Supremely Talented Tyrant-Chapter 525: Starting with the Dead

Pan Jiyuan was clenching his fists tightly at that moment, truly wishing he could kill Hao Jian.

However, if someone were to kill Hao Jian first, it should be Song Kexin, right? How could Hao Jian reject her in front of another woman? Wasn't that saying she was inferior to Chen Zhiyan?

Song Kexin was shaking with anger, her charming face now full of hatred.

But Hao Jian didn't look at her again; instead, he turned his head and ingratiated himself to Chen Zhiyan, saying, "Minister Chen, shall we go? It's my treat!"

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Chen Zhiyan couldn't help but laugh, amused by Hao Jian. This guy really knew how to infuriate people without paying the price, deliberately provoking Guo Bixi and the others.

With a playful and charming smile, Chen Zhiyan said, "You're really bad!"

Pan Jiyuan was dumbfounded. Was Chen Zhiyan actually coquettish?

Hao Jian laughed heartily and said, "Bad boys are loved by women, aren't they?"

"Since it's a welcome dinner for you, how can I let you pay? I'll cover it today." said Chen Zhiyan.

"Hey, no need, I just made a killing today, let me treat!" Hao Jian showed Chen Zhiyan a big stack of cash he had in his arms.

"Wow! That much money?" Chen Zhiyan couldn't help but be astonished.

"Yeah, I don't have much else, but I do have plenty of money. Let's go! I'll take you somewhere delicious!" Hao Jian put his arm around Chen Zhiyan's shoulders with an overfamiliar air.

Guo Bixi was so angry he felt like vomiting blood. Damn it, was this scumbag actually showing off with his money?

"Why don't we just kill him?" Pan Jiyuan roared angrily, unable to bear watching Chen Zhiyan being taken away by Hao Jian, his murderous intent growing.

"Do you think I don't want to? If we killed him, wouldn't the headquarters become suspicious? If they send someone else here, what good would that do us?" Guo Bixi snorted coldly, his gaze filled with venom: "At least we can bribe this guy. As long as we give him some benefits, I believe he'll obey us like a good dog."

"So I have to sacrifice my woman for that? You know how much I like Chen Zhiyan!" complained Pan Jiyuan vexingly.

"Idiot, it's just a woman. Is she worth all this fuss? Think about the money you embezzle every month, what's more important, money or a woman?" Guo Bixi glared at Pan Jiyuan.

Pan Jiyuan was at a loss for words but still said resentfully, "Without this guy, I could have had both wealth and the woman!"

"Relax, this guy is just a temporary transfer from headquarters; he won't be here forever. There will come a day when he leaves. Plus, you know how difficult it is to get with Chen Zhiyan. It won't be easy for this guy to win her over." Guo Bixi reassured Pan Jiyuan.

Then, Guo Bixi sternly said to both of them, "The urgent matter at hand is to secure this guy on our side. Once we've corrupted him, won't he dance to our tune? Then he wouldn't dare compete with you for a woman."

Pan Jiyuan snorted coldly and finally stopped complaining.

Immediately after, Guo Bixi turned to Song Kexin: "Song Kexin, I don't care how you do it, but you must make that guy infatuated with you, and make Chen Zhiyan aware of your ambiguous relationship with him, causing her to dislike him!"

"Don't worry, I know what to do!" Song Kexin said with a vengeful expression. The recent behavior of Hao Jian had completely infuriated her, and she vowed to toy with Hao Jian and then cruelly dump him, letting him learn the consequences of offending her!

All men bewitched by Song Kexin met extremely miserable ends, ranging from family breakup to utter ruin.

Song Kexin was comparable to the Enchantress Daji, driving men mad with love before cruelly casting them aside.

Immediately after, Guo Bixi looked toward the doorway with a hint of chill on his lips: "A clown jumping on stage, trying to leap around in front of me, not knowing whether he's alive or dead!"

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Meanwhile, Chen Zhiyan and Hao Jian were dining in a restaurant, repeating what Guo Bixi had just said: "Just a clown. You're going to take care of it yourself, right?"

Hao Jian scoffed and said, "My wife went to France, so naturally I have to protect the group. Besides, I'm free anyway, might as well find something to do."

"So you came to bully Guo Bixi?" Chen Zhiyan teased.

"How can you say I'm bullying him? He's so smart, we're evenly matched, okay?" Hao Jian said in surprise.

"Don't flatter yourself, Guo Bixi and the others are completely playing you for a fool, and they still have no idea who you really are. Tell me the truth, is it really that interesting to bully those weaker than yourself?"

Hao Jian thought for a moment, then looked up seriously and said, "It's very interesting!"

Chen Zhiyan rolled her eyes, finding herself at a loss for words.

