Chapter 316 — Word of the Right Elder
Years of Heartflutter · Page 4 of 5
"That would be wonderful!" Yang Ce hadn't expected to be able to use official resources to hunt for the backer's
trail. That would make things much easier for him—he wouldn't be so much on the back foot.
"Although I don't know whether this so-called backer actually has any connection to the Right Elder, since you
put it that way, I'll take your word for it for now," Xia Donghai said, then switched tack. "But if they really
are connected, then the Right Elder matter falls entirely to you as well. You can't refuse this time, can you?"
"Huh?" Yang Ce realized that Xia Donghai had led him around in such a big circle only to reel him in
in the end. It seemed Xia Donghai had never cared from the start whether that backer had anything to do with the Right Elder.
What he cared about was getting Yang Ce to lead the team and help him capture the Right Elder!
"What? Still unwilling?" Xia Donghai asked.
"You think too highly of me." By now, even if Yang Ce wanted to refuse, it was impossible. He could only say,
"If I go, all I can do is try my best. If it goes south, don't blame me."
"Who can guarantee success? Especially against such a terrifying fellow." Xia Donghai laughed. "No deadline for you either—just do your best. I can even apply for a hefty budget for you!" "I'm not short on money..." Yang Ce broke into a sweat. "I'm afraid I won't make it back alive."
"Don't worry, Xia Xue will be with you too—that's settled. She was involved in the Right Elder case back then as well,
so she'll be the police representative." Xia Donghai said. "If it really were that terrifying,
why would I let Xia Xue go too?"
"You just want her to earn some credit, don't you?" Yang Ce said with disdain. "You think I don't know what you're up to?"
"But I'll have experts accompany you both," Xia Donghai said. "They're the top
experts in our organization, so you needn't worry about safety."
"Fine, fine. I'll consider this tentatively accepted. I'll think it over when I get back." Yang Ce had no choice
but to say that.
"Then I'll take that as a yes." Xia Donghai laughed. "I'll get in touch with our people in Jingshan
and have them take the case over from the police station."
"Let's leave it at that for now. I wish I'd never made this call." Yang Ce hung up, his enthusiasm thoroughly dampened.
"How did it go?" Seeing Yang Ce hang up the phone, Captain Zhang hurriedly asked.
"It's settled. Our people will head to the Jingshan Procurement Bureau shortly and take the case over. You should go back to your work now
and see to the handover. A case like this is easier for us to handle than for you." Yang Yanzhou said.
"Thank you so much... I can tell Mr. Yang paid a considerable price for this, didn't he..." Captain
Zhang had just overheard the conversation between Yang Ce and Xia Donghai, so he naturally knew that Yang Ce had been forced to agree to carry out a certain
extremely dangerous task, and he felt somewhat ashamed.
"It's nothing. This was bound to land on my head sooner or later." Yang Ce shrugged. "You don't need to take it to heart."
"Ha ha, from now on, whenever Mr. Yang has any business in Jingshan, I will do everything in my power." Captain Zhang knew that Yang Ce
had paid a rather large price. Though he had spoken lightly of it, the captain knew it could not possibly be so simple.
"Ha ha, then I'll thank you in advance." Yang Xu smiled politely.
"It is I who should thank you. Otherwise this case really would have had no leads." Captain Zhang said courteously as well.
"Since that's the case, I'll be going first. I still have school tomorrow. I'll leave you my phone number—if anything comes up,
contact me anytime." Yang Ce was afraid Sun Jie would grow impatient waiting, so he said this.
"All right." Captain Zhang escorted Yang Ce out of the car. Xiao Tang was rather surprised, not understanding how Captain Zhang and Yan