Official Career Storm
Chapter 534

Chapter 534: Chapter 534

Song Guanchao came out of the back door of the Police Department and squatted by the wall to call Zhou Qian, "Miss Zhou, are you on the way?"

"How do you know?"

"I’m also on the command team," Song Guanchao asked, "How much longer until you arrive?"

"Just one more intersection."

Knowing that Song Guanchao was also there, Zhou Qian’s mood improved greatly, and her tone was cheerful.

"Then focus on driving, and we’ll talk when you arrive."

After waiting about five minutes, Zhou Qian drove to the parking lot and saw Song Guanchao standing on the left side of the police station.

She said a few words to the cameraman behind her and then jogged over.

She was dressed in a women’s suit, with slim-fit capri trousers that showed her well-defined pale ankles, and she was wearing a pair of thin-strapped leather sandals.

Her white shirt was tucked into her waist, clinging to her abdomen before curving beautifully around her chest.

Her suit jacket was a mid-sleeve design with crisp shoulders, giving her an energetic and competent appearance.

She stood there pertly, pinching her bag, radiating an irresistible youthful aura.

"Mr. Song, do you have something you want to talk to me about?"

"Are you still in contact with that journalist, Lin?"

"Journalist Lin?"

"The one from the Ministry of Propaganda."

"Oh, you mean Senior Sister Lin," Zhou Qian said, "We are friends on social media, but we don’t really keep in touch much, she’s very busy."

"Senior Sister? Are you from the same school?"

"Yes." Zhou Qian asked, "Why are you asking about her? Do you need to see her for something?"

"Yes, there is something."

Song Guanchao briefly informed her of the task that Jiang Yuan had assigned him.

Zhou Qian thought for a moment and said, "It’s hard to say, for such a big issue, she would definitely need to report it to her station and her department. Of course, if the department agrees, the station will definitely agree."

"Has she been busy recently?"

"Definitely busy, she’s been traveling all over the country," Zhou Qian said, "You should just call her directly."

"Okay." Song Guanchao found the number, then suddenly realized he didn’t know her name, "What’s Journalist Lin’s name?"

"Lin Wanqiu."

Song Guanchao dialed her number, but no one answered.

On the third attempt, the call finally connected.

"Hello, Miss Lin, my name is Song Guanchao."

"I know." Lin Wanqiu’s voice was pleasant, her speech moderated, neither hurried nor slow.

Not wanting to take up too much of her time, Song Guanchao got straight to the point.

After listening to him, Lin Wanqiu said, "I see."

After hanging up, Zhou Qian suddenly said, "I just remembered, did you say Mayor Jiang asked you to contact Senior Sister Lin?"

"Yes, why?"

"It just feels strange," Zhou Qian furrowed her brow slightly, "For such an important matter, shouldn’t he directly contact the Ministry of Propaganda?"

"Unless the news of the anti-corruption effort leaks and causes someone to flee. Then bringing up your contact with Senior Sister Lin..."

Song Guanchao was stunned, rooted to the spot.

Indeed, why would they ask me to make the contact?

He was the chief director, and for such a crucial matter, it should have been him contacting the Ministry of Propaganda directly.

What business did he have contacting a journalist directly?

Although the call only mentioned that there was an anti-corruption operation and that he needed her to document the entire process without specifying the location of the corruption,

Such matters could be trivial if everything went well but could easily become problematic if something went wrong.

Was Jiang Yuan doing this on purpose?

Song Guanchao could not judge.

He had no personal grievances with Jiang Yuan, if anything, it was only the Qin Fuhai case.

The initial whistleblower letter had brought him into Jiang Yuan’s field of vision, and Jiang had even sent someone to deliver gold to him.

As far as Song Guanchao was concerned, the matter had concluded the moment he accepted the gold.

Song Guanchao pondered silently for a long time but still couldn’t determine whether Jiang had acted intentionally or not.

Although Jiang Yuan was a composed person, not easily swayed by emotions, this type of intense anti-corruption operation was presumably his first time serving as the chief director.

