The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 153 Threat
Thinking of the promise she made to Lu Siqi, and her experiences in Bangnan...

"But as much as I'm grateful, there's really nothing I can do to help you with Lu Siqi marrying Sheng Huai'an." Seeing the obvious disappointment in the man's eyes, Song Nuan felt sorry for him. "You and Lu Siqi are actually quite a good match."

However, her next sentence suddenly changed the tone, "But to be honest, Sheng Huai'an is more suitable for Lu Siqi than you."

Lin Chen sneered: "Tell me, how is Sheng Huai'an more suitable than me?"

“Sheng Huai’an has a good personality. He’s gentle and refined, and he never acts rashly. Take the Lu family’s troubles this time, for example. He didn’t shy away from suspicion at all. He immediately flew from Hong Kong to Beicheng to support the Lu family.” Song Nuan gave him an example: “Last night you did something so childish. Tell me, what woman could like someone as petty as you?”

"Even if you have no other choice but to use this method to pester Lu Siqi, you know Lu Siqi's personality. Once she makes up her mind, when has she ever changed it?"

Seeing him silently lower his head, Song Nuan sighed, "Considering that you were shot by Gu Shi back then, I'll tell you the truth."

Lin Chen immediately looked up, his eyes filled with eagerness as he said, "Speak."

“Lu Siqi will never forgive you.” Song Nuan’s firm gaze revealed her disappointment in him. “Because of your deception in Bangnan, she has no trust left in your heart. Whether your deception was a white lie or not, a simple woman like her cannot accept someone as cunning as you. The more clever and scheming you are, the more wary she will be of you. Take my advice: if you really loved her, let her go and stop bothering her.”

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Song Nuan had been gone for over an hour.

Lin Chen remained seated by the window and did not leave.

Several girls tried to approach him and ask for his WeChat, but his driver stopped them, preventing them from disturbing his sugar daddy's peace and quiet.

About ten minutes later, Lin Chen got up and said, "Let's go to the Shang Mansion."

The Shang Mansion was the residence of Shang Junyan.

The driver dropped Lin Chen off at the entrance of Shang Mansion in a brand-new Maybach. Through the rearview mirror, he saw Lin Chen take out a card and show it to the guard.

The guards saw the pass and immediately let them through.

Because he hadn't given any advance notice, Shang Junyan didn't know Lin Chen would be coming.

Having just finished dealing with those old fogies in the cabinet, Shang Junyan was in a real headache. When he saw Lin Chen arrive, he thought to himself that no one would come here without a reason, and he guessed that it was related to Sheng Huai'an.

Lin Chen didn't beat around the bush with him, "I don't agree to Lu Siqi's marriage to Sheng Huai'an, you must stop it for me."

As the district head of the special zone, Shang Junyan always gave orders to others in a commanding tone. Even Lu Yao, who campaigned alongside him for votes when he ran for district head, never used such a commanding tone with him.

But Lin Chen, whether he was the heir to the Lin family in Hong Kong or Mu Sen, the gang leader he infiltrated in Bangnan, always had an arrogant attitude whenever they met.

In fact, Shang Junyan and Lin Chen can be considered comrades-in-arms.

The two enlisted together, and Gu Shi was their battalion commander.

Unfortunately, less than six months later, this guy was selected to be an undercover agent.

Later, when Shang Junyan ran for district chief, he was at a disadvantage because he lacked financial support. It was Lin Chen who returned to Gangcheng and persuaded his grandfather, Lin Xunzhang, to secretly support Shang Junyan, which enabled him to turn the tide against all odds.

Without the Lin family's funds, Shang Junyan would never have been able to defeat his older brother Shang Junze and become the district head of the special zone.

Lin Chen said his reason for supporting him as district head was simple: he couldn't stand seeing the special economic zone controlled by a bunch of drug dealers and corrupt officials. That's why, for so many years, whenever there's a drug trade or systemic corruption within the region, Lin Chen is always the first to step in and thoroughly investigate.

However, ever since Bangnan's operation did not proceed as he requested, and even at the cost of "sacrificing" him in exchange for 20 years of border stability for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Lin Chen has become unusually irritable and impatient with these so-called "important matters" since his return.

“Over the years, I have never asked you to do anything for me.” Lin Chen took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and his eyes behind his glasses revealed a rare firmness: “Stopping Lu Siqi’s marriage to Sheng Huai’an is the first and last request I, Lin Chen, have made to you, Shang Junyan.”

“You shouldn’t be coming to me about marriage.” Shang Junyan walked over and sat down, casually draping his black suit jacket over the back of the chair. “You should go to the Lu family and find Old Master Lu.”

"If I could go and talk to Old Master Lu myself, would I need to come all the way to the Shang Mansion and waste my breath on you?"

"Do you think that by talking to me in this tone, you're trying to get my help?"

"I'm not here to ask for your help." Lin Chen didn't give him, the president, any face at all. "I'm here to demand that you stop it for me."

Shang Junyan tried to remain calm: "Give me a reason."

"If you want to be re-elected, you have to stop me." Exhaling a smoke ring, Lin Chen looked at him with even a hint of contempt: "Is this reason sufficient?"

"If I heard you correctly, you are threatening me."

"I am threatening you."

"Why don't you threaten the Sheng family?" Shang Junyan felt like a complete traitor. It was Sheng Huai'an who wanted to steal his woman, so why was he the one being threatened? "It's not like I'm trying to steal Lu Siqi from you, it's Sheng Huai'an. Why don't you go find your rival and instead come to threaten me?"

“Sheng Huai’an is not my rival in love, he’s not worthy of me.” Lin Chen picked up the ashtray and flicked the ash with his slender fingers. “Besides, if I were to threaten Sheng Huai’an, wouldn’t that make me seem petty?”

"Threatening me means I'm not petty?" What kind of fallacy is that?
"Who told you to owe me?" Lin Chen looked up at him as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "Putting aside the money that funded your campaign for the District Mayor back then, just talking about the life I, Lin Chen, have done for you, Shang Junyan, over the past nine years, don't you think you owe me too much?"

These words left Shang Junyan speechless.

Because it is indeed true.

After eight years of undercover work, Bangnan successfully dismantled a border drug trafficking group and gang. In recent years, even if they still traffic drugs to China, they do so secretly and no longer dare to be so blatant.

Furthermore, in this case of Hua Yin using a live streaming platform to commit fraud, Lin Chen successfully dismantled Hua Xi, a telecommunications fraud den. For at least a month now, they haven't received a single report of overseas fraud.

Having a capable lieutenant like Lin Chen as his right-hand man is undoubtedly the greatest blessing for Shang Junyan during his tenure, ensuring the stability and prosperity of the country.

After a moment of contemplation, Shang Junyan made a promise: "I'll find Lu Yao first and talk to him about how to stop this kind of thing."

“It’s simple. Just make Lu Mingyuan’s crimes public. Those snobs in the Sheng family will stop Sheng Huai’an from marrying Lu Siqi. You and Lu Yao don’t need to get involved.”

After hearing his words, Shang Junyan suddenly realized why Gu Shi had said those words earlier.

Gu Shi said, "Lin Chen has never been interested in official power. He is like a wild horse, who likes to run freely. But that does not mean he is not capable of becoming an excellent leader. Once a wild horse calms down, it will pose a threat to the leader of the herd."

“You must always understand that you, Shang Junyan, were able to become the district head because Lin Chen gave it to you. If he were to settle down and choose to go into politics, you would be replaced by him sooner or later, because with his current courage and strategic ability, he is already superior to you and me.”

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