Volume 1 Chapter 58 Cold-Blooded and Heartless

  "I know it's my fault, I didn't handle the emergency situation well, but... Deputy Mayor Tan, I'm just derelict in my duty." The weak voice was cut off as Tan Jieyan raised his head, his icy gaze swept over, and Zhang Lin's next words got stuck in his throat. He wanted to say that although he was derelict in his duty, it didn't seem like a reason for dismissal, but his body kept trembling uncontrollably, unable to speak.

  "Do you know what 'killing a chicken to scare the monkeys' means?" Tan Jieyan put down his pen and spoke slowly, his face cold to the extreme. Regardless of whether he was acting in self-defense or intentionally, Tan Jieyan's dismissal of Zhang Lin from his position on the spot was meant to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, to see if anyone else in the Railways Department dared to make a fuss about the Spring Festival transportation!

  His face suddenly turned pale, Zhang Lin's body trembled and retreated a step, as if the Tan Jieyan in front of him was a fierce beast, his whole person was terrified, his face lost all its blood, his hands clenched into fists with great force, the tiger's mouth was painful, only then did he find his voice back, "Deputy Mayor Tan, this is not distinguishing between right and wrong, this is framing an innocent person."

  "What's it to you? Zhang Lin, do you think I don't have the ability to do this, or that I'm afraid of you going to the Discipline Inspection Commission, or to the media to expose me?" Tan Jieyan's thin lips curled up coldly, his eyes full of mocking color. He would never be so noble as not to use the Tan family background and power, since some people wanted to play dirty tricks, he would accompany them to the end.

  The last glimmer of hope was shattered, Zhang Lin's mouth agape, his lips moved but he couldn't say another word. Ah, now that he had been dismissed from office, what use was going to the Discipline Inspection Commission? The media were even more useless. Today's incident was his own doing, and Zhang Lin knew without thinking that the media, TV, and internet would report on his ugliness, incompetence, and bureaucratic ineptness. With Tan Jia's power and background there, no matter what he said or did, people would think it was because he had been dismissed by Tan Jiaoye in public and was seeking revenge out of resentment, so no one would listen to him.

  "Deputy Mayor Tan, I've confessed everything. Just spare my life." Zhang Lin remained silent for over ten minutes before speaking again, hastily walking forward, he was terrified.

  He thought Tan Jieyan was just a young man, the 28-year-old mayor, who came up with the status of the Tan family, so Zhang Lin would listen to the instructions of the person behind the scenes and want to cheat, but he got himself into such a difficult situation. Now Zhang Lin doesn't care about anything else, he is more willing to confess everything and stand on the same front line as Tan Jieyan, which is a wise choice.

  "You don't need to explain anything, and I don't want to hear your explanation either. Get out." Tan Jieyan pressed the intercom button on the phone again, letting Yu Jing directly take Zhang Lin out of the room.

  It wasn't until the door was closed that Zhang Lin suddenly realized a truth, that from the very beginning he had chosen the wrong position. Tan Jieyan was not worthy of his trust, and perhaps he had known all along who was behind the scenes, one misstep and everything would be lost!

  Tan Jiaoyan's face was so cold, his eyes were sharp as a knife, and the smile on his thin lips was even more frightening than when he wasn't smiling. Standing behind the door of the rest room, Tong Jiang was still holding onto the doorknob after being woken up, and before she could even open the door to come out, she was already intimidated by Tan Jiaoyan's icy and gloomy demeanor.

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