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Chapter 404: Shen Cheng's Changes, If You Can't Resist Them, Then Enjoy Them

Zhu Hongxuan even reported his work to Li Yan twice. After careful observation, he did not find that Li Yan treated him any differently from before. Even Huo Qiqiang still valued him.

Privately comforting Zhu Hongxuan, Wu Changqing was just lucky enough to catch up with the action, and it happened that you were on duty that night, otherwise you would have been the one to make the contribution.

After listening to Li Yan's teachings, Huo Qiqiang also learned to play dirty tricks. He didn't mention anything about Zhu Hongxuan at all, but became closer to him.

Huo Qiqiang originally thought that after he took over the serious crime team, Wu Changqing was promoted to leader of Group B, and he could also take advantage of the conflict between Zhu Hongxuan and him to continue to restrain Wu Changqing.

After all, Liang Feihu's private behavior was not exposed, so Wu Changqing's contribution on the night of the operation was real and no one could erase it.

In order to paralyze Gao Liang and the other two, Shen Cheng and Li Yan not only did not expose the two spies, but instead allowed them to go further, so that they could continue to be valued by Liang Feihu and play a role.

Now that Huo Qi has arrived at CIB, the remaining chess pieces will naturally be taken over by Li Yan and continue to be used, laying a solid foundation for the next undercover agents to achieve success and contribute their strength.

After this case, Li Yan and Huo Qiqiang have achieved all their strategic goals and several demands have been realized. Both of them are very happy, and their influence in West Kowloon has become more solid.

Li Yan knew that there would be a period of stability ahead. Even if he continued to stir up trouble now, he would not be promoted. He had to stay calm and accumulate experience.

After all, a 30-year-old chief superintendent is not as young as those senior civilians in the police force. What he needs most at this time is to keep a low profile, stay quiet for a while, and consolidate the fruits of victory. Fortunately, his authority has not been expanded, and his scope of responsibility is still the same as before, and he has not attracted too much hatred in West Kowloon.

When participating in the external case reporting of the Public Relations Section of the Police Force, Li Yan's youth still caused everyone to marvel, and many reporters noticed this rising star in the police force.

However, Li Yan behaved in a very conventional manner and did not accept any interviews alone. He gave the limelight to Yi Ge and Shen Cheng throughout the interview, while he and Huo Qiqiang and others served as the background.

After being reported by newspapers and radio stations for a period of time, Li Yan refused all interviews, stopped participating in any activities, and gradually lost attention.

On this day, a sunny weekend, at the Shek O Golf Course on the seashore at the southern tip of Hong Kong Island, Shen Cheng made a beautiful swing, the grass splashed, and the white ball was like a cannonball, drawing a beautiful parabola, flying into the distance, and landing on the edge of the grass, eight strokes away from the hole with a small flag.

"Brother Shen played this shot beautifully. His swing posture was extremely standard and his body coordination was at its best. The whole movement was done in one go, with great pleasure and without any stagnation. It was extremely beautiful!"

Li Yan wore a sun hat and a white sports suit. He tucked the club under his armpit. With an admiring expression on his face, he clapped his hands twice and gave a thumbs-up, flatteringly saying, "It's such a pleasure to watch you play."

Shen Cheng, smiling, handed the golf club in his hand to the beautiful caddy behind him, who was about 1.7 meters tall and had a slim figure even in sportswear. Under the caddy's gentle touch, he took the towel and wiped the sweat from his neck.

"You almost ran out of the court without watching the game, and you still praised me so much. If you were any further away, you would have fallen into the sea."

Although Shen Cheng had some teasing in his tone in response to Li Yan's compliments, it was obvious that Shen Cheng enjoyed it very much and was in a very happy mood.

Li Yan was not speaking without purpose; he was only praising Shen Cheng's golf swing.

Shen Cheng himself also felt that the strength and posture he had just used was extremely comfortable, and he hit a shot that broke through his own limitations.

After hitting this shot, I seemed to have a new understanding of this sport.

I used to think that this was a sport that was decadent among the so-called upper class. As a senior member of the Police Force, whenever Shen Cheng was invited by friends, he would accept the invitation, and two out of three times he would play golf. If he kept rejecting it, everyone would think that he was aloof and unwilling to be in the same league with the world.

So since the case ended a few months ago, Shen Cheng seemed to have come to his senses. He changed his conservative style and actively participated in various cocktail parties. He would take the initiative to ask Li Yan to play golf and go out to sea when he had nothing to do. He humbly asked Li Yan for advice on various activities in Hong Kong Island's upper class society and participated in various forms of gatherings with Li Yan.

Li Yan smiled and said, "It's always like this at the beginning. It hasn't been long since Brother Shen started practicing, but he has already mastered the basic skills so well. It's only natural for him to adjust the accuracy. As long as he practices a few more times, he will naturally become more and more stable."

