Chapter 672

At the end of February 2018, the judicial system was reformed, and the Anti-Corruption Bureau was fully merged into the Supervisory Commission.

Lin Dongfan's case also completed the retrial procedure, was acquitted, and he resumed work, with plans to transfer him to the Z Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission; his superiors intended to entrust him with important responsibilities.

But it was on the very day the Organization Department issued the pre-appointment public notice.

Online, a vicious black post burst out, its bold, black headline unusually eye-catching, blatantly stating——After serving three years in prison, he was actually acquitted and even promoted, what a feat for a red third-generation scion!

This sarcastic post, as expected, caused a huge uproar online.

The post, running over three thousand words, not only questioned the legitimacy of Lin Dongfan's acquittal, but also exposed the impropriety of his private life.

The post explicitly pointed out: Sun Zhiqing's son, Sun Mumlin, is Lin Dongfan's love child!

And it asserted categorically: In 2011, Lin Dongfan deliberately acted as a 'son-giving Guanyin' to help Sun Zhiqing evade punishment, breaking the bedsprings; as a law enforcement officer, he knew the law and violated it!

Good heavens! He can even be acquitted? And get promoted?

Haha, you oxen and horses, wake up! You toil away your whole life with your snorts and grunts, yet you still can't compare to someone who was born with a silver spoon.

I know pregnancy can allow for execution outside prison, but I truly didn't know Magistrate Lin also enjoys playing the son-giving Guanyin; I'm so pure.

I know personal conduct is an issue, but I truly didn't know Magistrate Lin can still rise smoothly; I'm so pure.

I know this post won't last long, but I truly didn't know Magistrate Lin has the divine power to block and cleanse the net; I'm so pure.

……

Someone was stirring the pot in the comment section, and countless onlookers followed suit; between the lines, a strong sarcastic tone permeated, this generation of netizens is truly pure, at least that's what those pulling the strings behind the scenes think.

Overnight, Lin Dongfan was pushed back onto the crest of the wave.

The phones at the Central Organization Department were about to blow up; what kind of nature is it to promote a 'problem cadre'? For the bigwigs, this is destined to be a day of restless anxiety.

The pre-appointment public notice for cadres was withdrawn within less than 24 hours.

Lin Zhenhua thundered in the office: 'Who exactly is stirring the pot? Investigate!!! Even if we have to dig three feet deep, we must dig him out!!!'

The bigwigs hadn't lost their temper like this in Along time.

The head of the Organization Department lowered his head in shame and replied: 'It's an overseas IP; the original post was also on an overseas forum, domestically it was just forwarded. The other party had beforehand avoided risks, intentionally concealed their identity, and the relevant authorities have not yet grasped the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.'

Who was the first person to forward it domestically? Investigate! Lin Zhenhua angrily ordered.

The head of the Organization Department gave a helpless analysis: 'Even if we drag out the mastermind, this time…… Comrade Lin Dongfan probably cannot return to the political arena……'

One sentence plunged the office into a deathly silence.

In fact, Lin Zhenhua himself understood clearly; this thrust from the behind-the-scenes black hand precisely struck Lin Dongfan's vital point.

That black post mainly questioned two things: first, the procedural justice of Lin Dongfan's 'acquittal for murder'; second, the problem of Lin Dongfan's improper private life.

Regarding the procedural justice of 'acquittal for murder,' the judicial department can provide a reasonable and lawful explanation, but Lin Dongfan's private life issue is a dead end, unsolvable.

But Lin Zhenhua was still unwilling.

Unwilling to see the Lin Family's third-generation sole heir founder on this hurdle.

That night.

Lin Zhenhua deliberately went home, summoned Lin Dongfan to his office, and asked sternly: 'Tell me the truth, is Sun Zhiqing's son really our Lin Family's offspring?'

!!!

Lin Dongfan lowered his head, responding to Lin Zhenhua with silence and shame.

Lin Zhenhua instantly understood the meaning; he felt both the frustration of wishing iron could become steel and relief that the Lin Family had gained another male.

Starting from the grandfather's generation, the Lin Family's fourth generation has developed to three males and one female. In the grandfather's words——'Only with people does one have a world!' This is enough to lift the grandfather's spirits and let him live a few more years.

After a period of worry, Lin Zhenhua solemnly threw Lin Dongfan a multiple-choice question: 'Do you want to clear your suspicions? Or do you want to make the grandfather happy? You choose.'

!!!

Lin Dongfan fell silent again; for him, this choice posed no difficulty at all.

The so-called 'clearing suspicions' has only one method——making Sun Zhiqing and her son disappear from this world! Such a lunatic act, Lin Dongfan could never do it no matter what.

Surely this is also not what his uncle Lin Zhenhua would want to see.

Lin Dongfan said: 'Since the pot has been uncovered, I want to acknowledge Sun Mumlin as my son, bring him back into the Lin Family, and treat it as a centenary gift for the grandfather.'

'Have you thought it through?' Lin Zhenhua reminded: 'If you don't clear your suspicions but acknowledge this son, it amounts to confirming the accusation of an improper private life, and you will never again set foot on the official career path.'

I have no regrets.

On this matter, Lin Dongfan shows no hesitation whatsoever.

He never wanted to go into politics in the first place; his earlier agreement to return to the political arena at his uncle's behest was mainly because of the Ji Guang Group's issue involving Li Hengbo, hoping to use that opportunity to take down Li Hengbo.

Now, thinking differently, since the essence is a feud with Li Hengbo!

Then why must he return to the political arena? Laying down authority to become a businessman, could he not tear apart that bastard Li Xiaozi? And Li Xiaozi doesn't have three heads and six arms.

Lin Dongfan said: 'Uncle, although I currently have no chance to return to the official career, Li Mingtang, Peng Tianhua, Jian Sining, and others are all trustworthy people, especially Jian Sining.'

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhenhua instantly grasped Lin Dongfan's meaning once again.

He thought, 'You little rascal, you're truly a Duan Zhengchun! You haven't learned a single move of the ancestral Six Meridian Divine Sword, yet your talent for leaving love everywhere has been perfected.'

Lin Zhenhua gave Lin Dongfan a sideways glance, turned and walked to the window, pulled back the curtain, and gazed at the murky night sky: 'Are you sure these are all people you can command?'

'In this regard, I am confident.'

This favorable scheme, Lin Dongfan has been calculating for Along long time, thinking that as long as these people remain as steady as old dogs, even if his own people are not in the officialdom, he will still be a stalwart anti-corruption warrior.

Lin Dongfan also said: 'Besides, Ling Xi already knows that Sun Mumlin is my son; she's probably feeling upset. Uncle, could you ask Auntie to go and counsel her? She listens to Auntie.'

'When you were fooling around outside, why didn't you think about how Ling Xi would feel hurt?' Lin Zhenhua scolded: 'Now the ants are biting your butt, and you suddenly get nervous, yet you won't wipe your own butt and still have the nerve to ask Auntie to wipe it for you.'

Lin Dongfan grinned shamelessly: 'I also want to wipe my own butt…… It's not that I lack the face to see Ling Xi, right? I was thinking of first having Auntie give her a preventive shot, then I'll go apologize to her……'