When the Possessive Omega Fell for Me - Chapter 38.1

Yi Jing went downstairs with a red face, not looking at all like someone who had just received very bad news. Instead, she looked like someone who had been talking about love too much, with an undisguisable spring-like glow on her face.

The spiral staircase on the second floor was still some distance from the door. Yi Jing seemed completely unaware that her expression was very inappropriate. As she walked, she was still savoring the words Yu Miao had said when teasing her earlier.

Saying she would say what she wanted to hear in bed and such, wasn’t that going too far?

So when the time came, if she wanted Yu Miao to say, would Yu Miao say those naughty words too?

Oh, wait.

Now wasn’t the time to think about these things. Although Yu Miao had already agreed, to get the reward she still needed to come back early. She had to quickly resolve the matter with Zhao Qin.

The matter with Zhao Qin was easy to deal with, it was just a matter of fudging things and showing an attitude.

Even if she didn’t put her full effort into investigating Zhao Qin’s affairs, the Zhao family would find a way themselves. She just needed to make an appearance, show an attitude, and think of some ways to slightly reduce the suspicion on herself – but not completely.

If the situation in the Thirteenth District was very good, and these wealthy families inside and outside Jing’an City were united and working together, it wouldn’t be impossible to shake the decisions of the Supervisory Institute. At that time, there would be fewer things she could do, and her authority would also be restricted.

She needed to maintain her own suspicion, both outwardly stating that Zhao Qin’s matter had nothing to do with her while also not excessively clarifying or completely denying her connection to the real culprit. This way she could avoid completely washing away the doubts about herself, keeping the Zhao family’s attitude towards her at a level of suspicion and resentment but unable to say anything.

These kinds of subtle gaps were most likely to cause problems in the relationship between the two families. It suited her purposes for there to be a rift between the Zhao and Yi families, because only then would she have more room to maneuver.

However, the timing of Zhao Qin’s death was also too delicate. If she hadn’t promised Yu Miao to come back early, and if the Zhao family didn’t actually pose some threat, Yi Jing would really want to personally investigate who was so capable as to take out Zhao Qin in the blink of an eye.

The waters of Jing’an City were too deep, and she had too many things she wanted to do. She had to control the risks and it wasn’t clear whether the party that had acted was friend or foe. If necessary, eliminating them together wouldn’t be a problem.

It was good now. She herself couldn’t stay in the Third District for too long, and she didn’t have many people she could use. Xu Jiu had gone to the Ninth District to investigate Xu Zaixi, so this matter still needed some consideration.

“Miss Jing.” The butler waiting outside the door gave a slight bow when he saw Yi Jing come out.

Yi Jing nodded lightly, calming down in the short distance, and after thinking for a moment asked, “How soon does Grandfather want me there?”

“The old master’s intention is as soon as possible. Your exclusive high-speed aircraft is already prepared at the dispatch station. Mr. Yi is waiting for you. The emergency flight path has been reported and approved. You can fly directly to the Third District with Mr. Yi,” the butler replied respectfully and thoroughly.

“Alright,” Yi Jing sighed lightly, “Then let’s go.”

Yi Jing went to the dispatch station with the butler, but in the end, only Yi Jing and two life assistants arranged by the Yi family entered the aircraft dispatch station. Apart from the aircraft pilot, the other two were just playing the roles of servants or errand assistants. After arriving in the Third District, they would take care of trivial matters for Yi Jing but whether they were also tasked with surveillance was probably only clear to old Mr. Yi.

Although it was now late at night, the Yi family manor was still brightly lit. It was unclear how much of this was due to the news of Zhao Qin’s death, and how much was for the departure of the highest-ranking old master of the Yi family along with the next family head, Yi Sheng.

“You’re here?”

Wearing a well-tailored, fitted black suit with a long coat, Yi Sheng stood not far from the dispatch platform, with two rows of bodyguards standing far behind him. In front of the bodyguards were two secretaries and two assistants forming a high-level secretarial team, standing slightly behind and to the side of Yi Sheng.

Yi Sheng, who had been focused on handling some documents, was reminded by an assistant that Yi Jing had been brought by the butler. Only then did he raise his eyes to look at Yi Jing, greeting her rather gently.

