In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong

"Secretary Shang Li, you certainly have a refined taste. Why did you come to visit in person?"

Li Shangli stood up with a smile.

“Mainland, I’m apologizing to you. I was wrong last time. You know we were rivals in college, and I’ve always wanted to outdo you, which is why there was that misunderstanding.”

After speaking, Li Shangli bowed slightly.

This made Wang Dalu narrow his eyes. Someone had given him a way out, so he took it. It was something others wouldn't dare to imagine: a department-level official taking the initiative to apologize.

It can only be said that neither side was fully aware of the other's strength. Li Shangli was afraid of provoking Zhao Dagong's anger by targeting the Continental Group, while Wang Dalu was also afraid of being targeted and having no one to help him. After all, he had already spent 100 million this time, but what about next time? He couldn't withstand that much longer!

"Secretary Shangli, you're too kind. It's just a small misunderstanding. It's not that serious."

As he spoke, Wang Dalu stepped forward and grasped Li Shangli's hand. Both of them smiled formally, knowing that the other was willing to give them a way out.

“Mainland, I just started working in Handong. To be honest, I don’t know much about the renovation project of old residential areas in Guangming District. Only now do I realize how serious this project is. Our Guangming District’s finances are struggling to keep up.”

When the topic turned to business, Wang Dalu squinted and nodded.

“Secretary Shang Li, I am aware of the difficulties in Guangming District, but working overtime to rush the project is extremely costly for our Continental Group. Not only will we not make money, but we will also lose money. It's not that I am not cooperating!”

"Sigh, it's not your fault, Mainland. I didn't think things through at the time. I just wanted to solve the problem quickly and didn't consider whether Mainland Group would lose money. How about this, we'll increase the budget in Guangming District. Mainland, how about you have the workers speed up the work and try to finish this project in two months?"

Chapter 299 Mao Ya is kidnapped, and her fate is tragic.

"Secretary Shangli, since you've said so, what other questions are there? I'll have the workers move in this afternoon!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shangli breathed a sigh of relief. He would use his power to suppress problems that could be solved with his authority, and if that failed, he would offer some real money. Now that he had decided to deal with Mao Ya, Li Shangli would not hesitate on other issues.

"Very well, Mainland, it's a pleasure to cooperate!"

Lee Sang-ri stood up, extended his hand, and the two shook hands again, smiling and nodding.

After Li Shangli left, Wang Dalu's smile disappeared. He hadn't forgotten how Mao Ya had threatened him with her unborn child a couple of days ago.

To put it bluntly, Li Shangli's visits were all just compromises. Anyone who truly believes that they can forgive and forget is just waiting to die.

However, Darren Wang kept his promise.

That afternoon, the Continental Group's construction team moved into the construction site and started work. Li Shangli did not lie and increased the project payment to the Continental Group by 50 million.

Time passed peacefully, and before they knew it, it was Saturday. As soon as Li Shangli got up in the morning, he received a call from his cousin Li Erdan, informing him that the people who were going to deal with Mao Ya had arrived!

Li Shangli didn't say anything else, he just told Mao Ya's address and then hung up the phone.

At 12:30, Mao Ya received a phone call from an unknown number.

"Hello, is this Ms. Maoya?"

"who are you?"

Mao Ya was somewhat wary.

"Don't be nervous, Ms. Mao Ya. I am Mayor Li Shangli's cousin. My cousin has been busy with work these past two days and has not had time to come. He asked me to bring you 100,000 yuan in cash."

How will I give you the money?

Upon hearing about Li Shangli and the 100,000 yuan, Mao Ya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I understand. Where are you? I'll come and get it."

"Okay, Ms. Mao, I'm in the underground parking lot of your community now. You can come directly here."

After hanging up the phone, Mao Ya didn't forget to disguise herself by putting on sunglasses, a mask, and a hat before leisurely heading downstairs to the parking lot.

Ten minutes later, in the underground parking lot, Mao Ya was still looking around, but she couldn't see anyone.

With a slight frown, she dialed the other party's number.

"Hey, where are you? I'm at the parking lot."

“Ms. Mao Ya, please walk a little further to the right. My cousin said that the scene of giving you money cannot be captured by surveillance cameras. I hope you can understand.”

Frowning, Mao Ya couldn't help but complain, "He's so cautious about giving money; he doesn't seem like a department-level cadre at all!"

After saying that, she walked in the direction the other person had indicated.

Three minutes later, Mao Ya arrived at a blind spot in the parking lot's surveillance system and saw a black SUV.

The back door was open, and a refined-looking man was sitting inside. He waved to Mao Ya from afar, and Mao Ya, without suspicion, walked over.

Mao Ya only took off her sunglasses when she was about a meter away from the other person.

"You're Li Shangli's cousin?"

Mao Ya was somewhat skeptical, after all, the man in front of her had a thick head of hair, while Li Shangli…

"Yes, Ms. Mao Ya, this is 100,000 yuan that my cousin asked me to give you. Please count it."

Mao Ya looked at the cloth bag handed to her, chuckled, and then took it and opened it. Sure enough, it was full of cash, but the amount was more than 100,000, more than 200,000!

"Was there a mistake? There's more than 100,000 here, isn't there?"

Mao Ya asked a few more questions, but the man who had just been speaking gently now had a gloomy look in his eyes.

"You didn't give me the wrong money! This money is for our brothers, not for you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a burly man suddenly covered Mao Ya's mouth from where there had been no one behind her, and firmly controlled her body with his other hand.

