Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 701 - 697: Sudden Complications

Chapter 701: Chapter 697: Sudden Complications

Chapter 697: Unexpected Complications

All those small companies and individuals who took the opportunity to acquire Jianguo Group’s stocks, except for a very few lucky ones who bought in that very day, eventually all converged under Li Group.

This in itself was enough to prove a point.

Moreover, in Xiao Yi’s hands, there was more than just this. He also held the vague conclusions he had reached from reviewing Jianguo Group’s documents over the past few days... coupled with the previous grudges between Li Group and Jianguo Group...

And one thing, Xiao Yi was not a criminal police officer; he didn’t need to investigate in such detailed and specific manner. He didn’t need to insist on adhering to evidence for everything, powerless to act without evidence and forced to watch the perpetrator walk free!

The Li Family, very good, very powerful. Originally last time, I left you barely clinging to life, thinking you would become a bit more subdued. I did not expect you to be so restless behind the scenes!

Since you are so restless, let me see, let’s see how powerful the legendary Four Major Families of G City really are!

A faint cold smile appeared on Xiao Yi’s lips, and the killing intent in his heart surged to an extreme, causing the temperature in the room to seemingly plummet to freezing point instantly.

Ever since his arrival, Xiao Yi had never dealt harshly with the Li Family or any other family. Most of the time in G City, Xiao Yi had been exceedingly patient, even overly so.

Be it Gao Junjie and the other members of the Four Young Evil Masters, the two brothers from the Li Family, Li Ziming, and Li Zijie, or the other reckless youths, including Li Zhengyi whom he had just taught a lesson, their repeated provocations, according to Xiao Yi’s former temperament, would have been slapped to death long ago. But Xiao Yi had only retaliated lightly or defended himself each time, never striking with lethal intent.

It wasn’t because Xiao Yi was afraid of getting into trouble or unable to handle it, but because he did not want to disturb the peace he currently enjoyed. He hoped to live peacefully, waiting for the old man’s final order to arrive.

But now, the actions of the Li Family had crossed his bottom line. Chen Jianguo was the old man’s friend and the first person he met in G City, practically his only kin there. They dared to use such despicable means to try and assassinate him!

Although, their assassination attempt this time failed, what about the future?

Xiao Yi couldn’t guarantee that Chen Jianguo would always be so lucky, nor could he ensure that he would always be by Chen Jianguo’s side to protect him. Since they had already made this attempt and showed such ferocity, he had to suppress them right at the start!

He absolutely wouldn’t allow himself or his friends and relatives to remain in such invisible dangers!

However, Xiao Yi was not impulsive; he wouldn’t foolishly rush in now and wipe out the Li Family, even though, with his current abilities, he might indeed be able to wipe out the entire Li Family alone, since the Li Family might not have any masters above the Condensation period.

But this society is not the ancient times, nor is it the world of a martial arts novel where one can boldly kill from a thousand miles away...

Every circle has its own rules, and although he was a master of the Condensation period, he would not arrogantly believe that he was invincible just because of that.

The best way to deal with the Li Family was to utterly play them to death, completely digging out their century-old foundation, completely erasing them from the clan records of G City!

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G City Police Station.

A group of men and women in suits and thick glasses were intently and swiftly analyzing data on their computers. Each of them, an expert with considerable qualifications in the field of economics and securities, often appeared on various economic and financial channels. But at the moment, as they faced their computer screens, they dared not be negligent, scrutinizing every detail. The person in charge in this office was Xiaomei!

Analyzing and tracking the ready-made data from the Securities Exchange, for them, was hardly a challenge.

Soon, they analyzed some issues, their faces becoming excited as they continued their rapid analysis and tracking.

However, as they tracked all the way to the end, their expressions inevitably became more solemn.

Not because the analysis process started presenting any difficulties – in fact, the further along they got, the easier it seemed. The result was starkly laid out before them!

But no one dared to jump ahead and take credit, because they realized that the result implicated Li Group!

They didn’t know whether Xiaomei asking them to investigate this meant immortals were fighting, and more importantly, they didn’t know whether such a fight among the immortals could affect them, the mere minnows...

Although the Li Family had been greatly weakend recently, a centipede does not topple over dead easily; they were a legitimate old Great Clan. No one dared to belittle or offend them lightly...

So, each person wore a solemn expression, pretending they had not yet figured it out, continuing to tap away at their keyboards without taking the initiative to speak. After all, the other police officers didn’t know whether they had figured it out or not...

Time was passing, second by second...

Zeng Xiaomei’s delicate eyebrows finally began to furrow. Half a day had already gone by, and they still hadn’t analyzed any results? This was somewhat surprising to her! After all, these were experts!

"Ladies and gentlemen, have we not found a single result yet?"

As the lights outside began to slowly brighten, the darkness of the night intensified, Zeng Xiaomei could no longer keep her composure.

"This..."

"That..."

"......"

The expressions on the experts’ faces suddenly became rather embarrassed and ashamed, hesitating as if they were shy brides.

"Hmm?"

Zeng Xiaomei’s eyebrows shot up, and her gaze swept coldly over the experts, finally sensing that something was amiss.

"Sir Zeng, we have a result."

A relatively young man with a determined look in his eyes, unable to restrain himself any longer, stood up directly. "Based on my personal analysis, the one who significantly purchased Jianguo Group’s stocks that day should be..."

Upon finally hearing someone speak up with results, an excited expression involuntarily spread across Zeng Xiaomei’s face. She leaned slightly forward, her attention completely focused as she listened intently to his words.

"Captain, it’s not good!"

However, just as the man was about to reveal that crucial name, suddenly, a police officer with a panicked expression burst through the conference room door and rushed in, urgently shouting to Zeng Xiaomei.

"What’s the matter, acting so flustered, what a spectacle!"

Zeng Xiaomei, just when she was about to hear the crucial information, was abruptly interrupted, and her mood soured to an extreme. Seeing the panicked expression of the officer who rushed in only added to her annoyance.

With so many experts still here, and him, a distinguished police officer from the core of the police force, a criminal officer, acting so disorderly—what a disgrace it would be if word got out?

"Sir Zeng, I..."

The police officer, upon being reprimanded by Zeng Xiaomei and seeing the gaze of the experts nearby, suddenly realized his error. His face flushed, but then, remembering the phone call he had just received, he couldn’t care less about decorum and hurriedly explained to Zeng Xiaomei, "Sir Zeng, something bad has happened!"

"What exactly is the matter, you’re so flustered! If you don’t give a reasonable explanation today, you might as well report directly to the traffic police brigade from now on!"

Zeng Xiaomei’s expression grew even more stern. This young man was beyond hope, showing no signs of awareness even as she had already become furious, continuing to make a racket.

"Captain, a major incident has occurred!"

The police officer’s face flushed again, but immediately, he continued to explain urgently, "Just now at East Ring Plaza, the elevator malfunctioned, resulting in three deaths and nine injuries! The Chief has already been alerted, he just called, instructing us to immediately set up a special investigation team and investigate the situation there right away!"

"What!"

Hearing the police officer’s words, Zeng Xiaomei almost instantly stood up from her chair, exclaiming in shock.

"Captain, let’s set this matter aside for the moment and go check over there first!"

The police officer looked at Zeng Xiaomei anxiously, speaking with urgency.

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