Official Career Storm-Chapter 1367

Song Guanchao walked with him towards the Secretariat Office, and as they reached the door, Song Guanchao suddenly asked, "Could it be that Li Song is doing this on purpose?"

Liang Jianfeng stopped walking and thought out loud, "It's unlikely."

Song Guanchao speculated that Li Song was deliberately visiting Shi Qin's office frequently to shift their attention onto Shi Qin.

"I've watched the surveillance for nearly a month; Li Song didn't just go see Shi Qin today. He goes three or four times a day on average."

"I see."

If he only went today, it indeed suggests intentional framing.

But if this happens every day, then the possibility that the person behind it is Shi Qin becomes much higher.

Yet Song Guanchao still couldn't understand, why would Shi Qin do this?

Even though he hadn't explicitly agreed last night, he hadn't directly rejected her either, leaving some room for maneuver.

So in Song Guanchao's view, she shouldn't have any motivation to do this.

"Are you going in with me?" Liang Jianfeng asked.

"No."

Song Guanchao turned around and headed towards the office.

As he approached the office, the door opened just as he arrived, and three leaders walked out.

Zhou Zheng gave him a cold look and headed towards the elevator.

Zhang Yan didn't look at him either, leaving with a very calm expression.

Once they were out of sight, Wu Qiangwei turned back, and Song Guanchao followed her inside.

Wu Qiangwei asked, "What happened when you had dinner with Shi Qin last night?"

Song Guanchao had already reported to her about the dinner last night when he came to work in the morning, but the sudden incident made Wu Qiangwei feel that Song Guanchao might have overlooked something.

Song Guanchao shook his head and said, "Nothing happened, we just had dinner, then she took me home and had a cup of tea in my place."

"She went to your place? Why didn't you mention this in the morning?"

"It was just a cup of tea." Song Guanchao felt embarrassed.

He hadn't mentioned these details because they didn't seem worth mentioning.

Wu Qiangwei ignored his explanation and asked, "Besides having tea, did she do anything else?"

"..." Song Guanchao sighed, realizing that unless he said something, she would definitely not believe him.

After all, late at night, a mature and attractive woman going to a man's house surely had a purpose.

So, Song Guanchao told her about Shi Qin's attempt to seduce him.

Wu Qiangwei's face became increasingly difficult to read as she listened, and by the time he finished, her face was expressionless: "She took a shower at your place?"

"Yes."

"She stripped down?"

Song Guanchao immediately responded, "But I wasn't moved in the slightest."

"Heh."

Wu Qiangwei's gaze lowered, "You had no reaction?"

"..." Song Guanchao's mouth twitched as he responded, "I did."

But he quickly explained, "That's just a normal physiological reaction."

Wu Qiangwei stared at him without speaking.

Clearly, she was somewhat doubtful whether nothing really happened between Song Guanchao and Shi Qin.

Song Guanchao explained, "I just met her yesterday. Even if she stripped down or drugged me, I wouldn't have any relationship with her. I'm not driven by lust."

Wu Qiangwei chuckled lightly, squinting her eyes, "Song Guanchao, I find you particularly attractive to women."

"It's not that I attract women; it's that she's used to taking shortcuts."

Song Guanchao said righteously, "She succeeded once by using her body and thinks the same trick can work forever. But not every man is like Secretary Zhou, who can't help but stop when he sees a woman."

Wu Qiangwei chuckled but didn't continue the topic.

She did have a slight doubt earlier, but after calming down and thinking it over, she was sure Song Guanchao wasn't lying.

If something really happened between him and Shi Qin, he wouldn't have to tell her about it.

Moreover, though women were drawn to Song Guanchao, and he had plenty of women around him, as far as she knew, he never formed mutual feelings with any woman on their first meeting.

Shaking off the messy thoughts in her head, Wu Qiangwei asked, "Why would Shi Qin do such a thing?"

Song Guanchao sighed again, "I don't know."

This was a question he had pondered many times without finding an answer.

Wu Qiangwei suggested, "Could it be because you rejected her, so she became angry and wanted to retaliate?"

"I don't think so." Song Guanchao found her speculation rather far-fetched.

Even though he and Shi Qin weren't close, the few hours of simple interaction last night gave him a superficial understanding of her.

Anyway, he felt Shi Qin was unlikely to make such a stupid move just because a man rejected her.

Song Guanchao said, "The real issue now isn't entirely about her motives for doing this. It's about how we should handle her if real evidence comes to light."

Wu Qiangwei posed the question to him, "What do you think?"

Song Guanchao pondered, "Considering Shi Qin's relationship with Zhou Zheng, I think it's best to handle this quietly."

With Song Guanchao's character, he would actually prefer to arrest her directly.

But considering Shi Qin's connection to Zhou Zheng, if the issue were to escalate, they would essentially be offending Zhou Zheng.

He wasn't concerned about offending Zhou Zheng, but he had to consider Wu Qiangwei.

Straining her relationship with Zhou Zheng over just a director of the Secretariat Office wasn't a good move.

After all, Wu Qiangwei's position wasn't entirely secure yet, whereas Zhou Zheng, from being a mayor to the City Secretary, had built extensive networks in Jiangzhou over the years, far beyond Wu Qiangwei's reach.

Besides, Zhou Zheng was inherently small-minded, and he would truly make things difficult for Wu Qiangwei over such trivial matters.

Conversely, showing mercy to Shi Qin this time would leave Zhou Zheng indebted to them.

He shared his considerations with her.

After hearing him out, Wu Qiangwei's expression softened considerably.

"Handling this quietly is fine, but we need to be sure that the surveillance in my office wasn't placed by her."

Song Guanchao nodded, no need for her to emphasize that.

If the surveillance in Wu Qiangwei's office was also set up by her, then this matter couldn't be trivialized.

Since she was Zhou Zheng's mistress, if she did place it, who could be sure it wasn't instigated by Zhou Zheng himself?

"Knock, knock."

Song Guanchao went to open the door; it was Liang Jianfeng, with two police officers standing behind him.

He walked in and said, "Mayor Wu, I need to take the surveillance footage with me now."

Song Guanchao suggested, "Mr. Liang, let's check the office again. See if there's any other surveillance equipment."

"Alright." Liang Jianfeng turned to the two officers, "Check it out."

The two officers had brought detection equipment; clearly, they were prepared.

No need to draw the curtains; they started checking the walls with their equipment.

After a dozen minutes, they completed their inspection.

A pinhole camera was found hidden behind a painting; no other devices were discovered elsewhere.

Afterward, they put on gloves, carefully removed the pinhole camera, and bagged it securely.

Liang Jianfeng instructed the two officers to leave first, then addressed Wu Qiangwei, "I've already had Shi Qin taken to the city bureau, Mayor, is there anything else you'd like to address?"

He was tough on Zhou Zheng because he utterly disliked leaders like Zhou Zheng.

But with Wu Qiangwei, he held her in esteem.

Plus, he wasn't unsavvy about politics.

The decision on how to proceed with this matter—he still needed to hear Wu Qiangwei's opinion.

After all, they were in the same boat.