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Chapter 601 - 582: Put Your Hands Up

Chapter 601: Chapter 582: Put Your Hands Up

During a meal, Ye Chen was forcibly filled with several jin of white liquor, and no matter how well he could handle his drink, under the relentless onslaught of these old fellows, he couldn’t hold back from getting thoroughly drunk. He was so intoxicated that he couldn’t tell east from west, and after consuming several jin of white liquor, he vomited messily. While throwing up, he sobbed bitterly, "Have I lived my life in vain? Watching the woman I love getting married to someone else..."

The older fellows, although dizzy from drinking, immediately sobered up upon hearing Ye Chen’s words.

"Ye Chen’s woman ran off with someone else?" Chairman Liu asked in astonishment.

"Impossible, isn’t Li Ruo just fine?" Vice Chairman Chen immediately shook his head and said, "I haven’t heard anything about her getting married!"

"No, that’s not right, Ye Chen is quite the playboy, maybe it’s some other woman!" Elder Pang quickly turned his head and instructed the guard, "Go find out immediately if any woman who has a questionable relationship with Ye Chen is getting married!"

"Yes!" The guard immediately turned and left.

Not long after, the guard came back, "Chairman, Commander Pang. I just asked someone from the National Security Bureau to check, and there’s a rumor that Provincial Party Secretary of Province Z’s daughter, Zhang Yantong, is getting married. She and Ye Chen have a somewhat ambiguous relationship!"

"Alright, you may leave!" Pang Lai immediately nodded his head. Then he asked the others, "What do you think... How should we deal with this matter?"

"This is troublesome!" Chairman Liu sighed and said, "Ye Chen has always been quite domineering, how could he let someone else take his woman?"

"There’s something fishy about this!"

A group of leaders was actually discussing Ye Chen’s private affairs so seriously and suspiciously, each of them taking the matter very gravely as they did so.

Chairman Liu immediately gave an instruction while looking at Ye Chen babbling drunken nonsense, "This isn’t just Ye Chen’s problem, it’s related to the whole of China, and even to global issues!"

"Indeed!" Elder Pang immediately nodded and said, "We must resolve Ye Chen’s personal issues and straighten them out so that he can deal with the Church Court with peace of mind. Therefore, I see that this issue must be resolved!"

"Then... Elder Pang, how do you suggest we resolve it?" Vice Chairman Chen asked curiously.

"Put pressure on Province Z from organizational higher-ups!" Elder Pang said with a faint smile, "We must get through to Zhang Kaiguo and have him talk properly with his daughter. He needs to understand that this is no longer a simple matter of youthful love but one that requires consideration of personal feelings in light of greater issues!"

"Exactly!"

Ye Chen had no idea that his drunken words had prompted these elders to take the matter so seriously and discuss it with such a sober attitude.

At night, the north wind was biting outside. Inside, however, it was warm as spring, and Ye Chen slept for eight hours straight. When he awoke, it was already past eight o’clock in the evening. His head felt a bit groggy, and as he rose from the bedside, he washed his face with cold water which felt bone-chillingly icy.

"Mr. Ye, you’re awake?!" The guard at the door hurried in with a smile, "Your clothes!"

"Huh?" Ye Chen was startled and then realized he had been changed into a set of pajamas. He hurriedly took his clothes with a smile, "Thank you!"

"You’re welcome!" The guard, with his dark skin showing white teeth, strictly followed protocol, not engaging in much conversation with Ye Chen, and continued to stand guard at the door. Ye Chen changed into a set of clothes and then went outside. It was very cold, as the night in the north could turn thrown water into ice instantly. Ordinary people wore at least three layers inside and three layers outside, looking as cumbersome as a heavy bear.

But Ye Chen was different, wearing just thermal underwear inside and the thin uniform of the Black Water Security Company outside, which made him look chillingly cold. Ye Chen’s residence was a guest room of Elder Pang. By the time he had woken up, Elder Pang had already gone to bed, as the elder needed more sleep due to his age. Early to bed and early to rise was Elder Pang’s routine. From a distance, the lights were still on in the separate courtyards of Chairman Liu and Vice Chairman Chen.

Political leaders have a different lifestyle, with a large amount of paperwork to go through every day. Elder Pang was a Military District Leader, and due to ill health, he came back to Beijing to recuperate, perhaps to return to his duties in the Military District after some time. Ye Chen understood the hardships of these leaders’ lives; to outsiders, they might seem leisurely, but who could truly understand their inner toil?

