marriage?

I heard that Dong Yaoguang has a rival surnamed Qu, and their competitive relationship is an obstacle to each other's promotion.

Wu Chen smiled faintly and said, "Do you need me to give you some bloody dirt so you can help Dong Yaoguang directly defeat his opponent?"

I think he'll be grateful to Li Jia, what do you think?

Uncle Li Maoren's expression changed drastically.

Li Maoren certainly knew whose surname Wu Chen had mentioned. The fact that Wu Chen could mention this person showed that he had a deep understanding of the competition among the powerful families.

More importantly, Wu Chen actually said he was interested in some dirt on him.

From beginning to end, Li Maoren felt that what Wu Chen said was not true, but he was afraid that it might actually be true.

However, as Wu Chen mentioned more and more people, the polite man felt that Wu Chen's portrayal was becoming more and more credible.

Because the bigger the lie, the more people are involved, and the easier it is to expose it.

Who would tell a lie that would be easily exposed? It would be pointless, and any private conversation between the two of them today would be meaningless.

Li Maoren stared at Wu Chen, re-examining the young man named Wu Chen.

Wu Chen remained calm and composed throughout; this composure alone is beyond the politeness expected of a 22-year-old.

The person sitting in front of them felt not like a young man, but like a shrewd old fox who spoke slowly and deliberately.

The room was silent. Li Maoren slowly sat down.

Was he calm, or was he deliberately hiding his emotions?

Tell me about it.

Li Maoren, expressionless, began to recount the scandals along the riverbank. He knew that 11 years ago, when Qu Jiangmin was the second-in-command in the East Pole Province, he gave East Dragon Real Estate Group the green light in the bidding process for the construction of the provincial capital's high-tech zone, resulting in the sale of land at a bargain price.

Wu Chen went straight to the point, saying that 10 years ago, Donglong Real Estate went bankrupt due to a broken capital chain. Several of its buildings under construction in the High-tech Zone, including office buildings in the core area, were abandoned. Subsequently, Qiao Jingsheng, the boss of Donglong Real Estate, committed suicide by jumping off a building, which caused major problems for the construction of the High-tech Zone.

To resolve the issue of unfinished buildings, Qu Jiangsheng used his connections to find Xiangjiang Zhenlong Group, whose subsidiary Zhenlong Real Estate took over Donglong Real Estate's unfinished buildings.

That concludes the introduction.

Everyone knows that the reason why unfinished buildings are left unattended is because there is no profit to be made, especially since residential buildings have already been pre-sold and cannot be sold a second time.

However, Zhenlong Real Estate still took over the unfinished buildings, preferring to lose money in order to complete them.

After Wu Chen finished speaking, he gave Li Maoren a knowing smile.

Li Maoren certainly understood. Although Wu Chen explained it in detail, Li Maoren fully comprehended the relationship between Qu Jiangmin and Donglong Real Estate.

Did Qiao Jingsheng commit suicide? And what benefits did Qu Jiangmin offer Vibrant Dragon Group make them willing to take over that mess?

Or, to put it another way, what benefits did Vibrant Dragon Group receive from leveraging the power behind Jiangmin?

Li Maoren knew that Qu Qiaomin's family had no background; he could be described as coming from an intellectual family and having outstanding personal abilities, but he was the son-in-law of the Dou Family.

The Dou Family was once very powerful, and at its peak, it could rival the Li Family and Ding Family.

But the eldest member of the Dou Family died of cancer in his early 60s.

Since his death, the family has been declining, and there has been a lack of successors.

On the other hand, Dou Er's son-in-law is taking steady steps, trying to achieve unexpected success.

Therefore, Dou Xia then devoted herself to supporting this son-in-law.

Although Qu Jiangming was not a typical son-in-law who married into the Dou family, and his status in the Dou Family was not low, his son and daughter did not take his surname, but rather the surname Dou.

That Li Man understood these things very well, and Wu Chen also said that he could make many connections to them.

But this is meaningless.

Because in those intricate relationships, no matter who you touch or investigate, it will have far-reaching consequences. They protect each other and are a community of shared interests. If you dare to touch them, they will block all your investigation routes and launch a fierce counterattack.

Therefore, unless one can produce irrefutable and conclusive evidence, no one can touch the evidence.