"Besides, Brother Shen's shot just now was really good. I've been playing golf for several years, and I've never hit such a smooth shot. I'm not flattering you. The two beautiful caddies are here every day, so they must have good taste. Tell me, how did Brother Shen play just now?"

The girl next to the two men exuded a youthful aura, and nodded her pretty head with a heroic look. She smiled like a flower when she heard the words, and said in a delicate voice: "Brother Li is right, Brother Shen's shot just now was indeed very good, and he could score more than 95 points."

Li Yan also felt the changes in Shen Cheng. After that case, Shen Cheng seemed to have become a different person. In the past, when he asked him out, it was either for tea or dinner. The most unusual thing was going out to sea for fishing. Basically, they were all normal activities.

But after the kidnapping case, Shen Cheng changed his previous defensive attitude and became aggressive and proactive. He took the initiative to invite me to cocktail parties, play golf, and even invited me to participate in horse racing several times, and personally applied for a membership.

This was unimaginable before.
However, Li Yan felt that whether Shen Cheng really liked him or was just trying to please him, it was a good thing. After all, as the deputy commissioner of the police force, and someone who was also running for the position of commissioner, he was definitely a big shot in the upper class of Hong Kong Island, but he had always been outside this circle and rejected the mainstream culture of the upper class of Hong Kong Island, which was quite disadvantageous to him.

Everyone has sharp eyes. If you reject a certain environment, you will never be accepted by the group that enjoys this environment.

People who don't smoke cannot be truly accepted by smokers, people who don't drink cannot be truly recognized by alcoholics, and people who don't go to the stables, how can they possibly hang out with Uncle Da.

The so-called circles, likes and dislikes, etc. are all superficial. The essence is the way people in the circle protect their interests.

As long as there are groups, they will definitely form various small circles
People in the system only make friends with people in the system;

The police system and the tax system must be separated;

There is a subtle division between local and non-local hukou groups;

Children who grew up in the countryside and those who grew up in the city can never play together;

People who own several houses exclude those who rent houses;

People with low education always feel that people with high education look down on them, and so on.

In fact, there are not many real snobs. Most of them are people who came from humble backgrounds and rose to higher social classes through various opportunities.

People who are born rich would never step on others every day to highlight their sense of superiority.

In other people's eyes, they simply ignore the lower class people and will not deliberately step on them.

Most people maintain circle culture in order to protect their interests. They will only accept people who are willing to abide by the rules of the circle, which is more beneficial to those who benefit first.

Therefore, if Shen Cheng continues to maintain his obvious difference in style, it will be difficult for him to truly integrate into the upper-class circles of Hong Kong Island.

But if Shen Cheng really accepts and adapts to this cultural atmosphere, he will be assimilated into the environment and become a true Hong Kong Islander, no different from native Hong Kongers like Xu Dingan, Gao Jianbin, and Huang Zhicheng. He will also take the initiative to safeguard the interests of Hong Kong Island.

As a bystander, Li Yan could intuitively feel the changes in Shen Cheng over the past few months. From the beginning, he was resolute, sharp-edged, and hated evil, but now he has quickly become rounded, flexible, and able to make peace with others.

He frequently participates in gatherings of various upper-class groups. Privately, every weekend, as long as the police force is on a break, he will make an appointment with himself to play ball or go horse racing.

Half a year ago, I would always frown subconsciously when I was flattered by others, and sometimes I would scold myself. But now, the smile on my eyebrows and eyes reveals the joy and comfort from the bottom of my heart.

All these changes indicate that he adjusted his posture and began to enjoy the irresistible "strong oppression" in his life.

As for whether Shen Cheng attended various cocktail parties with Li Yan, it gave outsiders a hint that the two were one, and he intended to force Li Yan to join his camp.

Li Yan felt that there must be, but Li Yan didn't care much. If Shen Cheng was willing to change, his future career would be smoother and it would be easier for him to win in the competition with Gao Jianbin.

Especially since Shen Cheng also represents the North and has an even stronger background. The North also wants to save face, so this director must be taken down. As long as Shen Cheng does not make a big mistake and the opposition to his promotion is not too strong, he will basically win.

Therefore, Shen Cheng's biggest enemy is not Gao Jianbin, but himself. Gao Jianbin is more like a grindstone, used to make Shen Cheng successful. I am afraid Shen Cheng has not realized this yet, but from the moment he began to change himself to adapt to the environment, he should have found the right path.

Li Yan was also optimistic about this, and did not mind actively getting closer to him. After all, he was a chief superintendent, and he had offended Gao Jianbin and Liang Feihu, so he wanted to be promoted to the real power level of the Police Department - the director level.

You still need someone to back you up!
Even if Li Yan doesn't care too much about getting promoted, he will be swept up by the general trend in the officialdom and will be forced to climb up.

Now that he has been promoted to Chief Superintendent, he still cannot stop and concentrate on his tasks, but must continue to move towards his next goal, the position of Assistant Commissioner.

(End of this chapter)