Chen Miao left.
He got off the car, content, politely waved goodbye to the deputy director, and faded into the night with his cane, leaving behind the silhouette of an apparently gentlemanly figure.
Lies are always bound to be exposed one day.
Paper never wraps up fire for long.
The thread regarding Yu'er was always at risk of unraveling. Chen Miao had gambled that the deputy director wouldn't confront the Chi Family in Fengtian City; if the deputy director had truly gone to ask them, then they'd just have to play it by ear.
With nothing to lose, there wasn't much at stake.
The so-called pearl of the Chi Family, Yu'er, was actually the young girl who had mistakenly called Hungry Monkey to ask for leave, thinking he was her teacher. Later, this same young girl had called back about something else, and the information revealed through her words, upon investigation, turned out that she was indeed the precious gem of the Chi Family.
She was more than just a major figure.