"Old Xu, where is Old He going? Why are you in such a hurry?" With Operation Spring Thunder about to begin, Secretary Zhao asked Xu Jianguo, knowing the answer already, as he watched the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission rushing away.
"He must have done something wrong." Xu Jianguo glared angrily at He Yuejin. He hadn't touched Li Tianhua before, only out of consideration for him, since he had only recently joined the provincial party committee and had tolerated it as much as possible. Who would have thought that his daughter and son would almost fall into the hands of this scoundrel Li Tianhua? Xu Jianguo could no longer tolerate it. He would take this opportunity to give He Yuejin a good slap in the face and let him know who the real second-in-command was.
"Alright, Lao Xu, don't be angry. I believe Wang Changshui knows what to do." Secretary Zhao patted Xu Jianguo on the shoulder and pulled him to the office for tea.
He Yuejin rushed back to his office, but as soon as he sat down, he realized that he didn't need to be in such a hurry at all.
"Xiao Wang, contact Xiao Chen and explain the pros and cons of the matter."
"Yes, Secretary." Xiao Wang glanced at his leader's face, who didn't seem too anxious. He realized what he should say to Xiao Chen, so he respectfully left the office. Just to be on the safe side, he even went outside the provincial party committee compound to a less crowded place to make the call to Xiao Chen.
"Hello, Deputy Director Xiao."
"Hello, Secretary Wang."
"The Standing Committee has decided to launch Operation Spring Thunder across the province to crack down on organized crime."
"The police forces throughout the province will resolutely obey the instructions of the provincial party committee leaders."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Chen began to think about how to shut Li Tianhua up completely. He Yuejin wasn't deeply involved; it was just a matter of conduct. As long as he was willing to admit his mistakes, there shouldn't be any major problems. The main issue was himself; he had done almost everything he could and couldn't do. If he couldn't destroy Li Tianhua, he would be destroyed by Xu Jianguo.
Thinking about this, he felt an increasing hatred for his mistress. If it hadn't been for her clinging to him and tempting him last night, causing him to miss his subordinates' calls, Xu Chen might have been released long ago, and all that would have been to apologize to Xu Jianguo. Even if Xu Jianguo was dissatisfied, it wouldn't have come to this point, with both sides resorting to violence and tearing off all pretenses.
It was time to return to school, and Xu Chen, as usual, picked up Wang Li and headed to Huanggua International Airport. Unexpectedly, upon arriving at the small villa, the Tang family gave Xu Chen a resounding slap in the face.
"What does this mean?" Xu Chen stared expressionlessly at the two men in black. They were waiting for someone in the courtyard, presumably him and Wang Li, with many things piled up beside them.
"Young Master Xu, hand over the keys. These are your and your girlfriend's belongings."
Seeing this, Wang Li quickly dialed Tang Xue's number. A minute later, Tang Xue said to Xu Chen with a grim expression, "Chenchen, it's not in service."
"It's alright, let's stay at a hotel tonight, don't force them." Xu Chen handed over the key, watched the two men in black leave, and then hugged Wang Li, lost in thought.
"Chenchen..." Wang Li choked up as she watched Xu Chen slowly put the things into his storage bag.
"Let's go, let's go to a hotel first. We'll talk about the house tomorrow." Xu Chen didn't know what the Tang family was thinking, and he didn't want to care. Continuing to stay wasn't a good idea either. They had already shown signs of wanting to cut ties with him, otherwise they wouldn't have allowed their younger family members to offend him.
"So they'll just use me and then kick me out? The Tang family is so calculating." Xu Chen glanced at the small villa and then took Wang Li to a hotel near Peking University.
"A business suite, for about half a month." At the hotel reception, Xu Chen booked the room and led Wang Li upstairs.
"Chenchen, can't we go back there?"
"Do you like it there? But if we continue to live there, we'll just be living as guests."
“We can talk to them and buy it!” Wang Li wiped away her tears and said earnestly.
“This won’t work. Judging from the Tang family’s attitude today, they don’t even have the interest to have a direct conversation with us, let alone sell us a house. Let’s wait and see what we can do.”
Meanwhile, inside the Tang family, Tang Tiancheng, Tang Hua, and Li Rongyin had a fierce argument.
"Are you really going to go this far?" Tang Tiancheng's voice was low and his face was grim, as if he was dissatisfied with his son and daughter-in-law's actions.
“Dad, is this really so harsh? We just took back our own house. Mingkai is getting older, and he needs a place to live when he goes to middle school,” Li Rongyin said, clearly dissatisfied.
"They took back their house, so where will that kid live?"
“They’re so rich, they can buy it themselves. Dad, don’t forget, we are your family.”
"Tang Hua, is that what you think too?"
"Dad... I..." Tang Hua didn't know how to express his opinion, torn between his father and his wife and son.
"Do you know what people will say about the Tang family if this gets out? They'll say we're ungrateful and discarded after using them. Tang Hua, is this how I've taught you to do things since you were a child?"
“Dad, you don’t need to pressure Tang Hua anymore. He has a son too, and he has to think about his son as well.”
Tang Tiancheng was extremely disappointed. Looking at his submissive son and domineering daughter-in-law, he angrily flung his sleeves and left the villa to seek peace and quiet in his office.
"Wife, you..." Tang Hua looked helplessly at his wife as his father stormed off.
"Tang Hua, Dad will figure it out, he'll figure out who his family is." Li Rongyin glanced at the open door and tried to persuade Tang Hua.
"Old Tang, what you did was not fair. If you wanted us to vacate the house, you should have called me in advance." In the Ministry of National Defense office, Xu Chen was drinking with Mao Tai and Tang Tiancheng.
"Sorry, you rascal, my daughter-in-law... never mind, let's drink!"
The two ate peanuts and drank wine. Tang Tiancheng also took the time to review official documents, and then drank again.
"I'm sorry for what happened to you, old man." Tang Tiancheng patted Xu Chen on the shoulder. "Fill it up."
"Take it easy, we only have one bottle."
"You little rascal, if you're so rich, why didn't you bring more bottles?" Upon hearing this, Tang Tiancheng quickly slowed down his drinking.
"There were several bottles in the little villa, but I only found one today. You called me in a hurry."
"What are you going to do next? Buy a house?"
"Yes, we have to buy one. Staying in hotels all the time isn't a good thing. We're used to living outside."
"I'll give you a few phone calls another day, and I'll ask them to give you some tips..." Just then, the office door suddenly opened. Xu Chen was wondering who was so rude as to not even knock, but the person who opened the door surprised him a little.
"Dad, who is this?" Li Rongyin brought food to the office, but saw Xu Chen instead.
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