Above Destiny

Chapter 382: Meeting without Smiles and Forgetting Grudges
At dawn, we landed in Yacheng.

After the heavy rain stopped, the wind was calm and the streets washed by the rain were spotless. Everything was peaceful and stable as usual, and nothing happened.

Everything that happened during the rainstorm seemed to flow away with the rain.

Apart from the scarlet sewage oozing out of the sewers and some floating objects flowing down the sewage pipes toward the ocean, nothing happened.

"I heard there was a lot of chaos last night?"

When Lu Yingyue got off the airship, she saw Tong Shan who had been waiting for a long time. The scars on his hands behind his back still had not healed.

Tong Shan replied calmly: "It was just a major power outage. Although there were losses, there won't be any chaos."

"What's the situation in the bureau?"

"It's a minor problem, but it won't affect the overall situation." Tong Shan replied: "Some personnel issues will have to wait for you to come back and make a decision."

"Someone got into trouble?"

"Yeah." Tong Shan followed her and reminded her after a pause: "Some colleagues may no longer be able to perform their duties..."

Lu Yingyue turned her head slightly to glance at him, but did not stop.

Keep going.

Having said this, it is almost as if I have made it clear.

Working in the Security Bureau, getting injured is commonplace. Injuries and disabilities are treated according to procedures, and all expenses and costs are reimbursed. If you have done a good job, you will be rewarded and given allowances. If you do not do your job well, you will be punished. Even if you encounter someone who does nothing but work for nothing, Tong Shan, who is in charge of all the affairs of Yacheng, will not show mercy.

Even if he died unfortunately, he is a hero who deserves great recognition and compensation. What is there that cannot be said clearly?
Except, traitor...

"Who?"

"What we can confirm at the moment is that Li Jingqiu, Chen Cheng, Sun Yiyi, Zhao Chengping, Feng Lingyun..." Tong Shan reported a few names, "In addition, there are a few more people who are suspects. They may have been kept in the dark, but since they have ignored the regulations of the bureau and made mistakes, my opinion is that it is better to dismiss them."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yingyue was stunned for a moment, as if in a trance.

Let’s not talk about other people for now. Zhao Chengping is the Minister of the Second Department. Although he is greedy for power and self-respecting, he has never gotten into any trouble over the years. However, he did not expect that human hearts could not stand the test.

After a few promises from others, people become bewitched.

"Where's Yu Hanguang?"

Lu Yingyue asked curiously, "I thought he would make some moves as well."

"He has a firm stance. Yesterday afternoon, he was the first person to report to me that Zhao Chengping had problems." Tong Shan replied, "It seems that after Master Ye's warning last time, he has become more alert. He risked his life to maintain the situation last night and was injured."

He risked his life, fought hard and never retreated, defended the southern power plant, maintained the power supply to key institutions in the city, fought for a whole night... and was almost hung on the wall.

These days, people who are firm in their stance and never waver are a minority after all. Apart from the die-hard loyalists, more people find it difficult to stabilize their position and stance when storms come.

It was beyond everyone's expectation that the fence-sitter could be so tough at the critical moment.

Even if he is a fence-sitter, he is a fence-sitter who leans towards their side, so he must be given special recognition and rewards.

"I read in the report that there are still quite a few tough ones?" Lu Yingyue asked.

Tong Shan's eyes drooped with disdain, his face expressionless: "They are just a bunch of fools who are blinded by money. There are a few of them occasionally, but they are also dealt with by Team Leader Wen. They can't cause any waves."

The chaos of the night was completely obscured by the heavy rain and the night, and after dawn, it was as if nothing had happened.

ended.

Moreover, even if there were huge storms, they should have calmed down the moment Lu Yingyue arrived at Yacheng.

"This time I was in Central City and was beaten up by the old man in the bureau for a long time."

Lu Yingyue walked in front and sighed softly: "Since the position of garrison has been regularized, the position of Yacheng Security Bureau should be retired.

