Best Young Master
Chapter 410 - 364 Acting on the News

Chapter 410: Chapter 364 Acting on the News

Is it really him?!

As Ye Fan’s words echoed in his ears, sensing Ye Fan’s unyielding determination, Lin Tianyi found his answer.

"From the time Wu Hu and I planned this to now, it hasn’t even been three hours. How could he possibly appear in Nanming and also kill Wu Hu?"

As the answer emerged, Lin Tianyi couldn’t help but secretly question himself in his heart, yet he could not figure out a reason.

"Beep... Beep..."

At the same time, the call ended, and a busy tone came from the receiver.

"Whew~"

Lin Tianyi took a deep breath, steadying his chaotic thoughts. After a moment’s thought, he directly called Young Master Qinghong, Chen Feilian.

"I am discussing matters with a congressman. If it’s nothing important, let’s talk later." Ten seconds later, Chen Feilian’s voice came through the receiver, his tone slightly displeased.

Noticing the dissatisfaction in Chen Feilian’s tone, Lin Tianyi understood that seeking Chen Feilian’s help whenever he encountered trouble probably led Chen Feilian to question his abilities and feel dissatisfied with him.

However—

Understanding aside, Lin Tianyi still felt it was necessary to inform Chen Feilian about the situation, so he said, "Young Master Chen, I have a very important matter to report to you."

"Speak."

"It’s like this..."

With Chen Feilian’s permission, Lin Tianyi dared not delay. He immediately reported the evening’s events to Chen Feilian.

"What a bunch of good-for-nothings capable only of making a mess!"

Initially, as he listened to Lin Tianyi’s report, Chen Feilian’s face showed a bit of surprise and excitement, but by the time he heard the final outcome, he became so angry that he cursed aloud.

Lin Tianyi was so frightened he dared not even take a heavy breath.

He was very aware that for Chen Feilian, the process did not matter; the result was what was important.

"Are you all pig-brained?"

Being thwarted by Ye Fan time after time had put Chen Feilian in a very bad mood, and his discontent with Lin Tianyi was soaring. "You only think about why he would appear in Nanming so quickly. Why didn’t you consider that he might have already been in Nanming in advance?"

"Uh..."

Lin Tianyi was so stunned that his mouth fell open, and then he began to feel that this possibility was quite significant.

"Where is that girl named Su Liuli now?"

Chen Feilian asked the critical question piercingly. In his view, if one Wu Hu died, there were a thousand more to take his place. As long as Su Liuli was in Qinghong’s hands, the plan to use her as bait to lure the snake out of its hole could still be implemented.

"I don’t know."

Upon hearing this, Lin Tianyi cursed himself for his carelessness, and without waiting for Chen Feilian to start lecturing, he immediately admitted his error, "I’m sorry, Young Master Chen, it was my oversight!"

"Is sorry useful? Get on with it and follow up!" Chen Feilian lectured irritably.

"Yes, Young Master Chen!"

Lin Tianyi responded with an ugly expression and, after seeing Chen Feilian hang up, put away his phone and contacted Li Kui.

Three minutes later, Lin Tianyi called Chen Feilian again.

"Where is the person?"

As soon as the call connected, Chen Feilian straightforwardly asked before Lin Tianyi could report.

"Young Master Chen, the person previously in charge of escorting the girl named Su Liuli to the Golden Triangle was one of Wu Hu’s men, Li Kui. According to Li Kui, on the way to the border, he was stopped by a white-robed woman from a Buddhist sect, who then took the girl away," Lin Tianyi reported nervously.

"Ssh~"

Hearing Lin Tianyi’s report, Chen Feilian was so infuriated that the corners of his mouth twitched, then he felt something was off and asked, "Are you sure it was someone from the Buddhist sect?"

"Li Kui said he heard it with his own ears; the white-robed woman asked the girl named Su Liuli if she was willing to convert to Buddhism, and the girl said yes, only then did the white-robed woman take her away," Lin Tianyi replied.

"How could that bastard’s woman have any dealings with the Buddhist sect?" Chen Feilian wore a puzzled face; he seemed to be questioning Lin Tianyi, but it sounded more like he was questioning himself.

