Insufficient balance

  It's clear that Wu Yi was indeed intimidated, and he didn't have the guts to try to probe whether the thugs who kidnapped him would dare let him make a blockbuster movie about Yu Tao's broken sleeve. As someone who has been in the official circle for many years, Wu Yi could somewhat hear the tone of the money god, which brooked no argument, and knew that if he didn't quickly express his stance, heaven knows whether he would be forced to sing a song by a group of big shots, with the court flowers blooming.

  Ye Jun first gave Hu Youcai a look, and Hu Youcai, understanding the implication, waved his hand with a smile: "Since Director Wu is so cooperative, you two don't have to keep staring at him. Don't worry, if Director Wu doesn't want to cooperate later, you'll still have another chance."

  Ah Niu and Ah Hui, two burly men, both showed disappointed expressions. Ah Hui angrily walked up to Wu Yi's side, under Ye Jun's absurd gaze, a few fingers lightly pinched Wu Yi's special part as a man, while heavily slapping Wu Yi's chest, saying: "The figure is ordinary, the muscles are very loose, and that thing down there is not heavy enough. Licking it must be uncomfortable, no sense of strength. I warn you, don't dare to cooperate, if you dare to tell the truth, I will definitely ruin your thing!"

  "Get out! Don't touch me, you disgusting guy!"

  Wu Yi struggled desperately, as if he had provoked the most disgusting monster in the world, and kept shouting: "Save me! Get this disgusting guy away from me! I've agreed to cooperate with you, why don't you let me go? Don't your words count? Believe me, I'll definitely cooperate! Get him away!"

  Forcing down the nausea that surged up his throat, Wu Yi was one of a million people who didn't want to have any physical contact with Ah Hui, whose every word was extremely explicit. If it were someone else or somewhere else, Wu Yi would definitely be interested in this kind of topic. But Ah Hui's tendency, combined with the fact that he himself was the victim, made Wu Yi's tense nerves reach their limit.

  Zeng Lu, who was also a victim at first, couldn't help but burst out laughing subconsciously. After all, it was Wu Yi who was unlucky, not her. Moreover, as she listened to the conversations around her, Zeng Lu, as a teacher, naturally understood another layer of meaning in a certain poem from "Mooring on the Qinhuai River".

  "Ahui, let him go."

  Caishen was holding back and suppressing his laughter, almost bursting out loud, while the other strong men didn't have Caishen's composure, all of them were laughing loudly with their hands on their bellies.

  Ahui's face fell in disappointment as he let go of Wu Yi, just as Wu Yi thought the crisis was averted. But then Ahui suddenly blurted out a sentence that almost made Wu Yi faint on the spot: "Although your figure isn't great, trust me, I'll definitely make you experience the joy of being a girl. If within an hour, I and Niu Ge can't make you climax ten times, I'll kneel down and play the flute for you. You must endure it, don't tell the truth, or else Big Brother will never let me touch you."

  "Get out!"

  Wu Yi cried with a gloomy face and was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

  Ahui returned to his position under the gaze of the crowd, while Ye Jun, who was laughing so hard he was almost out of breath, slowed down and said: "Director Wu, I hope you won't challenge my patience again. As long as you're willing to cooperate with us, there will definitely be benefits for you. If you persist in your obstinacy or harbor any illusions, I'm afraid even I won't be able to stop that big brother from having a crush on you."

  At first, Wu Yi was still complex and hesitant, but when he heard Ah Hui suddenly burst out laughing and saying "Ah ah, with you this kid, how can you stop me?", he suddenly became spirited and said anxiously: "Don't worry! I'll definitely cooperate, just don't mess with me!"

  "Alright, let's get down to business."

  Ye Jun smiled contentedly and said: "Liang Hao, also a hotel service staff, why did you frame him?"

  "This is what happened. At first, I brought this woman to the hotel, originally intending to have some fun. However, I ran into a friend from the municipal committee and chatted with him in the bathroom about some secrets, but forgot to lock the door. When I saw that the waiter had sneaked out of the room, I was worried that he might have overheard my conversation with my friend, so I conspired with this woman to frame him." Wu Yi said with a bitter smile.

