Chapter 528

Director Lin, you've got it wrong—it's not me screwing my dad; it's my dad who screwed me on his deathbed, and I'm just an innocent bystander.

Wei Shouqin put on a pitiful, aggrieved expression.

With his wobbly stance, only staying upright thanks to Peng Tianhua's support, he gives listeners tears and viewers the urge to kick him twice.

Lin Dongfan hefted the box in his hand that held gold bars, the ancestral secret formula, and overseas bonds.

He laughed: "Wei Bureau Chief, you say this is what your father left behind while alive, and you claim ignorance. Yet the key to opening this box is in your safe—how do you explain that?"

"My father gave me the key on his deathbed, saying the ancestral secret formula is in the box—that's all. I haven't opened it all these years; who knows what else is inside besides the formula?"

Wei Shouqin put on a sincere posture, his tone full of resentment at having been screwed by his father.

"Oh? Director Wei entrusted on his deathbed just for a virility secret formula?"

Lin Dongfan spoke teasingly, waving the prescription in front of Wei Shouqin.

He laughed again: "If this formula were really that miraculous, your Wei family could already be sitting on a publicly traded conglomerate—why would you need to struggle?"

"Ancestral things are about inheritance, not for making money…" Wei Shouqin's defense, though a bit feeble, is logically sound.

Lin Dongfan stared at Wei Shouqin's eyes for a moment.

He could see that the other was determined to resist investigation, every pore exuding a stubbornness that wouldn't shed tears until seeing a coffin.

Excellent!

Old man, let's see how long you can keep your mouth shut!

Lin Dongfan barked: "Cuff him and take him back first!"

Peng Tianhua quickly produced handcuffs and cuffed Wei Shouqin; Old Wei also put on a helpless look: "You're in big trouble now; it's still not too late to come clean."

"You're arresting me without evidence—this is a violation!"

Wei Shouqin roared angrily, but to no avail; soon Peng Tianhua escorted him out and took him back to the provincial anti-corruption bureau for further interrogation.

Around midnight.

Chen Jian of the Baiyue Province Procuratorate had already lain down to rest.

Suddenly he received a call from a subordinate.

He learned that Lin Dongfan, upon landing, went straight to Wei Shouqin's house, arrested him, but found no solid evidence at the Wei residence.

He was so angry he jumped with rage!

Chen Jian grabbed his phone and roared: "No arrest or search warrant was applied for, no procedures followed—just went and grabbed someone! What is he trying to do? This is sheer nonsense!"

Actually there was an arrest and search warrant, approved by the Supreme Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau, and it was in Peng Tianhua's hands.

Strictly speaking.

Tonight's law enforcement unit is Investigation Division One of the Supreme Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau, with Peng Tianhua as the officer; Lin Dongfan, as director of the Baiyue Province Anti-Corruption Bureau, is merely assisting.

However, in the actual law enforcement process, Lin Dongfan and Peng Tianhua swapped their primary and supporting roles.

Chen Jian was unaware.

After scolding the subordinate who reported the case, he directly dialed Lin Dongfan's number.

At this moment…

Lin Dongfan had just returned to the provincial committee guesthouse; Jian Si-ning was beside him, and they were eating a late-night snack. When the phone suddenly rang, Lin Dongfan merely glanced at it. His hands were oily, and he couldn't be bothered to answer.

He continued eating garlic oysters, bought from a barbecue stall.

The phone kept ringing.

Jian Si-ning sitting opposite couldn't help but glance at the phone screen, reminding: "You're not even going to answer Chen Jian's call? You've gotten full of yourself—he's your direct superior."

"It's so late he's not sleeping; he definitely wants to scold me, and I can't be bothered."

Lin Dongfan held an oyster in his left hand and chopsticks in his right, pried out the tender meat, slurped it with satisfaction, feeling just one word—awesome!

Peng Tianhua also originally liked eating oysters; folk wisdom says they have kidney-tonifying and virility-boosting effects.

