Chapter 33: Bribery
Gu Wenqi was still smiling, but this time, the girl clearly saw the chilling coldness in his eyes.
Her face turned pale instantly, and the girl looked at Gu Wenqi in disbelief, as if she had never known the person in front of her.
"I'm sorry, young lady, but I can't give you my coat."
Looking at the girl's pale face caused by fear, Gu Wenqi seemed to suddenly realize something, and the coldness in his eyes faded away, but in just a blink of an eye, he returned to normal.
"Excuse me, miss."
After nodding toward the girl with pity, Gu Wenqi walked around the crowd and passed by.
The girl was left standing there, her eyes wide open, her lips trembling, the saline solution produced by fear hanging on her eyelids, not daring to fall.
When Nan Zhiyan went upstairs, Ji Lan was no longer at the stairs. Only a cigarette butt that had been crushed by someone's toes was left on the ground.
The faint smell of old-fashioned cigarettes was still lingering in the air. Although it was very faint, Nan Zhiyan could still smell it.
An overly keen sense of smell may not be a good thing at this time.
Nan Zhiyan didn't stop, stepped over the cigarette butts on the ground and walked up the stairs.
Nan Zhiyan stopped in front of a heavy door with a retro and simple pattern, raised his hand and knocked lightly.
"Come in."
The old man's voice came, Nan Zhiyan turned the unlocked door handle, pushed the door and walked in.
But the moment he closed the door and turned around to see the scene inside the house, a hint of surprise flashed across Nan Zhiyan's eyes.
Lu Yanjing sat on the sofa beside him, leaning back in his chair, holding a paper document in his hand, but his expression didn't reveal anything.
What surprised Nan Zhiyan the most was that Wende's son and daughter-in-law were kneeling in front of Lu Yanjing at this moment, with their heads down so that their expressions could not be seen clearly. However, from Nan Zhiyan's perspective, he could clearly see their slightly trembling shoulders.
Wende sat behind the table with a dejected look on his face. Only when he saw Nan Zhiyan come in did he restrain his expression slightly.
"Master, Lord Governor."
Nan Zhiyan walked up to Lu Yanjing without looking around, bowed to the two of them, and then walked behind Lu Yanjing.
As for the two people kneeling on the ground, she shouldn't look at them or ask any questions, so she naturally wouldn't look at them any more.
But if she remembered correctly, Wende's son Wen Tianming was the person in charge of the sky rail construction project connecting Xiso, Lorde and Urlav City.
"Um."
Lu Yanjing didn't look up until he smelled an extremely faint smell from his nose, which would have been ignored if he didn't pay attention. Lu Yanjing's fingers that were turning the page paused slightly.
The smell was not unfamiliar; it was the same brand of old-fashioned cigarettes that Ji Lan often smoked.
He looked up at Nan Zhiyan, but Lu Yanjing didn't say anything. He just turned on the air purifier in the room.
Lu Yanjing browsed very quickly, and Nan Zhiyan could see the contents of the document clearly even though he was standing behind him.
It turned out to be evidence of Wen Tianming's corruption and bribery. Nan Zhiyan's expression restrained slightly.
Some time ago, someone anonymously reported that Wen Tianming abused his power for personal gain and accepted bribes.
Lu Yanjing did instruct her to ask the Anti-Corruption Department to investigate, but the results have not yet come out. Where did this document come from?
No wonder Lu Yanjing brought her here this time, it turned out he had something important to do.
"Teacher, is this why you want me to put aside the council meeting and come here in person?"
The document was thrown onto the table by Lu Yanjing, making a crisp sound.
Wende's expression became even uglier, and he glared at the two people kneeling on the ground.
Then he stood up and bowed to Lu Yanjing.
"Alas, Yan Jing, it's my fault that I didn't teach him well, and he got into such a big trouble, but please forgive him for my sake."
"Yes, Master, I really know I was wrong, and I wasn't greedy much, it's just this once, please forgive me."
Wen Tianming lay at Lu Yanjing's feet, crying and sobbing. His look of genuine repentance was completely different from the bossy person he usually was outside.
Lu Yanjing sat there, his lips suddenly curled up slightly, but he didn't say anything, as if he didn't hear the two people's pleas. He just raised his eyes and glanced at Nan Zhiyan.
"You are joking, Lord Governor. If you can teach the young master well, how can you not teach your son well?"
Nan Zhiyan understood what Lu Yanjing meant, walked forward and forcibly helped Wende up, with a hint of smile in his tone.
Wende did not appreciate it. He pushed Nan Zhiyan away and looked at Lu Yanjing behind Nan Zhiyan.
Wende certainly knew who Nan Zhiyan's every move represented.
"Yan Jing, what do you mean by this? Don't you even give me, your teacher, face?"
Nan Zhiyan was pushed away and almost couldn't stand because she was wearing high heels.
When he was about to fall, a warm, hard wall suddenly pressed against him from behind, and his arm was grabbed to steady him. When Nan Zhiyan looked up, he saw Lu Yanjing's profile.
"Thank you, Master."
After expressing his thanks, Nan Zhiyan withdrew his arm and quickly took two steps back.
His arms suddenly felt empty, and feeling the slightly cool touch, Lu Yanjing frowned slightly, but it was gone in a flash and no one noticed.
"Teacher, you think too much. I just hope that this won't happen again."
He lowered his head and glanced at the person at his feet. After saying this, Lu Yanjing walked out the door.
After he said this, Wende's expression improved a lot. He knew Lu Yanjing, so saying this meant that Lu Yanjing would not pursue the matter any further.
However, in the future, even if he personally invited Lu Yanjing to such a banquet, he probably would not come.
Nan Zhiyan didn't think so. He looked at the two people on the ground who seemed to have survived a disaster, and Wende who looked relieved.
Nan Zhiyan followed Lu Yanjing's pace. Lu Yanjing really didn't care this time.
But he didn't say that he didn't care every time in the past.
Lu Yanjing has never been a person who would lose the big picture for the sake of small gains. He let Wen Tianming go today, and he probably has other plans.
Sure enough, as soon as Nan Zhiyan got into the car after leaving the Wen family, Lu Yanjing started talking.
"Let Di Wen investigate the entire Wen family, as well as all the people who were transferred or promoted by the teacher."
Nan Zhiyan looked serious and nodded earnestly.
Di Wen is the Minister of the Anti-Corruption Supervision Department, and only he is qualified to investigate the empire's prime ministers.
However, Lu Yanjing spoke casually, as if the other party was not his mentor, but some unrelated person.
Lu Yanjing was even more ruthless than what Nan Zhiyan had seen in the books, as he could talk about investigating his mentor without hesitation.
Perhaps nothing could impress Lu Yanjing except the heroine's tenacious vitality, but that kind of vitality was indeed dazzling for people like them.
As soon as he returned to the Nan family, Nan Zhiyan ran into Nan Wenqi sitting in the hall.
The other party was obviously waiting for her. Nan Zhiyan didn't need to guess, she knew what Nan Wenqi was waiting for.
"Father, I advise you not to set your sights on Lord Leader."
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