“Yes.” Yi Jing nodded.

Yi Jing still had quite a bit of respect for this aunt, as she seemed like a normal person, with a temperament that was more peaceful than old Mr. Yi’s. However, she felt this person wasn’t easy to handle, so Yi Jing was still somewhat restrained in front of this future head of the Yi family.

“Then let’s set off first, get to the Third District as soon as possible,” Yi Sheng didn’t say much, but surprisingly raised her hand and lightly pressed on Yi Jing’s shoulder, adding very gently, “You’ll need to coordinate the matters with the Zhao family. Remember not to fight for the limelight, just do your job well. Your grandfather and I will handle the other matters.”

“…?”

Yi Jing was subtly stunned for half a second, then nodded with a normal expression: “Yes.”

This, didn’t seem quite right, did it?

What Yi Sheng just said should count as a hint.

It was a hint, right?

Why would Yi Sheng suddenly show goodwill towards her? Although she had only shot people from the Zhao and Xie families at the banquet that day, not doing anything to Yi Sheng’s people, she hadn’t given Yi Mingyu a good face either. Why would Yi Sheng suddenly be so warm and kind to her?

Yi Jing couldn’t quite figure it out, but Yi Sheng didn’t pay her any more attention, instead leading her team of bodyguards and assistants onto the aircraft.

Although Yi Jing was departing with her, she wasn’t riding on the same aircraft, but on the one behind.

Once Yi Sheng left, the dispatch platform suddenly became empty. Yi Jing stood in place thinking for a moment, couldn’t come to any conclusion, and could only turn around and board the aircraft with her own much smaller ‘bodyguard team’ behind her.

Never mind, a hint is a hint. It’s not a bad thing anyway.

As for why exactly, she could investigate further after returning from the Third District.

Yi Jing turned and boarded the aircraft, sat down in her seat, and tilted her head to look out the window at the scenery from the somewhat cramped cabin. As she looked, she couldn’t help but take out a cigarette from her pocket and lightly bite it between her lips—

This was secretly taken from Yu Miao, it was Yu Miao’s favorite flavor.

She knew that her daily affairs were busy, and if she wanted to find time to be clingy with her lover, she had to steal moments from her busy schedule. But she really hadn’t expected that even these brief intimate moments would feel stolen, having to be returned so soon.

They hadn’t even been together for very long time.

She didn’t smoke herself, and usually didn’t prepare such things. She didn’t even have a lighter on her, so she couldn’t light up a cigarette now to experience what Yu Miao usually felt.

But, Yi Jing had only just left Yu Miao a short while ago and was already missing her. With Yu Miao not by her side right now, she could only bite this unlit cigarette that Yu Miao often smoked to temporarily soothe the itch in her heart.

Even if it was just like this, it was fine. After all, she would see her again soon, and Yu Miao had promised her more.

If a small separation could exchange for more happiness, it seemed not so bad?

The fleet of aircraft, with an overall streamlined design and pure black exterior accented with a few silver markings and patterns, slowly rose from the Yi family manor while Yi Jing was lost in thought. Then they accelerated section by section, flashing over the core district’s sky, heading straight for the Third District.

It was excessively quiet on the aircraft. Yi Jing bit the cigarette for a while, forcing herself to pull away from her longing thoughts and began to close her eyes to consider the various possibilities regarding the Zhao Qin matter.

Since it wasn’t done by her, nor by people on her side, who could it be?

Could there be a third force that hasn’t surfaced yet?

Yi Jing was thinking intently until a communication alert interrupted her train of thought – it was at this moment that a communication request from the Third District’s security officer came through to Yi Jing’s terminal.

“?” Yi Jing frowned slightly, instinctively thinking that the Third District side had found some incredible information and wanted to give her a heads up first.

In terms of rank, although they were all security officers, Yi Jing was in the core district, serving as the security officer of the core district. The municipal administrative unit defaulted the core district security officer to also serve as the deputy director of the Supervisory Institute, so Yi Jing’s rank was one level higher than other district-level security officers. The other district-level security officers were just security officers and Yi Jing could basically be considered the direct superior of the other security officers.