But tonight, after seeing Wei Shouqin open that prescription, he dared not touch it, went back to his room early to sleep, with no stray thoughts.

The prescription warned: avoid dragon bone and oyster.

Oyster and oyster belong to the same biological category.

Peng Tianhua pondered: the oyster from the oyster family should have kidney-tonifying function, it's just not suitable for his kidneys; the Wei fellow said, kidney deficiency splits into yin deficiency and yang deficiency, plus there's yin-yang dual deficiency.

In short, just don't eat it recklessly.

However…

Lin Dongfan, however, felt more energized the more he ate—whether it nourishes yin or yang, he ought to eat more to do justice to Baiyue Province's robust food culture, not to let down the junior sister opposite, after all she's the one who paid.

Lin Dongfan laughed: "During the Spring New Festival, you scrimp and save every day, living on instant noodles, and as soon as I arrive you treat me to a late-night snack. Truly worthy of being my junior sister—thoughtful."

"Cut the chatter, where's my big New Year red envelope?"

Jian Si-ning wore disposable gloves, eating far more elegantly than Lin Dongfan, and she didn't toss the oyster shells haphazardly but stacked them neatly.

The plain beer placed beside her, she drank it straight like water.

Lin Dongfan laughed: "It's too big; I'm afraid you won't dare accept it."

"How big? Take it out and let me see." Jian Si-ning gazed at Lin Dongfan with a smile.

Lin Dongfan replied: "I've already arranged for someone to send your sister's tuition and living expenses; they should be in her hands tomorrow. From now on, spend as you wish—no need to pinch pennies. Moreover, I've already taken care of your parents' house renovation; you needn't worry about household matters."

Upon hearing this, Jian Si-ning felt her nose sour, with an urge to cry.

She thought: if she hadn't met her senior brother Lin Dongfan in this life, what would she be like? By now she'd probably still be a grunt at the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, never rising above deputy division chief.

And her sister Jian Si-qing's dream of entering a military academy would be thwarted by a mere 0.5 cm height shortfall.

In this life she owes her senior brother far too much.

What could she use to repay him?

As she thought, Jian Si-ning took off her disposable glove, pulled out a tissue, and gently dabbed her moist eyes, unable to hide her stirred emotions.

Seeing this, Lin Dongfan couldn't help but frown slightly: "What's this about? Can't you just enjoy the late-night snack? You're over thirty—stop being so melodramatic."

"You're the pretentious one, I got an eyelash in my eye."

Jian Sining struggled to steady her emotions.

She then blurted out a nonsensical remark: "There's something… I don't know how to say it…"

"What is it?" Lin Dongfan looked at her curiously.

Jian Sining hesitated for a moment, then spoke with her head down: "When Li Mingtang sent me to Hundred Yue, he talked to me. He asked why I wasn't married, and I said there was no reason, I just didn't want to. Later he told me again that I'm not young anymore, and if I stay unmarried, it would be hard to promote me further to Section Chief."

"Then do you want to get married or not?" Lin Dongfan asked.

Jian Sining shook her head, lowered her head and remained silent, not answering the question. She has someone she likes, but that person cannot marry her—it's as simple as that.

Lin Dongfan thought for a moment, then replied: "Whether to get married is your decision; I won't give random advice. However, I can confidently tell you that marriage and promotion have no necessary causal link. Li Mingtang believes that not marrying will affect promotion, but that's just viewing the issue from his own strength perspective."

"I understand."

Jian Sining then took another tissue and gently wiped her eye sockets.

She relaxed for a while.

When she lifted her head again, her face broke into a smile; she glanced at her phone, which was ringing again: "If you don't answer the call, Chen Jian will scold you."

"Lots of people scold me, and I don't expect him to promote me, so I ignore him." Lin Dongfan picked up his wine cup with enthusiasm: "Come, let's get drunk with your handsome, suave, righteous senior brother."