What?
Helan Tingmei, the second vice-director of Anren, was actually the fifth president of Anwang lurking in Sijiu?
After receiving Su Nanyin's call, Li Nanfang, who was drinking and talking with his "closed-door disciple" Ye Rumeng, was stunned.
Immediately, cold sweat broke out on Li Nanfang's forehead.
He thought of a saying—
Chasing geese all day, only to be blinded by the geese!
In fact, it wasn't just him who misjudged, but what about President Zhao?
After all, it was President Zhao who strongly recommended Helan Tingmei to join Anren.
Fortunately, Su Nanyin was a top expert at playing the pig to eat the tiger, thus escaping unscathed.
"Okay, I know. I'll be back immediately. Remember, don't tell anyone about this. I will report to President Zhao separately."
Li Nanfang said in a deep voice and ended the call.
This matter absolutely could not be known to anyone other than Su Nanyin, Li Nanfang, and President Zhao at the moment!
Because this concerned President Zhao's prestige.
If people knew that Helan Tingmei, who President Zhao had strongly recommended, was actually the fifth president of Anwang and had almost assassinated Su Nanyin.
Then President Zhao, who had almost made a big mistake out of appreciating talent, would see his prestige plummet due to poor judgment of character!
"Master, what's wrong?"
Ye Rumeng, who had been listening with all his ears, asked casually.
"Nothing, just a slight accident at Anren."
Li Nanfang shook his head, placed his phone on the table, and said to Ye Rumeng, "Rumeng, are you sure Cai Wangzu has dispatched a total of seven Xuanmen masters from three regions to cause trouble in Modu?"
"Yes."
Ye Rumeng nodded, and then said, "And I am also sure that the murderer who killed three lactating young women in Modu must be Ye Qingfan. Because after I framed him back then, he particularly hated lactating young women."
"A mere Ye Qingfan is no threat."
Li Nanfang sneered disdainfully and suddenly asked, "What impact do you think it will have if the news spreads that the Anren vice-director appointed by President Zhao is actually the fifth president of Anwang?"
"Heh heh."
Ye Rumeng chuckled and replied casually, "Of course, his prestige will plummet."
"Rumeng, you are truly intelligent."
Li Nanfang nodded. "Therefore, this matter absolutely cannot be known to anyone other than President Zhao, myself, and Su Nanyin."
"But I know—"
As Ye Rumeng casually uttered these words, his face suddenly changed!
Before he could react further—
Li Nanfang suddenly raised his hand and punched Ye Rumeng's throat hard.
Bang.
Ye Rumeng, who was sitting on the chair opposite him, suddenly flew out like a scarecrow.
After heavily hitting the wall of private room number three on the second floor of this small restaurant, he bounced back quickly and fell to the ground with a thud.
Ye Rumeng twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
"Alas, I swear by the lives of my son and grandson, I didn't want to kill you. At least, I didn't want to send you on your way so early. But why didn't you intelligently avoid me when I was on the phone, instead you pricked up your ears to eavesdrop? Rumeng, Rumeng, go well on your journey, your master will not see you off."
Li Nanfang sighed again and picked up the phone.
Soon, the call was connected.
A man's voice came, with a tone of respect that even a deaf person could hear: "Chief Manager, what are your orders?"
"Two things."
Li Nanfang said in a deep voice: "First, send someone to private room number three on the second floor of Chunyan Small Restaurant at No. 256 Minghui Road within three minutes to handle a corpse. Second, teams five and six should be ready to swiftly arrest all fifteen core members of the Yao family in Sijiu at midnight!"
Since Ye Rumeng had to be killed.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Yao family and cause them to flee urgently upon realizing something was wrong, Li Nanfang would take immediate action.
"Yes!"
The man on the phone agreed readily.
Alas.
Li Nanfang, with a compassionate look, looked at Ye Rumeng's corpse and sighed again before calling President Zhao.
"Nanfang, is something wrong?"
President Zhao, who was about to leave work, asked with a friendly smile: "Has Little Bug, who returned to Modu on behalf of Guanyin, departed? You must instruct Su Rina well not to get involved in trivial matters with her. Bug is a good child, she mustn't be corrupted by those bad women."
"They have probably departed and will arrive in Modu around seven o'clock."
Li Nanfang paused and said softly, "President Zhao, Helan Tingmei is the fifth president of Anwang. Just over ten minutes ago, she attempted to assassinate Su Nanyin. But she failed. Su Nanyin is unharmed. Only you, I, and Su Nanyin know this news."
"What!?"
President Zhao was shocked.
Then there was a long silence.
Beep.
The call ended.
Li Nanfang shook his head.
Although he was sure that—
The fact that Helan Tingmei was injured could be attributed to Anwang (it was normal for Anwang to assassinate an Anren vice-director), and it would not cause any loss to President Zhao's prestige; but President Zhao must have felt unpleasant in his heart; this incident could even become a lifelong shadow for President Zhao!
"I absolutely cannot let this affect President Zhao's state."
Li Nanfang stood by the window, pinching his chin and staring at the setting sun in contemplation, when the door opened.
Two members of Anren walked in.
They looked at the old scumbag's back with almost admiring eyes but said nothing.
They took out a black bag, skillfully "bagged" Ye Rumeng, and then carried it away quietly from the private room.
Ye Rumeng was gone.
From this moment on, Ye Rumeng mysteriously vanished from this world.
Li Nanfang also strode out of the small restaurant.
The car started.
As he sped towards Anren headquarters, Li Nanfang called President Zhao again.
"Nanfang, is something wrong?"
President Zhao, who was still in his office, sounded as amiable and calm as usual.