I pushed back on the arrangement with the General Administration, but there is still some time left, do you have any plans?"

"I'm not suitable."

Tong Shan shook his head without hesitation.

Even though everyone knew that he was the most suitable person and had been acting for such a long time, he had once held power when the governor was unable to manage affairs and the director was in Central City, and he maintained the status quo in order, waiting for Lu Yingyue to return and take over.

But if it’s inappropriate, it’s inappropriate.

As long as he is alive, the Tong family name will not be removed, and the influence of the Tong family will not be broken. It is okay to be assigned abroad, but if he is assigned to work locally, the impact will be immeasurable.

Whether Tong Shan is willing or not, Yacheng will become the Tong family's one-man show. Even if he can control himself, he cannot control so many people in the family.

He doesn't care about the eyes and opinions of outsiders, but this is not in line with the Tong family's purpose and style of doing things - eat together, make money together, live together, and discuss everything... One person cannot eat all the food in the world, and one person cannot make all the money in the world. If no one else can make a living except you, then how can everyone tolerate you?
Why sow the seeds of ruin for the sake of momentary glory?
After today, the Tong family will have enough to gain, and they will have to make some trade-offs.

What he gained was an alliance that bound all the big and small cities in Haizhou together and an indispensable position of reconciliation, and what he gave up was just the future of one person.

That's it.

"I'm sorry you've been wronged." Lu Yingyue sighed.

Tong Shan, however, had no regrets at all and remained calm as always: "Don't be too extreme in everything."

Lu Yingyue finally stopped and looked back at him with a serious expression: "It is the Tong family that should not be too extreme in everything, not you. The way of Tianyuan emphasizes that if you don't take what heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences.

Since you have the strengths of both families, you should understand their weaknesses. Tongshan, you should advance when you can! "

"I see."

Tong Shan laughed at himself: "But, there's no rush, right?"

"Don't rush now, you will regret it sooner or later." Lu Yingyue retracted her gaze: "I will tell your elders, and prepare for the overseas assignment later."

"Outbound assignment?"

"The bosses above me owe me too many favors, and they are worried about how to settle the debts. At this critical moment, if I make a small request, they will be happier."

Lu Yingyue walked in front and asked casually, "Do you like Desolate State? Or Shuzhou? If it's more prosperous, East City? Or if it's more difficult, Thousand Islands, or directly the hell difficulty, Middle Earth."

Tong Shan was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and was about to speak when he heard Lu Yingyue's voice.

"Middle Earth, please."

She said decisively, "A child like you needs to stay away from home to become successful. It's time for you to see the world."

The tone was still calm, but left no room for doubt.

Tong Shan was stunned for a long time, smiled bitterly, and followed.

Starting to have a headache.
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"Middle Earth is pretty good, don't you think?"

Outside Yacheng, at the gate of the Tong family's old house, the air was exceptionally fresh after the rain.

The old man, still wearing a vest and shorts, sat in his rocking chair, skillfully brewing a classic espresso with one hand and pushing the cannon on the chessboard forward with the other.

General.

As a result, the face of the old woman across the chessboard became increasingly gloomy.

Like a dead horse.

“It’s a bit chaotic, but if you just want to stay here, there are plenty of places in many city-states. You have the ability to create chaos and cause trouble, so you should be able to thrive here. You can make trouble as you like.

But just one thing—"

The old man took a sip of the strong tea and glanced at her face: "From now on, don't let me see your line appear outside of Middle-earth again.

Go now if you can.”

The old woman's face became more and more ugly: "Mr. Tong, I have already handed over the inheritance book of the fate view. I have also given him the seal book of several hundred years. The Ma Yi lineage has been extinct here.

I am willing to accept the loss, but are you unwilling to give me a chance to live? ! "

"Isn't the way to survival right under your feet, Magu?"

