Chapter 641

Yang Jiong said, "Alright, Brother Su, I'll accept this favor. I'll go report to our bureau chief; as long as you don't mind, it'll be fine."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "I won't. I understand your difficulties."

Su Xinghui certainly understood Yang Jiong's difficulties; officials of that level were not people Yang Jiong could stand up to. This was also the reason why he had come with Lu Xiaoya to be a witness—he wanted to ensure that Yan Qing's matter could not be smoothed over.

Whenever he thought of Yan Qing's indifference toward life, his heart filled with indignation. Since he now had the ability to handle such matters, he naturally would not let Yan Qing off the hook.

This was not for personal grievances, but a matter of public justice. If a person like Yan Qing were allowed to remain at large, even if he were to become successful in his career later, there would always be a thorn in his heart—a thorn that could never be removed.

Watching Yang Jiong leave, Lu Xiaoya said, "Aren't they capable of covering the sky with one hand? Then why demand we retract our statements? It would be better to just destroy our statements in private."

Su Xinghui said, "If we were ordinary people, they likely would have done just that. It is precisely because we are not ordinary people—and especially because Yan Qing knows us—that he dares not do so. He can only fantasize about buying us off."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Xinghui, if he really offered hundreds of thousands to buy you off, would you agree to them?"

Su Xinghui looked at Lu Xiaoya and began to laugh.

Lu Xiaoya asked suspiciously, "What are you laughing at?"

Su Xinghui said, "Hearing your question, I suddenly remembered something."

"What thing?"

"I think I'd better not tell you."

"No, you must tell me." Lu Xiaoya's voice carried a hint of coquettishness.

"Alright then, I'll tell you, but don't think I'm trying to claim credit in front of you," Su Xinghui laughed.

Hearing him say this, Lu Xiaoya became even more interested: "Hurry up and tell me."

"Alright." Su Xinghui nodded: "Do you remember that time Tian Xiaotao chased you all the way to Meng Hu Ling, and you said I was your boyfriend?"

Lu Xiaoya nodded and said, "Of course I remember."

Su Xinghui said, "That noon while you were resting, Tian Xiaotao came to my office to find me."

Lu Xiaoya was a bit nervous: "What did he want with you?"

"Naturally, he came to negotiate terms," Su Xinghui said: "To make me give up on you."

Anger appeared on Lu Xiaoya's face: "I knew he was shameless, but I didn't know he was this shameless. So, what terms did he offer you?"

Su Xinghui said, "At first he said he could give me one hundred or two hundred thousand, and guarantee me a deputy section-level position. I refused. Later, he raised the terms to five hundred thousand and a County Party Committee Secretary position. However, I only said one sentence to him..."

Speaking to this point, Su Xinghui paused, and Lu Xiaoya grew anxious: "What sentence did you say?"

"I said, Lu Xiaoya is my girlfriend. As Lu Xiaoya's boyfriend, she means the whole world to me. Can you trade the whole world for her? Obviously not. Therefore, my condition is for you to leave Meng Hu Ling and stop pestering Lu Xiaoya."

Lu Xiaoya felt her heart melting. Her eyes moistened, and she reached out to hold Su Xinghui's hand, saying, "Xinghui, thank you!"

Su Xinghui said softly, "The one who should be saying thank you is me. What virtue or ability do I, Su Xinghui, have to be favored by a beauty like you! Xiaoya, thank you!"