  "This idea is not brilliant, you know it may drag you down together to be disciplined by the discipline committee, after all, letting a woman accompany wine is hurtful to the style." Ye Jun said coldly.

  "This is also an unavoidable thing, after all, we and that hotel service staff are people from two different worlds, it's impossible to have any intersection. To deal with this kind of person, unless you ask someone to get rid of them. But at the time, my friend and I were anxious, which led to evil thoughts."

  Wu Yi's face was filled with shame and regret. If he had known it would end up like this today, he wouldn't have gone to frame that waiter even if you killed him.

  However, Wu Yi's answer made Ye Jun show a puzzled expression. If Wu Yi was the one who framed Liang Hao for this reason, then who were the two black-clothed men who harassed Yang Jing that day?

  It's clear that Hu Youcai also thought of this connection, so he spoke up: "How much do you know about the Qingyan Club incident? Also, what did you discuss with your friend in the bathroom that day?"

  "This is a private matter, can't we not talk about it? As for the Qingyan Club thing, I don't know."

  Cai Shen's words made Wu Yi involuntarily reveal a hint of fear, and his intuition told Ye Jun that Wu Yi's emotional outburst was either because the topic in the bathroom was too important, or he knew the secret of Qingyan Villa.

  "Wu Yi, I'm warning you, you've crossed my bottom line again. Speaking out would be good for everyone, but if you think keeping secrets will make your death more comfortable, I guarantee you'll become a legendary movie star in your own country!"

  Hu Youcai may not have Ye Jun's endurance, but in Jiangling City, there are people who dare to say no to him face-to-face. It's not that they don't exist, but if they didn't have an identity that made Ye Jun cautious, they might not live to see the next morning.

  Wu Yi was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke up in the midst of Hu Youcai's impatient hum: "Gentlemen, I'm also doing this for someone else. If I were to reveal anything today, I'd definitely not survive. But I admit, you guys are ruthless, able to come up with such a method that makes one wish they were dead. Death isn't scary, what's scary is that after dying, one would become a laughingstock for others to gossip about, and even drag down their loved ones, making them unable to hold their heads high in front of others. So, I'm willing to cooperate with you. However, you need to agree to my conditions."

  "Do you think you have the qualifications to negotiate?"

  Hu Youcai's eyes suddenly shot out a cold light, but Wu Yi remained oblivious, calmly saying: "I just expressed my thoughts, as for whether you are willing or not, the decision is yours, not mine."

  "Awesome!"

  Ye Jun burst out laughing and cast a glance at Hu Youcai, signaling him to calm down. Understanding the cue, Hu Youcai immediately sat back down on the stool, his eyes fixed icily on Wu Yi in front of him.

  "Speak up, what conditions do you have." Ye Jun said with a smile.

  Wu Yi took a deep breath and said in as calm a tone as possible: "First, you must guarantee my safety. I don't want to walk out of this door only to become a dead man immediately. Second, after this is over, you have to give me a sum of money. This incident has left me with a great sense of insecurity and I need to think about my loved ones. At the very least, if I were to die without warning, I'd like to leave some money behind for them. As for the third condition, I hope that in the future, unless absolutely necessary, you won't bother me again. Even if something comes up, you can't invite me as a guest in this manner."

  Ye Jun turned around and glanced at the God of Wealth, seeing that he nodded silently, then smiled and said: "These conditions are not excessive, I agree to them."

  "To speak bluntly, can you make your own decisions?"

  Ye Jun's voice, heard by others, still sounded extremely childish, which was indeed hard for Wu Yi to believe.

  But Hu Youcai stood up at the first time and laughed: "Don't question him, what he said is more useful than anyone else in this room, right?"

  "Yes!"

  "Right!"

  …

  Following the God of Wealth for so long, these big men who have been living off their tongues can't figure out the God of Wealth's thoughts, and immediately shouted loudly.

  Wu Yi smiled wryly, but the worry on his face did not dissipate much. Although his eyes were covered and he couldn't see clearly how many vicious "bad people" were at the scene, his rationality told him that at least Ye Jun in front of him was still a relatively easy person to talk to. He calmly said: "To be honest, what I discussed with that friend from the municipal party committee that day was nothing more than discussing how to curry favor with our superiors and move forward a bit during the election. As for the Qingyan Club incident, I do know something about it. There was once a generous madman who directly bribed over 20 officials, including me, and boasted that he would take over the Qingyan Club within half a month and invite us to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony a month later."

