Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 510 - 322: The Price of Yan Chen (10,000 Words for Monthly Ticket!)

Qiu Tu seemed to have completely locked horns with Director Zhao today.

He glanced at Deputy Director Lai Shun, but didn’t respond, instead shifting his gaze back to Director Zhao. Then, with a pale face, he spoke up, "Director Zhao, may I ask if it was you who welcomed me into the Bureau Chief’s office yesterday?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu’s question, sweat was about to break out on Director Zhao’s forehead.

He found himself to be in quite a miserable situation.

It was clearly a struggle between several high-level officials, so why was it all revolving around him?

He didn’t usually stand out this much...

With these thoughts in mind, Director Zhao’s gaze began to drift.

He looked at Qiu Tu, then at Yan Chen, before he cautiously said, "It... it should be, I guess?"

When Qiu Tu heard this, he endured the pain from his wound and continued to ask, "Then, Director Zhao, did you also see Miss Yanyan?"

Yan Chen already knew what Qiu Tu wanted to ask at this point.

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He clenched his fist and placed it by his mouth, coughing loudly all of a sudden.

Director Zhao received the signal from Yan Chen, knowing that there must be a trap hidden in this question.

But... he was clueless about the whole situation and had no idea what the trap was. Therefore, he didn’t know how to answer at that moment.

He looked at Qiu Tu, then at Yan Chen, but the words were stuck in his throat.

Seeing Director Zhao’s incompetent manner, Yan Chen’s drooping eyelids almost closed completely.

He sighed deeply in his heart and then took the initiative to take over the conversation.

He spoke slowly, "Qiu Tu... Yanyan arrived in Xinjie City yesterday morning."

"Since arriving in Xinjie City, she has been by my side all the time."

"I still recognize my own daughter."

"As for... the assassin who tried to kill you, I trust what you and Director Tang saw with your own eyes: She must have deliberately disguised herself as my daughter to get close to you."

"Although this matter has nothing to do with my daughter, but... I still apologize on behalf of my daughter to you..."

Meanwhile, the medical department of the Investigation Bureau had finally arrived at the scene.

The physicians were startled by the sight of all the blood and Qiu Tu lying in a pool of it.

They hurried over and began to examine Qiu Tu’s injuries.

Soon after, they whispered to each other with grave expressions and started bringing over various medical instruments, attending to stop Qiu Tu’s bleeding.

Seeing this, the mid-level and high-level officials present no longer doubted that Qiu Tu’s injuries were feigned.

They exchanged glances and then involuntarily looked towards Yan Chen’s back, their eyes filled with incomprehension and empathetic sorrow...

To be honest, in their hearts, Yan Chen was ruthless, but he still had certain limits.

Even though he had conflicts with Qiu Tu and Qiu Tu had made him lose face several times, but... political fights were just that, resorting to assassinations was taking it too far.

At this moment, Yan Chen also felt those unusual gazes from behind.

He sighed quietly in his heart.

If he had other choices, why would he resort to this last resort?

Lately, he had meticulously reviewed all recent events.

Maybe because he had finally pinpointed Qiu Tu as a primary suspect, the more Yan Chen investigated, the more he realized the role Qiu Tu played in a series of events.

He found... that many problems in recent months seemed to be deliberately incited by Qiu Tu.

Including the downfall of the Qin Family, the rift between him and Jia Shu, and the failure of his Devouring Larilo... each incident seemed to bear the shadow of Qiu Tu.

It was as if each of his moves had been tightly calculated by Qiu Tu.

Truth be told, it had been years since Yan Chen had faced such a formidable opponent.

And what chilled him more was... he realized all this far too late.

He had given Qiu Tu far too many opportunities to grow, allowing Qiu Tu to become gradually uncontrollable and unstoppable.

The minister of the Political Department, a top-three powerful existence in the Investigation Bureau, the head of the Bureau’s intelligence system.

This position was indeed too important, so important that even Yan Chen had to handle it with caution.

Moreover... Qiu Tu was not just holding an empty title.

Above him, he had the high-level protection of the Sanctuary, in the middle, there was Liu Xiongyuan, with Tang Feifei cooperating with him, and below, dozens of confidants risked their lives for him!

"Fully fledged!" This was Yan Chen’s current assessment of Qiu Tu.

Therefore, Yan Chen truly felt somewhat powerless against Qiu Tu now.

Furthermore, after analyzing and comparing both sides of the conflict, he found... at least at the current stage, Qiu Tu’s power would continue to expand, and he was almost powerless to reverse the situation in the short term.

He had the intention to make amends with Qiu Tu.

But...firstly, there was finally news about his wife’s clone, which seemed to have been moved by Qiu Tu using Master Qin Si’s hand and then kept hidden and pampered in a golden house. For Yan Chen, this was something unacceptable.

Secondly... Yan Chen also understood Qiu Tu’s nature quite well. To put it nicely, he was someone who returned favors and revenged grudges; to put it bluntly, he bore grudges!

He had attempted to put Qiu Tu to death several times, scheming against him.

Plus, with Qiu Tu’s cautious nature: even if he said he would not pursue the first matter, Qiu Tu probably wouldn’t believe it.

So, after much consideration, Yan Chen still set his heart on killing: Since he couldn’t solve the issue with conventional methods, rather than dragging it out and letting the situation slowly turn for the worse, allowing Qiu Tu to gradually erode his power, it was better to strike decisively!

At least to cut the chaos with a swift blade and kill Qiu Tu! Then deal with the aftermath slowly.

Although he knew that after Qiu Tu’s death, the people behind Qiu Tu were likely to be enraged or seek revenge on his behalf.