Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 1066: Chapter 166: Ants, Big Tree!

Chen Yucheng let out a cold scoff, his tone tinged with a trace of bleakness, disappointment, and indignation.

Bai Xiaosheng was momentarily startled, then he became solemn.

Afterward, Bai Xiaosheng stood up, pointing in one direction, ”Let’s go over there to talk!”

Bai Xiaosheng was pointing in the direction of the balcony, where there were two wicker chairs and a coffee table.

Talking there, even if Lin Weiwei and the other two came out and saw this scene, they would naturally understand that the two had secrets to discuss and would not disturb them.

Chen Yucheng nodded understandingly and headed for the balcony.

Eventually, the two sat facing each other.

Outside the window was an obscure night sky, while beneath them the city shone brilliantly.

After sitting down, Bai Xiaosheng looked at Chen Yucheng and suddenly smiled, ”I should thank you.”

”For what?” Chen Yucheng was taken aback.

Why was Bai Xiaosheng suddenly saying such a strange thing out of the blue?

”I thank you for sharing such important secrets with me on the very first day we decided to cooperate!” Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile, ”Thank you for your trust.”

Chen Yucheng looked at Bai Xiaosheng, his eyes calm, ”I trust you because I have investigated you for a long time and analyzed who you are as a person; I just believe in my own judgment!”

”And also, Elder Xia trusts you. Or rather, Elder Xia approves of your character.”

”My true and unwavering trust is with Elder Xia!”

Even though Chen Yucheng said this, Bai Xiaosheng’s smile remained unchanged, ”So, I have to thank you. For having a comprehensive understanding and judgment of me!”

Bai Xiaosheng’s seemingly casual banter was actually meant to help Chen Yucheng calm down.

To prevent him from impulsively saying something he didn’t want to say and then regretting it.

Chen Yucheng naturally understood, and immediately responded with a thankful smile.

However, he then looked seriously at Bai Xiaosheng and said earnestly, ”Would you still like to continue listening?”

”Please go ahead!”

Bai Xiaosheng gestured for him to speak.

”If I tell you that these matters are troublesome, seriously troublesome, would you still want to listen?” Chen Yucheng said with self-deprecating laughter, ”No, to be precise. You’ve been in trouble since you got involved in my affairs, and the issues concerning Guo Yunxin and Sun Youhe!”

”Even Elder Xia’s approval might not serve as a shelter for you!”

Chen Yucheng paused for a moment, ”But you can still back out now.”

”So, do you still want to listen?”

Chen Yucheng wasn’t exaggerating the dangers; he was quite serious.

Bai Xiaosheng laughed.

”Even if you tell me my opponents are Fang Beijun and Shen Peisheng,” Bai Xiaosheng said with a light and breezy smile, ”so what.”

”How do you know I would necessarily be afraid!”

Ever since Bai Xiaosheng had stepped into Zhenbei Group, his goal had always been one—to become the president of Zhenbei Group!

The lofty president of Zhenbei Group, afraid of a mere Grand Affairs Officer in the Greater China Region?

Absurd!

Bai Xiaosheng, with his lofty ambitions and significant status, naturally had no fear.

Chen Yucheng gazed intently at Bai Xiaosheng.

”I know that you’ve once helped the Group take down the Chen Brothers!”

”But the Chen Brothers, that was something Elder Xia personally planned, supervised the investigation, and even strategically arranged to a degree far beyond what you could imagine!”

”You merely happened to show up; you were just the last straw that broke the Chen Brothers.”

”If even Elder Xia has to plan to this extent, you know how hard it is to handle regional head-level individuals!”

”Furthermore, Chen Jiutian, that regional head, ranks only in the middle or lower tier among all regional heads.”

”Compared to regional heads, Grand Affairs Officers hold even greater power! Not to mention Shen Peisheng or Fang Beijun, even the new Grand Affairs Officers like Zheng Honghu and Li Haofeng, are much beyond any single Chen Jiutian!”

