Bait

On the second floor of the North Courtyard, a dark window.

The gauze curtain was slightly opened to conceal the burly man. His eyes were fixed on the Mercedes-Benz driving out of the garage, and he drove out of the neighborhood without turning on the headlights.

In the next second, he called up the address book and dialed Li Peng's number.

The other side responded, "Chen Ting, you order."

Chen Ling put one hand in his pocket, and the outline reflected in the glass was broad and straight, "Does Chen Zheng plead guilty?"

"Your elder brother killed the second young master with one bite."

He narrowed his eyes, "Did Chen Chongzhou admit it?"

Li Peng had no choice but to say, "I don't admit it, I don't deny it. This kid is very capable. I've tried hundreds of people so far. He's tough, right? Not as tough as him. He won't eat or drink, and he won't utter soft words."

Chen Ling's chest swelled, but he was silent again, "Chen Chongzhou has a high probability of being wronged."

Li Peng sucked his teeth, "The District Bureau and the Audit Bureau are very clear. Chen Chongzhou just took over this year. The successor group is already an empty shell. It doesn't even have 60 million yuan in liquidity. If it transfers [-] billion yuan, where will he go? The key point is nothing, Chen Zheng bites him, I have six physical evidences, four accuse Chen Zheng, two accuse Chen Chongzhou, but if there is one accusation, there is suspicion."

Chen Ling sat down, "Isn't the material evidence against Chen Chongzhou retracted?"

"During the loss of public funds, Chen Zheng was one of the parties involved during his tenure as the chairman, and his confession has investigative value. Now he is not only accusing Chen Chongzhou, but also Jin Gui and Zheng Zhihe."

After cutting off the call, Chen Ling fell into deep thought.

Zheng Zhihe was a party member of the Changfang, but after Chen Chongzhou was framed, he withdrew.

Withdrew very neatly, and didn't even ask for dividends.

He made a comeback for the second time, and obviously, he was choked up.

It was Chen Zheng who intimidated and lured him behind the scenes.

At the same time, Qiao Hanrun returned to Tianfu No. 1 and received a call from Xue Yan.

"Did Liang Dong look for you?"

After the banquet, Liang Zewen's female assistant did block her in the bathroom.

When it came to bringing down Chen Zheng, she hesitated and refused.

Qiao Hanrun replied to Xue Yan, "The time has not come yet."

There was a moment of silence at the other end, "Then what Miss Qiao thinks is the most appropriate time."

"Chen Yuan's feelings for me are not very clear..." She hesitated to speak, "If I accuse Chen Zheng of kidnapping and murder, although he is broken, I have been rescued by Chongzhou in London these years, my purpose and origin If everything is exposed, Chen Yuan will also know that I work for Chongzhou, he doesn't love me enough at the moment, if I cheat him, he will definitely blame me."

"Love you enough, so you don't vent your anger 100%?" Xue Yan lowered his upper body, uncovered the binoculars, and watched Tianfu No. 1's every move.

He is located in Building 1 of Tianfu No. 13, opposite to Building 3, separated from Chen Yuan's villa by a lake, surrounded by rockery as a barrier, and has excellent concealment.

"Miss Qiao, you have come back from the dead, and you have not heard from him for nine years. It is very suspicious to Chen Yuan. Once a man has doubts, it will inevitably be followed by fear and alienation. Moreover, your husband is Chen Yuan's enemy. Which way?" The truth is more deadly than you being the Second Young Master's pawn. You serving the Second Young Master is nothing more than a civil war in the Chen family, and marrying Qi Shang is a foreign war and a fundamental betrayal."

Qiao Hanrun was stunned.

After a while, she sobbed, "It was Chongzhou's arrangement for me to marry Qi Shang. I am not sincere in my gratitude to him. How can a woman who is not sincere be a betrayal..."

"Miss Qiao," Xue Yan warned and interrupted, "I advise you to accept your fate. Second Young Master, he does not hold grudges, but does not hold grudges. How much money did he spend to support your family of four, and how much effort did he spend to protect you from Chen Zheng? Let me down. If you are useless, he will kill Qi Shang like an ant, cut off your source of income, and you will have nowhere to go. Of course, you may bet on Chen Yuan to support you, but even if the old love is unforgettable, he will support you for the rest of your life, your children What about the eldest son of the Chen family, a real top nobleman, who is unmarried and has no children but instead raises a child for the enemy family, how can he be in the upper class?"

Qiao Hanrun clenched the case tightly, choked up so much that he couldn't utter a word.

Chen Yuan took sober medicine from the living room, passed by the guest room and witnessed this scene, and immediately stopped, "Who's calling?"

