Official Career Storm
Chapter 345

Chapter 345: Chapter 345

Zhang Yue came out of the watchhouse restroom and saw a somewhat familiar figure.

Jiang Yuan!

She quickly retreated back into the restroom, her heart pounding fiercely.

Song Guanchao was right, he really came!

And so quickly!

After waiting a little while, Zhang Yue finally came out and quickly left the watchhouse.

The visitation room.

Jiang Yuan met with Li Fuhai.

Since Li Fuhai’s downfall, Jiang Yuan had not seen him once; he had always arranged for others to convey messages.

Seeing Jiang Yuan, Li Fuhai was very excited.

"Mayor, can I get out now?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head, "It won’t be that fast. Your case has gone up to the province, wait for the trial and sentencing. After being sentenced, if you behave well, strive for a reduced sentence."

Li Fuhai’s eyes dimmed, and he wanted to say something more, but Jiang Yuan asked, "How much do you know about Song Guanchao?"

"Song Guanchao?"

Li Fuhai said in confusion, "Who is he?"

"Your driver."

"Driver... Oh, I remember now."

"Why does the Mayor need to ask about this kid? He drove me for less than half a month."

"In this half month, where did he take you?"

"Other than the city government and my house, he didn’t really drive me much, most times I would have him take me to a restaurant."

"Which one?"

"Lanshan Garden," Li Fuhai asked, "Mayor, what’s the issue with this driver?"

Jiang Yuan didn’t hide the truth from him, "There’s a rumor that it was him who reported you."

Li Fuhai was stunned, then waved his hands, "Impossible!"

"Why impossible?"

"He’s just a driver, how could he report me?"

"And where would he even get the evidence?"

"Stolen from your house."

"Nonsense!" Li Fuhai scoffed with a cold laugh, "My house doesn’t have any evidence, the evidence was hidden away on Hong Kong Island a long time ago..."

At this point, Li Fuhai immediately shut his mouth, chuckling awkwardly, "I’m talking nonsense, I don’t have any evidence."

Jiang Yuan stared at him expressionlessly for a few seconds, making Li Fuhai hang his head guiltily and avoid eye contact.

"I’ll come to see you again next time."

Jiang Yuan left.

Li Fuhai called out from behind, "Mayor, you must help me!"

Once Jiang Yuan had walked far away, Li Fuhai stopped calling out.

He got up to leave, his mouth curling into a sneer.

Before Jiang Yuan, Zhang Yue had just seen him.

Zhang Yue didn’t tell him that it was indeed Song Guanchao who reported him.

She only said that Song Guanchao was being slandered now and needed his cooperation from this side.

As long as he cooperated, Song Guanchao would find a way to get him out early.

Jiang Yuan met with Zhang Ming again.

When the name Song Guanchao was mentioned, Zhang Ming pondered for a moment, then denied any suggestion that he had tipped off Jiang Yuan upon being questioned.

After Jiang Yuan left, Zhang Ming’s expression was complex.

He hadn’t expected that a simple text message would completely change Song Guanchao’s life.

In just three months,

He went from being the Secretary to the Vice Mayor to a prisoner at the bottom rung.

Song Guanchao, a mere driver, became the Secretary of the Municipal Committee.

It was unimaginable and incomprehensible to him.

Jiang Yuan sat back in the car, leaned against the back seat, and pondered in silence.

After a few minutes, he opened his eyes and dialed a number.

"Hello, Chairman Du."

"Mayor Jiang, hello, what can I do for you?"

"I wouldn’t presume to give directions, haha, but I indeed wanted to inquire about a few things."

"Mayor Jiang, please go ahead."

"Has there been any recent changes in the work of Mr. Zhang?"

"No."

"Oh? Li Fuhai’s downfall hasn’t affected her?"

Du Lingchun was unclear about the purpose of Jiang Yuan’s call and didn’t immediately respond.

His silence let Jiang Yuan know that something must have happened.

Jiang Yuan asked, "Has Secretary Song been in touch with you?"

"Once."

"What did he say?"

"Haha, Secretary Song just mentioned it briefly, he also worries that Mr. Zhang would be suppressed in the workplace due to Li Fuhai’s influence."

"When did he call?"

"About half a month ago."

"Okay, sorry to have bothered Chairman Du."

Half a month...

Jiang Yuan held his phone, silently calculating.

Li Fuhai was taken down; normally, Zhang Yue would definitely be suppressed.

Without a doubt, Zhang Yue wouldn’t be able to remain a bank president.

But, Song Guanchao had sent a message.

Of course, this message couldn’t prove anything.

After all, he was the Secretary of the Municipal Committee.

And no matter what, Li Fuhai was his former superior.

Although this former superior had once framed and entrapped him.

But, as the Secretary of the Municipal Committee, image was very important.

A magnanimous image was definitely a plus.

Hence, if the former superior’s wife asked for help, the likelihood of him assisting was quite high.

Moreover, he had only shown his hand half a month ago.

Which means, they hadn’t contacted each other before that.

If Song Guanchao really was the one who reported Li Fuhai, even if Song Guanchao didn’t proactively contact Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue would have reached out to Song Guanchao.

But there was no contact.

Things seemed to become clearer.

This rumor seemed to fall apart on its own.

However, intuition told Jiang Yuan that things couldn’t be that simple.

Because it was too coincidental!

And some things were hard to explain.

For example, why did Wu Qiangwei single out Song Guanchao?

Why did Liang Hao just happen to step up and take the position of Vice Mayor?

Too much coincidence.

Suddenly, Jiang Yuan chuckled to himself.

He felt he was becoming too obsessed.

Who cares if it was Song Guanchao who reported it, who cares if he’s holding onto any damning evidence.

Is it important?

Not important.

All this conspiracy and trickery.

Let’s just assume it was him who did the reporting.

What he needed to do was to find a way to get hold of Song Guanchao’s dirt.

No matter whether this matter involved Song Guanchao or not, he didn’t care.

As long as he had his dirt, there was nothing to fear.

...

Song Guanchao called the police.

The police went straight to the surveillance footage and took everyone who spread the rumors into the office for a talk.

Interviewing them one by one, people were in a state of panic.

They never thought Song Guanchao would call the police.

After all, such gossip was a daily occurrence, and no one had ever seen the subjects reporting it.

Song Guanchao’s move completely bewildered them.

But at the same time, they realized that Song Guanchao wasn’t the usual target of rumors, not someone they could fabricate stories about at will.

Secretary Sun had not expected Song Guanchao to report it either.

How could this guy not play by the book?

In the office, Zeng Li laughed so hard she could barely stand straight.

Song Guanchao scowled, "Is it that funny?"

"It really is funny! I didn’t expect you to be the subject of such fabrications."

"Heh," Song Guanchao gave a forced laugh.

Right then, his phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID, Song Guanchao was extremely surprised.

It was actually Tian Xue!

Since Tian Xue had been transferred to the streets, they hadn’t met even once.

He was very curious, why had Tian Xue suddenly made a call.

"Hello, Tian Xue, how are you?"

"Secretary... Secretary Song," this title made Tian Xue feel awkward.

She gathered her composure and said, "I know who spread the rumors about you."

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