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Chapter 214 - 190 [Lifting a Rock Only to Drop It on One’s Own Feet]

Chapter 214: Chapter 190 [Lifting a Rock Only to Drop It on One’s Own Feet]

At 11:30 AM, amid deafening applause, the annual Yangtze River Delta Regional Economic Symposium at the Dong hai International Conference Center came to a close, with prominent figures such as Guan Yi and Ye Wenhao leading the departure from the venue.

With his mind no longer on the symposium, Guan Yi was the first to exit the venue and quickly entered the reception room next to it.

Upon entering the reception room, Guan Yi’s curiosity reached its peak, prompting him to immediately take out his phone and call Xing Feng.

The phone took a full ten seconds to connect before Xing Feng’s voice came through, sounding quite unfriendly, "Secretary Guan, is the meeting over?"

"Hmm, it just ended."

Guan Yi tried hard to control his emotions, making his voice sound as calm as possible, "After the meeting started, I received a text from Director Luo, telling me that you personally went to Dong hai Hospital to take away two eyewitnesses from the scene, and withdrew two members from the Yanhuang Organization in charge of the meeting’s security. Elder Xing, has there been a new development in the case?"

"New development is not exactly the term, but the case has become clear," Xing Feng said indifferently.

"Oh?" Guan Yi’s expression shifted slightly as he quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

"The two eyewitnesses I took have regained consciousness and have recorded statements for this case."

Xing Feng said calmly, "According to the testimonies of the two eyewitnesses, the murder victim Situ Haotian and Hongwu Sect elder Huang Qi, in collusion with other core members of the Hongwu Sect, plotted a coup, killed Situ Chen, and used Situ Chen and Situ Ruoshui to lure Ye Fan to the scene, attempting to injure Ye Fan and frame him for everything."

"Ye Fan fought back at the brink of death, using the rules of legitimate defense to kill both Situ Haotian and Huang Qi. Lv Canghai, the Yanhuang Organization East Sea Branch representative, secretly colluded with Situ Haotian and, accompanied by two of his trusted subordinates, attempted to assassinate Ye Fan to silence him while he agreed to cooperate with the investigation. They were stopped by Ye Wenhao, who arrived in time—regarding this point, the two members of the Yanhuang Organization East Sea Branch have confessed without reservation!"

"Hmm~"

Upon hearing Xing Feng’s words and although Guan Yi did not understand why the two eyewitnesses, who had become vegetative, suddenly awakened, he realized that the direction of the case had changed drastically and that the Bai Family’s carefully planned conspiracy had crumbled on its own.

At the same time as he understood this, a sense of unease began to emerge in Guan Yi’s heart.

After the unease, Guan Yi steadied himself and said, "Elder Xing, as far as I know, all the eyewitnesses at the scene were injured, lost consciousness, and became vegetative. You said that the two eyewitnesses have regained consciousness and have testified for this case. I personally think that, first and foremost, we should confirm whether their consciousness has indeed completely recovered before we can accept their testimonies."

"Secretary Guan need not worry about that. My men had them examined before they recorded their statements. Not only have they fully regained consciousness, but their mental states are good, completely meeting the standards of normal people," Xing Feng said with a hint of mockery.

"Secretary Guan, the real circumstances of the case differ greatly from what we decided in our meeting. Do you think we should have another meeting to settle the case before reporting it, or should I report it directly from my side?" Xing Feng asked sarcastically.

"Let’s discuss it at a meeting and then report it," Guan Yi replied weakly, feeling a bitterness in his mouth.

Although he knew that if the case was settled in the meeting according to the latest findings of the Yanhuang Organization, it would not only clear Ye Wenhao and Ye Fan’s names, proving that they had done nothing illegal or out of regulation, but it would also earn Ye Wenhao points in the minds of the bigwigs above—the case was clarified by the Yanhuang Organization’s own investigations, and Ye Wenhao had never intervened in the case illegally or out of regulation because his son had been framed!

And if he refused to hold another meeting to settle the case, the higher-ups would still rely on the findings of the Yanhuang Organization’s investigations. At that time, they would hold him and all the other participants of the previous meeting accountable, a situation too dire to contemplate!

"Then I will have someone send out the meeting notice now. I hope Secretary Guan can attend on time," Xing Feng reminded, somewhat pointedly, "After all, the outcome of the meeting needs to be communicated by Secretary Guan to certain individuals."

Click!

Perhaps sensing the underlying message in Xing Feng’s words, Guan Yi’s heart jolted, and just as he wanted to say something, he realized that Xing Feng had already hung up.

"Bang bang..."

At that moment, there was a knocking at the door.

Guan Yi was still absorbed in the apprehension brought on by Xing Feng’s words, seemingly not hearing it, motionless.

Creak!

With a slight noise, Bai Luo pushed open the door and seeing Guan Yi standing there with a heavy expression, a bad premonition began to emerge in his heart. He closed the door behind him, but due to not using enough force, the door didn’t close completely, leaving a crack open.

"Uncle Guan, what’s wrong?"

Not noticing the crack left in the door, Bai Luo quickly approached Guan Yi and asked, "Has there been a change in the case at the Ao Xiang Villa?"

"Hmm."

"Has the Ye Family overturned the case?"

"Hmm."

Again, Guan Yi nodded and then subconsciously shook his head, saying, "It’s not the Ye Family overturning the case, but the two eyewitnesses at the scene suddenly became lucid and testified on behalf of Ye Wenhao and his illegitimate son, proving their innocence!"

"Wha... what?"

Bai Luo was shocked to hear Guan Yi’s words and his face turned pale, "Weren’t those eyewitnesses at the scene turned into vegetables? How could they suddenly wake up and testify??"

