The atmosphere in the private room became eerie all of a sudden.

Wan Yide, being the organizer.

And as the leader of this small group, his reaction was the quickest.

After a brief moment of stupefaction, he calmed down immediately.

"Ah Zhong, is this brother...a policeman?" Wan Yide was the first to ask.

Hou Yuan’s face changed drastically: "Huang Zhaozhong, what the hell do you mean!"

After speaking, Hou Yuan seemed to realize that his tone was off, just as Wan Yide’s gaze glared over.

Huang Zhaozhong patiently explained with a smile: "Everyone, don’t rush. Mr. Chen is not a policeman, just a police consultant. And Mr. Chen is not from Hai City, he’s from Dongzhou in Jiang Province."

Chen Xiao took this time to shake hands with Wan Yide and the others one by one.

When he got to Hou Yuan, Chen Xiao proactively reached out his hand and said:

"Boss Hou doesn’t need to be so tense facing me as if facing an enemy..."

"I’m not tense!" Hou Yuan quickly replied.

Wan Yide immediately frowned: "Why are you so anxious? Mr. Chen is a guest, interrupting his speech like this, is it polite?"

Hou Yuan bit his cheeks and said in a deep voice, "Sorry, Mr. Chen."

"No problem, today’s meeting with you gentlemen has nothing to do with the Deng Family. So, let’s chat and eat."

Wan Yide nodded repeatedly: "Right, right, right, by Ah Zhong’s introduction earlier, Mr. Chen is also the president of Shencheng City Dragon Cauldron, correct?"

Chen Xiao smiled and nodded: "Yes, Shencheng City’s Dragon Cauldron and Dong’an in Dongzhou are both my enterprises. Additionally, I wonder if you all are aware of the recent stir regarding the Chinese investment?"

"Of course, I’ve heard about it! But it seems the situation has changed, the Chinese boss only made a small investment in Celestial Valley, while the major investment was placed elsewhere. It seems to be Dongzhou!"

As Wan Yide spoke, his gaze revealed a look of astonishment.

Chen Xiao chuckled: "It seems Boss Wan has already guessed, that’s right...that’s also me."

Wan Yide directly gave a thumbs up: "Truly meeting a marvel! I always thought policemen were just policemen, and businessmen were just businessmen. Until today, I realized one could be like a policeman while also thriving in the business world!"

"The main thing is, President Chen managed to draw such a large investment using police tactics! It’s said that this investment is the largest since the founding of Jiang Province Dongzhou!"

"You could say that!"

"Impressive, impressive! I truly admire you with all my heart!"

Chen Xiao could already figure out what kind of person Wan Yide was.

The expressions on this person’s face, combined with the words from his mouth, definitely had enough power to charm people.

Even making Chen Xiao once doubt whether Wan Yide truly admired him.

Unfortunately, Chen Xiao still remembered his purpose for coming here.

This evening’s gathering was to deal with Huang Zhaozhong.

How to deal with it?

Wan Yide and Hou Yuan certainly dared not directly eliminate Huang Zhaozhong.

But evidently, there would be commercial pressure, then using this opportunity to gradually nibble away at Huang Zhaozhong!

After everyone was seated, Hou Yuan appeared somewhat distracted, his face growing increasingly anxious.

After taking the first sip of wine, Wan Yide didn’t make his good buddy Hou Yuan wait long, and he proactively spoke:

"Today, on Ah Zhong’s introduction, I had the fortune to meet President Chen, a prodigy able to straddle both criminal investigation and business!"

"Just today Mr. Chen happened to arrive, I think those related cases we heard about earlier should be investigated by Mr. Chen, right?"

"If you’re referring to the post on the internet that later instigated Jiang Province to reopen the investigation on the Marquis Jinguang’s Tomb case, then yes." Chen Xiao replied.

Wan Yide nodded with a smile: "It’s said that case has settled, all criminal suspects have been apprehended, correct?"

"Yes."

"I wonder if I may ask, who posted that online post?"

Chen Xiao pursed his lips: "That question is certainly answerable, but before answering it, another matter comes to my mind."

"Oh?" Wan Yide looked curious.

Chen Xiao continued: "In the online post, we also found a recording. In that recording, we couldn’t distinguish who were speaking, but after interacting with you all today, I suddenly realized why does one person’s voice sound very much like Boss Wan’s!"

At the start of the Marquis Jinguang’s Tomb case reinvestigation, to compel Chen Xiao to take action, Huang Zhaozhong released that audio file.

To fully grasp clues, Liao Cheng had arranged a batch of police to come to Hai City.

Half were to monitor Wan Yide, half to monitor Huang Zhaozhong.

However, until the case ended, this arrangement didn’t have any further action or yield results.

In other words, neither Wan Yide nor Huang Zhaozhong knew they had been monitored.

Now that the case was over, regardless of whether it was Wan Yide, Huang Zhaozhong, or everyone at that dinner party, none of them wanted to admit they were the people in the recording!

Chen Xiao’s purpose of coming with Huang Zhaozhong was precisely to assist Huang Zhaozhong and to see if he could make Wan Yide’s De Yitong also work for him.

At this moment, Chen Xiao was questioning Wan Yide, whose gaze narrowed, smiled, and said:

"How could it sound like my voice! President Chen, perhaps you heard wrong?"

"I don’t think so, and deducing it, it’s highly probable that it’s Boss Wan!" Chen Xiao laughed while talking, his gaze turning to Hou Yuan, he continued:

"Among the apprehended criminal suspects, Boss Hou’s father-in-law and brother-in-law are key suspects. Boss Hou is Deng Hu’s only son-in-law, how could he not know anything?"

Chen Xiao seemed to have entered deduction mode, his eyes becoming exceedingly vigilant.

"Moreover, looking at Boss Hou’s actions, they are horses following Boss Wan’s lead. So if Boss Hou knew the secrets of his father-in-law, would he detail them to Boss Wan?"

"Now, when that recording is listened to, it truly seems to match the voices of you two!"

Here, Chen Xiao looked sharply at Wan Yide, as if speaking to himself, said:

"Could it be I missed something? Or are you two also involved..."

Wan Yide’s face dramatically changed.

Tonight’s banquet was originally Wan Yide’s plan to use the opportunity to oppress Huang Zhaozhong.

Even though Huang Zhaozhong’s Zhaolitong couldn’t compare to his De Yitong.

But Huang Zhaozhong still occupies a large portion of the market!

Moreover, although their small team had long lost its relevance, it was still useful when nominally intact.

For instance, directly accusing Huang Zhaozhong of betraying brothers, then the others joining forces to suppress him, eventually each chipping off a piece from Huang Zhaozhong!

However, Wan Yide could never have imagined that Huang Zhaozhong was actually with Chen Xiao!

Nor did he expect that with Chen Xiao’s unforeseen presence before them, he would begin to stir trouble trying to push them into an irrecoverable plight.

Wan Yide was certain that as long as Chen Xiao wished, he could confirm in no time that it was them in the recording!

If it were them, Chen Xiao had full authority to take them away!

Once taken away, Hou Yuan might not mind, but Wan Yide couldn’t bear it!

His reputation, along with his De Yitong, would suffer a collapse like an avalanche in a short time!

Because he was intending to go public lately!

So without thinking twice, Wan Yide picked up the wine bottle, bent over with a face full of accompanying smiles, respectfully walked to Chen Xiao’s side:

"President Chen, today let’s just drink and chat about feelings, not discuss business!"