It was reasonable to think there might have been an oversight.

"You go ahead," Song Guanchao did not dwell on the issue.

The calls had already been made, and regretting them now was pointless.

"Um," Zhou Qian was somewhat worried, and her good mood had also faded a bit.

After she left, Song Guanchao found the old squad leader’s number and called.

Xiao Chenggong was the deputy director of the Jianyuan City Public Security Bureau, holding a position equivalent to that of Liang Jianfeng.

But he didn’t know how much authority this deputy director really had.

"Squad Leader Xiao, are you busy?"

"Not really, go ahead, what’s up?"

Song Guanchao quickly explained, to which Xiao Chenggong clicked his tongue, "That’s quite a stir."

He then asked, "Do you have a conflict with Jiang Yuan?"

Song Guanchao raised an eyebrow, "Why do you ask?"

"No conflict, and he lets a secretary contact me?"

"He’s the commander-in-chief. With such a big issue, he doesn’t contact the director, but he lets you contact me? What was he thinking?"

"He’s worried that your side wouldn’t lend people, knowing our relationship, he asked me to get in touch."

"Is this bullshit or what?" cursed Xiao Chenggong. "For such a big issue, who would dare not cooperate? Besides, with such a big merit, who would let it go?"

The more Song Guanchao listened, the more he felt that Jiang Yuan might really be intentionally setting him up.

And he had jumped right into it.

Logically, he shouldn’t have made such a big mistake.

He thought carefully and realized that he might have fallen into a cognitive trap.

Lin Wanqiu’s attitude towards him was indeed different from towards others, such as others toasted with liquor and she drank tea, but when Song Guanchao toasted, she also drank liquor.

And Xiao Chenggong was his old squad leader.

His relationships with these two people made him not think deeply about whether it was appropriate for him to handle this matter.

Because he subconsciously believed that both of them were trustworthy.

If Jiang Yuan had even considered his psychological reactions, then that man was too frightening.

It was no longer just being calm and deeply deliberate; it was being outright scheming!

However, there would be no problems with Xiao Chenggong’s side.

As for Lin Wanqiu, he hadn’t had much interaction with her, but he felt that she was unlikely to leak any information.

But now, he could only pray that she wouldn’t.

"Have Jiang Yuan call me himself. I’ll pretend I never got this call. You, youngster, always seem sharp—how could you be so careless with such a big matter?"

After being scolded by Xiao Chenggong, Song Guanchao wasn’t angry.

Without their close relationship, he wouldn’t have scolded him.

After hanging up the phone, Song Guanchao pulled out a cigarette and smoked silently.

Since he had entered the system, he hadn’t really suffered a major setback so far.

Being reported was inevitable,

but to be openly set up like this was a first for him.

As he was contemplating how to deal with Lin Wanqiu, she suddenly returned his call.

He threw away the cigarette and grabbed the phone, "Miss Lin..."

He had barely started speaking when Lin Wanqiu interrupted him, "I was just outside. I want to confirm with you, you called me wanting me to follow up on the anti-corruption operation?"

"Yes."

"So, the operation hasn’t started yet? No one has been arrested?"

"Yes."

"Are you in charge?"

"No."

The other side fell silent suddenly.

Song Guanchao knew she had also sensed something was off.

Song Guanchao couldn’t help but blush.

She could grasp the situation just from a phone call, while he needed Zhou Qian’s reminder.

After a long while, Lin Wanqiu finally said, "I’ll pretend I never received this call. Let the main leader in charge of this matter contact the Ministry of Propaganda."

"Thank you."

She understood what Song Guanchao meant by his thank you; she clearly also only realized it after the call.

Lin Wanqiu suddenly couldn’t help but laugh, "Caught on, have you?"

"Um," Song Guanchao’s face turned awkward.

Lin Wanqiu said, "You seem smart, how come you only figured it out now?"

Song Guanchao responded, "I trusted too much, didn’t think much about it."

Lin Wanqiu was quiet for two seconds, then chuckled, "You owe me a meal."

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