"Cough." From somewhere came a suppressed cough, and Lu Shan's face turned black. She slammed the table and stood up, demanding, "Who's laughing?"

As a leader of the big organization, no one dared to provoke her. After her outburst, the meeting room fell silent. Wherever Lu Shan's gaze landed, everyone tried to look busy and avoided eye contact.

Zhang Zhuoyuan had a headache and tried to calm the situation. "Ms. Lu Shan, the transfer of assets abroad by Lian Jun was done through legal procedures, so there is no problem with that." Although he was shocked when he first saw the amount of assets transferred.

Lu Shan withdrew her gaze and sat down, frowning. "It's not just the assets. There's also the sudden business adjustment by Annihilation. As far as I know, Annihilation started making significant adjustments to their business in the second half of last year, and many assets went missing."

"You said it was just a business adjustment, but how could all these trade secrets be made clear to outsiders?" Shi Jin retorted, sneering. "Lu Shan, you failed to tie me up once and ended up suffering losses yourself. Now you're here to pick a fight because you're not happy? Is that all the stomach you have? I thought as the leader of such a large organization, you would be smarter in your actions."

The others were all secretly excited - calling out his name and bringing up old grudges. Were they about to tear each other's faces off right here and now?

Lian Jun was always meticulous in his work. Every time another organization provoked them, he could defuse the situation with just a few words. He never picked fights, so they thought they would never see the day when they would confront each other head-on. But they never expected that this year, Lian Jun would send a young deputy leader with such a "direct" temperament. This was going to be interesting!

Tear each other apart!

Lu Shan also sneered and faced Shi Jin directly, saying, "I'm just following normal supervision and verification procedures. Shi Jin, you only sit here because of Lian Jun's support. As an outsider, I advise you to stop being so arrogant."

"Who cares if I'm here because of Lian Jun's support?" Shi Jin didn't back down at all, twirling the ring in his hand. "Lian Jun likes me sitting here, and I'm happy to do so. You'll have plenty of chances to see me in the future. I'm here to advise you to stop being so arrogant. If you don't clean up the mess with the Tarantula on the treasure island, I can't guarantee that you'll still have that land."

Everyone's eyes widened - how ruthless! He's directly threatening their lifeline. Shi Jin is truly a young man who isn't afraid of anything and will say anything.

Lu Shan's face turned black as she asked, "What do you mean?"

"The literal meaning," replied Shi Jin with a smirk as he picked up the documents belonging to Annihilation and shook them. His gaze landed on Meng Qing, Qi Yun, and Yuan Peng, and he continued, "I advise you not to try and find fault with Annihilation. You all know how capable Lian Jun is. He likes to keep a low profile and lets you all be loudmouths every year, but I am not the kind of person who likes to be pushed around.

"Are you curious about Annihilation's business? Wondering what Lian Jun is up to? Actually, there's nothing to tell. Lian Jun wants to marry me, and to please my family, he's given a lot of business to Ruihang. With this, he gained my eldest brother's approval and gave me this ring. Do you understand now? Your speculations about Annihilation's business are just a little preparation for our marriage. But even if I tell you the truth, would you believe me?

"Elders, let's get on with our days and keep it simple, shall we? Overthinking can lead to falling into a pit," he said.

Holy crap, one against four! This grudge is intense!

The atmosphere in the room instantly froze. Everyone looked at Shi Jin, some stunned by his attitude, others choked by the implications of his words. For a moment, no one spoke.

Big Brother, Ruihang, marriage, pre-marital preparations, and sitting here often in the future... What did these words mean? Did Lian Jun bring Shi Jin out to tell everyone that they needed to change their approach in the future? And what about Shi Jin's threat to Lu Shan? Did that mean he hadn't given up on the idea of using the Tarantula?

There were many questions, but one thing was certain: Shi Jin was definitely involved with Ruihang, and Lian Jun and Ruihang were now working together long-term.

For other major organizations, this information was definitely not good news. Zhang Zhuoyuan's gaze swept over the faces of the leaders of several major organizations. As he looked at them, he didn't feel overwhelmed by Shi Jin's recklessness for the first time. Instead, he had a vague sense of something - Annihilation and Ruihang...

"Director Zhang, has the investigation on Annihilation been completed?" Shi Jin suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Zhuoyuan, returning to his previous lazy and relaxed demeanor.

Zhang Zhuoyuan met his gaze, but was surprised in his heart. After regaining his composure, he looked away and furrowed his brow slightly - this Shi Jin seemed different from what he had thought.

After the investigation on Annihilation, the second major organization to undergo investigation was Thousand Leaves. From this, it could be inferred that the investigation was conducted in order of simple to complex.

