I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Chapter 774: Driving the Dog into the Alley

It seemed as if a leaden cloud was pressing down on the presidential stage, and even the air was so stagnant that it was suffocating.

Dark green velvet curtains swallowed up the last ray of sunlight from outside the window, and the study was gloomy. Yu Siwen slumped in a black leather chair, the cigar between his fingers flickering, the scarlet flame illuminating his eyes, fierce as a trapped animal. His face was obscured by the smoke.

"Sir," the secretary-general hurried into the study, his voice filled with barely concealed panic, "The hospital just sent word that Miss Yu... is out of danger, and this..."

As he spoke, he hurriedly presented the tablet to Yu Siwen, and a video was playing on the screen.

In the video, Jiang Huashan, Yu Sheng's attorney, sharply accuses the two prosecutors of dereliction of duty from a first-person perspective: "Next time when collecting evidence, please check yourselves for maggots first, so as to avoid another human tragedy!"

The girl's voice was clear and cold, echoing in the silent study, and every syllable struck people's hearts.

"It's over, it's over!!"

Sun Zhen in the corner suddenly stood up and paced back and forth like an ant on a hot pan. "I told you long ago that something was wrong with that girl! It's all the fault of that idiot Deng Chengxian! If he hadn't acted on his own, how could things have gotten to this point? Sir, what should we do now?"

The spark of the cigar suddenly lit up. Yu Siwen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and pressed the cigar hard into the crystal ashtray, making a slight hissing sound.

"what to do?!"

Yu Siwen suddenly turned around, his usually amiable mask shattered to pieces. Days of frustration had completely drained his patience. "I warned you long ago that Ah Sheng must have someone behind the scenes, and you must be extremely cautious when dealing with her! Now that things have turned out like this, you're asking me what to do?!"

He approached Sun Zhen step by step, his eyes like knives: "I promoted you because of your caution. What's the result? You actually dared to frame Shen Guiling in front of the Shen family! Are you tired of living, or do you think I don't have enough trouble now?!"

Sun Zhen was so frightened that his whole body trembled. He lowered his head and said repeatedly: "It's my fault. Please give me another chance..."

Yu Siwen stared at him for a moment, then suddenly softened his expression. His tone was terrifyingly calm, "Now that things have come to this, you can't stay in Whale Harbor any longer. Get ready tonight, and I'll arrange for someone to escort you out."

"Leaving the port?" Sun Zhen looked stunned and hesitated, "Sir, I..."

"What?" Yu Siwen chuckled, but the look behind his glasses was terrifyingly cold. "Are you still reluctant to give up the future of Jinggang Harbor? If you leave now, at least you can stay alive. When the Shen family investigates, you won't even know how you died."

Sun Zhen gritted his teeth and finally bowed, "I obey your command. I have been so grateful for your care over the years, sir. I only ask that you... provide a proper place for my family."

Yu Siwen took off his gold-rimmed glasses, pulled out the silk scarf from his chest, and slowly wiped the lenses: "This is natural."

Sun Zhen bowed deeply as if relieved, then turned and left the study.

The moment the door closed, Yu Siwen casually tossed his silk scarf into the trash can and put his glasses back on. The lenses reflected a cold light, obscuring the bloodthirsty, sinister look in his eyes.

"Wait until he leaves the presidential stage before you take action."

"Yes, sir." The secretary's face remained calm as he turned and walked out of the study.

Yu Siwen took a deep breath, and the foul air seemed to smell like rust.

He walked to his desk and, rather than using the standard communication equipment, bent down and opened a locked drawer at the bottom, pulling out a simple, unmarked black communicator. His fingertips paused imperceptibly, then he pressed a single, multiply-encrypted channel.

The sound of the line being connected was long and monotonous, and it rang for seven or eight times. Just when Yu Siwen almost thought that no one would answer, the call was finally picked up.

Yu Siwen's Adam's apple rolled as he spoke first, "...the situation has changed! Ah Sheng is not dead, the Shen family has also learned of our plan, and public opinion is extremely unfavorable to me..."

"waste!"

A specially processed, cold, twisted electronic sound, like the friction of metal, suddenly interrupted him. The voice was not loud, but it was extremely penetrating and carried undisguised contempt. "Yu Siwen, we gave you so many resources, but you can't even defeat an adopted daughter of the Shen family. How did you even become president?"

Yu Siwen's knuckles instantly turned white, and veins popped on the back of his hands. He clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes behind the lenses closed for a moment, and when he opened them again, he had forced the raging rage into a still state.

"...It was my mistake. I will make up for it as soon as possible and eliminate all hidden dangers." His voice squeezed out from between his teeth, with a calmness that was achieved through great effort.

"Eliminate? Who else can you eliminate now?" The electronic voice sneered, each word like an icicle. "With this incident causing such a big fuss, the Shen family must have been alerted! Any rash action you take now will only dig your own grave!"

Yu Siwen fell silent, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. He understood the other person's subtext: not only had he failed to solve the problem, but he had become a potentially explosive problem.

"I will deal with Sun Zhen."

As long as the Shen family cannot find out the relationship between him and Sun Zhen, they will definitely focus their firepower on the Zhou family. After all, everyone in the upper circle of Jinggang knows that the master behind the Deng family is the Zhou family.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communicator, as if assessing the situation. After several seconds, the cold electronic voice sounded again, "Killing Sun Zhen is just buying time. The Shen family will find you sooner or later. However, it's better to delay for a while. After all, you're not much use now."

"I offended the Shen family only because I followed your arrangements. Could it be that you..."

"Beep-beep-beep-"

Before he could finish, the communication was ruthlessly cut off, leaving only a busy tone.

"..."

Yu Siwen bent slightly, his hand trembling violently as he gripped the communicator. He stood there for a long moment, feeling a surge of unprecedented fear.

Outside the window, the leaden clouds pressed even lower, as if they were going to crush the entire presidential podium.

He slowly straightened up, took off his glasses, and pinched his brows hard, the last bit of color draining from his face. A moment later, he opened his phone and clicked on the news interview with Jiang Huashan. His eyes were filled with a bottomless cold pool.

"I've come this far with great difficulty. No one can stop me. I'll kill any god or Buddha who stands in my way."

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