Official Career Storm
Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Chapter 97

"News from the underworld?"

"Why is the squad leader so concerned about this stuff?"

Lu Feng thought for a moment and said, "This area’s been pretty quiet, nothing’s happened."

Song Guanchao said, "Do me a favor and find out if there’s been any new power rising in the underworld recently."

"Sure, leave it to me."

The forces in the underworld were basically the same few factions, each minding their own business and not interfering with one another; if there were any conflicts, there would usually be someone to mediate.

As long as it wasn’t too serious, there wouldn’t be any violent clashes.

If a newcomer did emerge, word would spread quickly within the underground community.

Lu Feng was like a mixed brigade; his main job was to keep an eye on places and maintain public order, kind of like a grassroots security firm.

He had connections with all sides and was relatively well-informed.

Around nine o’clock in the evening, he left the bar and headed to the police station to go home with Liang Jiajia.

Liang Jiajia was upset, clearly because of her father Liang Jianfeng’s issues.

She had fallen out with her father when she decided to go to the police academy, and things hadn’t improved since then.

Father and daughter only saw each other during the holidays, once a year.

But when her father truly encountered trouble, she would still care and want to help Liang Jianfeng out of his predicaments, yet her ability to do so was limited.

The next day, Saturday, there were no important matters at the City Committee, and Song Guanchao was afforded a rare moment of leisure.

In the evening, he received an email containing all the alarm reports for this period.

The number of alarms from a prefecture-level city in nearly a month was staggering.

Seeing the dense documents made Song Guanchao feel like his head was going to explode.

He leaned back on the sofa, going through them one by one, feeling dizzy and overwhelmed.

When Liang Jiajia came home that evening, he was still reviewing them.

Thinking Song Guanchao was busy with work, she didn’t disturb him and went to take a shower instead.

"Secretary Song, will you have time tomorrow?" Wu Yun’s message popped up on his phone.

"I should."

"I’ve already looked into Director Liu’s information for you."

"That’s impressive, you got it so fast."

"Humph." Wu Yun asked, "How are you going to thank me?"

"Treat you to milk?"

Wu Yun sent an angry emoticon.

Song Guanchao said, "Then I’ll take you out for lunch tomorrow, at noon."

Wu Yun: "I heard there’s a new movie out recently."

"I’ll take you to the movie after lunch."

"Sounds good."

Song Guanchao put down his phone and rubbed his temples.

"Are you done working?" Liang Jiajia stepped out of the bathroom, wearing the silk nightgown Song Guanchao bought her.

Her delicate collarbones, slim shoulders, and her figure were exceptionally graceful.

The thin nightgown clung to her svelte frame, perfectly showcasing her exquisite curves.

"Not yet, but I’m not planning to keep at it. I’ll finish tomorrow."

He closed his laptop and walked over, sniffing the fragrance in her hair, "I’m going to take a shower."

Liang Jiajia blushed, well aware of what he intended to do.

She lay back in bed, and it wasn’t long before Song Guanchao had finished showering and came over, naked, his ’long gun’ already standing tall.

He lifted the covers and slid in, and before Liang Jiajia could react, he had already buried himself between her beautiful legs.

"Ah~"

Liang Jiajia let out a soft cry, her body tingling as if electrified.

The next day, at noon.

As a police officer, Liang Jiajia had virtually no time to rest.

Especially since the missing gun case, all the cops in the city had been kept busy.

Patrol officers could be seen on nearly every street.

Officer Liu, driving the old, worn-out police car, was patrolling the streets.

Liang Jiajia sat in the passenger seat, her beautiful eyes scanning the passersby, trying to spot any suspicious figures.

As they neared noon, Officer Liu said, "Let’s find a place to eat."

As the car passed Meili Square, Liang Jiajia suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure.

Song Guanchao?

She had just thought about asking Officer Liu to stop the car to join Song Guanchao for lunch when she suddenly noticed he was holding a coffee in his hand.

Moreover, there were two cups.

