Chapter 2192: Chapter 2193: The Powerful Pengcheng Chamber of Comrce
Upon hearing the affirmative response from the system, Lin Yi’s mood remained unsettled for a long ti.
Like the surging sea, it stirred up enormous waves in his heart, overturning and smashing all his previous understandings.
Modern technological civilization had struggled for so many years only to catch a glimpse of the carbon-based chip.
Yet this ancient civilization living on Tilia Island had already researched this technology countless years ago.
Was the gap not too large?
With no one around on the street, Lin Yi looked around at the just-dawning sky.
At this mont of day and night transition, could he and all of humanity just be seen as insignificant?
What other secrets does this world still hold?
With a long sigh, Lin Yi shook his head, hailed a cab, and returned to the hotel.
After a quick bath at the hotel, Lin Yi went to sleep.
He didn’t wake up until after nine o’clock in the morning.
“Lin Bro, stop sleeping, we have serious matters to attend to today.”
Zhang Peng, already dressed neatly, said.
“What matters?” Lin Yi mumbled, still groggy from sleep, his consciousness not yet fully recovered.
“That case in Permanent Village, we need to go out and investigate.”
“The case has been dealt with, and the person has been captured, it’s no longer our concern,” Lin Yi said, turning over.
“What? It’s already dealt with? How co we didn’t know?” Zhang Peng said in surprise,
“Lin Bro, you didn’t go to handle the case last night, did you?”
“How could that be, Chief Chen personally handled it, it has nothing to do with .”
“So it was Chief Chen who took action,” Zhang Peng nodded thoughtfully, “then you sleep a bit more, I’ll go talk to Ji Qingyan.”
At around noon, Lin Yi woke up naturally.
He stretched lazily as he got up, feeling recharged.
After freshening up, he found that Gu Yiran and the other two were not there, and upon making a phone call, he learned they were at a coffee shop downstairs.
“Didn’t you go to Big Treasure Sword yesterday? How co you slept till now?” Gu Yiran teased.
“Who said Big Treasure Sword sleeps? How co you have no common sense?”
“You think I’m like you?” Gu Yiran rolled her eyes, and said to Lin Yi:
“I called Brother Li this morning. The Pengcheng City Police have taken over the case, so they don’t need us anymore. Do you still have any business here, or can we go back now?”
“Since we’ve co out on public expense, are you sure you don’t want to stay a few more days?”
“We’ve been here a few tis before, there’s nothing fun in this place, it pales in comparison to Yuhang.”
“How can a trip on public expense still have so many issues?”
Lin Yi turned to Zhang Peng and Zhang Zixin, “If you two want to play, you can stay a few more days before leaving.”
“Let’s go back, the precinct is already short on staff, and it doesn’t feel right to have fun here.”
“True to the spirit of good comradeship. Let’s book flight tickets to go back then.”
After finishing their coffee, the three went back to pack their luggage.
But at this mont, Lin Yi’s phone rang; it was a WeChat video call from Liang Ruoxu.
“You guys go ahead, I’ll co find you later.”
“Okay.”
After greeting, Lin Yi stayed at the coffee shop.
Once the video connected, through the background behind her, Lin Yi could see she was in an office.
Wearing a white shirt, one could vaguely see the black underwear beneath it.
“What on earth are you wearing that your bra is showing?”
“I always wear a jacket when I leave the house. Do you think I’m foolish enough to go out like this?” Liang Ruoxu straightened her hair and said,
“Have you returned?”
“I was just about to head back,” Lin Yi casually replied,
“What’s up, is there sothing else?”
“The situation in Pengcheng is a bit complicated; you should stay and help Uncle He handle it.”
“Huh? Uncle He? One of our own?”
“Yes, so he was the one handling this matter.”
“And with his status, it should just be a trivial matter to handle this, right?”
“The matter isn’t as simple as you think,” Liang Ruoxu stated:
“Think about it—such a big incident occurring, and only he is dealing with it. Does that seem logical?”
“Uh…”
With Liang Ruoxu’s words, Lin Yi also realized there was an issue.
Although it seed normal, it was sowhat abnormal because there was no news from the provincial level at all.
After all, even a person like Mr. Yang was involved. Normally, regardless of the purpose, it would be impossible for the provincial level to show no reaction.
After a few seconds of silence, Lin Yi said:
“Could it be that soone else is interfering with this matter?”
“The nature of the Pengcheng Chamber of Comrce is more complicated than you think. Its mbers are not only from Pengcheng but from the entire province, so their influence is much larger than you’d expect.”
“enenen…”
After a few seconds of silence, Lin Yi questioned, “They’re just businessn. Where would they get the courage? Isn’t He Jiaxing enough to crush them all?”
“Of course he could, but if he had to play a losing ga, it would work, but he would have to step down too,” Liang Ruoxu adjusted her hair:
“If he steps down, all our efforts over these years would be wasted.”
“You an?”
“Strictly speaking, he was originally a student of Elder Lu, so he’s considered one of Elder Lu’s people, but the Liang family is on Elder Lu’s side; naturally, we are all on the sa side.”
“Now that makes sense,” Lin Yi said:
“So, if soone dares to touch He Jiaxing, it clearly ans going against Elder Lu.”
“I have so docunts here; I’ve roughly organized them,” Liang Ruoxu looked at the computer and said:
“The Pengcheng Chamber of Comrce registered mbers total 42 people. Initially, the founders of the Chamber, Shao Donghua and Gu Fengjie, were from the Central Guards Brigade.”
People from the Central Guards Brigade!
With this revelation about their identities, Lin Yi’s eyes narrowed, and he seriously began to reconsider the Pengcheng Chamber of Comrce as an organization.
“From what you’re saying, they could found the Pengcheng Chamber of Comrce because they relied on the covert support from the Central Guards Brigade, right?”
“That would be one way to put it,” Liang Ruoxu said, hands on the desk, looking at Lin Yi:
“After their retirent, their family businesses advanced rapidly. Coupled with the fact that during that ti Pengcheng was a special zone,
with unrestricted favorable policies, these two families quickly stabilized their footings.”
Liang Ruoxu paused, took a sip of water, and continued:
“Moreover, Shao Donghua and Gu Fengjie, during their ti in the Central Guards Brigade, were not only personally skilled but also had very progressive minds. They led their respective families to grow stronger, becoming one of the top families in Pengcheng.”
“Besides, because they ca from the Central Guards Brigade, they knew very well that ‘a large tree catches much wind.’ Thus, the true strength and foundation of their families were never fully displayed. What the public sees is just the tip of the iceberg; they do not realize how influential they truly are.”
Lin Yi sipped his coffee and asked in a low voice:
“So what’s the bottom line here, how powerful are they really?”
“Apart from our Liang family, neither you nor your Lingyun Group are a match for them.”
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