Chapter 583: Forceful Lv Shuting

Chen Gang's slick evasive words made Lv Shuting feel nauseated to the extreme, feeling that calling Chen Gang "Uncle Chen" was an insult to herself.

Lv Shuting thought this, but it was not mere arrogance.

Over the years she has prowled the financial world, and the first principle she believes in is value exchange.

In her view, there is no hierarchy between people, only differences in resources and strength! If a beggar had the resources she wanted, she wouldn't mind treating the beggar as an honored guest.

By contrast, Comrade Chen Gang.

Over the past years, Chen Gang's rise step by step, smooth sailing, was inseparable from her father Lv Yizhi's support.

Now her father Lv Yizhi has run into trouble.

Chen Gang, however, stood by with folded arms.

In Lv Shuting's view, Chen Gang reaped the benefits but dropped the ball at a critical moment, failing to give back resources; this is someone lacking contractual spirit, and calling him a petty person who burns the bridge after crossing the river is not an exaggeration.

Such a petty person naturally isn't qualified to let her call him "Uncle Chen".

She also had no time to waste words on a petty person; at this critical juncture of her father's life or death, time is a luxury, and she must seize every second!

She then called Wu Changsheng, hoping to get news through his channel, after all Wu Changsheng is Wang Daochen's secretary and could access firsthand information.

Unexpectedly, the phone gave a cold voice prompt—the other party had turned off the phone!

"Wu Changsheng!"

Lv Shuting was truly angry this time, her eyes sharp as a blade.

Wu Changsheng was a "secret line" carefully cultivated by her father, yet he also lost contact when the anti-corruption storm erupted—was this an accident or a deliberate severing of ties?

Various possibilities flashed through her mind.

The anger on her face grew more intense, and she burst out cursing: "You ungrateful white-eyed wolf! Where do you think you can hide? If my father falls, I'll have all of you buried with him!"

Just then, a powerful knocking sounded at the door.

The "dong dong" sound was like a soul-summoning horn; Lv Shuting hurried to the window, pulled back a corner of the heavy curtain, and calmly observed the outside situation.

She saw three official vehicles belonging to the Procuratorate parked at the entrance.

Lv Shuting instantly perked up; she had been worried about having nowhere to gather news—truly, having searched everywhere to no avail, the Anti-Corruption Bureau people actually showed up at her door.

Lv Shuting pulled open the heavy wooden door.

Outside, Lin Dongfan was about to raise his hand to knock when the door suddenly opened, and his motion paused slightly.

Lv Shuting sized up the leading Lin Dongfan from head to toe: "If I'm not mistaken, you must be the Director Lin who's stirred up the whole city."

"Congratulations, you guessed right."

Lin Dongfan likewise sized up Lv Shuting.

It was their first meeting.

Lv Shuting is also just over thirty, unmarried.

All one saw was her wearing a sharply tailored professional suit; anyone experienced could tell it was a custom design by a renowned designer, highlighting the mature charm of a financial elite.

To be honest, her aura exceeded Lin Dongfan's imagination.

Her face showed none of the panic Lin Dongfan had expected; on the contrary, she carried a calm composure that held steady in crisis.

It gave the impression of steadiness, as if Mount Tai could collapse before her without changing her expression.

"Next, shouldn't you invite us in to talk?" Lin Dongfan asked with a light smile, since Lv Shuting stood in the doorway blocking the way.

Lv Shuting stepped aside: "Please come in."

Her voice was extremely steady, with no trace of personal emotion.

Yet when her tone shifted abruptly, it carried an undeniable weight: "Director Lin, you brought a team to visit my home late at night—this is no small show of force; may I ask what brings you?" As she spoke, her gaze swept over the several officers behind Lin Dongfan, then returned to him, scrutinizing the unexpected guests.

Lin Dongfan met her gaze.

The more he looked, the more he felt this woman was quite different from those spoiled official second generations; her confidence wasn't feigned, and she was also quite pretty—likely taking after her mother, since Old Lu lacks such looks.

Behind her, Peng Tianhua was also attracted by her looks, recalling the saying "to die under peonies, even as a ghost one remains charming."

Peng Tianhua gathered his wits and hurriedly spoke for Fan Ye: "We're on official business; we need to search Comrade Lv Yizhi's residence—please cooperate."

As he spoke, Peng Tianhua was the first to flash his credentials.

"Search the house?"

Lv Shuting raised her eyebrows slightly, took Peng Tianhua's credentials and examined them.

Then she handed them back to him.

She half‑smiled, throwing out a hint of pressure: "So you're the Peng Team Leader of the General Bureau Special Task Force. Procedurally speaking, my father is still serving as an Executive Vice Governor. To search his residence, which law are you basing this on? Which procedure are you following? According to the Criminal Procedure Law, a search must be accompanied by presenting relevant documents to the person being searched. Peng Team Leader, did you forget to produce the search warrant?"

Her speech was calm and measured, giving her a confidence that seemed to control the whole scene.

Peng Tianhua was left embarrassed, turning his head to glance at Lin Dongfan.

Lin Dongfan also felt annoyed inside:

"Li Mingtang said he'd send the electronic search warrant within five minutes, but nearly twenty minutes have passed and his phone is still silent—I have no idea what Old Li is up to."

"At a critical moment he dropped the ball—damn it!"

Lin Dongfan steadied himself.

He smiled and said to Lv Shuting: "I heard you graduated from finance; I didn't expect you to know criminal procedure law either—no wonder you're a towering financial elite. The Supreme Procuratorate has directed that the electronic search warrant will be delivered immediately. Procedure‑wise it's legal and compliant, Lv Miss, you needn't doubt our legitimacy."

Fan Ye brought out the Supreme Procuratorate to press the situation, trying to suppress Lv Shuting's sharpness.

Lv Shuting gave a light, faint smile: "In other words, so far you and the Peng Team Leader have broken into my house relying on a 'forthcoming' search warrant? Director Lin, you've worked in the anti‑corruption system for years—you should know better than I that procedural justice is the foundation of substantive justice."

This time Fan Ye was also left speechless, suddenly feeling that he had indeed come a bit rashly… uh! No, I should say he came a bit too early.

Before Lin Dongfan could organize his excuse,

Lv Shuting then said: "Director Lin, if you only have a verbal 'search warrant', I'm under no obligation to entertain you—please leave!"

As she spoke, Lv Shuting raised her hand toward the doorway, adopting the posture of an expulsion order.

She added the final warning: "Otherwise, I will record the entire process and immediately inform my legal team! After all, protecting one's lawful rights is every citizen's right."

In a moment, Lin Dongfan and the others inevitably fell into an awkward predicament of being caught between advancing and retreating.

Damn her yo-yo, she's the daughter of a criminal official— in ancient times she'd have been sent to the imperial brothel! Just to give the brothers a laugh, and not let her beauty of sinking fish and falling geese go to waste.

The era saved her— she actually knows how to wield the law as a weapon!

Lin Dongfan pretended to admire the interior: "Didn't Confucius say, 'When friends come from afar, is it not a joy?' Lü the great beauty, you're also a cultured person— shouldn't this hospitality be improved? At the very least, please have us sit down for a cup of tea."