But... politics is cruel, and the rule of politics is the exchange of interests.
A dead person can no longer bring benefits to anyone, as long as he pays enough, he can always slowly quell this matter.
After all, after his failure to attain the position of Deputy Speaker, he was doomed not to rise in rank for the next few years, whether it was enduring five or seven years, or even ten, he would endure.
After all, his Cataclysmic ability gave him an incredibly long life.
He would always last until the day when this incident was over, and he could rise again.
But for Qiu Tu... once dead, there's no second chance.
Moreover, once Qiu Tu was dead, the relatively inexperienced Tang Feifei would no longer be able to threaten him. He could then rest easy as the local tyrant of Xinjie City....
So, after much consideration, Yan Chen felt that flipping the table and taking action to kill Qiu Tu would be more beneficial than detrimental.
Therefore, he eventually took action.