Chapter 45 Closing the Net on the Ye Family
In a flash, the assassin abandoned the injection, flipped his wrist, and the syringe transformed into a sharp weapon, piercing straight into Lu Jingyan's eyes.
The moves are ruthless, aiming to kill with a single blow.
"court death."
Lu Jingyan's voice was completely flat, his left arm, which was in a sling, remained motionless, while his right hand moved with lightning speed, striking first despite being behind.
"Crack!"
With a sharp crack, the assassin's wrist was snapped at an uncanny angle.
A sharp pain shot through him, and the assassin groaned. His body's instincts compelled him to retreat, trying to create distance.
But a large, iron-like hand had already grabbed his neck and lifted him off the ground.
Qin Zheng stood like a wall, blocking the doorway and closing it behind him, isolating all movement within the ward.
Su Wantang crossed her arms and leaned leisurely against the door frame, a cold smile playing on her lips as she watched the assassin, who was being lifted into the air and kicking wildly.
"My second uncle sent such a useless piece of trash like you?" Lu Jingyan grabbed the other man's throat with one hand, his voice carrying a stronger smell of blood than the disinfectant in the room.
The assassin's face turned a deep liver color, his eyes bulged, and he made a "hoarse" sound in his throat.
The fear of death made him tremble all over.
Lu Jingyan loosened his grip, allowing him to catch his breath, his icy gaze scraping at him like a knife: "Tell me, who sent you?"
The assassin's eyes darted around, and he stubbornly said, "I don't know what you're talking about..."
Lu Jingyan didn't waste any more words.
He clenched his other hand into a fist and punched the assassin in the abdomen.
"puff!"
The assassin spat out a mouthful of acid, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted.
“My patience is limited.” Lu Jingyan’s voice sounded like it had been pulled from an ice cellar. “If you don’t talk, I’ll break every single bone in your body.”
He applied slight pressure, and a cracking sound of bones grinding against each other immediately came from the assassin's severed wrist.
That kind of sound is even more chilling than being interrupted.
The assassin completely broke down.
"I'll talk! I'll talk! It was Lu Wenbo's secretary! It was Secretary Lu who contacted me!"
...
Meanwhile, in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Beijing.
A bespectacled, well-mannered man was tied to a chair, terrified and wetting himself in fear.
It was the editor-in-chief of that tabloid.
Qin Zheng slammed a tape recorder on the table in front of him and pressed play.
"...Miss Ye, don't worry, I've already written the manuscript. It will definitely portray that woman surnamed Su as a vile woman despised by everyone..."
"...I've received the money. Thank you for the meal, Miss Ye..."
The recording playing was his conversation with Ye Manrou, the sound so clear it filled him with despair.
Qin Zheng threw another bank remittance slip at his face.
"The witnesses and physical evidence are all here." Qin Zheng's voice was devoid of any emotion. "My young lady said she's giving you two choices."
"First, hand over all the original manuscripts and evidence of your contact with Ye Manrou. Then disappear from Beijing and never come back."
"Two," Qin Zheng paused, then pulled a military dagger from his waist and scratched a deep mark on the table, "I'll send you downstairs to keep that Liu Mazi company."
The editor-in-chief's crotch was instantly soaked.
...
Half an hour later, two pieces of evidence, one from the killer's confession and the other from the newspaper editor-in-chief's "surrender," were placed in front of Lu Jingyan's hospital bed.
Su Wantang threw the filthy newspaper into the trash can and clapped her hands.
"Both lines are in place." She looked at Lu Jingyan. "What do you plan to do?"
A ruthless glint flashed in Lu Jingyan's eyes.
He picked up the record of the killer's confession, along with some clues he had previously uncovered about Lu Wenbo and the Ye family's illegal trade in military supplies, and sealed them together in a brown paper bag.
“I will personally hand this to my grandfather, and then he will report it to the Military Discipline Inspection Commission.”