Chen Yucheng, fearing Bai Xiaosheng did not comprehend the magnitude of the situation, thus reiterated multiple times.

”So what!” Bai Xiaosheng laughed, ”You’re not trying to tell me that I am ’an ant trying to shake a tree, laughably overestimating myself,’ right?”

Chen Yucheng remained silent.

In fact, it wasn’t his intention to emphasize the opponent’s strength just to intimidate Bai Xiaosheng into retreating out of fear.

He was concerned that Bai Xiaosheng was overconfident, thereby failing to recognize the reality.

One should know, the gap between Grand Affairs Officers could also be described as huge!

”Aren’t you afraid of losing your position?” Chen Yucheng suddenly asked.

”I can’t say I am solely impartial and fearless; that would be too false and empty,” Bai Xiaosheng spoke frankly.

”I can only say I have my ideals, I have a grand goal, and I am willing to be an ant once, even if my opponent is a giant tree.”

”As you see, I am a young man, if I were to shrink back now, being cautious and hesitating, would I ever achieve my dreams and goals?”

”A lifetime without ever being crazy, how regrettable!”

Bai Xiaosheng was smiling.

”I did hear a saying, ’An ant shaking a tree is admirable, not delusional!’”

”Besides, I am not an ant, and they are not trees!”

”I am equal to my peers, so why not!”

Bai Xiaosheng didn’t make grandiose statements, yet there was an air of grandeur about him.

Chen Yucheng watched him, stared for several seconds, then suddenly smiled, ”You truly don’t know what fear is!”

From Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes, Chen Yucheng saw a fearlessness, a belief.

That will made Bai Xiaosheng appear, ”incredibly powerful!”

Although Chen Yucheng had no idea where Bai Xiaosheng’s determination came from, he couldn’t help but be infected by it!

”If you, Bai Xiaosheng, can go into ’the tiger’s mountain’ knowing full well that tigers lie there, and I, Chen Yucheng, am with you on this path, what is there to fear?”

Chen Yucheng suddenly felt a surge of high-spiritedness.

”Well then, I will speak,” said Chen Yucheng with a smile, his voice grave.

”Three years ago, when I was investigating Shen Yu, the more I investigated, the more I realized that he wasn’t just one person, but associated with many!”

”Behind him, there even were shadows of several Grand Affairs Officers and provincial industry heads!”

”At that time, I realized that Shen Yu wasn’t alone; he might just be the tip of a massive iceberg!”

”Back then, I was shocked but not afraid. I was eager for achievements, eager to advance further, wanting to create a legendary performance by myself that no one could surpass! How brilliant that would be!”

”However, it wasn’t until I found out about the presence of the Grand Affairs Officers behind them that I realized how naive I had been.”

”In front of that Grand Affairs Officer, I, a mere newbie Affairs Officer, was as insignificant as an ant!”

”That Grand Affairs Officer, I think you’re familiar with him.”

”Grand Affairs Officer Shen Peisheng!”

Chen Yucheng’s expression grew serious as he uttered the name Shen Peisheng, his voice now even deeper.

Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes narrowed.

What that name represented was clear to the entire Affairs Department!

It was clear to the entire Greater China Region!

Shen Peisheng was a contemporary of Mr. Xiahou Qi.

After competing and failing to secure the presidency of the Greater China Region against Mr. Xiahou Qi, he became the top-ranking among the Grand Affairs Officers!

The affiliated Grand Affairs Officers, accounted for almost forty to fifty percent!

Moreover, two of them once claimed to be students of Shen Peisheng!

Not just that, even in the headquarters of Zhenbei Group, there are students of Shen Peisheng.

Years ago, Shen Peisheng was in opposition to Mr. Xiahou Qi. When voting, they were evenly matched. Mr. Xiahou Qi had no advantage whatsoever. Had Shen Peisheng not ultimately given up, he might have even won over Mr. Xiahou Qi with the votes!

