Li Yifeng inserted the flashlight positioning pin into the tree trunk and smiled at Luo Ye and others. "Actually, I don't need to lead the way. Brother Dingyi's experience is no worse than mine."
Just now, he deliberately dropped half of his body and found that Ling Dingyi was walking on flat ground on the mountain road.
Ling Dingyi also smiled, "I'm used to living in mountainous areas, so I can still walk on the more rugged mountain roads, but Brother Luo is right, this is Brother Yifeng's territory, and Brother Yifeng has to come to the general direction.
Lead.”
Li Yifeng looked around and looked at the panting Wang Xinmai and Lin Wanyu, "Then let's rest for ten minutes, otherwise we will use up all our strength before we even see the prey."
Wang Xinmai sighed, groaned in pain, and sat down on a big stone that was cold to the bone. He bared his teeth and screamed, but did not get up. Compared with fatigue, this coldness was nothing.
Lin Wanyu also wiped the sweat from her forehead. In order to walk, she consumed a lot of calories. If she couldn't eat anything today, it would be really uncomfortable.
Cao Cheng stood next to Wang Xinmai and couldn't bear to see Wang Xinmai's pain. While the team was taking a break, he reached out and broke a branch with a thick wrist and made a simple crutch for Wang Xinmai.
Wang Xinmai frowned. "Only women need this stuff!"
Lin Wanyu smiled weakly, "If my bodyguard could treat me like this, I would definitely accept it without hesitation."
Luo Ye shrugged and did nothing.
Cao Cheng asked Lin Wanyu in a low voice: "Miss Lin, do you want me to make one for you?"
Lin Wanyu hurriedly responded with a grateful smile, "No, no, thank you, I was just... just joking." Luo Ye would not care about her the way Cao Cheng cared about Wang Xinmai, at least not as much as he showed.
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Cao Cheng nodded, "If you need anything, please give me direct instructions."
With that said, Cao Cheng put the finished crutch into Wang Xinmai's hand.
Wang Xinmai resisted at first, but Cao Cheng's attitude was very firm. After a few times, Wang Xinmai's face showed a look of prayer. It was really shameful to walk with a cane.
Cao Cheng didn't care about that. He just wanted to make Wang Xinmai walk more effortlessly and more comfortably. Therefore, his attitude was more resolute than ever. It was just that due to his status as a bodyguard, he could not "order" Wang Xinmai directly.
Finally, Wang Xinmai sighed helplessly and finally accepted the crutches.
Li Yifeng checked the positioning device and after confirming that everything was normal, he brought the topic back to Ling Dingyi. "Cousin Wanyu, do you know that Brother Dingyi is here to eliminate you?"
Lin Wanyu knew it was a joke, so she responded with a smile: "Mr. Ling is gentle and elegant, and he will definitely not destroy me."
Ling Dingyi smiled at Lin Wanyu and explained: "Brother Yifeng thinks that I am a bad person. In fact, I am just here to seek donations for children in mountainous areas."
Lin Wanyu pursed her lips and said, "Please forgive me, there are few people donating money now, not because they are not kind enough, but because there is too much fraud, layer upon layer of exploitation, fattening up the managers, and those who really need help are not in the hands of those who need help."
Many people don’t want to be fools, so they don’t donate.”
Ling Dingyi nodded, "Ms. Lin is right. I will not participate in various charity events. Instead, I will directly use the donated money to buy necessities and distribute them to children in mountainous areas. The entire account will be recorded as proof."
Lin Wanyu blinked, "If transparency can be guaranteed, I would personally be willing to donate a little bit of my heart."
Luo Ye laughed and said jokingly: "You even blocked my cousin's door to ask for a debt of five million, and you are willing to take the initiative to pay for it to a stranger?"
Lin Wanyu said sternly: "You are a fool if you spend money that you shouldn't spend, and you are stingy if you are reluctant to spend money that should be spent. I am neither a fool nor a miser, I am just a businessman."….
"That's good." Ling Dingyi nodded heavily, "Ms. Lin, first of all, I would like to thank you for your kindness on behalf of the children in the mountainous area, but I'm afraid I cannot accept your donation."
"Why is this?" Lin Wanyu asked confused.
Ling Dingyi smiled and said, "To be honest, donating money is not the real purpose. No amount of money can save the consciousness of the poor. I can improve their living standards a little bit, but they have to rely on themselves to get rid of poverty. What I really want is
The purpose is to see how those high-ranking officials and rich men are having fun, and then I will ask them for donations based on their arrogance. To put it bluntly, this is a blackmail, a political blackmail."
Li Yifeng said with a wry smile: "Brother Dingyi, if you do this, I'm afraid no one will dare to come to my party in the future." This sentence does not mean "party", but reminds Ling Dingyi not to do it.
From the very beginning, he went against the government and business class in Jinghua City.
