370: Chapter 370: The Disaster Does Not Affect Wife and Children

"Asking Mayor Gong for someone? Do you know her name?" Chairman Niu asked curiously.

"She kept calling out 'Old Xue', but I don't know her exact name. Should I go ask?" The mercenary replied.

"Oh, no need, just leave it!" Chairman Niu wasn't interested in knowing who it was.

There was no one or anything in Meilin that he cared about.

Entering the office where Gong Kaiming was detained, Chairman Niu began, "Gong Kaiming, not bad, actually planning to run away with all the citizens of the city? You're probably the only one in the entire Huaguo!"

"Hmph! Don't be so smug. Publicly detaining a national civil servant, you won't have a good outcome either!" Gong Kaiming shot him a sidelong glance.

"I'm doing this for the sake of all the city's citizens. Someone like you isn't fit to be a local official," Chairman Niu said.

"Hahaha, Niu Xingwang, Niu Xingwang, you talk a better game than you play. Do you dare say you don't want to claim Meilin for yourself?" Gong Kaiming scoffed.

"I really don't. With the current strength of the Chamber of Commerce, establishing a Settlement several times larger than Meilin is no problem. What use would I have for your Meilin Settlement?" Chairman Niu said.

"Then why don't you choose to build one, and instead come to steal mine?" Gong Kaiming asked.

"Mayor Gong seems to have misunderstood. I didn't intend to steal yours; now that you're out of office, the Huatong Chamber of Commerce won't be taking over," Chairman Niu said.

"Hmph! You're trying to fool me, right! Isn't it just finding a puppet? Do you think you can fool me?"

"Believe it or not! I came here today to ask you one thing: Where did you go last night? Who did you meet?" Chairman Niu asked.

He knew he went to Suiyang Anbu and met Left Wen Shan. But he still had to ask.

"No comment!" Gong Kaiming ignored his question.

"Oh? Right? Why aren't your wife and children here? Where did they go?" Chairman Niu asked deliberately.

"You!... You're too despicable, aren't you?" Gong Kaiming was a little angry.

"Mayor Gong, why would you say that? I'm just showing some concern, where did your mind wander off to!"

"Calamity does not extend to wives and children, you cannot be so filthy!"

"Do you think I'm you? No more nonsense, answer my question." Chairman Niu wasn't interested in wasting time with him.

"Don't touch my family!"

"As long as you cooperate, they will definitely live very well."

"Good! I hope you keep your word!"

"I will."

"I went to Suiyang Anbu and met Left Wen Shan," Gong Kaiming gave the answer.

This was consistent with the information he had.

"What did you meet him for?" Chairman Niu asked.

"He's the Mayor of Mozhou City. The Settlement needs to relocate, so of course I asked him to help me find a place," Gong Kaiming replied.

"Anything else?" Chairman Niu asked.

"What else could there be?"

"Mayor Gong, if you're going to be like this, then the promise I just made won't count."

"You... there really is only this much." Gong Kaiming wanted to be tough, but he didn't dare, so he could only compromise.

"Guess if I go see Mayor Zuo in a bit, will he say the same thing as you?" Chairman Niu asked.

Gong Kaiming froze.

Left Wen Shan and he were old partners, so he naturally trusted him.

But in the face of profit, who could guarantee anything?

And if Chairman Niu played a trick or used a scheme, it was possible for things to be exposed.

He had to make a choice now: risk sticking to 'nothing', or reveal the existence of that letter?

But on second thought, if he stuck to 'nothing', there was still a glimmer of hope for the Military Political Department to arrive. If he revealed the existence of that letter, he probably wouldn't have any hope at all.

So now there was no room for choice; he could only stick to 'nothing'.

"You can ask whoever you want, if there's nothing, then there's nothing," Gong Kaiming said.

"Alright, then Mayor Gong, remember this, this is the last time I'll ask you. Once the matter is investigated thoroughly, you won't have another chance," Chairman Niu threatened.

"Investigate as you please." Gong Kaiming lowered his head and stopped looking at him.

Chairman Niu nodded.

"Good!" He uttered the word "good" and then turned to leave.

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Suiyang Anbu.

"Chairman Niu, a sudden visit, is there something wrong?" Left Wen Shan asked.

"Mayor Zuo, did Mayor Gong come to see you last night?" Chairman Niu went straight to the point.

"Yes, he did come, how did you know?" Left Wen Shan seemed unaware of what had happened.

"Mayor Zuo, would you mind telling me what he came to see you for?" Chairman Niu asked.

Left Wen Shan frowned.

Logically, Left Wen Shan was an official, and Chairman Niu was a civilian; this interrogative tone was not in accordance with the rules. But now, no one cared about that.

"Oh, it's nothing inconvenient. He said he wanted to move the Settlement and asked me to find him a new place," Left Wen Shan replied.

Chairman Niu nodded.

"Chairman Niu, to be honest, I know a little bit about this matter. This Gong Kaiming is just a bit obsessed with power; he values this authority quite a lot, but he doesn't have other intentions. I think there's no need for such a big conflict between you two, what do you say?" Left Wen Shan sounded like he wanted to mediate.