"Uncle Liu, stop for a moment." Liang Jiajia watched Song Guanchao but didn’t get out of the car.

About two minutes later, she saw a girl in a skirt with long hair cascading down her back, wearing a crossbody bag and bouncing over to Song Guanchao’s side, accepting the coffee from his hands.

The two chatted and laughed as they walked toward the shopping center.

"What’s wrong?" Uncle Liu asked.

"It’s nothing, let’s go." Liang Jiajia’s tone was even, her eyes revealing a deep feeling of loss.

All day, Liang Jiajia had been somewhat distracted.

She recognized the girl—it was Wu Yun.

That evening.

When she got off work, she saw Song Guanchao waiting for her outside the police station, as usual.

He was holding his cellphone, apparently engrossed in something.

Liang Jiajia walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing much." Song Guanchao put away his phone and said, "Come on, let’s go eat barbecue."

"I’m not hungry."

"How can you not be hungry after working all night?"

"I said I’m not hungry."

Liang Jiajia turned and walked toward the car, Song Guanchao scratched his head, sensing that her mood didn’t seem very good.

Back home, Liang Jiajia took a bath and lay down in bed.

By the time Song Guanchao arrived, she had already closed her eyes, feigning sleep.

Song Guanchao lay beside her and whispered, "Are you in a bad mood?"

"No." Liang Jiajia turned over, turning her back to him.

"..." It was so obvious, and yet she said she wasn’t.

Song Guanchao gently embraced her, but Liang Jiajia struggled: "Don’t touch me."

"..."

Why did it feel like she was taking this out on him?

Song Guanchao felt a bit depressed. What was going on?

However much he asked, Liang Jiajia wouldn’t talk, driving Song Guanchao to the end of his patience.

Monday.

At ten in the morning, the Standing Committee convened in the City Committee meeting room.

This was Wu Qiangwei’s first Standing Committee meeting since assuming office, and it was very important to her.

She needed to use this meeting to ensure that the city’s leaders recognized her status.

All the members of the Standing Committee arrived on time for the meeting, which then officially began.

The nine members of the Committee were in attendance, along with Director Qin of the Police Department, Liang Hao, the Secretary of the Huayuan District Committee, Director Zhang of the Fengjiang Branch, and Yu Bo, the Captain of the Armed Police Brigade, who also sat in on the meeting.

The first item on the agenda was about two nationally influential cases that had happened in the past month, as well as a case of a drunk driving frame-up.

The first case involved Fu Cheng’s violation of regulations regarding firearms and an incident involving pulling a gun.

The impact of this case was more positive than negative, largely thanks to Song Guanchao.

Of course, there was also an effort to suppress Fu Cheng’s identity.

The second case was Yang Yongqiang and his accomplice’s strong assault on Tian Xue.

The severity of this case was moderate, but the impact was immense and profound, causing severe damage to the image of Lingjiang’s internal system personnel.

The third was Zhang Ping from the Huayuan District Traffic Police Team framing three public officials for drunk driving.

This case also involved a Deputy Captain of the Armed Police Brigade.

The impact of this case was truly horrible, and Fu Cheng was implicated as well.

As the Captain of the traffic police division, Yu Bo was under immense pressure, especially since the most appalling case of framing public officials had occurred within his team.

Although this case had the least impact out of the three, its nature was the most heinous.

During the meeting, all members of the Standing Committee reprimanded him with a severe tone and harsh words.

He could do nothing but nod obediently and reflect deeply, not daring to make a single extra comment.

He didn’t even try to explain.

As a leader, he couldn’t escape responsibility for such an incident in his team.

Furthermore, he was well aware of the dreadful nature of this case.

A scolding was far preferable to a suspension warning.

After scolding Yu Bo, the members of the Standing Committee turned their attention to Director Qin.

"With a suspended officer violating regulations by carrying a gun, followed by the loss of a firearm without reporting, Director Qin, your team seems to be doing very well!" Wu Qiangwei directed the blame squarely at Director Qin without any nicety, causing his face to instantly turn the color of liver.

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