Ling Dingyi regained his critical gaze, "Social change is like this. If it doesn't come from top down, it has to come from bottom up. Top down is only a disaster for a few people in power, but bottom up will be a disaster for everyone.
disaster."
Li Yifeng smiled and did not respond to Ling Dingyi's words. It can be seen that the grassroots training in the past six months has changed this official son a lot, but being far away from the center of the power struggle has made him a little too idealistic. Ling
Ding Yi didn't know that no one person can change this society, just like one cell can't change life.
Luo Ye looked sideways at Ling Dingyi and said bluntly: "So, you plan to die with those corrupt officials?"
Ling Dingyi was stunned for a moment, then replied: "They don't dare to do anything to me yet."
"Yes," Luo Ye yawned in a bored manner, "They also think that you don't dare to do anything to them. If you extort their money, they will extort money from the people below even more. You just stand on your side
Once you reach the top of the food chain, the law is just a decoration for you, and you are no different from them."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present held their breath. Even Wang Xinmai, who had been complaining to Cao Cheng that his feet hurt, did not dare to make a sound.
Ling Dingyi looked at Luo Ye motionlessly, just like a hunter looking at his prey - or the prey looking at the hunter who wants to hunt it. The two of them looked at each other like this.
The silence lasted for several heartbeats.
For the entire Ling family, Ling Dingyi is an anomaly. All his relatives have official power, and even the driver who once drove for their "old man" is now the top leader of the hometown municipal committee. He
He has lived in such an official family since he was a child, and his every move must strictly conform to his status. At first, such a family made him feel proud, but as his world view slowly formed, he gradually felt suffocated.
Therefore, when other children took over the official titles one after another, he still maintained his own personality and mingled with the other three Jinghua young masters. Although his attitude towards others was cold and blunt, it was the most free and carefree period of his growth that is worth missing.
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Later, the elders in the family scolded him for not doing his job properly, especially the old man - Ling Dingyi's grandfather Ling Yuanfeng. They did not allow him to continue fooling around with the "gentles" and asked him to obey the arrangements honestly and work in the government. For this reason, Ling Dingyi
Yi fiercely resisted, and the old man was furious and sent him to the most miserable remote mountainous area to work as a secretary to the stupidest local magistrate. It was said to be training, but in fact only Ling Dingyi understood in his heart.
This is "distribution".
He gritted his teeth in anger and left home without taking anything. Within half a year, he did not get in touch with anyone at home. He ignored all his relatives and friends. He only wanted to take root in the big ravine with his own strength.
, and used the results to prove it to the old man. One of his cousins was already a senior official in the province and had gone to the mountainous area more than once to look for him. However, the mountain roads were dangerous and he could not be seen after several visits. In the end, he could only
give up.….
After half a year like this, Ling Dingyi felt that he was more mature and stronger. At this time, he received a text message from home: The old man fell ill.
The old man fell ill very quickly and strangely, almost without any warning. According to the maid who took care of the old man's daily life, the old man was still in good spirits that night and even made a few little jokes with the servants. Later, he received a phone call.
Within seconds, she passed out. The maid had no way of guessing who made the call or what the content was. She only remembered that the headlines in the media the next morning were about the plane crash of Dingxin CEO and his wife.
After learning that the old man was hospitalized, the entire family put down what they were doing and gathered around the old man's bed to greet him. Only two relatives were not present. One of them was the old man's second daughter-in-law. No one dared to complain about her in front of the old man.
If he doesn't come, the old man won't allow his second daughter-in-law to suffer any injustice from the Ling family - for no other reason than because this daughter-in-law's surname is Tang Mingwan; and the other relative who didn't come is the eldest son and grandson of the Ling family, Ling Ding.
100 million.
Blood is always thicker than water. Even if Ling Dingyi hates his family, he can't let go of his blood ties. He is the old man's favorite person, although this kind of love makes him feel breathless. He has not forgotten that he
The names were given by the old man, which means that he hopes that one day he will become the leader of the country and be supported by hundreds of millions of people. In the face of deep family affection, Ling Dingyi gave up his stubbornness and went to the provincial capital to find his cousin and sit down.
Got on the plane back to Jinghua City.
He promised the old man to stay in Jinghua City, but he asked the old man to allow him to do one last thing for the mountainous area.
This was exactly the reason why he came to Nanshan Manor alone without saying hello.
Although his thoughts have gradually matured, he is still full of illusions about his political ambitions. He does not want to get rich through promotion, because his family is already at the pinnacle of power. He just wants to do something good for the country and use his own efforts.
Change the social status quo...
But Luo Ye's words made him fall into the abyss. Looking back, Luo Ye was right. Changing society by blackmailing corrupt officials is no different from corrupt officials. In such an officialdom,
How long can he remain spotless?
"What do you mean, Brother Yiluo?" Ling Dingyi adjusted his glasses and looked at Luo Ye sincerely.
"Be my little brother," Luo Ye said bluntly: "I need someone in my lower district who can intimidate the dog officer."