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Then she picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Boss, two officers from the Commercial Crime Bureau would like to see you. May I ask..."
Before the receptionist could finish speaking, Chen Wenliang took the microphone from her hand. Before she could even open her mouth, Chen Wenliang said, "Mr. Lin, the main reason we're here is to talk to you about Mr. Sima Xiang. I think it would be best if you spoke to us in person."
Upon hearing Chen Wenliang's words on the other end of the phone, Lin Rundong's expression changed instantly.
The landlords' association originally had six members, and the last one was Sima Xiang. However, after discovering that the landlords' association had become corrupt, Sima Xiang couldn't live with his conscience and wanted to turn himself in to the police. He was killed by several members of the landlords' association.
It's easy to imagine the impact this would have on Lin Rundong if he heard that a policeman wanted to talk to him about Sima Xiang.
“Mr. Lin, if you are not qualified to work with us, then we will have no choice but to come to you with a search warrant, and you will lose face.”
While Lin Rundong hesitated, Chen Wenliang revealed his killer move.
"Okay, have the receptionist take you to the conference room. I'll be right there."
After hearing Chen Wenliang's words, Lin Rundong made a compromise.
After saying that, Lin Rundong immediately hung up the phone, then picked up his mobile phone and dialed another number: "Attorney Kevin, please come to my company immediately. Yes, some cops are looking for me. You need to take care of them for me."
To avoid official troubles, wealthy people like Lin Rundong would hire a barrister from the Bar Association at a high price.
It's not that top lawyers are particularly skilled, but rather that they can use their position to help their clients resolve many issues stemming from official channels.
For example, when the police come to their door, even gangsters, or leaders of triads, can only obediently follow the police into the police station for questioning.
However, if a top lawyer is involved, the outcome is completely different. Unless the evidence is conclusive, the police generally won't risk offending a top lawyer by arresting someone.
After instructing lawyer Kevin to open his own company, Lin Rundong sat in his office until there was a knock on the door. When the foreign lawyer Kevin appeared in front of him, Lin Rundong breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said to Kevin, "Kevin, now that you're here, I feel more at ease."
After saying that, Lin Rundong led the foreign lawyer Kevin into the conference room.
After entering the conference room, Lin Rundong carefully locked the door from the inside to prevent others from overhearing the conversation inside.
“Officers, I am Kevin, a barrister. First of all, let me make one thing clear: no matter what questions you ask, my client has the right to refuse to answer.”
As usual, Kevin immediately gave the two Chinese police officers in front of him a hard time.
Based on Kevin's years of experience, as long as a Chinese police officer hears this sentence, combined with his status as a foreign lawyer, he will basically be able to handle it.
To Kevin's surprise, the two Chinese police officers didn't follow the script. They approached him, holding their identification, and one of them said, "Attorney Kevin, I am Li Tianxiang..."
Kevin was listening intently to the policeman when he saw the officer swing his arm, followed by a slight pain in his neck and then a strong feeling of suffocation.
"..."
Before Kevin could speak, Li Tianxiang covered Kevin's mouth and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, Kevin, take a deep breath, it'll be quick."
On the other side, Lin Rundong was completely stunned when he saw this scene.
I thought trouble was coming my way, but it turned out to be the King of Hell coming for me?
Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Rundong turned around and was about to open the door to the conference room.
However, as soon as he turned around, he felt something cold and hard pressing against the back of his head.
Terrified, he immediately raised his hands and pleaded, "Boss, please don't kill me!"
"Shh!"
Chen Wenliang shushed Lin Rundong, signaling him to shut up, then whispered, "Mr. Lin, be a good boy and listen to us. We don't want to kill anyone, so please don't force us!"
"Okay, okay, okay, I will definitely cooperate with you."
Lin Rundong hurriedly said, his tone full of fear.
Because he saw Kevin lying limp on the ground like a dead dog, clearly no longer breathing.
A few minutes later.
“Xiao Li, Attorney Kevin is drafting an agreement in the conference room. No one is allowed to go in and disturb him until he comes out. Also, I’m going to accompany the two officers to the police station.”
After Lin Rundong finished speaking to his secretary, he was sandwiched between Chen Wenliang and Li Tianxiang as they walked out of the floor where Rundong Group was located.
at the same time.
Kadoorie Hill villa area.