She trembled in fright, and turned around hastily, "Yes...the florist asked me if I was going back to London."

Chen Yuan looked at her quietly, but he couldn't get in touch with her in the UK. After only a few days after returning to China, the flower shop knew her new number.

Qiao Hanrun has a habit of blinking frequently when lying, and his tone is weak, as if he can't breathe.

Like this moment.

However, he still didn't expose it, closed the door, and went straight to the study.

Yang Ji was sorting out the documents of Fucheng Group, and straightened her back when she heard the sound, "Chen Dong, the audit bureau requires submission of the financial statements and project remittance contracts from 05 to the present."

Chen Yuan pulled his tie and leaned on the sofa tiredly, "Yes."

The light was half-bright, his face was hidden in the darkness, and his brows became clearer and deeper.

Yang Ji had never seen him so calm, the false calm before the storm.

Peeling off the surface, there are turbulent waves underneath, and the sky is falling apart.

She saw that he was emotionally unstable, so she didn't say any more.

After a long while, he suddenly said, "What did you find out?"

Yang Ji rolled her eyes, "I didn't find out."

Chen Yuan closed his eyes and meditated, "As soon as possible."

She let out a long breath as if she had escaped catastrophe, "Yes."

As for the relationship between Qiao Hanrun's son and Xue Yan, the reason why she didn't mention it was to keep it for herself.

Exposure may not be for profit. If Qiao Hanrun's skillful tactics make Chen Yuan emotional again, he will hate himself after gaining power, and his future will be at stake.Rather than being an enemy, it is better to sell favors.

Furthermore, Chen Chongzhou's morality cannot be easily abolished.

In case he escapes safely and destroys his layout, he will be the first to suffer.

With the outcome still undecided, the two young masters of the Chen family may capsize, or both may turn over.

Don't offend any party, whoever wins in the end will have good results.

Near midnight, after taking a shower, Chen Yuan went back to the guest room to rest, when suddenly a pair of women's arms wrapped around his neck from behind.

He turned his head, and Qiao Han's moist lips were pressed against his Adam's apple, with a tenderness like water.

In the past, she liked best to wear his shirt and sit on his lap while he studied professional financial cases, and she fed him sliced ​​watermelon.

Times have changed, but she still likes it that way.

Qiao Hanrun put on lipstick, with a sweet strawberry aroma, "In the office?"

Chen Yuan held her hand, "Fucheng has been investigated, and there are some business matters to be dealt with."

"Is it serious? Will it hurt you?"

He said lightly, "It's okay."

"I'll wait for you to sleep together." She snuggled into his arms.

"Han Run." Chen Yuan pushed her away, his voice hoarse like a chainsaw grinding a piece of damp rotten wood, dull and vicissitudes, "Did you hide anything from me?"

Her face paled in an instant, and she forced herself to be calm, "Of course not."

He looked at the woman in front of him, "You know what I don't accept the most."

Qiao Hanrun was so tense that his skin was bloodless, "I know, but I've always been honest with you."

Chen Yuan withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyelids, as if he was looking at the photos on the table, but also seemed to be absent-minded.

After a long time, he slowly got up and picked up the photo, "This is when you were 22 years old. I was on a business trip in Beigang. You didn't tell me. You sneaked into the hotel room in the early morning. I opened the door. You were covered in snowflakes, frozen blushed cheeks."

She smiled and followed, "You haven't forgotten."

Chen Yuan also smiled, "I haven't forgotten."

Qiao Hanrun pinched the corner of the photo, "In a flash, it's been ten years."

"Ten years." He looked at her inexplicably, "Have you changed?"

She smiled unabated, "I haven't changed, my original heart is always you."

Chen Yuan leaned over and moved closer until he breathed against her. She felt his hotness, and he also saw clearly the necklace she was wearing. His most gentle tone, like a knife, said, "The man who manipulates you , has it changed?"

Qiao Hanrun was taken aback, "Chen Yuan...are you doubting me?"

He stretched out his hand slowly, stroking the pearl pendant, "The necklace was photographed by my second child at a charity party in August 13. It was a jewel of a female spy during the Republic of China. It is kept in the Xiyuan Museum. Its mystery is——"

Chen Yuan pressed the tail of the silver chain, and the pearl suddenly opened, and a miniature recording pin flashed red light.

"The second child is suspicious by nature. He is worried about you and sent someone to monitor you 24 hours a day. I never thought about him, but unfortunately, I recognize this necklace."

Qiao Hanrun's body froze inch by inch, unable to move at all.

From head to toe, as if built in an ice cellar, cold to the bone.

He hugged her like she hugged himself, "Han Run, why bother?"

Chen Yuan put down these words and left the guest room.

