Jiang Xiaochuan was a nail made by Lian Cheng, deeply piercing into the board of Chengzhou, delving into some unknown secrets. He didn’t know when Lian Cheng would pull out this nail—whether he would live a good life or simply perish in the cruel world of politics remained uncertain.

Lian Cheng spoke a lot, but Jiang Xiaochuan retained only a few words. He received a confidential document, signed it, and returned it to Lian Cheng.

Lian Cheng didn’t linger long in his office. As soon as Jiang Xiaochuan finished signing, Lian Cheng took the documents and left immediately. The day’s economic review had just begun.

Jiang Xiaochuan had been busy all afternoon, finally getting almost everything done. Only then did he have time to drink water.

Ultimately, Lian Cheng took nothing away. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s team was the same when they came as when they left. No information was found.

He watched Lian Cheng disappear at the city hall’s door, avoiding the potentially elated expressions of his department staff. Quickly packing up, he headed home.

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Rong Shaobai called him in the middle of the night, informing him that the plan had begun. Jiang Xiaochuan’s temples throbbed suddenly, and sleep was out of the question.

In the dead of night, he sat up, listening to Rong Shaobai’s leisurely voice on the other end of the phone. The highs and lows of his voice were like running water, accompanied by the soft sounds of silver metal clashing and high-grade equipment. It was unclear if he was cutting steak or sipping coffee.

“Mayor Jiang, I’ve started to close the net. When you do the same later, please remember to move quickly so my fishermen can retreat.” Rong Shaobai spoke cryptically, but everyone understood the complexity of their paths. However, Rong Shaobai had a completely different level of seriousness compared to a serious person like Jiang Xiaochuan. There was a hint of playfulness on his tone.

Jiang Xiaochuan turned on the desk lamp, grabbed his watch from under the lamp, and checked the time. It was one o’clock in the morning. The timing was indeed well chosen.

Knowing what he should do now, Jiang Xiaochuan inquired, “How big is the scale of the fight?”

“There are about two thousand people in that area of Dongcheng District,” Rong Shaobai replied. With the unspoken rule, it was involving the other families; but the Rong family’s numbers weren’t included. Once the melee started, more people would get involved, leading to an infinitely expanding, plague-like circle.

Without stating it explicitly, Jiang Xiaochuan could guess that the fight between the Qingtuan and Hong family in the previous life almost developed into a small-scale riot. Armed police officers and soldiers were directly dispatched, imposing martial law on the entire city for a long time. Rong Shaobai’s actions at that time made the situation too serious, and Jiang Xiaochuan couldn’t help him cover it up. Therefore, after the anti-gang operation began, Rong Shaobai faced severe suppression.

It seemed that the scale of the fight in this life was smaller than in the previous one, but the situation was much more complex.

Jiang Xiaochuan slowly put down his watch and touched the copper coin bracelet on his wrist. “I will try to slow down my net, but you have to keep the fish.”

Kept the fish.

Rong Shaobai suddenly made a crisp sound, as if he had put down something like a silver spoon.

“Mayor Jiang, your request is too much.”

Jiang Xiaochuan was too lazy to explain many truths to Rong Shaobai, only saying, “Anyway, I have reminded you. If you want to withdraw quickly, the fish have to stay on the shore. President Rong is a smart man; he must know the reason why I did this.”

Rong Shaobai wanted to say that he was a fool, but he endured it, and said with ridicule: “How can the fish come out of the river after casting a handful of nets? Where is the little fish playing? It’s really…”

“Anyway, I have said what I should say.” Jiang Xiaochuan’s tone protracted, “President Rong will decide for himself.”

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He hung up on Rong Shaobai and called Yue Qingci: “It’s me, Jiang Xiaochuan.”

“Brother Xiaochuan? It’s so late, what can I do?” Yue Qingci over there never expected that Jiang Xiaochuan would call him!

Jiang Xiaochuan didn’t think too much, “Tonight there will be a fight between the Hong and Qingtuan family. It involved a lot of people in the Dongcheng District Sangui area, and it’s common for it to turn into a big fight, so you must go. This is a perfect opportunity.”

Opportunity for promotion.

Although Yue Qingci was surprised by the speed at which he obtained the information, he also chose to believe Jiang Xiaochuan. “Then leave the matter here to me, but I don’t know when the information will be received.”

He already had the best information for now.