When the Possessive Omega Fell for Me - Chapter 63

Old Master Yi’s move this time was well-prepared.

Half a year ago, Yi Jing had not yet graduated from the direct-affiliated school of the judicial system and was still participating in local case investigations with his mentor in the neighboring jurisdiction. A violent and bloody incident of an extremely vicious nature occurred in the Fifth District.

Most of the gray forces in Jing’an City were involved in this malicious incident, resulting in a large number of casualties at the scene and having a very adverse impact.

The “Fifth District Black Market Investigation Case” led by Delinke was unfortunately also implicated.

At that time, the Fifth District had long been occupied by violent organizations, with chaotic governance, financial disarray, and internal officials suspected of being entangled with [redacted].

Delinke, who had been very dissatisfied with the current situation in the Fifth District, strongly promoted a joint investigation action between the Supervisory Institute and the Public Security System.

At the time, no one could have imagined that the highest executive officials of the Fifth District would dare to openly resist. Before the investigation team arrived, they directly set up resistance fire lines in the neighborhood, with large-scale illegal weapons blatantly exposed in everyone’s view, just short of writing “Yes, I broke the rules” on their faces.

With iron-clad evidence before them, Delinke’s accompanying military police did not hold back and quickly dealt with the masterminds, quelling the incident in the city center.

After the protective umbrella was captured, the wild gang forces entrenched in the Fifth District were also surrounded and suppressed by the Public Security Department.

Those people, as if they had never lived a normal life, carried a large number of weapons and confronted the police in the alleys of the old city district, with thousands of civilians held hostage and trapped in the alleys.

This matter was extremely difficult to resolve, as the gang forces were determined to perish together with everyone and completely ignored threats or persuasion.

A group of big shots from the Thirteenth District gathered upon hearing the news, and it took them a full day and two nights on the front line before most of the people were arrested.

However, a small alley in the old city district was still stubbornly held by some obstinate gang leaders. In the end, almost all military police were mobilized to completely annihilate them.

At that time, an entire narrow alley was stained red with blood, and there were almost not enough body bags. In the end, manpower from several nearby funeral homes had to be urgently mobilized to barely resolve the situation.

This incident was too big and nearly alarmed higher-level bigwigs.

Fortunately, most of these gang members who lost their lives had criminal records. A simple check of the files would reveal that few were clean. At the time of the incident, these gang members were both holding ordinary civilians hostage and attacking military police, which fell within the scope of on-site execution.

Even so, many people still received warning disciplinary actions.

After the incident ended, it was classified as a terrorist action, and related content was sealed and hidden away.

To this day, the exact number of casualties and armed forces deployed in that crackdown operation remains top secret.

Most ordinary citizens have never even heard of this incident. Even many residents of the Fifth District don’t understand the inside story. At most, they suddenly noticed that some people involved in gray businesses mysteriously disappeared, and the security in the urban area improved significantly.

Apart from this, the media was strictly prohibited from reporting on this matter. From the upper echelons to the wealthy families, the two sides seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement to cover up the incident together.

Originally, this matter should have continued to sink to the bottom of the confidential file room above Phantom City, but Old Master Yi, worthy of being someone who has navigated the business world for decades and dares to extend his influence into the political arena, is ambitious. His first move was of a caliber that ordinary people wouldn’t dare to attempt.

The once top-secret incident was dug up. By simply erasing a few events in the narrative and reversing cause and effect, the entire matter became a frame-up targeting Delinke alone.

As the exposé was widely promoted and pushed into the view of all citizens, many wild “insider information” also followed.

Many people claimed to be eyewitnesses, narrating some details of the case at that time from their own perspectives, embellishing the brutality of that operation from various angles.

Some small media outlets caught wind of this and rushed to the Fifth District for interviews.

However, what these small companies that could be crushed by the Yi family with a flick of a finger wanted to say or could say was beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

Sometimes it wasn’t even necessary for the Yi family to give instructions. Old Master Yi only needed to tell the so-called insiders what to say and what not to say, and those small companies investigating and interviewing naturally wouldn’t be able to get any real information.

