RT Chapter 96

Chapter 96: You Die, I Live

No matter how society criticized and attacked the Shao family in public opinion, their actions did not stagnate in the slightest.

To cooperate with Shao Chengxi’s arrest operation, the entire Shao family was mobilized.

Shao Tingrui and Shao Bingheng were responsible for communicating with high-level officials in political and business circles to ensure that the operation was not hindered by other parties.

Taking practical actions to contain the Pei family’s power.

Shao Shiyan and Shao Yuanheng were responsible for coordinating the media and launching a public opinion war with the Pei family.

Shu Lingxiao was also making the final arrangements for Ming Jialuo’s case, preparing to deliver a fatal blow.

The entire Shao family, like a precise machine, was operating rapidly.

Their only goal was to bring down the Pei family completely.

Everyone watching in the entire Imperial Capital could see that the Shao family would not move unless they had to, and once they moved, they would not rest until one side was dead.

It seemed that the Shao family was completely at odds with the Pei family this time.

The final result would be either the Pei family’s demise or the Shao family’s downfall.

In fact, the most direct way for the Shao family to strike at the Pei family was to publicize Pei Yuan’s use of sonic pheromones to attack Shao Chengxi and the disgusting incident of using Alpha pheromones to suppress Shu Lin.

But in this way, Shao Chengxi and Shu Lingxiao would no longer have the right to intervene in Pei Yuan and the Pei family’s affairs.

The reason was simple: these two matters were directly related to the Shao family and Shu Lingxiao’s interests. According to the law, they had to recuse themselves and could not directly intervene in the investigation and handling.

Especially the matter involving Shu Lin, which involved even more.

Shu Lin’s identity was too sensitive.

As a US-Class Omega, one in a million, and Shao Chengxi’s legal partner, once his identity was made public, it would inevitably cause a shift in social attention, accompanied by controversy.

His identity would be revealed sooner or later, but now was not the right time.

Before Shao Chengxi returned to the country, he had communicated with the President about dealing with Pei Yuan.

The President’s attitude was clear.

Shao Chengxi could legally strike at Pei Yuan and the Pei family involved, but he could not touch the sensitive topic of sonic pheromones.

Sonic pheromones were related to some secret history of the President. Once this topic was discussed publicly again, it would evoke sensitive events from many years ago and trigger public doubts about the President’s authority.

Therefore, to move against Pei Yuan and the Pei family, these two incidents could not be used to strike at Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan and the Pei family had to be completely defeated without using the weapon of sonic pheromones.

It was also necessary to ensure that the power of investigation and disposal was in Shao Chengxi’s hands.

Once the power fell into other hands, it would give the Pei family an opportunity to take advantage of.

The following month was a war without gunpowder for the Shao family and the Pei family.

Although the Pei family was caught off guard by the Shao family’s thunderous means, they had been deeply involved in politics for many years and had a solid foundation, so they would naturally not sit idly by and wait for their demise.

Although Pei Yuan was detained, the others in the Pei family did not stop fighting back in order to save themselves.

The public opinion war was always an indispensable battleground for both sides.

The Pei family had their own controlled media and political allies.

They vigorously promoted the Shao family’s “domineering and arrogant” behavior, accusing Shao Chengxi of abusing his power and using the power of the Ministry of Defense to suppress political enemies.

The Pei family’s supporters also launched wave after wave of public opinion offensives on social media, trying to portray the Shao family as an “unruly” and arrogant family.

They even began to question whether Shao Chengxi’s position as Minister of Defense was legitimate.

Faced with the Pei family’s public opinion offensive, Shao Shiyan and Shao Yuanheng quickly responded.

Through the media controlled by the Shao family, they released a large amount of evidence of the Pei family’s corruption and Pei Yuan’s scandals, further consolidating the public’s negative impression of the Pei family.

At the same time, the Shao family also leaked more black material about the Pei family’s long-term control of the Ministry of Finance to the media through anonymous channels.

Especially some illegal acts during Pei Yuan’s tenure.

Once this evidence was exposed, the public reaction was very strong.

At the same time, the Shao family’s allies in the political arena also began to take action.

Through parliamentary power, they launched an investigation into the positions involved in the Pei family, and some even proposed a bill to fully investigate the Pei family’s political power.

Shao Tingrui and Shao Bingheng continuously promoted the progress of this bill through close communication with high-level officials in political and business circles, making the people involved in the Pei family feel precarious.

A month later, the Pei family’s counterattack was gradually suppressed by the Shao family, and the situation began to tilt towards the Shao family.

It was also at this time that Shao Chengxi first went to see Pei Yuan, who was being held in custody.

When Shao Chengxi walked into the interrogation room, Pei Yuan was sitting in the chair, his expression indifferent, as if he had expected this moment to come.

His hands were handcuffed, but his eyes still revealed arrogance and disdain.

“Pei Yuan,” Shao Chengxi said coldly, his voice without a trace of warmth.

Pei Yuan raised his head, a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth:

“Shao Chengxi, you’re finally here. How is it, is your Omega still okay? Has he become a little idiot? Hahaha…”

Shao Chengxi ignored his provocation and walked straight to the chair opposite him and sat down, his eyes like ice blades, staring straight at him:

“Minister Pei still has the energy to care about my Omega, it seems that you haven’t thought about your fiancee at all during this month in custody.”

“In that case, I’ll help you recall and tell you a piece of news…”

After hearing Shao Chengxi’s words, the mocking look on Pei Yuan’s face disappeared instantly, replaced by shock, “You, what did you say?”

Shao Chengxi saw it in his eyes, raised his chin and looked down at him: “Minister Pei should know that there is a saying, ‘When people leave, the tea turns cold’. This person refers to you.”

Pei Yuan shook his head, “Even if I can’t get out, there’s still the Pei family, and I have property under my name, which is enough for him and…”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you,” Shao Chengxi interrupted him, “your fiancee has announced to the public that she has broken off her engagement with you.”

Pei Yuan’s face suddenly became ferocious:

“Shao Chengxi, it was you, you instigated it, didn’t you?”

“You damned bastard, you won’t die a good death…”

Pei Yuan suddenly screamed, his forehead covered in cold sweat, clutching his stomach and unable to speak.

Shao Chengxi had given him several hard punches in the abdomen.

At this moment, Shao Chengxi’s cell phone rang.

He blew on the knuckles he had just used to punch someone, took out his phone, saw the caller ID, quickly answered it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“Baby… Brother was wrong, I promise I won’t run around in the future, be good, brother will go back right away.”