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  Sitting in the car, listening to Shen Hua and Xiong Wenbin's stiff conversation, Yang Lili's heart was about to jump out. But Shen Hua's tone, with its arrogant air of looking down on Wang Ziyang as if he were an ant, also deeply shocked her.

  Watching Shen Hua and Xiong Wenbin get off the bus one after another, Yang Lili hesitated for a moment before following suit.

  "Aren't you afraid of Prince Liang finding out it was you who reported this?" Shen Huai stopped and asked Yang Lili.

  "Prince Wang will guess it's me sooner or later, what's the use of being afraid?" Yang Lili said, her bright eyes staring at Shen Huai, as if seeking reassurance from his gaze. Since Shen Huai regarded Prince Wang and his ilk as insignificant, she thought to herself, as long as she was by Shen Huai's side, even if Prince Wang wanted to take revenge on her, he would likely hesitate for fear of being overpowered.

  The light in the car was dim, and Xiong Wenbin hadn't paid much attention to Yang Lili earlier. It wasn't until he got out of the car that he realized this woman was a staff member who had been standing beside them when they were having dinner on the second floor of the British Emperor last time.

  A beautiful woman always makes a deep impression. Xiong Wenbin thought that Shen Huai might have some connection with her.

  Xiong Wenbin didn't bother to think about what Shen Huai's life was like, nor did he ask how many beautiful women were surrounding him. All he could confirm at this point was that Shen Huai was capable of controlling the situation and resolving it within a certain scope.

  Xiong Wenbin somewhat understood that Tan Qiping wanted to distance himself from Shen Hua. Shen Hua had the ability, but his arrogant and overbearing refusal to compromise could sometimes help break a deadlock, but at other times only made things more complicated.

  Pan Shi Hua didn't rush to squeeze inside, watching Shen Huai and Xiong Wenbin come over, nodding his head in greeting.

  Zhou Ming looked at Shen Hua, who was not saying a word and didn't want to say another sentence to Pan Shi Hua, with a hint of schadenfreude in his heart, wondering how Shen Hua would handle this situation: In the several decades since Donghua's establishment, there had never been a public confrontation between two factions.

  Tang Zha Branch reported the matter to Pan Shihua, who immediately reported it to Tan Qiping. Tan Qiping then called his father-in-law Xiong Wenbin to contact Xuetao to handle the matter. Zhou Ming was sitting next to him and could hear Tan Qiping's voice on the phone, which was very loud, indicating that he was also very dissatisfied with Shen Huai's behind-the-scenes manipulation.

  However, when Shen Hua walked over, Zhou Ming still took the initiative to greet him and said: "I'm still learning about the severity of the English Emperor's problem for the first time. However, as soon as I saw Wang Ziliang, I knew he wasn't a good person. It's just that sometimes you have to pretend to be polite." He glanced at Yang Lili behind Shen Hua and smiled, "Manager Yang has also sensed it long ago, right?"

  Yang Lili thought that Xiong Wenbin and the others were certain that Shen Huai was hiding behind the scenes, manipulating today's events. In their eyes, she was naturally Shen Huai's mole, planted to gather intelligence for the British Empire. Who would believe that she had only chosen to report the truth out of compassion?

  Yang Lili smiled wryly and said: "I don't have as good eyesight as Director Zhou."

  Shen Huai didn't have the mood to talk to Pan Shi Hua or Zhou Ming, and when faced with Zhou Ming's pleasantries, he just treated it as a passing breeze in his ear. Zhou Ming smiled awkwardly and stood at the periphery of the onlookers, watching as Kan Xue Tao took control of the situation first.

  Kuang Xuetao, after all, has the power to defy others in the Donghua public security system. He directly ordered Liu Weiguo to take the person to the Yingwang International Hall first, and then let the police officers from the Chengbei District Branch Bureau disperse the onlookers, in order to prevent the adverse impact from spreading further.

  Liu Weiguo and others controlled Wang Ziliang, Dai Yi and others to retreat back to the main hall. Kan Xuetao also ordered people to pull down the purple curtains on the floor-to-ceiling windows, not allowing outsiders to see the situation inside the main hall.

