Chapter 145 A Female Student Disappears
"Huang Hao now has two handles in his hands. One is that channel, and the other is that batch of goods. If you hadn't shown up to protect Chen Qing, there might still be a way out. But you showed up with that face. Any one of them is enough to bring you down!"
Yan Baiqing licked the blood foam from the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue and remained silent.
"Tell me your countermeasures."
“There’s no solution.”
Meng Hongwen slammed his lighter on the table. "You don't have a solution, so I'll give you one. There's a Lin Yongqi at the Municipal Bureau. Go find him tomorrow and get Boss Huang out."
"no."
He slowly put down his hand that lit the cigarette, "Say it again."
Yan Baiqing raised his head and said in a sharp and resounding voice, "No."
"How dare you!" Meng Hongwen was furious. He threw the metal lighter fiercely, and it crossed with the lightning. "I cleaned up the mess you made, but you can't move your legs?"
"Huang Hao is a corrupt person with no conscience. I can't rest easy until he's out."
"Are you restless, or are you worried about Chen Qing?"
Yan Baiqing rubbed his eyebrows. The lighter hit his nose bridge, and the soreness and dull pain would not subside for a while.
Meng Hongwen laughed, "Mr. Yan's sense of justice over the years has only been used on her, right?"
"I'm also thinking about you. Jing Yan won't give up on saving Huang Hao."
"He has issued a military order in the province."
Yan Baiqing was stunned.
Meng Hongwen rummaged through the table, and the mess became more and more chaotic. He cursed and swept everything to the floor.
Yan Baiqing bent down and picked up a small piece of ice, rubbed it to make a flame and handed it over, "Isn't he staying in Huasheng anymore?"
"Huasheng is his public identity. In secret, he completely withdrew after completing this confidential mission. The higher-ups themselves refused to let him go. With this guarantee, he agreed very readily. He let the tiger go back to the mountain. Huang Hao is just his appetizer. If he falls into his hands, you know the consequences."
"Come at me?"
Meng Hongwen nodded, then shook his head. "Last time, because of Ji Mingyin's incident, Jing Yan targeted you. I thought he was only targeting the old Qingyoufuyuan case. To clear that girl's name, he reported to a higher authority without telling me. Apparently, it's not just you."
Yan Baiqing's eyes were like the vast sky, bottomless, without a trace of life, but revealing danger everywhere.
"What are you going to do?"
"I know Jingyan's abilities very well. His methods and strategies were all taught by me. He can't do anything fancy. But you are different."
"Just take care of yourself."
Meng Hongwen looked at him without saying a word. "Huang Hao must be rescued. This is an order. After he is rescued, I will have a way to silence him. Then you can escape effortlessly."
"Jingyan blamed me for this." Yan Baiqing looked straight at him, his tone heavy, "It's impossible for me not to be affected."
"You've been by my side for so many years, and I've never heard you admit defeat in front of him."
"This time is different."
Meng Hongwen clasped his hands on his shoulders and asked, "What's the difference?"
The force intensified, and Yan Baiqing's face paled. Meng Hongwen, who had wielded real swords and spears in his earlier years, was quite skilled in martial arts, and a single slap could make his gums bleed. Now, his five fingers were like the claws of a ferocious beast, digging into his bones.
"Before, you didn't let me touch Chen Qing, saying she was still useful. What's your excuse now after the Qingyoufu Garden incident? Jingyan disregarded the relationship between master and disciple for a woman. Are you going to disobey your master's orders for her as well?"
A bluish-white lightning split a crack between the two of them. Meng Hongwen's laughter mixed with distant thunder rumbled in his chest, making Yan Baiqing feel a chill on his head.
At this moment, Meng Hongwen's viciousness and insidiousness surged without any concealment.
Yan Baiqing pretended to be calm, his tone solemn, "It's not for women, it's for myself, to save Huang Hao. Jing Yan just happened to have the opportunity to investigate me. You have the ability to avoid him, but I can't."
