Official Career Storm
Chapter 617

Chapter 617: Chapter 617

Wu Qiangwei felt powerless for the first time.

She was the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee, the third in command in Lingjiang City.

Backed by the Provincial Government and born into a prominent family, she was untouchable for ordinary people.

But at this moment, she felt utterly desperate, as if there were no escape neither heavenward nor earthward.

Facing the almost naked targeting from Zheng Bihui, she couldn’t find even a slight advantage in the rules to exploit.

Song Guanchao was in a dangerous situation, and she hardly had any police to mobilize.

She could only watch helplessly as Song Guanchao was trapped and danger closed in on him.

Uncle Hong had already gone, but she couldn’t put all her hopes on him, unable to feel at ease.

After all, no matter how powerful Uncle Hong was, he was just one person.

The mountain was vast, and if Uncle Hong took the wrong direction, or if the people from Huangni Village found Song Guanchao first...

She suddenly thought of someone.

Zeng Yingrong!

Yes, he might be able to help her!

She didn’t send Zeng Li to relay the message; seeking help was personal. This call had to be made by her.

She dialed many times, but nobody answered; she could only send a message asking him to call her back when he saw it.

She desperately wanted to head to Old Mountain herself, even if there was nothing she could do, she wanted to go.

But she knew she shouldn’t.

She was the Secretary, and she couldn’t show too much personal emotion due to the safety of her assistant.

Someone who couldn’t control their emotions in a crisis wouldn’t be heavily relied upon by the organization.

It was four o’clock in the afternoon.

Zeng Yingrong called back.

"Secretary Wu, what do you need?"

"Captain Zeng, I need to ask you for a favor."

After hearing Wu Qiangwei’s account, Zeng Yingrong almost swore.

He couldn’t believe he hadn’t known about such a big matter.

He wanted to ask Wu Qiangwei why she only told him now.

But then he remembered that Wu Qiangwei didn’t know about his relationship with Song Guanchao.

Considering she made this call without knowing their relationship, it was clear how much she valued Song Guanchao.

It also showed she had no other options left.

"I’ll call you back shortly."

About fifteen minutes later, Zeng Yingrong called again.

He sounded clearly restrained with anger, "Sorry, Secretary Wu, I can’t take anyone over there."

He had spoken to Political Commissioner Zhong about taking men to Old Mountain to find Song Guanchao.

But Political Commissioner Zhong refused.

He flatly refused.

Political Commissioner Zhong had a good relationship with Song Guanchao but still refused.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help, he just couldn’t.

After the recent uproar at the Police Department—although they were justified—the Nanjiang Provincial Government still expressed dissatisfaction to the military.

Essentially, the military shouldn’t interfere too much with local government affairs.

They could express dissatisfaction, but they shouldn’t go too far.

The superiors suppressed this information and didn’t tell Zeng Yingrong but did tell Political Commissioner Zhong.

Therefore, even though Political Commissioner Zhong also wanted to go to Old Mountain, he really couldn’t.

If they went, their entire team would be reprimanded.

Besides, these days were critical for their training.

Since Wu Qiangwei asked for help on a personal basis, if it had been an official request from the local government, they could have acted openly.

But they couldn’t intervene on a personal request.

"Alright, I understand, thank you." Wu Qiangwei had anticipated this, but still sighed upon hearing the definite answer.

Just as she was about to hang up, Zeng Yingrong suddenly asked, "Have you arranged a helicopter?"

"What?"

"Has the city government arranged a helicopter?"

Zeng Yingrong said, "Old Mountain isn’t big. Deploy a few helicopters to make announcements from above; Song Guanchao will certainly hear them. Ask him to start a fire, and by following the smoke, it will be easy to find him."

Perhaps the surprise was too sudden, but Wu Qiangwei was momentarily stunned and remained silent for a long time.

"Secretary Wu?"

"I, I’m here," said Wu Qiangwei. "I haven’t arranged it yet, I, I’ll go arrange it now, thank you."

Listening to Wu Qiangwei’s somewhat urgent voice, and how she hung up the phone before he could finish speaking, Zeng Yingrong breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Qiangwei cares so much about this subordinate, the helicopter will definitely be arranged.

As long as the helicopter gets there, they’ll be able to find Song Guanchao tonight.

Whether they go or not doesn’t matter anymore.

"This damn kid, to think there would come a day like this."

Thinking of how Song Guanchao was driven to this point by a town party committee secretary, he couldn’t help but want to laugh.

...

After hanging up the phone, Wu Qiangwei called Director Qin.

When the call connected, Director Qin was clearly impatient, "What does Secretary Wu need?"

Wu Qiangwei ignored his attitude and asked, "Which department in the city police has a helicopter?"

"Helicopter?" Director Qin said, "Secretary Wu might not be familiar with the police department. Except for municipalities directly under the central government, most city police departments don’t have helicopters. Even some provincial capitals don’t have them, let alone a prefecture-level city."

Wu Qiangwei asked, "Which department in the city has one? Does the Armed Police Brigade have one?"

"That, that..." Director Qin hesitated for a long time without giving a clear answer.

Wu Qiangwei could tell, this guy didn’t know anything about the Armed Police.

What an idiot, failing at a critical moment.

She hung up the phone directly and then called the Armed Police Brigade to inquire.

Director Qin put down his phone, Zheng Bihui asked, "What did Secretary Wu say?"

"She asked me if the police department has a helicopter."

Helicopter?

Zheng Bihui’s heart skipped a beat, guessing what she was planning to do.

He walked to the side and made several phone calls.

...

After finishing the phone call, Wu Qinagwei was deflated.

The Lingjiang City Armed Police Brigade didn’t have a helicopter either.

But they pointed out a clear path; she could try the Civil Aviation Administration or an airline company.

After a lot of roundabouts, she found the phone number of the leader of the Civil Aviation Administration, just about to call when she hesitated.

Local government borrowing a helicopter needed a sufficient reason.

But with the current situation, she couldn’t make that call.

Because, Song Guanchao being hunted down was, from start to finish, their speculation, without any evidence to support it.

Li Zhuang played dumb and wouldn’t admit anything, and they also hadn’t found any villagers from Huangni Village to corroborate.

The situation now was just that the car was burnt, and the three people, including Song Guanchao, had disappeared, and that was all.

Being hunted down, disposing of bodies – all were conjecture.

If there had been decisive evidence to open a case, Wu Qiangwei would have ordered Director Qin long ago to mobilize all the police force to search in Old Mountain.

So, this was a call she felt uneasy about making.

Uneasy, but not impossible.

She could not use the name of the government, but she could rent privately.

She dialed the leader of the Civil Aviation Administration, but the phone showed it was turned off.

She then called the leader of an airline company, but still received an off signal.

Wu Qiangwei busied herself for over ten minutes before putting the phone down.

Her anger burst forth completely, and she called Director Qin, not waiting for his sarcastic responses, and demanded, "Qin Yuejin, where are you?"

"Three Lanes, maintaining stability."

"Is Zheng Bihui there?"

"He’s here too."

Snap!

Wu Qiangwei hung up the phone.

She knew it, it must have been Zheng Bihui’s doing!

That bastard, that beast!

He had blocked Wu Qiangwei’s last hope; he wouldn’t stop until he had killed Song Guanchao!

She stood up, left the office, and Wu Ming hurriedly followed.

"Sis, where are you going?"

"To the Civil Aviation Administration!"

Phone calls can be ignored.

But now, going there in person, she refused to believe that the leaders of the Civil Aviation Administration would dare to avoid her!

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