Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1187: If She Wants, She Can Have It All
On that day in Siamese Kingdom, an autumn rain brought a chilling cold.
Ji Ming received a message from Yuan Qin and knew that something was off.
After leaving the Tan Palace, Yuan Qin’s work usually should be reported to He Wei, yet now, Yuan Qin sent a voice message to him.
After listening to the voice message, Ji Ming abruptly stood up and left the training ground.
He wasn’t sure if the gentleman had received the recording, but despite the incoherence of the message, he clearly heard the words ’Xue Ya betrayed Your Excellency’, and Yuan Qin’s unstable breath was noticeably unwell...
Yuan Qin was responsible for the safety of the lady.
If something happened to Yuan Qin—
It also meant Tang Li was in danger.
The gentleman wouldn’t want to see a second incident like that in Diannan.
As for Xue Ya.
Five years ago, he arranged for Xue Ya to be the replacement, to go to Denmark and monitor Jin Lihua.
All these years, Xue Ya regularly reported Jin Lihua’s life in Denmark.
Along with photos of Jin Lihua’s outings.
And Jin Lihua was Song Jinyang’s biological mother.
If Xue Ya truly had a change of heart, what does he intend to do?
Ji Ming went back to the office to get his car keys, quickly went downstairs, passed by the store, and heard the voice coming from the TV—
"Local time in the Siamese Kingdom, at 1:20 pm, a large-scale riot occurred at the Chiang Mai International Airport, causing twenty-seven casualties, including six citizens of the S Kingdom..."
Ji Ming stopped in his tracks, his gaze fixed on the LCD TV on the wall.
It was a news program on the capital television station’s evening slot.
The scene on the TV was of the chaos at the airport, with wounded people being carried onto ambulances, covered in blood.
Ji Ming immediately dialed Yuan Qin’s cellphone number.
However, the phone was already turned off.
The instinct of a soldier told him that Yuan Qin’s loss of contact was related to the airport riot.
Upon arriving at Tan Palace, Ji Ming entered the main building’s office area, intending to go to the President’s Office, and he turned a corner and ran into Guo Li.
Guo Li hurried by with a stack of documents.
When he saw Ji Ming, he informed him voluntarily, "Your Excellency is in the small conference room."
"Your Excellency just finished a video call with the ambassador to Denmark." Guo Li spoke again, with a heavy tone, "Something happened over in Chiang Mai."
"Is it Xue Ya?" Ji Ming asked.
Guo Li didn’t expect Ji Ming to be informed and nodded: "The ambassador sent someone to check Jin Lihua’s residence and found it dust-covered, indicating no one had lived there for at least three months."
Xue Ya last reported his work three months ago.
Guo Li held the documents regarding the Xue Family’s relocation dispute from years ago.
"Upon learning of Jin Lihua and Xue Ya’s disappearance, Your Excellency had me request the Xue Family’s household records from Lin City and also had me investigate major and minor events concerning the Xue Family in recent years."
And discovered Mr. Xue’s passing a few years ago.
On the way to the small conference room, Ji Ming reviewed these materials.
Four years ago, Mr. Xue got into an argument with the village demolition head Ye Hongqi over dissatisfaction with the compensation amount, he even used a hoe to assault Ye Hongqi, unexpectedly, he chased out of the house and was hit by a passing truck, resulting in serious injuries, later dying in the city hospital without effective treatment.
Xue Ya’s aunt, Xue Min, filed a lawsuit, but soon her husband was dismissed from his job.
A year later, Xue Min’s seventeen-year-old daughter was raped by two men on her way home...
Gripping the A4 paper, Ji Ming found himself speechless.
He had never heard Xue Ya mention these matters.
Seeing this now, it was undeniably shocking.
Guo Li handed over another document: "The demolition head from back then is now the director of the demolition community and also a district representative of Lin City. Two years ago, his wife Xu Canji established a medical equipment company, and the registered information mentions a partner, Xu Canliang, who was the chief surgeon for Mr. Xue’s post-accident surgery."
Thus, it is very likely that Mr. Xue’s death back then wasn’t accidental.
Thus, Xue Ya played a double role.
"Yuan Qin..." Ji Ming began.
"Yuan Qin was shot four times, one bullet near the heart." Guo Li continued, "Your Excellency has contacted Prime Minister Hong Tai of the Siamese Kingdom, and he promised to do everything possible to save him."
Ji Ming: "And the lady?"
Guo Li remained silent for two seconds before answering, "The lady is missing."
"It can only be confirmed that she was kidnapped by Xue Ya."
The specifics would have to await Yuan Qin’s recovery for clarification.
Guo Li suddenly added, "Just at noon, at the Qing City port, fishermen salvaged a child’s shoe, it just matched the one found at the accident scene."
"Qing City has dispatched a salvage team to the surrounding sea area to conduct search and rescue operations, yet no results have been achieved."
Following the school incident, the gentleman was unusually busy.
Besides dealing with all sorts of parliamentary inquiries, he also had to personally arrange family matters.
Matters regarding the Second Master had even made the old lady sick with worry.
And now, with another incident concerning the lady, it was undoubtedly adding insult to injury.
Ji Ming faintly discerned a connection between the two incidents, but he dared not jump to conclusions. As the conference room door opened, he saw the gentleman having a video call, and on the wall’s projection was a competent-looking elderly man.
Ji Ming recognized him; it was the former Prime Minister of the Siamese Kingdom.
— Li Hao.
He was also a senior from the lady’s maternal family.
Ji Ming and Guo Li entered without hearing any conversation.
However—
From the gentleman’s expression alone, it was evident that the discussion hadn’t been pleasant.
Appearing calm and unruffled, yet the undercurrents were undeniably turbulent.
Ji Ming had followed Song Baiyan for many years and could see that Song Baiyan indeed showed some emotion, which contributed to the unusual atmosphere in the conference room.
Sometimes, authority doesn’t necessarily require questioning to manifest.
At this moment, Song Baiyan seemed inscrutable, his displeasure was that apparent.
Then, Ji Ming heard the gentleman speak four words—
"The Li Family is impressive."
It was a critique as much as a reproach.
Li Hao responded, "The current situation is not something I wished for."
"That’s my only legitimate descendant in this world, I never planned to truly put her at risk." Ultimately, his eagerness for revenge led him to mistake a predator for a sheep: "All of Li Family’s holdings, I’ll leave them to that child, and have already sent someone to Nanwa."
"Nothing Li Family has is worth sacrificing a life for."
Song Baiyan stated, "The Song Family assets are already enough for her to squander for half a lifetime; if she desires, she can take them all; and what the Li Family doesn’t possess, she already has through me."
What in this world is more enticing than power?
And this was precisely what Li Hao had lost.
The Li Family indirectly causing Tang Li’s abduction had already struck the reverse scale of this S Kingdom’s President.
Even if they could still converse like this, it was far from ’convivial conversation’, and before Li Hao could speak again, Song Baiyan spoke first: "The Li Family should now diligently reorganize their family industry."
His words concluded, also signifying the end of the call.
Li Hao understood—
Nearly half of the Li Group’s business relies on the S Kingdom.
After today, the Li Group’s goods might face difficulties in customs clearance in the S Kingdom.
At Song Baiyan’s current status, to deliberately hold the goods of a company naturally diminishes one’s standing, but now, this is precisely what he is prepared to do, and he even informed him in advance.
——
Good night.
