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Chapter 215 - 191 [Sacrificial Piece]

Chapter 215: Chapter 191 [Sacrificial Piece]

The following morning, the sky was a blanket of greyness, with a fine drizzle falling silently, like countless silkworms spewing their silken threads, connecting heaven and earth.

In the rain, some people walked briskly to bus and subway stations under their umbrellas, while others, without umbrellas, could only put their bags over their heads to fend off the rain. Those driving cars, due to the slippery roads and low visibility, had no choice but to slow down, forming a long procession along the streets.

"Director Luo, the traffic ahead is really bad. Should we use the siren?"

On the main thoroughfare leading to Dong hai Police Department, in a high-capacity Audi A6L bearing the Dong hai’s Police No.1 license plate, the driver, seeing the slow-moving cars ahead like a line of crawling snails, couldn’t help but suggest.

As Director Luo’s personal driver, he knew very well that Director Luo was supposed to preside over a very important meeting this morning, and with less than ten minutes to go before the meeting started, if they continued to be stuck in this traffic jam, Director Luo, who was the main figure of the meeting, would be late.

"No."

Seated in the rear of the car, Luo Chun, who was the top official in Dong hai’s Police, shook his head gravely, rejecting the driver’s suggestion.

"Uh..."

Upon hearing Luo Chun’s words, the driver was somewhat taken aback. In his memory, Luo Chun used to have police escorts wherever he went, exuding an aura of command, but today, there was no police escort, and surprisingly not even the siren would be sounded.

Ignoring the driver’s confusion, Luo Chun ignited a cigarette and took a deep drag.

The glow of the cigarette butt illuminated his square face, allowing one to see that the usual domineering air was gone; all that remained were furrowed brows, almost twisted into a character for ’chuan’.

As the top official in Dong hai’s Police, not only was he Guan Yi’s trusted confidant, but he was also a member of the Bai Group. He possessed a level of consciousness and foresight that ordinary officials didn’t have, and he could foresee the fallout from the reversal of the Ao Xiang Villa murder case—the Ye Family would seek vengeance!

This made him highly uneasy.

He was just a pawn living in the crevices, at any time he could become disposable.

However—

Just at this critical juncture, the news of Situ Chen’s murder had leaked, causing the key members of the Dong hai Gang to fight fiercely over territory and positions, creating an extremely bad influence, and the police’s phones were nearly exploding with calls.

Even, he had heard from reports that there had been an intense gunfight right under the Dong hai International Conference Center, where the big shots of the Yangtze River Delta region were staying...

He was already concerned that he would become a disposable pawn in the struggle between the Ye and Bai families, and now such events had added insult to injury!

This almost made him see his own downfall in the future. How could he still have the mood for special privileges and official grandeur?

At 8:30 AM, with Luo Chun’s worried face, the large-capacity Audi A6L bearing the police No.1 license plate entered the precinct of the Dong hai Police Department and stopped in the parking lot beneath the office building.

At the entrance of the office building, Luo Chun’s secretary had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Luo Chun get out of the car, he immediately greeted him, "Director, all the participants have arrived; we’re just waiting for you to chair the meeting."

"Hmm."

Luo Chun nodded slightly, adjusted his emotions, and stepped into the office building.

As the secretary said, aside from the two seats for Luo Chun and his secretary, the other seats in the conference room were all filled. Yet, no one spoke, and the room was eerily quiet, with only the occasional sound of smoking.

Among the participants, more than half were smoking, and the conference room was shrouded in smoke, looking at first glance as if it was on fire.

Through the smoke, one could see the expressions of the participants could be almost divided into two types. About two-thirds had furrowed brows, just like Luo Chun’s expression earlier in the traffic—they were Luo Chun’s direct lineage, and although they didn’t stand as high or see as far as Luo Chun, they also had a vague sense of danger.

The remaining third had the opposite expression, with the corners of their mouths turned upwards, almost eager to reveal their joy on their faces.

"Sorry for being late, there was some traffic," Luo Chun apologized as he walked into the conference room with his secretary, three minutes later, without displaying his usual high stature.

"I suppose everyone here already knows what happened last night, so I won’t repeat it. What I want to tell you is, because of the Ao Xiang Villa murder case, the ministry is very dissatisfied with our work. On top of that, a large-scale bloody event occurred last night, and there was even a gunfight under the hotel where some of the leaders from the surrounding provinces were staying," Luo Chun continued, his expression becoming grave again as his tone turned extremely solemn. "All this has caused a very negative impact on our reputation and put our work in a very passive position. We must soberly recognize the current situation and restore public order in Dong hai as soon as possible!"

"Now, let us all discuss how to deal with the current situation. Everyone will take turns speaking, try to keep it within five minutes, focus on the main point, talk about measures, and skip the empty talk and official jargon," Luo Chun said, getting straight to the point right after a brief introduction.

Perhaps knowing that the current situation was difficult to handle, no one spoke up after Luo Chun finished speaking. They all looked around, choosing to feign ignorance.

Sometime later, just as Luo Chun was getting somewhat irritated and was about to call on someone to speak, a piercing ringtone of a mobile phone cut through the silence.

Swish!

In an instant, the eyes of the attendees turned toward the source of the sound, and they starkly saw Director Li of the office looking extremely troubled.

Director Li didn’t dare to look at Luo Chun’s livid face, but immediately took out his mobile phone, didn’t even look at the caller ID, and pressed to silence the call.

