Chapter 208: Would you dare to arrest him?
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Ling Yun reached the school very soon and began his afternoon studies.
Qingshui City seemed to be quiet and peaceful but under this quiet surface, an undercurrent was surging up violently!
If one were to ask who was the busiest, most troubled, and most overwrought person in Qingshui City right now, the answer would be none other than the father of the Little Gambling G.o.d Tang Meng. He was the Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau, Tang Tianhao.
Tang Tianhao was forty-five-years-old. He was 1.85 meters tall, with a short flattop haircut. His face looked robust, his complexion was rosy, and he had a thick set of brows on top of his big eyes. His eyes brimmed with energy. When he furrowed his brows, his gaze would seem as sharp as an eagle’s.
Mostly because of his background as a special forces soldier, Tang Tianhao was over forty but his physique was big and mighty and he was healthy and vigorous. There wasn’t a single shred of flab that most middle-aged men would have. Although he wore civilian clothes, his spine was still habitually as straight as a ruler and he maintained the posture of a soldier. He gave off the feeling of someone who was steady and experienced, yet at the same time clever and astute.
However, he wasn’t calling some kind of important conference right now. The Munic.i.p.al Council expansion conference had already ended in the morning. Tang Tianhao was now sitting in the bright and s.p.a.cious office of the Munic.i.p.al Council Secretary, Li Yifeng. He was sitting there and smoking without any misgivings as he wore a melancholic look on his face,
The Munic.i.p.al Council Secretary’s office only contained two people at the moment. Besides Tang Tianhao, the other person was the fully deserving number one person in Qingshui City, Munic.i.p.al Council Secretary, Li Yifeng.
Li Yifeng was forty-nine-years-old. He was 1.8 meters tall. His hair was combed and not a single hair was out of place. He had short facial hair, his brows were straight and outstanding, his nose was straight and his mouth was square. Just by looking at his face, he was the kind of beautiful looking man that women would fall in love with at first sight.
He wore a snow-white s.h.i.+rt and a pair of perfectly-straight green pants. Although his body wasn’t as well built as Tang Tianhao’s, it was still very tall and straight. Although his belly had a slight protrusion, it had its benefits. It suited his position and image as a sub-provincial manager very well.
Li Yifeng’s eyes were long and narrow. He didn’t have to squint deliberately and he naturally carried the aura of someone in a high position. His gaze was calm and steady and he seemed unhurried. He made people feel as if, even if Mount Tai were to collapse in front of him, he would still be calm and unperturbed.
At that moment, Li Yifeng was sitting in front of Tang Tianhao. Using his steady and narrow eyes, he watched Tang Tianhao blowing out smoke with a worried look on his face.
This was the third cigarette that Tang Tianhao had smoked since entering Li Yifeng’s office. He was smoking because he had things to say but didn’t know how to start. He could only smoke as he tried to gather his words.
After taking another big breath of smoke, Tang Tianhao finally couldn’t take it anymore. He said, “Elder Li, I’m out of options. You have a lot of ideas, help me to think of one!”
Qingshui City’s bureaucracy was complicated and tricky. There were many different sects that were tangled up together. But no matter how it was divided, Li Yifeng and Tang Tianhao were from the same sect and they were on the same side because they were as close as brothers.
A single sentence is enough to explain their relations.h.i.+p. Their fathers were Li Qingchuan and Tang Meng’s grandfathers. They were comrades-in-arms who had climbed out of the trenches together and taken bullets for each other!
Otherwise, how could Li Qingchuan and Tang Meng’s relations.h.i.+p be so good?
Although they were in Li Yifeng’s office right now, only the two of them were there. Hence, Tang Tianhao didn’t address him by his status but called him Elder Li instead.
Since he had called him Elder Li, of course, they were speaking about private matters. The official jargon spoken in the bureaucracy was all nonsense. Being able to have private talk showed true friends.h.i.+p.
Li Yifeng smiled and started speaking slowly and softly, “You want me to think of ideas for you for so many problems? You’re our Qingshui City Public Security Bureau’s Deputy Director. I don’t believe that you really don’t have any other means.”
Tang Tian Hao looked at Li Yifeng’s calm and leisurely face. He took another breath of smoke and said, “Means? I have lots of means but the problem is that there are so many problems merged together. What am I supposed to do?”
Probably the only person in the whole of Qingshui City that dared to talk to Li Yifeng like this, besides his father and wife, was Tang Tianhao.
Li Yifeng understood Tang Tianhao’s temper the best. He didn’t mind it as he smiled and said, “Wasn’t it talked about during the morning’s conference? Suppress what needs to be suppressed. Control what needs to be controlled. Capture those who need to be captured.”
Tang Tianhao’s temper was extinguished because of those words. He put out his cigarette and leaned back. In a moment, he was lying on the comfortable sofa.
“Besides what was talked about in the morning, what exactly is bothering you? Tell me.”
Of course, Li Yifeng knew about the storm that was brewing in Qingshui City, so he wanted to hear Tang Tianhao’s thoughts.
Tang Tianhao extended his right hand and waved it in front of Li Yifeng. Then, he said, “I’ll tell you one by one.”
They were moving on to the main topic. Li Yifeng smiled and nodded. “Alright!”
Tang Tianhao tapped his fingertip as he said, “Let’s first talk about that mysterious sinkhole that appeared at Dragon Mountain. Right now, it has already drawn high attention from various parts of the country. Many people have already come to our Qingshui City! As for those humanities scholars, sinkhole specialists, geologists, and archaeologists or whatever who came to the morning conference, they’re all full of sh*t!”
