Official Career Storm
Chapter 593

Chapter 593: Chapter 593

Less than half an hour later, Wang Changwei had brought everyone back, with six police cars driven in total.

Before making the arrests, he had given Li Zhuang a heads-up.

The residents of Huangni Village were a group of fierce and stubborn people; without informing them, even Wang Changwei wouldn’t dare to make random arrests.

These people only listened to Li Zhuang; without his orders, they might dare overturn a police car.

Back at the station, they detained the individuals.

Director Liu brought over the village chief. "Director Liu, this is the village chief of Huangni Village, Li Dashan."

Li Dashan seemed uneasy, as this was the county director, an official who held the same level of authority as Li Zhuang.

Director Liu said, "Village Chief Li, there are serious issues in your village, blocking roads and extorting, even damaging vehicles. How have you been managing them?"

Li Dashan responded, "Director Liu, I wasn’t aware of this, but you can rest assured, I’ll go back and speak with them firmly, I guarantee such things won’t happen again."

Director Liu criticized him a few times but then turned to Song Guanchao.

Song Guanchao, smiling, asked, "Village Chief Li, do you know Xu Xin?"

Li Dashan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, she’s from our village. When her parents passed away, I even went to burn paper money for them."

"Oh? So Village Chief Li knows quite a bit about the Xu family."

"Being from the same village, I certainly know them." Li Dashan continued, "That girl is diligent in her studies and was the first college student in our village. Originally, her parents and I had agreed that she would marry my son, but..."

He suddenly stopped talking.

He didn’t know the identity of the young man in front of him, but seeing Director Liu treating him respectfully, he must be someone important.

He knew Xu Xin, but he wasn’t sure what his relation with her was, so he dared not speak carelessly.

Song Guanchao asked, "I heard that there were people in the village who consistently harassed Xu Xin’s family. Is this true?"

"That’s definitely not true!"

Li Dashan denied, "Everyone in our village has good relations; such things absolutely do not exist! Also, Xu Xin is Secretary Li’s... oh, Li Zhuang, his cousin."

"Think about it, with Li Zhuang protecting her, would anyone dare to bully her?"

Song Guanchao smiled and stood up, "If there’s nothing else, Village Chief Li, join me for a walk around the village."

"No problem at all."

"Let’s go together," Director Liu followed.

Wang Changwei drove, accompanied by several other police officers.

They drove two vehicles to Huangni Village.

Once in the village, Song Guanchao inquired, "You know where Xu Xin’s parents’ graves are, Village Chief Li, don’t you?"

Li Dashan’s heart tightened. "I’m actually not sure about that..."

"Not sure? There must be someone who knows, please ask around. Let’s take a look."

"This..."

"Is it difficult?" Song Guanchao took out his phone. "Then I’ll have Xu Xin come over."

"No need, no need, I’ll ask someone."

Trying to hide his discomfort, Li Dashan approached one of the houses. With Song Guanchao and Director Liu standing nearby, he couldn’t talk in whispers, so he asked openly, "Shuangzi, do you know where old Xu’s couple’s graves are?"

As he spoke, he winked and gesticulated to Shuangzi.

Unfortunately, Shuangzi didn’t catch on and just thought there was something wrong with Li Dashan’s eyes.

"I know, they’re just behind the mountain."

"Then lead the way, the county leaders want to have a look."

Shuangzi was startled—county leaders going to see Xu Xin’s parents’ graves?

What was going on?

Had Xu Xin married a leader?

Had a country chicken turned into a phoenix?

Suddenly apprehensive, Shuangzi avoided looking directly at the leaders, wiped his grimy hands, and said, "Leaders, the path up the mountain is rough, you’ll need to go slowly."

"That’s fine, you lead the way."

Several people walked into the mountains, where Li Dashan sneakily took out his phone and fumbled with it, sending a message to someone unknown.

Song Guanchao and Director Liu both saw this, but they ignored it.

They climbed up the mountain, and as they were nearing the gravesite, someone suddenly caught up from behind.

Turning around, they saw it was Li Zhuang.

"Director Liu, what brings you here?"

Li Zhuang was in the village dealing with issues concerning Liu Dongliang and a few other welfare recipients.

After receiving the message that Song Guanchao was going to visit the grave of Xu Xin’s parents, he immediately rushed over.

Director Liu, with a serious tone, said, "Secretary Li, your cousin works as a director in the city, why haven’t I heard about it before?"

Li Zhuang humbly responded, "Whatever the role, it’s all about serving the people, Director Liu. You know me, I despise nepotism the most."

Director Liu’s face twitched; the bastard really knew how to act.

Li Zhuang then turned to Song Guanchao, pretending not to recognize him, "Director Liu, who is this?"

"The Secretary of the City Committee." Director Liu thought, this guy really knows how to play dumb.

"Secretary Song!" Li Zhuang feigned surprise and hurriedly extended his hand, "I’ve long admired your great reputation!"

Song Guanchao shook his hand and said, "Let’s go up then."

"Secretary Song, maybe we shouldn’t go up there after all," Li Zhuang said with a troubled expression.

Song Guanchao asked, "Why? Is there something you don’t want us to see?"

"Mainly..." Li Zhuang hesitated, then finally said, "Let’s just go up."

Meanwhile, Li Dashan was almost dying of nervousness.

He certainly knew where the grave of Xu Xin’s parents was located, and his reluctance stemmed from not wanting them to see what had happened.

Because the grave of Xu Xin’s parents had been dug up!

Li Dashan felt a bit more at ease seeing Li Zhuang in front of him.

With Li Zhuang here, any issues could be deflected.

Soon, they arrived at the gravesite.

From a distance of about ten meters, they could already see what had happened to the grave.

The tombstone had broken into several pieces and lay on the ground; the newly repaired grave had been smashed open, and the coffins were excavated.

Describing it as "exposing corpses in the wilderness" was not an exaggeration.

Director Liu’s face looked so grim it could frighten someone.

Song Guanchao, from Li Dashan’s reaction earlier, had guessed that something had happened to the grave.

But he hadn’t expected the villagers to go so far as to actually dig it up.

It was akin to a feud for a father’s death.

Li Dashan stood uneasily on the side, and Director Liu, with a dark face, asked, "Village Chief Li, what is going on here?"

He then looked at Li Zhuang, "Secretary Li, is this the reason you didn’t want us to come up?"

Li Dashan wrung his hands, sweating profusely, "This, this..."

"Director Liu, you wouldn’t know,"

Li Zhuang took over the conversation and sighed, "My aunt’s family has had a hard life!"

He walked toward the coffins, sighing heavily, "My uncle worked away from home all year round. My aunt looked after the children at home. Although our family always lent a helping hand, sometimes fate unjustly cuts the weakest threads, and misfortune befalls the unfortunate."

"My cousin was in high school when my uncle died, and in less than two years, my aunt also passed away."

"Their funerals were all managed with the help of our villagers."

"Now, I’ve saved some money these past few years and thought of relocating my aunt and uncle’s grave."

"I didn’t want to hide it from Secretary Sun; the grave was dug up just yesterday."

"That’s why I didn’t want Secretary Sun to come up here, as some people tend to be quite averse to such things."

Moved by his own story, Li Zhuang even squeezed out a couple of tears.

This impeccable excuse, paired with his godlike acting, even left Director Liu dumbfounded.

Could he really cover this up?

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