Chapter 334 - Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them (2/2)
Lan Heng looked at her with a forced smile and then snorted. “Doesn’t Shen Xinglan want his daughter? He leaves her in our house every day.”
“He said he is busy these days, and Yaya only knows us in Jingcheng City, so…”
A Miao replied carefully and didn’t know what Lan Heng meant.
“You are willing to be a stepmother.” Lan Heng picked at his ear. “Don’t you regret it, Miss Elder Lan? There are a lot of people whom you can choose. There’s no need to find a widowed man.”
“… I didn’t think about it.” A Miao bit her lip. “But, if I have to make a choice, the most important thing is that he treats me well.”
Lan Heng laughed. “You are really naive. With your value, every man would treat you well.”
“No, that’s not the same!” A Miao smiled and said, “I want someone who treats me well sincerely, not because of who I am.”
“Do you think Shen Xinglan treats you well sincerely?” Lan Heng picked at his eyebrow. “How do you know that it is not for the influence of the Lan family?” Without waiting for A Miao to speak, Lan Heng continued.
“You said that Shen Xinglan has something to do these days. Is he busy with the matter of the Li family?”
A Miao was stunned. “I… am not clear about that.”
“You didn’t watch the news?” Lan Heng looked at her with a forced smile. “You know what happened to Li Nian!”
A Miao nodded. It would be strange if she said she didn’t know about it.
“It’s spread on the Internet. I’ve read it roughly.”
Lan Heng sat down and pulled out a cigar. “What do you think?”
“Ah?” A Miao did not respond instantly.
“Who do you think hurt her?” Lan Heng lit his cigar. Behind the smoke was a pair of clear eyes.
A Miao had a bad premonition in her heart. She braced herself to answer him after thinking a while.
“No matter who did it, I want to thank him.”
Lan Heng smiled. “You are quite vengeful.”
“I am not a holy person!” A Miao shrugged. “If Shen Xinglan didn’t save me last time, the person in the video might be me now.”
She looked at her watch and said, “Little uncle, don’t you have to go out today?”
“You are not a likable person. After a few words, you want to drive me away.” Lan Heng put out his cigar and stood up. “I really will go out.”
He turned around to walk to the door, then turned his head and smiled. “I’ll go out to be an onlooker!”
After he left, A Miao was still afraid and she covered her chest.
“…” She always thought that there were some implications in Lan Heng’s words…
Shen Xinglan sat in the office, and Shen I kept reporting to him.
“The Li family takes action very fast. Their people have already gone to our construction site.”
Shen Xinglan knocked on the table. “Tell Yin Sihai that it’s his business now.”
On the weekend, a great event happened in Jingcheng City.
There were fights at two construction sites, resulting in a dozen deaths and dozens of injuries.
“Mr. Li.” The police came to the Li house. “There’s a case that needs your cooperation.”
Li Peng was answering a phone. He already knew what had happened, so he stood up calmly. “OK, but I want to inform my lawyer.”
In the Lan house…
“A dozen people who died were construction workers superficially, but they actually were rivals of Yin Sihai. It was unknown where he found their families, who firmly believed that the Li family had sent them to make trouble.”
Lan Heng couldn’t help wanting to applaud, as the move made by Yin Sihai and Shen Xinglan was so cruel.
“Don’t you know the identity of Shen Xinglan? For a man like him, the dead are the least important.” Lan Lixiao was playing with the walnuts. “But that’s not enough. You go do it.” He looked at his youngest son.
“I know you have evidence of tax evasion and bribery of senior officials from the Li family. It’s time to hand it over.”
Lan Heng was angry but smiled. “They don’t exist. You didn’t allow me to get revenge for my elder brother. I’ve already thrown all the evidence away.”
“I’m your father. You can’t fool me.” Lan Lixiao waved. “Hurry up.”
Li Peng was waiting for his lawyer at the police station. The first message that the private lawyer of the Li family gave him after rushing to the police station was not to protect him, but…
“Chairman, the general manager has also been taken away.”
“Who took him away?”
The lawyer said anxiously, “The Anti-Corruption Bureau and Tax Inspection.”
“What?” Li Peng abruptly stood up. “What’s the matter?”
“I don’t know. Two lawyers followed him.”
Li Peng’s body shook. He was indeed old, so it was hard for him to withstand the blows occurring one after another. “First, find a way to bail me out.”
Several lawyers went to negotiate with the police. Although Li Peng was worried, he was more worried about Li Dong. As for himself, he believed that the lawyers would take him away.
However…
“They disagree.” A lawyer hurried in, sweating and saying, “The family members of the dead are holding banners at the door now, so the police dare not let you go.”
Li Peng’s head was buzzing, and he covered his chest and asked in a quiver, “Why are they protesting? They should find those people whose construction sites caused the deaths. It’s said that all the dead people were sent by me. That’s ridiculous. They have already died, and who can prove it?”
“… But, one person was saved.”