Around 9:30 PM.

Inside the Xin family villa, Xin Xiaodong personally picked up Zhou Xian's assistant from outside and introduced him to the family, "This is Team Leader Zhou's assistant, Li Yuan."

"Hello, everyone." Li Yuan greeted everyone with a smile and walked straight to Chief of Staff Wu, extending his hand.

"Hello," Chief of Staff Wu shook his hand while sitting on the sofa. "Please, sit down."

Li Yuan leaned in and sat down, saying softly, "Since there are no outsiders here, let's get straight to the point. Team Leader Zhou's intention is that Division Commander Xin and Xin Xiaoming bear the main responsibility for this matter, and the others bear joint responsibility. Your official positions… will definitely be lost, but your lives will be guaranteed, and the sentences won't be too long. As for the recovery of the embezzled funds, the investigation team will definitely have the right to do so. If we just give it a little nudge, this matter will be over."

Chief of Staff Wu remained silent with a dark face.

"This is evidence of the transfer of benefits between Xin Xiaoming and Hongfang Group." Li Yuan handed the documents he had brought to Chief of Staff Wu. "The amount of money involved and the depth of the exchange of benefits are enough to shock the military. So… the investigation team really can't do anything about it. The treatment we're offering you now is the best we can do."

Chief of Staff Wu pushed the documents on the table away with his hand. "I won't look at this. I know how much money Xin Xiaoming took, and I'm clear about the nature of the case. Let's talk about something practical."

"What's practical?" Li Yuan asked.

"You want to target the Garrison Headquarters and take down Lao Tan, am I wrong?" Chief of Staff Wu asked directly.

"Hehe." Li Yuan certainly couldn't answer this question directly, so he just smiled in tacit agreement.

"I've heard about what happened in Ba City, Second District. Tan Hengqiang sent people to kill Xiaoming, and after he came back, he planned to abandon us to protect his disciples and grandchildren." Chief of Staff Wu said very directly, "I can tell you accurately that everyone in this room hates Tan Hengqiang now. If you want to bite him, we can help, but there's one condition!"

"What condition?!" Li Yuan asked.

"Take our immediate family members away, using the regulations for political misconduct and family members being subject to joint control, and send them to the First District. Once they arrive in the First District, immediately process their departure formalities. Once these people are gone, we'll bite Tan Hengqiang." Chief of Staff Wu looked at the other party expressionlessly. "I can tell you clearly that as long as I'm willing to speak, at least half of the senior officers above the rank of Senior Colonel in the Dragon City Garrison will be implicated. As for how many can be arrested and how many you dare to arrest, it depends on your capabilities."

Li Yuan frowned. "I'm afraid that won't work."

"What do you mean? You want us to help you bite someone, but you want to control our wives and children?!" Chief of Staff Wu said without any politeness, "Hehe, you're even darker than Tan Hengqiang?"

"It's not that we want to control your family members, but that if we follow this plan, there are many procedures we need to apply for, and it will waste a lot of time." Li Yuan replied, "Moreover, the Garrison Headquarters won't easily agree."

"Waste what time? You're just afraid that Tan Hengqiang will talk us over and make us stand up and take the blame, so you're in a hurry, right?" Chief of Staff Wu looked at him. "But if we hand over our wives and children to you, what else do you have to be afraid of?"

Li Yuan's level was definitely not comparable to Chief of Staff Wu, and his on-the-spot reaction was also a bit lacking. He said somewhat uncertainly, "I need to make a call."

"If you can't make the decision, find someone who can!" Xin Xiaodong scolded coldly from the side, "So many people are sitting here chatting with you, and you can't give an accurate answer. Are you kidding me?!"

Li Yuan glanced at him, not angry, and immediately turned and walked outside. "I'll go make a call."

"Ding Ling Ling!"

Just as Li Yuan stepped outside, Chief of Staff Wu's phone rang. He glanced at the phone number, got up, walked to the side corridor of the hall, and pressed the answer button. "Hello?"

"Tan Hengqiang has ordered people to keep an eye on the family members of the core officers of the division. Be careful." The person on the phone reminded him.

"Okay, I understand." Chief of Staff Wu hung up the phone.

A little while later.

Li Yuan stepped back into the villa hall and said to Chief of Staff Wu, "The conditions you proposed can be agreed to, but there's one request."

"What request?" Chief of Staff Wu asked.

"You have to call Xin Xiaoming and have him start recording his confession and sign it." Li Yuan replied, "This is the bottom line and cannot be negotiated. If you agree, we'll proceed with the procedures and prepare to pick up people and transport your family members directly by plane. They'll land in the First District and be released directly."

Chief of Staff Wu pondered for a long time. "Xin Xiaoming can only confess about himself and Hongfang Group. After the people leave Dragon City, he can confess about our affairs. Is that okay?"

The two sides looked at each other. Li Yuan roughly understood Lao Wu's bottom line and immediately nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's do it that way!"

Five minutes later, Xin Xiaodong personally called his younger brother, his voice trembling as he said, "Xiaoming… Xiaoming, the negotiation here is over. You should… confess your own problems to the investigation team."

"Brother… Brother, am I finished?" Xin Xiaoming asked in a hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Xin Xiaodong felt extremely uncomfortable, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.

The two brothers were bound by blood and had never argued over the years. Their relationship was very deep.

"Okay… okay… I understand. You… you take care of the family." Xin Xiaoming understood his elder brother's situation. He finished speaking with tears in his eyes and immediately hung up the phone.

Xin Xiaodong knew that from this moment on, perhaps no one could save Xiaoming.

"We'll go through the procedures and notify you when they're done." Li Yuan extended his hand. "I hope we can all be rational and restrained for each other's benefit."

Chief of Staff Wu stood up. "If you keep your word, we'll definitely do what we say."

"Goodbye!"

With that, Li Yuan turned and hurried away.

…

In the living room, Chief of Staff Wu glanced at the Xin family and said in a serious tone, "Tan Hengqiang has already sent people to盯 on our core officers' family members. He's getting anxious."

"What should we do then?" Xin Xiaodong stood up.

"Gou Liu Zi under Lao Li's command is a character. His suggestion was very good." Chief of Staff Wu replied and immediately said, "Go to the study. I'll personally call Tan Hengqiang."

"Okay!"

Xin Xiaodong immediately followed.

On the second floor, a man came down to greet them, saying to Chief of Staff Wu in a very fast voice, "The people from that side are here. What should we do?"

"Let them go to the division headquarters and have someone secretly pick them up." Chief of Staff Wu said indifferently, "Don't let anyone盯 them."

"Understood, I'll arrange it."

…

Beside a barren field outside the district, Su Tianbei looked down at his watch, turned his head, and said to Zhang Hao and Tian Zhan, "Be sure to be careful!"