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Chapter 75 Disobedient dogs will be eaten.

Two days later. Mia's mansion villa.

Lu Yiming sprawled out on the leather sofa, his legs arrogantly propped up on the coffee table.

Chen Ruoyan, who was standing next to him, peeled green grapes and stuffed them into Lu Yiming's mouth.

"You and Mia seem to be getting along quite well lately," Chen Ruoyan teased.

"I'm homeless, so I have no choice but to live under someone else's roof," Lu Yiming muttered.

Actually, his haunted house had already been renovated, but he shamelessly continued to live in Mia's house.

After all, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance after just receiving a huge sum of over two million US dollars.

Once he had the money, he felt that the villa's decor was no longer worthy of him.

We need to find a designer and a renovation company to redo it.

To avoid being targeted by the IRS, he deliberately didn't transfer the ownership of the villa, leaving it registered under Rockefeller's name.

He's like a mouse with a gold brick in his hand now, rich but spending it cautiously, practically hiding the two million in cash in the refrigerator.

I really lack experience when it comes to embezzlement.

I need to ask Gu Qiu for advice on how to launder money and turn illicit funds into legitimate income another day.

A series of "ping-pong" sounds came from the kitchen.

It's the weekend, and Mia specially dragged her best friend Chen Ruoyan home.

That sassy Caroline has been transferred to the FBI for a mission.

To celebrate this wonderful news, Mia will personally cook and showcase the Chinese cuisine she has been studying for so long.

"Here they come, guys!"

Wearing gloves and carrying a plate, she rushed into the restaurant, shouting in broken Chinese:

"Braised pork buttocks!"

Lu Yiming and Chen Ruoyan exchanged a glance and stepped forward.

On the plate lay several pieces of meat that looked like charcoal, with a few pig hairs still clinging to them, and drizzled with oily sauce.

Lu Yiming covered his nose.

"Mia... don't you think the colors you used are a little strange?"

"Tasteless! This is a new thickening technique I learned from watching a video!" Mia pulled out a chair and sat down triumphantly.

"Eat up, eat up, try my cooking."

Chen Ruoyan swallowed hard, out of kindness that she didn't want to undermine her best friend's confidence.

He picked up a piece of meat that wasn't so dark and took a bite with a death-defying air.

bang.

"How is it? How is it?" Mia asked expectantly.

Chen Ruoyan's face twitched, and she forced herself to swallow the piece of charcoal.

"Mmm...cooked perfectly, very chewy."

"See! I told you I had a talent for cooking!" Mia beamed with delight.

Lu Yiming picked up the largest piece of charcoal and threw it into Chen Ruoyan's bowl. "If you like it, eat more. Eat her family out of house and home."

Chen Ruoyan kept smiling and stepped on his foot under the table.

"Mia, why don't you eat this delicious braised pork butt yourself?" Lu Yiming endured the pain and changed the subject.

Mia waved her hand and picked up the vegetable salad in front of her:

"You all eat, you all eat. Pork is too gamey, I won't eat it. There's also some Kung Pao Chicken stewing in the kitchen!"

Chen Ruoyan couldn't eat anymore, so she pointed at the TV and changed the subject: "Hey, look, it's the new mayor! Isn't this your leader?"

"I am honored to be elected as the 43rd Mayor of Fremont..."

On the screen, Gu Qiu, dressed in a suit and tie, is standing on the podium in the city hall square, speaking eloquently.

Beside him stood a middle-aged white man with a beaming smile.

The man was so fat he looked like a mountain of flesh, his suit was about to burst from his bulk, and his ruddy face wore a hypocritical politician's smile.

"Now, please welcome our Governor of California, Mr. Richard Cox, to give a speech."

Gu Qiu bowed slightly, giving up her seat.

Richard walked up to Gu Qiu with great enthusiasm and patted her on the shoulder.

They displayed a warm and friendly relationship in front of the camera.

"I am honored to attend Mr. Gu's inauguration ceremony!"

Richard spoke into the microphone, his voice booming, "An Asian American running for mayor in Fremont, California, is proof enough that California is the most democratic and egalitarian place in America! This is the soil where the American Dream is realized..."

The three people in front of the TV rolled their eyes in unison as they listened to the long, politically correct speech.

Lu Yiming recalled seeing this person's name in Mia's father's account book.

