Chapter 179 I Have Conditions

They've arrived.

"……good."

After hanging up the phone, Li Banxia said goodbye to Liu Mingcui, grabbed her handbag, and left the herbal medicine warehouse first.

Sure enough, a car was parked diagonally opposite the entrance.

The car window rolled down, revealing a young and promising face. He was thirty-six or thirty-seven years old and worked as a confidential secretary in the municipal government office—a position that many people could not reach.

Li Banxia couldn't understand how someone with such skill and intelligence could do something like aiding and abetting a tyrant and raising a tiger to cause trouble.

She walked over, and the man surnamed Zheng smiled slightly, adjusted his glasses, and said apologetically, "Sorry, it's not convenient to talk here. Shall we go somewhere else? Would you like to sit in the back?"

Li Banxia looked at him intently.

The man surnamed Zheng sighed and said, "Sister Li, didn't you want to see me and make things clear? Why are you hesitant now that I'm here?"

“Look at you, such a shrewd person, going to such lengths for a murderer. I’m afraid you’ll kidnap me and chop me up,” Li Banxia said calmly.

Zheng Huaixin, "..."

"Haha, Sister Li, you're so funny. Don't worry, I'm just clarifying things. I still want to climb the ladder, and I won't get involved in anything I shouldn't."

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Li Banxia's eyes, and she gave a cold smile. "Is that so? Aren't you already tainted? I'm afraid you can't wash it off."

Zheng Huaixin shook his head helplessly.

"I can't argue with Sister Li, so get in the car. You don't want your colleagues to talk to us like this when they get off work, do you?"

This time, Li Banxia didn't waste any words, opened the car door, and got into the back seat.

The car drove to a stream, where the two got out and talked on the riverbank.

Zheng Huaixin said, "I saw the note you had someone deliver to me. To be honest, I wasn't planning on saving him, but..."

He paused, looked at Li Banxia, ​​and sighed softly.

"Lin Jiefang is indeed a remarkable person. He made my niece so mad for him that she was willing to die for him. My older sister and brother-in-law only have this one child, and she's already pregnant with a baby who will take my brother-in-law's surname. I can't do anything about it. We're all elders, you should be able to understand..."

"no the same."

Li Banxia shook her head, raised her eyes and looked directly at Zheng Huaixin, "My son had no intention of harming anyone. Lin Jiefang, because of that 20,000 yuan, said on the surface that it was originally mine and returned it to me, but in private he instigated He Taohua and that couple to poison people. He brought it on himself. He harmed others and ended up harming himself. What do you expect me to understand?"

"I understand that your niece fell in love with a refined scoundrel and got pregnant with his child. But because your older sister and brother-in-law can't bear to part with the child who will take their surname, you're going to let a murderer off lightly?"

Although it was the truth, it sounded particularly harsh.

Zheng Huaixin frowned slightly, looking uncomfortable. "Sister Li, I know you have grievances, which is why I didn't dare let you participate in the court hearing..."

Li Banxia reached out and stopped him from finishing his sentence.

"Secretary Zheng, I'll just ask you one question: Lin Jiefang is such a vicious and wicked person, repaying his benefactor in this way. What kind of child would be born with such genes... It's one thing for your niece to be naively deceived, but don't you understand? Aren't you really afraid that your child will be just like Lin Jiefang, resorting to any means to achieve his goals?"

As she spoke, she slowly shook her head. "No, you're no less formidable. You even went to the hospital to force me to compromise. According to the leadership, if I don't agree, you'll try to force me. What? What kind of charge are you planning to fabricate against me? Let's be frank."

"Sister Li, you really are..."

Zheng Huaixin lowered his eyes slightly to look at Li Banxia, ​​shook his head gently twice, and a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

"Since you've guessed it, I won't hide it from you. The medicinal herb warehouse is kept dry all year round. In late summer and early autumn, when it's still a bit hot, it's inevitable that the weather will be dry. You said the medicinal herb warehouse was mismanaged and suffered terrible losses. Would you prefer to resign or be fired?"

Li Banxia's pupils suddenly contracted, and her breathing became slightly labored.

She stared at Zheng Huaixin in disbelief, "Are you crazy?! Don't you know what's stored in the medicine warehouse? If the medicine is ruined, how are the patients going to the hospital supposed to get their medicine?"

"There are also traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in nearby towns, so borrowing some medicinal herbs shouldn't be difficult," Zheng Huaixin explained in a good mood.

Li Banxia looked at him like he was crazy. "What about all the connections you've painstakingly built up? Are you going to ruin them for a murderer? Aren't you afraid your career will suffer?"

Zheng Huaixin shook his head.

"There will definitely be some impact, but it won't be too big. I just secured a sponsorship from the hospital, and that money is enough for the hospital to rebuild several medicine warehouses. As for the higher-ups... apart from the fact that you couldn't attend due to illness, all the other procedures were legal."

Li Banxia stared at him, her lips pressed tightly together. "Fine, after you ruin me, what's next? What do you plan to do next?"

Zheng Huaixin sighed.

They said, "If you agree, there will be no next step; if you disagree, there will be a next step. Do you want to know?"

Li Banxia looked at him coldly.

Zheng Huaixin smiled and said, "I heard that your eldest son, Su Guotai, and his wife, Yao Jianshu, are teachers at the same school. My father-in-law happens to have someone in the Education Bureau..."

As soon as the names of her eldest son and daughter-in-law were mentioned, Li Banxia felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. A chill ran from the soles of her feet to her head, and even her breath felt cold.

"you!"

Seeing her expression change drastically, Zheng Huaixin sighed, "That's why I said earlier, we're all elders, you should be able to understand."

"You haven't finished speaking, what else is there?" Li Banxia clenched her palm and stared straight at Zheng Huaixin.

Helpless, Zheng Huaixin continued, "Even the most lucid tiger has its moments of lapse in concentration. Your third son won't just do business once, will he? This time it might be fake, but what about next time? What if it's real?"

"And another one!" Li Banxia felt dizzy, but gritted her teeth and said coldly.

Zheng Huaixin nodded. "Also, your ex-husband Su Youfu was involved, right? That day at the restaurant, you repeatedly stopped him from telling the truth, and the recording tape showed signs of being cut. It seems you cut out the parts of the recording that were unfavorable to Su Youfu. Am I right?"

Li Banxia's body was numb on one side, and she stared at Zheng Huaixin expressionlessly.

“Neither He Taohua nor Lin Jiefang implicated Su Youfu; it was my instruction. You're thinking of your children and don't want them to have a father in jail. I'm thinking of my niece and the child in her belly; I don't want them to have a murderer as their husband and father. Sister Li, I thought you could understand me.” Zheng Huaixin exhaled.

Li Banxia met his gaze. "So, this is how you want me to stop pursuing this?"

Zheng Huaixin looked helpless.

"We're in the wrong, so if we want to strike decisively, we'll naturally attack your weak points. Is that a viable strategy?"

Li Banxia gave him a deep look, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes, and said, "I have a condition: if you agree, I won't appeal."

"you say."