Chapter 159: Chapter 152: Dragon Soul Night Eagle
Xiao Lin walked out of the rudimentary command center. It wasn’t that he was shirking responsibility; the next steps were beyond his jurisdiction. As the saying goes, "handle the kill, not the burial." This was Xiao Lin’s current stance.
Upon leaving the command center, the first call Xiao Lin made was to Xia Xue. With past experiences in mind, he wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice. Once the call connected and he learned Xia Xue was already on her way to Yanjing and had been received, Xiao Lin was relieved.
The second call was to the Huaxia Capital. After notifying Dragon Soul of his arrival, he hung up. Then, he dialed a third number, which naturally was to Night Eagle. The phone rang for half a minute before it was answered.
"I’m here. Where are you?" Night Eagle’s words were as brief as ever; only Xiao Lin could get a few more words out of him. For others, even the Master of the Dragon Soul, Night Eagle wouldn’t say more than three words. Moreover, Night Eagle had a habit of keeping his location secret. Even Xiao Lin knew he could only come to him. If Night Eagle didn’t want to be seen, no one could find him.
Xiao Lin knew Night Eagle’s habit and didn’t foolishly ask where he was. He simply said, "Meet me at the entrance of Yan University Hospital in two hours!" Two hours should be enough time to get to Yan University, right?
Night Eagle didn’t even grunt in response and directly hung up. Xiao Lin helplessly looked at his phone and said somewhat fiercely, "People think I’m cold, but that’s only because they don’t know Night Eagle!" Thinking of the Dragon Soul gang, Xiao Lin sometimes found himself speechless. Handsome? Not as dashing as Hua Qingyi. Cold? Not as icy as Night Eagle. Smart? Not as clever as the Military Advisor. Skilled in combat? Who could match the Soul Master?
"Am I really the most useless in Dragon Soul?" Xiao Lin mused to himself but then laughed. Fortunately, when it came to medical skills, no one in Dragon Soul could surpass him.
After finishing the call, Xiao Lin found his beloved QQ car. Expertly, he started it, shifted gears, and sped away.
It wasn’t that Xiao Lin didn’t want to handle the aftermath; it was simply that he didn’t need to. With Hua Muyun taking charge above, Lin Zhifang commanding the middle, and Sun Chuanxuan executing below, he had already dealt with the toughest issues. The subsequent tasks didn’t require his hands-on involvement.
As for Chen Yongming in Jiangling, although he agreed to instigate the armed police to siege the traffic police squad in front of Zhang Teng, he wasn’t stupid. If he didn’t incite the armed police against Sun Chuanxuan and others, at most, he’d be detained, facing a few years in prison. If he followed Zhang Teng’s orders to attack the traffic police squad, it wouldn’t just be a matter of a few years.
Moreover, not long after Chen Yongming returned to the County Committee, he received a call from higher-ups saying that the Yanjing Commission for Discipline Inspection wanted to meet with him and asked him to wait in his office.
At this moment, Chen Yongming had no thoughts of resistance. Being part of the system, he understood its power. However, Chen Yongming was not resigned to his fate. Knowing the connection between Zhang Teng and the Old Street phantom, he immediately ordered the armed police commander to lead troops to block the phantom at Old Street.
This action by Chen Yongming was a bit of a last-ditch effort to make amends. As for whether it would have any effect, he didn’t have time to care.
Half an hour later, personnel from the Yanjing Commission for Discipline Inspection arrived at the Jiangling County Committee.
What Xiao Lin did in Jiangling was only known to those directly connected to him: Hua Muyun, Lin Zhifang, and Sun Chuanxuan. The outside world knew little, with only Xia Yusheng being another informed party.
Xia Yusheng was incredibly shocked by Xia Xue’s boyfriend. He was privy to the situation in Jiangling besides Hua Muyun and the others.
What astounded Xia Yusheng wasn’t the apparent familiarity between Xiao Lin and the Hua Family, but rather Xiao Lin’s ability to persuade Xia Yusheng to act against the Zhang Family. From Xia Xue, he even learned that Hua Muyun seemed to regard Xiao Lin as an equal. Who exactly was Xiao Lin?
To stand on equal footing with Hua Muyun at such a young age could only mean he was a direct descendant of one of the prominent families in the Huaxia Capital. However, among those familiar family names, "Xiao" wasn’t one of them?
"Truly a mystery!" Xia Yusheng finally sighed but was still overjoyed. Now, he greatly anticipated the old man’s upcoming birthday in two days. What surprises would this future son-in-law bring? Over the years, Xia Yusheng had been under tremendous pressure because of that Wang Family fat man. Now, he could finally find relief, and his daughter Xia Xue had found someone she loved. Heaven had been kind to the Xia Family and him.
The events in Jiangling spread rapidly in Yanjing’s high society after Lin Zhifang’s arrival. Those with some inside channels knew Jiangling was about to undergo drastic changes. However, no one knew why Jiangling was changing. Those in the know wouldn’t speak, like the Chen Family, while those unaware could only speculate.