There were so many zeros following that, even more greedy than Gu Qiu.

Seeing his face now, he felt a sense of déjà vu...

Are they Epstein's videos?

……

City Hall, backstage lounge for the ceremony.

Governor Richard, who had been all smiles on stage just moments before, was now impatiently loosening his tie and slamming his massive body into the sofa.

Gu Qiu suppressed his mayoral airs, clasped his hands together, and stood respectfully before him.

"Gu, you did a good job in this mayoral election. You didn't waste the resources we spent to get you into this position."

Richard pulled out a cigar, and immediately a bodyguard stepped forward and pulled out a lighter.

He waved his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back.

Gu Qiu understood, stepped forward to take the lighter and cigar, and half-squatted in front of him to light them.

"It's all thanks to your cultivation."

Richard took the cigar and smiled. "You're still as sensible as ever."

Gu Qiu was about to bow her head and agree when Richard's expression instantly turned cold:

"But what about that counterfeit money ring? You knew it was a crucial part of our financial network, yet you still let your men raid Vance's factory?!"

Gu Qiu's tone remained calm: "Sir, this was done without my permission by my subordinates. I was not notified beforehand."

Richard slammed his fist on the table twice, glaring at him. "You can't control your own people? Aren't you afraid that mad dog Vance will go around biting everyone?"

He moved closer and blew smoke into Gu Qiu's face. "Give me Vance, I'll take him back to the capital, Sacramento."

"But sir, this is not proper procedure. The prisoner is currently under the jurisdiction of the Fremont Police Department. If we were to take him directly across jurisdictions..."

"hehe."

Richard chuckled dismissively. "Rules? In California, I am the rule. You just need to do as I say."

Gu Qiu had no choice but to nod.

Just then, the door to the lounge was pushed open.

The person who walked in was Leo, the deputy head of the Fremont Police Department's homicide unit.

Richard glanced at him and waved to Gu Qiu, "You can go out now."

Gu Qiu didn't even glance at Leo before turning and walking out of the room.

The moment the door closed, Richard's fake smile vanished.

He grabbed the ashtray from the table and smashed it at Leo's face.

"Fxxk! What kind of work are you doing?!"

The ashtray grazed his face and hit the wall.

"When they were sniping that disabled man at the city hall, why didn't they just blow his head off?!"

Richard's finger poked at Leo's heart, spittle flying everywhere.

Leo lowered his head. "I'm sorry, sir. The wind speed was off for that shot."

"Missed? You're a former Marine Corps sniper!"

Richard paced back and forth in the room, furious. "And then what? You had so many opportunities to do it in the hospital, why didn't you clean it up? You let others use this to create a huge scandal, almost throwing this dirty water on the president!"

"It was my oversight; I didn't want to reveal my identity within the police department," Leo replied in a deep voice.

"negligence?"

Richard sneered, walked closer to Leo, and slapped his cheek. "So what about your position as head of the homicide unit? How did a greenhorn who's only been here a few days snatch that job?"

Leo lowered his head and remained silent.

"Listen to Leo. You and Gu Qiu, both Asians, are just two dogs we keep."

"If I find a dog disobedient or unable to bite anymore, I'll skin it and eat its flesh."

He pointed towards the gate: "I'm giving you two months to get rid of that new team leader. He's very disobedient."

"clear."

"Get lost," Richard said irritably, waving his hand dismissively.

Leo turned and walked out of the lounge.

As he walked down the corridor, he found that Gu Qiu had not left, but was leaning against the wall smoking.

"Mayor Gu, what a brilliant plan."

Leo stepped forward, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette.

Gu Qiu exhaled a puff of smoke, turned to look at him, and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"We're all doing dirty work for others, so stop pretending."

Leo stared into Gu Qiu's eyes. "If I'm not mistaken, that clue about the counterfeit money factory was deliberately given to Lu Yiming by you, wasn't it?"

"I think he has potential; he's a rare gem. I just want to hone his skills."

Leo threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stubbed it out with his shoe.

"I never would have guessed Mayor Gu had such a big appetite. Is the position of mayor not enough for him?"

"I have no problem with what you're going to do. I don't care who you use as a stepping stone."

He lowered his voice and warned, "But you'd better not touch Lu Yiming."