novelraw Chapter 554 : Circles Are All About Interests and Favors
Chapter 554 : Circles Are All About Interests and Favors
Chapter 554: Circles Are All About Interests and Favors
"Look, look at this car... it's accelerating against traffic..."
Tong Yao's eyes suddenly widened, pointing at the video with a shocked expression.
"Is this car targeting... Chen Fan's girlfriend?"
Yan Qing nodded.
"That's right. It's her!"
"You can see from the video that this car didn't lose control. It suddenly turned out of the queue while waiting for the traffic light and accelerated against traffic..."
"This indicates that all the car's actions were intentional. Its original target was Chen Fan's girlfriend."
Tong Yao looked dazed: "So... Chen Fan had to run the red light to save his girlfriend, and ended up colliding with this car?"
Yan Qing nodded, "That's how it looks from the video."
"Look, this black sedan accelerated extremely fast. By the time the two cars collided, its speed must have reached at least 100 km/h. If Chen Fan hadn't rushed out, and it had hit this girl..."
Tong Yao felt her throat go dry and rough. She swallowed hard and finished Yan Qing's conclusion.
"Chen Fan's girlfriend... would have died for sure."
Seeing Yan Qing nod, Tong Yao asked excitedly: "If they've already obtained the surveillance video, why haven't any departments in Yunhai taken any action? Why are they letting the incident ferment?"
Before Yan Qing could speak, Nalan Wan'er next to them scoffed.
"Isn't it obvious? There's a hidden hand manipulating things."
Seeing Tong Yao look over, Nalan Wan'er pointed out, "From the moment this driver had the accident, to various topics being steered online, to now when relevant departments are keeping silent, doesn't all this show that there's a hidden hand controlling everything?"
"Moreover, I can be certain that the person hiding behind this has a significant background. I can even guess that their goal from the beginning was to target Chen Fan."
"Including this accident targeting Chen Fan's girlfriend, it was actually meant to deal with Chen Fan."
Yan Qing looked at Nalan Wan'er with admiration.
Although this girl was much younger than Tong Yao, her ability to analyze situations definitely far surpassed Tong Yao, who was relatively naive.
Indeed, she lived up to being a child from a prominent family.
"How can they do this!"
After figuring it out, Tong Yao angrily slammed the table.
"These people are going too far."
"I'm going to call my dad and get justice for Chen Fan."
Yan Qing chuckled.
"Actually, you don't need to make this call. I think the leadership of Yunhai is already having enough of a headache."
"For the whole case, it's not difficult to clarify the facts. The main issue now is Chen Fan's outcome. Whether he can safely extricate himself from the public opinion surrounding this car accident."
Nalan Wan'er said coolly: "That depends on how much resolve Yunhai's leadership has to protect him."
"If a leader steps forward, Chen Fan might not be in trouble."
"If no one is willing to stand up for him, then Chen Fan... even if he wakes up, he probably won't escape prison."
Yan Qing chuckled, "Based on what I know about him, Chen Fan seems to have only risen in the past two years. I guess he doesn't have any powerful backers up there."
Nalan Wan'er shook her head.
"Then he's finished."
However, Yan Qing continued: "Of course, I'm not saying this absolutely. After all, we have one of Chen Fan's connections right in front of us."
After saying this, everyone looked at Tong Yao simultaneously.
"Me?"
Tong Yao was stunned for a moment, then her pretty face turned red. She lightly spat: "Brother Qing, don't talk nonsense. Chen Fan and I are just ordinary friends."
Yan Qing teasingly smiled: "I don't care what your relationship with Chen Fan is. The point now is whether Yunhai, or rather your dad, wants to protect him?"
Tong Yao had actually been anxious about Chen Fan's situation, but hearing Yan Qing's teasing, she blushed and coldly snorted:
"Why should my dad protect him? My dad doesn't even know him?"
"That may not be the case," Yan Qing explained with a smile: "Don't forget Chen Fan's identity. Let's not mention the club in his hands, just consider Feifan Technology he owns. This is a genuine emerging internet company."
"Although established for just under 3 years, Feifan Technology's achievements are obvious to all."
"Not just in Yunhai, even nationwide, Feifan Technology is one of the top internet giants."
"Are you sure Yunhai doesn't want such a star enterprise?"
At this point, Yan Qing suddenly grinned, "If Yunhai's leadership doesn't want it, I could try to find a way to let Chen Fan move Feifan Technology to the provincial capital. Maybe it could even add to my dad's political achievements."
Hearing this, Tong Yao disagreed.
"What are you doing, Brother Qing? You're openly snatching. That's not how you play."
"Who said we don't want it? Chen Fan went to university in Yunhai, and Feifan Technology is our Yunhai enterprise."
"No one is allowed to snatch it."
After saying this, Tong Yao suddenly stood up and said somewhat impatiently:
"I'm going home to find my dad now. Hmph!"
Seeing the girl hurry away, Yan Qing shook his head with a smile.
Nalan Wan'er looked at Yan Qing with a strange expression.
"You did that on purpose. You really want to help Chen Fan?"
Yan Qing asked back: "Don't you want to help him?"
Nalan Wan'er was silent for two seconds, then said coolly: "I'm not close to him."
Yan Qing was amused inwardly. Not close? I wonder who's been cursing Chen Fan every day lately, even neglecting band practice.
"How should I put it? Although I've only met him a few times, I have a good impression of him."
"Moreover, he helped me win the race a few days ago, which saved face for our circle, so I owe him a favor."
"You should understand clearly that in our circle, it's all about interests and favors."
"If I help him now, it becomes him owing me a favor. In the future, if I need him to do something, how could he refuse?"
Nalan Wan'er looked at Yan Qing: "You seem to value him highly?"
Yan Qing didn't avoid the question: "There aren't many people I, Yan Qing, think highly of. He's one of them."
"At such a young age, he's self-made. Moreover, this kid seems to be all-rounded, racing, creating, doing business, he can do everything. I think he's quite remarkable."
Nalan Wan'er was silent for two seconds before speaking.
"Even if Yunhai wants to protect him, it probably won't be that simple. The public opinion online has already blown up."
Yan Qing just smiled.
"In this kind of situation, how fiercely netizens are reacting doesn't really matter."
"Then what matters?"
"What matters is whether the leaders above want to protect Chen Fan or not."
Nalan Wan'er was smart and immediately guessed something.
"Self-defense?"
Yan Qing nodded approvingly.
"Exactly."
Nalan Wan'er frowned and analyzed: "His behavior doesn't qualify as self-defense, does it?"
Yan Qing smiled: "Whether it qualifies or not isn't important. What's important is that the leaders think it's self-defense."
"The rest is just giving the outside world a plausible explanation."