Title: Reborn Qi Tongwei, who defies fate by half a move and refuses to kneel

Chapter 155 No Tolerance

As dawn broke, the morning light pierced through the thick rain clouds over Luzhou Port.

A few rays of golden sunlight shone on the dock, which was covered in oil and puddles, but they could not warm the bone-chilling cold.

The sirens gradually thinned out, replaced by the urgent roar of ambulance engines.

A long line of white ambulances stretched out, with paramedics carrying stretchers weaving through a human wall of special police officers. Lying on the stretchers were emaciated children, barely clothed. Most of them were still unconscious, with glucose IV drips in their arms to maintain their basic vital signs before their organs were harvested.

Qi Tongwei sat on an abandoned mooring bollard by the dock.

He held the burnt-out cigarette butt between his fingers, his gaze unfocused as he stared at the busy crowd.

The sea breeze blew by, lifting his shirt, which was soaked with seawater and blood. The fabric clung to his wounds, bringing waves of excruciating pain.

But he seemed not to feel it.

Ye Cunxin squatted between his legs.

She held a piece of medical gauze in her hand and was carefully wiping a deep, bone-revealing scratch on Qi Tongwei's lower abdomen.

Although the oversized, dark blue police raincoat covered her body, it couldn't conceal the allure that emanated from her very bones. Because of her squatting posture, the hem of the raincoat slipped down to the sides, exposing her pair of exquisitely beautiful legs to the early morning light.

Her legs were taut and long, and the inner thighs had several bruises from the previous fight. Against her snow-white skin, they gave off a breathtakingly cruel beauty.

With the collar of his raincoat slightly open, Qi Tongwei could see the two soft mounds rising and falling with his breath with just a slight tilt of his head. There were still some dried bloodstains on them, like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow, so alluring that one couldn't look away.

"hiss……"

When the alcohol swab touched the rolled-up flesh, Qi Tongwei gasped, his muscles instinctively tensing.

Those firm abdominal muscles bulged like granite, right next to Ye Cunxin's face.

"Does it hurt?"

Ye Cunxin raised her head, her captivating peach blossom eyes shimmering with tears.

She stuck out her pink tongue and actually licked the edge of the wound lightly. The warm, moist touch mixed with a stinging pain felt like an electric current shooting straight to the top of Qi Tongwei's head.

"Stop fooling around."

Qi Tongwei reached out and pressed her head down, his fingers running through her messy, wavy hair, his fingertips caressing the delicate skin on the back of her neck.

"This is the dock, and there are hundreds of cameras pointed at it."

"What are you afraid of?"

Ye Cunxin chuckled softly, and instead of retreating, she pressed her body even closer.

Her full, soft breasts pressed against Qi Tongwei's inner thighs without any gap, through the thin raincoat. Her face was tilted back, her eyes hazy and fervent, like a devout believer worshipping her god.

"Gao Yuliang went to the tea room of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and that scumbag Zhao Ruilong is probably wetting his pants in the interrogation room right now. Even that vixen Gao Xiaofeng has been taken away."

Ye Cunxin's voice was hoarse, carrying a hint of post-coital languor.

"It's dawn in Handong now."

"Director Qi, you are the greatest contributor. Even if you take care of me right here, Sha Ruijin will still be there to hand you tissues."

Qi Tongwei was amused by her nonchalant words.

He rubbed his thumb hard on that dusty yet stunningly beautiful face, wiping away a patch of blood.

"Be serious."

"Am I not serious?"

Ye Cunxin raised an eyebrow and simply stood up.

As she moved, the raincoat, though still hanging on her body, was now wide open in the middle.

The sea breeze suddenly rushed in.

That scene, clad only in tattered black lace, was laid bare in the morning light.

A flat, firm abdomen and a slender waist.

She was like a siren from Greek mythology, exuding a fatal allure.

Several young special police officers who were moving equipment nearby glanced at it, then hurriedly lowered their heads, their ears turning red, and almost dropped the boxes they were carrying on their feet.

Ye Cunxin didn't care about the prying eyes.

She took out a pack of cigarettes from her raincoat pocket, pulled one out and put it between her red lips, but didn't light it. Instead, she brought it close to Qi Tongwei.

"Could I borrow a light?"

Qi Tongwei looked at her, a dark fire flashing in his deep eyes.

He pulled the windproof lighter out of his pocket.

"Smack."

Flames shot up.

Ye Cunxin took a deep breath, and amidst the swirling smoke, she squinted, her slender fingers gently resting on Qi Tongwei's shoulder, her nails unconsciously scratching against his hard deltoid muscles.

"One hundred and twenty-eight children."

She exhaled a smoke ring, her tone suddenly lowered, and her gaze turned to the stretchers that were being carried away.

"Is this what Zhao Lichun calls 'poverty alleviation'?"

