Chapter 224 The waist that had just straightened up bends again

After hearing Han Fei’s request, Li Wensheng was silent for a long time. Then he did not respond to Han Fei’s words, but started a new one.

He inhaled the rest of the cigarette in one breath, and after puffing out the smoke, he asked again:

“The biggest reason for this accident, besides the human factors that I’m not sure about, is that Shu Yi committed suicide by herself.”

“I know this is a bit of a victim-blaming theory, but to be honest, before all the guests boarded the paddleboards to go out to sea, the production team carefully checked their equipment, including whether their life jackets were fastened tightly, and repeatedly gave them safety reminders. If Shu Yi had listened to the instructions honestly, things would never have developed to the point where they are today.”

“At the very least, if the rope of her life jacket was not untied, then when she fell into the water, the life jacket would never fall off unless it was untied underwater, and there would be no subsequent incidents. Let me put it bluntly, even if Ren Tuo really wanted to harm her, it would take a lot of effort to untie the rope. Shu Yi is not a fool, so is she going to let him untie the rope like this?”

“Han Fei, is there anything wrong with what I said?”

Han Fei could not refute what Li Wensheng said.

He has always been annoyed by the victim-blaming theory. Even if the victim was negligent or careless, does that give the criminal an excuse to act recklessly?
But this time Shu Yi’s own problems were indeed equally big.

Even if Ren Tuo didn’t do anything to her, and even if it was calm and the weather was good today, things on the sea are hard to predict. No one can guarantee that there will be no wind or waves all the way out to sea. In such a situation, a life jacket is the last safety barrier for people.

Putting aside other things, with the life jacket on, a landlubber cannot die by floundering in panic. He can hold on for ten minutes at most until the safety officer arrives. Unless he is in such a desperate situation that he may encounter a greedy shark to take a bite in ten minutes, the possibility of Shu Yi getting into trouble is even lower than the possibility of the boat capsizing.

But not only did she untie the knot of the life jacket herself, she also let Ren Tuo know.

Ren Tuo is of course the culprit, but if Shu Yi hadn’t committed suicide, the possibility of him succeeding would be as low as it could be.

half an hour.

Han Fei was startled to feel pain in his fingers, and when he looked down, he realized that the cigarette had burned his hand.

He threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, wiped his face, and whispered:
“Director Li, what you mean by this is that as long as the guest doesn’t commit suicide, with such thorough safety measures, protection, and all-round live monitoring, Ren Tuo will have no chance of committing a crime or escaping punishment?”

“So you want to persuade me not to do this, because there’s no need to be so obvious, and it will be easy for the audience to notice something is wrong when it’s broadcast, right?”

“Before this incident happened, we thought so too. But as you can see today, things are so unexpected. Even if you make 10,000 preparations, there will always be the 10,001st unexpected situation waiting. Perhaps this is called Murphy’s Law. What you fear will come true.”

“Everyone has hidden cameras on them. When the PD is filming, the guests dare not do anything. When the PD is not around, if they do something bad secretly, it will be broadcast live with evidence. The main control is always watching and will rush to the scene immediately if there is any accident. It sounds like there is no problem. After all, no matter how bad Lu Siyuan is, he only dares to hit women. No matter how much fun Zhao Mingtao has in private, he is still a respectable person. Even if something happens, it won’t be a big deal that will cost someone’s life.”

“But now Ren Tuo is here. Ren Tuo is different from everyone else here.”

“Admittedly, half of the reason for today’s incident was that Shu Yi removed her protection herself. She was asking for trouble, but Director Li, can you guarantee that other guests won’t do similar things? Even you don’t know what Ren Tuo did specifically, can you expect the guests to always be vigilant against him?”

“If not, then he will probably leave no stone unturned in his quest for any possible opportunity.”

“There’s only a thousand days to be a thief, but there’s no thousand days to be on guard against thieves. He can’t do it when there are many people. But when there are fewer people, or even two people in a group, even if there is a PD, is it difficult for him to find an excuse to get rid of them?”

“Don’t be complacent, Director Li. The current situation is much more serious than you think. If you are hesitant for other reasons, you can also ask your superiors. I believe you can get an accurate answer.”

Li Wensheng felt that what Han Fei said was a bit exaggerated.