  After the outsiders dispersed, Shen Hua and Xiong Wenbin, Pan Shihua and others walked into the main hall.

  "Director Bear, Director Pan, you've arrived." Qian Xuetao stood with his hands behind him under the crystal chandelier in the great hall, calmly greeting Xiong Wenbin and Pan Shihua.

  Shen Huai still had a cigarette in his hand, standing at the entrance of the hall. He took two puffs before flicking the butt to the ground and stubbing it out with his toe, leaving a small black stain on the marble floor. Only then did he take in the scene of the grand hall.

  Most of the police officers from the Chengbei Branch Bureau were driving away onlookers outside the hall and maintaining order, unable to enter. After Liu Weiguo and other police officers from the Meixi Town Police Station returned to the hall, they also controlled Wang Ziliang, Dai Yi and others. Some staff members and Wang Ziliang's henchmen were peeking out from the corners, but at this time they did not dare to come up again to join in the excitement; while the customers who had been consuming at the Emperor International earlier had long since dispersed.

  Kou Xiang's aunt, a middle-aged woman, stood beside her. Kou Xiang covered her face with disheveled hair; her aunt was already frightened by the scene in front of her and stood there without daring to make a sound.

  Kuang Xuetao wasn't wearing a uniform, apparently he was pulled over directly after receiving a phone call from home or somewhere else. His face was gloomy, and Shen Hua couldn't tell what he was thinking.

  The two middle-aged men standing beside Kuang Xuetao were both wearing second-level police uniforms. One was Yuan Xiong, the director of the Tangzhai Branch Bureau, whom Shen Hui knew; the other wore a second-level police uniform as well, but Shen Hui didn't recognize him. Earlier, from afar, he had seen this man directing the people from the Beicheng Branch Bureau to take Liu Weiguo away, and thought that he must be a high-ranking official in the Beicheng Branch Bureau.

  However, in the Beijiao Branch Bureau, there were also very few people who had the qualifications to wear a second-class inspector's uniform.

  "In such a big scene, the municipal bureau is cracking down on prostitution and illegal activities?" Shen Huai sniffed the cigarette smell between his fingers, jokingly teased for a moment, before walking up to Wang Ziliang, whose hands were handcuffed behind him. With a mixture of surprise and puzzlement, he asked, "Director Wang, what's going on? The municipal bureau is cracking down on prostitution and illegal activities, how did they end up cuffing you? I heard that Ying Huang has always been law-abiding in its operations, Director Wang, could it be a case of mistaken identity?"

  "What a misunderstanding! I was worried for nothing," Wang Ziliang said, standing there with his hands cuffed, but still fearless. Although he suspected Shen Huai of plotting behind his back, when he saw Shen Huai walk in, he directly asked him questions, also wanting to take the opportunity to get a statement from Dai Yi. He thought that as long as he stuck to the story that it was an economic dispute, he wouldn't be afraid of Shen Huai.

  "It's really unfair," Shen Huai replied. "It's actually a small matter. The staff member under our company borrowed money from a customer to pay for his grandfather's medical treatment, which goes against our company's rules. Our company prohibits employees from having economic dealings with customers, but since it happened, we can't force the employee to do anything. We just thought that as long as the debt was repaid, everything would be fine. However, this staff member borrowed money and then disappeared, so the customer could only come to us for responsibility. What could I do? Of course, I sent someone to find the staff member and have her resolve the economic dispute with the customer face-to-face. It's such a normal thing, but unexpectedly some rotten woman reported that we were illegally detaining people..."

  As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Yang Lili, who had appeared with Shen Huai.

  Yang Lili, even with Shen Huai's encouragement, was still intimidated by the fierce look in Wang Ziyang's eyes, and her heart felt cold. Although she didn't know how Wang Ziyang knew it was her who reported him, she knew she had to leave Ying Huang International quickly before Wang Ziyang got a chance to take revenge on her.