"I don’t know why they suddenly woke up either," Guan Yi said with a furrowed brow, analyzing, "But since Xing Feng says so, it must be true."

"What do we do now?"

Bai Luo blurted out the question, as one of the only few fully informed individuals on this case, he was well aware that due to Ye Fan killing Situ Haotian and Huang Qi, they altered their plans at the last moment, setting a trap to pin the premeditated murder charge on Ye Fan, forcing Ye Wenhao to break the law and regulations to save him. Now that things had developed to this step, their plans were about to go down the drain!

This made him extremely unwilling to accept the outcome!

In his view, if the plan had been executed perfectly, Ye Wenhao would have completely lost any chance to compete with his father, Bai Guotao, for the peak of red authority!

What to do?

"Hello, Governor Ye, may I ask you a question?"

Just as Bai Luo was asking Guan Yi what to do, a pleasant voice sounded from outside the door. A bold female reporter from Nangang stopped Ye Wenhao in his tracks.

Facing the female reporter’s impoliteness, Ye Wenhao did not get angry but glanced unintentionally at the reception room, spotting Guan Yi and Bai Luo at a glance, and nodded.

"Jiangnan is a major economic province in Huaxia, but the economic growth rate has noticeably slowed down over the past couple of years. As the Governor of Jiangnan charged with boosting Jiangnan’s economic development, do you have any plans?" the female reporter asked.

"As you said, since the late last century, Jiangnan has become a major economic province in Huaxia. Now, Jiangnan’s economic development has encountered a bottleneck. In my opinion, we should focus on developing the economy solidly, rather than taking what so-called shortcuts for a short-term economic effect," replied Ye Wenhao slowly.

Ye Wenhao continued unhurriedly, "Just like our approach to work, there are no shortcuts to success. Those so-called shortcuts are, in a sense, unorthodox or improper ways. Even if they achieve temporary success, in the end, they’ll only be picking up a stone to drop it on their own feet and pay a painful price!"

As he finished speaking, Ye Wenhao purposefully cast his gaze towards the reception room.

The next moment.

His eyes met in mid-air with those of Guan Yi and Bai Luo, sparking an invisible flash.

After a moment, Ye Wenhao withdrew his gaze and gave the female reporter a slight smile before striding away.

At the same time, Guan Yi and Bai Luo exchanged glances, both reading a particular emotion in the other’s eyes: panic!

"Xiao Luo, I’m going to attend the press conference. You first inform Secretary Bai of the latest developments in the case," said Guan Yi through the gap after seeing Ye Wenhao leave, making arrangements, and then he stepped out of the reception room without waiting for Bai Luo to respond.

As he watched Guan Yi leave, Bai Luo did not dare to delay and immediately called his father, Bai Guotao.

"What’s up?"

Once the call connected, Bai Guotao spoke first, his tone slightly discontent. He’d told Bai Luo more than once not to call him unless it was necessary.

"Dad, the Ye Family has overturned the case!" Bai Luo said somewhat sullenly.

"Overturned the case?"

Bai Guotao was shocked. Although he was in Nanling, he was well informed about the progress of the case at Ao Xiang Villa and had heard nothing of an overturned case.

"Yes, overturned..."

Bai Luo quickly related to Bai Guotao exactly what Guan Yi had just told him, not daring to omit anything.

On the other end of the phone, Bai Guotao’s eyebrows instantly furrowed into a ’川’ shape after hearing his son’s recount, his expression extremely grave.

"Right, Dad, when Ye Wenhao saw Uncle Guan and me, he took the opportunity of being interviewed by the reporter to subtly remind us of the painful price we’d have to pay!"

Seeing Bai Guotao remained silent, Bai Luo, thinking of Ye Wenhao’s subtle warning, spoke with some annoyance, "Even if the case is overturned, he can’t do anything to us, right? After all, there’s no evidence that we’re involved in this case."

"Are you an idiot?"

Bai Guotao, who had been contemplating how to minimize the impact and bring this issue to a close, suddenly berated Bai Luo after hearing his presumptuous words.

"Dad, you..."

Bai Luo was stunned, partly because he sensed Bai Guotao’s towering anger, and partly because he couldn’t figure out what he had said wrong.

"Indeed, there is no evidence to connect us to this case, but some people are crystal clear about this matter. You could say that by mid-stage of this affair, it had evolved from a conspiracy to an open secret, with us essentially blackmailing Yanhuang Organization, forcing them to let us lead them by the nose and pressure Ye Wenhao into breaking the law and the rules—For Yanhuang Organization to maintain its authority, it had to be led by us!"

A sharp light flickered in Bai Guotao’s eyes, and his face revealed deep worry, "If Ye Wenhao had fallen for our trap and failed, Yanhuang Organization, even knowing we had betrayed them, would likely have kept quiet. But now, not only has Ye Wenhao not fallen, but he and his secret son have cleared their names together! Hence, the Ye Family won’t let things go easily, and Yanhuang Organization would certainly not mind kicking them while they’re down, to avenge their grudge!"

"Uh..."

Bai Luo, upon hearing Bai Guotao’s revelation, was scared stiff.

As the Young Master Bai, he was acutely aware that if they were only facing the wrath of the Ye Family, today’s Bai Family would not be afraid. But if the Ye Family joined forces with Yanhuang Organization, Bai Family wouldn’t even have the power to fight back!

Picking up a stone to drop it on one’s own feet.

Bai Luo finally grasped the implication of Ye Wenhao’s words. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for a recommendation ticket, a Monthly Ticket at Qidian, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)