“According to my special sources, feng shui masters from all over the country are rus.h.i.+ng over after hearing this news and many grave robbers are coming as well. This incident has already gotten to the security department of the country and they’ve sent people over as well. If everything has gone as expected, they’ve already reached our Qingshui City.”
Tang Tianhao looked into Li Yifeng’s eyes and said in a low voice, “After the waterspout, our Qingshui City immediately suffered from violent rainstorms that we haven’t seen in centuries. Now, the sinkhole has appeared as well. That’s why the people of Qingshui City are discussing amongst themselves. All sorts of rumors are filling the air. Some of them of them are even talking about the world ending within a year.”
“Yesterday, I personally found a well-known feng shui master in our city. He said that, judging by the topography, that is a piece of precious land. In that sinkhole might really be a shockingly huge grave!”
“If that’s true, a huge ruckus will happen in our Qingshui City. How could I not be anxious?”
This was a big matter indeed. Li Yifeng muttered to himself softly and nodded in deep thought. Then, he said, “What else?”
Tang Tianhao laughed bitterly. “Although the sinkhole matter is big, at least it’s not such a desperate emergency. Right now, the thing that is giving me the biggest headache is that beautiful female police officer who was sent to our Public Security Bureau to aid in our investigations, Lin Menghan.”
“You know about her background now. Initially, my plan was to treat her like a Buddha since she was sent by the higher-ups and then let her stay and do nothing until she leaves. But she keeps offering her service spontaneously to crack the Qingyun Movies case. Before the case was even half cracked, she almost got… Don’t you think she’s just giving me more trouble?”
Li Yifeng laughed gently. “I have a rough understanding of her situation. Her father told me on the phone that Lin Menghan is their only descendant. Although the young lady is outstanding, her grandfather really favors males over females. He always laments about how the Lin family doesn’t have a boy. So, Lin Menghan has always been going against her grandfather. She wants to prove to her grandfather that she can do whatever a boy can do. That’s why this isn’t…”
Although Tang Tianhao had roughly known the background information, he still stroked his forehead with his hand anxiously after hearing that. “How scary! If something really happens to her while she’s here, I won’t be able to take the consequences. I’ll get killed because of her!”
Li Yifeng chuckled. His narrow eyes squinted slightly and he actually said teasingly to Tang Tianhao, “I heard that she has quite a good impression of you. You have to be careful of your style of work…”
Tang Tianhao shot Li Yifeng a glare. “F*ck you. Am I that kind of person?”
Li Yifeng saw that Tang Tianhao had relaxed quite a bit. He chuckled before regaining his seriousness and saying, “Why didn’t you arrange for protection that night?”
Tang Tianhao said in an annoyed tone, “Arrange for protection? I would even arrange twenty-five hours of protection for her if possible. But that night, she was simply acting on her own accord. It was already 10:30 at night and the Public Security Bureau had finished our work. Who knew that she would dare to enter danger alone under such circ.u.mstances?”
“Moreover, a huge rainstorm just happened that day. All our Public Security police officers were clearing the way for traffic and doing all sorts of a.s.sistance work! I worked all the way until 2:30 in the morning and I had long forgotten about her!”
Li Yifeng understood Tang Tianhao’s troubles. He nodded. “The young lady grew up in a military camp. She became a soldier at the age of sixteen, so it’s hard to avoid some recklessness in her behavior. It’s good that she ended up fine. We just have to suppress it for a while and the news will pa.s.s.”
Very clearly, Ling Menghan’s father had spoken quite a lot to Li Yifeng on the phone. Li Yifeng was rather clear about Lin Menghan’s situation.
Tang Tianhao furrowed his brows. “I’m not worried about that. I’m worried about those ten over people getting kicked and turning into eunuchs. Lin Menghan said after coming back on the second morning that the person who saved her was Ling Yun. That Ling Yun kicked those people until they became crippled. How are we going to handle this matter? Do we arrest him or not?”
After saying all this, Tang Tianhao stared right at Li Yifeng and waited for his response.
Li Yifeng didn’t give any expressions after hearing that. He took out a cigarette from the box on the coffee table, lit it up, and started sucking it in slowly.
After going a huge round and beating about the bush for so long, Tang Tianhao still ended up talking about Ling Yun. This was the main cause of his troubles.
Of course, Li Yifeng already knew by now that Ling Yun had completely cured his precious son, Li Qingchuan’s heart disease. Ling Yun was now the biggest savior of the Li family!
It wasn’t just Li Yifeng who knew about it, Tang Tianhao knew too. Not only did Tang Tianhao know this, but he also knew that that spoiled child of his, Tang Meng, had been following Ling Yun around all day. When Tang Meng spoke about Ling Yun, he would be in deep admiration, calling Ling Yun ‘Boss’. That closeness that they had even made Tang Tianhao jealous!
As the Public Security Bureau’s Deputy Director, he had intentionally dug out Ling Yun’s ident.i.ty information to take a look. Hence, Tang Tianhao even knew that, besides having those inconceivable abilities that Tang Meng spoke about, Ling Yun’s background was also very complicated. It was very likely that Ling Yun had blood relations with the great Ling clan of Beijing!
Since Ling Hao could find out about Ling Yun’s true ident.i.ty through Qingshui City’s Public Security Bureau, if Tang Tianhao, as the Public Security Bureau’s Deputy Director, couldn’t find it, he should just retire as the Deputy Director.
Li Yifeng’s narrow eyes squinted slightly as he asked Tang Tianhao, “If I tell you to arrest him, would you dare to do it?”