Tong Yuan smiled, raised his finger, and tapped the only way out for the enemy general on the chessboard: "The writers do not hurt each other, and even if the way of ether does not involve blood, it can still be fatal. With one stroke of your hand, you created such a big crack on my chessboard. You don't think you can just pat your butt and go back to East City as if nothing happened, do you?

If I were the loser today, would you allow my whole family to leave Yacheng alive? Just cutting off your line and severing your inheritance would be enough, right?"

The old woman's face turned pale and veins on the back of her hands became visible.

"Lu, you're the only one who can walk this path. Don't be shameless."

Tong Yuan raised a finger and pushed the thumb-sized teacup forward, sliding across the chessboard and stopping in front of her.

"Try it."

He said, "There will be no such good tea in the Middle Earth in the future." "..."

In the silent silence, a trembling hand picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

The teacup hit the chessboard, creating a crack.

"Ah Ting, show the guest out."

So, Tong Ting, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward, smiled and waved his hand, "Please come in, Magu."

Magu said nothing more. She gave them a final glare and turned away.

The two of them stared at the figure disappearing quietly. Tong Ting suddenly said, "I always feel that letting the tiger go back to the mountains is not appropriate... It may cause trouble in the Middle-earth in the future."

Tong Yuan, who was sitting on the recliner, shook his head and sighed with regret: "She will never go to the Middle Earth."

Tong Ting fell silent.

If they don't take the only way out, then you can't blame the Tong family for doing something too extreme.

The old man slowly stood up and said, "I'm tired. I'm going to take a rest. If Lu Zhenshou calls me later, I'll tell her that I agree and let her make the arrangements."

The boy was stunned and asked immediately, "Where is the chess game?"

The old man waved his hand without even turning his head: "There are only one or two steps left. I leave it to you."

"..."

In silence, Tong Ting lowered his head and looked at the black chess pieces that were surrounded by enemies. After a long moment, he stretched out his hand, casually picked up a pawn that had crossed the river, and shot it.

In the crisp echo, the last wisp of dust settled.

General.
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Six hours later, after passing through layers of transfers, Magu returned from Thousand Islands to East City. After passing through the Gate of Eternity, she arrived at the safe house that she had set up who knows how long ago.

In the silence, there was only the sound of ticking.

And outside the window there was a clamor of voices, right in the middle of the downtown area.

The huge aura connects the entire room, apartment, street and even park from the inside out, turning the safe house into an isolated place beyond fate.

And just as they entered the safe house, the cracked knot in Magu's hand stopped breaking. She could feel the fate that was tightening in the void losing its target and dissipating silently.

"There are two volumes of Fate View, the upper and lower volumes. You got the lower volume and you're thinking of destroying the whole family?"

Magu sneered, with a sinister look in her eyes: "I want to see how the old man is going to kill me."

At this moment, above the sky, in the darkness of the universe, a meteorite streaked across the sky as if by coincidence. The meteorite that was originally falling towards the world seemed to have suddenly lost its direction, its trajectory changed, it broke apart, and turned into countless pieces of rubble, which scattered in all directions.

There was a tiny fragment among them, which drew a crooked arc in the vacuum... and then hit a speeding refrigerator head-on.

As a result, there was a slight, strange deviation in the track of the refrigerator.

Falling towards the earth.

boom! ! ! !

Three minutes later, Grandpa An, who had just woken up, raised his head and opened his eyes, shouting angrily.

What the hell is going on? Why are you bothering me?
Don’t you Ether have your own tricks?
shameless!
And in Yacheng, a few hours ago.

"We have tried our best to rescue him, but unfortunately..."

In the separate ICU ward, the attending doctor looked worriedly at the dying patient on the bed: "The condition is not good. The poisoning lasted too long. If nothing miraculous happens, Mr. Xu may never wake up again."

drip-drip-drip-

In the low and crisp voice, Lu Yingyue's eyes drooped, staring at the old friend on the hospital bed, and sighed silently: "How many years have we been old friends... The governor, the former federal minister of the interior, has fallen to such a fate, how sad."

