r18novel Chapter 59 You actually know about President Jiang?!
Chapter 59 You actually know about President Jiang?!
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In the lobby of the unfinished building, after everyone else had received their money and the meeting had ended, a waiter brought back some steamed buns and seafood porridge from outside.
"Young Master Lin, here's your dinner."
Lin Zheng had his underlings hand a portion to Xia Yi as well, telling him, "Xia Yi, I won't see you off tonight. I have something to discuss with you privately tomorrow. Wait for me at your sister's house."
Xia Yi accepted the dinner and replied, "Okay, then..." Xia Yi glanced at Shen hope sitting in the sports car in the distance, hesitated, and said, "Then, Young Master Lin, I'll head home now. See you tomorrow."
See you tomorrow, drive carefully.
"Alright, I'm leaving, Young Master Lin."
Watching Xia Yi and her last follower leave, Lin Zheng carried the dinner for two back to the sports car, pressed the sunroof cover button, and opened only one sunroof.
Shen hope watched Lin Zheng come in and handed her dinner: "Little Shen hope, there's seafood porridge and steamed buns. I'll take you home after you finish eating."
She simply said thank you, and the two of them opened the lid to fill their empty stomachs.
Shen hope: "I haven't found out the cause of the bar explosion. It seems the person who did it was quite meticulous. I just don't know what their purpose was. I don't know if it was to deal with you or that blond guy."
As Lin Zheng sipped his porridge, he had already begun to think: "They don't seem to be here to kill me. They're probably Golden Hair's enemies."
Shen hope asked in confusion, "How did you come to this conclusion?"
Lin Zheng replied matter-of-factly, "Because I'm handsome. If you were the one planting the bomb, would you be willing to kill me?"
Shen hope looked at him with disdain: "Are you out of your mind? Every time we talk about serious things, you suddenly say something meaningless."
Lin Zheng laughed twice and continued munching on his steamed bun.
"I just noticed you seemed really down tonight, so I wanted to lighten your mood. It seems like you've been in a bad mood ever since I mentioned usurping the throne. What's wrong? Tell me what's on your mind, and I'll help you calm down."
Shen hope also took a small bite of the bun in the bag, and muttered, "Why do I need you to comfort me?" as she chewed slowly and said:
"Actually, it's nothing. It just makes me understand even more what you said this afternoon. All the people under you and all the people you've been in contact with are bad people. Bad people get their comeuppance, including that beastly blond guy and that girl's father."
Shen hope explained, "I just found out that the father used to run a business with women, right? He even sold those kinds of drugs to girls and took them to make money. In the end, he never expected that his precious daughter would be tortured like that."
Lin Zheng looked at Shen hope in surprise. Why was she suddenly so sentimental? She even used the word "retribution."
In the book, Shen hope is a heartless killer with countless lives on her hands, so logically she would never believe such a thing.
"Our little Shenxi can be so sentimental sometimes, suddenly feeling emotional."
Shen hope glanced at Lin Zheng with displeasure:
"Since things have already come to this, I'll tell you the truth, Young Master Lin. To this day, I've taken countless lives. Most of them were bad people, but there were also some who simply wanted to hurt President Jiang. They might not have been bad people, but for President Jiang's safety, I didn't spare their lives."
Shen hope stared at Lin Zheng and continued:
"I never regretted killing anyone, good or bad, because in my heart, President Jiang is the most important. As long as President Jiang's safety can be guaranteed, I don't care what happens to me. Even if I go to hell after I die, it doesn't matter. Even if I die tomorrow, it doesn't matter, because I'm not afraid of death."
Lin Zheng blinked: "So?"
"So, Shen hope is also a bad person who doesn't distinguish right from wrong, but I know that Lin Shao is not the same kind of person as me at all, and I really don't want anything to happen to Lin Shao."
Lin Zheng was slightly taken aback.
Shen hope spoke earnestly about her current thoughts:
"From what you did today to letting those who wanted to quit go home during the meeting just now, it all shows what your underlying stance is. What you said this afternoon about usurping power is just the surface. In reality, aren't you trying to turn these bad guys into good people?"
Lin Zheng corrected:
"It's not about becoming a good person. How can a bad person become a good person? A bad person will always be a bad person. My ultimate goal is just to gather all the bad guys in Jiangcheng together and make them listen to me so they won't cause trouble for the world on their own."
"What's the difference between this and what I said? It's the same thing." Shen hope commented:
"It's a crazy idea. If it really succeeds, I can only say that Young Master Lin has made a huge contribution to the happiness index of this city. But... I can understand men's naive ambitions, but I absolutely do not support Young Master Lin. The reason is simple: it's too dangerous and too difficult."
Shen looked out at the night view:
"To accomplish what you envision, you not only need to control all the underground organizations in Jiangcheng, but also make these villains do things that aren't villainous. At the same time, you also need to face pressure from righteous people, putting you in a difficult position. Especially since those people in the public eye aren't all pushovers. Once they find any dirt on you, you won't even have a chance to stay in jail. All you'll face then is the death penalty."
She seemed to be both warning and advising:
"Maybe we should just give up, Young Master Lin. You absolutely can't do something like this on your own. Either be the good guy and eliminate the bad guys, or be the bad guy and don't try to get involved in the good guys' affairs. I've never seen anyone get a good outcome when they're caught in the middle..."
Lin Zheng interjected, "So, will Xiao Shenxi help me? Even if I'm doing something thankless and difficult?"
"Did you even hear what I was saying?"
"I heard that. Will Xiao Shenxi help me fulfill my idea?"
"Why?" She was really curious. If Lin Zheng wanted to be a good person, he should just join the ranks of the good people. If he wanted to be a bad person, he shouldn't have the idea of turning bad people into good people. Anyway, she and President Jiang were both bad people, so it wouldn't hurt for bad people to be together.
But when it came to doing these things caught in the middle, she couldn't understand this man's logic at all.
I never expected him to...
Lin Zheng looked at Shen hope's puzzled expression and suddenly smiled.
This brief smile suddenly made Shen hope's pupils tremble, and a fine layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Could it be that the reason she was caught in the middle was because...?
Lin Zheng put down the food in his hand, reached out and stroked Xiao Shenxi's head, and whispered, "Don't tell President Jiang, just pretend you don't know anything."
Shen Xi finally understood. So this man had known all along that President Jiang wasn't a good person either, right?! He had known all along that President Jiang was the biggest mastermind behind everything!
So the real reason he did all this was to protect President Jiang?
Only in this way can we explain his motives for doing these contradictory things—neither joining the good guys nor the bad guys.
Lin Zheng looked at Shen hope's trembling eyes and said:
"I don't know if you'll believe me if I tell you this, but the higher-ups in Jiangcheng have already started a major investigation into this organization. If I let you and President Jiang continue doing those things, you'll definitely get into trouble sooner or later. The only way to avoid trouble is to follow my path. Only in this way can you clear your name, and only in this way can you and President Jiang have a good ending and a long future."
Suddenly, a cold light flashed, aimed directly at Lin Zheng's neck. Shen hope's killing intent surged, and he placed the dagger at the edge of Lin Zheng's neck, glaring fiercely at him.
"You actually knew about President Jiang and me! When did you find out?! From when did you start finding out?!"