"They lure children from the mountains out, claiming they're going to study in big cities, but in reality, they're being raised like livestock, waiting for a successful transplant so they can be slaughtered and sold for money?"

Ye Cunxin gritted her teeth, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.

"These beasts deserve to be shot a hundred times over."

Qi Tongwei stood up, his tall figure looming over Ye Cunxin.

He reached out and helped her adjust the collar of her raincoat, completely covering the large expanse of exposed skin.

"Their fate will be worse than death."

Qi Tongwei's voice was soft, yet it carried a chilling aura.

"I will make the Zhao family return all the blood they've sucked from Handong over the past twenty years, with interest. Not a single penny of the assets transferred overseas, not a single penny of the black money hidden in Swiss banks, will escape."

As they were talking, Sha Ruijin strode over with Zhao Donglai.

The provincial party secretary had long since lost his usual refined demeanor.

His shirt collar was open, his trouser legs were covered in mud, and his face was frighteningly pale.

"Comrade Tongwei."

Sha Ruijin walked up to Qi Tongwei, his gaze lingering on Qi's numerous wounds for a few seconds, his expression complex.

There was shock, there was admiration, but more than anything, there was an indescribable sense of guilt.

"The Provincial Party Committee...I'm sorry."

Sha Ruijin took a deep breath, his voice a little hoarse.

"If we had made a decision sooner, if we had listened to your advice sooner, this ship... might never have set sail, and those children wouldn't have had to suffer this night."

Qi Tongwei did not respond.

He simply looked at Sha Ruijin indifferently.

"Secretary Sha, if apologies were enough, what would we need the police for?"

This statement is very impolite, even offensive.

Zhao Donglai, standing nearby, frantically tried to signal to Qi Tongwei, fearing that at this critical juncture, this "lone wolf" would once again confront the top leader head-on.

But Sha Ruijin was not angry.

Instead, he nodded and sighed heavily.

"you're right."

Sha Ruijin turned around and looked at the children being carried into the ambulance.

"We just received news from the hospital that three children... are suffering from multiple organ failure due to long-term malnutrition and shock. They are being resuscitated. Whether they will survive depends on fate."

The air froze instantly.

Ye Cunxin's fingers, holding the cigarette, trembled slightly, and the long piece of ash fell onto her bare instep, burning a red spot, but she seemed completely unaware.

"Whose fault is this?"

Qi Tongwei took a step forward and stared intently at Sha Ruijin.

"Should we blame Gao Yuliang? Zhao Ruilong? Or you, the newly appointed provincial party secretary?"

Zhao Donglai was so anxious that he wanted to cover Qi Tongwei's mouth.

"Tongwei! How dare you speak to your superior like that!"

"Let him speak!"

Sha Ruijin raised his hand to stop Zhao Donglai, and looked intently at Qi Tongwei.

"This debt should be placed on the shoulders of the entire officialdom in Handong! It should be placed on the shoulders of every one of our party members and cadres!"

Sha Ruijin's voice suddenly rose in pitch, echoing across the empty dock.

"This is a disgrace! A disgrace to everyone in the Hantong Provincial Party Committee compound!"

"Twelve million yuan in poverty alleviation funds have been turned into money for buying lives! The so-called poverty alleviation campaign has become human trafficking!"

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly!"

Sha Ruijin pulled out a body camera that was still recording from his pocket; it was the one Zhao Donglai had just taken from the ship.

"Here are Zhao Ruilong's call records with overseas buyers, as well as detailed accounts for each transaction."

"No matter who's involved, whether they're at the department head, ministerial level, or even vice-national level!"

Sha Ruijin slammed the recorder down on Zhao Donglai's hand.

"Even if it means tearing a hole in the sky in Handong, even if it means emptying the entire provincial party committee compound, this case must be made airtight!"

"Qi Tongwei!"

"arrive!"

Qi Tongwei stood at attention as if by reflex, his back ramrod straight.

"I am now officially appointing you as the head of the task force for the 'November 6th Major Transnational Human Trafficking Case' in my capacity as the Secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee."

Sha Ruijin stared into Qi Tongwei's eyes, speaking slowly and deliberately.

"All the personnel in the provincial department, the municipal bureau, and even the provincial discipline inspection commission are under your command."

"I want you to pick all the poisonous fruits from this poison ivy within three days! Can you do it?"

Qi Tongwei's lips curled into a bloodthirsty smile.

He raised his hand in salute, his movements as precise as if they were from a textbook.

"We guarantee the mission will be completed."

"But Secretary Sha, I have a condition."

"explain."

"I want the cameras turned off during the interrogation."

Qi Tongwei's gaze swept over Ye Cunxin not far away, and he saw her tucking her long hair, which was being blown about by the sea breeze, behind her ear, revealing her slender and fair neck.

"Some people won't tell the truth unless they're hurt."