Lin Tianyi wisely chose to remain silent.

For one thing, he did not know the details, and recklessly replying would be foolish. Moreover, as the helmsman of Nanqinghong, he was very clear that the Buddhist sect’s status in the Huaxia Martial Arts World was extraordinary, and among the top ten experts of the Dragon Ranking, two were from the Buddhist sect: the Shaolin Abbot and Bodhi Wu Yin. This association of Ye Fan’s woman with the Buddhist sect was not good news for Qinghong!

"Why didn’t you consult me about this matter in advance?"

Sure enough, due to the involvement of the Buddhist sect, Chen Feilian became angrier and coldly questioned.

"I intended to give you the good news after the matter succeeded."

Lin Tianyi weakly responded, then took the opportunity to ask, "Young Master Chen, what do you think should be done next with this?"

"What to do? What else can you do besides asking me what to do after something goes wrong?" Chen Feilian scolded angrily.

"Chen... Young Master Chen, I have a suggestion."

Sensing Chen Feilian’s fury, Lin Tianyi thought for a moment and then voiced his own idea, "No matter how you put it, the fact that Ye Fan bastard killed Wu Hu and his men has become a fact. And, their profiles are immaculately clean; they’re legitimate businessmen. His actions are a violation of the Yanhuang Organization’s rules! Can’t we use the Yanhuang Organization to deal with him?"

"Stand by on your side, and keep an eye on how the situation develops. Report to me immediately if there is any update," Chen Feilian decided quickly upon hearing Lin Tianyi’s suggestion.

"Yes, Young Master Chen."

Lin Tianyi responded immediately and, after realizing that Chen Feilian had already hung up, he silently breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had narrowly escaped another calamity.

Chen Feilian, on the other hand, quickly flipped through his phone for a number. However, he didn’t call immediately, but instead pondered his words before dialing.

"Hello, who is this?"

The phone took a full ten seconds to connect; a magnetic voice answered, carrying a hint of authority in its tone.

"Hello, Secretary Wang, this is Chen Feilian," Chen Feilian introduced himself.

"Chen Feilian?"

On the other end of the phone, serving as Bai Guotao’s secretary and reputedly the second-in-command of Nanling, Wang Chonghua heard the name Chen Feilian and felt it slightly familiar but couldn’t remember where he had heard it.

"Secretary Wang, my father is Chen Daozang, the leader of the Qinghong Organization," Chen Feilian explained.

"You’ve called the wrong number!"

Hearing Chen Feilian’s words again, Wang Chonghua’s expression changed, and he coldly uttered a sentence before directly hanging up the phone.

As the chief secretary to Bai Guotao, he was well aware that Bai Luo’s imprisonment was due to collusion with the Qinghong Organization, a leverage that Ye Fan had used to bring him down by exploiting the rules.

Since then, the Bai Family had completely distanced itself from the Qinghong Organization.

Thus, although he was very curious why Chen Feilian would call him, he also knew that meeting with Chen Feilian was akin to playing with fire.

"To avoid the sharp edge and profit as the fisherman benefits, those Old Foxes of the Bai Family have it all figured out so nicely," Chen Feilian felt a bit annoyed by Wang Chonghua’s feigned ignorance and deliberate hanging up, but he also guessed the Bai Family’s current strategy and couldn’t help sneering, "Where in the world is there such a good deal?"

After the sneer, Chen Feilian quickly composed a text message and sent it to Wang Chonghua.

"Buzz~"

On the other side, Wang Chonghua, sitting in his study, was sitting on the chair, smoking and contemplating the purpose of Chen Feilian’s call, when suddenly he heard his phone vibrating. He immediately picked it up and opened the message.

"Secretary Wang, please convey a message to Secretary Bai, an hour ago, Ye Fan killed Wu Hu, Vice President of the Huaxia Branch of Qinghong Group and head of the Southwest Region, along with his bodyguards in Nanming City, Southern Xian Province."

Startled by the content of the message, Wang Chonghua’s hands trembled, and he secretly rejoiced that his phone was a specially made satellite phone outside of the Yanhuang Organization and special service departments’ surveillance, otherwise, he would have left behind incriminating evidence.