"Protecting me means protecting you." Meng Hongwen loosened his grip and patted the back of his neck. "No room for negotiation. You'd better do as I say. Otherwise, if a mere female student disappears, neither you nor Jing Yan will be able to stop me."
Yan Baiqing closed his eyes, his hands hanging by his sides, trembling slightly.
After a long while, he took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and when he walked out, he turned his back to Meng Hongwen and said, "I really want to know, if Jing Yan and I reach the final step, will you kick him off his horse, or get rid of me and survive?"
The window was suddenly blown open by the wind, and the heavy rain drove away all living creatures in the night, making them crazy in the loneliness and turning into demons in the gloom.
The light and shadow cast on the tall back, but he did not wait for a reply.
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On the day of the scenic spot's launch ceremony, Chen Qing got her period.
The performance was in the afternoon, and the first half of the day was for the ribbon-cutting and unveiling ceremony. She asked the doctor for painkillers, but they had little effect, so she took two or three pills in a row.
When Yuan Hui found her backstage, her face was gray and blue.
"Can you hold on?"
Chen Qing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes."
"The music director took Wei Yin to meet the association's leaders. Wasn't she in a wheelchair just a few days ago? Now she's beaming with joy as she accompanies the leaders on a tour. She's so proud of herself."
"That's normal. She came here to get the association's recommendation."
"Didn't you meet Director Zhang last time? Why didn't he come to see you? He could have shown you around."
Chen Qing waved his hand without explaining.
She doesn't like social engagements, and Mrs. Luo is the same. Even if she arranges one for her, it is just a subtle exhortation. What is more important is to let her perform normally. Otherwise, if she doesn't have the real ability, she may do everything on the surface but her true intentions will be completely exposed.
Fortunately, Jiang Jingyan had seen through Director Zhang's character of valuing talent from the beginning and would not force her to please anyone.
At noon, Lian Zhuo sent Chen Qing a report. The title "Qingyou Fuyuan" made her jump.
Jiang Jingyan said that the matter disappeared into thin air, she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
The biggest focus of this old case has always been the orphan training class. An orphanage, hiding a brutal trade, has allowed other crimes to escape condemnation.
The report said that Jiang Jingyan had been dormant for many years and cooperated with the undercover reporter at that time to catch the head of the huge economic chain secretly operated by the welfare home. Although the case is still being sorted out and the final result has not yet been determined, with this news, the previous accusation that he was a "guest" of the training class has been refuted. If someone once again holds up the fact that he rescued the orphan girl six years ago, they will only think that he did it for the case.
The news has diluted the old news, and what people will talk about after dinner in the future will be the huge economic case of Qingyoufuyuan, which will make those who talk about it angry and those who listen to it shocked.
In this world, talking about money and assets attracts more attention than the injustice suffered by women.
Chen Qing couldn't help but feel his eyelids swell. Jiang Jingyan had to choose this method in a hurry. He had no choice but to use it to reduce the attention of the more than one hundred orphan girls. Otherwise, the orphan girls would always bear the sins of others and would never get out of this situation.
She cleared her throat to make sure she heard nothing unusual and dialed the number.
It was Lian Zhuo who answered the phone. "Mr. Jiang is in a meeting. He will definitely be there before you go on stage."
"Yes, I saw the report."
His voice was calm and measured. "Don't worry. The report is incomplete. Mr. Jiang means that those who participated in the training class must be arrested quietly and the public knowledge must be kept as secret as possible. Otherwise, too many girls will be implicated, and there's no guarantee that some unscrupulous media will point the finger at the victims, including you."
"I understand. Is this what he's been busy with recently?"
"Don't you know him? He'd rather be divided among eight men."
Chen Qing said nothing.
Lian Zhuo realized he had made a mistake and quickly tried to make amends, "Mr. Jiang has a wide network of informants, so he doesn't have to do many things personally. Besides, he's in good health."
She muttered, "It's not necessarily that my health is that good..."
Suddenly, someone else spoke on the other end. "What are you scolding me for?"
Chen Qing almost bit her tongue. Just as she was about to retort, a figure came into the locker room and walked straight towards her.
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