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Chapter 3002 Discovering Ma Shanming's Little Secret

"We've checked. The villa's owner is named Zhang Ping, but according to our investigation, Zhang Ping is a senior executive at Lixin Group. His income is insufficient to purchase this villa, and he has never been to the villa. We analyze that this villa most likely does not belong to Zhang Ping; it's just registered under his name."

"Considering that he is an employee of Lixin Group, we suspect that this villa may be connected with Lixin Group or the Yang family," Wang Yalin reported.

Qin Feng continued smoking, and suddenly he found the matter to be quite interesting.

"It doesn't matter whose house it is. What's important is why Ma Shanming is running into this house, and why he's acting so strangely. Is someone else living in this house?" Qin Feng asked.

“Yes, we sent people over for a covert investigation. They found that twin sisters live in the house, and they are both dance students who just graduated from university last year and haven’t had a proper job yet,” Wang Yalin said.

"Hmm?" Qin Feng looked at Wang Yalin strangely.

"I had someone investigate these sisters. They are young, beautiful, and know how to dress. Because they are dance students, they have great figures and excellent poise..."

"Get to the point," Qin Feng interrupted Wang Yalin.

"Our investigation revealed that although the sisters did not have regular jobs, they had high living expenses. They each owned an imported car and had a history of purchasing designer handbags on multiple occasions..."

"Is there anything else?" Qin Feng asked. At this point, Qin Feng roughly understood what was going on and what Wang Yalin wanted to express.

“These sisters usually live a luxurious life, and their activities are not limited to Shazhou. They occasionally go to Xidu and often travel. They often go to bars at night. But recently we have discovered a pattern: whenever Secretary-General Ma goes to this villa, these sisters will not leave,” Wang Yalin said.

"So, when Ma Shanming went to this villa to spend the night, the twin sisters were also in the villa, and they spent the night together, right?" Qin Feng asked.

“Yes.” Wang Yalin nodded.

"Heh, Ma Shanming, you're quite the player. Twin sisters, and dance students at that..." Qin Feng sneered.

Wang Yalin stood there the whole time, simply giving a report without adding any personal analysis or opinions, and he was very careful with his wording.

Wang Yalin was well aware of the difference in status between him and Jiang Yunpeng. There were some things Jiang Yunpeng could say in front of Qin Feng, but he couldn't.

"What do you think?" Qin Feng asked Wang Yalin, leaning back in his chair.

"I will obey the mayor's orders," Wang Yalin replied seriously, a very clever answer.

Qin Feng smiled and nodded, asking, "Who knows about these things?"

“The team members responsible for protecting Secretary-General Ma and Vice Mayor Jiang only knew some of the information; they didn’t have a complete understanding. Apart from that, no one else knew about this matter,” Wang Yalin replied.

"This matter involves Secretary-General Ma, a member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. I don't need to elaborate on how serious this matter is. Therefore, no one is allowed to spread this information at any time. If anyone does, I don't care who spread it, I will hold you responsible," Qin Feng said sternly.

"Understood, Mayor. Please rest assured, the team members responsible for protecting Secretary-General Ma and Secretary Jiang are all carefully selected and completely trustworthy comrades. No one will utter a single word about them," Wang Yalin assured him.

"Secretary Jiang's people have been withdrawn and no longer need protection, but Ma Shanming's side should continue to be closely monitored, and at the same time, try to preserve evidence, solid evidence, convincing evidence. Do you understand what I mean?" Qin Feng asked Wang Yalin.

Wang Yalin nodded: "Understood."

The two were in perfect sync; Wang Yalin and Qin Feng both kept talking about protecting Jiang Longjun and Ma Shanming, not about monitoring them.

Qin Feng originally wanted to find out if the Yang family was secretly dealing with Jiang Longjun, in order to test Jiang Longjun's attitude. He only wanted to monitor Ma Shanming as an incidental matter, but he didn't expect that he could actually monitor something like this.

Although there is no conclusive evidence to prove anything, it is quite obvious that Ma Shanming and Yang Zhijie have a very special relationship in private. The villa was naturally given to Ma Shanming by Yang Zhijie to keep his mistress hidden away. It's just that Yang Zhijie used the name of an unrelated person. He couldn't possibly use Ma Shanming's name directly, could he?

The twin sisters were naturally arranged for Ma Shanming by Yang Zhijie.

If Ma Shanming could accept the villa and women given to him by Yang Zhijie, it means that he must have received more money from the Yang family in private. Similarly, Ma Shanming must have done a lot for the Yang family, and this relationship has been going on for a long time.

Qin Feng had always believed that Ma Shanming was Jiang Longjun's man, but he never expected that Ma Shanming had actually always been a member of the Yang family.

Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh. The Yang family indeed had a powerful influence in Shazhou, almost omnipresent. Even Ma Shanming was one of their men. Was there anything in the entire municipal party committee that they didn't know? Did the Yang family still have any secrets?

Qin Feng realized something from Ma Shanming's incident. Since they were tampering with Jiang Longjun's people, there must be Yang family members around him as well, and his every move must be under Yang family surveillance.

After Wang Yalin left, Qin Feng sat in his chair and quietly smoked. What he needed to think about now was whether Jiang Longjun knew about the relationship between Ma Shanming and the Yang family, and whether the recent frequent contact between Ma Shanming and Yang Zhijie was a communication between Ma Shanming and Yang Zhijie or Ma Shanming was contacting the Yang family on behalf of Jiang Longjun.

What Qin Feng really wants to figure out right now is Jiang Longjun's attitude towards the Yang family.

If Jiang Longjun does not protect the Yang family, then he can naturally eliminate the Yang family completely when the time is right. However, if Jiang Longjun insists on his current idea and continues to maintain the superficial harmony and stability of Shazhou, then he can only choose to protect the Yang family.

If Jiang Longjun chooses to protect the Yang family and stands on the opposite side of Qin Feng, the whole matter will become very complicated and difficult to handle.

However, according to Wang Yalin's report, Jiang Longjun did not have direct contact with the Yang family, which is exactly the situation Qin Feng wanted to see.

If Jiang Longjun really wants to protect the Yang family, then this is a grand strategy, and both sides need to have strategic communication. This level of communication must be discussed face-to-face between Jiang Longjun and Yang Guoqiang.

Therefore, as long as Jiang Longjun hasn't met with Yang Guoqiang, it's almost certain that Jiang Longjun hasn't chosen to protect the Yang family. This also aligns with Qin Feng's assessment of Jiang Longjun. Someone as intelligent as Jiang Longjun couldn't possibly be unaware of the overall situation in Gansu and Liangzhou provinces. What difference would there be between choosing to protect the Yang family at this point and becoming a eunuch in the palace in 1911?