Under the Yi family’s promotion, various extreme opinions began to appear. The reputation of a tyrannical and cruel official was brought up again, with charges such as bloody actions, misjudgments but still forcibly breaking through, and various other crimes being pinned on Delinke’s head in the articles.

Yi Jing knew from the moment he saw Old Master Yi make his move that the situation was likely to slide towards an unfavorable direction for them. Now, seeing these suddenly appearing “evidences” further confirmed his thoughts

Old Master Yi definitely came prepared.

Such a plan and such a large workload could not be completed in just a day or two. It must have been much earlier, perhaps as early as when Delinke was selected as a mayoral candidate. No, even earlier.

It’s possible that the Yi family started preparing like this right after the malicious incident in the Fifth District occurred, planning to push everything onto Delinke’s head.

Yi Jing’s fingertips felt slightly cold, intuitively feeling that such an incident seemed to have exceeded the scope of his abilities.

However, things could continue to develop in an even worse direction.

That evening, Old Master Yi, who hadn’t seen Yi Jing for a long time, unusually summoned Yi Jing into the study of the main residence.

Now there were only less than 38 hours left before the vote lock, with only one day remaining for the candidates’ final speeches. If they wanted to turn the tables, there was only tomorrow left.

Yi Jing had a vague premonition as he walked towards Old Master Yi’s study.

After all, this incident targeted the Supervisory Institute and Delinke. Relying solely on some fabricated false materials wouldn’t be enough to truly bring Delinke down. Delinke truly had the authority to mobilize Phantom City’s top-secret information, and such tricks were not enough.

If they still wanted to cut off all of Delinke’s retreat routes and make him completely isolated and helpless, the best way would be to make his greatest support stand on the opposite side, to have people from the Supervisory Institute come forward and confirm that Delinke indeed made mistakes during the investigation in the Fifth District.

And there happened to be one person in the Yi family who could do this – Yi Jing.

Yi Jing, forced to be involved, temporarily couldn’t refuse Old Master Yi’s request, nor could he directly state his position. He could only pretend to be ignorant and follow the butler all the way to Old Master Yi’s study.

The arrangement inside the study remained the same. Wisps of sandalwood incense rose from the incense burner, with the heavy woody fragrance permeating the room, making Old Master Yi appear even more stable and unshakable.

“Grandfather.” Yi Jing entered Old Master Yi’s study and first greeted this kind-looking but cold-hearted old fellow.

“Mm, Jingjing, you’re here.” Old Master Yi raised his eyes to look at Yi Jing, very naturally glancing at him, and spoke in a gentle tone, “How’s work recently? The job of monitoring data during the election period must be very tiring, right?”

Yi Jing thought for a moment and cautiously replied, “It’s alright, although it’s a bit hectic, it’s still within the range of adaptation.”

“That’s good,” Old Master Yi smiled, and the next sentence indeed cut to the real purpose, “Then you must also know about the recent rumors surrounding those two candidates. Have you figured out what’s really going on behind the scenes?”

“This…” Yi Jing paused for a moment, raising his eyes to look at Old Master Yi.

Old Master Yi indeed smiled, not hiding anything from Yi Jing at all:

“No need to look at me like that. The family indeed has its own preferred candidate. In comparison, I’m more curious about what the Supervisory Institute thinks of the medical department’s scandal?”

“Well!” Yi Jing hesitated again, choosing his words carefully, “So far, no false parts have been found in the reports. As for who exactly is manipulating things behind the scenes, the Institute hasn’t discovered anything yet. It shouldn’t be through the Supervisory Institute’s methods. Perhaps Delinke has his own ways.”

“Is that so,” Old Master Yi nodded, “I see. So you don’t have any clues either. Earlier, I thought the quality of that report had a bit of the style of the former ace reporter from the Rizhong Group. After all, apart from Yu Miao, who was extremely active in Rizhong back then, it seems no one else has such capability. But then I remembered that Miss Yu is now your fiancée. Grandfather really?”

“It’s not her!”

