Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1201 - 1249: The Conspiracy of Auditing Accounts

Aoki Reiko left the next day, and Xu Yingying and Ning Xin’er also told Li Yifei about the drunken words spoken by Aoki Reiko. This left Li Yifei dumbfounded, as he had thought he had done quite well, but it turned out that this woman, Aoki Reiko, had managed to sense his intentions just by intuition, which was truly bizarre.

"You stripped her clothes off, how could she not think about you?" Xu Yingying gave Li Yifei a white look.

Li Yifei gave a dry laugh and said, "At that time, I just wanted to make her hate me more, plus her clothes were too wet, she would have frozen if she kept wearing them, I had no ulterior motives."

Ning Xin’er chuckled lightly and said, "You might as well have done something then, she would have really hated you. But you stripped her clothes and did nothing, it would be strange if she didn’t realize you were purposely scaring her."

Xu Yingying looked at Ning Xin’er and said, "That’s right, it would have been better to just take her then and make her pregnant, and then she’d never get over you."

Ning Xin’er laughed out loud and said, "Sister Yingying, don’t be so harsh. Back then, I liked our husband, okay? It’s just that my way of expressing it was different. But this time, our husband managed to make someone fall for him because he didn’t ’take her’."

Li Yifei also felt that this was probably his biggest oversight. If he hadn’t acted that way back then, perhaps Aoki Reiko wouldn’t have fallen for him so deeply.

"Hold on, just because she likes me doesn’t mean I have to take responsibility, right? If I had to take responsibility for everyone who liked me, wouldn’t things become a mess?"

Li Yifei suddenly thought of a problem and immediately felt more confident.

Xu Yingying and Ning Xin’er looked at Li Yifei, then both of them chuckled. Xu Yingying said, "It seems our husband has finally come to his senses."

Ning Xin’er also said, "Yes, our husband is now a celebrity, the chairman of the Li Group, young and wealthy, who knows how many women like him."

Li Yifei chuckled lightly and said, "You two are just reminding me, don’t worry, I will definitely control myself now and won’t be showing mercy everywhere."

Xu Yingying said, "Good to know, but regarding Aoki Reiko, I feel that you will still have a hard time letting it go, after all, you bear some responsibility."

Li Yifei knew that this was where the problem lay. He sighed and said, "But I can’t say I am Mu Fei. As time goes by, I think Aoki Reiko will forget about it eventually. A non-existent person won’t be in her thoughts forever."

Now that Aoki Reiko’s issue was settled for the time being, Li Yifei still worked hard for the prosperity of the Li family, one to make money and grow the company, and the other to expand the family’s influence. Without these two, a great family would just be empty talk. frёeωebɳovel.com

Making money wasn’t too difficult at the moment, Li Yifei had several high-quality projects in hand, each capable of making good money. The main thing was still the enhancement of influence. Currently, he could only protect himself. To talk about expansion, obviously, his strength was still insufficient.

However, it’s not that easy to recruit talent. Some have the abilities, but may not necessarily be loyal. Loyalty is the top criteria for Li Yifei when choosing people; without enough loyalty, he would rather give up.

This might seem a bit extreme, but Li Yifei naturally had his own ideas. He didn’t want to be like those old families; he wanted to establish a solid family system, and without loyalty, that would be unacceptable.

He could attract many people with his wealth and make the family grow rapidly in a short period of time, but such a family wouldn’t be stable and would entail many hidden risks. Li Yifei didn’t want temporary strength, but to lay a solid foundation.

But Li Yifei’s biggest weakness was in the bureaucratic field. Although he had support from above and backing from several great families, none of them were his direct subordinates who would comply with his every command.

This would make him less smooth in many matters compared to those big families. However, Li Yifei also reluctantly gave up on this point. The higher-ups already clearly disfavored greater family involvement in the bureaucracy, intending to break this malpractice. How could he touch this taboo, even if it made things more difficult? Li Yifei wanted to avoid this at all costs.

Now, Li Yifei was facing such an issue related to the bureaucracy.

These days, the Tax Bureau was auditing accounts.

Normally, the Tax Bureau auditing accounts is a common affair. For large enterprises like Li Yifei’s, the Tax Bureau comes to audit every year, and Li Yifei had never thought about doing anything underhanded in this regard. With good business management, he wasn’t afraid of paying taxes. The more taxes he paid, the more it showed he was earning more.

With He Fangqing as the financial director, the handling of finances was particularly serious. Unless there were some minor errors, there wouldn’t be any major issues.

