Wang Rongjun isn’t part of the Ling faction. Strictly speaking, he’s someone Fang Xiang promoted, belonging to the Fang faction camp.
Of course, to a certain degree, or when these people reach a certain level, which camp they belong to becomes less clearly defined.
Once some people’s status rises, they start to become inflated in their mindset.
They begin to try to make connections on all sides, be non-offensive to all, and maintain good relationships with various big shots.
At a certain point, if their loyalties are too obvious, it doesn’t help them to advance further.
Just like Zhao Guosheng currently, everyone used to know he was with the Ling faction.
But now, it’s not that clear anymore.
Although Zhao Guosheng frequently visits Ling Jinhua and interacts with Ling Mingrui often, he also has close ties with other big shots.
It’s certainly true that the Ling Family cannot fully control Zhao Guosheng now.
Similarly, Fang Xiang can’t fully control Wang Rongjun.
Wang Rongjun wanting to foster relationships with other big shots is also an understandable matter.
Wang Rongjun letting his daughter seek out Luo Ziling shows he wants to maintain good relations with the Ling Family. Ling Mingrui immediately thought of this.
His focus shifted away from the earlier event, and he inquired about Luo Ziling’s interactions with Wang Guoguo.
Luo Ziling felt lucky for not mentioning this to Ling Mingrui last time.
In special situations, using matters like these to dissolve the gap between him and Ling Mingrui is rather effective.
Ling Mingrui was unaware that Wang Guoguo is Li Haiyang’s secretary; it’s not something he’d pay attention to, and Li Haiyang wouldn’t tell him.
Li Haiyang knew Wang Guoguo was tasked with monitoring him, but he didn’t care at all.
Someone who’s been dealing with secret operations all his life won’t consider a rookie special agent like Wang Guoguo as anything significant.
If Li Haiyang couldn’t handle even Wang Guoguo, that would be too embarrassing.
Therefore, he didn’t take Wang Guoguo seriously nor did he share this matter with Ling Mingrui.
Ling Mingrui only learned from Luo Ziling that Wang Guoguo was serving as a secretary beside Li Haiyang.
Upon knowing Wang Guoguo’s task to monitor Li Haiyang, Ling Mingrui frowned slightly.
"Did you agree to her request?" Ling Mingrui softly asked Luo Ziling.
"No!" Luo Ziling shook his head, "Matters like these shouldn’t be agreed to lightly unless there’s sufficient reward."
Luo Ziling’s straightforward manner surprised Ling Mingrui.
After a careful look at Luo Ziling, he continued: "Interact more with this person Wang Guoguo. If you can win over Wang Rongjun, that’s worth the effort. After all, the Ling Family’s influence in the military is gradually declining, which is not a good sign."
"Grandpa, I’ve already done quite a bit for you!" Luo Ziling chuckled, "Last time, cooperating with Dragon Rise helped you remove a few military big shots. If I can bring Wang Rongjun over this time, that’s a significant achievement too. Plus, I promised to help treat Zhao Guosheng!"
Ling Mingrui nodded, pondered, and then quietly said: "Find a way to maintain a good relationship with Zhao Guosheng and manage his illness. Try to pull Wang Rongjun over here. If you get the chance to know those influential old-timers in the military, you should get acquainted. No matter what, it’ll greatly benefit your father. If you can get to know these military big shots and do them favors, they’ll assist you whenever you face difficulties. Anyway, you have a thick skin; you wouldn’t hesitate to ask them for help."
Ling Mingrui’s words at the end left Luo Ziling stunned for a moment, then he quickly understood what was meant.
Without hesitation, he agreed.
"Alright, I’ll follow Grandpa’s instructions."
Luo Ziling’s behavior pleased Ling Ruonan.
She hadn’t expected Luo Ziling would discuss these matters with Ling Mingrui when they were together.
He didn’t mention the recent happenings, only about Wang Rongjun and Wang Guoguo. It seemed Luo Ziling’s emotional intelligence was indeed high; he understood Ling Mingrui’s mood accurately and figured out how to shift his attention.
She chimed in promptly, "Dad, Ling’er’s medical skills are excellent. More people will seek his treatment in the future. Healing others or saving lives could accumulate a lot of goodwill. As long as they don’t repay kindness with enmity, he could earn substantial favors and even get returns."
"Your son uses that matter to threaten me and my father!" Ling Mingrui chuckled, glancing at Luo Ziling as he laughed.
"I wouldn’t dare!" Luo Ziling grinned awkwardly, "I never used that as leverage against you; I wouldn’t dare even with a hundred times the courage."
"Is there anything you wouldn’t dare do?" Ling Mingrui sneered, "You’re quite dauntless, few surpass your audacity."
As he spoke, he looked over at Ling Ruonan, pointing at Luo Ziling: "How did he just threaten my sister and my son?"
"Grandpa, I just don’t want anyone to harm my mother," Luo Ziling said earnestly. "Even though my mom didn’t raise me long, she at least gave birth to me. She gave me life, and I ought to repay her throughout my lifetime. If someone intends to harm my mom and I pretend things are fine, I’d be utterly useless, wouldn’t I?"
"Alright, don’t bring that matter up again!" Ling Mingrui instructed Luo Ziling thoughtfully, "Today, they’ve already reached an agreement. Ling Zhenghui accepted the compensation proposed by Minglan and Zhengping, not intending to pursue responsibility for Ling Zhengjian, Ling Haining, and Lin Jiaying. Things are still controllable now; if it grows worse, it’ll cause endless trouble for the Ling Family."
"Alright," Luo Ziling nodded and continued swiftly, "But what I don’t understand is, after this incident, aren’t you planning to punish those few instigators? No punishment means they don’t learn their lesson, having not suffered consequences, they’ll keep acting recklessly."
"Who said they wouldn’t be punished?" Ling Mingrui looked seriously at Luo Ziling, stating firmly, "They’ve made mistakes and will certainly be punished. Moreover, the punishment won’t be light."
"Alright then!" Luo Ziling didn’t ask about the particulars of their punishment, he promptly changed the topic: "Grandpa, do you think it’s possible they were behind the plot against my mom?"
"They don’t have such audacity nor the capacity to plan such a thing!" Ling Mingrui shook his head, "If they had that capability, today’s situation wouldn’t be as it is."
Luo Ziling nodded slightly, "acknowledging" Ling Mingrui’s explanation.
Ling Mingrui contemplated a bit, then addressed Luo Ziling, "Tomorrow evening, why don’t you all come for dinner? I’ll bring Chen Ruchang’s latest case for you to review."
"Sure!" Luo Ziling promptly agreed, then turned to Ling Ruonan, "Mom, you should have time, right?"
"I’ll make sure to find time!" Ling Ruonan nodded, glancing at Luo Ziling, then at Ling Mingrui, gently asked, "Dad, today Ling’er argued with them and even directly scolded my brother and aunt; will they hold a grudge?"
"Not berating them would they not hold a grudge?"