Mao Ya tried to resist, but how could her strength be of any use? Besides, it seemed that the other person had drugged her hand, and after only a few breaths, Mao Ya felt dizzy.

In the end, all I could do was close my eyes tightly.

After finishing, the two men put Mao Ya in their car and sped away from the neighborhood, even brazenly getting on the highway.

Six hours later, on a fishing boat on the coast of Jinghai, Mao Ya gradually woke up from her coma in the warehouse. After waking up, she looked around and found that there was no one in sight. She was tightly bound and could not even reach out her hands.

Panic spread through my mind.

Mao Ya knew she had fallen into a trap, but how dare Li Shangli? Wasn't he afraid?

Just as she was thinking this, the fishing boat started up. Mao Ya felt weaker and weaker, her mouth was dry, but no one paid any attention to her.

Around midnight, the fishing boat arrived near the high seas, and the warehouse door was opened.

The two men who had tied her up came in.

Without a word, one person lifted Mao Ya by the leg and the other by the arm, carrying her away from the warehouse.

With a black cloth covering her head, Maoya felt as if she had been transferred from one boat to another.

In fact it is.

Mao Ya's disappearance could not be kept secret. That evening, when staff from the Jingzhou City Court tried to call Mao Ya for their routine check-up, they found they couldn't get through.

The staff, realizing there was a problem, made several more calls, but no one answered.

Then, staff came to our door on-site!

When they opened the door, there was no one there!

The matter was reported up the chain of command, and the court also requested the assistance of the police. The director of the Guangming District Public Security Bureau, Cheng Du, personally took charge of the task. Through a large amount of surveillance investigation, they finally discovered that Mao Ya disappeared in a parking lot.

The black SUV was identified through parking lot surveillance footage, and then surveillance footage was retrieved all the way until late at night, when it was finally confirmed that Mao Ya had been taken to Jinghai City.

The escape of a criminal is no small matter, especially since Mao Ya's identity is quite special. The matter kept getting reported to higher authorities, even reaching the Provincial Public Security Bureau and the Handong Higher People's Court.

Finally, Huang Ming gave the order to conduct a full-scale investigation!

On Sunday morning, more than ten hours had passed since Mao Ya disappeared. The investigation had reached a stalemate that morning. They could only find that she had arrived in Jinghai, but no one knew where she had gone. They tracked down the SUV, but it turned out to be rented, the identity was fake, and the car had even been driven into the sea.

Day after day, the investigation made no progress whatsoever.

Five more days passed. On Thursday evening, the phone rang at Li Shangli's home. Li Shangli answered the phone, his tone somewhat excited.

"Erdan, which bastard answered that call?"

"Brother Shangli, I've picked her up. Don't worry, I'll treat her well from now on!"

"Okay, I trust you to handle things. I'll also take care of your two children's affairs as soon as possible!"

Li Shangli breathed a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone.

Meanwhile, in a park in Southeast Asia, Maoya woke up in excruciating pain. Her body was extremely weak, and she was even bleeding from her lower body. The bumpy ride of the past few days had caused the life inside her to stop beating.

Chapter 300 The Situation of Handong Being Scammed

Mao Ya was unaware of her physical condition; all she could feel was excruciating pain sweeping through her entire body.

Meanwhile, in Handong, the Handong Provincial Public Security Bureau continued to investigate Mao Ya's whereabouts. However, given Mao Ya's somewhat special identity, the news of her escape was reported to Chen Luo.

In the office of the Secretary of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee, Chen Luo received a phone call from Huang Ming.

"Hey, Huang Ming, what happened?"

Huang Ming is usually very sensible.

Except for matters that he cannot decide but are extremely urgent, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission may call to inquire about Chen Luo's opinion on how to handle them.

Huang Ming would not bother Chen Luo at other times.

They were all to organize the work that he couldn't control and wait for Chen Luo to return to Jingzhou on Friday to handle it.

Therefore, Chen Luo's first reaction was that something was wrong.

"Secretary Chen, it's nothing major, but there's something I need to report to you."

"Well, you said."

"Secretary Chen, do you know Yi Xuexi, the former Party Secretary of Jingzhou City?"

"I know, so what happened to Yi Xuexi? Wasn't he expelled from the Party and removed from his post by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and then transferred to judicial authorities?"

"Ahem, it's not Yi Xuexi, it's his ex-wife Mao Ya, who is the mastermind behind Yi Xuexi's corruption case. Because Mao Ya was pregnant, the Jingzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced her to probation."

However, Mao Ya escaped the day before yesterday. According to the provincial public security bureau's investigation, Mao Ya fled from Jingzhou to Jinghai by car, presumably intending to illegally cross the border into the country.

Upon hearing this, Chen Luo understood. It wasn't that Mao Ya was particularly important, but rather that her escape reflected the incompetence of the judicial authorities, or rather, their inadequate work.

It's mainly embarrassing that the judicial authorities in Handong couldn't even keep an eye on a pregnant woman.

"I understand, Huang Ming. The staff involved in this matter need to be severely criticized. Extrajudicial execution is not about letting criminals gain freedom. The supervision was not done properly. Of course, the main focus should be on criticism and education, but the key is to make other comrades pay attention to the problem and cultivate a good work attitude."

"Yes, yes, Secretary Chen, your instructions are very helpful. I will definitely convey your instructions to the letter!"