Rising Dark Horse
For the next month ensuing the meeting, news of arson happening in multiple hotels and restaurants across the country increased significantly.
Though in one glance nothing looked suspicious about it, if one were to investigate further, they would discover that those buildings belonged to some members of the Chinese Communist Party, especially the ones who were actively running a campaign for prime minister election.
Of course, any rumors about it were suppressed almost immediately to prevent scandals from breaking out, with the election being less than six months away.
Only those politicians – whose property was burned – were aware of the truth of the matter. This was not an ordinary arson that portrayed the citizens' dissatisfaction with the system, but a vicious act targeted toward them. And the victims were none other than those involved in the incident a month ago when Liang Yuanjun had to leave her own campaign due to 'unforeseen circumstances'.