She paused, then suddenly asked, "Can I be alone with him for a while?"

The attending physician nodded, wishing to leave as soon as possible. Who knows what might happen if he heard something fatal and shot himself in the back.

Hearing this, he left in a hurry.

He even closed the door for her considerately.

With the crisp sound, there were suddenly only two people left in the ward.

Then, Lu Yingyue reached into her pocket expressionlessly, took out a pistol, pointed it at Xu Chaoxian's forehead, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!
A loud bang echoed in the room, and then a sharp and high-pitched alarm sounded from the life-support equipment.

Blood gushed out from the wound, staining the pillow and sheets red.

In an instant, Xu Chaoxian's voice stopped.

dead.

Then, a shrill scream was heard.

It was as if time was going backwards, the blood flowed back into the wound, and the brain matter that had been shattered into a ball instantly returned to its original state. At the last moment, the bullet, which was still warm, was squeezed out of the wound on the forehead.

The alarm stopped abruptly.

Xu Chaoxian suddenly stood up as if he had been electrocuted, screaming in fear.

Such as mourning an heir.

"I rushed back, but I still saw you in such a dead state... You're really something to get yourself into such a desperate situation just to avoid trouble."

Lu Yingyue sighed: "Can't you stand up a little bit?"

"Are you crazy? What are you doing, Lu?"

The skinny old man wanted to cry but had no tears. He covered his forehead with his hands, and his eyes instantly turned red: "I don't have much time left!"

Lu Yingyue shook her head: "I have never seen such a shameful Solomon."

"I would have been exiled long ago! If I were still Solomon, would you dare to speak to me like this!"

Xu Chaoxian was furious, crying out, tears streaming down his face: "I have worked hard all my life, and now my lifelong plan has been ruined. I was driven out of the middle city in disgrace and exiled to the cliff city. I am also being sidelined by others. With this handle in my hand, they can do whatever they want to me... You might as well just kill me. There is no point in living anyway!"

"Okay, let's do something quickly." Lu Yingyue's gun swept across his forehead intentionally or unintentionally: "After the matter is done, I'll make up for you."

In an instant, the tears disappeared, and Xu Chaoxian shook his head solemnly:
"Two!"

"Just one thing, stop talking nonsense. If you want to turn things around, then do it. If you don't want to turn things around, then just rot in Yacheng until you die. When you die, you will be engraved on Solomon's Pillar of Shame, and everyone will point at you and say that you are the most shameful one..."

"Then you are telling the truth!"

Xu Chaoxian stared at her with resentment: "What do you want me to do? You can't be so defeated that you want me to help you find a way to survive, right?"

"On the contrary, I won big."

Lu Yingyue shrugged regretfully, "It's just that as a stranger speculator, after placing a bet, it's not easy to bargain, and it will look ugly.

Instead of haggling over every penny and arguing in vain... it would be better to let some useless old men use their limited abilities again."

As he spoke, Lu Yingyue tossed the bullet and threw it into Xu Chaoxian's hand: "Think about it carefully, old man, and contact your old friends.

Give you a chance to be proud of yourself.

Let me see how much you can squeeze out of it.”

"Leave it all to me?"

Before Xu Chaoxian became excited and thrilled, he became suspicious and was no longer willing to believe in any surprises that fate would give him.

Especially when this surprise came directly from the ICU ward into my head, I became more vigilant.

"What? You don't want to?"

Lu Yingyue asked back, looking at him with a half-smile: "If you still want to return to Central City with dignity...besides me, do you have any other choice?"

In silence, Xu Chaoxian looked at the face in front of him for a long time, and thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Lv Yingyue, you are such a bastard."

"Each each other."

Lu Yingyue nodded and said goodbye with a smile:

“Wish us a happy cooperation.”

(End of this chapter)