"I heard the Zhang Family in Jiangling got their stronghold smashed. The Yanjing Bureau even sent a bunch of special forces over, and the Commission for Discipline Inspection got involved. It seems Jiangling is about to change dramatically!"
"Indeed, you heard too, huh? Do you know why the Zhang Family is in trouble?"
"I’ve heard a bit about this. It seems like the Wang Family is involved? I have a friend in the Jiangling County Committee, and today at the emergency standing committee meeting in Jiangling County, the committee member backed by the Wang Family made a strong move!"
"No, you got it wrong. According to reliable sources, the Zhang Family offended the Xia Family, Xia Yusheng, from the Xia Group. The Zhang Family offended them..."
"Nonsense, even though the Xia Group has assets over a billion, they really don’t count for much in Yanjing, just a drop in the ocean. Let alone the Zhang Family backed by the Chen Family, even the Zhang Family alone, the Xia Family couldn’t touch them!" This person, who knew the influence of the Xia Family, quickly refuted disdainfully.
"You’re only hearing part of the story. Let me tell you, they really offended Xia Yusheng’s daughter. Xia Yusheng’s daughter went to Jiangling to have fun today, and on the way, collided with a Zhang Family member’s car. But she turned it around and said the Zhang Family hit her. Naturally, the Zhang Family didn’t accept this and, in Jiangling, who are the Zhang Family afraid of? They just gave Xia Yusheng’s daughter a good beating!"
"Even if the Zhang Family hit Xia Yusheng’s daughter, what power does the Xia Family have to touch the Zhang Family? You should know, the Zhang Family is backed by the Chen Family!"
"You might not know, but Xia Yusheng’s daughter is actually the mistress of a big shot in Yanjing. And sometimes, what the Zhang Family does in Jiangling doesn’t sit well with the Hua Family. They took advantage of this excuse to deal with the Zhang Family. Besides, the Zhang Family is backed by the Chen Family, so hitting the Zhang Family is equivalent to hitting the Chen Family!"
"Ah, so that’s how it is. Who would’ve thought the Xia Family would connect with such a big tree!"
The rumors grew more outrageous, and towards the end, Xia Xue’s identity shifted from being a mistress to becoming Hua Muyun’s daughter, or something like that.
By this time, Chen Kuian finally couldn’t resist calling Elder Chen of the Chen Family, crying out about his daughter’s experience. However, after Elder Chen received a call from Hua Muyun, he had already developed a deep disdain for the Jiangling Zhang Family’s affairs. In response to Chen Kuian’s complaints, Elder Chen not only refused to help but also loudly rebuked him.
"Do you even know what your son-in-law has done? How dare you call me about this? You’re about to lose the Chen Family’s face completely; Jiangling must change!"
"Elder, this is the Hua Family’s wrongful accusation!" Chen Kuian tried to argue, but the elder was so angry he just hung up the phone.
Amidst the storms in Jiangling and the rumors in Yanjing, Xiao Lin had no mind to get involved. At this time, Xiao Lin was on his way back to Yanjing, thinking about little Niu Niu and not in a good mood. Fortunately, Night Eagle was already there; Xiao Lin had considerable confidence in Night Eagle when it came to intelligence gathering.
When Xiao Lin reached the entrance of Yan University Hospital, he saw Night Eagle waiting at the hospital entrance. Night Eagle was dressed in casual wear, looked quite ordinary, with a stubbled chin, appearing very mature and stable.
Seeing Xiao Lin’s QQ car parked at the bottom of the hospital steps, Night Eagle walked over silently, got in, and didn’t say a word. As soon as Night Eagle got in, the air in the car seemed to freeze.
Xiao Lin helplessly smiled and said, "I don’t know how you gather intel with that perpetually stern face. Who would give you information?" Xiao Lin couldn’t figure out how someone frowning all day could be so effective at gathering intelligence.
Of course, even though Xiao Lin asked this, Night Eagle only gave him a glance and didn’t answer his question, simply asking, "Why did you call me here? What’s up?" His words were still few, making them even more precious than an emperor’s decree.
"The son of the Yanjing Municipal Committee Deputy Secretary, Qu Dongbo, Qu Haobo, hit someone today and left without a word. I need evidence that he was driving!" Seeing Night Eagle as tight-lipped as ever, Xiao Lin didn’t waste words and directly stated his need.
"Anything else?" Night Eagle didn’t inquire about who Qu Dongbo and Qu Haobo were or where they lived, needing only a name and what kind of information to collect.
"How about going for a drink?" Xiao Lin smiled and suggested. After all, he came all the way from the capital; it’d be inappropriate not to treat him to a drink, right?
"No time!" Night Eagle said blandly, opened the car door, and without a single farewell, disappeared at the hospital entrance.
Xiao Lin was no stranger to this. Only he could manage to request Night Eagle in person. Usually, if someone wanted Night Eagle to do something, he would handle it, but it’d suffice over a phone call without the need for in-person meetings.
"This guy!" Though Xiao Lin knew this was Night Eagle’s way, he couldn’t help but grumble a little. Then he parked the car and headed straight to the high-end ward of the university hospital.(To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)