That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1657 When a woman gets ruthless, even a tiger will fear her.

"Li Ye, you should go back first! The police haven't reached a conclusion yet, and we might be worrying unnecessarily."

"Okay, Mr. Yi, I'll head back now."

After Li Ye refused to "cover for" Shang Bin, Yi Mingzhao did not continue to pester him, but Li Ye keenly observed a trace of anger in his eyes.

But Li Ye was simply sticking to his principles, and even brought up Dong Shan. With such a compelling reason, why was he angry?
Even if Li Ye was kicking someone when they were down because of his previous personal feud with Shang Bin, Yi Mingzhao had no reason to be angry, right?
So it can only be that Li Ye didn't give him face, which is why he felt unhappy and uncomfortable.

Therefore, no matter how high a person's level is, they still have emotions and desires. Once they get used to everyone being respectful and obedient to them, a subordinate who "doesn't give them face" will seem very immature.

Is your pride really that valuable?

Li Ye found it somewhat amusing.

Given Yi Mingzhao's level of expertise, he must understand that the extent of a person's influence depends fundamentally on three factors.
The first factor is the depth of the relationship between the two parties; the second is whether the relationship can be mutually beneficial; and the third is the extent of the price you have to pay for this "face."

Moreover, these aspects are often intertwined.

For example, if your roommate who shared a bunk bed with you for four years in college asks to borrow 200 yuan for a hotel room in an emergency, you have to lend it to him; otherwise, you're considered disloyal.

But one day he suddenly develops a bad back from frequenting brothels, and then he asks you to lend him a kidney. If you do, you're an idiot.

Li Ye and Yi Mingzhao have no personal relationship, so the first point can be skipped.
The second point is more complicated.
As the head of the parent company, Yi Mingzhao could undoubtedly "promote" or "suppress" Li Ye. Even if he didn't have a single decision-making power, he still had significant advisory authority.

Li Ye is also Yi Mingzhao's "most valiant general" at present. He is good at conquering cities and capturing enemy generals and flags for him. In theory, it is a perfect win-win situation.

However, as soon as the parent company was established, Yi Mingzhao brought Shang Bin to Jingnan Group to sow discord. Regardless of whether it would bring benefits to Li Ye, he at least wanted to take a spoonful of benefits from Li Ye's bowl first. Therefore, Yi Mingzhao and Li Ye had a big difference in their understanding of "mutual benefit".

Therefore, only the third reason makes a rough explanation. Judging from what Yi Mingzhao was discussing with Li Ye just now, it seems that helping Shang Bin conceal the truth is a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning.

But if it's a trivial matter, why hide it?
As expected, things were much more serious than Li Ye had anticipated.

The next morning, the police came to Jingnan Group to investigate the situation.

Li Ye is now a high-ranking official, so he certainly wouldn't directly contact the other party. Therefore, he asked Shan Shengwen to be in charge of receiving them. However, after Shan Shengwen talked with several police officers for a long time, he still awkwardly came to find Li Ye.

"Mr. Li, the police officers insist on verifying some information with you in person. What do you think?"

"No problem! Every citizen has an obligation to cooperate with the investigation. I'll be right there."

Li Ye wasn't putting on airs at all; in fact, he seemed a little expectant.

Because Yi Mingzhao clearly hid something from Li Ye yesterday, perhaps we can get more bombshells from the police.

Sure enough, the police officers made some surprising remarks when they met Li Ye.

"Deputy General Manager Li, according to Zhuo Minglan's confession, she had sexual relations with Shang Bin on multiple occasions under his enticement and coercion. One of these incidents was documented by the police in Jilin Province, and you and two other people were witnesses to it."

"That's right. We were testing a prototype vehicle when we suddenly couldn't contact Deputy General Manager Shang. I had to ask my friends in the police force in Chuncheng for help, and that's when this embarrassing situation happened."

The other party immediately asked Li Ye, "Deputy General Manager Li, can you tell me which police officer friend it is? And can you confirm the exact time when Shang Bin and Zhuo Minglan were misunderstood by the police?" "Of course," Li Ye said frankly, "My police officer friend is named Pang Zhongxian. He is the captain of the criminal police in Chuncheng. I helped them solve a major robbery case."
Furthermore, the misunderstanding involving Shang Bin and Zhuo Minglan occurred on October 16th; this should be documented, right?

"We will investigate."

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Seeing the serious expressions on the faces of the police officers, Li Ye suddenly realized that they were probably trying to determine the exact time of Zhuo Minglan's pregnancy.

To be honest, it is very difficult for Zhuo Minglan, a nobody, to sue Shang Bin.

Shang Bin has status and influence, and he has support behind him. Without concrete evidence, it would be very difficult to investigate based solely on Zhuo Minglan's verbal confession.

If Shang Bin stubbornly refuses to admit it, can you still use the Great Memory Restoration Technique on him?

You said you established the relationship with Shang Bin because of his coercion. At least you need to prove that there was a relationship before you can determine whether there was coercion involved.

According to the pregnancy calculation based on the medical examination report of Jingnan Group, Zhuo Minglan conceived during that period in Jilin Province.

Then consider Zhuo Minglan's sudden loss of her child, the doctor's stern questioning of who provided her with the D-pregnancy drug, and her subsequent fall from Shang Bin's house. Considering all these events, wouldn't Shang Bin's motive for the crime be sufficiently compelling?

Thinking of this, Li Ye asked the investigators in a low voice, "Comrades, after we received Zhuo Minglan's call for help yesterday, she said that Shang Bin pushed her off the building. Is that true?"

The two police officers looked up at Li Ye, then said sternly, "Comrade, before the facts are clarified, please do not make any speculations, and even more so, do not believe or spread rumors."

Li Ye glanced at the other party a few times and quickly said, "Understood, understood. Everything will be based on your final investigation results."

[Damn, it looks like Shangbin's in big trouble this time.]

Although Li Ye did not receive a verbal reply, his keen observation skills captured the subtle facial expressions and changes in the other party's eyes.

They take Zhuo Minglan's case very seriously and will absolutely not show favoritism towards Shang Bin due to any pressure.

The next day, Shan Shengwen brought Li Ye the latest news.

"President Li, this matter is likely to escalate. When I went to visit Zhuo Minglan today, I happened to run into people from F Alliance."
They clearly told us that although Zhuo Minglan had left our company, many things happened during her time there, so we must take responsibility.
Furthermore, this matter involves more than just Shang Bin; his daughter is also likely involved. The police took Shang Bin's daughter in for questioning and haven't released her for a whole day and night.

Li Ye exclaimed in shock, "Holy crap, Zhuo Minglan is trying to kill Shang Bin!"

Li Ye didn't react much to Shang Bin's daughter being detained, since he didn't know that Shang Yunduo had personally added drugs to Zhuo Minglan's drink. However, upon hearing that someone from a certain alliance had appeared, Li Ye immediately felt a deep sense of awe.

It turns out that Zhuo Minglan not only reported J, but also sought help from a certain organization.

The man's child was drugged and killed, and then he was pushed out of the window and broke his leg. With these two setbacks stacked on top of each other, even if Shang Bin didn't actually have a physical relationship with Zhuo Minglan, he would still be in serious trouble.

Li Ye suddenly felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about how many times he had offended Zhuo Minglan.

When a woman gets ruthless, even a tiger will avoid her!

(End of this chapter)