Keep in mind that back then, Mr. Xiahou Qi’s temper wasn’t as good as it is now and he was very persistent about holding on to power!

However, after Shen Peisheng demonstrated his strength, Mr. Xiahou Qi actually became silent and has since kept a respectful distance, often compromising over the years!

Some even rumored that if Shen Peisheng called for something, half of the Affairs Department and half of the people in the Greater China Region would respond!

This is power!

To this day, Grand Affairs Officer Shen Peisheng is not just one person.

He is a colossal entity!

All those who respect and honor him would band together at certain junctures, capable of challenging the presidency of the Greater China Region!

From this, one can see the weight carried by the three words ”Shen Peisheng”!

”Grand Affairs Officer Shen Peisheng, was he really involved?” Bai Xiaosheng asked solemnly.

Chen Yucheng laughed bitterly.

”How could I possibly reach up to Grand Affairs Officer Shen Peisheng? You think too highly of me!”

”All I noticed is that all those people held Shen Peisheng in high regard, and these affairs subtly bore his shadow!”

”Moreover, at Shen Peisheng’s level, would he personally involve himself in such dirty matters? What he needs might just be a small hint, and countless people will rush forward to do everything unhesitatingly!”

”But to say he was completely unaware, do you think that’s possible? He is a Grand Affairs Officer, after all, his information network is far beyond anyone else!”

”When those incidents happened, he couldn’t have been altogether unaware, probably just turned a blind eye!”

Bai Xiaosheng nodded, finding it completely reasonable.

”Cheng, you just mentioned that justice at the headquarters is a joke. If so, it makes sense to say there’s dereliction of duty among the Grand Affairs Officers.”

”But what did you mean when you said Lin Yu is a joke?” Bai Xiaosheng asked curiously.

Chen Yucheng spoke with obvious anger and mockery.

He wouldn’t have such a reaction without reason.

Chen Yucheng’s demeanor turned cold.

”If other issues are merely my suspicions, and that massive organization including Guo Yunxin and Sun Youhe are just riding on Shen Peisheng’s coattails and using his reputation to act, while Shen Peisheng just turns a blind eye...”

”But on the matter of Lin Yu, I refuse to believe Shen Peisheng hasn’t made any moves!” Chen Yucheng said coldly.

”How so?” Bai Xiaosheng inquired.

Chen Yucheng’s reaction indicated he must have made some discovery.

Chen Yucheng continued —

”Three years ago, Lin Yu and I were rivals, each with our victories. He wasn’t as invincible as he is now, and his annual investigative performances weren’t that extraordinary!”

”But since I failed to investigate Shen Yu, and he managed to take down Shen Yu — a person related to Shen Peisheng — within a month, Lin Yu has been riding the wind and waves, reaching new peaks each year!”

”And since I was unconvinced, I paid special attention to him, following him for three years. After analyzing, I found out—”

”Among the people investigated by Lin Yu, many bear the mark of Shen Peisheng’s side!”

”Think about it; the people supporting Shen Peisheng were exposed by Shen Peisheng’s student! How selflessly impartial and admirable!”

”However, I discovered that after these people were investigated, not one was severely penalized. Most of them were demoted and repositioned after a year or half, with hardly anyone fired!”

”Even the likes of Shen Yu, if they really were fired, once out, mysteriously set up businesses and were thriving.”

”Don’t you think there’s something fishy here!”

Chen Yucheng asked sternly.

Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes sharpened.

Indeed, there was an issue here!

”Sheng, don’t you think they are deliberately feeding accomplishments to Lin Yu to boost him up, to help him make a push for the position of Grand Affairs Officer!” Chen Yucheng took a deep breath and voiced his conclusion somberly, ”They are artificially building a Grand Affairs Officer!”

”With such maneuvers, do you believe Shen Peisheng wasn’t involved?”