Chapter 447: Chapter 447: He Ultimately Beca Anxious
Secretary Cheng ca to Xi Juan’s side and leaned down to report the situation.
Xi Juan’s eyes darkened. He looked deeply at Ji Muye, asking him to leave the eting room first, and he assured that he would decide on the follow-up matters, advising Ji Muye not to get too involved.
Seeing the ssage notification was from Ji Ze, he received several ssages consecutively.
Ji Muye thought it was sothing important.
He did not directly respond to Xi Juan’s words, which seed both a threat and a reminder. He nodded politely, got up, and left the eting room.
After confirming that Ji Muye left, Secretary Cheng lowered his voice and continued, “Old Xi, there’s been a situation at the back mountain of the old mansion.”
“That boy from the Yan Family, true to his na, is really like a rat. The network around the Xi Family was completely paralyzed, and it has already drawn the attention of those higher up.”
“Additionally, soone is secretly investigating the matters of the back mountain.”
Xi Juan did not live in the Xi Family’s old mansion, and the matters of the back mountain were entirely handled by Secretary Cheng.
He furrowed his brows, his cold gaze fixed on the teacup in front of him, and said indifferently, “It’s just a rat, no matter how cunning, it can’t make much of a splash.”
“Go remind those people over there. I want to see who dares interfere with the matters of the Xi Family’s back mountain.”
Secretary Cheng respectfully lowered his eyes, “Yes.”
After clarifying the back mountain situation, he also ntioned about Lu Xining sending the child to Su Jingguo.
Xi Juan sneered, “That little girl is indeed a bit clever, knowing to find a backer for the person she cares most about. She’s not afraid that in the end, only those three little babies will survive.”
“Without father and mother, life is not easy.”
Not knowing what he recalled, Secretary Cheng’s eyes flickered slightly, and for a mont, he didn’t imdiately respond.
“Secretary Cheng, are the arrangents in place?”
Secretary Cheng lowered his gaze and said earnestly, “Rest assured, Old Xi. Even if Lu Xining doesn’t lose half her life this ti, at the very least, she will have to stay in the hospital for a few months.”
Xi Juan walked to the window of the eting room and spoke slowly, “A person must understand the tis to be appealing.”
The weather in Beicheng was getting colder and colder.
After Ji Muye left the eting room, he didn’t leave imdiately. He opened the ssage from his youngest son, and found it was a family photo.
A snowman, the twins, Lu Xining… and Su Jingguo holding Little Dumpling.
Below was also a short video lasting several seconds.
“Great-grandfather, could you squat down a bit? Nuonuo wants to hold hands.”
Hearing his daughter’s familiar tone, Ji Muye pressed his thin lips tightly. If he rembered correctly, today was the first day Little Dumpling t Su Jingguo, right?
Such bravery is indeed…
Recalling when she first t him, she dared to hand him her bottle to put on the table, so her current courage didn’t seem surprising.
Ji Muye shook his head in amusent and sighed lightly.
But the upward turn of his eyes clearly showed his pride in his daughter’s performance.
In the video, Lu Nuonuo was picked up by Su Jingguo as soon as she finished speaking.
She wondered about being lifted into the air, her little legs kicking, and she looked in surprise at Su Jingguo, who wasn’t using a cane, and then at the cane left aside, her eyes full of astonishnt and delight.
Lu Nuonuo gave a thumbs-up, praising, “Wow! Great-grandfather is amazing!”
The video ended with Su Jingguo’s hearty and joyful laughter.
And Lu Xining’s words of caution to her daughter, as well as the sounds of the two sons chuckling as they went to hold their sister’s hand.
Ma Sai, who had already returned to the country, hurried in from outside.
“Boss, we received news from Shang Lvxing. He has successfully entered Xi Family’s territory. Currently, not much can be found, but his brother… well, Haozi, has intercepted all the network in the Xi Family’s area, and now no network information can be received there.”
Ji Muye put away his phone, his gaze suddenly sharpened, and he said coldly, “Have soone inform Shang Lvxing to appropriately use the Beauty Trap. There should be plenty of useful information from Han Nijuan.”
“Understood!”
Ma Sai followed him as they strode outside.
The low-profile black car was parked right outside the office building entrance.
Xi Juan looked down from the window upstairs and could clearly see the direction Ji Muye took as he drove away, a silent smirk tugging at his lips.
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After leaving the courtyard where Su Jingguo lived, Lu Xining returned to the Chu Family’s residence in Beicheng.
Cheng Cang, who had been hiding in the shadows, knowing she ca to Beicheng, had been waiting early to discuss follow-up matters with her.
Wu Shi was also present.
Upon seeing Lu Xining return, Cheng Cang imdiately shared the information he’d gathered with her.
“Sister Ning, our people discovered so information.”
“The network in the area of Xi Family’s back mountain was completely paralyzed this afternoon, and it seems to be a deliberate act. We suspect it’s Haozi’s doing.”
Talking about this matter, Cheng Cang’s expression didn’t look good.
He gritted his teeth and said, “So Haozi’s disappearance likely wasn’t passive, and it might even have been intentional.”
“Shang Lvxing, that real rchant, is deliberately hiding this from us! And to think I wanted to rush in to save him!”
Cheng Cang said with frustration, while Lu Xining frowned slightly.
In reality, she hadn’t contacted Haozi directly for a long ti, but if the network issue was indeed Haozi’s doing, then his situation wasn’t hopeless yet.
As for whether Shang Lvxing knew about this, she wasn’t sure.
One couldn’t rule out the possibility that Haozi was hiding the truth from both sides to maintain secrecy.
It’s Wu Shi, though not young, who had spent decades in Beicheng, deeply embedding the Chu Family’s influence here.
He was particularly adept at obtaining information.
“Our people received news that Xi Juan’s original ‘promotion letter’ was temporarily held back from above. He is already using connections to smooth the channels, and his chances are still high.”
Lu Xining knew the person competing with Xi Juan for the ‘position’ this ti had a substantial network and influence as well.
But Xi Juan’s advantage was his recent accomplishnts on several major projects and his long tenure in the remote northwest during his youth, making his reputation and ‘performance’ very impressive.
To be transferred back from the remote northwest to Beicheng,
the road ahead, as long as no mistakes were made, was almost set to be smooth sailing.
Lu Xining sat and listened to them talk about the recent circumstances.
Hearing about Xi Juan’s recent activities, she said, “He’s really becoming anxious.”
“Well, how can he not be? He’s already at the age limit for the position. If he doesn’t get the position this year, no matter how capable he is, he’ll be stuck in place. After a couple of years, he might even face mandatory retirent.”
Cheng Cang spoke as he ate fruit, giving a thumbs-up to Wu Shi, praising, “Old Shi, you’re still the capable one, getting all this information.”
“Eat your fruit.” Wu Shi glanced at him.
He turned to look at Lu Xining, his eyes showing concern as he said, “Ningning, the forces involved with Xi Juan are definitely beyond what’s visible on the surface.”
Lu Xining nodded, “I know.”
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