Official Career Storm
Chapter 67

Chapter 67: Chapter 67

Yang Yongqiang’s face turned white and then red in anger, and he even snapped his cigarette in two.

Li Yang asked, "Did Director Yang offend this Miss Wu?"

Yang Yongqiang opened his mouth and then closed it again.

How could he explain such a thing?

It was simply impossible to say!

Damn it!

This kid had set him up good!

But there was something he just couldn’t figure out.

How did Song Guanchao know he was at Binjiang Hotel?

Did He Yong tell him?

Impossible, that kid was involved too, there’s no way he would tell Song Guanchao.

He was completely confused and couldn’t figure out the key point.

He shook his head, trying to dismiss the thought, and asked, "Captain Li, the incident tonight, it’s not a big problem, is it?"

Li Yang shook his head, "This is a serious issue. A public disorderly conduct with a group, that’s criminal behavior and will lead to a sentencing."

Yang Yongqiang was startled, "That serious?"

Then he quickly flashed a pleading smile, "Captain Li, please help me out, I’m brothers with your Captain Zhou."

Li Yang gave a bitter smile, "Director Yang, I really can’t help you. For one, the complainant is Miss Wu, and secondly, it was being live streamed at the time..."

"Live stream?" Yang Yongqiang’s smile immediately stiffened and he stammered, "Were there, were there many viewers?"

Li Yang took out his phone and handed it over, "See for yourself."

A few minutes later, Yang Yongqiang was in despair.

The incident had gone viral!

It was trending with no signs of slowing down.

The video of him furiously thrusting at Tian Xue’s large behind had spread everywhere.

Li Yang gave him a look of helpless sympathy and then stood up to leave.

In the next interrogation room.

He Yong had sobered up by now, and after learning of what had transpired and its impact, he was in despair.

Like Yang Yongqiang, he was also bewildered, not understanding how Song Guanchao had come to know about the affair.

Meanwhile, in another interrogation room.

Tian Xue was also sober now.

On her way there, she had been trying to comprehend the events that had unfolded upon her, her expression dazed as if in a dream.

She had been violated by He Yong and Yang Yongqiang!

These two older men had brazenly played with her body, torturing her in various ways.

To this moment, her mouth still tasted of salty fish.

When the police told her she might be sentenced, she snapped back to reality and slumped into her chair, completely devastated.

She knew Song Guanchao was definitely behind this!

But she couldn’t fathom how Song Guanchao had managed it.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Song Guanchao arrived beneath the apartment complex, waiting for Wu Qiangwei to get into the car. He handed her a steamed bun, saying, "Secretary, I have something to report to you."

"Hmm," Wu Qiangwei daintily ate the steamed bun, thinking he was going to report about the Chengda Company concert.

"Secretary Tian has been arrested."

Wu Qiangwei stopped chewing, and after two seconds said, "Continue."

Song Guanchao continued, "Last night, the Fengjiang Branch public security squad organized a live-streamed anti-prostitution raid. After receiving a tip-off from a concerned citizen, they caught Secretary Tian and others engaging in public licentiousness in room 602 of Binjiang Hotel."

Wu Qiangwei didn’t speak and finished her bun. She wiped the corner of her lips and calmly asked, "Besides her, who else was there?"

"The Director of the Office of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, He Yong, who was also the deputy head of the guiding group."

"And the Deputy Director of the Cultural Bureau, Yang Yongqiang."

Hearing these two names, Wu Qiangwei was almost certain that Song Guanchao was behind this.

"Was it you who reported it?"

"No," Song Guanchao shook his head, "the whistleblower was the daughter of the Vice Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Wu Yun."

"Wu Yun..."

That name sounded familiar.

Wu Qiangwei had a good memory and quickly recalled, "The Wu Yun from the guiding group?"

"Correct," Song Guanchao said, "There’s also another matter."

"Go on."

"Last night, He Yong suggested we have dinner, so we went to eat and then to a bar for drinks. During the drinks, He Yong and Secretary Tian drugged the drinks of Wu Yun and me."

"After that, Secretary Tian took Wu Yun and me to the hotel."

"Twenty minutes after checking into the hotel, police came for the anti-prostitution raid."

