Chapter 18 Major Attitude Shift!
South City Rainbow Lake High-end Residential District, inside a secluded villa.
With a long tiger roar, a sweat-drenched fat figure pressed down onto a fair and tender young woman’s body.
After a moment, the fat figure turned into a pile of mush, rolled over, and reached for a cigarette, lighting it to smoke.
"Old Wang, is this what you meant by dealing with me properly tonight?" The girl, who had been roughly treated for just half a minute, reluctantly got up, pouting, and looked at Wang Meng with resentment.
"I’m not feeling great tonight, not in the zone." Wang Meng took a deep drag on his cigarette.
𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"Old Wang, I just found a bag on Taobao, it’s really beautiful, will you buy it for me?" The girl, without bothering to clean herself, took out her phone and showed a Taobao link to Wang Meng.
"No need to show me, just buy it if you like!" Wang Meng brushed it aside casually.
"Hey, you do seem in a bad mood tonight, what’s the matter? Weren’t you all lively and energetic when you came?" The girl nestled against Wang Meng and asked.
"My right eyelid keeps twitching, I don’t know why."
Just as he finished speaking, the phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.
Wang Meng glanced at it, immediately sobered up, quickly made a silencing gesture to the girl, and picked up the phone: "Hello, boss, what’s up? Why are you calling so late?"
"Wang Meng, I’ve already heard about what happened at South City Dynasty KTV. I think it’s right to leave this matter to your outstanding subordinate Situ Yan. She is young, talented, brave, and clever, and has been commended in the city." The voice on the other end was very cold.
"Boss, I..."
"I know you mean well and think that Situ Yan is too busy and want to give her more time to rest, but work must be completed thoroughly, and it’s never good to switch people midway. You must consider everyone’s feelings." The other person spoke in a straightforward, businesslike manner.
"Okay, I understand, I’ll ask Situ Yan to come back immediately." Wang Meng deeply understood the other’s meaning and quickly agreed.
The other end didn’t say much more and hung up the call.
Wang Meng put down the phone with a blank face, his worst fear had come true. He didn’t expect the top city official to personally call about this, this efficiency is a bit too high, isn’t it?
Moreover, even though he knew Situ Yan would likely be dissatisfied and report it upward, he didn’t expect the higher-ups to take it so seriously. Were the rumors true, that Situ Yan had connections, and that those connections made the top leaders cautious?
Thinking about this, Wang Meng felt even more frustrated. If he had known, he wouldn’t have called Situ Yan back tonight to take charge of this matter, thus avoiding this mess.
The urgent matter now is to call Situ Yan to apologize, and then let her continue doing what she wants to do!
...
In the interrogation room.
Facing Jiang Feng’s mockery, Li Ke was furious and slammed the table: "Jiang Feng, how dare you, are you threatening me?"
"Threatening? I think not. I’m just stating facts." Jiang Feng smiled playfully.
Just then, "Bang!" The door was pushed open again, and Situ Yan walked in with a cold face, directly saying to Li Ke: "Li Ke, get out, this case is back under my charge."
"W-what did you say?" Li Ke had just felt humiliated by Jiang Feng, and his anger wasn’t fully vented. What did Situ Yan mean by taking over again?
"Don’t believe me? Call the boss, but you’d better do it outside, don’t waste my time."
Without another word, Situ Yan returned to the interrogation table, took the chair behind Li Ke, and sat down.
"Damn it!" Li Ke left without another word, storming out to call Wang Meng.
"Boss, just now Situ Yan said I can’t replace her, what’s going on?" Li Ke stood in the hallway, speaking loudly enough for Situ Yan, Jiang Feng, and Niu Tao to hear.
"Do as she says. You can go home, clean up, and get some sleep." Wang Meng replied coolly.
"Boss, are you serious? It was you who told me to..."
"Didn’t you understand what I said? Or do you also want a few days off and a visit to the hospital to check your ears?" Wang Meng shouted angrily and hung up the phone.
Li Ke stood there, dumbfounded!
Then, he deflated like a punctured ball, instantly becoming dejected.
He couldn’t understand why the boss would go back on his words, making him slog here late at night, allowing him to be humiliated, then directly sending him back. Is this even possible?
Glaring angrily at Situ Yan inside, he finally left, trudging away dispiritedly.
Inside, Situ Yan sat down and instructed Niu Tao to close the door, then turned to Jiang Feng and said: "Jiang Feng, I roughly understand everything that happened tonight. You were at fault for hitting someone that severely, but you did have reasons. Qiangzi attacked you first, and Jian Yu threatened you afterward. More importantly, your timely appearance prevented a rape incident. I can’t think of any reason to continue holding you, so I will release you soon."
"Boss, this...?" Niu Tao, who was standing to the side, was stunned. The captain’s attitude changed so quickly, he wondered if there was something wrong with his ears?
Trying to ask more, Situ Yan waved him off, continuing with Jiang Feng: "Now, do you have anything else you want to say?"
Jiang Feng frowned. He hadn’t expected Situ Yan to say such a thing upon returning. Thinking it over, he said: "There’s something you still don’t understand. The reason I dealt with Jian Yu wasn’t just his threat. He first tried to have me taken down, so I merely returned the favor."
"Have you taken down? Who did he send? When did they come for you?" Situ Yan immediately instructed Niu Tao to take notes.
"Must have been his father’s bodyguards. Those guys are practitioners. They blocked me at Nangong Family’s old residence’s gate and then took me to the outskirts — but unfortunately for them, they weren’t my match. In the end, they were scared off and begged for mercy themselves. Otherwise, how do you think I knew Jian Yu was at Dynasty KTV tonight?" Jiang Feng said calmly.
"I see!" Now, Situ Yan was even more convinced that Jiang Feng did not maliciously attack someone. If, as he said, it was Jian Yu who struck first, then it really was Jian Yu’s own doing. If Jiang Feng hadn’t had the capability to protect himself, he’d be the one lying in the hospital now.
But this also confirmed a fact: Jiang Feng was indeed the type to hide his true strength. Once he stopped pretending, his abilities were terrifyingly exposed!
Jian Hongsheng’s bodyguards were by no means ordinary, but to be "scared" shows that Jiang Feng is even more mysterious than Situ Yan imagined. Situ Yan, now full of fighting spirit, felt an even stronger urge to test her skills!
"Even so, you should have reported to the department of action earlier rather than using retributive justice!" She stared at Jiang Feng indifferently.
"I trust myself more!" Jiang Feng smiled: "Besides, if the department of action had more people like you handling things fairly, that would be fine. But I can’t trust rotten apples like the one earlier."
Situ Yan was momentarily speechless at this!
"Fine, that’s all for tonight. Even when you return, keep your phone on, and don’t leave Binhai momentarily. I will check in with you regularly to verify what you said. Now, come with me!" Situ Yan stood, speaking meaningfully.
"Come with you?" Jiang Feng was confused, not knowing why she’d escort him, and what was she implying?
Niu Tao, standing by, was equally puzzled. It was one thing for the captain to abruptly let him go, but to escort him personally?
Knowing the captain’s personality, he felt something was off...