Ren Tuo attacked Shu Yi most likely because the latter’s hostility towards Nie Wenjin was already evident from her mouth and eyes. Although this was difficult for normal people to understand, this madman’s actions were not so exaggerated as to suddenly kill someone for no reason.

Even though he didn’t know who Ren Tuo was, just based on the factor of Nie Wenjin, the people Ren Tuo wanted to target at the moment were Shu Yi and Xu Qing’an. The former was hostile to Nie Wenjin, and the latter had a CP with Nie Wenjin. The others either had no intersection with Nie Wenjin or had a very good relationship with him (especially Qi Qingyi).

Wouldn’t it be enough to just keep a close eye on those two people and Nie Wenjin? Why go to this?

But what happened today was indeed too scary, and Li Wensheng was a little afraid to take the risk; he listened to Han Fei, since he was not someone who could make official decisions on behalf of the government. What would he do if something went wrong?

The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence and a slight stalemate.

I don’t know how long the silence lasted, but the cell phone in Li Wensheng’s pocket suddenly rang.

He took it out from his jeans pocket with great effort, looked at the caller ID, was stunned for a moment, and quickly pressed the answer button.

“Hey, Mengtai, what’s wrong?”

In the receiver, the environment on Meng Yunda’s side was extremely quiet, so quiet that even his voice seemed particularly clear.

“What do you think about what Han Fei just told you? If you have any ideas, just tell me. I will take your concerns into consideration and I will make the final decision. Don’t worry.”

Li Wensheng was really stunned this time.

He glanced at Han Fei who was sitting next to him in surprise and suspicion. This kid had been smoking so many cigarettes. I heard before that he didn’t smoke, but now he smokes non-stop, like a chimney on the sea.

He doesn’t smoke at all. This reaction is just like a heavy smoker who quit smoking and then touched cigarettes again!
No, no, that’s not the fucking point.

The point is, they were chatting here, there were no cameras around, and Han Fei didn’t have a cell phone on him, so how did Meng Tai know what they were talking about? !
Han Fei seemed to have noticed his gaze, and seemed to be able to hear what he was thinking, and suddenly spoke:
“Don’t worry, Director Li. I have special equipment on me. The Bureau is listening to me in real time while I’m talking to you.”

“Just tell the truth. If there is any problem, we can solve it together. Mr. Meng is not the kind of unkind leader, right?” Li Wensheng opened his mouth and grinned for a long time, wanting to curse something, but in the end, because Meng Yunda was still listening there, he held back and didn’t curse.

He forced himself to hold back the curse words, and it was so difficult that he stuttered when he spoke.

“Meng Tai, this is it…”

“My concerns are very simple. First of all, as Han Fei just said, if from now on only Han Fei and Ren Tuo form a team, the audience is not stupid. The popularity of the show is ridiculously high, and every move may be recorded and analyzed. This is too targeted and it is easy to find problems, making the audience guess that there is something behind Shu Yi’s incident.”

“Secondly, Ren Tuo is not a fool either. If he is targeted like this, and his ferocity is aroused, then Han Fei, who has always been in the same group with him, will be the most dangerous person. To put it bluntly, according to the logic behind his attack on Shu Yi today, he may think that Han Fei’s existence has hindered him and Nie Wenjin from developing a relationship in the same group. As long as Han Fei is kicked off the show or even killed, he can be with Nie Wenjin.”

As he spoke, Li Wensheng’s speech became clearer.

He sat up straight and analyzed carefully:
“Compared to him suddenly going crazy and attacking Qi Qingyi, Lu Xiaoli and others, I think the possibility of this happening is almost 100%.”

“Although you never said it directly, I know Han Fei is an official. He can do something secretly to add fuel to the fire. But even if he is an undercover, isn’t it a bit too much to let him die?”

After these words were spoken, Meng Yunda on the other end of the phone also fell silent.

Han Fei next to him stared at Li Wensheng in surprise. He never expected that the other party would keep hesitating and refusing to agree, and even have such concerns.

Li Wensheng scratched his sparse head. This was an old habit of his. Whenever he was nervous or embarrassed, he would scratch his head, as if scratching it would make his bald head grow some hair.

“Meng Tai, you asked me to tell you the truth… I just think that Han Fei was willing to jump into the sea to save people this time, and he was desperate. When I was waiting on the boat, the captain of the yacht also came out to wait with me. He told me that there are too many dangers in the sea, and many of them are invisible. It’s not just those poisonous or aggressive animals that can cause death.”

