218: Chapter 217: The Servant of the Citizens 218: Chapter 217: The Servant of the Citizens Dong Ling had been on a streak of bad luck; his old man had gone to jail for some reason, and several major contracts that were supposed to be signed were abruptly canceled.
The other parties didn’t even give Dong Ling an opportunity to explain, simply vanishing without a trace.
When Dong Ling tried to visit the company president in person, the secretary would always say he wasn’t in, asking Dong Ling to come back another time.
Fucking idiots, do you think I’m blind?
I’m watching your boss walk into the office, and you tell me he’s not there?
In the past, Dong Ling would have made a scene, but now things were different.
His backing had fallen, resulting in many people giving him looks as if he were the plague, wishing he would just vanish from their sight.
Tonight, he’d planned to find a girl to vent his frustrations, then think about his future.
After taking a bath and getting the foreplay out of the way, his phone rang.
Seeing it was his department manager calling, Dong Ling was tempted to curse.
One by one, they were all useless, never giving him any peace.
But business still had to be done.
The moment Dong Ling picked up the phone, he could hear the manager’s voice trembling as he told him the police had surrounded the pier.
Fuck, this was serious.
Dong Ling knew exactly what was in his containers, and if the police found out, he was as good as dead.
“Which captain is leading the team?” Dong Ling asked as he got dressed, the girl still rubbing against him, not understanding the situation.
Rub, rub, rub, keep fucking rubbing.
I’m about to die, and this bitch is still thinking about getting on the bed.
Dong Ling turned and slapped her to the ground.
The hostess didn’t even understand what was going on.
Just a moment ago in the bar, this man was so gentlemanly, especially skilled at flirting.
She had planned to use all her tricks on him tonight, but now he had turned on her in an instant?
“It’s Wang Dong personally leading the team, boss.
You better come quickly, I can stall for at most ten more minutes.” The manager’s voice was followed by noise from the other end, then him shouting to hold on a bit longer.
Dong Ling felt a headache coming on as he prepared to leave the room, but the hostess stood in front of him completely naked, extending her hand and saying, “You don’t recognize me after putting on your trousers?
Where’s my money?
If you don’t leave the cash here today, I’ll accuse you of rape.”
“Fuck off.” Dong Ling slapped her again.
Even at this critical moment, this bitch was still after money.
But it was an age-old truth: a whore wants to look pretty, a madam wants her cash, and stirring up trouble wouldn’t do anyone any good.
Instead of getting angry, the hostess looked at him with cold eyes.
“You can slap me, but if you don’t cough up the money today, you’ll be waiting for a court summons.”
“Fine, fine, fine.” Dong Ling spat out three ‘fines’ in a row.
Back when he was powerful, who would dare speak to him like this?
But now that he had no backers, all sorts of dragons and ghosts came out to torment him.
Humph, they think I’m a pushover?
Despite his defiance, facing her immovable stance, Dong Ling pulled out a stack of bills from his wallet and threw it in her face, sneering, “Once this is over, wait for me to have every man play you to death.”
“Sure, but we’ll have to negotiate the price,” the hostess said in a flippant tone.
“My body is only worth so much.
Play however you want, I don’t mind.”
Dong Ling pushed her aside and left.
The hostess picked up the scattered bills on the floor and disparagingly said, “What a piece of shit.
Clearly impotent.”
After the man left, the hostess, despite being slapped twice, had made a fair amount of money.
Dressed and swaying her hips, she went back into the bar to see if she could pick up more business.
Dong Ling drove frantically to East Bay Pier, where he saw numerous police officers armed and on guard as he entered the cordoned area.
Dong Ling stopped the car and tried to go in, but the police, unlike before, wouldn’t let him pass at any cost.
“Look, here’s the main person in charge of Totem.
Is he involved in this case?” a media anchor spotted Dong Ling and rushed over with the camera crew.
“Hello, I’m a reporter from Sunan Newspaper.
What’s your view on this operation?” The female anchor raised the microphone to Dong Ling’s mouth and asked.
Views?
Right now I want to fuck your whole family up, that’s my view.
Dong Ling, mustering years of cultivated presence, forced a smile and told the anchor, “I believe this police operation is utterly baseless.
Our Totem company is known for abiding by the law; therefore, the police’s deployment will surely prove fruitless.”
“The last time a pornographic video was played on your company’s indoor LED billboards, what was that about?
Can you explain?” The female anchor pressed aggressively.
Dong Ling wanted to throw the microphone in her face and spit on her.
Fucking hell, always bringing up the worst.
“I believe everything will come to light.
Please don’t engage in wild speculation here.” Dong Ling saw Zhou walking into view, and with a wave of his arm, he called out, “Director Zhou, I’m Dong Ling, I need to go in.”
Zhou had seen Dong Ling arriving early on and had deliberately told his officers to stall him, just to give Dong Ling a hard time.
But now that Dong Ling was calling out to him, he couldn’t refuse to let him in—after all, Dong Ling was the one in charge of the company.
Zhou waved his hand to signal the officers to let Dong Ling through.
Upon seeing Zhou, Dong Ling smiled and asked, “Uncle Wang, what brings you to our loading spot today?”
“It’s not a matter of interest, we received a tip-off that there’s drug trafficking in one of your containers, and we’re ordered to inspect it,” Zhou said sternly.
“Rest assured, we have a search warrant.
If there’s nothing to find, we’ll withdraw.”
“This…” Dong Ling couldn’t just cavalierly tell them to search at will.
What to do now?
His own father was still in custody, and if anything went wrong, he couldn’t smooth it over immediately.
“Uncle Wang, you and my father have been colleagues for over twenty years.
Can’t you look the other way just this once?
I’ll make sure to repay you generously another day.”
“We are servants of the citizens, we can’t let any personal connections stop us from protecting the people.
Don’t say another word, I’m determined,” Zhou replied with unyielding righteousness.