“What do you think you’re doing?!” Yan Rong yelled as she entered Tae Song’s office. Tae Song, who was busy with his paperwork looked at her.

Many years younger than him yet more powerful and talented than him, holding the same rank of lieutenant as him, Yan Rong was a figure no one in the CSF took lightly.

Not to mention the fact that she was the daughter of the commander. One of the three only commanders of the CSF, an entity no one could take lightly.

Such a person’s daughter was Yan Rong. If it had been just a connection though, then it wouldn’t have mattered much. However, Yan Rong was equally talented and lived up to her name, no, she actually exceeded the expectations of the top brass.

The only reason she wasn’t a major yet was because of her age. Achievement-wise, she was at the top of any of the major’s lists.

“What do you mean?” Tae Song, however, didn’t cower. Of course, Yan Rong was strong and an immense figure in the CSF and normally, he would have to be careful when dealing with her but currently, ignoring the fact that she was at the same rank as him, the CSF was also in danger. Whatever he was to do, the CSF would back him up so he didn’t need to be worried about her.

“Why are you slandering an innocent man?” Yan Rong asked. It was an open fact that Yan Rong was currently in a relationship with the heir of the Ruan family. Nothing was confirmed, but she was seen with him on several occasions.

And her anger right now confirmed that fact.

“We have to pursue every lead. Currently, Wei Jun Ruan is the prime suspect in the incident. We have to make sure nothing is left unchecked.” Tae Song calmly replied.

“Suspect?” Yan Rong squinted her eyes and asked, “If he’s a suspect, then why have declared him a criminal to the public?”

There was no answer to that question. Wei Jun Ruan was a lead which meant they had to properly investigate him. By announcing to the media that they were sure Wei Jun Ruan was the biker terrorist, they had plunged his reputation down the drain even if the investigation would ever declare him to be innocent. The consequences for them would be severe, but nowhere near as Wei Jun.

“We had to take extreme measures due to the severity of the situation.” Tae Song replied.

“Oi, Tae Song,” No formality in her voice, Yan Rong called Tae Song as one would call a child and asked, “Where’s that bit*h who took this case?”

Tae Song’s expression changed at Yan Rong’s informality but he couldn’t do anything about it. Regardless of the age, they were similar in rank after all.

And regarding Rin, she was his subordinate so he definitely wouldn’t let Yan Rong do anything to her so he replied, “Where she is has nothing to do with this or with you. This was a joint decision by the CSF and approved by them as well. Doing anything against it would be akin to treason. Even the commander wouldn’t defend you on that one.”

“Commander, you say?” Yan Rong asked, her Qi beginning to rage throughout the building, “Oi, Tae Song,” she once again called out to Tae Song who calmly sat in his seat but couldn’t help but be wary of the chill spreading throughout around him, “Do you think I’ve ever needed him to defend me?”

In the end, words were words, titles were titles and actions were actions.

Words could be manipulated, changed, and exaggerated. Titles could be wrongfully assigned, could once again be a result of an exaggeration, or be the target of some political move.

However, actions were the only thing that held the essence of truth in them. Actions spoke for themselves, many say and many couldn’t have been more right.

The girl who was offered a position at the imperial guard, and not just that, was even proposed by one of the princes himself. She was Yan Rong and the one who rejected both of these offers.

She called the prince a weakling to his face and rejected him in public. While many thought she would be punished for that, she was instead offered a position at the imperial guard.

If that wasn’t enough, she rejected that position too. The imperial guard was angry and her father tried to defend her but his position was limited. But that was changed when a high-ranking official of the imperial guard was beaten to cr*p by Yan Rong.

Looking at her now, Tae Song knew that she never cared about treason or loyalty. She didn’t need to be defended. She could do that well enough on her own.

“Lieutenant!” Suddenly a number of people barged into Tae Song’s office before he could even react to Yan Rong’s Qi.

Yan Rong turned to them. It was none other than Rin and her team. Seeing her, Yan Rong’s Qi vanished as she turned to Tae Song and asked, “She the one?”

Tae Song remained quiet but that was all the answer Yan Rong needed. Yan Rong turned to look at Rin, her eyes cold as ice as she said, “Make sure you prove what you’ve done. Cause if you can’t, I’ll bury you.”

Saying so, Yan Rong left the office like the storm that came and passed. Tae Song was left with a headache while Rin was confused about what was happening.

Later, when she was told what it was all about, she couldn’t help but think back to how Wei Jun Ruan was. If he was able to charm Yan Rong to the extent she was standing up to her own organization, there wasn’t an impossibility that she wasn’t involved in this as well.

However, accusing Wei Jun Ruan and accusing Yan Rong were two entirely different matters. It wasn’t something Rin was willing to risk her entire career on.

~~

“Mister Ruan, what do you have to say about the CSF’s accusations against you?” A reporter asked while Wei Jun was holding a conference.

“I don’t honestly know where the CSF is going with this.” Wei Jun replied before he added, “They asked for access to the company files, and even though it could have been very dangerous to the company, and I gave it to them. Despite cooperating with them fully, they have still chosen to slander me like this. If they found something, they should have shown it to the world. However, they haven’t which speaks a lot of their intentions.”

“Why do think they have chosen you as a target?” Another reporter asked.

“All said and done, CSF, like every other organization is also political. Not only am I a link to the Ruan family, but I’m also a link to the Thunder Cloud Tempest Sect. It is quite obvious what they are trying to do.” Wei Jun also didn’t hold back on accusations, only his were true.

“Mister Ruan, how much value do your words hold?” Another reporter asked. In the end, CSF was a big organization while Wei Jun was a playboy. It was obvious who the public would side with if both of them were up for a choice.

Wei Jun smiled and said, “To show you how I have been wronged by the CSF, please observe.”

Wei Jun nodded to Li Wei who was sitting next to him and a video began to play. In the video, Rin and her team could be seen, planning to download the sensitive files of the Ruan company.

“While they were permitted to have access to the files, they were permitted to download them. I can only think that when they didn’t find anything, they resorted to tricks that could easily damage my reputation. I wonder if the news about them being hacked is even true or not.” Wei Jun elaborated.

On the screen, it was clear what was happening. Seeing it with their own eyes, while CSF’s credibility wasn’t severely damaged, it was still questioned. If they could lie about that, then they could lie about anything.

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“What is your response, Mister Ruan?” Another reporter asked.

“While my response would have been something else, unfortunately, at the moment I’m nearing my breakthrough in my cultivation. My sect master has ordered me to retire to closed-door cultivation in the sect. Unfortunately, until I finish my breakthrough, I cannot leave the sect so I cannot deal with this matter either. In return, my sect master has assured me that he will deal with everything in my absence so I have to trust him with that.” Wei Jun announced and with that, he ended the conference even when there were still a lot of questions left to be answered.

Still, what he had revealed was more than enough. Now was the time for the CSF to respond about which, the media didn’t have great optimism about. All said and done, they did try to rob the Ruan family of their sensitive data and once they couldn’t find anything, they went with this approach.

One thing was for sure, for the time being, Wei Jun was out of heat while the same couldn’t be said for the CSF.

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