Blind Spot
Chapter 199 - 187 Choices 3

Chapter 199: 187 Choices 3

How nice.

Li Chengyi felt this trip to the alliance meeting was truly worthwhile.

He just loved this kind of untamed, defiant opponent who never bowed down.

If they gave in too easily, where would he go to fleece "Evil Thoughts"?

After everyone was seated.

Ding Zaocheng, the current chairman, stood up.

"I’m very pleased that no one is absent from this meeting," he said.

He picked up the speech, steadied the microphone.

"As usual, because Commissioner Liu Tongbei is dealing with affairs in other places and also holds several commissioner posts, he cannot be present, so I will chair this meeting as before."

Ding Zaocheng cleared his throat; as a Feiyi Master, he had naturally taken the Strengthening Injection.

At this moment, he immediately noticed the conflict between Li Chengyi and Zheng Kai of Tie Feng Group.

But he chose to ignore it.

There were a lot of opponents in the alliance; such a situation was quite normal.

"Following the procedure, let’s first read the notice issued by the provincial alliance... Regarding education, there will be major changes in the second half of the year, and everyone needs to cooperate with the government to complete these overall changes and reforms..."

He began a series of readings that Li Chengyi had zero interest in.

From education to housing reform, from public security to new rules on business competition...

It encompassed all sectors.

’No wonder the meeting takes so long...’ Li Chengyi realized that the meeting was essentially a policy briefing and conflict resolution session for all industries in Suiyang City.

Time kept ticking away.

Wan Chenghao, sitting beside Li Chengyi, had already drunk his fifth glass of water and yawned for the third time.

Finally, Ding Zaocheng brought up the issue between Tie Feng Group and Li Chengyi’s Mingyuan Company.

"...Here, we need to specifically mention the previous conflicts between Tie Feng Group and Mingyuan Company. President Zheng, President Li, how do you plan to handle it?" Clearly, Ding Zaocheng intended to outline methods of resolving the conflict and define its scope.

Otherwise, if both sides acted rashly, it could lead to unpredictable collateral damage.

But if they agreed on a method of resolution in advance, it would minimize losses.

It would also prevent misunderstandings with other people and forces, avoiding more trouble.

"President Ding, my son is gone, and now his killer is in their Mingyuan. What do you think I should do to reconcile?" Zheng Kai slammed the table and stood up, his voice low.

"You can discuss it yourselves and agree on a resolution method," Ding Zaocheng said indifferently, as if he were used to it.

"Good, that’s exactly what I’ve been waiting to hear from the chairman!" Zheng Kai’s gaze fiercely fixed on Li Chengyi.

"What does Mingyuan have to say?"

"President Zheng, a son can be born again, but once the industry is gone, everything is gone," Li Chengyi kindly advised. "In today’s technological society, business is about making money peacefully. A son is but one child; can’t you just have another? Be magnanimous."

"Magnanimous your... heh heh... It seems you’re not planning to give any explanation, right? Fine!" Zheng Kai gritted his teeth. "If you want to play dirty, I’m up for it!"

"I never said that," Li Chengyi leaned back in his chair. "After all, murder is illegal. It’s not yet clear who killed your son."

"Bullshit! The video clearly shows that it was a thug from your company who did it!" Zheng Kai slammed the table again.

"With modern technology being so advanced, video footage can also be faked. And finding someone to wear a similar exoskeleton suit isn’t hard. How could you blame our company for something with no evidence?" Li Chengyi said innocently.

"I have witnesses!! You still want to argue!?" Zheng Kai’s teeth seemed on the verge of shattering as he glared at Li Chengyi.

"Do you have witness other than those from your company?" Li Chengyi countered. "If it’s from your company, wouldn’t it be easy to collude and fabricate evidence?"

"Go to hell!! There’s both witness testimony and material evidence. You still want to argue!? Do you think I can’t find other evidence?!" Zheng Kai was furious.

Rage +2.

Rage +2.

"Actually, President Zheng, have you considered a possibility?" Li Chengyi spoke earnestly. "I heard about the incident with your wife before. So... I just wanted to ask, is your son... really yours?"

Crack.

Thunder rolled outside the window, and lightning flashed across the sky.

As if to accompany his words.

The bright lightning turned Zheng Kai’s entire face a chilling white.

He was completely stunned.

The emotions he had just displayed were suddenly extinguished by this sentence.

Yes... is his son really his own?!

"Not to put it too unpleasantly," Li Chengyi could feel that rage points had actually been credited. His lips suddenly curved up slightly.

"Such a troublemaking son being gone might actually be a good thing for you. So, it seems the person who killed your son might have inadvertently done you a favor. Wouldn’t you agree?"

Zheng Kai stood there in a daze; deep down, he had also fleetingly harbored such a thought but had never dared to seriously consider it.

Because if everything turned out to be true, it would mean that he had lived his entire life for someone else, thoroughly... a fool! A loser! A Blind Spot Individual kept in the dark!

It would virtually negate all his efforts and sacrifices over the many years!

"President Zheng seems unwell, he can go down and rest first," Ding Zaocheng sighed inwardly.

An ambitious new member like Li Chengyi was not easy to handle. Zheng Kai had been completely hit where it hurt.

Without a word, Zheng Kai let his male secretary support him; he seemed to have had the vitality drained from him, hurrying out of the meeting room.

Soon there was a phone call heard, demanding a genetic comparison with his son.

"After all these years, did Zheng not have a single doubt and do a genetic comparison?" Wang Kaizhi shook her head in disbelief.

