Official Career Storm
Chapter 598

Chapter 598: Chapter 598

Li Zhuang was a ruthless man, with grand ambitions, capabilities, and a strong drive for action.

Zheng Bihui’s so-called care for him was actually not much at all.

Just like he said, the county had no idea about his relationship with Zheng Bihui, nor did it know that he had a cousin as the director at the City Committee Office.

He had climbed to his position today on his own.

In terms of ruthlessness, Hou Wen and Chen Guanyun might not even be as ruthless as him.

When he learned that someone was coming to investigate the farmers’ subsidies, he thought it was just a reporter.

But upon discovering that it was Song Guanchao, he was indeed very surprised and startled.

Wang Changwei’s first reaction would have been fear, thinking about how to quickly get this "big shot" out of there.

But Li Zhuang’s first reaction was to lock him up, lock him up until he died!

Unfortunately, Song Guanchao had already contacted Director Liu beforehand.

If he hadn’t made contact with anyone beforehand, if his accomplices hadn’t escaped,

then by now Song Guanchao might have already been taken by him back to the village and locked away, with no one ever knowing his whereabouts for the rest of his life.

Even so, Li Zhuang had no intention of letting him off the hook, much less considering negotiating with him.

Because the moment he knew his opponent was Song Guanchao, he was one hundred percent sure that this guy would not let him off the hook.

Since there was no chance of fluke, he would just have to find another way.

Kill him!

As long as he killed him, everything would be perfect!

But how to kill him, that was a matter of technique.

Simply having someone beat him to death was a brainless move.

His methods were much more sophisticated than that.

After hanging up the phone, he called over a waiter, whispered a few instructions, and then went upstairs.

Returning to the private room, Song Guanchao said, "Big brother, it’s getting late; I should be going."

Li Zhuang held onto him, "We’ve hardly started drinking. Come on, drink up. I’m in a good mood today; we won’t leave until we’re drunk!"

He held his drink and whispered in Song Guanchao’s ear, "Brother, did you score with those two girls?"

Song Guanchao chuckled, "Colleagues, colleagues, there really isn’t anything going on."

Li Zhuang, however, as if he had drunk too much, spoke without any reservation, "Colleagues or not, we’re all men; stop pretending. They’re hot; how could you not have any thoughts? Want me to create an opportunity for you?"

"Little brother, let me tell you, it’s easier to make a move on a colleague. In my office, from the freshly graduated college girls to the married young housewives with children, which one haven’t I had?"

Li Zhuang boasted proudly, "In the beginning, they were all coy, even too shy to touch hands. But guess what happened later?"

"What happened?"

"Heh, later on in the office, they’d take off their pants and I’d go straight to it."

"There was this young housewife, specifically wore a skirt, didn’t even wear panties underneath—just to make it convenient for me."

"And once, when the county leadership dropped in, there I was in my office, with the young housewife under my desk, taking me in her mouth."

His voice grew louder as he spoke, failing to care that others could hear.

The two women were a mix of embarrassment and anger upon hearing him.

Li Zhuang didn’t mind at all and even glanced at the two women with a lecherous gleam in his eyes.

He internally lamented the missed opportunity.

In a different setting, he might have already taken these two women.

What a pity.

These two women were also going to meet their end tonight along with Song Guanchao.

While they were talking dirty, a waiter came in to change the plates.

The two women couldn’t bear to listen to his vulgar words and got up to go to the restroom.

By the time they returned, Li Zhuang said, "Little brother, I won’t keep you any longer. I had a great time drinking tonight. Come visit Panlong Town again sometime, and I’ll treat you well."

He grabbed Song Guanchao’s arm, "Come by earlier next time, come to my office, and I’ll show you the oral skills of the young housewives."

The two women had just arrived when they heard this remark, and their eyes filled with disgust as they looked at Li Zhuang.

"Let’s go," said Song Guanchao.

Zhou Qian said, "I need to get my phone."

"I’ll have a waiter bring it over," Li Zhuang reached out to pat her shoulder but she dodged away.

When they went downstairs, a torrential rain had begun to fall outside.

Song Guanchao told the two women to head to the car first, while Li Zhuang dragged him to stand at the doorway, still jabbering noisily.

After chatting for about fifteen minutes, Li Zhuang pulled out a box of medicine from his pocket and stuffed it into Song’s pocket, "Those two women are really hot. Bro, go for it, and later tell me the juicy details; let me have some fun too."

This remark almost made Song Guanchao smack him.

He always felt that Li Zhuang was acting a bit too recklessly tonight, nothing like his behavior the day before.

Even if he was bribing him, he should have at least toned it down a bit.

But he did not tone it down, not one bit, with no sense of boundaries whatsoever.

After accepting the medicine, Song Guanchao said, "Bro, I really have to go now."

"Alright, off you go, have a safe trip," Li Zhuang said with a smiling face, standing at the doorway.

But that phrase somehow sounded weird to Song Guanchao.

Have a safe trip?

Is he freaking cursing me?

He actually wanted to drive Wu Yun’s car, but he feared arousing Li Zhuang’s suspicion.

To dispel his concerns, Song Guanchao could only get into the Land Rover that Li Zhuang had provided.

Snap.

When Song Guanchao pulled open the door, he found one woman sitting in the driver’s seat and the other in the passenger’s seat.

So he had to sit in the back.

As soon as he got into the car, he heard Wu Yun say, "This guy has such a filthy mouth!"

Zhou Qian added, "And a filthy heart!"

"He even brags about messing with his female subordinates, what kind of person does that?"

"Don’t those women at the town government report him?"

Song Guanchao shook his head, "It takes two to tango, what’s there to report?"

Women like Si Qingqing are the rare exception.

While subordinates like those under Li Zhuang are the majority.

Zhou Qian turned the windshield wipers to the highest setting, the bright white glaring headlights illuminated the dark road as bright as day, even in the pouring rain, visibility was crystal clear.

The two women complained all the way, and after driving for a while, Zhou Qian said, "The Land Rover is actually quite nice to drive."

Song Guanchao responded, "A car worth over two million, it better drive well."

He felt the leather seats beneath him, and they didn’t feel any different to the touch.

At that moment, Wu Yun suddenly said, "Ah, I left my phone in the restaurant."

Zhou Qian also said, "Mine’s at the restaurant too."

Song Guanchao asked, "Didn’t Li Zhuang tell the waiter to get them for you?"

"No."

"I’ll give a call to check." Song Guanchao reached for his phone only to realize he had come up empty.

He searched all his pockets but couldn’t find his phone either.

Wu Yun suggested, "Let’s go back for it."

"Mm," replied Zhou Qian as she lightly pressed the brakes, about to turn the car around when Song Guanchao suddenly said, "Don’t go back!"

"Eh?" Zhou Qian asked, confused, "What’s wrong?"

Song Guanchao did not explain and simply said, "Keep driving, to the county city!"

He had a vague feeling that something was off.

But he couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was.

In fact, he had a hypothesis.

It was a bit outlandish, and he thought he might be overthinking it.

Although Zhou Qian wanted to go back for the phones, Song Guanchao had said to keep going, so she could only continue driving forward.

After driving about two kilometers, Zhou Qian suddenly slowed down the car and said, "The road ahead is blocked."

Song Guanchao squinted to look ahead.

He saw a hundred meters away, the road was filled with traffic cones, completely blocking off the road from Panlong Town to An County.

The feeling of something being wrong inside Song Guanchao grew stronger.

At the same time, a sense of deep unease arose.

Song Guanchao said, "Stop the car, I’ll drive!"

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