Chapter 3661: Business Is Business

"It has nothing to do with a mission. I was bored and picked up a part-time job, never thought I’d run into something like this."

Even though Lin Yi explained it very clearly,

the two of them were still confused, unable to really understand.

In their eyes, at Lin Yi’s level, he definitely wasn’t someone short of money.

And far, far above just being well-off.

When you’re free, you should be enjoying life, not going out to work a side job.

But since he’d said so himself, it would be impolite to keep pressing him.

"Let’s talk business now."

Lin Yi straightened his expression.

"I want to know the ins and outs of this matter."

"We got a call from the police in another city. They said they seized a truck and found three dead Level Two protected animals inside, and that truck belongs to Hengchi Transport Company, so once we got the call, we came over to arrest people."

"How did the police in the other city find that truck?" Lin Yi said:

"I’ve driven that kind of truck too. Under normal circumstances, they don’t check that thoroughly."

"From what they said, it sounds like someone reported it, but as for the specifics, we’ll have to call and ask."

"Alright, help me ask for the details."

"Little Wang, go make a call and ask about the situation."

"Got it."

The young officer left, and Lin Yi and Chen Tao stayed in the interrogation room.

"I feel like this might be a misunderstanding. If we explain the situation to our colleagues over there, there probably won’t be any problem."

"Don’t."

Lin Yi stopped Chen Tao.

"People are different. I can only vouch for myself, I can’t vouch for others. You handle this through the standard investigation process."

Lin Yi said:

"If Chen Yuying has no problem, that’s naturally the best. If she really does have a problem, don’t show leniency on my account."

"Since you put it like that, we’ll just do everything by the book."

"Right, you have your responsibilities too."

"Okay."

After the two chatted for a bit, the officer called Little Wang came back.

"Brother Tao, I asked. It was reported by someone. And our colleagues over there also said they’d interrogated for a long time. The driver only kept saying he didn’t know anything, and his previous record is very clean. It’s quite possible he’s been framed."

"Going by past experience, it might be a setup by a competitor." Chen Tao said.

"That possibility definitely exists." The officer named Little Wang said:

"That woman, Chen Yuying, also doesn’t seem to have any issues. She kept insisting she’s never done anything like that, and right now there’s no concrete evidence to prove she gave the orders."

Chen Tao looked at Lin Yi and said:

"Judging from what we have so far, that Chen Yuying is probably clean."

"Can you help check who made the report call?" Lin Yi said:

"If this part is inconvenient for you to handle, or hard to look into, I can find someone else to do it."

"No, no, a small matter like this, just leave it to us." Chen Tao said with a smile:

"Give me a number. Once there’s news, I’ll contact you."

"Alright."

Lin Yi nodded and left his contact information with Chen Tao.

"Go wait outside for a bit. Since there’s nothing on Chen Yuying, we have to let her go as well."

"Okay."

After gathering up his things and leaving the interrogation room, Lin Yi sat down in the lobby.

Before long, Chen Yuying also came out.

Aside from her expression being a bit serious, she looked fairly normal.

"Let’s go, back to the company first."

"Mm."

Lin Yi nodded, and the two of them took a cab back.

"What did they ask you?"

"Just got the basic situation. They saw I didn’t have any problems and let me go. What about you?"

"Pretty much the same. They told me to come clean, but if you’re upright you don’t fear a crooked shadow. They asked, I answered."

"Then they realized you had no issues and released you."

"More or less." Chen Yuying said:

"But I feel like the reason behind this isn’t simple. Maybe someone’s out to get us and set us up from the shadows."

"That’s what I’m thinking too."

Chen Yuying looked at Lin Yi.

"Remember Li Zhihao, the one we clashed with before? Do you think this could have something to do with them?"

"Before the truth comes out, anyone is possible. The only difference is how likely they are."

"But besides them, I really can’t think of anyone else."

"Let them investigate slowly for now. Either way, it has nothing to do with the two of us anymore."

"I’m just worried that once the authorities know about this, they’ll suspend our operating license. That would be a big hit to the company."

Lin Yi didn’t speak. He was silent for a few seconds.

Under normal circumstances, something like this would mean suspending their operating license and undergoing investigation, which would be perfectly reasonable.

The problem was, with him involved, it stopped being normal.

For his sake, they probably wouldn’t punish them that way.

But he couldn’t spell this out in front of Chen Yuying.

"There’s nothing we can do about that. We’ll just have to take it one step at a time. Keep your mindset steady. This isn’t something you can change." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"I know."

Chen Yuying felt a bit helpless, even a touch of bitterness.

Very soon, the two of them were back at the company.

Seeing Lin Yi and Chen Yuying return,

Chen Yutong came up to them.

"Sis, Lin Bro, did they figure everything out? It has nothing to do with us, right?"

"We’re pretty sure someone framed us, but before the results are clear, I still don’t know how they’ll handle it. We can only wait for further news."

"People always say peers are enemies. This time I really believe it." Chen Yutong said angrily,

"Those sons of bitches actually set us up. It’s disgusting."

"Don’t get so worked up. This kind of thing is very normal." Lin Yi said casually:

"Fall behind and you get beaten, be poor and you get bullied. That’s an eternal truth."

"What do we do now? Will it affect the company’s business?"

"It’s hard to say right now." Chen Yuying said:

"In any case, prepare yourselves. If they really do revoke our operating license, we won’t be caught off guard."

"They might even revoke our operating license?! Is it really that serious?"

"Of course. You think this kind of thing is a joke?"

"Then all we can do now is leave it up to fate." Chen Yutong said, deflated.

"Enough, you don’t need to worry about it. I’ll handle this."

Chen Yutong pouted but couldn’t say anything more.

Once they finished talking business, Chen Yuying went back to work.

Lin Yi also wasn’t in the mood to bother with these matters.

He focused entirely on the press conference.

He turned on his phone; in his inbox was a new draft from Tian Yan.

Lin Yi skimmed through it.

The content was very good; it met all the requirements he had提出.

Lin Yi stretched lazily, looking relaxed.

All that was left was to wait for the press conference to be held.

And then wait for them to make their next move.