However, this time the audit was different. It was the Audit Sub-bureau from the provincial Tax Bureau, not the local Tax Bureau, and they were exceptionally thorough in their checks; it was clear they were determined to find discrepancies no matter what.

In the past few days, He Fangqing had been dealing with them, and she felt the pressure most acutely. When she met with Li Yifei and Xu Yingying, she was full of complaints.

"These people are nitpicking, trying to dig deep into every minor issue. I’ve never seen such an inspection before."

Li Yifei was quite clear about these matters, perhaps even utterly ignorant, since he had only recently started managing the company and had never dealt with the Tax Bureau before. He asked, "Is there a difference?"

"Of course, there’s a difference. If we really had the suspicion of tax evasion, their thorough inspection would be normal. But our accounts are very clear; any reasonably technically proficient person could tell that our company pays taxes by the book. At first, I thought they wanted to get some benefits from us, but they strictly refused my invitation to dine, clearly aiming to find errors. However, our finances are like genuine gold in a fire; after all their efforts over the past few days, they have made no progress, and they look quite embarrassed."

Li Yifei narrowed his eyes and said, "Then they’re deliberately finding faults."

He Fangqing immediately said, "I think so too. It seems like someone is trying to target us."

Li Yifei lit a cigarette and took a couple of drags, musing, "I think I know who is trying to target us."

"Is it those big families from the province?" Xu Yingying quickly asked.

Li Yifei nodded, "It should be those people Meng Xiaofei and I beat up last time. Only they are foolhardy enough to use such methods against me."

Thinking of this, Li Yifei asked Meng Xiaofei for Zheng Yuyang’s phone number to have him investigate Song Ziqiao and the others.

It was originally a favor to ask of Zheng Yuyang, but he was delighted at the request and quickly called Zheng Yuhao. Zheng Yuhao was equally excited; a clan chief asking for their help made their intentions to establish connections very clear. They both immediately set out to inquire about the matter.

Among Song Ziqiao’s group, Song Ziqiao himself was somewhat tight-lipped, but for people like Sunx Kangping, who couldn’t help bragging when they did something they were proud of, the affair had already been leaked. Zheng Yuhao found out it was indeed their doing through someone close to Sunx Kangping.

Once Li Yifei confirmed this, he found the root of the issue, making a resolution much easier.

In fact, Brother Hu could have easily handled this situation, but Li Yifei did not want to rely on Brother Hu too much for the time being, preferring that Brother Hu establish a solid foundation in the provincial capital first. He could also have asked the Ye family to investigate, which would have been just as convenient, but he did not choose them. Instead, he sought help from the Zheng Family, thus winning their support. In the power dynamics of the Eight Great Clans in the provincial capital, Li Yifei could not settle everything just with the Ye family, so naturally, he needed to win over a few other clans. The Zheng Family was now an excellent ally.

If those scions of the great clans wanted to play games with them, then Li Yifei was willing to join in. Putting a few smaller players in their place could draw out bigger ones.

The Audit Bureau personnel had been instructed to find problems with Li Yifei’s company, but after several days, they had found nothing significant aside from a few minor issues that could not warrant any penalties or accusations of tax evasion, let alone shutting down Li Yifei’s company.

Their inability to find substantial problems, coupled with the persistent pressure from above, was causing them a great deal of stress.

But suddenly, a turnaround occurred. The company started to seek connections everywhere, hoping to put a stop to the investigation, and the tax personnel promptly reported this development up the chain.

Song Ziqiao was the one managing this issue, but the connections with the Tax Bureau were through the Sunx Family, led by Sunx Kangping. While he couldn’t possibly wield the full power of the Sunx Family, he could utilize its influence to order Tax Bureau officials to inspect Li Yifei’s company.

Now that he knew Li Yifei’s company was seeking intermediaries, he thought it was time for him to make a move and show off his clout. So he immediately rushed to Mile City, instructing the tax officials to accept Li Yifei’s feast invitation, and then he planned to make a dramatic appearance, put on a show of force, and thoroughly humiliate Li Yifei.

Just thinking of the scene, Sunx Kangping felt an indescribable thrill. He loved to put people down, especially in such a way that he felt like a protagonist from a novel.

"Damn it, Li Yifei, you bastard, you dared to smash my car, dared to hit me, this time I will make sure you kneel and beg me. And even if you do kneel and beg, I won’t let you off. Thinking you’re something special just because you have some money, trying to act tough in front of me? This time, I’ll make sure your face is slapped red."