“An undercurrent whirlpool, a cold current hidden under the sea, or even more inexplicable reasons can easily kill people. The captain said that he used to drive an ocean liner. If someone fell off the ship, no one would rescue him and pretend nothing happened. Later, when he was older, he found a job driving luxury yachts. Anyway, he has seen a lot of such things.”

“Not to mention, this time Han Fei not only jumped into the sea to rescue people, but also had to face the hidden danger of Ren Tuo…”

“No matter how capable Han Fei is, he can’t keep doing this, right? If it doesn’t work, let’s get Ren Tuo off the show. Since the authorities are investigating him, he must have committed a crime outside. Isn’t it better to follow the clues? Why do we have to make the undercover agent tie his head to his belt? There’s no need for that.”

After a moment, the voice came from the receiver again.

But it was not Meng Yunda’s voice, it was another person’s voice, deep, powerful, majestic and steady, much more serious than Meng Yunda’s.

It’s Zhu Chengbiao.

“Director Li Wensheng, huh? I heard what you said just now. As the leader of Changshan City Bureau, I am very grateful that you put aside the interests of the program and considered Han Fei so much. I had some misunderstandings about your program team before, but now it seems that you are a rare good person.”

“What I want to make clear is that, as you guessed, Han Fei is indeed an undercover agent sent in by the authorities. Today, he did indeed risk a huge amount of money to go into the water to save people. Logically, we shouldn’t let a dangerous person like Ren Tuo stay there any longer, but we have no other choice.”

“Now he can leave Changshan City without any doubt because Attorney Kou made him believe that he can be convicted of self-defense, and Nie Wenjin has a so-called ambiguous object on the show. He has a sense of crisis and took the initiative to request to continue recording the show.”

“If we let him leave the recording location, we couldn’t keep him outside and had to lock him up. His stabbing of the wanted criminal definitely cannot be considered self-defense because there were many people with law enforcement authority around him who were able to control the suspect. After the first stab, the suspect had no ability to resist, but he continued to hurt people despite being stopped. This cannot be called self-defense. To say that he was self-defense is an understatement.”

“But we have other things to investigate about him, and we can’t let him and the group of people he is associated with know what we are investigating. So if we put him in jail, it will alert the enemy. There is also the worst possibility that he has an overseas background and once he is desperate, he may leave the country illegally at all costs.”

“Taking all factors into consideration, it is indeed dangerous to let Han Fei keep an eye on him and act with him, but this is the only solution.”

“Director Li, I shouldn’t have told you this, but I’m very grateful that you’ve considered him. It’s also necessary to explain the interests to you and eliminate your fluke mentality. As for Han Fei, believe me, I’m the one who least wants him to get into trouble, but now he needs to come out and do this, and only he can do this. I can’t make some wrong decisions because of my personal feelings.”

“Our people are already on their way. They will choose the time and place of arrival according to the content of your live broadcast to ensure that they will not be noticed. We will do our best to protect Han Fei and everyone in the program team. Please rest assured.”

Li Wensheng didn’t know what to say for a moment.

To be honest, he was a little flattered and even frightened.

He knew who Zhu Chengbiao was. A big leader like him usually communicated directly with Meng Tai, just like what happened just now. He told Meng Yunda what he wanted to say, and then Meng Yunda would tell him selectively. This was normal. Although he was a director, this identity was not presentable in front of Zhu Chengbiao. He fully understood.

But this is clearly an abnormal situation.

He just kept talking a few words, but Director Zhu actually condescended to explain it in person, and explained so much and in such detail!
Is this something he can listen to?!

Li Wensheng was really panicking, he felt like it was his last chance, but he had to respond, otherwise he would be chopped off by Meng Tai right now before he could wait for the future.

He tried his best to appear neither humble nor arrogant, cleared his throat and said:

“I understand, I understand. You must have your reasons for making this arrangement. I am just an outsider giving advice to insiders. Just listen to me for fun. I don’t have much experience. I am just afraid of something going wrong…”

As he was talking, Li Wensheng felt his straight waist bend again unconsciously.

In the end, he simply gave up on himself:

“Anyway, I’ll listen to you on this matter. If you dare to let Han Fei go, then I’ll trust him too!”

(End of this chapter)