Official Career Storm
Chapter 330

Chapter 330: Chapter 330

The village had only one road.

Hearing the noise behind him, Song Guanchao knew this road was no longer an option.

"Into the mountains!"

Song Guanchao turned and ran towards the hillside, with Liu Lanzi and Yang Yongcai closely following him.

However, Liu Lanzi was, after all, a woman who had lived a life of luxury and, although she occasionally made time to exercise,

her physical condition could only be described as normal.

Near the village were wild hills, not very high but with thick forests and brambles all around, offering no solid footing.

One careless step could easily lead to twisting an ankle or stepping into a hole.

And it was the dead of night, with the visibility extremely low under the faint moonlight, making it impossible for Liu Lanzi to move quickly.

"Ah!"

She slipped, and just as she was about to fall, a large hand grabbed her wrist, steadying her body.

Song Guanchao said nothing and hurried her up into the mountains.

"Huff, puff, huff, puff~"

Yang Yongcai felt a burning sensation in his lungs, breathing as though bellows were being operated.

The immense exertion was causing his vision to darken.

"Liu, Chairman Liu, let’s take a break..."

Yang Yongcai crouched down and spoke weakly.

After pausing for quite a while and not seeing Chairman Liu respond,

he raised his head, only to realize there was no one in sight.

Where was Chairman Liu?

And where was Secretary Song?

Yang Yongcai looked left and right but couldn’t spot anyone.

He didn’t dare to shout loudly, afraid that the group of thugs would hear him.

Resting for a while, he picked up a dry branch to use as a walking stick and slowly began to search, calling out softly.

In another location.

With Song Guanchao pulling her along, Liu Lanzi felt much lighter.

She did not know how long they had walked, until she felt her heartbeat thundering and her breathing became difficult when she said, "Stop, stop for a moment."

Song Guanchao stopped, and Liu Lanzi bent over, hands on knees, taking deep breaths.

Underneath her black silk blouse, her chest heaved, revealing full curves.

After a long time, she stood up and asked, "Why did County Magistrate Hou leave so abruptly?"

This was what troubled her most.

Song Guanchao shook his head, not saying a word.

It was inconvenient to tell her such things but considering Liu Lanzi’s involvement in local real estate development, not giving her a clear response would also be inappropriate.

"I will explain the situation here to Secretary Wu. I dare not promise anything else, but your construction site will not face this kind of problem in the future."

"Hmm, thank you," she responded, still somewhat worried.

The events of the night were too abnormal.

County Magistrate Hou came, and then he left.

Moreover, after his arrival, he didn’t settle the problem but allowed Lu Xiaotian to chase and block them,

forcing them to flee into the mountains.

She looked around and asked, "What should we do now?"

"Let’s wait, Assistant Ning should have gone to look for County Magistrate Fu... What about Mr. Yang?"

It was only then that Song Guanchao realized that Yang Yongcai was missing!

Liu Lanzi also noticed.

The two of them looked back along the way they had come. The night in the mountains was truly pitch-black, like being blind.

Apart from the splintered moonlight scattered across the sky that allowed them to make out the outlines of the forest,

anything beyond that was swallowed by inky darkness, invisible.

"I’ll call him."

Liu Lanzi reached for her phone, only to find that at some point it had disappeared.

Song Guanchao realized that his phone was gone too.

It must have been lost during the run.

"He should be okay," said Song Guanchao. "These hills aren’t high, and there aren’t any dangerous animals."

Liu Lanzi hummed in agreement. She wasn’t worried about any accidents happening.

"When are we going down the mountain?"

"Let’s wait."

Song Guanchao glanced toward the foot of the mountain, "Lu Xiaotian must have blocked the entrance to the town by now, and I guess he has also sent people into the mountain."

He looked in the other direction, "Unless we climb over from this side."

If it were just him alone, climbing over a mountain would be simple.

But Liu Lanzi definitely wouldn’t be able to, she didn’t have the physical strength.

They didn’t have any food or water on them either, they wouldn’t last long before giving out.

Rather than climbing over, it was better to wait here.

As for Fu Ying...

A sudden heaviness settled in Song Guanchao’s heart.

Through the conversation with Secretary Tu tonight, he knew that Fu Ying probably couldn’t call the police.

Given two serious incidents had happened in Dujiang County in a short amount of time, even with excuses, Secretary Tu couldn’t avoid responsibility.

Therefore, Secretary Tu wouldn’t allow the situation here to escalate.

As for Song Guanchao, if he was beaten tonight, that was beyond Secretary Tu’s concern.

Even if Song Guanchao was seriously injured here today, it would be a beating endured in vain.

There were no surveillance cameras, no evidence.

Even if he made a fuss about it to the City Committee, no one would believe his words, except for Wu Qiangwei.

Furthermore, if he really was beaten, he couldn’t make a big deal out of it.

A secretary from the City Committee, getting into a fight in a village in Dujiang County in the middle of the night.

The situation was embarrassing to start with.

Secretary Tu dared to keep him here because he had already considered everything.

Keeping him here was to teach him a lesson, to give him something to remember.

To let him know that this was Dujiang County, Tu Zhaorui’s turf.

Even if you are from the City Committee, you still need to be on your best behavior.

The emperor’s power doesn’t extend into the local counties, local authority has always outweighed everything else, this has been true since ancient times.

Therefore, relying on Fu Ying was unrealistic.

However, fortunately, Song Guanchao had another ace up his sleeve.

As long as Ning Lin contacted Lu Feng, Lu Feng would definitely come.

What he needed to do was to rest in the mountain for a night; just treat it as a camping trip.

"Chairman Liu, let’s find a place to rest."

"Okay." Liu Lanzi had no better idea.

She had never experienced anything like this and had no relevant experience in dealing with it.

Luckily, Song Guanchao was calm and composed, seemingly not worried at all.

At times like this, they needed someone like Song Guanchao to keep everyone steady.

"Give me your hand."

Song Guanchao reached out, and Liu Lanzi handed her hand to him.

Initially, Song Guanchao simply held her hand, but Liu Lanzi was severely drained.

And she had drunk alcohol earlier in the night.

After such a great deal of physical exertion, her body was already showing signs of weakness.

Thus, after not going far, she ended up riding on Song Guanchao’s back.

She wrapped her arms around Song Guanchao’s neck, the scent of his sweat filling her nostrils.

She was a woman who loved cleanliness, but at the moment, she found the smell on Song Guanchao’s body comforting, and even amidst being tracked in the deep mountains, she felt at ease.

After walking about two kilometers, Song Guanchao stopped.

He went to the back of a small hill, put Liu Lanzi down.

Picking up branches, he made some noise nearby, then came over and said, "Let’s rest here."

He sat beside Liu Lanzi, calculating in his mind that it must be nearing dawn by now.

Lu Feng would probably arrive after daylight.

"Uhm~" Liu Lanzi let out a muffled groan, and when Song Guanchao looked over, he saw many scratches on her legs.

She’d worn shorts today, exposing her long, fair legs.

There were waist-high weeds all over the mountain, and in many places, the weeds were more than half a meter tall.

Dead branches fell from the trees in a disorderly pile, and as they made their way, Song Guanchao’s dress pants had been torn in several places, not to mention Liu Lanzi without even a pair of pants.

She had cuts on her thighs and calves.

Song Guanchao stood up and unbuckled his belt.

Liu Lanzi looked up and saw him starting to take off his pants; her heart fluttered slightly, her panic uncontrollably spreading.

What... what was he doing?

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