Chapter 495 - 465: The Pride of the Chinese

On the business vehicle of the Discipline Department, Gao Yuanzhong closed his eyes in despair.

He had already parted ways with Song Chengwen.

The car was headed to the Discipline Department, signaling the start of legal proceedings.

Sitting beside him, Huo Liangze said, "Mr. Gao, that’s quite the title. I hear that officials who have been found in violation of discipline and laws these days like to be called boss."

Gao Yuanzhong didn’t open his eyes, nor did he speak.

Huo Liangze continued, "Mr. Gao, from the moment you breached discipline and the law, you should have expected a day like this to come. This is the consequence of such actions; no one can escape it!"

Gao Yuanzhong felt extremely stifled.

He had thought about the possibility of this day, but he hadn’t expected it to come so soon.

Nor had he anticipated that it would be due to someone from out of town who had nothing to do with him.

All he did was send someone to make an arrest, which was the smallest of small matters.

It really was capsizing in a ditch.

Just then, Huo Liangze’s phone began to ring.

Upon checking the caller, he saw it was from his leader, which made him furrow his brows.

When he had taken Gao Yuanzhong into custody, he had already reported the situation to his leader and had gotten approval before bringing Gao Yuanzhong back.

They were almost at their destination when the phone rang again.

Had something unexpected happened?

With doubts in his mind, Huo Liangze answered the call, "Leader."

From the phone came the leader’s helpless voice, "Liangze, there have been some changes. The evidence isn’t sufficient. If you bring him in, it could cause a negative impact. Let him go for now."

Even though he had anticipated it, Huo Liangze’s face still changed dramatically, "Leader, the kidnapping is real. He admitted it himself. We have confessions, messages, and witnesses to come. How can the evidence be insufficient?"

On hearing this, Gao Yuanzhong’s eyes snapped open, as if he had come back to life.

From his previously listless state, he had become energetic in an instant.

The leader said, "Confessions can be retracted, messages can be claimed as someone else’s attempt to frame him, and if these two are gone, there would be no way to convict."

The evidence indeed wasn’t sufficient.

But if one is determined, they definitely could make it work.

Clearly, the leader didn’t have the resolve.

Huo Liangze was no longer the naïve young man fresh from school; he had been working for over a decade.

Though he still held on to his youthful zeal, he was now sufficiently rational.

He knew that if the leader was expressing it this way, it surely meant they were facing resistance.

If he took him back now, they would end up releasing him anyway.

If that’s the case, it’s better to release Gao right now.

Thinking this, Huo Liangze took a deep breath, "Leader, I understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Huo Liangze looked at Gao Yuanzhong with an unpleasant expression.

Gao Yuanzhong gave a small smile, "From the look on your face, has there been a change with my situation?"

He was somewhat puzzled and didn’t understand how the situation could have changed.

But judging from Huo Liangze’s tone and expression, he knew that it had.

No matter what, it was good news.

"Scram!" Huo Liangze had his colleague stop the car and flung the door open, motioning for Gao Yuanzhong to get out.

"Alright then, goodbye—no, let’s hope not to see each other again." Gao Yuanzhong chuckled as he exited the vehicle, in high spirits.

In an instant, he had gone from hell back to the human world.

It was just that he didn’t know how things had changed, and he needed to get to the bottom of it.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Discipline Department’s car drove away.

Looking at the time, he prepared to hail a cab to the police station, but his phone started ringing.

He checked it to find an unfamiliar phone number.

Gao Yuanzhong answered the call, "Hello, who is this?"

A young man’s voice came through the phone, "How does it feel to be free again?"

Gao Yuanzhong’s expression changed as he speculated, "Was it you who saved me?"

The other party replied, "That’s right, how do you feel?"

Gao Yuanzhong took a deep breath, "I feel very good."

Although he didn’t know who the other person was, whoever was able to get him released under those circumstances must be an incredibly influential figure.

However, why would such a person go out of their way to save him?

The young man said, "As long as you feel good, that’s what matters."

Gao Yuanzhong asked, "Who are you, and why did you save me?"

The young man responded, "Who I am is not something you need to worry about for now. As for why I saved you, I just want you to do me a favor."

Gao Yuanzhong cautiously asked, "What favor do you need?"

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

It wasn’t surprising that someone who had saved him would now ask for a favor in return.

But he definitely needed to find out what the favor was.

By now, he had realized that Xu Yang was certainly no small fry.

The person who had called him was also no small fry.

A fight between two such powerful figures was like a clash of titans.

Getting involved meant that if he wasn’t careful, he could be crushed to dust.

The young man smiled, "Haha, don’t be nervous. The favor I need isn’t very difficult for you. If you do this for me, I can help you advance even further."

Gao Yuanzhong’s heart skipped a beat.

He had always dreamed of advancing further, but without any strong backing, it had seemed as hard as reaching the heavens.

Reaching his current position had already been his limit.

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Still, he needed to know exactly what he’d be helping with.

If it was suicidal help, he surely wouldn’t agree; he wasn’t a fool.

With that thought, Gao Yuanzhong asked again, "Please, tell me first, what is it that you want me to do?"

The young man said, "The Xu Yang you had arrested before, just get him into prison again."

Gao Yuanzhong’s gaze sharpened, "But he seems pretty formidable, even managing to have the disciplinary department come after me."

The young man chuckled, "If he can have the disciplinary department come after you, I can have them release you. What’s there to fear?"

Gao Yuanzhong was taken aback, realizing that there was indeed some truth to that logic.

Xu Yang might be formidable, but this person seemed even more so.

And this more formidable person could help him advance further.

So why fear? Just do it.

However, he still didn’t agree right away, instead asking, "I should at least know your name, right?"

The young man smiled, "Tang Jinghuan."

Gao Yuanzhong gasped, "What, you’re Tang Jinghuan?!"

In Haicheng these past few days, there was no one more talked-about than Tang Jinghuan.

This man was a Chinese American, a Wall Street elite who came to Haicheng with Wall Street capital to invest in major projects.

Many big business tycoons were circling around Tang Jinghuan, and even official authorities had met with him.

Haicheng’s media had been repeatedly reporting on this person, even calling Tang Jinghuan the pride of the Chinese people.

Even the general public was aware of this investor coming to Haicheng.

One could say that Tang Jinghuan was practically more of a celebrity than celebrities.

Naturally, Gao Yuanzhong had also heard of him.

Tang Jinghuan using his influence to get the disciplinary department to release him and to help him climb higher was not a problem at all.

After all, there was room for maneuver with his issues.

Although Tang Jinghuan was just an investor, in today’s society, investors wield a tremendous amount of power.