Official Career Storm
Chapter 549

Chapter 549: Chapter 549

Jiang Yuan’s first reaction was disbelief as well.

He thought Chen Guanyun was fooling him.

"I see."

After finishing his report, Song Guanchao looked out the window.

The car was about to enter the downtown area.

At 8:27, the car arrived at the guesthouse.

The Mayor of Qu City, Ma Xiao, and the Director of the Police Department, Mou Heng, personally welcomed them.

When they saw Yao Jinsheng and Chen Guanyun with all their limbs severed, the two leaders secretly clicked their tongues.

How did these two end up like this?

Director Mou arranged for police to escort them to the guesthouse and guard them.

He then quickly organized a dinner to entertain Song Guanchao and his party.

They were still unaware of the incident that had occurred on the plane.

It was the Provincial Committee who had directly contacted the city and told them to fully cooperate with all of Song Guanchao’s actions.

They had heard the name Song Guanchao before, but they couldn’t recall it.

At one point, they thought Song Guanchao was a standing committee member of Lingjiang City, but they truly didn’t remember such a person.

When they found out he was merely the secretary to the deputy secretary, the leaders of Qu City were somewhat taken aback.

They didn’t understand why the province placed such importance on him.

But they didn’t dare to underestimate the situation, their leaders had given them clear instructions, so they just followed them.

Regardless of whether he was a secretary, they treated him as an equal.

At the dinner, Song Guanchao made some requests, none of which were too excessive.

Listening to his requests, Director Mou and Mayor Ma suddenly realized.

They figured out that Song Guanchao was asking them to cooperate in acting, as if he were... setting a trap?

As for why he was setting a trap, they weren’t sure and didn’t ask.

After the conversation, Song Guanchao finally said, "Mayor Ma, Director Mou, please keep this matter confidential. If someone calls to inquire, please don’t give it away."

Mayor Ma smiled and said, "Don’t worry, Secretary Song."

...

Four hundred kilometers from Dujiang City, in a county town’s hotel.

Yang Qingquan leaned against the headboard and searched various keywords on his mobile phone.

Everything was normal.

He checked his home surveillance as well, also normal, no one had broken in.

His wife had picked up their daughter from school and had come home; they had dinner, showered, did homework—all was as usual.

He turned on his mobile phone, which had been off all day, and found a few messages from his secretary and some missed calls, but nothing else.

Yang Qingquan couldn’t help but wonder, were Chen Guanyun’s words true or false?

After hesitating for a few minutes, he called his secretary.

"Secretary Yang, do you have any instructions?"

"Did anything happen in the city today?"

"No...oh, right," the secretary said. "Secretary Zhang lost his temper today."

"What happened?"

"Secretary Zhang tried calling the director of the Judicial Bureau and Dean Hu in the afternoon but couldn’t get through. I heard he was very angry."

"What did he need Director Ji and Dean Hu for?"

"It seems to be about Lu Xiaotian’s case."

"Anything else?"

"That’s all," the secretary said. "Oh, one more thing."

Yang Qingquan was slightly annoyed; his secretary was always forgetful with tasks.

"Go on."

"Secretary Zhang instructed me this afternoon to inform you that there is a small group meeting scheduled for Friday. It seems to be about the personnel appointments for the directors of the Finance Bureau and Housing and Construction Bureau."

"I see."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Qingquan felt slightly reassured.

For now, everything seemed normal; Lingjiang City hadn’t sent anyone here.

What was Chen Guanyun’s intention then?

Was he deliberately making them flee to let the city realize something was amiss and then catch them?

Yang Qingquan couldn’t help but be suspicious.

What he most wanted to know now was, where were Chen Guanyun and Yao Jinsheng?

According to him, he and Yao Jinsheng had already fled.

But where had they gone?

Yang Qingquan flipped through his contacts, found a friend he had once known at the Provincial Party School, and managed to get the phone number of the director of the Business Bureau’s Investment Office in Qu City.

"Hello, Director Liu, this is Yang Qingquan, the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee from Dujiang City."

"Secretary Yang? Hello, hello." Director Liu’s tone was somewhat nervous.