Huang Shitong was playing jacks with two other members of the landlords' association, Chen Zhan and Mai Shengyun.
After conspiring to kill Sima Xiang, Huang Shitong became the de facto leader of the landlords' association.
Like the landlords' association's routine gatherings, everyone would go to Huang Shitong's villa to play cards while discussing matters.
"Why hasn't Lin Rundong arrived yet?"
While touching the rack, Huang Shitong asked Ma Zhuoqun, a member of the landlords' association sitting next to him.
"They said they had some things to take care of at the company, and they would come over once they were done."
Ma Zhuoqun said with a smile.
"This guy, really, how much money does his Rundong Group make in a year? Just buy and sell a stock in a few minutes and you'll make more than his whole company does. All that hard work and effort, I don't know what he's after."
Upon hearing Ma Zhuoqun's words, Chen Zhan, who was also drawing cards, shook his head and smiled.
"Maybe this is just Lao Lin's hobby, just like Lao Zhan, you like dating Miss Hong Kong."
"The last member of the landlord's association," Mai Shengyun laughed.
At this moment, Huang Shitong's subordinate, A Jin, walked to Huang Shitong's side, leaned down and whispered something in his ear.
"disappeared?"
Upon hearing Ah Jin's words, Huang Shitong's expression changed slightly.
"Uncle Tong, who's missing?"
Seeing Huang Shitong's appearance, Ma Zhuoqun, who was sitting next to him, immediately asked.
Mai Shengyun and Chen Zhan also looked at Huang Shitong.
“You should know Ma Zhihua, the one who works for us. He’s been acting strangely lately. I asked A Jin to tell him to be careful, but A Jin said she couldn’t contact him. It’s like he’s disappeared.”
Huang Shitong said slowly.
"It's not a good thing for someone to go missing at this time. We must find them, either alive or dead."
Mai Shengyun immediately said.
"Old Mike is right."
Chen Zhan and Ma Zhuoqun also agreed.
“Um, Ah Jin, you…”
After Huang Shitong finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed.
The reason was simple: he heard gunshots.
"Damn it, what's going on? Someone's firing a gun in broad daylight on Kadoorie Hill?"
Ma Zhuoqun, standing next to Huang Shitong, was also somewhat surprised.
"Uncle Tong, you and the other big shots go to the safe house. I'll take some men to see what's going on."
As Huang Shitong's trusted confidant, Ah Jin clearly had exceptional qualities, such as letting the boss go first.
'Boom!' 'Boom!'
'Da da da da da~'
However, before Ah Jin and his men could even reach the villa's entrance...
A few grenades blew open the villa door, followed by a pure massacre.
Before Huang Shitong, Ma Zhuoqun, and the others could even react, they saw that A Jin and his bodyguards behind him had all been riddled with bullets.
Then.. ...
When they saw the men wielding submachine guns, who were killing without blinking an eye, looking at them, they immediately raised their hands and said, "Gentlemen, don't kill us! Just tell us what you want!"
"Huang Shitong? Ma Zhuoqun? Mai Shengyun? Chen Zhan?"
Then, Huang Shitong, Ma Zhuoqun, and the other three heard the cold-faced man in the lead call out their names, which frightened them so much that they dared not answer for a moment.
"You're not these four people?"
After waiting for 10 seconds and seeing that no one had answered, Wang Jianjun immediately raised the submachine gun in his hand.
“We are, we are, I am Ma Zhuoqun.”
Seeing that Wang Jianjun was about to fire, Ma Zhuoqun was so frightened that he quickly said something.
As Ma Zhuoqun finished speaking, the remaining Huang Shitong, Mai Shengyun, and Chen Zhan also acknowledged their identities.
A few minutes later, the four members of the landlords' association were knocked unconscious and carried away in two cars from the Kadoorie Hill villa area.
On the other side, Argyle Street leads from the Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters to Kadoorie Hill.
"Damn it, it's completely blocked, we can't get through at all!"
After receiving a report that gunshots had been heard in the Kadoorie Hill villa area, Chief Inspector Chan Ka-kui of the Kowloon Regional Crime Unit immediately led his team to the scene.
However, shortly after they left the Kowloon Regional Headquarters building, they discovered that the entire Argyle Street was severely congested due to a car accident, and police cars could not get through at all.
This led to complaints from Chen Jiaju's subordinates.