Before Old Master Yi could finish speaking, Yi Jing directly cut off his words, frowning and expressing disagreement:

“Yu Miao has always been with me. Our relationship is very stable. She has no reason to do such things. Grandfather, it’s not necessarily only reporters who can write such articles, and Delinke may not only have helpers in Jing’an City.”

Hearing this, Old Master Yi looked at Yi Jing meaningfully for a while, then nodded after a moment and said, “Very well. Then what do you think about the information that has just recently been circulating? Have you looked at the files stored in Phantom City?”

With Old Master Yi being so straightforward, Yi Jing didn’t know how to react.

Yi Jing: “I’ve already looked at them.”

The conclusion is that it definitely couldn’t have been Delinke’s mistake.

That old man hadn’t even arrived in the Fifth District yet, and before he could use any methods, the district chief of the Fifth District had already set up a posture of wanting to commit suicide. How could this have anything to do with Delinke?

At the very least, in this incident, Delinkewas clearly set up by someone.

The district chief of the Fifth District was probably dying for someone else, making things so absolute right from the start, clearly intending to stop everything in the Fifth District.

As for now, Old Master Yi should be planning to have her support the current circulating statements targeting Delinke, right?

Sure enough, Old Master Yi calmly spoke: “It’s good that you’ve seen them. Grandfather also doesn’t want you to be unclear about the current situation.

The situation is somewhat unfavorable for the family now, and you happen to be working in the Supervisory Institute. It’s time for you to step up and smooth out some obstacles for the family.”

Yi Jing had anticipated this, but still couldn’t help frowning: “You want me to represent the Supervisory Institute and admit that Delinke indeed made mistakes in the ‘Fifth District Black Market Investigation Case’ operation?”

Old Master Yi raised his eyes and looked at Yi Jing calmly: “It’s not a want, it’s a must. The team on standby in the family has already arranged a press conference for you. You just need to attend tomorrow.

The script you need to read out has already been sent over. Do you want to look at it now or have the butler send it to your residence. No, to Miss Yu’s residence?”

Yi Jing was startled, instinctively not wanting Yu Miao to know about this.

If Yu Miao knew that Old Master Yi would force her like this, she would probably be even more angry, right?

But before she could refuse, Old Master Yi seemingly casually said: “However, no matter what, you child are a bit too attached to your fiancée. How can you always rely on your partner like this? Are you saying you won’t do anything else without your lover?”

What does he mean by “without your lover”?

Yi Jing’s heart skipped a beat, and she had no other words. After a moment of silence, she said: “I do like her very much. If I didn’t have her, I indeed wouldn’t want to do anything else, but I’m not that clingy to her. I will do what needs to be done. The script for the press conference. I’ll look at it now.”

Twenty minutes later, Yi Jing, who had been called away by the butler, returned to Yu Miao’s residence.

Yu Miao, who had been sleepily waiting for her on the couch wrapped in a thin blanket, turned her head slightly at the sound and asked weakly, struggling to sit up: “What’s wrong? Did Old Yi want you to do something for him at this hour, to publicly appear and get involved in this muddy water in person?”

Seeing her tired appearance, Yi Jing felt heartbroken and couldn’t say many words. So she just lowered her head to kiss her eyes and said softly:

“It’s nothing. He did want me to do some things, but I don’t care about him. Don’t worry, shall we go to sleep first?”

Yu Miao struggled to sit up straight and wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Yi Jing, who then picked her up bridal style and walked towards the bedroom upstairs: “You’re already so tired, how can you do anything? I’m worried even if you’re not. Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems.”

Yu Miao thought for a moment, feeling like she had overlooked something, but Yi Jing was indeed worthy of her trust.

In the end, her already blurry thoughts couldn’t overcome fatigue and trust. After hesitating for two seconds, Yu Miao still fell asleep in Yi Jing’s arms.

Yi Jing, secretly awake, looked down at her for a while, sighed softly, gently placed Yu Miao on the bed, tidied herself up, and then very affectionately lay down next to Yu Miao, closing her eyes as well.

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