The methods employed by Du and Qi were honestly not beyond Chu Ge's expectations. He had already outlined the "outline" of this incident in his mind.
He had similar suspicions since Xie Wenyuan and Mi Xiaolin's company was suspected of having foreign investment. In the past, when arguing online, he could easily accuse someone of being a kept man; how much more so in this situation?
If discerning people all held the idea that "spiritual energy is the new capital," then this was a global issue, not just limited to these individuals.
Judging from what he knew, Du Lianfeng wasn't as clean as he claimed. For example, regarding the Nanjiang incident, Tiezhen Haidongqing and others seemed to be Du Lianfeng's direct subordinates. Therefore, the person who contacted and stirred up trouble with Ruan Jian was most likely Du Lianfeng himself.
Even if it was related to Mi Xiaolin, Du Lianfeng wasn't much better; at least he was an accomplice. Whether he slept with Mi Xiaolin or not was questionable…
Of course, there was no need to bring this up now. Gu Ruoyan was a mind reader; she probably knew better. It would be even better if Du Lianfeng were truly involved in overseas affairs; his various blemishes would provide more direct evidence. This could be easily handled by the police, and Chu Ge genuinely didn't want to get involved anymore.
Getting too deeply involved could completely disrupt his life.
With their superpowers, these people were far more brazen than ordinary "bad guys." Having lived in modern society for so long, Chu Ge had never imagined anyone could treat murder like eating and drinking. Even Rong Fu, the so-called serial killer, hadn't shown any sign of it. But Lei Jiangyong's arrogance had thoroughly enraged him.
He killed, but he didn't regret it.
If he didn't act decisively, there would only be endless trouble.
Now, Chu Ge didn't believe Mi Xiaolin would dare to come looking for him again; this was a deterrent. Of course, just in case, it would be best to get this woman involved as well; that would put his mind at ease, and what would other lackeys dare to court death?
He looked at Gu Ruoyan: "Um... with their legal backing, I think it would be better to arrest Mi Xiaolin first?"
Gu Ruoyan nodded, then decisively led her team away: "Take them both into custody first. The rest of you, follow me. Arrest Mi Xiaolin immediately!"
Qiu Wuji hesitated, wondering why she listened to him so much, but ultimately held back his words.
It seemed like it wouldn't be her who was laughed at, but him.
*Sobbing*...
Mi Xiaolin's first thought wasn't to run away.
The master had already left immediately; he wouldn't show himself in front of others. Mi Xiaolin was in the villa, furiously yelling at her group of admirers: "I was fighting Zhong Yi to the death in the rear, and you all stormed the factory head-on, only to run away without even fighting! Were you on vacation?!"
Someone mumbled back, "How were we supposed to fight that huge five-clawed golden dragon coiled up there?"
"A dragon?" Mi Xiaolin was stunned. "How could I not see a dragon that big?"
"Really? Don't believe me? Ask Smith."
"It wasn't some five-clawed golden dragon." Smith waved his arms, describing it: "I saw Deathwing!"
"What Deathwing?"
"It was a black dragon with wings, and lava on its back..."
"Bullshit, a black dragon! It was a golden dragon!"
"A black dragon!"
"A golden dragon!"
A fight broke out.
Mi Xiaolin sighed and looked at the others.
Someone weakly said, "I saw a blue dragon, and it was spitting water..."
"You saw the Dragon King from your group, right?"
"Your mother! If it were the Dragon King from the group, I would have pounced on him already!"
The fight broke out again, turning into chaos.
Mi Xiaolin was furious: "Only so many of you were fooled by a simple illusion! I'll curse all your grandmothers!"
The fighting crowd: "..." It didn't feel like an illusion, they didn't know why...
But since everyone saw different things, it might really be an illusion, so they didn't bother dealing with the scolding...
Mi Xiaolin was so angry she was pacing around: "You're all useless! You made such a simple thing into this... Lei Jiangyong is useless too..."
Before she finished speaking, she received a phone call: "President Mi, President Lei just... self-immolated in front of the busiest bar."
Mi Xiaolin was stunned for a moment before she connected "the busiest bar" with "self-immolation," and her expression instantly turned extremely ugly.