After the scare, Wang Chonghua looked at the text message again, made sure he remembered the content, and quickly deleted the message.

Having done all this, Wang Chonghua immediately dialed Bai Guotao’s number.

"Secretary, are you asleep yet?" Once the call connected, Wang Chonghua didn’t report straightaway but respectfully asked instead.

"What’s the matter?" Bai Guotao asked.

"There’s something that, after thinking it over, I feel it’s better to report to you."

"What is it?"

"I just received a piece of information. An hour ago, Ye Fan killed Wu Hu, Vice President of the Huaxia Branch of Qinghong Group and head of the Southwest Region, along with his bodyguards in Nanming City, Southern Xian Province," Wang Chonghua hastily reported.

"Oh?"

On the other end of the call, Bai Guotao’s pupils dilated slightly, he immediately dropped the red-topped file in his hand, and asked, "Where did you get this news? Is it reliable?"

"Chen Feilian told me," Wang Chonghua did not dare to conceal it.

"I see."

Bai Guotao, after a moment of contemplation, calmly uttered a sentence and then hung up the phone.

Clearly... he knew that Chen Feilian intended to make use of Wang Chonghua’s mouth to relay this matter to him—this was a common scheme used by many businessmen and officials to seek his help. It was also the origin of Wang Chonghua’s designation as the second-in-command of Nanling.

After hanging up, Bai Guotao lit a cigarette, inhaling the smoke while deep in thought.

Once the cigarette had burned to the end, he picked up his phone and dialed Zhou Wu, the Yanhuang Organization’s head of the Southwest Region.

"Hello, Secretary Bai,"

The phone quickly connected, and Zhou Wu, as the head of the Yanhuang Organization in the Southwest Region, greeted him proactively, curious about the purpose of Bai Guotao’s call.

"Director Zhou, I hope I didn’t disturb your rest," Bai Guotao asked with a laugh.

"Secretary Bai knows that we Martial Artists generally use cultivation in place of sleep," Zhou Wu replied with a laugh, his curiosity growing, though he did not query directly.

"When I went back last time, Xiao Tang said he hasn’t seen you for a long time, and he even asked me about your wellbeing. When you are free, let’s get together in Yanjing," Bai Guotao continued with the pleasantries.

"Sure."

Zhou Wu agreed readily; the Xiao Tang mentioned by Bai Guotao was his fellow disciple, one of the core Martial Artists cultivated by the Bai Family.

"Director Zhou, the main reason for my call so late is that I heard about something, and I wanted to verify it with you," Bai Guotao switched to the main topic swiftly, in typical official style.

"Please go ahead, Secretary Bai," Zhou Wu responded.

"This is the situation: I just heard that Ye Fan, the illegitimate son of Ye Wenhao, killed Wu Hu, Vice President of the Huaxia Branch of Qinghong Group and head of the Southwest Region, as well as his bodyguards in Nanming City, Southern Xian Province an hour ago," Bai Guotao recounted, then asked, "Director Zhou, do you know about this?"

Whoosh!

Shocked by Bai Guotao’s words, Zhou Wu’s expression changed dramatically, "I wasn’t aware of this matter."

"Control over Martial Artists is extremely strict now. Martial Artists causing social disorder is a taboo; mishandling it could cause panic. Director Zhou, this is something you might need to take seriously," Bai Guotao hinted subtly.

"Thank you for the reminder, Secretary Bai," Zhou Wu’s understanding was clear, and he continued the coded conversation, "It’s getting late. Secretary Bai, you should rest early; I need to hurry and address this matter."

"Then I won’t disturb Director Zhou any further."

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Bai Guotao didn’t waste more words and ended the call directly, then stood up and walked to the window.

"You used the rules of the game to send Xiao Luo to prison, so I will return the favor in kind—if I manage to confirm evidence of your mass killing, I want to see who dares to disrupt the rules of the game!"

Gazing out at the resplendent night view beyond the window, thinking of Bai Luo’s look of despair after being jailed, Bai Guotao’s eyes flashed with cold light, like a hungry wolf ready to devour its prey.

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