Even this hundred-year-old mother found the situation outrageous.

"Wang Lao might not be aware that Zheng Kai’s current wife comes from a medical background, making it easy to handle genetic comparisons. After all, paternity tests aren’t difficult, and if you want to tamper with it, just make arrangements with the right doctor," a middle-aged man with glasses explained softly.

"That really is..." Wang Kaizhi shook her head. "Tragic."

She summed it up in one word.

Then she looked towards Li Chengyi, the new member.

From the short clash just now, it was apparent that this guy was also a problem child.

It remained to be seen what kind of problem child he was.

While pondering, she immediately saw Li Chengyi knock on the table and stand up.

"As everyone can see, the misunderstanding between us and Mr. Zheng from the Tie Feng Group has been cleared. As an emerging company in a new field, Mingyuan is focused on seeking welfare and a chance for survival for the vast Blind Spot individuals. We have no intention to intervene in any other industry or field."

Li Chengyi paused for a moment.

"I’m not very good at speaking. What I want to express is that if anyone’s family has someone who entered the Blind Spot, Mingyuan welcomes you."

Cough cough cough...

Some people in the audience choked on their drink, while others had strange expressions and kept their heads down, saying nothing.

Wasn’t this cursing everyone’s family members to end up in the Blind Spot?

"Alright, President Li can sit down now, let’s proceed to the next step," Ding Zaocheng coughed a few times, indicating it was enough.

Only then did Li Chengyi sit down with a smile and listen attentively.

The meeting lasted three hours before it finally concluded.

As people left, many members took the initiative to leave their business cards with Li Chengyi.

"President Li Chengyi, may I have a word with you?" Xu Zhenchang from the Xu Family approached Li Chengyi and said in a deep voice.

There weren’t many people left in the meeting room at this point; it seemed he had chosen this time specifically.

"What guidance does Elder Xu have for me?" asked Li Chengyi as he pulled out a chair and turned to look at him.

He had once thought about what kind of family would raise a son as cunning and manipulative as Xu Zhenchang’s that he had killed.

Now, compared to Zheng Kai’s senseless shouting, the Xu Family seemed much more somber and restrained.

"We’ve found Zheng Qingrong," Xu Zhenchang began, dropping a bombshell.

Zheng Qingrong was the older sister of the woman who was raped and killed by Zheng Kai’s son from the Tie Feng Group.

If it weren’t for Li Chengyi’s rescue at that time, she might have also met a tragic end.

"Oh? I remember this person. But Mr. Xu, what do you mean by specifically telling me this?" Li Chengyi countered.

"It means nothing particular, only that we can hand the person over to you. However, we hope that all scores between our two families will be settled from this point on. How does that sound?" Xu Zhenchang said gravely.

"What use is Zheng Qingrong to us?" Li Chengyi asked. "Handing her over to us is meaningless. And..."

He paused for a moment.

"It seems that Mingyuan doesn’t really have any conflict with the Xu Family, does it?"

Xu Zhenchang looked at him, paused, and then finally showed a trace of a smile.

"Indeed, it is so," he said.

He extended his hand.

"Then, I hope we can collaborate in the future and develop together."

"There will definitely be an opportunity," Li Chengyi reached out and shook his hand firmly.

Satisfied, Xu Zhenchang left.

For families like his, the loss of a son, when it comes to weighing the pros and cons, is something they would not drag out when it is time to give up.

A formidable enemy is far less valuable than a potential cooperative new individual. Moreover, Li Chengyi was essentially a Blind Spot Individual who might be gone after a while.

Harmony is precious.

There are very few people who can achieve this, but those who do are all long-standing prestigious families.

After Xu Zhenchang left, Li Chengyi also completed the meeting satisfactorily. He picked up his things, ready to leave.

Beep beep...

The phone vibrated.

He quickly took out his phone to look.

It was his mother, Feng Yurong.

He pressed the answer button and held it to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Xiao Yi, your sister is finishing her training camp and is coming back to pick up some things. Your father and I both have to work, could you... go pick her up?" Feng Yurong said.

Since the last time the siblings fought, Li Chengjiu had become even more silent and was often beaten.

At home, without her previous impatience and shouting, the atmosphere became more harmonious and warm.

Due to Li Chengjiu’s prideful self-esteem, the parents were unaware that the siblings were still fighting privately.

They thought Li Chengjiu had changed her character and that the sibling relationship had improved.

"Sure, what’s she taking back?" Li Chengyi’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up into a slight arc.

"The high-speed rail, arriving at the station at 8:30 PM."

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Inter-city high-speed rail.

Essentially built above and below ground, it is an ultra-fast train that carries a large number of passengers.

It is a type of subway.

But since it covers long distances, it is commonly called high-speed rail.

Compared to surface roads and airways, underground high-speed rail has significant advantages due to deep construction and an external protective framework, ensuring safety.

It is used not only for transporting people but also extensively for freight.

Amid the faint humming sound,

Li Chengjiu leaned against the window, watching the kaleidoscope of changing advertisements outside.

Outside the underground window was the arched high-speed rail tunnel.

Surrounding the tunnel were dynamic high-speed advertisements from various major manufacturers.

’Vankeerland Electronics Commerce Hub.’

’Ziyun Mansion’s Health and Wellness Set.’

’Weibang Energy’s Fully Automatic Massage Regulating Garment.’

Apart from these Suiyang and Yi Country enterprises, she was surprised to see an advertisement for prosthetic limbs from a company called Alien Light Technology.