Jiang Rong rushed to the Audit Bureau. After the audit team had finished interrogating Chen Zheng, he was going to be escorted to the Chang'an District Bureau for interrogation the next day.

The subordinate led her upstairs and greeted the team leader, "Boss, witness."

The team leader walked out of the monitoring room, recognized her, and was very surprised, "Chen Zheng's wife?"

Jiang Rong remained expressionless, "I reported that my husband was suspected of de facto bigamy for 33 years. He illegally transferred 60 billion corporate funds, 15 billion of which was unpaid taxes. In addition, he instructed Zheng Zhihe to seize the land in Xiyuan and use despicable The method suppressed the auction peers, causing serious injuries to three people at the scene, colluded with local gray forces, and silenced the family members. Chen Zheng was the mastermind of the business war between the Fucheng Group and the six major families. Banks are saddled with tens of billions of losses, disrupting the commercial market, as the drivers and servants who serve him can testify."

The subordinate was dumbfounded, "Do you have physical evidence?"

"Yes." Jiang Rong handed over the portfolio, "Didn't you also collect evidence of his transfer of public funds? I am the witness."

The man browsed briefly, "Apart from Zheng Zhihe and Jin Gui, does Chen Zheng have any accomplices?"

Zhang Li asked her to overthrow Chen Zheng, but did not explain how to deal with Chen Chongzhou, but Jiang Rong changed his words without authorization at a critical moment, "Chen Chongzhou is an accomplice."

***

The next morning, Guo Aiqi had just finished the meeting. When he came out of the conference room, Chen Ling greeted him, "Teacher, you are looking for me."

Office staff also came out one after another, nodding to Chen Ling, "Chen Ting, congratulations."

"Isn't Chen Ting 40 years old? It's time to start a family. When will I drink your wedding wine?"

One of them, who was at the deputy department level, had worked with Chen Ling eight years ago, was familiar with her, and spoke boldly, "You have always respected your teacher, no wonder you refused the Luo family. That little girl is cute and pretty, and she is really likable. With a background of the times and a noble family background, when we get married and get along with each other in the future, we will inevitably put on airs and feel exhausted."

Chen Ling frowned, "Wei Ke, what do you mean?"

The man was also annoyed, "Oh, I'm an old partner. Back then, I was an undercover agent at the frontier. I was on guard, and you attacked us. We cooperated tacitly. You still don't trust me? Marriage is a good thing, why are you hiding it?"

He rubbed the bridge of his nose vigorously, but there was no response.

I basically have a plan in my heart.

Chen Ling is known for his incorruptibility and abstinence, and he even avoids female subordinates going in and out of the office to report work.

Eating, being alone, and more unheard of.

Therefore, there is a little trouble, infinitely magnified.

Guo Aiqi looked serious, "Chen Ling, come with me."

Entering the head teacher's office, he put down the thermos and asked knowingly, "What's the progress with you and Luo Sang?"

Chen Ling simply went out of his way to be criticized, pulled a chair and sat down, with a calm expression, "No progress."

"No progress?" Guo Aiqi twirled the pen, and the metal cap tapped on the table, "You have been involved in a lot of gossip recently."

He stroked the buttons of his uniform, but said nothing.

Guo Aiqi had a headache, "You are the most worry-free student of this generation, you are young and promising, and your prospects are infinitely bright—" He pointed at Chen Ling, "Is it Shen Zhen again?"

Chen Ling was finally willing to speak out, "Misunderstanding."

"If you explain the misunderstanding, will the outside world believe you? Too many eyes are staring at you, my Chen Ting." Guo Aiqi shouted, "Can Shen Zhen bear it!"

The man was annoyed, "Innocent girl, why can't I resist it?"

"Divorced! In your early twenties." He paced back and forth, "What is your identity? You are already old, does it sound good?"

Chen Ling's head hurt even more than his, "I'm only forty, can I be considered old?"

"Is it normal for you not to get married until you are 40 years old? You also contributed a lot to Shen Zhen's divorce lawsuit. Isn't it a coincidence that her ex-husband Zhou Haiqiao was personally arrested by your subordinates?" Guo Aiqi reminded him, "When dirty water is splashed on you, It’s hard to wash it off.”

"I'm upright and I'm not afraid of the shadow slanting." Chen Ling's stubborn temper broke out, and he slammed the door and left.

Guo Aiqi slapped the table again, "Chen Ling! Another crime, 20 years after graduating from the police academy, you have not changed your bad habits!"

On the other side, Shen Zhen also got news from Changshi Group.

Hu Yuanyuan's target is a civil servant. Her mother-in-law sells Yangzhou fried rice in the canteen of the municipal building, and her internal information is very accurate.

