Chapter 101: Hua Linglong Falls into Despair

  The next morning, a piece of news spread throughout Jiangwan City: when Ji Jian and the police arrived at Lü Yun's home, Lü Yun had already taken poison and killed himself. This open scandal temporarily subsided, but its impact would take some time to settle down.

  But the undercurrents of turmoil intensified, and his allies in the officialdom disappeared. The eighth master had a sense of crisis, formally putting all his strength into striking back at Hua Linglong, the final battle unfolded, planning to decide the fate of the Jiangshan with one war.

  It was almost the second night, and the iron gate was suddenly opened from the outside. Jiang Chunlai, the director of the Public Security Bureau, walked in front, followed by the warden of the detention center, who looked like a pug dog, and several police officers. When Jiang Chunlai came in, he saw Chu Nan lying on the bed with his legs raised, while the other eight prisoners were standing neatly on one side. He was taken aback for a moment, and smiled ambiguously at the warden behind him: "Director Liu, your discipline here is not bad!"

  Director Liu was also stunned, especially when he saw the eight men with their noses blue and faces swollen. He couldn't help but want to slap himself hard. Originally, it was supposed to be these people teaching Chu Nan a lesson, but instead, they were the ones who got disciplined by Chu Nan so thoroughly, it was simply embarrassing. Fortunately, these people were so useless, otherwise, would Director Jiang have spared me? From the moment Director Jiang came in, Director Liu felt that he was extremely concerned about Chu Nan.

  Liu's face turned red with heat, and he smiled awkwardly: "This... actually I'm not a good teacher..."

  "Director Jiang let out a cold hum, and also let out a sigh of relief. Then, with a smile on his face, he said: 'Chu Nan, this matter of yours has come to an end. Due to insufficient evidence, I plan to release you now.'"

  Chu Nan sat up, put on his shoes, and looked at Director Jiang with a hint of a smile, asking: "How is Deputy Director Lyu Yun?"

  Director Jiang's heart skipped a beat, and indeed it was this kid who made the move. Old Wu told me that Chu Nan is not an ordinary person, and now it seems that he is really extraordinary. Although Lu Yun deserved to die, being played to death by Chu Nan so easily still sends chills down one's spine.

  Director Jiang let out a soft sigh, somewhat regretfully saying: "Deputy Director Lu was just investigated and found to have been keeping a mistress outside of work, playing with multiple women, and also embezzling and bending the law. Before he was caught, he had already poisoned himself to death."

  Chu Nan hummed in surprise, feeling a bit unexpected in his heart. Originally, he just wanted to bring down Lü Yun, but he didn't expect the effect to be so astonishing - he actually poisoned himself to death! However, these were no longer important; what was crucial now was that Hua Linglong's side must be in great danger. If he were Eighth Master, he would have settled Hua Linglong before leaving and then come back to deal with him. It seemed like he should go take a look at Hua Linglong's place.

  Chu Nan stood up and smiled: "Thank you, Director Jiang, for being impartial and returning my innocence."

  "This is what our police should do." The two men exchanged a smile, the others made way, Director Jiang and Chu Nan walked side by side, while the others followed carefully behind.

  The prisoners in the detention center were dumbfounded by this scene, oh my god, what kind of person is this? Beating them up was like beating a child, and when they left, the director even came to pick them up personally. Being beaten up by such an awesome person wasn't a loss at all.

  Liu followed behind, seeing Director Jiang and Chu Nan chatting enthusiastically in front of him. He thought to himself that he had only tried to curry favor with Deputy Director Lü back then, but hadn't expected that Chu Nan would have such a good relationship with Director Jiang. Moreover, Deputy Director Lü had now fallen out of favor. This time, Liu had indeed offended Chu Nan, and if the latter bore a grudge against him, he would be in trouble later on.

  After walking out of the guard room, Jiang Chunlai pointed to a sedan outside and smiled: "That's my car, where do you want to go? I'll drive you there. You all scatter, I'll take Brother Chu for a walk alone."

  Originally, he was going to wait until they all dispersed and then find Chunan alone to say a few good words, but now that Chunan had followed Director Jiang onto the car, Director Liu was left with tears in his eyes. It seemed like he could only go to Chunan's mansion alone in the future to apologize sincerely.

  Jiang Chunlai drove the car for a distance before stopping by the side of the road, looked at Chu Nan sitting in the passenger seat and asked: "Brother Chu, where are you planning to go? I'll give you a ride!"

  Chu Nan took a glance at Jiang Chunlai and smiled: "Director Jiang probably has something to say?"

  Jiang Chunlai smiled and said: "Brother Chu is indeed clever, the scandal of Director Lü's sexy photos, I'm afraid it was Brother Chu who did it?"

  Chu Nan's face was bewildered, "Sexy photo door? Hehe, I just arrived in Jiangwan City not long ago, where do I have the time to take those sexy photos, Director Jiang must be misunderstanding me."

  "I'm sure those aren't your brothers you're taking pictures with, but they must be from somewhere you stole them from. I won't ask for specifics. And although Deputy Director Lü's death is a pity, it can also be said that he died of his own doing. Sigh...it's also a way to clear up the Jiangwan City system. But, Brother Chu, what do you plan to do next?"

  "I plan to...," Chu Nan said with a faint smile, "continue to run my Jishitang well, make the business prosperous, and reduce the number of patients in the world. This is what I will do next. Apart from this, there is also the matter of the medical competition..."

