"Son of a bitch, you bunch of ants, how dare you arrest me..."

Hou Yuanhui, handcuffed, was shouting loudly.

His body was still struggling.

A couple of officers, for the moment, could hardly control him.

Seeing this.

Chen Fang stepped forward, one hand wrapping around Hou Yuanhui's shoulder and with a twist, a loud clank echoed as Hou Yuanhui face-planted into the ground, grimacing in pain from the fall.

This scene terrified Zhao Yiping and the others.

After all, Hou Yuanhui was the eldest grandson of the Hou Family.

Even provincial and municipal leaders would show him some courtesy upon meeting, yet Chen Fang just laid hands on him directly.

They gasped in shock.

And wanted to curse out loud.

But Chen Fang's foot was already pressing down on his neck, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Ants, then let's allow you the pleasure of experiencing the wrath of ants for the coming time. Take him away!"

At the command.

The police officers dragged Hou Yuanhui up.

Not caring whether he could stand properly, they hauled him straight out of the Boiling Point Group's headquarters lobby and into a police car.

"Chen Fang, you'll pay for this."

Zhao Yiping said through gritted teeth.

Chen Fang smiled faintly and said, "Mayor Zhao, with someone like Hou Yuanhui, a scion of a prominent family, do you think he can keep his mouth shut? If I use some methods during the interrogation, and he implicates you, that'll be troublesome. I suggest that instead of making idle threats here, you'd better head back and think carefully about how to handle what's coming. It would be a shame if you were removed from office after such a brief term. I've been to the detention center before, it's truly no place for people..."

"You..."

Zhao Yiping was suddenly at a loss for words.

However, Chen Fang's words certainly had an effect.

By then, he too started to feel a chill.

The plan to take over the Boiling Point Group had fallen through.

Now that Hou Yuanhui had been taken into the police station.

Watching Chen Fang and his colleagues leave triumphantly.

Zhao Yiping suddenly turned around, glanced at Dou Qingquan, and said, "You go back and stabilize the situation first, keep an eye on Chen Fang. I'll make a call to the Hou Family. It looks like it's time for them to intervene..."

...

Yuanjing.

In a villa in the suburbs.

An old man in a Tang suit was practicing Tai Chi in the yard.

This man was none other than Hou Jidao, the patriarch of the prominent Hou Family.

The classic Jiangnan-style garden, coupled with the fresh air, was indeed refreshing.

Suddenly.

Urgent footsteps approached from afar.

Hou Jidao, looking like the picture of a sage, halted his movements and turned to see a middle-aged man hurrying over.

"What's the matter? You seem so flustered."

He asked.

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and said, "Dad, Yuanhui is in trouble."

"What happened?"

Hou Jidao frowned and asked.

The middle-aged man whispered something into his ear.

After listening, Hou Jidao's expression turned grave.

"How could such a significant change occur? Wasn't everything fine before?"

The middle-aged man said, "The Xu and Dong families joined forces, targeting Guyang City to be reclassified as a county-level city under the province's jurisdiction. Moreover, that Chen Fang has been reinstated. All of Yuanhui's previous subordinates have been captured by Chen Fang."

This news.

One after another, explosive events occurred.

The decades-long feud between the two companies led by Director Xu could never be resolved, yet now it had happened.

The alliance of the two families behind the scenes to change Guyang City from an area managed by Wulan City into a provincially governed county-level city was also unforeseen.

That Chen Fang had captured three of Hou Yuanhui's men was unimaginable.

The most unexpected thing of all was that Chen Fang had actually captured Hou Yuanhui.

Someone had dared to touch the eldest grandson of Yuanjing's premier family, wasn't that shocking?

Seeing that Hou Jidao was still deep in thought.

The middle-aged man said, "Dad, I'll go to Wulan City myself and bring Yuanhui back."

"You shouldn't go!"

Suddenly, Hou Jidao spoke earnestly.

The middle-aged man became anxious.

His name was Hou Yuanzhe, he was the second son of the Hou Family, and also Hou Yuanhui's uncle.

He said, "Dad, are we really going to just leave Yuanhui be? Where would we put the Hou Family's face then?"

Hou Jidao said, "It's certain that we need to take care of Yuanhui, but you cannot show up in person. Since the Xu and Director Xu's families are both eyeing Guyang City, that means they have captured Yuanhui while waiting for our Hou Family to make a move. By you going there, it's as if we are sealing upon our Hou Family the crime of nepotism."

"Then what should we do?"

Hou Yuanzhe asked with a frown.

Stroking his beard, Hou Jidao said, "Let Jingjing go. Isn't the Economic Development Zone in Guyang City about to start attracting investment? Have her lead a delegation over there as if on an inspection. Jingjing is resourceful; she should be able to handle Chen Fang."

"Okay, I'll call Jingjing right now," he said.

Having finished speaking,

Hou Yuanzhe hurriedly ran off again.

Once he was gone,

Hou Jidao sat down on a stone bench with a somber expression.

Muttering to himself, he said, "Chen Fang, I'm becoming more and more interested in this young man…"

…

At the Guyang City Government Building.

In the Deputy Mayor's office,

Chen Fang and Pei Shanglian were sitting across from each other.

After a pause, Pei Shanglian asked, "Chen Fang, you're not seriously planning to make a move on Hou Yuanhui, are you? After all, he is the Hou Family's eldest grandson. If you really employ tactics against him, and the Hou Family gets enraged, I'm afraid neither you nor I could withstand it."

Chen Fang smiled and asked, "What? Scared?"

Pei Shanglian nodded and said, "A bit. If you were talking about going against Zhao Yiping, I'd grit my teeth and follow you into the fray, but the Hou Family... I'll admit, it still intimidates me. When they get ruthless, they really dare to kill. I don't want my family living in fear every day."

Chen Fang laughed heartily and said, "Old Pei, do you think I'm stupid?"

"You're sharper than a thief," Pei Shanglian remarked sarcastically.

Chen Fang let out a long sigh,

and said, "Attempting to shake a big tree like a small ant sounds grand and gets the blood pumping, but I know it's absolutely impossible in reality. The Hou Family's power is so great that not only am I not their match, but even if the Xu and Director Xu's families united, they would turn on each other when faced with the pressure from the Hou Family. These dynastic families cannot be trusted."

"Then why bother with Hou Yuanhui at all? Isn't this making trouble for no reason?" Pei Shanglian asked, not understanding.

Chen Fang looked up at Pei Shanglian and said, "I don't actually want to go after Hou Yuanhui. I want to use him to negotiate terms with the Hou Family. If nothing unexpected happens, we should soon receive news that the Hou Family is coming to Guyang City."

No sooner had he spoken,

when a series of knocks came from the door.

Yu Zhengchuan walked in,

and said, "Deputy Chen, we've received a call from the Municipal Party Committee. The Yuanjing Huachi Automobile Limited Company delegation will be visiting the Economic Development Zone tomorrow morning, and they've specifically asked for you to be in charge of the reception."

Huachi Automobile Limited Company was an enterprise affiliated with the Yuanjing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission,

equivalent to a vice-ministerial level organization.

The president of this enterprise was none other than the Hou Family's fourth child, Hou Jingjing.

Hearing this news, Chen Fang smiled knowingly and said to Pei Shanglian, "See, speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives..."

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