CHAPTER 302: CHAPTER 302: MING FAMILY CRISIS

The news of Mr. Ming being investigated, although concealed with intent, couldn’t withstand the fact that there are many people in the world who are eager to know. Therefore, many people knew about his investigation, and as a result, dared not interact with him much, fearing they might get implicated as well.

Mr. Ming made several phone calls in succession, but each was tactfully declined, leaving him somewhat disappointed.

Finally, he made another phone call. However, the person who answered informed him that the person he was looking for was suspended from work.

This news dealt another heavy blow to Mr. Ming, as that person was his trump card, whom he thought could help him regain his footing.

Unexpectedly, that person, just like him, was also suspended from work.

At this moment, Mr. Ming had no idea that all of this was his own doing. If it weren’t for his phone call yesterday, if it weren’t for him siding with Jiang Mingzhu and having someone force Mu Qiancheng to retire, none of this would have happened.

Yet now, he is utterly clueless. Having made numerous phone calls, all of which were rejected, Mr. Ming sat dazed in his chair, feeling as though he aged ten years overnight, with only one thought echoing in his heart: It’s over, it’s all over.

He had climbed up from the bottom step by step. For his own interests, he naturally did some bad things.

But he had already dealt with those matters. Naturally, no one should have known about them. But now, why had those matters been exposed to the higher-ups?

Mr. Ming couldn’t figure it out, completely unaware that all of this was Mu Qiancheng’s doing.

True, Mu Qiancheng might only be a deputy battalion-level officer now, but he has many friends in the military. To take down the Ming family and give Mr. Ming a lesson, he specially sought a computer-savvy friend, commonly known as a hacker, to investigate the entire Ming family.

Not investigating would have been fine, but one investigation unveiled a shocking discovery. Initially, Mu Qiancheng just wanted to teach the old Mr. Ming a lesson, but who knew it would uncover so many issues?

Of course, Mr. Ming had himself to blame. Being a county magistrate was good enough, yet why did he have to stretch his hands so far?

Stretching his hands too far, getting them chopped off was only deserving.

With one move, Mu Qiancheng plunged the Ming family into crisis, leaving them living in trepidation day and night. The whole family, like headless flies, scurried around seeking connections.

They even approached Mr. Mu, asking him to mediate.

However, Mr. Mu was temporarily not in Beijing, so Mr. Ming had no choice but to plead over the phone; otherwise, they would have directly gone to the Mu family.

Mr. Mu received a call from the Ming family in the afternoon. After having lunch at Jiang Xue’s house, he returned to the hotel to pack for returning to Beijing in the evening.

However, he didn’t expect Jiang Xue to come to the hotel in the afternoon, bringing along many local specialties. So, at this moment, he was chatting with Jiang Xue.

When Housekeeper Lin informed him that Mr. Ming was calling, without thinking, he directly said, "Tell him I’m busy now."

Housekeeper Lin nodded and then relayed to Mr. Ming on the other end of the line that Mr. Mu was unavailable.

On any other occasion, Mr. Ming would have probably hung up the phone immediately. But now, after hearing Housekeeper Lin’s words, Mr. Ming kept asking when Mr. Mu would be available so he could call back.

Housekeeper Lin casually mentioned a time and then directly hung up the phone.

Seeing that Mr. Mu was quite busy, Jiang Xue didn’t stay long either; after talking to Mr. Mu for a while, she took her leave.