78: Chapter 77 Ironclad Evidence, Potential Dangers

"What's going on? They should have taken action by now. Why is there still no news?"

"It's already 2 PM. Why is there not a single word on the internet? This shouldn't be happening."

On the third floor of Wansheng Group, Wang Jiancheng leaned back in his office chair, his expression cold.

Li He was like an ant on a hot pan, so anxious he was about to explode.

According to the plan, the food safety issue should have erupted by now. How could there be absolutely no reaction?

"Mr. Li, our people discovered that the delivery service is operating normally, and no law enforcement agencies have gone to seal off Lin Feng's company."

A subordinate, drenched in sweat, kept his head down, looking nervous.

"Li He, what exactly is going on?"

"Didn't you say this would be simple? Was everything arranged? Why is there no news now?"

Wang Jiancheng's face was gloomy, his words filled with anger and dissatisfaction.

Li He was covered in cold sweat and said nervously, "They aren't answering my calls. Maybe they're waiting until dinner time to make their move."

"Are you sure?"

"I… I'll try calling again."

Li He was furious to the extreme.

He had thought that a few naive college students could get the job done if given a little incentive.

But he never expected…

"I'm going out. Li He, I'll leave things here to you."

"L-leave it to me…"

"Your son and daughter are both in high school, right?"

"Your wife doesn't work and relies on you for support, right?"

"You wouldn't want them to be left with nothing if something were to happen to you, would you?"

Li He's pupils dilated; he understood clearly that Wang Jiancheng was preparing to mitigate risks in advance.

If something really happened, he would have to take the fall.

Otherwise, not only would he go to jail, but his family wouldn't have a good life either.

"Mr. Wang, I understand what you mean."

"Good that you understand. I'm going to Southeast Asia to relax for a few days. Remember, we haven't been in contact these past few days."

"Understood…"

Wang Jiancheng walked out of the office, but instead of taking the elevator, he headed straight for the first floor via the stairwell.

Almost at the same moment, the elevator doors opened.

Captain Wang led five police officers straight toward the office.

"No, you can't just barge in. I need to report this."

"If you do this, I'll lose my job."

The receptionist looked panicked and followed Captain Wang, attempting to stop him from entering the office area.

"Miss, if you continue like this, we can charge you with obstruction of justice."

The receptionist was so frightened she stood frozen in place, only able to watch as Captain Wang and his men pushed open the ajar office door.

"Li He, I am Wang Zhiqiang from the Shen City Police Station. You are suspected of inciting others to poison food, and you are now officially under arrest."

Li He felt his brain go boom; he collapsed to the floor, looking at Captain Wang with desperate eyes.

Something really had gone wrong; those college students had sold him out.

"I… I am innocent."

"Innocent? Let me show you a video, so you won't hold onto false hope."

Five minutes later, Li He looked as if all his strength had been drained, collapsing to the floor.

In the video, his conversation with Zhang Zhi and the other three was recorded clearly.

"We also have the call logs between you and Zhang Zhi. An investigation confirmed that you are the owner of the SIM card."

Li He regretted his carelessness; he should have used a burner SIM card to contact Zhang Zhi.

"After we go back, confess everything properly and name the mastermind behind this to seek leniency."

Upon hearing this, he took a deep breath, his emotions seemingly stabilizing quite a bit.

"No one instructed me. This Lin Feng was very arrogant at Elder Wang's birthday banquet, and I just couldn't stand it."

"Hmph, I hope you can still be this stubborn in a little while."

Outside the main entrance of Wansheng Group, many people had gathered, all there to watch the commotion.

"Holy crap, Secretary Li has been arrested."

"What's going on?"

"Rumor has it that he hired a few college students to smear a popular delivery platform, but he got exposed."

"That guy named Lin Feng? It seems he's a classmate of our young master. He had some conflict with Wang Jiancheng at the Elder's birthday banquet. Could it be…"

"Shh… keep it down. Don't talk nonsense, or you might face legal consequences."

A young man stood at the back of the crowd with an ugly expression, watching Li He get into the police car before hurriedly entering the elevator to go straight to the top floor.

Inside the chairman's office, after hearing the young man's report, Wang Jianyun's face turned livid.

"Wang Jiancheng is really becoming more and more outrageous; to think he could do something like this."

"Dad, Second Uncle is targeting Lin Feng. Should we go tell Grandfather?"

"No, your grandfather will only say that any means are acceptable in competition."

"Then… what should we do?"

Wang Jianyun picked up the internal phone and held it to his ear; in a moment, the call connected.

"Hello, help me call Mr. Wang up here."

"Chairman, Mr. Wang just requested a month of leave, saying he's going to Southeast Asia to relax."

"What? He went to Southeast Asia?"

"Alright, I understand."

Wang Jianyun hung up the phone, his face livid, and cursed, "The Second one has gone to avoid the limelight."

"Then what if Li He rats him out?"

"You're overthinking it. Li He will only take the blame for everything himself."

Wang Jianyun thought for a moment and said, "Go call Lin Feng and tell him to be careful. Wang Jianyun is very insidious, and this is a significant hidden danger."

"Can we provide any help?"

"There won't be any problems before he returns, but he must be extra careful after he comes back."

"However, I have already decided to send people to secretly protect Lin Feng. If he engages in any overstepping behavior, we will deal with it all at once."

At 8 PM, Lin Feng invited Chen Wei and Li Jiang to have a late-night snack together.

As it turned out, halfway through the meal, Wang Hui and Secretary Li Wanqiu actually showed up as well.

Wang Hui had surprisingly changed from her usual hot temper and became unusually gentle.

Not to mention Secretary Li Wanqiu, she was picking food for Lin Feng and lighting his cigarettes, making Chen Wei and Li Jiang extremely envious.

"Lin Feng."

"Yo, you're here, sit."

"Um, Lin Feng, we're going to leave first. By the way, Xiaoyu's parents are having surgery the day after tomorrow, don't forget."

"Lin Feng, drink less. Huihui and I are leaving."

Wang Hui and Secretary Li Wanqiu left very tactfully.

Li Jiang and Chen Wei greeted them and got up to leave.

"Your luck with women is really good."

"I can't help it."

"Look at you, humble-bragging."

Wang Jun took a clean glass, poured himself a beer, and downed it in one gulp.

"Lin Feng, I'm sorry."

"It has nothing to do with you; this matter was Wang Jiancheng's doing."

"Sigh, it's a pity he ran off to Southeast Asia, and Li He has already confessed. I'm not reconciled."

Captain Wang had looked for Lin Feng; Li He's mouth was too tight, and he took the fall himself.

"Wang Jun, this doesn't sound like you."

"My Second Uncle is a very insidious person. Once he recovers and returns to Shen City, he will definitely try to stab you in the back again."

"Then what is your, your dad's, and your grandfather's attitude toward him?"

"Grandfather needs checks and balances, while my dad and I…"

He glanced at Lin Feng, made a throat-slitting gesture, and then laughed at himself.

"It's a pity that in China, there's no way to do that; we can only wait for him to make a mistake."

Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat as a piece of intelligence suddenly appeared before his eyes, making him terrified yet also a little excited.