A chill ran down Mi Xiaolin's spine as Chu Ge's calm face flashed before her eyes…
That writer… he's ruthless too…
She finally realized this wasn't the time to pursue responsibility, but rather to preserve her strength and escape. Otherwise, if the police came to question Lei Jiangyong, she wouldn't be able to get away for at least two days. If Du Qi and the other man really woke up and betrayed her then, they could rattle off at least a hundred company misdeeds. Many things that seemed to lack evidence would be evidence in their eyes, or they themselves would be evidence.
Then everything would collapse.
Taking advantage of this early morning before the government offices opened, she quickly transferred assets and left.
Mi Xiaolin drove to the company in a panic. Before she even stopped the car, she saw a group of tax officials standing downstairs: "President Mi, we have received a formal complaint that your company evaded taxes during the acquisition of Zijin Mining. Please cooperate with the investigation."
Zijin Mining…
Mi Xiaolin's mind raced before she remembered this acquisition that happened last year, a collaboration with the Xia family.
Xia Junjie? "Why are you causing trouble at this crucial moment, especially with this financial mess?!
Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but what time is it?! When you're trying to transfer assets and run away! How can you transfer assets in front of a group of tax inspectors?!
Mi Xiaolin almost coughed up blood.
She never expected that the playboy she despised would stab her in the back at this critical time, enough to wipe out all the wealth she had painstakingly accumulated over the years by sleeping with hundreds of people.
It was heartbreaking to hear and see.
She made a quick decision; anyway, she had a considerable amount of money in her personal account, so she decided to protect that.
Mi Xiaolin told the finance manager to deal with the taxes, and she quickly drove to the airport.
Something was wrong, so she ran away!
Luckily, she escaped in time. Less than ten minutes after she left the company, sirens blared, and the police surrounded the company.
"Mi Xiaolin came and went again?" Gu Ruoyan immediately sensed something was wrong. "She was quick enough to run away decisively. Contact the bank immediately and freeze her personal accounts. Contact the airport and prevent Mi Xiaolin from leaving the country. Have the airport police assist in her arrest!"
"Everyone else, take everyone on this list away."
Mi Xiaolin arrived at the airport and saw a group of police officers swarming towards her before even passing through security.
She once again decisively transformed into a butterfly and disappeared.
Ability users, especially those with special abilities like hers, are very difficult to catch. Even if Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji were here, they might not be able to stop her escape in time.
Her butterfly disappearance wasn't out of thin air; it was a variant of the butterfly imprint that allowed her to teleport directly to another butterfly. The distance couldn't be too far, but it was enough for her to escape.
At this moment, she remained extremely calm. The location she teleported to was a ship about to set sail. One of the captains was her confidant, who had once carried some illicit items for her. Seeing her suddenly appear alone, the captain was overjoyed. He immediately pressed her down onto the seat and began unbuckling his belt: "Why are you here... Oh, never mind, let me have some fun first." Mi Xiaolin was filled with grief and indignation: "Fun my ass! You men... mmm mmm..."
Mi Xiaolin had worked hard for several years, and her only remaining assets were the small amount of money she had intermittently deposited abroad over the years, which she couldn't access now; she was penniless. What she would encounter during the next few months of the voyage was even more unspeakable...
But at least with her abilities, once she reached the shore, she could bypass security and find her master. At least her life was saved, and she wouldn't go to jail; she didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
While being sandwiched between two men on the ship, Mi Xiaolin would sometimes wonder, when did this complete collapse begin...?
From Nanjiang? No, no, no, when Du Lianfeng and Qi Chengtian fell in Nanjiang, it was actually nothing to her; it actually gave her the opportunity to embezzle their assets.
So, did the collapse begin when he didn't think to kill Du Qi and his companion first, or when he decided to seize Du Qi's assets?
But not killing them directly is perfectly normal. They were accomplices, and then one of them was injured, and he inexplicably killed them? No one's insane; a normal person wouldn't even consider that possibility.
Then deciding to seize their assets is also normal. Two people lying there in a vegetative state, not knowing when they'd wake up—who could tolerate that?
So, he definitely wasn't wrong.
The mistake was…not being strong enough?
But even his master intervened; the opponent was too strong…