During the verification process, Qi Yun kept an eye on Shi Jin, and when he saw that Shi had indeed mentioned Thousand Leaves's name to Zhang Zhuoyuan, he picked up a file and began to flip through it, calculating in his mind.

The verification of Thousand Leaves went smoothly, but Shi Jin still remained silent. Next up was the Meridian Gate, and Shi Jin continued to flip through a file without saying a word.

After the Meridian Gate was the Tarantula, and everyone held their breath - after Lu Shan's pointed remarks towards Shi Jin earlier, he must surely speak up about the Tarantula. They were all curious about the contents of the file in Shi Jin's hands. Lu Shan also put on a wary look, guarding against any potential criticism from Shi Jin.

However, to everyone's surprise, Shi Jin remained silent during the inspection of the Tarantula, only occasionally picking up a pen to jot down notes and sketches, as if he were recording something.

The atmosphere in the meeting was extremely eerie. Finally, when Lu Shan was about to lose her temper and argue with Zhang Zhuoyuan, just like last year, the inspection of the Tarantula came to an end. As for Snake Fang and Yuan Peng, they were surprisingly easy to handle, almost agreeing with everything Zhang Zhuoyuan said without any argument, as if they didn't want to reveal too much about the organization's internal affairs.

Zhang Zhuoyuan gave him a glance, had his assistant collect the information submitted by Snake Fang, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting. As soon as the meeting ended, Shi Jin picked up the documents and left the room.

He found Fei Yujing waiting outside the door and handed him the documents, saying loudly, "Thanks for helping me investigate these. Let's go eat!"

Fei Yujing glanced at the leaders of the organization who had overheard Shi Jin's words in the meeting room, then followed behind Shi Jin with a sly smile on his face. He lowered his voice and asked, "Is it my turn now?"

Shi Jin also lowered his voice and replied, "Yes. The information that Lawyer Fei, who specializes in economic cases, investigated is enough to make those organization leaders think twice."

When they saw Xiang Aoting walking towards the deck, Shi Jin hurriedly went to greet him and asked, "Fourth Brother, do you want to have dinner together tonight?"

Xiang Aoting nodded at him, sidestepping as he approached and blocking him from the gaze of the other organization leaders who were coming out one by one. His expression was not pleasant.

Lu Shan noticed Xiang Aoting's extra attention on her and almost couldn't help but curse. She had a really bad day today. First, she followed Meng Qing's suggestion to actively confront Shi Jin and dig up his background information. Then, she was confronted by Shi Jin and laughed at by others. Now, she was being looked at with a cold gaze by Xiang Aoting. The word "miserable" was not enough to describe her day.

"What a troublesome brat, why does he have so many relatives!" She ignored Xiang Aoting's gaze and turned around, leading her people away.

The other organization leaders saw this and their mood became complicated, with a hint of heaviness. In the past, everyone's stance was the same as the government's. Even though Annihilation was slightly closer to the government, in principle, it was still a criminal organization that the government feared. But now, Annihilation has pushed out a deputy leader who is clearly being protected by government officials. The implications of this are not good for other organizations.

If Annihilation really establishes a strong and intimate relationship with the government because of this... even worse, if Lian Junshi comes out and wants to turn Annihilation into a legitimate department on the government's side... then everyone is truly finished!

And then there are the materials that Shi Jin dug up today... Thinking this, their gaze couldn't help but fall on Fei Yujing, who was talking to Xiang Aoting - who is this man? That night, the leaders of various organizations cooperatively sent people to investigate Fei Yujing. However, they were all stunned by Fei Yujing's lengthy resume.

A lawyer specializing in economic cases...that's nothing special, as there are many excellent lawyers in the world. But this person was the genius lawyer who helped Phantom operate last year, protecting all of Phantom's high-level executives by sending them painlessly to prison!

Why did Shi Jin bring this lawyer to the meeting? What does he want to do? What is his purpose? These questions lingered in their minds.

It wasn't until this moment that everyone truly realized something - this year, a new deputy leader was sent to attend the meeting, not just to be a mouthpiece for Lian Jun's opinions! This leader had real power, had prepared in advance, and had completely different thoughts and plans from Lian Jun! The new leader represented new decisions, a new style of handling things, a new direction, and a new team! And everything new represented a future of change.

At this critical moment, Lian Jun suddenly introduced such a big variable. What did he want to do? What game was he playing?

The new deputy leader, who acted boldly and was not afraid of anything, the newly appeared Colonel Xiang, Ruihang, and the lawyer who had participated in major events in the underworld...

After the phone call, Meng Qing and Qi Yun sorted out the information and both fell into deep thought. "In a circle that was already stable, why would Lian Jun throw in so many unstable factors?" Qi Yun pondered aloud.

Meng Qing leaned back in his chair, gazing at the calm sea outside. "Who knows," she said. "We've never been able to guess his intentions."