You call me treacherous and cunning?
You say I'm skilled in the art of deception?
And yet you want to become my disciple?
Du Yaoyao!
Am I truly that detestable in your eyes!?
Li Qianfan really wanted to shove her into a trash can, just like Su Nanyin had disciplined her, and whip her with a belt to make her understand that Mr. Qianfan was always upright and pure of heart.
However.
Seeing the adoration in Yaoyao’s eyes, Li Qianfan grudgingly forgave her slander.
He blew a smoke ring and asked in a wise tone, "You want to be my disciple? Alright. But first, tell me about those realizations you've had."
Yaoyao immediately hugged his arm, her little mouth puckering as she began to speak.
She started with the establishment of Anren—
Anren's headquarters were in Siji.
The three general managers, a director of operations, and the members of the eight teams were all in Siji.
Currently, Anren's primary work focused on eliminating Dark Net operatives lurking in Siji.
Therefore, the operational areas for Anren members were mainly in Tianbei, and the regions surrounding the capital like the Northeast and Jinmen.
They almost, or rather, never ventured south, let alone crossed the river into the coastal provinces.
Consequently, since Anren officially commenced operations over a month ago, its influence in Modu, the economic powerhouse city, had been almost non-existent.
The top circles in Modu naturally paid little attention to Anren.
But!
This did not mean that Anren could not, or rather, lacked the authority to interfere in Modu's nocturnal affairs.
After all, the Dark Net would not ignore Modu; they would simply dispatch more elite operatives to act there.
Wherever Dark Net operatives were active, Anren had the responsibility, the obligation, and even the authority to establish branches.
In fact.
A week after Anren commenced operations, Su Nanyin, the executive deputy director, had dispatched relevant personnel to Modu to negotiate the establishment of a branch with a certain person in charge.
For Anren to operate in Modu, it would inevitably require strong support from the local authorities.
However.
Modu’s response to Anren’s reasonable requests was exceedingly cold.
Certain individuals felt that Anren, directly reporting to Director Zhao, was seizing this opportunity to encroach upon their territory.
Without Modu's cooperation, Anren’s establishment of operations there would be wishful thinking.
Not to mention anything else.
When Anren members needed to investigate a suspect, wouldn't they require the cooperation of the special operations, security, and other departments?
After receiving such a frigid reaction from Modu regarding its branch establishment, both Director Zhao and Deputy Director Su were quite displeased.
However, due to many objective factors, they could only remain silent for the time being, patiently awaiting the opportune moment for their southern expansion.
Now, the opportunity had arrived!
While Li Qianfan and Yaoyao were strolling through the streets at midnight, they stumbled upon a tragic car accident.
Without hesitation, they launched a timely rescue of Ma Qiang and the other individual involved in the crash.
Before the sports car could ignite, they dragged Ma Qiang and the other person out of the vehicle and promptly stopped Ma Qiang's bleeding.
Even a rural grandmother who couldn't read would surely be grateful if her child was rescued by Li Qianfan and Yaoyao after a car accident.
But what did Director Wei and her colleagues do?
Not only did they not thank Li Qianfan and Yaoyao, but upon seeing that the bandage on Ma Qiang's wound was far from hygienic, they immediately berated them sternly.
They threatened that if Ma Qiang's wound became infected, they would not let Li Qianfan and Yaoyao off the hook!
Even more bewildering to a rural grandmother, the very Ma Qiang whom Li Qianfan and Yaoyao had just pulled back from the brink of death, upon regaining consciousness, was apparently captivated by Yaoyao’s beauty. As he was being loaded into the ambulance, he instructed Director Wei that he liked Yaoyao.
Director Wei readily agreed, promising that once Ma Qiang recovered, a scrubbed-clean Yaoyao would be waiting for him in his bedroom.
What kind of operation was this?
"We have to thank Director Wei!"
Yaoyao analyzed this point, then looked down at the still unconscious Director Wei and said, "She's repaying kindness with enmity towards Deputy Director Su's most beloved youngest daughter, and her most beloved brother and son-in-law. Given Deputy Director Su's nature, who gets a headache if she doesn't scheme for a day, how could she possibly allow her two most beloved people to be bullied by such a scoundrel with a powerful background? She would only seize this opportunity to head south to Modu and investigate and handle this matter. Thus, her branch would be established naturally."
Li Qianfan nodded.
He gestured that what Yaoyao said was indeed correct.
However, there were two points he disagreed with, which he was too embarrassed to voice.
One.
The statement that Yaoyao was Deputy Director Su's most beloved youngest daughter was not wrong.
Her claim that Li Qianfan was, like her, one of Deputy Director Su's most beloved was also true.
But her assertion that Li Qianfan was Deputy Director Su's brother and son-in-law was indeed rather awkward to hear.
Two.
Li Qianfan did not actually intend to escalate the situation to create an opportunity for Deputy Director Su to establish a southern presence.
He had merely, in a moment's thought, suddenly remembered that Director Wei's husband's surname was Ma, and her son's surname was also Ma.
What was crucial was Director Wei's own identity and her extremely arrogant behavior, both of which indicated a powerful background.
And the Ma family of Modu was precisely one of the seven prominent families in the coastal region!