"But before that, I had already left."

"Afterward, Wu Yun reported that there was a crowd causing chaos at the Binjiang Hotel."

Wu Qiangwei fully understood what had happened.

She closed her eyes until the car entered the City Committee courtyard and stopped, then opened her eyes, having remained silent throughout the journey.

Song Guanchao followed her into the building, made tea, cleaned, and watered the green plants.

After tidying up, he left the office and returned to his own seat.

In the office.

Wu Qiangwei was checking the news.

As expected, the event that occurred last night dominated the headlines of major forums and video websites first thing in the morning.

The intensity of the attention and the scale of public discourse had propelled Lingjiang City, which was not particularly popular, into the national spotlight.

However, this kind of publicity was somewhat embarrassing.

Ding-ling-ling.

The desk phone in front of Song Guanchao rang.

He picked up the handset: "Hello."

"Hello, this is Su Zhengwei from the City Propaganda Department, I’m looking for Secretary Wu."

"One moment, please."

Song Guanchao put down the handset, knocked on the door, and entered: "Secretary Wu, Minister Su from the Propaganda Department is looking for you."

"Put him through."

"Okay."

Song Guanchao transferred the call.

Wu Qiangwei picked up the handset: "Hello, Minister Su."

"Secretary Wu, have you heard about what happened last night?"

"I’m aware of it."

"Ah," Su Zhengwei sighed. "I only heard about it this morning myself."

Wu Qiangwei’s eyes flickered.

For such a big incident to happen in the city, and for Su Zhengwei, who was in charge of propaganda, to only hear about it this morning was simply unbelievable.

The negative impact of the incident on Lingjiang City’s image was unprecedented.

The fact that he, as the head of propaganda, had taken over twelve hours to find out was astonishing.

Wu Qiangwei kept quiet, listening to what he had to say next.

"Now that things have progressed to this stage, trying to suppress the news has no meaning. I want to know what Secretary Wu’s view on this matter is?"

"Have the police strictly investigate their illegal activities, and have the Disciplinary Committee strictly investigate any disciplinary violations!"

Su Zhengwei fell silent for two seconds, then said, "Okay, I understand."

After hanging up, Wu Qiangwei suddenly took a box of ladies’ cigarettes from the drawer.

She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, from where she could overlook the streets outside the City Committee Building.

Watching the pedestrians hustling by, and the traffic flowing like a river, Wu Qiangwei took a light puff of her cigarette. Between her delicate but spirited brows, there was a hint of faint melancholy.

It had been half a month since she was transferred to Lingjiang City as the Deputy Secretary.

But to this day, she had yet to understand the intricacies of Lingjiang’s political scene.

The case of Yang Yongqiang and the others causing chaos might become a turning point.

On the phone, she emphasized that both the police and the Disciplinary Committee should get involved, which was to send a signal to Lingjiang’s political arena: She was determined to pull out the radish and bring up the dirt!

She wanted to use this approach to force some people to show themselves!

She knew about Yang Yongqiang deliberately targeting Song Guanchao.

How could a deputy director from the Qingshui Government have the courage to oppose her?

Either he was purely foolish!

Or someone was backing him, and that’s why he dared to be so fearless!

And upon learning that he tried to rope in Tian Xue, Wu Qiangwei became even more convinced that someone was definitely behind Yang Yongqiang!

Now, it was a matter of seeing if she could dig up any juicy information from Yang Yongqiang!

In fact, she did not hold much hope.

After all, Yang Yongqiang was just a deputy director from a clean government.

Even if he belonged to a particular faction, he could only be a peripheral figure at best.

But regardless, dealing with him seriously could serve as a warning to others.

It could also let the various departments in the city know that Wu Qiangwei didn’t come to Lingjiang just to go through the motions – she was genuinely intent on reforming the officialdom and eliminating corruption!

This would also reduce a lot of resistance for her subsequent work.

In the outer office.

Several individuals in police uniforms walked in.

Song Guanchao was surprised – the Police Department director had come.

He stood up and asked, "Is Director Qin here to see Secretary Wu?"

Director Qin gave him a cold glance and ordered the police beside him: "Take him into custody."

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