  Jiang Chunlai smiled and said: "Chu brothers, you know I'm not talking about these..."

  "So what does Director Jiang want to say?"

  "After swallowing up the underground world of Jiangwan City, what do you plan to do in the future?"

  Chu Nan was shocked and said: "Swallowed into the underground world? Director Jiang, I'm just a doctor who saves lives and treats injuries. I'm not someone from the underground world."

  "But you've already gotten involved, and in a very powerful way." Jiang Chunlai sighed, "You've only just arrived, but Seventh Brother has already lost because of you, and Eighth Master that old fox has also made his move on Hua Linglong ahead of time because of you. Even the venomous snake has gotten involved, I'm afraid you don't even know, just tonight the venomous snake suddenly led people to attack Linglong Manor, and is now working together with Eighth Master's forces to attack Hua Linglong. Alas, if it were just Eighth Master, Hua Linglong could have held on for at most two more days, but now she probably can't even last a single night."

  Chu Nan's face changed, and he anxiously said: "Drive me to Linglong Garden."

  Jiang Chunlai responded with a "yes" and drove the car towards Linglong Garden, while saying: "Originally I planned to mobilize police forces to take down all three factions at once, but if Ba Ye, Hua Linglong and Du She were all taken down, other forces in Jiangwan City would definitely make some moves, it would be a big mess, and who knows how long it would last. It's better to see which of the three factions wins first, then just control that faction."

  "Chu Nan praised: 'You are very clever.'"

  "I originally thought Ba Ye would win for sure, but now that you're taking action, I think Ba Ye might actually lose."

  "Even if Eighth Master loses, the underground world of Jiangwan City is still not mine... Don't forget there's also Hua Linglong."

  Jiang Chunlai smiled and said, "If it weren't for you, Hua Linglong wouldn't have had a chance to win. You were the one who decided the outcome of the game. In the future, even if Hua Linglong becomes the leader of Jiangwan City's underground world, I believe that you will still be the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes. Chu Nan, if you win the Northern Medical Competition, will you stay in Jiangwan City or go to Kyoto City?"

  Chu Nan's tone was calm as he said, "Ji Shi Tang is my home."

  "Then there's no mistake, I'm now the director of the Public Security Bureau, and to maintain local stability, I need to get along with you. You probably don't know that in the two short days after you were detained, apart from your Jishidang people putting pressure on the police, Wu Changqing and his daughter came to the police station three times to demand your release, Hua Linglong called me several times, and even my old director subtly expressed dissatisfaction. Even the Medical Association has strongly demanded your release. With so many forces suddenly intervening, even Lü Yun was caught off guard. So, even without this matter with Lü Yun, at most tomorrow, you would have been released from detention."

  I didn't expect the Medical Association to intervene so quickly, it seems that joining the Medical Association also has its benefits. Thinking about it, if the police arrest me on trumped-up charges, isn't that a slap in the face for the Medical Association? It's unlikely that the Medical Association will let this slide.

  "After these two days, I can see even more clearly that in the future, in Jiangwan City, no matter who you offend, you cannot afford to offend him. Offending him is equivalent to offending all the people on both sides of the underworld."

  Chu Nan chuckled and said: "Director Jiang......"

  "What did I say when I last attended your opening ceremony? Just call me Brother Jiang!"

  "Alright, Brother Jiang doesn't have to be too polite. In the future, if I want to develop myself in Jiangwan City, I will also need Brother Jiang to take care of me more!"

  Two people exchanged a knowing glance and smiled at each other, and their strategic cooperative relationship was thus established.

  Hua Linglong was indeed in a precarious situation at this moment. Originally, Hua Linglong had concentrated all her strength on the Linglong Garden, thinking that she could hold out for two days. However, she did not expect the sudden intervention of the poisonous snake, which caught her off guard and killed several high-ranking officials under her command. Many brothers were also knocked down, and now they can only retreat to the villa where Hua Linglong lives in the Linglong Garden. Dozens of brothers are guarding the windows and doors of the villa, while the enemy is surrounding the villa and launching a fierce attack.

  The voice of the venomous snake came from outside: "Linglong, don't resist anymore. As long as you surrender now and agree to be my woman, I will spare your lives. What do you think?"

  "Go to hell! You're farting through your mother's cunt!" A short, chubby man in the room shouted loudly at the outside through a broken window, "You venomous snake, with that ugly face of yours, you also want to eat swan meat like a toad? Why don't you take a look at yourself?"

  Hua Linglong sighed and looked at the short fat man, saying: "Don't bother, let me talk to him for a bit."

  Hua Linglong walked to the door and looked at the venomous snake standing among the crowd, asking loudly: "Venomous snake, I, Hua Linglong, had no grudges or grievances with you in the past. Why have you joined forces with Eighth Master to deal with me?"

  "Cheng Wang defeated the bandits, and in Jiangwan City, who can replace the Eighth Master? I've long thought that you, this demon, are too arrogant, too disdainful of others, and will eventually provoke the Eighth Master's anger." The venomous snake's voice paused for a moment, then revealed an extremely resentful gaze, saying sternly, "Moreover, I, Venomous Snake, have taken a liking to you. If you're willing to follow me, with your help, who in Jiangwan City would dare be our opponent? But you've set your sights on that little pretty face, Chu Nan. If I don't kill Chu Nan and get you into bed, it'll be hard to dispel the hatred in my heart!"