Chapter 444: I Don't Care Who's Behind You

Chen Yongren's sudden remark drew everyone's attention.

"What the hell are you? You have no right to speak here!" Huang Liangshi sized up Chen Yongren from head to toe, seeing he was unfamiliar, his attitude extremely arrogant.

Chen Yongren gave Lin Ke Xin a look; she immediately understood, stepped forward and said, "You're asking for death—this is the Director of the Action Bureau of the Military Statistics Bureau, Chen Yongren!"

"What the hell are you, daring to speak to him like that?"

At the same time, Lin Ke Xin also felt a bit puzzled, not understanding why Chen Yongren wanted to get involved in this matter.

Could it be that this batch of goods has a problem?

Upon hearing that name, the several anti-smuggling squad members' faces changed.

As members of the Military Statistics Bureau, they had naturally heard that a prominent figure had joined the bureau, taking down two Japanese spy teams in just two days.

I never expected to see him here.

Chen Yongren pulled out his officer's ID.

The leading captain immediately stepped forward, took the officer's ID, his face changed drastically, and hastily stood at attention.

"Ch... Chief Chen!"

He had intended to shout "General Chen," but seeing Chen Yongren make a silencing gesture, he immediately changed his words.

Seeing this, the remaining anti-smuggling squad members all straightened up.

Huang Liangshi failed to grasp the seriousness and continued shouting, "I'm taking this batch of goods today, no matter if it's you Military Statistics Bureau or even the Central Statistics Bureau—no one dares to interfere!"

"Central Statistics Bureau?" Chen Yongren kicked Huang Liangshi over, coldly saying, "The Central Statistics Bureau is nothing!"

"Whatever the Central Statistics Bureau dares to manage, I will manage; whatever it dares not manage, I will manage even more."

"Even if you damn well are the Heavenly King and Old Master, I'll still arrest you without mistake!"

"Take this damn bastard, together with the goods, and bring him back to the anti-smuggling squad!"

"Yes!" The anti-smuggling squad members all straightened up to receive the order.

Two anti-smuggling squad members stepped forward and held down Huang Liangshi.

"Leave a line in life, we'll meet again later, Chief Chen—there are plenty of you in this world..." Huang Liangshi shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Slap~"

Chen Yongren also showed no courtesy, directly giving him a slap, cutting off his subsequent words.

"I really want to see just how much you can make me unable to afford to offend!"

Huang Liangshi was also quite clever; from beginning to end he never brought up who was behind him.

He also knew very well that if the matter were exposed, his whole family would be thrown into the Jialing River to feed the fish.

The original site of the Action Group is currently under expansion; Chen Yongren directly took the person to the cell of the anti-smuggling station.

The chief of the anti-smuggling station, hearing that this great deity had arrived, attended nearby.

Huang Liangshi was then placed against the window frame, unable to squat or sit, only able to strain his back bent.

Watching his embarrassed, torn-between-sides state, there was no trace of his former arrogance; everyone in the room looked on as if watching a spectacle.

Chen Yongren, meanwhile, sat casually in the chair, calmly sipping hot tea to warm himself.

"Chief Chen, the paperwork for this batch of goods is being processed; why press so hard?" Huang Liangshi sized up Chen Yongren from head to toe.

Strange.

Within the National Government, I've basically seen all the prominent officers, but where does this kid come from?

It's not his fault for not knowing; he's busy with business every day, paying no attention to transportation of goods, and today he wouldn't care how many Japanese spies were caught.

Chen Yongren merely gave a cold smile, not picking up the conversation.

"These goods are needed by the Great City Company; it's just that time is tight, I'll quickly complete the paperwork." Seeing that hard tactics wouldn't work, Huang Liangshi softened his words.

"Chief Chen, you just said you're in the Action Bureau?"

"What, you pretty boy still want revenge?" Chen Yongren glanced at him.

He could tell that Huang Liangshi repeatedly mentioning the Great City Company was meant to make him understand.

This batch of goods belongs to a big shot, not some small fry.

"Chief Chen, you're joking—we're all working for the National Government; where does talk of revenge come from?" Huang Liangshi said: "Please, Chief Chen, do me a favor and give me a chance to complete the paperwork."

"We will surely repay you handsomely another day!"

"Hah~" Chen Yongren didn't even turn his head: "Secretary Lin, intending to bribe a National Army officer—according to national law, how should this be handled?"

"Disrupting the army, corrupting National Army officers— for serious offenses, the maximum penalty is execution by firing squad." Lin Ke Xin also cooperated with Chen Yongren.

"Damn, encountered a goods that's neither soft nor hard to deal with!"

Hearing this, Huang Liangshi lowered his head, silent, thinking of a solution.

If it were merely a simple detention, it wouldn't be a big deal.

When I was brought to the anti-smuggling station, there were indeed many eyes watching; if someone with ill intent used this, they could expose the matter…

"When the nation is in peril, why would a batch of goods with no paperwork appear here?" Chen Yongren stared fixedly at Huang Liangshi.

"Cotton, white sugar!"

"And there's even grain—how exactly did you transport it here, and where do you intend to sell it?"

Faced with these successive questions, Huang Liangshi simply didn't know how to answer.

One simply couldn't say it.

Needless to say, it's obviously smuggling for sale—throw it into the black market, who knows how many times the profit.

But how could such words be spoken?

"Where are the ledgers, where are the transaction slips, where are the tax records?" Chen Yongren directly posed the most lethal question: "Do you expect me to believe you conjured these goods out of thin air?"

In transporting this batch of goods, the most important thing is the source of the items.

"These bastards, no matter how capable, could never conjure these supplies out of nothing."

Huang Liangshi lowered his head and remained silent.

These goods are smuggled items from the Yunnan–Burma direction; where is there any evidence for them?

"Chief Chen, the material prices have been tallied; they are worth at least 30 million yuan. Here is the list of items—please take a look." said a staff member of the anti-smuggling unit.

The anti-smuggling team was well aware of such matters and quickly calculated the value of this batch of goods.

"Thirty million yuan, you Huang bastard…" Chen Yongren walked over to Huang Liangshi, looking down at him.

He hadn't finished speaking…

Another person ran up to Chen Yongren, panicked, and said: "Chief Chen, the boss's phone—he wants to speak with you personally; he says he has something important to discuss."

"The boss's phone?" Chen Yongren exclaimed in surprise.

How could my senior's call have reached the anti-smuggling station?

Even without answering the call, Chen Yongren faintly felt that this call from his senior was probably meant for Huang Liangshi, that guy.

"Watch over it; without my order, no one is allowed to take him or that batch of goods!" Chen Yongren instructed, then turned and left.

Just as he picked up the receiver, Chen Yongren heard a voice from the other end.

"Lixing."

"It's me. Your senior really has foresight—how did you know I'm at the anti-smuggling station?" Chen Yongren asked.

"You still say Miss Grace urgently needs a translator, yet you vanished?" the boss feigned anger; "No matter what you're doing, come see me right away!"

"Yes!" Hearing the boss's firm tone, Chen Yongren could only reluctantly agree.

After returning to the cell once more and issuing another order forbidding anyone from contacting Huang Liangshi or the smuggled goods, Chen Yongren brought Lin Ke Xin and temporarily left the anti-smuggling station to find the boss.

But Chen Yongren didn't see Grace; the office had only the boss inside.

"Lixing, hurry and have a seat." the boss greeted with a smile.