But, she didn’t seem to have much to do with Zhao Qin’s death, did she? The Third District’s security officer also didn’t have any particular relationship with her, so what was the purpose of calling at this time?

Yi Jing connected the communication, and an unfamiliar woman’s voice came through from the other end: “Is this Security Officer Yi?”

“This is Yi Jing.” Yi Jing pinched her brow, the data of the entire Jing’an City judicial system floating in her mind, quickly matching the voice on the other end of the communication with the name of a subordinate.

As Yi Jing spoke, there was a light tapping sound of leather shoes from the other end of the communication, as if the Third District security officer had stood at attention on the spot, tapping her heels:

“Hello, Security Officer Yi. I am Jing Helin, the security officer of the Third District. I am currently investigating the dereliction of duty by the organ handling department related to the ‘923 Hanjiang Malicious Murder Case’. Because the current investigation procedure involves some colleagues. I wanted to ask for your guidance. Regarding this case, how far should the Third District Supervisory Bureau proceed?”

Yi Jing: “?”

What’s going on?

There was too much information in this sudden conversation. Yi Jing took two seconds to react before calmly asking: “Has the Third District Police Station already drafted a number to establish a special case team for this car crash by the river?”

“Yes,” Jing Helin answered briefly and decisively on the other end of the communication, her tone revealing a crispness unique to the elites of the Supervisory Commission, “The case number is ‘923 Hanjiang Malicious Murder Case’, and the district criminal investigation team is already conducting an investigation at the scene.”

“You just said that the organ handling department’s mistakes involve some colleagues?” Yi Jing asked.

“Yes.” Jing Helin replied.

Yi Jing’s fingertips resting on her knee tapped lightly as she thought for quite a while before figuring out the connection.

Originally, all of the dozen or so districts in Jing’an City were covered by the Sky Eye system, an independently developed primary security maintenance system of the East Pacific Territory. To a certain extent, it could automatically identify large-scale traffic accidents, street assaults, murders, and some obvious events endangering citizens’ lives, and immediately send alarms to the district police stations, requiring district police officers to respond. This was to improve the protection of citizens’ lives and safety.

This time, the organ handling department’s dereliction of duty was failing to detect the malfunction of the Sky Eye system, resulting in the system not immediately responding when Zhao Qin’s incident occurred. This missed the golden rescue time, not to mention that it lost about ten minutes of visual coverage, directly leading to Zhao Qin’s cause of death becoming a mystery and making it extremely difficult to find the truth about Zhao Qin’s death.

But such matters could be made big or small. If it wasn’t for the fact that the victim was from the Zhao family, the Third District criminal investigation team might not even have traced it back to the organ handling department.

In other words, the Third District Supervisory Bureau led by the Third District security officer shouldn’t have been mobilized in the first place, and the reason they’re taking action this time is just to give the Zhao family an explanation. Under these circumstances, the fact that Jing Helin is now communicating with her can only mean that among the people involved in the organ handling department, there are some who can’t be placated with the reason of ‘giving the Zhao family an explanation’.

If even the Zhao family has to give way, and the call has come to her, then it can only be the Yi family.

So there are actually people planted by the Yi family in the Third District’s organ handling department?

They really are everywhere.

Yi Jing wasn’t completely familiar with the distribution of Yi family personnel. The judicial system’s two institutes, one supervisory bureau, plus one Yi family main house residing in the Yi family manor had already consumed a lot of Yi Jing’s energy, let alone these peripheral personnel compositions.

But since the call had already come here.

“Keep them detained for now, but don’t completely stop processing. I’ll be in the Third District in about half an hour,” Yi Jing said.

Once the real protagonist arrives, there’s no need to fixate on the small fry.

Moreover, Yi Jing couldn’t possibly throw out Yi family subordinates to appease the Zhao family’s questioning. She would rather the Zhao family and Yi family develop a rift.

“Understood.” Jing Helin’s voice of acknowledgment came back from the other end of the communication. The brief communication ended, and the light screen from the terminal automatically folded back into the small projection port. However, within two seconds, a new message notification lit up on the terminal.