Sha Ruijin remained silent for two seconds.

Then, he turned his back and waved.

"I didn't hear anything."

"Zhao Donglai, did you hear me?"

Zhao Donglai grinned, revealing two rows of big white teeth.

"Reporting to Secretary, the wind was too strong just now, and I'm a little hard of hearing."

Qi Tongwei lowered his hand.

He turned and walked toward the black Audi parked to the side. It was Ye Cunxin's car; although the body was covered in mud and the windshield was cracked, the engine was still roaring.

"Let's go, young lady."

Qi Tongwei opened the car door and glanced back at Ye Cunxin, who was still standing there in a daze.

"Do you want me to carry you again?"

Ye Cunxin's eyes lit up. She threw the cigarette butt in her hand on the ground and crushed it out with her bare foot.

"They're here!"

She ran over quickly, and because of the large movement, the hem of her raincoat fluttered, and her dazzlingly long legs flashed in front of Qi Tongwei.

She climbed straight into the passenger seat, not even caring whether the mud would soil the leather seats.

Qi Tongwei got into the driver's seat and closed the door.

Inside the carriage, the noise from outside was instantly shut out.

Only the heavy scent of hormones, mixed with the smell of blood and the faint fragrance of Ye Cunxin, fermented in the small space.

"Where to?"

Ye Cunxin turned to the side, her whole body almost slumped in the seat.

She lifted her two long, slender legs and placed them directly on the dashboard.

The raincoat slipped off completely.

That last bit of fig leaf also lost its purpose.

The morning sunlight streamed through the car window, illuminating her pearly skin, making it appear as delicate as the finest mutton fat jade.

"Let's find a place to treat the wound first."

Qi Tongwei shifted gears without looking to the side and started moving.

But his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

"Want to come to my place?"

Ye Cunxin's eyes were alluring as she gently hooked her fingers around Qi Tongwei's right hand, which was resting on the gear shift.

Her fingertips were icy cold, yet carried an electric current, traveling up the back of Qi Tongwei's hand, into his sleeve, and circling the taut muscles of his forearm.

"No one has ever been to that villa in Jingzhou except for the hourly worker."

"and……"

Ye Cunxin moved closer, her warm breath brushing against Qi Tongwei's neck.

"The bathroom is large, with a bathtub... enough for two people."

Qi Tongwei slammed on the gas pedal.

The Audi roared and sped off the dock.

"Ye Cunxin, do you know you're playing with fire?"

Qi Tongwei turned his head and glanced at her, his eyes filled with aggression.

"I not only know I'm playing with fire."

Ye Cunxin giggled.

"I want this fire to burn even brighter."

Ye Cunxin cupped Qi Tongwei's face in her hands, showing no fear, but rather a kind of sacrificial fervor.

"Tongwei, do you know?"

"The way you fired the gun on the ship just now was fucking cool."

"At that time, I thought, as long as I can be with you, even if the ship explodes the next second, I'll accept it."

She lowered her head and kissed Qi Tongwei's thin lips.

This is not a gentle test, but a fierce demand.

Her tongue, carrying a metallic taste, forcefully pried open Qi Tongwei's jaw and began to entangle with his.

The sensation beneath me was clear and intense.

Qi Tongwei held the steering wheel with one hand and held Ye Cunxin's slender waist with the other.

Beneath my palm, the skin was smooth as silk.

"Hold on tight."

Qi Tongwei released her lips, his voice hoarse beyond belief.

"If you get thrown out later, I won't be responsible."

"Are you willing to part with it?"

Ye Cunxin nestled on his shoulder and gently nibbled on his earlobe.

"Director Qi, you are now my savior, and also my... man."

"If you don't take responsibility, I'll tell Grandpa."

"Tell him what?"

"Tell him that you slept with the eldest daughter of the Ye family and don't want to admit it."

Qi Tongwei shook his head helplessly, but a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Outside the car window, the outline of Jingzhou City gradually became clear in the morning mist.

The bustling city had just awakened and was unaware of everything that had happened in Luzhou Port the previous night.

Little did they know, an earthquake capable of altering the entire political landscape of Handong was brewing.

Qi Tongwei looked at the straight road ahead.

The system panel flickered on my retina.

[Task completed.]

[Dignity value: Overflowing.]

[Obtained Special Item: Scepter of Absolute Control (Conceptual Level).]

[Effect: In the purge of the remaining forces of the "Zhao family," the host will gain a deterrent power akin to "words becoming law," and all attempts to cover up or conceal the truth will be exposed before the host.]

Qi Tongwei turned off the panel, his eyes turning cold again.

The game has only just begun.

Arresting people is only the first step.

What followed was the real battleground.

Those vampires who hide behind the scenes, feasting on human blood, and attempting to use power to create a protective umbrella.

This time, none of them will escape.