Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 560 - 560 556 The Transaction

560: Chapter 556: The Transaction 560: Chapter 556: The Transaction On that day, Ye Fan and Wei Ziling had not yet rented a house.

After dark, they found a place to eat and then returned to the hotel they were staying at.

Returning to the hotel, Ye Fan took a shower and began to surf the internet to continue learning about the relevant information of Mingde County.

“Huh, a public incident actually occurred in Mingde County more than half a month ago,” Ye Fan thought to himself, “Whenever there is a public incident, someone must take responsibility.

Could it be my predecessor?”

Ye Fan then seriously looked into the incident and discovered it indeed fell within the scope of a public security incident that had occurred sporadically.

“It seems that the job of the head of the public security team is not an easy one,” Ye Fan couldn’t help but think, “It’s just right to take advantage of the weekend in the next two days to meet with my predecessor.”

At eleven o’clock at night, there was a ringing of the doorbell.

Ye Fan opened the door and saw it was Wei Ziling.

He then saw that Wei Ziling was holding a steaming, fragrant medicinal soup.

“Mr.

Ye, the medicinal soup is ready,” said Wei Ziling.

Although cooking medicinal soup in the guest room was inconvenient, it was manageable with the use of a purple clay electric pot.

Ye Fan nodded, opened the door wider, and let Wei Ziling come in.

Wei Ziling set the medicinal soup on the table, turned to Ye Fan, and said, “Mr.

Ye, you must be tired today.

Let me give you a shoulder massage.”

Ye Fan replied, “No, you go back and rest early.

We have work to do tomorrow.”

“Alright then,” said Wei Ziling, and dutifully left Ye Fan’s room.

Ye Fan finished reading the last part of the information he was looking at, then closed his computer, and finally drank the medicinal soup.

After the New Year, he would have a life-and-death battle.

He must seize the time to improve his martial arts to the later stages of the dark energy level, so he couldn’t slack off.

After drinking the medicinal soup, Ye Fan began practicing the Rising Dragon Stance, with faint sounds of a dragon’s chant emanating from him.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Ye Fan sent Wei Ziling to look for houses, while he phoned his predecessor, Zhang Zhiyuan.

He had barely dialed the number when the call connected after almost a full ring.

“Who is it?” A voice of a middle-aged man tinged with a hint of despondency and weakness came through the phone.

Ye Fan said with a smile, “Commissioner Zhang, hello.

I’m Ye Fan, the person who will be taking over the role of the head of the public security team.

Could we meet in person for me to learn from you?”

“It’s the weekend now, not working hours,” said Zhang Zhiyuan.

“We can talk about any issues when work resumes.”

Ye Fan immediately responded, “Haha, Commissioner Zhang, I’m not in a hurry to take office.

I’m an outsider, and there is no conflict of interest between us.

Perhaps we could even work together.”

This was stated bluntly, but it was necessary to persuade Zhang Zhiyuan.

Zhang Zhigao’s removal from his position truly had nothing to do with Ye Fan.

Moreover, as vice commissioner and head of the public security team, Zhang had several loyal subordinates who would need the assistance and care of his successor, Ye Fan.

Zhang Zhiyuan fell silent for a moment before saying, “Alright.

Where shall we meet?”

“In The Language of Leisure Coffee Shop,” said Ye Fan.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Fan savored a sip of coffee.

He was currently in a private room of The Language of Leisure Coffee Shop.

Rather than diving headfirst into building his own faction from scratch, Ye Fan didn’t mind taking over Zhang Zhiyuan’s faction, which could enable him to kick-start his work more swiftly and avoid being clueless and potentially sidelined.

Furthermore, since Zhang Zhiyuan had been demoted rather than promoted out of his position, there was basically no need to worry about being overshadowed by Zhang’s faction.

The county town was not large, and after about fifteen minutes, Ye Fan met Zhang Zhiyuan.

Zhang Zhiyuan was just over forty, of average height, with a square face, in the prime of his life, yet he was clearly a bit disheartened.

