Chapter 104: Li Xuan, do you want to die?

She thought that leaving the poisonous snake and living her own life would be enough, but she never expected the poisonous snake to insist on entangling itself with her.

Targeting her was one thing, but why involve the Si Family?

Especially Shen Lan; if not for the Si Family's support, he would not be where he is today.

Jiang Cheng held her hand back and started the car.

"I understand."

"Don't worry, leave everything to me."

These two short sentences gave Si Rong's heart, which had been drifting like duckweed, a sense of reliance.

This was a feeling she had never experienced since she married out.

It formed a sharp contrast, especially compared to when she was married to Shen Lan in the past.

When she was at the Shen Family, no matter what happened, Shen Lan would always think of the Si Family before her.

Upon returning home, Jiang Cheng went to make some phone calls.

Si Rong kept listening from the side; they were likely calls to some of his comrades-in-arms.

From time to time, she could hear words like Tax Bureau and Municipal Committee.

After a while, he even went downstairs to discuss things with Jiang Yu for a bit.

Two hours later, he went upstairs and gently pulled Si Rong into his embrace, "The Si Family will be fine."

For some reason, when Jiang Cheng said the Si Family would be fine, Si Rong believed him.

Her heart finally settled.

"Actually, any talk of 'rightist' labels is just a gimmick; that absurd era has already been turned over, and it's not something they can bring up just because they want to. However, the tax issues of the companies under your eldest and second brothers must be investigated."

Si Rong nodded, "There will absolutely be no problems with the taxes of my eldest and second brothers."

"Mm, Jiang Yu's teacher is the father-in-law of the Tax Bureau Chief, and he has promised to personally keep an eye on the Si Family's taxes this time; absolutely no one will be able to interfere."

This was exactly what Jiang Cheng had just been discussing with Jiang Yu.

Although he had comrades in the Tax Bureau, it was ultimately not as effective as this connection of Jiang Yu's.

"Jiang Cheng, thank you."

Si Rong thanked him sincerely.

Afterwards, she stood on tiptoe and kissed Jiang Cheng on the cheek.

She used practical action to express the gratitude in her heart.

When she wanted to pull away, she was held by her slender waist by Jiang Cheng, and the man took the initiative to deepen the kiss.

The kiss was long and lingering, only ending when footsteps were heard at the stairs.

Si Rong's face was flushed red from the kiss.

Remarrying, she realized the benefits of a military marriage; if not for Jiang Cheng using his connections in the military and Jiang Yu's connections in the city, the Si Family would not have been able to get through this incident so smoothly.

As her focus shifted to Jiang Cheng, Si Rong felt that something was a bit different.

As someone who had been through it, her and her mother's previous guesses about Jiang Cheng were likely wrong.

Now that they had already received their marriage certificate and her period had passed, she was not a coy person; the things that should be done could be done.

Tonight would be perfect.

Shen Lan was full of anticipation for news of the Si Family's downfall, but he never expected to receive news of his close friend being imprisoned first.

He was immediately so terrified that his face turned sallow.

Hm?

Shouldn't it have been those two brothers from the Si Family who were arrested?

Soon, he began to worry about himself.

Sure enough, not two days later, he was demoted.

From Bureau Chief to Logistics Administrator of the Health Bureau?

He simply suspected that the transfer order was wrong.

After checking it three times in a row, he really had become the Logistics Administrator of the Health Bureau.

Which was just a handyman, distributing various welfare items within the bureau.

Were the leaders blind?

He, Shen Lan, was a man with the talent of a County Magistrate!

"Shen Lan!" The former Deputy Director, who was now the Health Bureau Chief, walked up to him with his hands behind his back and ordered him in a composed manner, "Go distribute this month's eggs to everyone!"

Shen Lan:...

Had this guy forgotten what kind of attitude he used to have in front of him?

The speed of his change in attitude was simply shameful!

But now he was the Bureau Chief, and he was just a damn Logistics Administrator.

"Understood."

Shen Lan walked to the warehouse unwillingly to distribute eggs to everyone.

Watching the way everyone was laughing, he felt that everyone was mocking him.

And all of this was Jiang Cheng's fault!

Before his friend was taken to the station, he told him that if it weren't for the Jiang Family meddling, the Si Family would have at least lost a layer of skin even if they didn't fall.

As it turned out, he didn't expect them to be able to move the Tax Bureau Chief, so the small section chief they had arranged to take action during the tax audit naturally couldn't be used.

A huge opportunity was missed for nothing.

It really was unexpected; to marry Si Rong, Jiang Cheng was actually willing to use his connections in the military—was he not afraid at all of affecting his future?

Now they are together in harmony, while she has fallen into such a state herself.

The hatred in the depths of her heart surged like a giant wave.

Upon returning home, Shen Lan was in a foul mood, finding everything about Li Xuan displeasing.

He felt that all his current misfortunes were to be blamed on this woman.

Seeing him like this, Li Xuan naturally did not dare to breathe loudly.

She carefully placed the food on the dining table, then asked in confusion, "Where is that smell of rotten eggs coming from?"

It was so stinky, especially more noticeable when she got close to Shen Lan.

Shen Lan:...

Damn it, where else could the smell of rotten eggs come from? Of course, it was from his own body.

Today at the bureau, he had spent the whole morning handing out eggs, and there were actually rotten ones among them.

He had never done such a disgusting and filthy thing before.

No, actually, he had done it before.

When he was still young, in order to earn work points, he had carried night soil to the fields load by load.

At that time, his body had been stained with the smell of excrement for months on end.

It was only later, after meeting Si Rong and leaping to become a minor clerk in a government department, that such a dirty and smelly life had moved away from him.

But now, it seemed to have returned.

No! He absolutely could not return to the life he had before.

He had to live well, even better than Si Rong.

Shen Lan slammed the plate down in front of Li Xuan with a *bang*, "You sit at home enjoying yourself every day, useless as can be. How is that person I told you to find?"

Li Xuan's eyelids twitched as she squatted on the ground to pick up the fragments, "I found them."

She was useless?

If it weren't for her, could he have hooked up with Si Rong back then?

"Where are they?" Shen Lan's spirits lifted; he was looking for that person not just for Si Rong, but for another important matter—Deputy Mayor Ma's child had contracted a difficult illness, and if he could act as a go-between to get it cured, he wouldn't have to hand out rotten eggs in this damn Health Bureau anymore.

Li Xuan smiled slightly, looking at him, her eyes filled with the same calculating look as his.

"Shen Lan, are you not planning to marry me?"

"Si Rong and Jiang Cheng have already registered their marriage; my former colleague saw it with their own eyes."

She watched Shen Lan's flustered and exasperated expression and laughed even more heartily, "Register our marriage and hold a grand wedding, and I will tell you the whereabouts of that person."

Shen Lan hated being threatened most of all; a flash of ruthlessness crossed his eyes as he grabbed Li Xuan by the throat.

"Li Xuan, do you want to die?"