There was silence in the room for more than ten seconds, but to Minister An Bao, it seemed as long as more than ten days!
“Is it safe here?”
Wen Liang finally spoke. If he remembered correctly, Xiangji Kitchen should be an industry secretly set up by Qi Shu. It was one of the escape routes she prepared for the future. Even Gu Shitong and Mu Zechen might not know about it. Could it be that there was some explanation for An Baoqing choosing this place
"Absolutely safe!" An Baoqing's heart was completely relieved, knowing that Wen Liang would not let it go, and whispered: "We have people around here, and we will know immediately if there is any movement."
Although no one should know about his relationship with Cat Girl at this stage, there is no guarantee that someone in Qingzhou Pugongli has guessed something. After being caught by the police, they are eager to make a contribution and expose An Baoqing. Following the clues and following the map has always been the forte of the public security organs. The current situation is unpredictable, so it is better to be careful. Wen Liang said softly: "Brother Jiu, do you really have to save Cat Girl?"
An Baoqing said without hesitation: "Yes, even if it costs me my life, I will make sure she is safe!"
"Okay!" Wen Liang made a prompt decision. There was no time to lose. If things were delayed, something would happen. Since she had to be rescued, there was no harm in saving her. After all, Cat Lady had warned him. The news of Fan Bo's affair with Lei Fang some time ago came from Cat Lady. Although she had some speculative intentions, he could not forget the favor. He said, "She can't stay in Qingzhou. You arrange for her to leave the city secretly tonight and then live in Wujiang for a while to avoid the limelight. With Ye Zhiwei in Biluochun and Yao Shang as the deputy county magistrate, the two of them can take care of her secretly, so there won't be any big problems."
Fearing that An Baoqing would be too anxious and lose his balance, he comforted him, "Relax, Cat Girl is only the person in charge of Qingzhou. She is not important in this big chess game. Hide for now and wait for the situation to calm down before thinking about what to do next. You won't become a shadow that cannot be seen in the light from now on. It's not that unlucky!"
An Baoqing was overjoyed and grateful, and said, "Boss, I..."
"We are one family, so let's not talk behind each other's backs." Wen Liang stood up, not wanting to stay here any longer, and reminded him, "Remember, whether we go out of the city or to Wujiang, we must make careful arrangements. Don't get involved directly. Even if something goes wrong, don't let it trap you."
An Baoqing nodded. With his background, it was a piece of cake for him to deal with a group of foreign invaders in his own territory of Qingzhou. Seeing Wen Liang was about to leave, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss, do you want to meet her..."
Wen Liang had already walked to the door. Hearing this, he paused for a moment and said, "No need. Ask her for me. I wish her safety and a safe journey!"
After leaving Xiangji Kitchen, Wen Liang looked back from a distance. The flashing LED sign was very eye-catching in the night. No wonder the store was still booming after Qi Shu went in. He sighed when he came last time, thinking it was the credit of Manager Zhang. He didn't expect that the one who was really in charge behind the scenes was Cat Girl.
He was such a smart man that he could guess that Xiangjichu was a store jointly opened by Mao Niang and Qi Shu without An Baoqing telling him. People like them had experienced too much and were used to seeing the evil hearts of people. Every step they took had to consider how to take the next three or four steps properly and safely. As the saying goes, great people hide in the city. Through a catering company like Xiangjichu located in a prosperous area, they could not only use it as an investment to find a place to settle down in the future, but also launder some of the black money in their hands without anyone noticing. If they said that one of them worked in Minghua and the other worked in Dandelion, and they only lived on that little salary, I'm afraid even the most innocent children would not believe it. However, their employers were not tough guys who were easy to deal with, so they had to launder money in a more covert way. The catering industry, which was not very noticeable, had the most chaotic cash flow and was the easiest to do accounting, was undoubtedly the first choice!
It is not easy to survive in this world, and it is even more difficult for a woman, especially a woman in a quagmire. Therefore, although Wen Liang does not want to be friends with the cat girl, when encountering such a thing, he should lend a hand if he can!
Five days later, after summarizing the news from all sides, the context of the matter gradually became clear: the Political and Legal Affairs Commission system under the control of the Yan faction suddenly launched an attack on the Zhuang faction. First, they arrested Hong Jiaxiang, the general manager of Dandelion, in the capital, and seized a large number of secret accounts, cash, drugs, guns and other evidence of illegal crimes from his four secret strongholds. After a sudden interrogation, Hong Jiaxiang pleaded guilty and confessed many inside stories of Dandelion's involvement in organized crime, pornography, violence, murder, and collusion between officials and businessmen. Then, they followed the same trick and mobilized police forces from eleven provinces to seal off all the Dandelion clubs in more than thirty large and medium-sized cities involved, and arrested nearly 4,000 people involved in the case.
And all this was just the beginning. Operation Thunder quickly moved from Dandelions to the officialdom. Almost every day, people were taken away from their homes, workplaces, and on the way to escape by the Discipline Inspection Commission. The swiftness and force of the action and the breadth of the scope of the crackdown set records in the past decade.