But Li Nanfang could hear a hint of melancholy in President Zhao's voice, as if he were lamenting his old age.
"Old Zhao."
Li Nanfang changed his address this time: "I need to ask you a favor."
"Heh heh."
President Zhao chuckled. "Speak. As long as I can do it."
"I have just learned that Helan Tingmei is a pawn that my grandson, Li Qianfan, planted in Anwang."
Li Nanfang enunciated clearly: "Or, to put it plainly, she is also Li Qianfan's woman. She deliberately assassinated Su Nanyin at Li Qianfan's command, only to assist Anren in eliminating all Anwang followers and then retire with merit. As a result, she was severely injured by Su Nanyin's bodyguard. This way, she could be captured with justification. Anwang would think that Li Qianfan was lusting after her beauty, thus defiling her and using despicable means to make her uncontrollably devoted to Li Qianfan. When Anwang had to abandon her, there would be no need to hunt her down mercilessly."
President Zhao—
Li Nanfang continued: "Therefore, I need you to vouch for Helan Tingmei, proving that she was loyal to us while working for the enemy. And there's no need to investigate her previous actions to gain the trust of Anwang."
President Zhao—
After a long while, he asked: "Li Qianfan will take the blame for this?"
Li Nanfang shamelessly said: "Anyway, that kid is destined to take the blame!"
President Zhao—
"Okay, it's settled. Please go to the Lu and Helan families and clarify the matter. Alas, Tingmei is such a good child, why was she charmed by such a scumbag? Strange."
Li Nanfang shook his head in confusion and ended the call.
The sun set.
Anren Headquarters.
Helan Tingmei finally woke up slowly.
Then she saw Li Nanfang and Su Nanyin.
She herself was lying on a bed in Su Nanyin's lounge.
Although she was covered with a quilt, she could feel that her broken left arm and right leg had been fixed with splints.
Her right arm was still dislocated, but the glove in her mouth was gone.
"Did you think you would be in prison when you woke up?"
Li Nanfang looked at her and asked with a benevolent smile.
"What tricks are you trying to play on me?"
Helan Tingmei, with a tough bone despite her injuries, stared at Li Nanfang for a full three minutes before saying indifferently, "I don't care. From the day I became the fifth president, I was prepared to be torn into a thousand pieces."
Su Nanyin asked: "I'm very curious, given your status, why did you join Anwang?"
Helan Tingmei said coldly: "The women of my Helan family are not content with mediocrity!"
This reason was powerful.
Li Nanfang and Su Nanyin were speechless.
Helan Tingmei continued: "Although I am destined to be torn into a thousand pieces and die a terrible death, before my death, I can still implicate the chief responsible for Anren, Zhao Guodong (President Zhao), who killed many people in Anwang, and make his prestige disappear! After this, he will no longer have the face to preside over Anren's work. This can be considered as my meager contribution to Anwang."
"Tingmei, why would you say that?"
Li Nanfang frowned. "I really have to curse Li Qianfan to death! It's because he didn't manage his woman well and got too deeply involved."
What?
Helan Tingmei was stunned.
She really couldn't understand why Li Nanfang said that.
"Tingmei, I really didn't expect it. You, Dai Paipai, and Jiao Yin are all my grandson's women. Tsk tsk, three out of Anwang's six presidents were captured by that kid. This matter doesn't shame me. From now on, Anwang can only obediently be surnamed Li!"
Li Nanfang, with pride on his face, began to recount the conversation he had with President Zhao, speaking and gesturing.
The more he spoke, the wider Helan Tingmei's eyes became.
As if she had seen a ghost!
Finally.
Li Nanfang added: "Now, President Zhao is visiting the Helan family. And my useless brother-in-law, Helan Qunxing, is praising your heroic feat of sacrificing yourself to Li Qianfan and going undercover in Anwang for the interests of the Eastern Land."
"Nonsense!"
Helan Tingmei shouted: "I never sacrificed myself to that scumbag Li Qianfan! I am the fifth president of Anwang! I am a person of Anwang in life, and a ghost of Anwang in death."
"You don't get to decide."
Li Nanfang said with a smile: "Good granddaughter-in-law, quickly tell me who those people lurking in Sijiu are. I can give them an opportunity to defect or to withdraw from the Eastern Land obediently. Remember, this is your only chance. I hope you can be as smart as Jiao Yin. Of course, you can choose not to say. But I have a special medicine here."
As he spoke, he took out a medicine bottle: "This is a medicine that I, an old man, specially developed to deal with certain foolish foreign women. This medicine will make you want to have children with men for 24 hours. You'll want it so badly that you'll bite off your own tongue."
Helan Tingmei's face changed dramatically.
She screamed shrilly: "Li Nanfang! You are a famous big figure! How can you use such despicable means to deal with a junior like me!?"
"What kind of renowned big figure? I'm just a scumbag. There's nothing in this world I wouldn't dare to do."
Li Nanfang shed his benevolent smile, grinned menacingly, and tossed the bottle to Su Nanyin: "Bug. Su Nanyin. The task of administering the medicine to Tingmei is up to you."
Su Nanyin caught the medicine bottle.
Helan Tingmei cursed: "Li Nanfang, you scumbag!"
"You finally spoke a true word."
Li Nanfang, looking smug, turned his back and walked out quickly.
Seven o'clock in the evening.
Under the black canopy, stars twinkled.
A flight roared and landed smoothly.
"My Bug is here."
Li Qianfan, who had been waiting for a long time, opened the car door and looked at the sky.
A happy smile spread across his face: "Tonight, I can finally hear Bug call out again."
Jiao San, hiding in the car, asked lazily: "Do you want to hear frog croaking together tonight as well?"