"As the Director of the office, you can’t even remember to set your phone to vibrate during a meeting. What else can you do?" Luo Chun, already in a terrible mood, exploded with anger and scolded him, "If you can’t handle it, pack your bags and get out immediately!"

"Buzz... Buzz..."

In response to Luo Chun was the sound of the phone vibrating again; Director Li’s phone started to vibrate once more. His expression changed again, and suddenly cold sweat emerged on his forehead. It felt as if what he was carrying in his pocket wasn’t a phone, but a primed grenade, and he wished he could throw it away immediately!

"Sorry... I’ll turn off the phone right now."

Realizing he had become the focused of everyone in the meeting room, Director Li spoke with an ugly expression on his face, pulled out his phone, and was about to turn it off when he saw a text message from the deputy director of the office.

This discovery made his brows twitch slightly!

As far as he knew, although the deputy director was outwardly polite to him, deep down, the man couldn’t wait to replace him.

This made him suspect that the other party did it on purpose.

With this thought in mind, he opened the text message as if possessed by a ghost right before shutting down his phone.

Hmm?

The next moment.

His pupils suddenly dilated!

"Director Li, are you still able to turn off your phone?" Seeing that Director Li had not turned off his phone but instead was staring at it dumbfounded, Luo Chun suddenly raised his voice in uncontrollable anger.

Luo Chun’s scolding snapped Director Li out of his shock, and he said somewhat panicked, "Director... Director Luo, Minister Feng and..."

"I don’t care if it’s Minister Feng or Minister Zhang, we are having a meeting, not here to watch you take calls!"

Perhaps because he had been suppressing his frustration too much, seeing Director Li, a key member of his own direct lineage, drop the ball at a critical moment, Luo Chun without thinking, just blurted out a reprimand.

However—

After he finished speaking, Luo Chun suddenly noticed that the expressions of several deputy directors beside him were a bit odd. A thought struck him, and his expression instantly stiffened, "Which... which Minister Feng?"

"Creak!"

The answer to Luo Chun was the sound of the meeting room door being opened.

Bang!

As the noise echoed, everyone in the room, including Luo Chun, turned their attention to the meeting room door, only to see Dong hai’s number two and a middle-aged man wearing glasses appearing at the doorway, followed by several others.

The scene, as if freezing in that moment, left the people in the meeting room, including Luo Chun, staring dumbfounded at Dong hai’s number two and the Minister Feng mentioned by Director Li, motionless.

Bang—

After a brief spell of stupor, the sound of chairs and tables colliding echoed as everyone stood up from their seats one after another.

Luo Chun was the last one to stand up. Overcome with panic, he knocked over the chair behind him, looking exceptionally disheveled.

"Director Luo seems to be quite fiery," Minister Feng said with a smile, jesting, yet the narrow eyes behind his glasses twinkled with mocking light.

"Minister Feng, I..." Luo Chun opened his mouth, as if ready to say something, then promptly shut it again, letting his further words die in his stomach.

"Since all the members of your team are here, I will announce a notice on behalf of the municipal committee and the municipal government." Dong hai’s number two glanced at Luo Chun expressionlessly, pulled out a red-headed document, and said sternly, "Due to the severe dereliction of duty by Dong hai’s police during the Yangtze River Delta Economic Symposium, which led to the malignant murder at Ao Xiang Villa and a series of bloody incidents, causing a huge public outcry, and with an extremely bad impact! After communication and research by the Security Department and the municipal committee and government, it was decided to demand Luo Chun and Zhang Qian to immediately suspend their duties for review. Superior leadership has appointed Feng Dong to temporarily take charge of work and expediently handle the bloody incidents that occurred in Dong hai last night..."

"Uh..."

As the red-headed document was read out by Dong hai’s number two, the large meeting room instantly fell silent. Luo Chun and the deputy director named Zhang Qian looked dazed, as if unable to believe that all of this was real.

"Comrades Luo Chun and Zhang Qian, you are to go for review now and must submit the reviews separately to Minister Feng and me by 18:00 this afternoon," Dong hai’s number two added coldly.

"Yes... Yes!" Zhang Qian answered, his face pale.

Luo Chun, now utterly stripped of his former arrogance, was so scared that his legs gave way, nearly causing him to collapse to the floor.

"Whew... Yes!"

Soon after, Luo Chun took a deep breath, forcibly adjusted his emotions, responded hoarsely, and then walked towards the meeting room door with an ugly expression under everyone’s gaze.

Seeing this, both Dong hai’s number two and Feng Dong treated Luo Chun as if he was air, heading towards the vacant seats in the meeting room to continue the conference.

Five minutes later, Luo Chun, having been suspended, returned to his office but did not head to his once proud and esteemed seat. Instead, he grimly took out his phone and directly called Guan Yi.

"Beep... I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is currently on another call."

Upon dialing, a beep sounded in the earpiece, followed by the voice of the answering service.

That voice, usually pleasant, fell into Luo Chun’s ears like the howl of a demon from the Nine Nether Abyss, startling him so much that his phone slipped from his shaking hands.

"Clack—"

A crisp sound echoed; the specially made phone remained undamaged, but Luo Chun didn’t bend down to pick it up. Instead, he slumped powerlessly to the ground, deflated like a balloon.

The Ye Family had counterattacked, and he was the first pawn to be abandoned. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation ticket, Monthly Ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)