Dashing Student

Chapter 259 - 259, Sorry to Have Disappointed You

Chen Nan’s eyes were slightly closed, his expression calm and tranquil like still water.

He lifted his left hand slightly, his slender fingers bending and twisting in a unique rhythm, as if he were touching invisible threads of fate.

His brows furrowed slightly, a faint crease appearing between them as if he were engaged in a difficult conversation with the mysterious forces of destiny.

His lips were tightly sealed, revealing the intense focus and solemnity of the moment.

In fact, he had already seen on Hu Xingbang’s face that Hu Jing was dead. The reason he wanted Hu Xingbang’s hair and Hu Jing’s date and time of birth was to deduce where she had been buried.

The next moment.

Chen Nan suddenly opened his eyes, a deep sense of shock in his gaze.

"Taoist priest, is my daughter still alive?" Hu Xingbang asked anxiously.

Chen Nan took a deep breath, struggling to calm his emotions, and looked at Hu Xingbang, "Old man, please tell me the truth. Do you know something that you’re not saying?"

Hu Xingbang’s face was filled with pain: "I’m just an ordinary person. I only know that my daughter disappeared for no reason; I know nothing else!"

"Your daughter is no longer with us," Chen Nan sighed inwardly, made a subtle signal to Jiang Li, and then left the Hu Family’s house.

"Mr. Chen, did you divine something earlier?" Jiang Li followed closely behind Chen Nan, her eyes filled with curiosity.

Knowing Chen Nan as she did, she knew his expression wouldn’t have been so shocked if he hadn’t figured out something.

Chen Nan exhaled a breath of turbid air: "Hu Xingbang lied. He definitely knows something about Hu Jing’s disappearance. If I’m not wrong, he must have evidence of Dai Shouyi’s crimes."

Jiang Li was puzzled, "If that’s the case, why doesn’t he come forward with it?"

Chen Nan smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "Big sister, you’re a respected police officer. Don’t you understand what ’dead men tell no tales’ means?"

Jiang Li nodded thoughtfully, "So, if we find Hu Jing’s body, we will have conclusive evidence."

Chen Nan asked, "How do you feel about the current political scene in Jizhou, who can you trust?"

Jiang Li was taken aback, obviously not expecting Chen Nan to ask such a question.

After regaining her composure, a bitter smile appeared on her face: "I wouldn’t trust any of them."

"Even the newly-appointed Mayor Lu Yuanyang is a coward."

"He doesn’t deserve to be Jizhou’s Mayor at all."

Her eyes showed contempt and disgust.

She had long known about the corruption in the Jizhou political scene, and when Lu Yuanyang took office, she had fantasized that he would act decisively and cleanse the evil forces from Jizhou’s politics.

But to her disappointment, Lu Yuanyang’s tenure had not made any splash at all.

Chen Nan casually said, "Sometimes, holding back isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Only by appearing as a coward, a weakling, can one deal a fatal blow to the enemy at a crucial moment!" With that, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

Jiang Li frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

Just then.

A chill wind blew from afar.

In the thirty-five or thirty-six-degree heat, it was so out of place, but it also felt refreshingly cool.

"Looks like it’s going to rain soon," Jiang Li murmured, gazing at the dark clouds to the east.

"The wind is picking up," Chen Nan murmured. "The chaos in the Jizhou political scene also needs to be cleared."

"It’s just..."

"Can delayed justice still be considered justice?"

Chen Nan felt heavy-hearted.

He thought of Nie Xiaoyu’s altered fate.

He thought of his mentor, Niu Kai Xuan, who became disabled while trying to seek justice for Nie Xiaoyu.

He also thought of the countless students from humble backgrounds who spent over a decade in toil, only to end up benefiting others.

With these thoughts, he picked up his phone and, for the first time, dialed Lu Yuanyang’s number.

The call was quickly connected, and Lu Yuanyang’s voice came through, "Mr. Chen, what can I do for you?"

Lu Yuanyang had never contacted Chen Nan directly before.

Even if Chen Nan had anything going on, it would always be through his secretary, Li Yao, that he communicated.

This time, receiving a call from Chen Nan felt very bizarre.

"I have a friend, she’s a police officer," Chen Nan said quietly: "I talked to her about you before, and she called you a coward."

"She also said you are utterly undeserving of becoming Jizhou’s first mayor."

Jiang Li didn’t know who Chen Nan was talking to on the phone.

But hearing Chen Nan’s words, her pupils violently shrank, a chill swept over her heart in an instant, making her scalp tingle with fear.

At that moment.

She had already guessed who was on the other end of the phone.

Other than Lu Yuanyang, whom she had harshly called a coward, who else could it be?

However.

She hadn’t expected that Chen Nan would actually know the other person.

But thinking about it, she realized it wasn’t surprising at all.

It seemed that Chen Nan knew quite a few powerful and influential people.

Lu Yuanyang was silent for a moment, then let out a helpless sigh, "She’s right, I am indeed a coward, not worthy of my current position."

Hearing Lu Yuanyang’s words, a strong anger surged in Chen Nan’s heart: "Just because she says you’re a coward, does that make it true?"

"Have you forgotten the oath you once proclaimed?"

"Have you forgotten your original aspiration and mission?"

Lu Yuanyang replied with a shameful face, "I’m sorry, Mr. Chen, I’ve let you down."

"I haven’t forgotten the oath I proclaimed."

"Nor have I forgotten my original aspiration and mission."

After a pause, he added, "Actually, I have been secretly investigating a case recently, but I haven’t found any leads."

Chen Nan’s interest was piqued.

He hadn’t expected Lu Yuanyang to be investigating a case as well.

Although he hadn’t specified which case, Chen Nan had a premonition that it was the same one Jiang Li was investigating.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed his furious emotions and asked, "Even if you solve this case, what then? Surely, you know how complicated the case is, right?"

"With your ability, can you really bring that person down?"

Lu Yuanyang managed a weak smile and uttered a sound of helplessness, "I’ve been in Jizhou for some time now, and I’ve always wanted to do something concrete for its people, even if just one thing."

"As for whether it violates discipline."

"Whether I’ll receive a major demerit."

"Whether I’ll offend certain powerful figures."

"It all seems unimportant."

A radiant smile appeared on Chen Nan’s face.

He saw the resolve in Lu Yuanyang’s attitude.

And he had obtained the answer he was looking for.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Nan’s eyes revealed a crazed smile, "Since you’re resolute about doing something for Jizhou’s people, then bring those you trust with you to the Hu Family Estate!"

"The Hu Family Estate?" Lu Yuanyang couldn’t help asking, "Do you mean the Hu Family Estate in Qingcheng Town?"

The fact that Lu Yuanyang instantly thought of the Hu Family Estate in Qingcheng Town showed that he wasn’t lying and had taken Hu Jing’s case to heart.

Chen Nan: "Yes, the Hu Family Estate in Qingcheng Town."

Lu Yuanyang hesitated, "Mr. Chen, may I ask why we should go to the Hu Family Estate?"

Chen Nan slowly began to speak, uttering a sentence that sent a shiver down the spines of both Jiang Li and Lu Yuanyang, "Because... Hu Jing is buried here!"