Murdering an active-duty military officer or reselling military supplies—either one of these actions would be enough to severely damage Lu Wenbo's reputation.
"As for the Ye family..." Lu Jingyan's gaze turned to Su Wantang.
Su Wantang picked up the cassette tape, the remittance slip, and the Ye family cufflink found next to Liu Mazi's body, a sweet yet cold smile curving her lips.
"Forcing it is too boring."
She looked at Qin Zheng: "Who is Minister Ye's biggest adversary?"
Qin Zheng immediately replied, "Vice Minister Zhou. The two of them are fighting tooth and nail for their positions in next year's reshuffle."
“Very good.” Su Wantang handed the item in her hand to Qin Zheng. “Please give this ‘gift’ to Vice Minister Zhou on my behalf.”
“Tell him this is a small token of my appreciation from Su Wantang. How he uses it is his business.”
To kill someone with a borrowed knife, one must first destroy their spirit.
Doing it yourself is never as satisfying as watching your enemies being torn apart by their own kind.
Qin Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded emphatically: "Understood!"
That night, undercurrents were swirling in Beijing.
The following day, an internal meeting was held regarding personnel changes in several important departments.
Minister Ye was giving a report with great enthusiasm, envisioning a bright future for himself.
Suddenly, Vice Minister Zhou, who had been silent all along, launched an attack.
"Minister Ye, let's not rush to look to the future. I have a few things here that I'd like everyone to appreciate."
He took out a tape recorder and pressed play.
Ye Manrou's willful and vicious voice instantly resounded throughout the conference room.
"...I want her utterly disgraced! I want her unable to stay in Beijing! Money is no object!"
The expressions on the faces of the bigwigs present were all quite interesting.
Minister Ye's face turned deathly pale instantly.
"This...this is a forgery! It's slander!" He slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
“Forgery?” Vice Minister Zhou sneered, then took out a stack of documents and distributed them in public. “This is your daughter’s remittance slip to the newspaper, and this is the editor-in-chief’s handwritten testimony. Oh, and this too.”
He tossed a cufflink, which was in an evidence bag, onto the center of the table.
"This cufflink was found next to the body of an intelligence broker named Liu Mazi. As far as I know, only the Ye family in the entire capital city possesses this style of cufflink, right?"
"Most importantly, this Liu Mazi is directly related to the car accident that Commander Lu Jingyan was in a few days ago!"
"Framed a military officer's family member, plotted against a pillar of the military! Minister Ye, what a fine daughter you've raised!"
With each sentence Vice Minister Zhou spoke, Minister Ye's face paled a little more.
Finally, with a thud, he slumped into his chair, his face ashen.
The outcome of the meeting was predictable.
Minister Ye was immediately suspended from his duties pending investigation.
That afternoon, the disciplinary department's car drove into the Ye family compound.
Ye Manrou was still dreaming of marrying into the Lu family and becoming a military officer's wife when she was taken away by two men in uniform.
She struggled, screamed, and acted like a madwoman.
"Let me go! Do you know who I am? My father is Ye XX! My future husband is Lu Jingyan!"
"I'm telling you, it was Su Wantang! That bitch ruined me!"
No matter how much she shouted, no one paid any attention.
The neighbors who were watching pointed and whispered, their eyes filled with disdain and schadenfreude.
Overnight, the once-proud daughter of heaven became a prisoner.
......
Liu Sisi was at home, listening to the wind outside, and she was so scared that she trembled all over.
She knew the Ye family was finished.
Will the Liu family be next?
No! She can't just sit here and wait to die!
Consumed by hatred and fear, Liu Sisi made a decision.
She changed into her simplest clothes and quietly came to Tangdixuan to see Su Wantang.
In the private room of Tangdixuan, Su Wantang was slowly and methodically preparing tea.
Liu Sisi knelt before her, tears streaming down her face.
"Miss Su, I was wrong! I was really wrong! I was completely deceived by that bitch Ye Manrou!"
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