Chapter 1172: If a Wolf Turns Its Head, There Must Be a Reason

The protest began with over a hundred people.

The main content of the protest was to condemn the President for acting indiscriminately and issuing a wanted warrant without any evidence.

And to protest the President for lying, claiming that even though Wang Yong had escaped from Prison, he had found someone else to hang in his place, a scapegoat.

When people first started protesting, Qi Heng did not take it to heart.

L Country follows the Western model, with freedom of speech.

Every day, protests erupt over all sorts of minor matters; they are as numerous as the hairs on an ox, too many to count.

Generally, the government ignores these small-scale protests.

Why bother paying attention to them?

The government isn't so idle that it has nothing to do.

Protesting is as common in L Country as eating and drinking; organizing a group of people to shout a few slogans to vent dissatisfaction is just considered a way to digest one's food.

Even if the government doesn't resolve them, it doesn't matter; it even makes them look democratic and free!

Originally, the people at the Presidential Palace thought this protest would be like all the others, just a few shouts and then it would be over.

But they didn't expect to have miscalculated.

It was still just over two hundred people in the morning, but by the afternoon, the number of protesters had suddenly reached tens of thousands!

These people seemed to have popped up out of nowhere, without any warning.

This number had already exceeded the limits of what Qi Heng could psychologically bear.

He sent people to suppress them.

Not only did the numbers not go down, but it instead incited the people's rebellious psychology, and more and more people joined the protest.

Presidential Palace.

High-level conference hall.

The heads of the most important departments at all levels of L Country were present, each with a different expression on their face; the meeting room, which should have been solemn, was now as noisy as a vegetable market.

"I said from the beginning that doing this wouldn't work, but you wouldn't listen. Are you happy now? If things go on like this, there will be even more protesters tomorrow."

"Hmph! When did you ever say that issuing a wanted warrant wouldn't work? When you were agreeing to it, you spoke better than anyone, and now that there's a problem, you jump out to play the good guy..."

"Exactly, a weather vane blowing with the wind, what a piece of work!"

"Stop arguing, it's useless. I think we should just revoke the wanted warrant."

"That's right, revoke it. This whole matter is the President's fault to begin with; issuing a wanted warrant without a shred of evidence is too far-fetched..."

The anger in the depths of Qi Heng's heart began to rise, "sizzling" upward, and he was almost unable to control it.

Although the people present at the meeting were his subordinates, they were all more senior than him.

He had stayed silent at first to give them face, but these people were becoming increasingly excessive, even wanting him to revoke the wanted warrant for Sheng Hanyu and his wife; this he absolutely could not tolerate!

"Enough!"

Qi Heng slapped the table and said, "I had you all come here for this meeting today to help me solve the problem, not to join those people outside in finding fault with me!"

"The wanted warrant will absolutely not be revoked. The people who died were my father and mother. You all walked through thick and thin with my father; are you really so cold-blooded and indifferent to his death?"

Qi Heng's attitude was very firm, as it always was.

The day before he and Shi Ran got engaged, his father had told him a lot.

His parents' dissatisfaction with Shi Ran and the Sheng Family was not a matter of a day or two, and his parents had shared their thoughts with him without reservation: they wanted to bring Sheng Hanyu and his wife over and coerce them into signing an agreement.

Others didn't know about this, but Qi Heng did.

At the time, he had firmly opposed it and did not want his parents to do such a thing.

Unfortunately, his opposition was ineffective.

When the plane went missing, although he was just as anxious as Shi Ran, he still felt a bit guilty inside.

Because he roughly knew where his parents were and what they wanted to do!

He was very conflicted during those two days.

Conflicted about whether to tell Shi Ran.

If he didn't tell her, seeing his fiancée's anxious and worried appearance, his heart truly ached.

But telling her meant that the agreement would be known to Shi Ran.

He knew her character.

She looked easygoing and approachable, but deep down she was incredibly firm and would never bow to strong-arm tactics.

So he didn't say anything and endured it for two days.

During those two days, he was suffering from a guilty conscience every moment, feeling that he had let Shi Ran down!

But later.

When people discovered his father's secret base, he followed everyone else to the island, putting on a show.

He had originally prepared to offer an apology, but he never imagined he would see such a scene!

His guilt instantly turned into anger.

He was absolutely certain that his parents had been killed by Sheng Hanyu and his wife.

Because he knew how excessive his parents' conditions were; let alone Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan, even an ordinary family in Jiangzhou, as long as they weren't selling their daughter, would never agree to such terms.

Therefore, he was certain that his parents' death must have been the work of Sheng Hanyu and his wife.

The hatred of a murdered father is irreconcilable.

The wanted warrant could not be revoked, no matter what the price!

The meeting broke up in discord.

The President was stubborn in his own way, and there was nothing others could do.

But the initial cohesion had already dissipated, and people began to have other ideas!

……

Jiangzhou.

President Office of Dingsheng Group.

Shi Ran was on a secret phone call with someone.

The corners of her mouth turned up; although her smile was faint, it held a kind of confidence as if everything were under her control.

"Uncle Liu, I believe in your ability. You have done this matter very well; you may continue."

"After these few days are over, you will be a great contributor to our Dingsheng. I will give you five percent of the shares of all Dingsheng subsidiaries, and from then on, you will be a member of the Dingsheng board of directors."

"Really?"

On the other end, Liu Fengchao exclaimed in surprise.

But he soon realized something was wrong; it was not good to show his joy too obviously.

After all, the other party's parents were still missing, with no news of their whereabouts.

"President, you are too kind; this is all what I should do."

"I cannot accept the company shares. The Chairman and his wife have shown me great kindness; without them, there would be no happy life for me, Liu Fengchao, today. Not to mention doing a few things for them, even if they asked me to go through fire and water, I would not refuse."

This was half true and half false.

The first half was sincere.

The second half... just listen to it, don't take it seriously!

His greatest talent was his glib tongue; he could talk a dead man back to life, but such a person was prone to seeking advantages and avoiding harm.

If there was profit to be made, naturally that was best.

But if the danger outweighed the profit, he guaranteed he would run faster than anyone else.

Shi Ran smiled and did not take his words to heart, saying: "I have already had the Secretary print out the equity contract and send it over; sign it and fax it back."

"Alright, President, rest assured. This time I will definitely turn L Country upside down so that they will revoke the wanted order for the Chairman and his wife as soon as possible!" Liu Fengchao promised solemnly.

Although Shi Ran had taken over her father's duties.

She did not allow others to call her Chairman, preferring President, to distinguish herself from her father.

There was only one Chairman of the Sheng Family, and that was Sheng Hanyu.

He was not here right now.

But Shi Ran firmly believed that her parents were both alive and just unable to return for the time being.

She would keep her father's position and wait for him to return so she could hand Dingsheng back to him completely intact.

Shi Ran was not unaware that Liu Fengchao was glib-tongued.

But some things really could not be done by someone who was upright and bold!