Director Wei had a ninety percent chance of being a daughter-in-law of the Modu Ma family.
Li Qianfan harbored no good feelings towards the Modu Ma family.
Ma Hongtu of the Modu Ma family had, on the first day of the new year, forced Li Qianfan to swallow a large mouthful of flies.
Subsequently.
Before Ma Hongtu was crippled by Jiaosan's men, he had contacted Editor-in-Chief Yuan and begun fabricating rumors about a certain empress becoming pregnant by a certain popular young star (Bai Ziyan had already investigated and obtained conclusive evidence).
On the sixth day of the new year, the Ma family, in collusion with the Chen family and five other families, under the guise of congratulating the Su family's establishment, had intended to provoke Li Qianfan.
Li Qianfan could no longer tolerate it—
His purpose in coming to Modu, besides giving Director Chen a " an explanation," was to have a proper showdown with the Ma family!
Thus.
On the dawn of the day after Li Qianfan arrived in Modu, heaven, with a sweep of its hand, created the perfect opportunity for him to confront the Ma family.
Was Director Wei (of the Modu Ma family) arrogant and domineering?
Good.
Then Li Qianfan would show them what true arrogance and dominance were!!
However, after all was said and done.
Li Qianfan had not expected that while showing the Ma family true arrogance and dominance, he would also create the best opportunity for Su Nanyin to establish a southern presence in Modu.
But Yaoyao had realized it.
And she immediately called Su Nanyin, demanding that she mobilize a private jet overnight and rush to Modu; to seek justice for her most beloved youngest daughter and her most beloved brother and son-in-law.
Yaoyao’s realization stemmed from Li Qianfan repeatedly pinching her buttocks.
This was akin to the effect of Sun Wukong being struck three times on the head with a ruler by his teacher when he was learning.
Yaoyao's admiration for Li Qianfan and her desire to become his disciple, hoping to learn more cunning and treacherous skills in the future, thus became a natural progression.
"So, I'm this awesome."
After Li Qianfan understood what had happened, he secretly praised himself.
Beneath their feet—
A vague, hoarse, trembling, yet intensely venomous voice suddenly came: "No matter, who you are! You are all dead! Your entire family is dead!"
Li Qianfan and Yaoyao looked down.
They discovered that Director Wei, whose teeth Li Qianfan had knocked out and whose head he had slammed against the trash can until she fainted, was now slowly waking up.
As Director Wei’s brain functions began to restart, she saw Li Qianfan and Yaoyao.
She was immediately overwhelmed by a tidal wave of hatred and from the depths of her heart uttered those words.
"You still dare to be stubborn!"
Yaoyao was furious and was about to kick her again.
But Li Qianfan stopped her in time: "How many times have I told you, stop with the fighting. When dealing with matters, we must win people over with virtue."
Yaoyao was stunned.
Win them over with virtue?
Tell me quickly, after we've already beaten someone to this extent, how can we win them over with virtue?
Could it be that you’ve thought of another cunning idea?
I can't seem to recall it.
Quickly pinch my buttocks—
Just as Du Yaoyao, with her high-elastic, perky buttocks, proactively moved towards Li Qianfan's hand, the distant sound of wailing sirens approached.
The Special Operations had arrived.
"What's going on?"
The leading Special Operations officer was so startled by what he saw upon exiting the vehicle that he almost jumped out of his skin.
When Wang Jian of the Special Operations received the personal emergency call from Director Ma (Director Wei's husband, Ma Hongshan), he was already shocked.
Director Ma and his wife, along with several family members, had been severely beaten on the street!
This was outrageous!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Jian personally led his team to the scene.
He had assumed it was just a brawl.
However, upon arriving at the accident site, he discovered the still-burning sports car, the bloodstains on the ground, and teeth scattered everywhere.
Furthermore, he saw Director Ma and the others lying motionless on the ground, their conditions unknown.
At the scene, only a young man and woman stood by the trash can, embracing each other intimately.
"It's them!"
Fueled by indescribable hatred, Director Wei managed to stand up, leaning on the trash can.
She pointed at Li Qianfan and Yaoyao with a bloody mouth, hissing like a viper flicking its tongue: "They caused the car accident, resulting in one death and one serious injury in the sports car! When we arrived at the scene and questioned them about where they hid the getaway car! They attacked us viciously."
Looking at Director Wei's contorted face—
Yaoyao felt a little scared.
She quickly leaned into her master's embrace and asked, "Qianfan, were we really that bad?"
Seeing the feigned innocence of Yaoyao, Li Qianfan couldn't resist pinching her a few more times.
Ma Hongshan also sat up.
Although he feared his wife and lacked the bold audacity of Wei Shifang in twisting the truth, Ma Hongshan was the truly cunning one—
He picked up his phone and dialed a number.
In a low voice: "Director Chen, sorry to disturb your dreams. I've run into trouble here, serious trouble. I'd trouble you to protect all the road surveillance footage in the Sihai Road area."
He emphasized the word "protect" with great clarity!
Director Chen immediately pressed: "Who are they?"
"No matter who they are."
Director Ma looked at Li Qianfan and Yaoyao and said softly, "They are all dead!"