Li Maoren was concise and asked directly.

Wu Chen smiled, took out his phone, skillfully typed something in with one hand, and then tapped send.

Li Maoren's phone rang. "Check your text message, "Wu Chen said.

Li Maoren frowned, took out his phone, and opened it to find a string of numbers representing a bank card number.

That Li Man glanced at Wu Chen, frowned, and asked the account holder, "It's a woman. If the money in the account hasn't been touched in the last few days, how many digits should it have?"

Wu Chen smiled at Li Maoren, "You can first check who this woman is, what her relationship is with Qu Jiangming, and then check the flow of funds in this account. I don't need to go into too much detail, do I?"

Li Maoren's expression changed again. Of course, he didn't need Wu Chen to explain in too much detail; he knew very well how the investigation was conducted. The key point was that, according to Wu Chen, this account was very likely the final destination of the dirty money collected from Jiang Min.

That's terrifying, absolutely horrifying.

How did Wu Chen find out about such a secret account?

Li Maoren was very clear about one thing: the investigation.

Investigating this kind of matter head-on, step by step, would be extremely difficult, with layers of resistance.

But if you find the final point and trace it in reverse, it becomes extremely simple.

With the Dong Family's capabilities, if they were to find something to hold against Qu Jiangming, he would have absolutely no chance of turning things around.

By the way, you can do more research on this woman who is the head of the household. She knows exactly how Dang Ning and Qiao Jingsheng died, including why Dongnong Real Estate suddenly went bankrupt due to a broken capital chain. She knows all that. It's really interesting.

Wu Chen laughed after speaking, but Li Maoren didn't hear what Wu Chen had said at all.

How do I check?

Even without Wu Chen's prompting, he was already staring at Wu Chen, his mind filled with questions: Who exactly was Wu Chen? How could he possibly know so much detail, even down to the final account where the money was deposited? How much more did he know about what everyone was doing?

From the moment he met Wu Chen, Li Maoren's assessment of Wu Chen's identity kept rising until now, when he couldn't understand it at all. He couldn't guess what was going on. Logically speaking, no one could know so much about everything.

What's even more terrifying is that Wu Chen is only 22 years old.

That Li Man remained silent for a long time. After glancing at the bank account number in the text message, he expressionlessly put his phone away and looked up at Wu Chen again, asking, "What exactly is your purpose?"

He went straight to the ultimate question: What exactly is Wu Chen's purpose?

I want Ding Ruilong dead!

Wu Chen smiled, but spoke earnestly, because he was telling the truth.

9. Because of Ding Ruilong, Li Maoren suddenly felt that Wu Chen's purpose was too simple. Those leaks were probably meant to incite a war between the Ding, Li, Sun, Dong, Dou and other big families to reshuffle the power structure. It was that simple.

That's right!

Wu Chen countered by asking Li Maoren, "Otherwise?"

If you think I know so much, why would I put myself in danger?

Because your daughter is really charming.

Wu Chen asked himself the question and answered it, his eyes still serious. "Because I like it, I'm willing, and I don't want anyone to bother us."

Ding Ruilong dared to steal my woman. If I don't kill him, he'll come after me. One of us must die; it's a fight to the death. So Ding Ruilong must die.

After saying that, Wu Chen smiled again, a relaxed and nonchalant smile.

Li Maoren stared at Wu Chen in silence for a long while before finally speaking.

Do you have any dirt on the Wei Family?

Li Maoren asked.

Have.

Wu Chen said.

Tell me.

Li Maoren said.

Why should I tell you?

Wu Chen countered with a question.

Li Maoren's expression hardened. "Don't come to the East Sea to bother me and Ruobing for the next six months, and I'll tell you."

Wu Chen smiled and made his request to close the deal.

Li Maoren paused for a moment.

In the corridor outside the suite, under the watchful eyes of numerous bodyguards, Li Ruobing and her brother Li Ruotai had been lingering at the suite's door for over two hours.

The siblings tried to secretly film Wu Chen and Li Maoren talking inside the house using surveillance cameras, but Wu Chen had already dismantled the cameras, so they could only wait at the door in the hallway.

It's been over two hours, and they still haven't finished talking. Both of them are very anxious.

The suite door suddenly opened, and Li Ruobin and Li Ruotai simultaneously looked up sharply.

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