Chapter 497 - 467 Help!

Xu Yang and Jiang Zhiyong returned to the hotel, only to receive a call from Ma Yangrong.

Ma Yangrong said, "Mr. Xu, based on the latest information, Tang Jinghuan has made his move against you. He has protected Gao Yuanzhong and is now having Gao Yuanzhong go after you. His intentions for asking you to come to Haicheng were indeed malicious. I suggest you don’t meet with him anymore. Since he has taken action, there’s no need for a meeting!"

Xu Yang’s gaze sharpened. He hadn’t expected Tang Jinghuan to actually make a move. Since this was the case, there indeed was no need for a meeting. So he said, "Alright, are there any flights back to Haicheng now?"

Ma Yangrong replied, "I checked, and there’s only one in the afternoon. However, there’s a high-speed train leaving in half an hour. The hotel you’re staying in isn’t far from the high-speed train station. I suggest you go take the high-speed train immediately. You can make it. Once you’re on the train and not in Haicheng, Gao Yuanzhong can’t do anything to you."

Xu Yang made a decision right away, "OK, you buy the tickets. Brother Yong and I will go take the high-speed train right now!"

Ma Yangrong let out a sigh of relief, "Alright."

It was good that Xu Yang agreed. Otherwise, staying in Haicheng would have been very dangerous.

Once Xu Yang got arrested, it would be a real problem.

For Tang Jinghuan and Gao Yuanzhong to conspire together, it would be all too easy.

Half an hour later, Xu Yang and Jiang Zhiyong boarded the high-speed train.

The train slowly started, leaving the station.

Xu Yang called Ma Yangrong, "Brother Yong and I are already on the high-speed train. It has started moving. You can make your move now."

Ma Yangrong laughed, "Alright, anyone who tries to lay hands on you will pay a price. We’ve made all the necessary preparations."

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Gao Yuanzhong rushed back to the airport police station and asked his subordinates, "What’s the situation? Have you arrested Xu Yang?"

His subordinate replied, "No, we just found out that he’s already on the high-speed train to Jiang City. He’s left Haicheng."

"What!" Gao Yuanzhong’s face changed color as he cursed, "What did I tell you? Didn’t I tell you to chase after him, not to let him get away?"

The subordinate kept his head down and said nothing.

He really didn’t want to arrest Xu Yang in the first place because Xu Yang had done nothing wrong.

Those who’d arrested Xu Yang had already confessed to what was going on.

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So when Gao Yuanzhong asked him to arrest Xu Yang, he had only made a token effort to mobilize a team.

After learning Xu Yang had boarded the high-speed train, he called off the pursuit.

"Useless!" Gao Yuanzhong cursed before returning to his office.

There was nothing he could do now, the person was gone.

He had claimed Xu Yang was a criminal, but that was a baseless accusation.

It was certainly not possible to stop the high-speed train just on his say-so.

He took out his phone and dialed Tang Jinghuan’s number.

He had to report to Tang Jinghuan that they had not caught Xu Yang.

Soon, the call connected.

Tang Jinghuan’s voice immediately came through, "Did you catch him?"

Gao Yuanzhong said, "Mr. Tang, I’m sorry, but we didn’t catch him, he got away."

"Got away?" Tang Jinghuan furrowed his brow and said, "No matter what, you have to do everything you can to catch him!"

Gao Yuanzhong said with a wry smile, "Mr. Tang, it’s impossible now, he’s already on the high-speed train back to Jiang City!"

"What!" Tang Jinghuan’s face changed.

He knew that when he made his move, Xu Yang would surely find out.

But he hadn’t expected that his opponent would simply leave.

In his view, someone at Xu Yang’s age would surely be defiant and want to have it out with him, not leave so easily.

Now it seemed that Xu Yang was even more cunning than he had thought.

Gao Yuanzhong asked, "Mr. Tang, what do we do now?"

Tang Jinghuan said irritably, "What can we do now that he’s run away, can you still bring him back?"

Gao Yuanzhong said bitterly, "No, I can’t."

He had actually been framing Xu Yang. Within the jurisdiction of the airport police, he had the power to manipulate the situation against Xu Yang.

But outside his area of control, how could he arrest someone? And especially now that Xu Yang had already left Haicheng.

Tang Jinghuan said, "Alright, let’s leave it at that for now."

Gao Yuanzhong said, "Mr. Tang I will need you to take more trouble for my sake."

Tang Jinghuan smiled. "Don’t worry, I know. As long as there’s a chance, I’ll help you move further up. That’s it, hanging up."

After speaking, he hung up the call.

Gao Yuanzhong put down the phone, a bitter smile on his face.

How could he not hear that Tang Jinghuan’s words were just perfunctory?

Without having accomplished the task, how could someone possibly help him move further up?

"As long as there’s a chance," he feared that chance would never come.

Unless Tang Jinghuan needed him to do something, and he managed to do it well, then there might be a possibility.

Alas!

An opportunity to move further up just slipped through his fingers!

Gao Yuanzhong sighed, lit a cigarette, and took leisurely puffs.

At that moment, someone knocked on the office door.

Gao Yuanzhong frowned, "Come in."

The door opened, and a subordinate walked in, saying, "Boss, you should take a look at Douyin."

"What’s up with Douyin?" Gao Yuanzhong’s frown deepened, "All of you, not focusing on work, failing to catch the person, and still in the mood to watch Douyin. It seems I’ve been too lenient on you all. From now on, if anyone watches Douyin during work hours, I’ll make sure they regret it!"

The subordinate was rebuked by Gao Yuanzhong and anxiously protested, "Boss, I mentioned Douyin because it’s about you, and I came to remind you."

"About me?" Gao Yuanzhong was stunned. He quickly picked up his phone, opened the Douyin app, and soon saw a video on the trending searches list.

In the video, a portly middle-aged man was seen pushing down a young woman, then leaving in a taxi.

Damn it, isn’t that me?

How could this video be uploaded to Douyin?

This could kill someone!

Cold sweat immediately broke out on Gao Yuanzhong’s forehead.

What on earth was going on?

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Who uploaded the video to Douyin?

Could it be that young woman?

He hurriedly checked Weibo’s trending topics.

He saw that the seventh trending topic was: Middle-aged man fights over a taxi.

Upon clicking into it, he found various news outlets covering the story.

Diligent netizens had already searched out his place of employment and his name.

All sorts of sensational headlines were abundant.

Shocking! State agency employee pushes down a weak woman to snatch a taxi, preventing her from getting to the hospital for treatment!

Shocking! State agency employee pushes down weak woman, causing her to faint and almost lose her life!

Seeing these headlines, Gao Yuanzhong felt his entire being falter.

Damn it, these clickbait titles deserved to die!

Would they die if they didn’t write it like this?

It cannot be denied that these sensational headlines were eye-catching, and the news was quickly rising in the hot searches.

In the span of time Gao Yuanzhong spent reading the news, it had risen to the fifth spot on the hot search list.

Now the whole internet was cursing him, Gao Yuanzhong.

"This is trouble!"

Gao Yuanzhong’s forehead was beading with more and more cold sweat.

He hurriedly dialed Tang Jinghuan’s phone number.

It was for Tang Jinghuan’s errand that he had tried to get a taxi so he could rush back to the office, which led to him pushing down that woman.

This incident, Tang Jinghuan had to take responsibility.

He needed Tang Jinghuan to suppress this matter.

Soon, the call was answered.

Gao Yuanzhong spoke directly, "Mr. Tang, save me, please."

Tang Jinghuan’s voice was cold. "You’re talking about the fact that you’ve become trending news?"