The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

Chapter 592: 231 Gathering at Jiangjing, Major Shuffle_2

Upon entering, I saw Bai Lian lounging on the couch, leaning back slightly in a very relaxed pose.

“Let’s eat first,” he said as he put down his phone and walked over to the table, where a delicate wooden box was placed. He opened the lid of the food container.

As soon as he lifted it, the hot steam from the soup inside blurred his stern brow and eyes.

As Xu Nanjing cautiously entered from the outside, he saw Bai Lian eating slowly, with Jiang Fulai sitting beside her, casually speaking to her.

Upon seeing him come in, Jiang Fulai just gave him a faint glance.

Xu Nanjing’s heart tightened.

**

Two o’clock in the morning.

302.

In Jiang Fulai’s study, he hadn’t turned off the lights but was only using his computer with the surveillance feed from the club on the screen, his gaze coldly scanning the wine glass in Yu Hongjing’s hand.

Outside the door were two very light knocks.

Without moving his eyes, he just said, “Come in.”

It was Ming Dongheng who entered. With a stern expression, he handed Jiang Fulai two photocopies, “These are the documents a police officer from Yunxiao District sub-station found.”

Jiang Fulai took them and glanced down briefly.

One was a report on Xu Zhiyue.

The other was a residue report from a wine glass.

It stated it was MS Hallucinogenic Agent with 11% addictive elements; his knuckles turned slightly white as he clutched the edge of the paper.

On the desk, a phone lit up, showing an incoming call.

Ming Dongheng, standing in front of the desk, clearly saw the caller was Chen Beixuan.

Jiang Fulai placed the two sheets of paper on the desk and reached to dismiss the call.

The person on the other side of the phone didn’t dare to call again.

**

Six o’clock in the morning.

An SUV ignored three roadblocks and finally stopped in front of the Chen Family’s gatehouse.

“Why have you returned?” A polite and surprised expression crossed the face of the Chen Family’s security officer as he put aside what he had been holding and respectfully approached.

Chen Beixuan, dressed in a black martial arts suit, rolled up a document in her hand and said in a cold voice, “Notify all managers, a meeting is to be held in the main hall, including the old master.”

The security officer gazed at her stern profile, feeling a thud in his heart.

Chen Beixuan rarely made public appearances; she became well-known in the Chen Family after transferring from the command to the combat division and making a name for herself in battle, thereby securing the position of the second chair in the Chen Family. The Chen Family didn’t focus on gender, but on individual capability.

The old master of the Chen Family had personally introduced her to the Jiang Family.

Everyone knew that she was mostly likely the person the old master of the Chen Family favored to be the thirty-second Sect Leader.

Within the Chen Family, perhaps Chen Beixuan alone dared to have the old master convene a meeting in the main hall.

In the Chen Family’s main hall, the room is supported by four red sandalwood nanmu pillars, with an interior ceiling height of six meters.

In the center is a ten-meter long table.

As members of the Chen Family entered, they saw Chen Beixuan standing in front of the long table with her back to the door. The others, who had been disturbed early in the morning, were mostly in a bad mood, but because it was Chen Beixuan, no one dared to speak.

Half an hour later, the old master entered wearing traditional Tang attire.

The coolness of the early morning dew made him lower his head to cough a few times, while those next to him helped him over the threshold.

The health of the old master hadn’t been good over the years, but his presence alone exerted a suppressive atmosphere, silencing the entire main hall, with all eyes turning to him.

“Calling me over this early,” the old master sat at the forefront, looking toward Chen Beixuan, his expression indecipherable, “must mean something has happened.”

When the old master spoke, the others standing to the side began to take their seats one by one.

“Who oversees Folt Road in Yunxiao District?” Chen Beixuan swept her gaze around the room, finally resting it on the old master.

A middle-aged man stood up, “Miss Beixuan, that would be me.”@@novelbin@@

“Hm,” Chen Beixuan tossed the documents she was holding in front of him.

Chen Luping glanced down; it was a file on a minor case. He didn’t recognize the name “Yu Hongjing,” but since it was similar to his subordinate Yu Hongyi, it struck a chord.

The next page contained information on the “hallucinogenic agent”—a substance itself prohibited and associated with drugs, not circulating on the market.

Chen Luping’s complexion darkened as the appearance of such a thing within his jurisdiction dawned on him…

He couldn’t help but look toward the old master.

The old master wasn’t looking at him, instead resting with closed eyes, waiting for Chen Beixuan to finish before opening them, “Is that all?”

“The Shun Family, the Xu Family, and the Jiang Family, they are all watching this matter,” replied Chen Beixuan, meeting the old master’s gaze.

With each name Chen Beixuan mentioned, Chen Luping’s complexion turned one shade paler, breaking out into a cold sweat by the last name.

The old master, whose expression had remained calm and inscrutable, finally showed some agitation.

“I,” Chen Luping stood up, wiping sweat from his forehead, “will start an immediate investigation!”

After he left, the old master turned to look at Chen Beixuan, “What exactly is going on?”