Shen Zhen went straight to the provincial office in the evening.

It happened that the guards were changing and the employees were off work. The management was not strict. She slipped in along the iron fence and was stopped by the security guards on duty at the second gate.

"I'm Gu Mi's younger sister."

The security guard held a baton and yelled at her outside, "Except for immediate family members, no interviews are allowed. Where is this place?"

Shen Zhen had an idea, "I am her wife."

The security guard was stunned, "Is Secretary Gu married?"

She looked realistic, "The newlyweds are sweet and oily, I will deliver dumplings to him, and he will work overtime."

"Aren't you his sister?"

Shen Zhen winked and moved closer, "It's a nickname between husband and wife. He calls me sister, and I call him brother."

The security guard was happy, "Secretary Gu is full of integrity, and he is quite interesting in private."

He called Gu Yunzhi on the inside line, but the line was busy and he couldn't get through, so he registered and let him go.

At that time, Chen Ling held a provincial police conference in the conference hall, which lasted from six o'clock until late at night.

Shen Zhen dared not enter the office building and hid in the awning.

Gu Yunzhi went downstairs at 09:30, and the sky was drizzling. He was going to ask the security guard why he made the call, but when he passed the canopy next to the garage, the flashlight accidentally flashed past a woman.

Squatting in the corner, eating roasted sweet potatoes.

He approached and looked at the other person's face, "Miss Shen?"

Shen Zhen threw away the sweet potato rind, and crawled out of the canopy, "Miss Gu! Is Third Uncle there?"

"Yes." Gu Yunzhi placed the umbrella over her head, "Why didn't you call me? How long have you been here?"

She gathered up her scarf, "Three hours."

"Is there something urgent?"

Shen Zhen didn't say a word, and Gu Yunzhi didn't ask, he took her to Chen Ling's office by taking the elevator.

A dark green camp bed was set up in the center of the office, 1.2 meters wide and [-] meters long. The man was lying on his side with his back to the door.

He sleeps quietly and elegantly, prettier than women.

The gray moonlight shot through the window and sprinkled on his blue pajamas, casting a long and slender shadow, stern and breathtaking.

Hearing the sound of the door, he woke up vigilantly, "Who?"

Gu Yunzhi stood beside the bed, "It's Miss Shen."

Chen Ling sat up and his eyes quickly recovered.

"Third Uncle, are you sleeping here?"

He looked at his watch, "Why are you here so late?"

Shen Zhen sniffed his nose, but opened his mouth and let out a high-pitched sneeze.

Chen Ling got out of bed, picked up a blanket and wrapped her tightly, with only her head exposed, "Yunzhi, towel."

Gu Yunzhi soaked a hot towel, and Chen Ling took it. Her long hair was wet and stained with a layer of rain and frost. He gently picked it up and wiped it strand by strand.

She leaned back and looked into his eyes from bottom to top, "Third Uncle..."

"Don't move around." Chen Ling scolded, "If you don't wipe it clean, you will catch a cold."

Gu Yunzhi made trouble, "Fill your stomach with a large roasted sweet potato, and Miss Shen won't get sick."

Chen Ling tilted his head, glanced at her, and rubbed his fingertips against his lips. There was a soft sweet potato scum, and he smiled sullenly, "Wait for me downstairs while you have supper?"

Shen Zhen's face was full of guilt, "I'm here to apologize, but I'm hungry." Suddenly, his pupils sparkled again, "Have you ever eaten the roasted sweet potatoes outside the gate? It's very sweet."

The man didn't respond, he continued to rub her chin until he reached her temples, and his smile deepened, "It's so messy to eat, it's stuck to her hair."

She licked the corner of her mouth, "It's the wind." At the end, she repeated the old saying, "Third Uncle, I got you into trouble."

Chen Ling patiently cleaned the ends of her hair, "What a disaster."

She turned over and sat on her knees, "Our scandal."

Gu Yunzhi couldn't hold back his laughter, and immediately left the office.

The man casually folded the towel, "I heard about it."

Shen Zhen's eyes widened, "Did it affect your reputation?"

He pursed his lips, "It doesn't matter."

"Then you go to the municipal office, aren't you trained?"

Chen Ling laughed suddenly, "You have a good grasp of the details, do you have connections in the city?"

She whispered, "I have eyeliner."

"Really." He was a little sleepy at first, and his voice was very lazy, but now, he was completely sleepy, and he wanted to tease her inexplicably, "I buried my eyeliner in the municipal office?"

Shen Zhen gestured to shush, and snuggled into his ear, "My colleague's mother-in-law is a canteen cook, and Hu Yuanyuan asked me to keep it a secret."