A call from the Disciplinary Committee secretary would make anyone nervous.

"Director Liu, I wanted to ask you about something."

"Please go ahead, Secretary Yang."

"Our city’s Secretary Chen Guanyun and Director Yao Jinsheng went to your place today, did you know about this?"

"I heard."

"Does Director Liu have contacts in the police department?"

"Actually, I do. What did you want to ask about, Secretary Yang?"

"Ah, I can’t get through to Director Yao’s phone, and I needed to discuss something with him, that’s why I reached out to you."

"Oh, I see. Give me a moment; I’ll send you Director Mou’s number."

"Is he the director of the Police Department?"

"Yes, you can directly call and ask him."

"Okay, thanks for the help."

Soon after, he received the number and made the call.

Director Mou had just returned from the guest house and was still in the car.

Seeing an unknown number, he hung up immediately.

The person kept calling.

After three calls, Director Mou finally answered, "Who is this?"

"Hello, Director Mou, this is Yang Qingquan, the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee from Dujiang City."

Mou Heng was somewhat surprised but didn’t think too much, "What can I do for you, Secretary Yang?"

"I wanted to ask if Director Yao and Secretary Chen have arrived yet?"

Mou Heng suddenly became alert. Without changing his tone, he said, "They’ve arrived. Is there a problem?"

"It’s like this, Director Yao’s phone isn’t going through."

"Isn’t going through? I just had dinner with him. Why can’t you reach him?"

Mou Heng sounded a bit impatient, "I’ll ask Secretary Chen for you later. Anything else?"

"No, that’s all. Sorry to bother you, Director Mou."

"Mm." Mou Heng hung up the phone and immediately called Song Guanchao to briefly discuss the situation.

"Director Mou’s reaction is swift; I’m impressed."

Mou Heng chuckled, "If there’s any more news, I’ll let you know."

"Thank you, Director Mou."

Back at the guest house, Song Guanchao took a bath, leaned against the headboard, and fell into deep thought.

People like Yang Qingquan were indeed starting to suspect.

But to make them drop their guard and come back was still challenging.

However, if just one person returned, Song Guanchao was confident he could trick everyone into coming back!

Now, it was a matter of who would be the first to return.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind. He quickly grabbed Chen Guanyun’s personal cell phone and sent a text to Yang Qingquan, "Who told you to call?"

After about ten seconds, Yang Qingquan replied, "Secretary Chen, we’ve been colleagues for over a decade. To do this to me, really, you show no regard for our past!"

Receiving a text message from Chen Guanyun, Yang Qingquan was even more convinced that the guy had been deceiving him at noon.

He must have sensed something or perhaps reached an agreement with some big shot in the city, intending to cut ties with Yang Qingquan and others, and hand them over.

Simply getting them arrested was easy.

After all, they were all tarred with the same brush; everyone had evidence of each other’s corruption and illegal acts, and handing them over would lead directly to their arrest.

But Chen Guanyun dared not hand them over.

Because that would implicate him.

Thus, he resorted to deception, telling them that the city wanted to arrest people, frightening them into fleeing Dujiang City immediately.

Once they fled, their corruption would be confirmed.

Then there would be a reason to arrest them!

And by catching them this way, it had nothing to do with Chen Guanyun.

Because they fled on their own and were caught as a result.

Chen Guanyun could successfully cut ties with them.

Realizing the key to this, Yang Qingquan was enraged. He texted back all his analysis, exposing his cunning and deceit!

Reading the content sent by Yang Qingquan, Song Guanchao almost laughed out loud.

This guy’s imagination was incredible.

He hesitated for a few seconds before replying, "You’re overthinking it. I heard from a friend that the provincial authorities were going to catch you guys, it was out of respect for our long association that I informed you."

Yang Qingquan exploded in anger, "Chen Guanyun, you’re insulting my intelligence? I’m a county-level official; does the provincial government have the jurisdiction to arrest me? You said to flee, and you ended up in Qu City? Don’t take me for a fool!"

"I will make them all return immediately. You want to cut ties with us? No way!"

"If you want to tear apart our relationship, then let’s all go down together, even if it means jail. You think I’m scared?"

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