A month later, the giant dandelion that was once famous all over the world completely disappeared from people's sight, as if it had never appeared. Those scenes of feasting and revelry became the pastime and emotion of many people after dinner.
Its rise was sudden, and its fall was sudden!
The huge turmoil caused by it gradually calmed down. Just when everyone thought that the two major factions in the court had reached a final reconciliation after layers of behind-the-scenes deals - this is just a common thing in the domestic officialdom, today's enemy is tomorrow's friend, all politics is ultimately for the sake of interests, but an unexpected incident secretly disturbed many people and made them uneasy.
"What's Zhuang Shaoxuan's reaction?"
Wen Liang was sitting in a high-end teahouse in Guanshan that was only open to members. Opposite him sat Tang Ye, who was wearing a blue OL suit. A little bit of her snow-white skin could be seen through her white open-collared shirt. She shook her head gently and said, "Ever since Dandelion was investigated a month ago, Mingwang Manor has been closed to visitors and no useful information can be passed on."
The dandelion that had been entrenched in the country for more than a decade fell just like that, and hundreds of officials at all levels fell just like that. How terrible is this confrontation? Let alone one Wen Liang, even if there were ten Wen Liangs involved, they would be doomed to be wiped out. The smartest thing to do now is to be prudent and stay away from muddy waters, but things in the world are not that easy. Philosophy says that everything is connected and unified. Since he has entered the world of fame and fortune, it is impossible for him to stay out of it. On the contrary, if he still thinks he can stay out of such a conflict, he is really putting himself in an irreversible situation!
Therefore, figuring out what exactly happened is the top priority at the moment!
"Keep watching. If you have any news, notify me immediately."
Before he finished speaking, Wen Liang's phone rang. It was Ning Xi's number. He made a gesture to keep quiet and pressed the answer button. He heard Ning Xi's low and slightly hoarse voice: "Shangguan Chenlu is dead..."
Wen Liang's pupils contracted sharply, and even his breathing became heavy in an instant. His face must have looked extremely ugly, so ugly that even Tang Ye noticed something was wrong at the first moment. Thinking that something big had happened, his body suddenly tensed up, and his slender, crystal-clear hands pressed on the coffee table. His heart was in his throat, and he stared at Wen Liang, not daring to even blink.
"When did it happen?" Wen Liang asked after a long while.
"Just now, at most half an hour ago, on the way back to the city on the Jingxi Expressway, I was hit by two large trucks from the front and back and died. I guess the official media will officially announce the news later. Now the road section has been blocked. I don’t know whether it was a real car accident or someone did it on purpose..."
After hanging up the phone, Wen Liang poured a cup of tea himself and slowly poured it on the coffee table. The sunlight outside the window shone through the thin curtains, casting mottled colorful light on the water droplets on the ground.
The first meeting on the green train, the tacit understanding of joining forces to defeat the enemy, the raging fire on the outskirts of Beijing, accompanied by the harsh engine sound, the woman who seemed to be standing in the shadows, raised her hand, looked back, and explained what is sharpness and what is madness!
But it was this woman who could tell Wen Liang when they first met, "Young man, in the capital, it's better not to be too ostentatious!"
She was able to stand up for him when he got into trouble again, and afterwards she would simply say, "Don't be so reckless next time!"
And when they met for the last time, she still helped Wen Liang solve his troubles. This time she said, "But you are very good!"
In the only three times we met, our friendship was as light as spring water, yet as strong as wine, neither too far nor too close, neither too intimate nor too distant. That feeling was amazing!
"Boss, what are you doing?" Tang Ye asked in surprise.
"Nothing." Wen Liang raised his head, his face no longer showing any emotion, and he said quietly, "I am seeing off an old friend!"
That evening, Beijing Satellite TV broadcast a piece of news in less than fifteen seconds, "… At around nine in the morning, Shangguan Chenlu, deputy chief of the Economic Crime Investigation Team of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, was involved in a car accident while on duty. After rescue efforts failed, he unfortunately died. After the police investigation on the scene, it was determined to be an accidental accident and the suspicion of homicide was ruled out. The aftermath of the accident is proceeding in an orderly manner…" Then it moved on to the next piece of entertainment news.
My relatives may be sad, but others are already singing.
From birth to death, that's all!
That's all!
Wen Liang was almost 100% certain that Shangguan Chenlu's death was not an accident as officially claimed, but a deliberate murder, because at the end of last year, outside the Crescent Bay Bar in Sanlitun, Shangguan Chenlu had expressed her intention to commit suicide!
No one would predict her own death at an early age, unless she already knew that she would die!
Three days later, Wen Liang was about to go to sleep after a day of fatigue when he received a call from a completely unfamiliar number. When he answered, it turned out to be Yan Huangyan.
"Come to Qingzhou Railway Station, I'll be waiting for you on Platform 3!" (To be continued)