At that moment, Hao Jian changed the subject, "By the way, have you been here long enough to collect evidence that could take down Guo Bixi in one fell swoop?"

"You wouldn't believe it, but yes." Chen Zhiyan nodded, recalling someone, "There was an old head of the design department in this company who worked diligently for over a decade. He was assigned to this branch office by headquarters, but he jumped to his death in less than half a year after starting here. And then Guo Bixi's nephew, Pan Jiyuan, took over his position and became the new head. I think there's something fishy about this whole thing."

"Pan Jiyuan is Guo Bixi's nephew?" Hao Jian was taken aback by this information. "When did this happen?"

"Two years ago. Since it was a suicide, it was not considered a work-related injury, so the company refused to pay any compensation. His family has insisted that the head would not have committed suicide and has been in litigation with the company for two years now, asking for compensation. But so far, they've gotten nowhere," Chen Zhiyan explained, clearly having delved deeply into the matter.

"Did nobody investigate this?" Hao Jian was puzzled; such a significant event had occurred, yet there was no whisper of it.

Chen Zhiyan gave another eye roll, "Guo Bixi rules the company with an iron fist—who dares to gossip? Speak out of turn, and you're fired, no one wants to take that risk. Since Guo Bixi has put a lid on this information, no one knows about it. Had I not worked here for a month and overheard people mention it accidentally, I probably would never have known that this happened."

"Take me to see the family of that head!" Hao Jian decided resolutely, perhaps taking down Guo Bixi would start with this dead man.

Immediately after, Chen Zhiyan drove Hao Jian to the family's home, only to discover shockingly that they were living right in the middle of a dump!

"They... live here?!" Hao Jian, looking at the foul-smelling dump cluttered with various kinds of waste and crawling with flies and cockroaches, asked Chen Zhiyan incredulously, Is this place fit for people to live in?

"Surprised? I was too when I first came here. How could the family of a former executive earning a million a year live in such dire straits? Even if their luck had turned, they should still have had a million in savings over those years, right?" Chen Zhiyan sighed.

"What led them to such a downfall?"

"The lawsuit!"

"The lawsuit?"

"Qiu Shaohong, the head of the department, after his death his wife insisted he did not commit suicide but was killed by someone. So she has been constantly suing Guo Bixi. Consequently, over the past two years, all the family's savings have gone to lawyers' fees," Chen Zhiyan answered.

Hearing this, Hao Jian's facial muscles twitched, and his voice turned hoarse, "They... they just want some justice!"

Hao Jian knew without a doubt that Qiu Shaohong must have been harmed by Guo Bixi. If he committed suicide after less than half a year at the company, then why was there nothing wrong during over a decade at headquarters? It was too suspicious that it happened right after he transferred here.

In Hao Jian's view, Qiu Shaohong must have discovered some secret of Guo Bixi's but refused to be complicit in his corruption, which led to Guo Bixi's retaliation!

"I hope you can be the justice they seek," Chen Zhiyan said, glancing at Hao Jian, then leading the way.

Clenching his fists, Hao Jian followed her.

But as they approached the dump, they heard the sound of a fierce quarrel.

"From tomorrow on, you must move out of here, or I won't be polite!" a man said coldly, carrying a briefcase under his arm and holding a handkerchief over his nose and mouth, disgust apparent on his face as he looked at the disheveled woman in front of him.

Behind him stood several men in black, all staring menacingly at the woman.

"Please, we won't affect you by living here, don't drive us away!" the woman pleaded. It was the only place she and her daughter could call home; if they couldn't stay there, they'd have no choice but to sleep on the streets.

"I can't allow it. Did you not know this dump is mine? Who gave you permission to live here? And you even dare set up a shelter, you've got some nerve!" the man huffed. He was the owner of the dump and had gotten angry when his subordinates told him that a mother and son had moved into the dump and had been living there for over half a year. He immediately decided to evict them.

Upon seeing the smelly, disheveled woman, a deep disgust welled up in his heart, and he resolved to not allow her to stay any longer, simply because he couldn't stand the sight of her.

"Please, have mercy! My daughter and I have nowhere else to go, and my mother-in-law is severely ill. If you drive us away, we'll freeze to death on the streets!" the woman said with sobbing voice, choked up and overwhelmed with helplessness.

"That's Qiu Shaohong's wife, Ye Mei. Those bastards. They're not even close to the dump, their living here doesn't affect them, and yet they still come to chase them away. It's completely overbearing!" Chen Zhiyan gritted her teeth in anger; the middle-aged man was clearly just looking for trouble.

On hearing Ye Mei's words, the middle-aged man suddenly sneered sardonically, "The stench on you is even stronger than the dump's. I'm afraid if you keep living here, you'll stink up my whole dump!"