Chapter 67: Chapter 67 A set of materials

“Tsk, tsk. We’ll be waiting for your good news, then. Shilin, you don’t have to worry. This guy should be able to satisfy you,” Lin Guo’er said with a smile, her gaze resting on Liu Shilin’s face.

Hearing this, Liu Shilin nodded. In her heart, she believed Lin Kuang would do it. It was an inexplicable feeling; even she didn’t know why, but it was a feeling she had nonetheless.

“Alright, it’s almost lunchtime. Let’s go eat,” Lin Guo’er said with a smile.

“Yeah, let’s go, Shilin. Don’t worry, the Han Family won’t be able to threaten you,” Lin Kuang added with a smile of his own.

Liu Shilin nodded, and the three of them left the office.

By this time, Duoduo and Susu had already prepared lunch—all takeout, of course.

Duoduo’s innocent, pretty face was etched with grievance. Clearly, Han Qiaoqiao’s verbal abuse had made her very unhappy.

“Come here, little Duoduo, let big sister give you a kiss,” Lin Guo’er said, seeing Duoduo’s aggrieved look. The next moment, she took Duoduo’s pretty face in her hands and, with her fiery red lips, planted a firm kiss on her cheek.

Duoduo’s little face immediately flushed crimson, and her beautiful eyes filled with shyness.

“Alright now, don’t be angry anymore. If a dog bites you, are you going to bite it back? Tomorrow, you can have your big brother Lin Kuang get revenge for you. For now, just relax and eat,” Lin Guo’er said cheerfully.

At this point, Liu Shilin, Susu, and the others also chimed in with words of comfort, and Duoduo finally felt much better.

While eating lunch, Duoduo and Susu eagerly asked how the matter with Han Qiaoqiao had been resolved. Liu Shilin hadn’t wanted to say anything, but left with no choice, she told them everything.

Hearing Liu Shilin’s words, Duoduo and Susu were so disturbed that they completely lost their appetites.

The group struggled through lunch and then returned to work, but everyone’s spirits remained low. A dark cloud seemed to loom over their heads. The entire company’s atmosphere grew oppressive, lacking its usual cheerfulness.

Seeing the women looking so unhappy, Lin Kuang’s heart suddenly ached. The once lively group had fallen silent, and it soured his own mood.

With that thought, he returned to Liu Shilin’s office. He sat on the sofa and sent a text to Zhang Lianmei, asking her to investigate the Han Family and tell him everything about their background. If they had a criminal record, that would be even better.

After sending the text, Lin Kuang began to wait.

Around three-thirty in the afternoon, his phone finally chimed.

He pulled it out and saw a text from Zhang Lianmei. It contained a URL, a username, and a login password, along with a message.

“This is all the information I have on the Han Family. If you want to know more, call Hu Run. He might know something else.”

Lin Kuang didn’t reply and instead turned on the computer. This computer was originally for the secretary, but since no one was there, Lin Kuang didn’t hesitate to use it. He deftly typed the web address into the navigation bar. Once the page loaded, he entered the username and password into the corresponding fields and pressed Enter.

The next moment, information about the Han Family appeared on the screen.

Lin Kuang read it carefully.

From the file, he learned that the Han Family was in the real estate business. They also owned a clothing company, which had recently been handed over to Han Qiaoqiao to manage. As he continued scrolling, some of the Han Family’s secrets began to emerge.

The Han Family had collaborated with Liu Tiecheng on several dark transactions. These typically involved paying Liu Tiecheng to send his men to deal with “holdouts”—stubborn property owners who refused to move.

Of course, that wasn’t the most important part. What truly mattered was that Lin Kuang saw in the files that the Han Family was secretly smuggling drugs and selling them to underworld figures in East Sea.

This discovery surprised him. Normally, drugs were a business monopolized by the gangs. The fact that the Han Family could get their hands on a supply—without anyone from the underworld stopping them—meant they were far from simple. It could even be said that there was some unknown Energy backing the Han Family. Otherwise, how would a minor family like theirs dare to steal business right out from under the nose of East Sea’s underworld?

However, the file didn’t specify what kind of hidden force was behind the Han Family.

Lin Kuang wasn’t disappointed. On the contrary, this seemed normal to him. For the Han Family to have come this far, they must have someone or some power behind them that even East Sea’s underworld feared. It was only natural that Zhang Lianmei wouldn’t know about such deep-seated connections.

Looks like my only option is to call Hu Run and see what that guy knows, he thought.

With that, Lin Kuang quickly dialed the City Bureau’s main line to ask for Hu Run directly, since he didn’t have his cell number.

“Hello, this is the office of the Chief of the City Bureau,” a woman’s voice answered. She was obviously the secretary.

“Hello, please connect me to Chief Hu. Tell him it’s Lin Kuang,” he said coolly.

Normally, the secretary wouldn’t have transferred such a call. But for some unknown reason, upon hearing the name “Lin Kuang,” she subconsciously put the call through to Hu Run’s office. After doing so, the secretary froze, realizing her mistake. It was too late to do anything, and her face turned ugly as she imagined the punishment Hu Run would surely mete out.

“Hello,” Hu Run said as he answered, feeling somewhat annoyed. What is Secretary Li thinking? Transferring a call without my permission and without an appointment? However, he would soon be grateful that Secretary Li had put the call through.

“Hello, Chief Hu. This is Lin Kuang,” Lin Kuang stated plainly from the other end of the line.

The annoyance Hu Run felt vanished as if doused with cold water, and he was instantly wide awake.

“Mr. Lin, hello! Please wait a moment, I’ll call you back from my personal cell,” Hu Run said hastily.

“Alright, I’ll wait for your call,” Lin Kuang replied calmly before hanging up.

Hu Run immediately called Secretary Li’s extension. The secretary picked up, expecting a tongue-lashing. Instead, to her immense relief, Hu Run simply asked for the phone number of the man who had just called.

Once he had Lin Kuang’s number, Hu Run wasted no time calling him from his personal cell phone.

“Hello,” Lin Kuang answered.

“Mr. Lin, hello. This is Hu Run,” he said cautiously. After all, Lin Kuang had compromising videos of him, and he certainly didn’t want to get on his bad side.

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