Chapter 769 Scapegoat
Jiang Chen washed his hands and came out. He glanced at the person waiting at the door and said with a slightly cold expression: "Boss Li, you've been staring at me all night. Aren't you tired?"
Li Rui smiled slightly. He was about seventeen years old this year. There was some silver on his temples and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
His expression seemed gentle, but his eyes were as sharp as knives.
If others looked into these eyes, they would probably break out in a cold sweat.
But standing in front of Li Rui was Jiang Chen, his expression normal.
As expected of Jiang Dehai's son, Li Rui thought so and said so.
He spoke gently, as if chatting with a family. "Your father and I were old classmates. So, you should call me uncle."
Hearing this, Jiang Chen's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he said venomously: "I asked him, and he said he didn't remember you."
Jiang Chen lied, but Li Rui didn't know.
Li Rui's attitude towards Jiang Dehai is complex. He imitates Jiang Dehai's demeanor, gestures, and clothing style, seemingly admiring him, yet he is actually cheating on him...
He treated Jiang Dehai as an imaginary enemy all his life, but Jiang Dehai didn't even remember him.
These words made Li Rui feel more uncomfortable than the first time he was stabbed.
His gentle expression almost broke, his cheeks flushed, and he wanted to walk away, but thinking of the purpose of tonight, he suppressed his anger and said, "Forget it if you don't remember."
He changed the subject and continued, "Anyway, your father helped me, so I'm giving you some advice out of kindness."
As the two were talking, they had already arrived at the door of the banquet hall. There were gorgeous clothes, fine wine, gentlemen and beautiful women, crystal chandeliers hanging like waterfalls, and under the dim light, ambiguity and extravagance intertwined, it was extremely luxurious.
Li Rui watched everything and said, "I know why you came to Jinshi."
Jiang Chen didn't respond, and he didn't care. He just kept talking to himself, "You want to find evidence that I smuggled cultural relics, right?"
Jiang Chen's expression remained unchanged after his purpose for coming to Jin City was exposed. He simply asked, "So, will Boss Li let me find it?"
Li Rui smiled slightly, pointed at the officials from Jin City in the banquet hall, and said meaningfully, "Making money from business is secondary. The most important thing is to build a network of relationships."
"Trust and loyalty are bullshit. Money is everything. These officials may talk big and noble things, but all they care about is money."
"As long as the money is paid, no one in Jinshi can touch me. Do you understand, nephew?"
He spread his hands and said fearlessly, "You can check it if you want. I won't stop you, but I've already told you the result."
After Li Rui finished speaking, he laughed and blended into the banquet hall.
Jiang Chen looked at his back in silence.
Wang Guoping listened to the entire conversation and slowly walked over, wine glass in hand. "Li Rui isn't afraid that you'll find evidence of him smuggling cultural relics. Why?"
Jiang Chen said calmly, "It's nothing more than that they've made enough money and want to clean up their act. I'm afraid they've even prepared a scapegoat."
"No wonder." Wang Guoping understood: "He wants to use you to get himself out of this situation completely."
He smacked his lips slightly. "This guy is ruthless enough. He assesses the situation and makes decisions when necessary. No wonder he can make such a big business."
Jiang Chen said indifferently: "This only shows that he doesn't care about these things."
Wang Guoping frowned slightly and turned his head to look at Jiang Chen: "Hearing you say that, do you know what he cares about?"
Jiang Chen nodded slightly, but did not explain. He just asked Wang Guoping to hold Li Rui back until the end of the banquet.
Wang Guoping nodded in agreement and warned, "Whatever you decide to do, be careful."
When the clock struck twelve, the banquet was still lively.
At a dock not far from here, Cheng Gang hid behind the ship, closely watching the movements in the dark with the police temporarily seconded from Jinshi.
Li Hu looked around Xi Zhou warily, urging him, "Hurry up, everyone, be quick!"
The porters loaded the goods onto the ship one after another.
Gao Ming was hiding behind the boat nervously. Seeing Cheng Gang still not moving, he asked Meng Guan, "Why aren't you moving yet?"
Meng Guan told him not to be anxious.
Gao Ming took a deep breath, trying to ease his tension: "This is my first time participating, so I feel a little..."
Cheng Gang suddenly said: "Action!"
Gao Ming bit his tongue, and his nose suddenly felt sore due to the pain. He didn't even bother to rub it, and rushed out with his gun in hand!
Cheng Gang rushed the hardest and ran the fastest, running towards Li Hu first.
This kid looks thin, but he is very skilled. He can fight Cheng Gang on equal terms in close combat.
Just when Cheng Gang was feeling the situation was getting tricky, Li Hu caught a glimpse of the Jinshi police rushing out behind him, and for some reason, he paused.
Cheng Gang seized the opportunity, punched the man in the face, then subdued him with his backhand, pinned him down tightly under his body, and handcuffed him quickly and efficiently.
He pulled the man up, spat out the blood in his mouth, but still felt unsatisfied, so he punched Li Hu in the stomach.
Li Hu bent over in pain, his face distorted.
Cheng Gang felt relieved at this point and took the man to see how the others were doing.
Meng Guan ran over with a smile and shouted, "We've caught the people, the cultural relics are also there, the evidence is solid, it's done."
Cheng Gang laughed heartily: "Good, that's great!"
The person who was waiting in the dark caught a glimpse of the situation at the dock. After waiting for the police to leave with their men, he turned into a phone booth and dialed a number.
…
"The person is inside." Zheng Xia stood at the door, handed the key to Minister Li, and smiled ambiguously.
Minister Li did not take the key and looked a little hesitant.
He likes tannins, has fair skin and a good figure, and must be very powerful in bed.
But Shan Ning is not Zheng Xia. She has someone backing her up, and he can't afford to offend her.
Seeing him hesitate, Zheng Xia guessed what he was thinking.
She felt even more aggrieved.
When Minister Li got her drunk and took her to bed, he did so without any hesitation.
It’s not time to worry about Tannin’s identity.
Zheng Xia became more determined to destroy Shan Ning. She gave Minister Li a flirtatious smile, held his hand, and forced the key into his hand.
"Shan Ning took the initiative to climb into your bed in order to stay in the economic investigation team. If she dares to make a scene, I will testify for you. What are you afraid of?"
"Besides, she's drunk and won't remember anything when she wakes up tomorrow morning. If you and I don't tell her, who will know?"
These words dispelled Minister Li's concerns. He looked around, gripped the key tightly, thought of the little beauty inside, licked his lips, and warned: "Wait at the door, don't let anyone else come."
"Okay." Zheng Xia agreed with a smile.
Minister Li hugged her like a reward and kissed her red lips fiercely, "Don't worry, I'm just playing with her. You're the one I love most."
Zheng Xia hid the disgust in her eyes and forced a smile: "I know, go ahead."
She pushed him in the door.
Minister Li heard the door behind him being closed, and saw Dan Ning lying on the bed. Because of the heat, her clothes were half-undressed, revealing her private parts. He could no longer wait, and hurriedly unbuckled his belt and pounced on her.
He moved so quickly that he didn't notice the door was opened a crack.
…
Outside the door, Zheng Xia leaned against the wall with a cigarette between her fingertips. When she heard the man's low moans and the woman's cries in the room, she curled her red lips slightly, no longer hesitated, put out the cigarette, and hurried out.
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