  "How outrageous! Who is it? What does he look like?" The God of Wealth laughed and asked.

  "I didn't know, because it was just a phone conversation, so I wasn't clear about the other person's appearance. At first, I thought I had encountered a madman, but when I went to the bank that day and found that my account had increased by six digits, I believed that even if the other person was a madman, he was a wealthy and generous one. So in these days, I have also been concerned about the situation at Qingyan Villa. But I didn't expect that this madman would actually instruct someone to plant a timed bomb in the villa."

  Wu Yi made a bitter face and cried out: "I know that's all, but I guarantee that the Qingyan Villa thing has nothing to do with me. As for the waiter's matter, I assure you, he will leave the prison safely tomorrow."

  "Alright, I'll trust you this time. Remember, don't try any tricks. As for the money you want, it will appear exactly at 9 o'clock tomorrow night at your front door."

  Wu Yi was shocked upon hearing this, but afterwards, a hint of helplessness appeared on his face. Ye Jun's words were actually a warning to him, if he didn't cooperate or had any illusions, then what would be delivered to his doorstep tomorrow would definitely be a bag of explosives leading straight to the gates of hell.

  From start to finish, Wu Yi and Zeng Lu were both blindfolded, until they left the abandoned factory, they couldn't figure out who kidnapped them or what they looked like.

  "Thanks, tomorrow night I and Ah Hao want to invite you and Cai Ge to have dinner together, don't decline no matter what."

  Liang Tao's face was filled with excitement, thinking that tomorrow he could welcome his own younger brother and wash away the bad luck on his body, Liang Tao became extremely excited.

  After fixing a meeting place, Liang Tao left happily under the watchful eyes of Ye Jun and Caishen.

  "Xiao Jun, I didn't expect this matter to be related to Wu Yi after all. Do you think he's still hiding something?" Hu Youcai said thoughtfully.

  "For an official of Wu Yi's level, the insider information he knows is definitely not much, even if he really hides something, it must be unrelated to the overall situation and has no substantial value. Everyone has some secrets, which are allowed, after all, Wu Yi is just a small fry, can't stir up big waves, nor does he have the ability. However, someone who can swallow more than 20 officials at or above the bureau level in one breath, and dare to utter arrogant words, able to take over Qingyan Club smoothly within half a month, must be quite powerful..."

  Ye Jun's analysis made Hu Youcai nod repeatedly, but seeing Ye Jun's unnatural expression on his face, he frowned and said: "Xiao Jun, don't be polite to Ge, to be honest, although Ge is a bit arrogant and thinks he belongs to the type of person who relies on brains to do things, Ge also admits that it's really hard to keep up with your thinking. So, don't play dumb riddles with Ge, just speak directly."

  "I'm just curious, if Qingyan Villa were to explode today, even if Sister and Jing escaped unscathed, Sister would definitely not be able to continue as the person in charge of Qingyan Villa. Cai Ge, I don't know much about Sister's affairs, but I'm really curious, if such a thing were to happen, who would most likely take over Sister's position?"

  Ye Jun's words made Hu Youcai suddenly wake up, but in fact Ye Jun had a sentence that he didn't say, and Hu Youcai understood it in his heart. He was afraid that this matter involved the internal struggle of the Yang family association. In the past, I heard Yang Wan mention that the internal struggle within the Yang family association was extremely fierce, and for some small gains, they might fight to the death. Doesn't that mean that Yang Wan's situation is now very dangerous?

  At this point, Hu Youcai couldn't sit still any longer. He immediately called over a tall and strong man, gave him some instructions, then hastily said: "Xiao Jun, let's stop here for now. I'll have Ah Qiang send you back right away. I need to hurry over to your sister-in-law's place to keep watch. That's all for now. If anything comes up, I'll notify you by phone!"

  After finishing speaking, Hu Youcai drove away in the Hummer with a cold face and a hasty expression, disappearing into the night...