Official Career Storm
Chapter 591

Chapter 591: Chapter 591

On the other end of the phone, Director Liu also heard it.

Song Guanchao actually got arrested!

Damn it all to hell!

Has Wang Changwei lost his mind?

Dares to arrest the Secretary of the Municipal Committee, is he tired of living?

Thinking about Wang Changwei’s recent narrative, he roughly understood what had happened.

Killing a chicken, he is a local, how could he not know about the situation in Huangni Village?

This kind of incident had happened more than once, in the past there were even people who reported it to the county, but it was always suppressed.

It was just the villagers trying to extort money, seeing a foreign vehicle and directly throwing a dead chicken at it to demand compensation.

Previous drivers passing by had clenched their teeth and paid, but who is Song Guanchao?

Is he the sort of person who could tolerate this insult?

Probably got into a fight with the villagers on the spot.

Huangni Village is Li Zhuang’s hometown, and the Li surname dominates the village, being overbearing and tyrannical; they are a group of powerful bullies.

Wang Changwei has a close relationship with Li Zhuang and would certainly help him out.

Saying that Song Guanchao stole ten thousand from a villager was just nonsense.

This ten thousand was a wrongful accusation.

It was only because Song Guanchao had connections; anyone else would’ve been doomed, falsely accused and with no place to seek justice.

"What are you dawdling for? Unlock the handcuffs!" Wang Changwei yelled at the police officer beside him.

His heart was in a panic, smiling uglier than crying.

The police officers, however, hadn’t heard of Song Guanchao’s name; they were just low-ranking cops, who usually strutted around the township, indulging in food, drink, and gambling, without the mind to pay attention to what was happening in the city.

But the station chief’s response let them know that this person was a big deal, and they hurried to unlock his handcuffs.

Song Guanchao lowered his hands and said, "No, I’ve committed a crime, I should be cuffed. Until the case is clear, keep the handcuffs on."

Hearing this, Wang Changwei truly felt like crying.

"Secretary Song, please be magnanimous, don’t hold this against me..."

"Hold it right there," Song Guanchao said. "I’m not any secretary, I’m just an ordinary citizen. Director Wang, let’s handle the case properly, no need for excess talk."

Wang Changwei stood with his mouth open, not knowing what to do.

He had never encountered such a situation before, completely inexperienced.

He was actually quite clever; before arresting Song Guanchao today, he even inquired with the villagers about the car the person was driving.

He had made sure it was just a broken-down Toyota before daring to arrest someone.

But who the hell would’ve thought that the Secretary of the Municipal Committee would be driving such a broken car.

"Wang Changwei, put me on the phone!" Director Liu’s roar came from the phone.

He suddenly realized, Director Liu was still on the line.

He quickly grabbed the phone: "Director Liu..."

"You dumb fuck!"

"Yes, I’m a dumb fuck, Director Liu, what should I do now?"

"I’m asking you, what exactly happened? Don’t hide anything, explain everything to me clearly!"

"Yes, yes, I’ll tell you."

He left the interrogation room and detailed the process meticulously to him.

Upon hearing it involved money brought by Li Zhuang, Director Liu’s forehead veins throbbed.

Li Zhuang, usually so perceptive and tactful, how could he cause such a disaster?

"Call Li Zhuang, have him come to deal with this!"

"Yes, I’ll call Secretary Li right away."

Wang Changwei knew that today he had provoked someone he shouldn’t.

If he didn’t handle it well, he might very well lose his position as the station chief.

After hanging up, Director Liu walked downstairs while returning a call to Director Liang.

He didn’t dare to conceal anything and told him the entire course of events.

Director Liang just calmly said, "I got it."

But the calmer he was, the more anxious Director Liu became.

Coming down from upstairs, he suddenly stopped and dialed the phone number of the County Party Secretary.

"Mr. Zhu, there’s been an incident..."

...

Li Zhuang had already gotten into his car and left, driving only a kilometer when his phone rang.

It was from Wang Changwei.

"Hello, Old Wang, has that kid confessed?"

"Secretary Li, there’s been trouble, this, this person... oh no, he’s not just anybody, we’ve really screwed up!"

Li Zhuang pulled the car to the side and switched hands on his phone, "Who is it?"

Could it be a journalist from some major TV station?

"He’s Song Guanchao!"

Wang Changwei shouted the name with a panicked voice.

Li Zhuang was taken aback.

He was very familiar with the name Song Guanchao.

But how could he be here?

He couldn’t reconcile the image of the spirited Secretary Song from the City Committee with the man he had just seen sitting in the interrogation room.

To him, Secretary Song should wear a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, with a cultivated and refined demeanor, either slender or plump, sporting a pair of worldly, sly eyes.

"Which Song Guanchao?"

"The Song Guanchao from the City Committee!"

So it was him!

The last shred of hope in his heart shattered.

He hung up the phone, swung the steering wheel violently, and the car made a U-turn, heading straight back to the police station.

A few minutes later, he arrived at the police station where Li Zhuang was already waiting in the courtyard.

As soon as he got out of the car, he ran over, "Secretary Li..."

"He said his name is Song Guanchao?"

"It was Director Liu who said it."

"Director Liu?"

"Yes."

"How would Director Liu know Song Guanchao is here?"

"I, I don’t know."

In that situation, he was too panicked to think about much else.

Li Zhuang’s gaze flickered uncertainly, his mind racing with thoughts.

Song Guanchao was not in Lingjiang, but had come to Huangni Village and was enquiring about Liu Dongliang’s subsidy for the rural poor.

How did this guy come to know about it?

Regardless of how he found out, the problem now was that Song Guanchao already knew and had begun the investigation!

His target was not himself but Mayor Zheng!

Just as he was about to call Mayor Zheng, he stopped.

It seemed useless to tell Mayor Zheng.

Even if Song Guanchao’s target was not him, if this matter was exposed, he was certain to be the one who suffered and would be the one held responsible.

No, he couldn’t let him expose this matter!

"Director Liu already knows Song Guanchao is here?"

"Uh-huh."

"Damn it."

Li Zhuang clenched his teeth, feeling a headache coming on.

If Wang Changwei hadn’t mentioned it, he might have thought of some other measure.

For instance, adamantly deny having captured Song Guanchao, and secretly detain him.

As long as they couldn’t find the person and they never admitted to it, there was nothing anyone could do.

But now that Wang Changwei had spoken, that option was complicated.

He had always heard that Secretary Song was very resourceful and had solved many problems that even the leaders of the City Committee couldn’t handle.

And today, he had witnessed it firsthand.

He could have left Huangni Village with his colleagues before the police arrived on the scene.

But he didn’t leave; instead, he chose to stay by himself.

Looking at it now, he dared to stay because he had already tipped off Director Liu.

This guy, his thoughts were really meticulous; he had arranged all his moves in advance.

Li Zhuang suddenly felt deflated, with a sense of helplessness.

Actually, a crazy thought had just popped into his mind—to kill Song Guanchao!

To silence him here, without anyone ever knowing.

Sadly, now it was only a thought.

If Song Guanchao’s colleagues had been caught too, if Wang Changwei hadn’t informed Director Liu, then he really would have left Song Guanchao in this impoverished rural land forever.

But there were too many ifs.

Currently, he was in a passive position.

He had to think of a way to suppress this matter.

He looked at Wang Changwei and spoke in a low voice, "Old Wang, this Secretary Song has come to investigate the rural subsidies!"

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