The accident that had occurred more than half a month ago was partly his responsibility, but it wasn’t to the extent of being dismissed from his position.

However, since he had little influence and no connections above him, he became the scapegoat.

After his demotion, given that he had been one of the key leaders in the police department, he certainly couldn’t stay in the county police department any longer.

He had to be transferred to another governmental department or sent down to a township police station to serve as a grassroots officer.

After ordering a cup of coffee for Zhang Zhiyuan and closing the private room door, Ye Fan engaged in a confidential conversation with Zhang Zhiyuan.

The whole day of talks with Zhang Zhiyuan finally ended.

Parting ways with Zhang Zhiyuan, Ye Fan was brimming with confidence.

Knowing he had almost no chance of turning his fortunes around, Zhang Zhiyuan decided to do Ye Fan a favor and told him everything.

Not only that, he shared with Ye Fan his vision for building up the county’s public security brigade, hoping Ye Fan would adopt it.

Through a day of discussions, Ye Fan found that Zhang Zhiyuan was actually a very pragmatic official with good professional skills.

His only problem was that he wasn’t adept at currying favor, and because the position of the public security brigade captain wasn’t conducive to earning merits, he had been unable to get promoted.

Ye Fan returned to the hotel past nine in the evening.

Of course, he had already eaten, having dined with Zhang Zhiyuan.

Before entering his room, Ye Fan rang Wei Ziling’s room doorbell.

After a moment, Wei Ziling came out.

“Come to my room,” Ye Fan said, then walked to his room door, took out the key card, opened the door, and walked in.

Sitting down in the room, Ye Fan asked Wei Ziling about her progress in finding a house.

“I’ve found three suitable houses,” Wei Ziling said, then began to describe the details of the three houses to Ye Fan.

After hearing the descriptions, Ye Fan nodded, “All sound good.

We’ll drive and take a look at them tomorrow, then decide on renting one of them.

Thank you for your efforts.”

After sending Wei Ziling back to her room to rest, Ye Fan sat at the desk and started reviewing the notes from his confidential talk with Zhang Zhiyuan.

Although he hadn’t thought about getting promoted, he had also never been a civil servant before and feared that he might do a poor job, leading to unnecessary loss of life and property.

Therefore, he approached Zhang Zhiyuan with a very humble attitude to learn.

Of course, he didn’t fully trust what Zhang Zhiyuan had said.

People are cunning— who could be sure that Zhang Zhiyuan didn’t harbor a twisted mentality that sought to harm others without benefiting himself?

The next morning, Ye Fan drove with Wei Ziling to look at the three houses.

By twelve o’clock noon, Ye Fan had rented a house in the Sunshine Community to the east of the city.

Sunshine Community was a newly built residential area, and the house Ye Fan rented was Room 806 in Block 5, located in the middle of Sunshine Community.

It was a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment, fully furnished with a fine decoration, and came with all kinds of living appliances—ready to move in instantly.

However, the rent was relatively expensive, at fifteen hundred yuan per month.

Ye Fan did not want the landlord, Yueyue, to come and collect the rent every month, so he paid a year’s rent all at once.

By four o’clock in the afternoon, everything was settled.

Checking the time and seeing it wasn’t yet dinner time, he said to Wei Ziling, “Let’s go.

We’ll stroll around the street and get familiar with the surroundings.”

“Okay!” Wei Ziling happily agreed.

After driving to the vicinity of Yinxing Avenue at the center of the county town and finding a place to park, Ye Fan and Wei Ziling walked along Yinxing Avenue towards the most bustling area of Yinxing Square and Yinxing Market.

Since it was the weekend, the area around Yinxing Market was bustling with people.

Walking through the crowd, Ye Fan memorized his surroundings.

Suddenly, he felt someone tug at his clothes.

Then he heard Wei Ziling’s voice by his ear, “Mr.

Ye, quick, look over there.

There’s a pickpocket stealing from that woman in the blue dress.”