The next day, as soon as Ji Yang arrived at the office, Chu Shuyuan’s call came through.
"Did you have a conflict with Lu Guojun?"
He hadn’t expected her to find out so quickly!
"I was about to call and ask you, what’s the deal with that Lu Guojun?"
Chu Shuyuan hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I had intended to tell you about this matter later on, but I didn’t expect he would clash with you so soon."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yang knew there was an inside story and asked, "I didn’t see it coming either, he targeted me as soon as he arrived."
"Let’s put it this way, it’s not actually Lu Guojun who is targeting you, but his brother aiming at you."
"Yes, his brother is Lu Guowei."
Ji Yang grew even more puzzled and asked, "I have no ties with the Lu Family, why would they target me?" Googlᴇ search NoveI-Fire.ɴet
This time, Chu Shuyuan hesitated even longer before saying, "I was transferred to Capital City, right? Then, Lu Guowei saw me and started pursuing me. I didn’t agree, but he kept on pursuing. Now, both the Chu Family and the Lu Family’s higher-ups are interested, but because of my opposition, and since the people from Chu Family knew about your existence, so..."
Listening to her hesitantly explain the situation, Ji Yang felt frustrated; he hadn’t expected it to be such a problem.
Chu Shuyuan added, "I didn’t agree to anything with him, and I don’t know how he found out about you. He suspects it’s because of you that I’ve been rejecting him."
Ji Yang said, "So it’s all because of that!"
Chu Shuyuan continued, "This time the Lu Family wanted to get involved with your place, they didn’t have a good candidate at first, and I don’t know what they were thinking when they sent Lu Guojun, who just muddled along in the ministry, over there."
Ji Yang said, "You know the situation here, such a complicated place; and the Lu Family just sent Lu Guojun over with such confidence?"
"I guess the people at the Lu Family didn’t anticipate that Lu Guojun, in order to deal with you, would start firing at you directly!"
"Are Lu Guojun and his brother on good terms, and he specifically came to target me?"
"Whether they’re on good terms or not is hard to say. The Lu Family is a rising clan, on an impressive trajectory. Lu Guowei’s very capable and has become a person the Lu Family heavily supports. Lu Guojun has always grown with Lu Guowei’s help. This time, I assume Lu Guojun just arrived at a new place and wanted to assert his power by targeting someone, signaling the arrival of their family. Of course, the exact situation, only Lu Guojun himself would know."
Chu Shuyuan herself hadn’t quite figured out what exactly the situation entailed.
Ji Yang said, "That young man is no good, who starts firing as soon as they arrive somewhere new?"
"When they want to make a statement in a new place, they need to hit a target, and you might just be the target they chose. In their eyes, a competent leader wouldn’t resist so fiercely under these circumstances. Even if something happens to Lu Guojun, the Lu Family will protect him. As for you, any inappropriate behavior on your part and the Lu Family can quickly target and strike at you. This would hit not only you but also other forces. In fact, their chosen target isn’t wrong. Targeting you is not a big deal, but it can be very effective. They just hadn’t anticipated you’d file a direct report!"
Now Ji Yang understood that, in fact, it was a struggle between upper forces, and the Lu Family had chosen him as their target. Even if nothing happened this time, Lu Guojun would target him in the next step of their plan.
Chu Shuyuan laughed, "Do you know? Your counterattack was strong, and Lu Guojun got a bit anxious. Without solid evidence, he tried to gain the upper hand first, dragging you back into financial issues. If they can corner you on this, you’ll have no energy to fight back, and at the same time, the forces supporting you won’t be able to openly help you during this period. I suspect this is what they had planned all along, except the one executing the plan turned out to be the fool Lu Guojun."
"So, it seems like all sorts of problems are coming my way now?"
"I believe that’s the case."
Ji Yang asked, "After this incident, what are people thinking?"
Chu Shuyuan replied, "Originally you were in a passive position, no one expected Lu Guojun to declare war straight away, and your counterattack was so fierce, pointing to his own corruption, and by implication, suggesting corruption within his family. This put the Lu Family in a passive position. Just think how the people who already had opinions about them would react."
Ji Yang didn’t need to think to know that this event had caused a huge stir. If those above couldn’t capitalize on this issue vigorously, it would be underestimating them.
Chu Shuyuan continued, "So, inadvertently, you hit the mark. Although this incident doesn’t follow official protocol, it was Lu Guojun who started it. Both of you are set for a spanking, but, Lu Guojun will definitely have a hard time getting out of it. You should also be mentally prepared that everyone will use this incident as a reason to transfer you elsewhere."
"It’s all the same to me now!" With the situation clear, Ji Yang relaxed a bit.