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In the police station, Mu Mingjie wanted to say something more, but the phone had already been hung up by Mu Hongwen.

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Mu Mingjie’s heart leapt to his throat, and he ran out of the office in a panic, heading towards Mu Hongwen’s company.

However, just as Mu Mingjie stepped out of the office and had yet to leave the police station, the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission had already found him, and arrested him for an investigation!

Although Mu Hongwen had committed business crimes and other offenses, theoretically, these had nothing to do with Mu Mingjie, but one must not forget that Mu Mingjie and Mu Hongwen were brothers, and Mu Mingjie was also an insider of the system.

Was Mu Mingjie involved in this matter? Who could say for sure?

Thus, the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission arrested Mu Mingjie to conduct an investigation.

The saying "misfortunes pile on the head of the doomed" must refer to situations like this!

Regarding this, although Mu Mingjie had already been prepared, he had not expected it to happen so quickly, leaving him filled with a sense of powerlessness!

Trying to reach out to Mu Hongwen now was absolutely impossible; his only hope was that Mu Hongwen wouldn’t do anything rash.

Otherwise, Mu Hongwen would surely die—if he acted obediently, he might still save his life, and it wouldn’t be impossible for Mu Mingjie to pull some strings from the outside and get him out.

But now, all he could do was pray, as the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission didn’t care much about his pleas.

Ye Xunhuan had absolutely no idea about these events. At the moment, he sat in his office playing games with a lazy expression, and to Ye Xunhuan, Mu Hongwen was simply bringing ruin upon himself.

If Mu Hongwen had just kept quiet, pretending like nothing had happened, Ye Xunhuan surely wouldn’t have troubled himself over him.

For Ye Xunhuan, Mu Hongwen was just an ant, whereas he was clearly a giant!

Does a giant need to make a case out of an ant?

But, unfortunately, some ants just do not know how to remain quiet and seem to seek out their demise.

If Ye Xunhuan did not comply, it would probably be somewhat unreasonable.

While Ye Xunhuan was leisurely smoking and playing games, the half-open door of the office was suddenly pushed open from the outside!

"Creak!"

Hearing this soft noise, Ye Xunhuan slowly lifted his head and looked towards the door.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man appeared in Ye Xunhuan’s field of vision.

The man wore a black suit and carried a valuable wristwatch, with gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, projecting the air of a successful person.

The middle-aged man, who should have exuded a sense of pride, was overwhelmed with a sense of decay, especially beneath the lenses of his glasses, which were filled with a sinister aura; his eyes were slightly reddened, resembling a predatory beast choosing its prey.

Upon seeing this middle-aged man, Ye Xunhuan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Ye Xunhuan could swear that he had never met this man before, yet why did the man harbor such hostility towards him!

"May I ask, who are you..." Ye Xunhuan asked, frowning.

"Young Master Ye, Ye Xunhuan, do you not recognize me?" the hoarse voice of the middle-aged man carried an unprecedented venomous tone, his eyes expressing a more malevolent look than a fierce ghost.

"Have we met before?"

"Take a good look at me, see if I look familiar..."

Upon hearing the middle-aged man’s words, Ye Xunhuan scanned the man’s face very seriously.

Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in Ye Xunhuan’s mind, "You... you are Mu Hongwen!"

Although Ye Xunhuan had never met Mu Hongwen and could certainly not say he knew him, Mu Rulin did bear some resemblance to Mu Hongwen!

Indeed, this man was Mu Hongwen, who had escaped the pursuit of the Commission for Discipline Inspection.

He was aware of the crimes he had committed, and those corporate crimes alone would be enough to spend a lifetime in prison, and he might even be shot!

He didn’t want to live that kind of life— or rather, he couldn’t stand it!

Once high and mighty, how could he tolerate plummeting to the ground, falling from heaven into hell? The stark contrast was beyond what an ordinary person could bear.

That was why so many owners of small and medium-sized companies chose to jump off buildings after bankruptcy— the pressure was simply unbearable.

Of course, some people survived, but most dulled their senses with alcohol.

Now Mu Hongwen was facing prison or even execution— how could he possibly endure it?

So, he was making a last-ditch effort, risking everything, willing to drag Ye Xunhuan to hell with him even if it meant his death.

If it hadn’t been for Ye Xunhuan, he wouldn’t have ended up like this, like a dog that had lost its home, and his son wouldn’t be sitting in a wheelchair.

He wanted Ye Xunhuan dead, to join him in hell.

Seeing Ye Xunhuan recognize him, Mu Hongwen immediately let out a harsh, cackling laugh, "Who would have thought, young master Ye, that you would recognize me?"

"The Commission for Discipline Inspection must be pursuing you right now, if I’m not wrong, you must have fled here!" Ye Xunhuan said lightly, lighting a cigarette for himself.

"All this is thanks to you!" Mu Hongwen looked at Ye Xunhuan with a fierce expression, his eyes filled with ferocity, "If it hadn’t been for you, would I have ended up like this?"

"Look at what you’re saying, what do you mean ’thanks to me’? I’m not that capable..."

"Ye Xunhuan, whether it’s your doing or not, I’ve got my sights set on you today!" Mu Hongwen interrupted Ye Xunhuan harshly, gritting his teeth, "You want me to die, so I want you to go down to hell with me!"

As he spoke, Mu Hongwen unbuttoned his suit with both hands!

Instantly, Ye Xunhuan’s eyes sharply narrowed.

What he saw was Mu Hongwen’s abdomen wrapped with a row of explosives. From what Ye Xunhuan reckoned, if these were to explode, this building would most certainly be blasted into a massive crater, turning Huangtu Group into a hazardous ruin!

"Are you scared now?" Mu Hongwen asked with a sinister face, "I’m telling you, no one can save you today!"

"I know you’ve got a good reach, but I advise you, best not make a move. If you dare, I’ll dare to press this detonator right away. Then this place will boom into rubble, and many others will join us in hell!" Mu Hongwen held a red button tightly in his hand, his face crazed as he spoke to Ye Xunhuan, "Then, they will all be dead because of you. You would have killed them!"

"By the way, let me tell you something else. Even if you manage to snatch this device from me, it’ll be useless. I’ve planted lots of explosives throughout this building!" Mu Hongwen, like a devil, looked at Ye Xunhuan, "You definitely don’t know; I come from a military background, an ex-Demolition Soldier!"

"Mu Hongwen, do you realize what you are doing?"

"Isn’t this because you drove me to do this?" Mu Hongwen’s face twisted as he looked at Ye Xunhuan!