  Shen Huai's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he glanced at the person standing beside Quan Xuetao, who was of similar rank to Yuan Xiong, the director of the Tangzha District Bureau. He asked Quan Xuetao, "Director Quan, who is this?"

  "I'm Chen Fei from the North City Branch. I haven't had a chance to meet you yet, Secretary Shen." Chen Fei calmly extended his hand and shook hands with Shen Hua.

  "Oh, so it's Director Chen who personally led the team to catch people," Shen Hui's eyes narrowed, staring at Chen Fei's face, his heart growing colder. He had long known that Donghua Jing was deeply entrenched in corruption, but he didn't expect the director of the Chengbei District Branch to personally take action as a hatchet man for Wang Ziliang. Moreover, he couldn't believe that Chen had already leaked the information about the report to Wang Ziliang. He calmly turned his head to look at Liu Weiguo, "Director Chen has personally led the team out to resolve the dispute, what's your business here?"

  "The city bureau received a report saying that someone from Ying Huang had gone to Mei Xi Town's Tian Xing Hu Village to cause trouble, so they transferred it to the Mei Xi Town police station for handling. We learned that Ying Huang had forcibly taken people away using violent means and involved underage girls. At the request of the family members, we dispatched two police cars to rush to the city. When we arrived at the scene, we saw the general manager of Ying Huang International and three other men beating the victim, so we controlled them according to law. As we were preparing to take the suspects back to the police station for further questioning, we didn't know how Director Chen got the message, they rushed over saying that we had exceeded our authority in enforcing the law and demanded that we hand over the suspects..."

  "Liu Shouzhang, you hit him a bit too much," Wang Ziliang argued, "Something like this happened in the store, I couldn't help but feel anxious, and pulled him a little..."

  Shen Hua looked at Wang Ziliang for a moment, didn't say anything to him, but asked Kan Xuetao: "Ah, what's going on? I'm all confused. In this situation, how could Director Chen just take people away directly?"

  "Mei Creek Police Station, when they went out to investigate, if they encountered any illegal activities, they could directly bring them back for questioning," said Quan Xuetao. He didn't know what Xiong Wenbin and Shen Huai had discussed, but their main goal was also to shift the focus away from Dai Lesheng's son, Dai Yi. At this point, they had to consider Shen Huai's face, saying "The lower branch and police station did not thoroughly study the legal provisions, and yet they made such a mistake, it's very embarrassing, and needs to be seriously dealt with."

  "Of course, if the Municipal Bureau directly orders Meixi Town Police Station to transfer the jurisdiction of this case to Chengbei District Branch, there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Shen Hua turned his head and asked Xiong Wenbin, "What I'm saying is correct, isn't it?"

  Xiong Wenbin fell silent for a moment, then said: "Judging from the current situation, it's not quite suitable to transfer the case to the Chengbei District Branch. It would be better if the Municipal Bureau or the Tangzha District Branch took over the investigation..."

  Kuang Xuetao nodded and said, "I think it's better to let the Tangzha Branch Bureau take over the investigation from now on..." He saw that things were almost settled here, so he was about to turn around and hand over the matter to Yuan Xiong, the director of the Tangzha Branch Bureau.

  Pan Shi Hua also let out a sigh of relief, thinking that Shen Huai wouldn't dare to make things worse; Zhou Ming Ruo looked at Shen Huai with interest, thinking: You also have times when you lower your head.

  "Director Kong, I'd like to ask one more thing." Shen Huai said slowly.

  "What's wrong?" Kuang Xuetao turned his head back.

  "The head of a black society organization, because he didn't want to go to the police station for questioning, could call the director of the public security bureau with just one phone call and have dozens of heavily armed men come to intercept and rescue him," Shen Hua asked slowly, "I'd like to ask Director Kan, is this normal in China? Are local public security organs serving the people or serving black society organizations?"

  Xiong Wenbin's mind buzzed with a sudden realization that Shen Hua wouldn't easily back down, but he hadn't expected him to directly push them into a corner: Kuang Xuetao wanted to play hardball with him, would he put on the hat of shielding black society organizations on Kuang Xuetao's head?