Chapter 902: Who Is Stabbing Whose Heart?

After Jiang Yinghong's love affair failed, she did not give up struggling; she turned and went to find her ex-husband, Executive Vice Governor Deng Chunning.

On the way, she repeatedly recalled the conversation in court.

Lin Dongfan's cold and ruthless expression, and Fang Xiaoqian's arrogant, fearless gaze, made her feel like she was being played for a fool, which felt awful.

Jiang Yinghong has been in Jianglan Province for decades; when has she ever lost face like this?

What really pissed her off was that Lin Dongfan didn't take her seriously at all! He kept calling her 'Jiang Auntie' affectionately, but when handling matters he showed no mercy.

She couldn't swallow this anger.

When Jiang Yinghong reached Deng Chunning's office, it was already near quitting time. The office door was open, and Deng Chunning was lowering his head to review documents.

Jiang Yinghong politely knocked twice on the door.

"Come in."

Deng Chunning didn't even look up; the document in his hands seemed very important.

Jiang Yinghong walked straight in, as if returning home! She went to the desk, directly threw her branded bag onto it, and sat down opposite Deng Chunning.

Deng Chunning looked up, startled: "How did you come here?"

"What, not welcome?" Jiang Yinghong crossed her legs and lit a cigarette! She had started smoking after divorcing Deng Chunning, which he once interpreted as heartache.

Precisely for this reason, Deng Chunning has always felt guilty toward her.

Deng Chunning forced a gentle smile: "It's not that I don't welcome you, but you didn't call before coming. Did something happen?"

"I came today to ask for a favor." Jiang Yinghong got straight to the point, never beating around the bush with Deng Chunning.

Deng Chunning looked at her, already uneasy: "What favor?"

"Just a small matter..."

Jiang Yinghong briefly outlined the problems facing Huang Engineering Company.

She added emphatically: "Huang Engineering Company is now driven to a dead end! Lin Dongfan is trying to destroy them completely—can you, as Executive Vice Governor, just stand by and do nothing?"

After listening, Deng Chunning remained silent for a while before squeezing out a smile.

He smiled helplessly: "Are you trying to save Huang Engineering Company, or to save Huang Jinrong? Is he worth you running around for him?"

"What do you mean?!" Jiang Yinghong replied coldly.

Deng Chunning spoke frankly: "He's nearly twenty years younger than you, a young man in his prime—do you really think he'd like a woman over fifty, a faded beauty? My dear Miss Jiang, please don't be so naive. The reason he's hanging around you is because you have use value..."

"Deng Chunning!"

Jiang Yinghong, like a hedgehog stepped on its tail, suddenly bristled!

Old grudges!

She burst out: "Back then you could abandon me and marry a girl twenty years younger—why can't I find a man twenty years younger than me?!"

This shout left Deng Chunning looking helpless.

Deng Chunning hastily stood up and closed the office door.

He then turned and personally brewed her a cup of tea: "The reason we divorced back then was because we had different dreams while sharing a bed, we couldn't agree on anything—don't always blame a third party."

"Don't give me that!

Jiang Yinghong left the tea that Governor Deng had personally brewed untouched, instead taking two puffs of a cigarette, as if only nicotine could suppress the resentment that had built up over the years.

Jiang Yinghong glared at Deng Chunning: "One sentence! Do you just want to stand by and watch Lin Dongfan completely destroy Huang Engineering Company?!"

Deng Chunning furrowed his brows.

After Along silence he said: "This matter truly isn't because I don't want to handle it. The root cause is that I want to intervene but can't."

"You, an Executive Vice Governor, and all I'm asking is for you to say hello to the Wuzhou Place Intermediate People's Court—how can that be so hard?!"

"My dear Miss Jiang, you really can talk big while sitting comfortably."

Deng Chunning gave a bitter smile.

He helplessly explained: "Jianglan Province's political and legal system is controlled by Luo Xiang, who is the head of that system. Do you know what relationship Luo Xiang has with Lin Dongfan? He is Lin Dongfan's mentor. As for how the Wuzhou Intermediate People's Court will rule on this case, I, as Executive Vice Governor, truly can't intervene."

"Deng Chunning, I never thought you'd be so cold-hearted and unrighteous." Jiang Yinghong couldn't hide her disappointment: "I came to you with a thick skin, and you just brush me off?"

"I knew you wouldn't believe the truth anyway."

Deng Chunning gave another bitter smile.

The next second, Jiang Yinghong directly doused the half-smoked cigarette in the freshly brewed tea! This angry move made Deng Chunning stare wide-eyed.

Jiang Yinghong lifted her head and shot another angry glare: "Deng Chunning, do you think Lin Dongfan is bullying the Huang brothers?"

"What do you mean by that?" Deng Chunning frowned.

Jiang Yinghong gave a cold smile: "You're pretending not to understand while knowing full well—Lin Dongfan is slapping Wang Qigang's face and stabbing your heart!"

"...!!!"

The ever-composed Deng Chunning's face eventually darkened somewhat against his will.

But not long after.

Deng Chunning squeezed out another faint smile: "Yinghong, watch your words. Talk of slapping faces and stabbing hearts isn't conducive to unity—don't speak nonsense."

"What, did I hit a sore spot?"

Jiang Yinghong looked at him, her eyes carrying a hint of mockery.

Deng Chunning lifted the tea in front of him, blew on it gently and sipped slowly; after his inner anger subsided, he softly replied to Jiang Yinghong: "Yinghong, we were after all a married couple—I don't want to argue with you."

"Over all these years, have you ever treated me as your wife?"

Jiang Yinghong asked offhandedly, and in the moment Deng Chunning was left speechless.

Jiang Yinghong added: "Deng Chunning, I came to you for help because I trust you! If you really don't help me, I won't blame you. But remember, Lin Dongfan dares to slap Wang Qigang's face today; tomorrow he could stab your heart! He's a Jing Circle Crown Prince—you're playing it safe, and it'll be too late!"

Having said that, Jiang Yinghong turned and walked away; the office door was shut with a loud bang.

Deng Chunning, sitting on the sofa, was shaken and took Along time to recover.

Before Lin Dongfan came to Wuzhou to take office, no one in Jianglan Province dared to move against Deng Chunning's head. He had to admit that his current situation was indeed perilous.

They pondered for a while.

Deng Chunning picked up the red telephone on the desk and dialed Wang Qigang's dedicated line: "Secretary Wang Qigang, keep a close watch on your subordinates; don't let a single rat dropping spoil a whole pot of porridge!"

They hung up the phone after speaking.

Although it was only a brief sentence, the instruction was clear—keep a close watch on your subordinates!

The point is, who are Wang Qigang's subordinates?

On this matter, Wang Qigang himself knows it full well; there's absolutely no need for him, Deng Chunning, to spell it out.