Chapter 160

To avoid arousing the suspicion of the Fanlin Family, he had to take measures to divert their attention. Consequently, he conspired with the magistrate of County A on a plan designed to make the Fanlin Family believe that the events they were monitoring were merely a small-scale, controllable disturbance rather than an organized confrontation. Suchen suggested that the magistrate relax regulations on certain less-critical projects, purposely causing some property damage. Although these losses looked distressing, they were actually carefully calculated to ensure they would cause no fundamental impact on the long-term development of County A.