Chapter 272 I'm sorry, I was too narrow-minded.

The four of them ate dinner together in Fang Meng's room. The door was wide open, and anyone passing by could clearly see what was going on inside.

The people who live here are mostly government officials from other places who come to Kaiyuan City on official business. They are either from government agencies or the public security system, so people who see them won't think there's anything wrong with two men and two women eating together. They can guess that they have just returned from official business.

Moreover, the waiters would occasionally come up to check on things, and people in other rooms would be less likely to speculate when they saw that the waiters were open to discussing everything.

Without saying a word, the four of them quickly finished their meal, tidied up, and went back to their respective rooms to rest.

As night fell, the door to one of the rooms slowly opened, and then the people from the other three rooms quickly slipped out and rushed into the room whose door had been opened a crack first.

A candle was lit in the corner of Bai Nuo's room. The four of them gathered in the corner and sat down wherever they could find a spot before they began to summarize the results of their investigation during the day.

"Today, Fang Meng and I investigated several people in the Kaiyuan Municipal Government departments and discovered something very interesting. A year ago, the deputy secretary of the Tieshi Municipal Party Committee was parachuted in from Beijing. Someone who was transferred with him became the top leader of the Kaiyuan Municipal Party Committee six months later."

Both of them were in the propaganda team of the central government in Beijing, just ordinary junior leaders. Their transfer here is nothing short of a meteoric rise. An Yun, no longer concealing the sarcasm on her face, finished speaking.

"Those people really took the saying 'the emperor is far away' to the extreme."

"The propaganda team from the central government in Beijing!" Bai Nuo frowned, his face showing surprise.

An Yun sneered: "Think about who the deputy head of the propaganda team is!"

A name flashed through Bai Nuo's mind in an instant, and her face turned extremely ugly. She had previously wondered who had such great ability to dare to go against so many powerful and influential families.

If it's that person...

That's not surprising!

“There should be more than one. Those four people are definitely in cahoots. There are at least two people involved in this.” Fang Meng’s expression was not good either. He and An Yun had been running around all day. Coincidentally, the people they had sent to Beijing and Shanghai had also sent back news.

He and An Yun connected all the clues they had and finally arrived at the same answer.

Two of the four men coveted the Wei family's wealth and the Bai family's technology, while the Yu and An families posed the biggest obstacles to their power struggle and the Zhou and Fang families' control over the military.

The reason we're keeping a close eye on them is not only because what they have is too important, but also because these companies are too deeply involved. If we take down one, we can implicate the others. This is exactly what they mean by "pulling one hair affects the whole body".

However, the military is not something they can act on at will, so their primary focus right now is on dealing with the other few entities.

Unfortunately, the elders of these families were not to be trifled with, so those people turned their attention to the younger generation, intending to break down the strong defenses of these families by targeting them.

"I received news today that the Sun family, who live in the government compound with us, had their second son and his family suddenly demoted. Fortunately, the Sun family acted quickly and managed to cut their losses, temporarily saving the rest of their children and grandchildren. The eldest grandson of the Weng family was attacked and had his leg broken when he returned home last night. His kneecap was comminuted and he had three broken ribs. The eldest son of the second branch of the Weng family was urgently transferred to the border defense, and the third son and one branch went to the northern border."

“Five days ago, Grandpa Jiang’s grandson from the research institute was kidnapped on his way home from school. He was found three days ago in a ravine on the outskirts of Beijing. The police haven’t found any clues about the suspect yet. The child… couldn’t be saved.” Fang Meng squinted and took a deep breath.

"Are these people crazy?!" Liu Yanan growled through gritted teeth, her eyes filled with resentment.

An Yun sighed and rubbed her temples helplessly: "It's still unclear which faction did these things. The situation in Beijing is getting more chaotic every year, with various factions vying for power and profit. Are we living in the cracks right now?"

"As long as those old men in our family are still alive, even if we're squeezed into a tight spot, we can still break through!"

"Come on, let's first figure out the network of relationships between these factions."

Bai Nuo took out paper and pen and quickly drew a character analysis and their respective networks, listing all the main figures of each faction and their subordinates.

As she drew, Fang Meng and An Wen continuously added details, and the final, vast network of relationships was thus presented clearly and vividly within the small guesthouse of the county-level public security bureau.

Liu Yanan was shocked as she looked at the complicated network of relationships. She looked at the three people in front of her with admiration and complicated feelings. How long had it been? They had found out so many people.

So this is... a child from a big family! She can draw such a complicated network of relationships so easily, and many of those relationships are ones she's never even heard of.

She used to think her maternal grandfather's family was already very impressive, but she never expected this...

I'm sorry, I was just being narrow-minded. These three are the children of powerful families at the heart of political power!