In the next room, Jin Feng saw Jin De's body. His eyes were closed and his face was pale and colorless. He no longer looked like he did when he was alive.
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Ning suddenly threw herself into Jin Feng's arms and choked up, "Jin Feng, why am I so miserable? Now everyone in your family suspects that I killed him."
Zhao Ning had been suppressing his emotions, but the moment he saw Jin Feng, he could no longer hold back and completely exploded.
Jin Feng did not push Zhao Ning away. He also had feelings for Zhao Ning in his heart. He raised his eyebrows and sighed, "Why would I doubt you?"
Zhao Ning was so excited that her speech was a little intermittent. She sobbed and said, "Someone has just come to examine the body. Jin De died of poisoning. Then they looked for the source of the poison and found that the swimming pool was the source. Someone knew that Jin De liked to swim, so they added some trace amounts of poison to the water in the swimming pool every day. Over time, Jin De was chronically poisoned."
Jin Feng gently stroked Zhao Ning's fragrant back and sighed, "Big brother has provoked so many enemies. When we were fighting the underworld, we destroyed the lairs of so many bosses. They once vowed to avenge Big brother at all costs. Your family should look for the murderer among the enemies, why are they targeting you?"
Zhao Ning smiled bitterly and said, "The reason is that I swim every day, but I didn't get poisoned. This is really strange. And they think I had a motive. Jin Feng beat me again last night... Jin De and I have a bad relationship and have always had conflicts. My family also knows about this, so they think I poisoned him. In fact, I have had this idea. In the past two years, I have lived a life worse than death. When Jin De is in a bad mood, he will beat me up. At the same time, he restricts my movements and does not allow me to contact and socialize with people outside. I am like a bird trapped in a cage, with no freedom in life. I even thought that if Jin De doesn't die, then I will die."
"Don't say that!" Jin Feng reminded with a wry smile on his face. He had heard that his elder brother Jin De had a tendency to domestic violence and would beat Zhao Ning whenever he got angry.
Jin Feng sighed and said, "Don't worry, the innocent will be innocent. Although your family members have doubts about you, as long as it wasn't you who did it, they won't wrongly accuse you."
Zhao Ning said in a deep voice: "Jin Feng, thank you for rushing to my side at the first time. Seeing you, I feel safe." The Jin family and the Zhao family are old friends, but the Zhao family is slightly weaker than the Jin family, so they adopt a vassal attitude towards the Jin family, which resulted in Zhao Ning having no status after marrying into the Jin family.
As soon as Zhao Ning finished speaking, footsteps were heard outside the door. Jin Feng quickly pushed Zhao Ning away from his arms, coughed, and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go out."
The moment he went out, Jin Feng turned around and looked at Jin De, and couldn't help but sigh. After all, he was related to him by blood. Before he was ten years old, Jin De took good care of him. Whenever he was bullied at school, Jin De always stood up for him.
Of course, this thought was only fleeting. Jin Feng felt that Jin De had brought what he had become now upon himself. Even if he did not use a knife to kill someone, he would still be avenged by his enemies one day.
The affairs of the Jin family were handled in a low-key manner. The news that was spread to the outside world was that Jin De died of sudden death caused by overwork. After the funeral, Jin Anguo called Jin Feng to the study. After a long silence and smoking two cigarettes, he said, "Jin Feng, I want to ask you something. Does your eldest brother's death have anything to do with you?"
Jin Feng was slightly startled and said, "Dad, you don't think that I killed my eldest brother, do you? This idea is too unbelievable!"
Jin Anguo stared at Jin Feng's face for a long time with a serious expression, trying to find some flaws in his youngest son's face. Jin Feng was extremely calm. He sighed and said, "Li Shimin killed his elder brother and younger brother in order to become emperor. People will be jealous and hate because of power and interests. Jin Feng, I hope you have nothing to do with Jin De's death, otherwise, I will avenge your elder brother myself."
Jin Feng was very excited when he heard this. He said, "Dad, I know you are in a bad mood now. After all, my elder brother is dead. I am as sad as you are. Although my elder brother has been getting farther and farther away from me in recent years, he is my biological elder brother and we share the same blood. If I knew who killed him, I would never let him go. But you disappoint me. Not only do you suspect my sister-in-law, you also suspect me!"
Jin Anguo saw that Jin Feng's expression did not seem fake, and he was just testing Jin Feng. He found that Jin Feng's behavior was just like that of an ordinary person, who was furious after being wronged. He felt relieved and his suspicion of Jin Feng was dispelled a lot.
Jin Anguo said: "Jin Feng, don't worry. If the matter really has nothing to do with you, then I am relieved. In addition, I want to talk to you about other things. Jin De's death has a huge impact on the Jin family. Your eldest brother became the secretary of the Liancheng Municipal Party Committee when he was less than 40 years old. In the next five to six years, he will be able to take over all the business of the Jin family, but now that he is gone, the family has a fault..."