Yi Jing: “?”

Who else could it be?

She’s had quite a busy day.

Yi Jing casually opened the message and found that the sender was actually Qi Xiao.

Who knows how free this person is. As soon as the criminal investigation team in the Third District moved, Qi Xiao, the chief captain of the city police station, received the news. Now he seemed to be gloating:

[Hey hey hey, are you asleep? You’re not still cuddling with your fiancée, are you?]

[Let me tell you something interesting. Something happened in the Third District, and it happened to someone from the Zhao family! Surprised? Unexpected? Wow, to think there’s actually someone in Jing’an City who dares to move against these wealthy families, really impressive]

Yi Jing: […]

Yi Jing: [I’m on an aircraft, about to arrive in the Third District]

Qi Xiao: [? What are you going there for? Even if she’s your family’s relative, you don’t need to be this proactive, right?]

Yi Jing: [She left the core and went to the Third District because of a conflict with me, I can’t be uninvolved in this matter]

Qi Xiao: [… Huh?]

She wasn’t clear about the grudge between Yi Jing and Zhao Qin. However, people in their higher positions would more or less be involved in some ‘inside information’ of Jing’an City’s wealthy families, and would be more sensitive to this kind of content than ordinary people. Just hearing a bit of news and finding out that the person involved was actually a junior from one of the ‘unshakeable’ Yi family’s radiating families, she knew it was going to be a big deal.

When Qi Xiao came to chat with Yi Jing, she still had a bit of a mentality of watching the show, intending to call Yi Jing to enjoy the spectacle together. She didn’t expect that her good friend herself was actually the spectacle.

Qi Xiao: [Wait, I say, this couldn’t be you.]

Yi Jing: [It’s not]

Qi Xiao: [Ah, I thought you wouldn’t be that brazen, but how could it be such a coincidence? Could it be that someone wants to use you as a target?]

Yi Jing thought for a moment, a target.

Not possible.

Aside from the factor of personal revenge, if the person who killed Zhao Qin did it for the sake of the Yi family’s underground business, why not find a way to kill the Yi family members directly if they could grasp the Yi family’s internal movements so precisely? Why go for the roundabout way?

For this to happen, either there’s someone other than her who wants to split up the Yi family and Zhao family and these other wealthy families, or it’s purely a coincidence. Someone else, for unknown motives, also targeted Zhao Qin, but the timing was more delicate, just happening to make her unable to distance herself from it.

However, regardless of which possibility, they couldn’t easily let their guard down.

The fact that there are still one or even several forces she doesn’t know about at this point is itself a very dangerous thing. The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, it’s too passive.

No matter how much she wants to split up the Yi family, she can’t possibly put herself in danger and let others take advantage for free.

Yi Jing: [Hard to say]

Yi Jing: [The situation is unclear, so whether this case should be solved, and to what extent it should be investigated, is still uncertain]

Qi Xiao, who originally just wanted to watch the show, instantly got Yi Jing’s meaning: [Understood, contact me if you need anything]

Yi Jing looked at that line of text, her gaze pausing slightly, and slowly let out a breath before replying: [Okay]

With Qi Xiao’s help, it would be even easier for her to control the situation.

However, Yi Jing was also surprised by the speed at which Qi Xiao supported her. Although in previous actions, Yi Jing had already confirmed that Qi Xiao was indeed very reliable for the original body, she had never thought that the relationship between Qi Xiao and the original body was so good.

It was almost like people on the ‘same front’, with natural tacit understanding and trust.

It seems that she, who suddenly transmigrated and had been playing this role that originally didn’t exist in this book for so long, hadn’t had a simple life in those times she didn’t know about.

The aircraft quickly advanced along the pre-set flight path. Half an hour later, the travel party of the Yi family’s next head smoothly landed at the designated landing point, meeting up with the people who had prepared in advance to welcome them.

Yi Sheng and her secretaries and assistants immediately rushed to the private hospital where the Zhao family was, preparing to stabilize the situation together with old Mr. Yi.

Yi Jing, however, didn’t rush there immediately.

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