Su Ming heard this, and seriously began to speak.

"Heh... you've got quite a collection of words there, where did you sneak off to learn them? You're so good at charming the ladies."

Lin Yanan heard this, and a smile immediately appeared on her cold and beautiful face, a burst of joy welled up in her heart, but her voice carried a slightly sour tone.

"Do I need to learn this? Just seeing your pretty face instantly makes me come up with these fancy words, I just blurt them out subconsciously."

Su Ming's expression was calm and indifferent, and he slowly began to speak.

"Your tongue really is getting slicker!" Lin Yanan heard this, and the smile on her delicate face grew even thicker, the shadow in her heart was dispelled quite a bit.

"He's been taken in." The atmosphere in the car was silent for a moment, then Lin Yanan cast her cold and beautiful eyes toward the scenery outside the window, her voice calmly began to speak.

"Who? Who's been taken in?"

Su Ming asked instinctively.

"My dad, the person who talked to you below the villa that day."

Lin Yanan's voice was still cold, but at this moment it contained a trace of panic within.

Upon hearing this, Su Ming's heart was immediately in turmoil, his mind instantly conjured that stern and imposing figure.

"Li Guoqiang has been arrested? But given his status in Longcheng, even if the authorities want to make a move, they should consider whether it would affect the entire city's economy, and it might even cause social unrest."

Su Ming pondered in his heart.

"He was arrested in Shangjing, he's still in custody now, the charge is suspected of manipulating the stock market and reaping small profits, causing significant economic impact."

Lin Yanan's voice became more panicked, revealing a faint tremor, her delicate face showing a look of unease.

This was the first time Su Ming saw this so-called Ice Queen, normally so proud and cold, seemingly unaffected by anything, showing such a panicked side.

He couldn't help but speak to reassure her: "If he's in custody, there should still be a chance to salvage it, after all, only when the charge is confirmed can he be sent to prison to serve time."

Lin Yanan nodded upon hearing this, then spoke:

"His early wealth was all accumulated through some bloody underground businesses, so he offended quite a few people. Although he's long since moved his business into legitimate channels, those people clearly can't swallow this grievance."

Then she paused for a moment, then continued to speak: "Now the authorities are carrying out a special operation, so those people want to push him out to be dealt with as an example."

As she said this, the unease on her delicate face intensified, she murmured: "If it's just the charge of manipulating the stock market, it would be fine, he could come out after serving a few years, but if some people want to pin his past crimes on him, he might never get out in this lifetime."

Upon hearing this, Su Ming immediately had a clear understanding of the situation.

The reason Li Guoqiang was taken in was because of the political and commercial forces behind Longcheng were in turmoil, the authorities were eager to find someone to serve as a scapegoat for all the charges.

Therefore, those enemies who had conflicts with him, seized this perfect opportunity to respond to the authorities' call and take down this real estate giant who had ruled Longcheng's business world for years.

After dropping Lin Yanan off at the club, Su Ming immediately mulled over in his mind, seeing if there was any network or connections he could utilize.

Suddenly, he immediately thought of someone, that was Aunt Shu.

Even Lin Yanan treated her with such respect, and seemed to know fearsome and powerful figures like Lin Zhenbei, and at her card table, it was people of Zhang Zhiyan's caliber.

Moreover, those sent to help and protect him were fierce and ruthless individuals like Ali with extraordinary skills and complex backgrounds.

This showed that Aunt Shu must be a highly influential figure; otherwise, she couldn't have such close relations with these big shots in politics and business.

Thinking of this, he immediately called Feng Shu, and when the other side picked up, he immediately began to speak:

"Hello, Aunt Shu, this is Su Ming, I wanted to ask if you could do me a favor?"

"If it's about Li Guoqiang, then you can't count on me, because I'm helpless too."

Aunt Shu guessed the purpose of Su Ming's call and immediately responded.

Su Ming was taken aback upon hearing this, then immediately asked: "Even you are helpless, I suppose Li Guoqiang has offended quite a lot of people?"

"I'm not too sure about that, but one thing I do know is that he went in voluntarily this time, and the charge of manipulating the stock market is one he placed on himself."

Aunt Shu replied indifferently.

What? Upon hearing this, Su Ming was shocked to his core.

After hanging up the phone, he quickly pondered in his mind.

In no time, he suddenly understood the reason behind Li Guoqiang's actions.

He intends to retreat in order to advance; since so many people are trying to bring him down.

He might as well place a random charge on himself first, and after going in, he might avoid these earth-shattering conspiracies against him.

Su Ming then shared these thoughts with Lin Yanan, but she said that Li Guoqiang had already told her a long time ago.

Lin Yanan's cold voice revealed panic as she began to speak: "But things are definitely not that simple, those dead enemies won't let him off so easily."

Then she spoke again: "Su Ming, you don't need to send me home after work tonight, I have something I need to do."

Upon hearing this, Su Ming nodded, but he felt something was off, and after his eyes swept over Lin Yanan's tall and cold figure, he left the office.

After Su Ming left, Lin Yanan dialed a phone number with an address showing Xia City.

When the call connected, a low voice came from the other side: "Hello? Is something the matter?"

"Dad Li is in custody now, but things don't seem that simple, can you find a way to get him out?"

Lin Yanan's voice was no longer as cold as usual, instead revealing exhaustion and fatigue.

"I am helpless too, after all, it's something he caused himself, he must have a plan."

The person on the other end of the line was the omnipotent huge influence Lin Zhenbei in Xia City, his expression remained calm, and he spoke indifferently.

"What plan could he have? The people outside who want him dead could already form an entire platoon, he's walking down a dead end!"

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