At that time.
On the golf course in the western suburbs of Quancheng.
"Haven't played for over half a month, Director Song's golf skills have improved swiftly. I'm afraid this old bag of bones can't beat you anymore."
Sitting on the sofa under a sun umbrella, Su Bingtian put down his golf club and poured two cups of hot tea.
Next to him sat a middle-aged man.
It was none other than the director of the Quancheng Public Security Bureau, Song Qingshan.
"Mr. Su, what are you talking about?"
Song Qingshan shook his head with a smile and said, "My golf skills were all taught by you personally. To tell the truth, I should call you Master. My eyes aren't blind. How could I not see that you let me win on purpose?"
Song Qingshan was able to reach his current position partly thanks to Su Bingtian's efforts behind the scenes. Su had helped him a great deal, so Song was very grateful to him and had always respected him deeply.
This was also why Su could easily get him to come out and talk today.
"You were born to be a policeman. Your eyes are very sharp."
Su Bingtian complimented him a few times, then got to the point and asked, "Did you find what I asked you to investigate?"
"Mr. Su, are you referring to..."
Song Qingshan frowned. "That Xiao Zhan? Didn't Wenchao already look at his personal file and criminal record when he went to Quancheng Prison No. 4? Is there a problem?"
Previously, the reason why Su Wenchao could go to Quancheng Prison No. 4 to view the information of those prisoners and choose Xiao Zhan was that he made use of Song Qingshan's connections.
"Oh, it's complicated to explain."
Su Bingtian's face darkened as he briefly told Song Qingshan about what had happened at the engagement banquet this morning.
"Oh?"
Song Qingshan looked surprised and said, "Does Mr. Su mean that Xiao acted recklessly and arrogantly, and ruined the engagement banquet in front of everyone by beating Wenchao, embarrassing you?"
"Yes."
Su Bingtian nodded. "He is wild and hard to tame, highly skilled in combat, and has a serious tendency for violence. I worry that leaving such a dangerous person in the Su family will inevitably become a disaster sooner or later."
"Also, if he gets out and causes trouble, committing arson or murder, he will pose a considerable threat to the social order of Quancheng."
Su Bingtian was cunning and crafty.
He wanted to get rid of Xiao Zhan with Song Qingshan's help, but didn't want to put Song in a difficult position with private interests, so he directly elevated Xiao Zhan's threat to the social level.
This made him appear highly righteous.
The implication was: I'm doing this not just for myself and the Su family, but even more so for the common people of Quancheng. And as the director of the Public Security Bureau, maintaining public order is originally your job anyway...
How could Song Qingshan refuse?
Song was also a smart man. He immediately understood Su's intention and asked, "So...what does Mr. Su plan to do?"
"How about this."
Su pretended to think for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "When I get back, I'll have some people keep an eye on that violent maniac's every move. As soon as he does anything outrageous, call you immediately. Then you bring people to arrest him and lock him back in prison."
"Alright."
Without thinking twice, Song agreed, while silently mourning for Xiao Zhan for a few seconds.
If you want to convict someone, what's to stop you from fabricating charges?
It was so easy for Su Bingtian to frame Xiao Zhan with a trumped up accusation. The only one to blame was Xiao Zhan for being too high-profile and not knowing when to back down, taking the wrong side by helping Su Muqiu and becoming Su Bingtian's enemy.
"Five years ago, the victim who was raped by Xiao Zhan couldn't be found?"
Su Bingtian suddenly asked.
Song Qingshan shook his head. "Strangely, all the officers who investigated that case back then have left Quancheng without a trace. Now we can only find that Xiao Zhan was imprisoned for the crime of rape, but nothing else is recorded in the dossier."
"How is that possible?"
Su Bingtian's pupils shrank. Obviously he didn't believe it.
Song Qingshan said gravely, "Based on my experience, there are generally only two possibilities in this kind of situation."
"Tell me."
"Either the identities of at least one of the parties involved in the case are special, or the case itself is special, so the detailed dossier has been classified with access restricted. Those without sufficient clearance can only see a simplified version with important information deleted, or even a complete fake dossier fabricated to gloss things over."
"Oh?"
Su Bingtian's pupils shrank even tighter as his sword-like eyebrows stood erect, his gaze cold and sinister.
Previously, he had let Su Wenchao handle the matter of going to Quancheng Prison No. 4 to select an engagement partner for Su Muqiu. He thought it was an insignificant trivial matter and didn't pay much attention to it.
Who could have imagined that from the thousands of choices, Su Wenchao would pick such an "oddball" like Xiao Zhan?
The dossier was classified...
Was there something special about Xiao Zhan's identity?
Or was there something special about that case from five years ago?
If Su Bingtian knew that his granddaughter Su Muqiu was the victim in that case, and Xiao Zhan was the young master of the Xiao family in Jingcheng, the prestigious Northern Wolf King, one could only imagine his reaction!
"In my opinion, it's very likely that Xiao Zhan is..."
Song Qingshan's mind was meticulous and his experience in handling cases was abundant. He seemed to have guessed something and was about to continue speaking, but at that moment, a jarring ringtone suddenly interrupted him.
It was Su Bingtian's phone.
"Let me take this call."
Su Bingtian stood up, took out his phone and glanced at it. Seeing it was the HR manager of Su Shi Group, his expression immediately turned unpleasant.
An insignificant department manager shouldn't have the right to call him directly, with Su Wenchao and Su Jiangguo in between.
"You have thirty seconds."
But after some hesitation, he still pressed the answer button and said coldly, "What is it? Speak!"
"Chairman Su, something big has happened! Really big!"
A panicked male voice came from the phone, "Chairman Zhao, Chairman Li, and Chairman Wang, they...they brought over a hundred people and suddenly broke into the company and started smashing things..."
"What?!"
In an instant, Su Bingtian's eyes widened as he became enraged.
He almost dropped the phone in shock.
"Mr. Su, what happened?"
Song Qingshan also stood up. Seeing Su Bingtian's reaction, he knew it was nothing good. But before Su Bingtian could respond, another jarring ringtone sounded.
This time, it was Song Qingshan's phone.
Song immediately answered, "Little Liu, what's the situation?"
"Director Song!"
The anxious male voice from the phone said, "I just received reports from eighteen Su Shi Group employees in a row saying Chairman Zhao Yongrong of Zhao Group, Chairman Li Lixing of Li Tang Technology, and Chairman Wang Zhitao of Shenglong Building Materials brought around 150 security guards to attack Su Shi Group, smashing things. It's a major case with an extremely urgent situation..."
"Su Shi Group???"
Song Qingshan's heart skipped a beat as he thought, this is bad. Now even without Su Bingtian saying it, he knew what was going on.
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young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