Jin Feng's face was solemn and he remained silent. He knew that at this moment, he had to keep his composure and not reveal his ambitions, otherwise, his father would think that he had planned this in advance.
Jin Anguo said slowly: "I heard that you started a company in the past two years, and it has developed well. But considering the interests of the family, I hope you will give up your company and return to politics."
If it were someone else, and if they fell in their official career, it would be impossible for them to stand up again. But Jin Feng is different. He has the support of the Jin family. Although he has been out of the official career for two years, the Jin family only needs to make a little effort to revive Jin Feng.
Jin Anguo continued, "I have already thought of your resume for the past two years. Go abroad to attend classes for further study and return home with excellent results."
Jin Feng showed a look of distress and did not speak for a long time, which made Jin Anguo a little confused about what his youngest son was thinking.
Jin Feng sighed and refused: "Dad, I have made some achievements in the past two years. If you want me to give up those things, I still feel reluctant. Can you let me consider it?"
Jin Anguo didn't expect Jin Feng to reject him. He nodded and said, "This is for the sake of family interests. I hope you won't disappoint me."
Jin Feng smiled bitterly and said, "Dad, I know what to do. I will give you an answer as soon as possible."
Jin De passed away and Jin Feng took over. This was an inevitable result, but Jin Feng had to hold back at this critical moment and could not easily agree. Compared to two years ago, Jin Feng was much more mature. He knew that in order to gain the greatest benefit, he needed to moderately control his desires and emotions.
Jin Anguo watched his youngest son leave with a complicated look in his eyes. He sighed softly, "He has grown up too fast. Even I can't see through him."
Chapter 0537: Heaven and Earth Punish People Who Don’t Care for Themselves
The Jin family is a second- or third-rate family, a branch of the northern faction, and its main power range is in southern and northern Henan. Jin Anguo is now the head of the Organization Department of the Southern Henan Provincial Party Committee and the core leader of the family. Other brothers and sisters are mainly infiltrating the officialdom in southern and northern Henan, so the Jin family still has a certain amount of power in southern and northern Henan. For this reason, Jin De has another nickname, and is called the Prince of Southern Henan.
Jin De's promotion speed was extremely terrifying. At the age of 35, he had already become the top leader in Liancheng. He was also one of the best among the younger generation of the Northern Faction. If nothing unexpected happened, in five to ten years, Jin De would have the hope of succeeding his father and becoming the representative of the Northern Faction in southern Henan.
However, things did not go as planned. Jin De was bizarrely murdered, and the method was extremely cunning. The Jin family also arranged for someone to conduct a follow-up investigation and found that Jin De was poisoned by a close confidant. However, the whereabouts of the murderer were unknown. The Jin family knew that the other party was well prepared, and the murderer might have completely disappeared from this world.
Jin Feng received a short text message with the word "success" written on it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. After Jin Feng's death, Xia Mang was a big worry in his heart. Now that he has completely disappeared, he has no worries.
Jin Anguo gave himself three days to think carefully about whether to return to the officialdom. Jin Feng said that he needed to think calmly. In fact, what he wanted to think about was not whether to enter the officialdom, but where to choose to embark on his official career again.
Although he had achieved certain results in the past two years of running his own real estate company, money still seemed a little too boring compared to the temptation of power in officialdom.
Jin Feng felt that he preferred the feeling of holding great power. With power, as long as he used it a little, it could be converted into money, beauty, etc.
Jin Feng guessed what his father was thinking. He probably wanted him to develop in the officialdom of southern Henan. After Jin De's death, there was a vacancy in the officialdom of southern Henan. Starting from here, Jin Feng could stabilize people's hearts and grow faster. However, Jin Feng had his own considerations. His goal was to go to Huainan.
You have to get up from where you fell. In the past two years, Jin Feng has always kept Fang Zhicheng in his mind. He was the one who caused his Waterloo in life. Therefore, if he does not take revenge on Fang Zhicheng, Jin Feng will always be angry and have a grudge.
After thinking everything through, Jin Feng called Jin Anguo.
Jin Anguo asked calmly, "Have you figured it out?"
Jin Feng nodded and said, "Dad, I can return to the officialdom, but I have a request."
Jin Anguo didn't expect Jin Feng to negotiate terms with him. He was slightly stunned, and then said, "Ask, as long as it's not excessive, I will try my best to satisfy you."
Jin Feng's tone became solemn and serious, and he said: "I want to start a new life in Huainan. Where I fell, I will stand up from there."
Jin Anguo pondered for a moment and said, "Your reason is not just that simple, right? Song Wendi's position in Huainan is now stable, and he has become Prime Minister Siyuan's agent in Huainan. It will be very difficult for you to overthrow him."