Ye Chen revealed a smile, feeling comforted by having such leaders in China.

Crossing over little bridges and flowing waters, passing through pavilions and towers, Ye Chen exited through Xinhua Gate. The guards at the gate recognized him and did not stop him. From Xinhua Gate, after walking down one road and turning around, he found himself on Chang’an Street. Across the street was Tian’anmen Square, and at that moment, the square was teeming with many tourists.

At eight in the evening, it was the prime time to watch tourists sightseeing. The lights on Tian’anmen Square were all lit up, incredibly dazzling and eye-catching. Many tourists were continuously snapping photos, and Ye Chen looked at them, then strolled around the square. His phone rang. It was a call from Li Ruo.

"Ye Chen, where are you flirting about now?" Li Ruo was holding Little Yezi, and through the phone, Ye Chen could hear Little Yezi’s voice.

"Xiao Ruo, I’m in Beijing now!" Ye Chen replied hurriedly.

"Oh, I’ve heard that Heavenly World in Beijing isn’t bad at all, have you been there?" Li Ruo teased with a mischievous smile.

"Really?" Ye Chen hadn’t finished his sentence when he realized he had misspoken. His eyes darted, and he quickly said, "Really? That’s great, the local specialties from Heavenly World must be pretty good, right?"

"You..." Li Ruo was half-dead with irritation at Ye Chen’s wit. She snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, consider yourself clever. But you better not forget about Tongtong’s wedding!"

"Yes, I won’t!" Ye Chen nodded hastily.

After hanging up the phone, before there was a chance for any quiet, a few curses came from one end of the square, followed by a girl’s crying. Ye Chen was taken aback and immediately followed the sound to find a few punks beating up two girls.

Ye Chen couldn’t stand by any longer. Regardless of what wrong those two girls had done, they shouldn’t be taught a lesson with fists, right? He immediately went over and demanded in a stern voice, "What are you doing!"

The punks surrounding the girls immediately turned their heads to look at Ye Chen and said, "Yo, brother, you planning on playing the hero and saving the beauty?"

"You few are not worthy!" Ye Chen scoffed.

"Ye Chen..."

"Big Brother Ye!" The two girls suddenly saw Ye Chen’s face clearly and cried out in surprise.

"It’s you!" Ye Chen was stunned, looking at the two delicately featured girls. Weren’t they Duoduo and Wei Zhen, who were doing photography in the Golden Triangle? He never expected the world to be so small, to actually run into them in Beijing. Ye Chen curiously asked, "How come you are here?"

"We... we were here taking photos!" Wei Zhen shivered as she looked at Ye Chen and said, "But they said to take photos here, we had to pay, and they demanded a photography fee of one thousand yuan before they’d let us go!"

"This is our turf, do you think you can take photos and not pay?" The punks snorted coldly, appearing to be perfectly justified.

"Then why aren’t other people charged for taking photos, and you dare to bully us girls!" Duoduo angrily said. With Ye Chen there, their courage grew, but this immediately angered the punks. The two seemingly docile and obedient girls now dared to resist, and the guy leading with a baseball bat had originally intended to take the girls for a good time, but suddenly Ye Che showed up, catching him off guard.

"Shit!" The baseball bat punk immediately said, "Brothers, let’s take care of this damn guy first!"

"Yes!" They all nodded in agreement. Those who were originally surrounding Duoduo and Wei Zhen quickly surrounded Ye Chen. In this place, any knives were controlled items, and even carrying something like an iron stick was not allowed, so these guys were all brandishing baseball bats.

"Hmph, just with this bunch of riffraff!" Ye Chen snorted coldly and charged forward first, his foot fiercely planting on the forehead of the lead guy. That kick sent the punk reeling, his head swelling as he collapsed onto the ground without the strength to even groan in pain. The rest of the guys rushed up as soon as they saw this, but Ye Chen quickly picked up a baseball bat from the ground and then swung fiercely, knocking all the punks to the ground.

"Aiyo, it hurts like hell!"

"Shit, my leg’s freaking broken!"

In a short while, five or six punks were lying on the ground, all of them howling in pain. At this, the patrolling cops on the square immediately rushed over; each of them held a gun and shouted, "Don’t move, put your hands up!"