Official Career Storm-Chapter 1372

Zhou Zheng’s sudden inquiry made Lv Jie widen his eyes, full of confusion: "What does Secretary Zhou mean by this? Are you suspecting me?"

"Not suspecting."

"Just routine questioning."

"After all, Mayor Wu has received an anonymous report."

While Zhou Zheng spoke, his eyes remained fixed on him.

"Secretary Lv, tell me, why did you do this?"

"Mayor Wu has only been in Jiangzhou for over two months, she shouldn’t have offended you, right?"

"It wasn’t me!"

Lv Jie’s tone suddenly heightened, and overwhelmed by his emotions, he stood up directly: "If Secretary Zhou doesn’t believe me, then please have Director Liang investigate."

"Don’t throw accusations for things I didn’t do!"

Zhou Zheng suddenly laughed: "Secretary Lv, don’t be so agitated, please sit down first."

Once Lv Jie sat down, Zhou Zheng continued: "For now, it’s just a report, and an anonymous one at that. I merely invited you over for inquiry, haven’t said anything about calling the police, nor insisted it’s you."

Lv Jie’s face turned dark as he directly took out his phone to call Liang Jianfeng.

Seeing this action, Zhou Zheng hurriedly took the phone: "Secretary Lv, what’s the meaning of this?"

"I already said, it’s written in the report that way, personally, I believe you." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"Look at you, it’s just an anonymous report, why call Director Liang over for this?"

"Would Director Liang really take you away?"

"What would it look like if this got out?"

Lv Jie said: "Regardless of whether the report is anonymous, since I’ve been accused, the police should be involved in investigating, to clear my name."

"If I haven’t done it, haven’t done it, someone wants to smear me, it won’t happen!"

His attitude was very resolute about calling the police.

Finally, Zhou Zheng said: "How about this, I’ll make the call."

In front of the two, he called Liang Jianfeng: "Director Liang, Mayor Wu has received an anonymous report..."

He briefly described the content of the report.

Upon hearing it, Liang Jianfeng knew what was going on.

After hanging up, soon Wu Qiangwei’s phone rang, it was Liang Jianfeng calling.

He wanted to verify Zhou Zheng’s words.

Wu Qiangwei took her phone outside to answer.

A few minutes later, she returned.

After about ten minutes, Liang Jianfeng arrived at the City Committee for the third time today.

Secretary Pan guessed something must have happened, otherwise, why would the director of a municipal bureau frequently visit the City Secretary’s office?

He didn’t ask, obediently acting as a doorman, opening and closing the door for him.

Once Liang Jianfeng came in, he said: "No fingerprints were extracted from the surveillance equipment, such a report without absolutely detailed evidence is untrustworthy."

Lv Jie said coldly: "Whether it’s trustworthy doesn’t matter, what matters is that I’ve now been reported. Since there’s been a report, Director Liang should investigate me."

Liang Jianfeng knew he was angry but was indifferent: "Can’t investigate."

He then added: "However, I suggest Secretary Lv best check your office, to see if anyone’s been monitoring it."

Lv Jie paused, then said: "Then please trouble Director Liang to help check."

"Alright." Liang Jianfeng immediately made a phone call, arranging for people to come and check.

Meanwhile, Zhou Zheng smacked his forehead, like he just remembered something, saying: "I’ll invite Minister Wang and Minister Liu over to discuss this matter, best if their offices are checked as well."

He called each of them in front of everyone, asking them to come over immediately.

By around four in the afternoon, several standing committee members had arrived.

Zhou Zheng briefly explained the situation to them.

They felt shocked and slightly fearful.

Zhou Zheng emphasized: "According to Director Liang’s investigation, this person’s goal is not Mayor Wu, but me."

They didn’t understand what he meant by this.

Zhou Zheng said: "The surveillance was installed during my tenure."

Only then did they realize, and then, quite tacitly, they all looked towards Lv Jie.

Lv Jie’s face turned black, and they felt their reaction was a bit inappropriate, shifting their gaze elsewhere.

But the seed of suspicion had already been planted within them.

To say who is most suspicious, it must be Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee Lv Jie.

But they weren’t fools either.

Zhou Zheng intentionally left a key point, single-handedly emphasizing it, clearly to guide them to suspect Lv Jie.

"I suggest everyone let Director Liang send people to check your offices."

"Check if your offices are under surveillance." Zhou Zheng suggested.

They nodded, not rejecting this suggestion.

After finishing, everyone dispersed.

Wu Qiangwei stayed behind until everyone left, then said: "I had Director Song talk to Shi Qin, to confirm this matter is unrelated to her, completely Li Song’s doing."

"I think this matter should be handled discreetly, what does Secretary Zhou think?"

Zhou Zheng was quite surprised, that she actually favored him?

Shi Qin was his lover, now with trouble, he surely needed to find a way to help her.

But if Wu Qiangwei hadn’t given him face, even as the City Secretary, he couldn’t do anything.

Upon hearing her words, Zhou Zheng felt very pleased.

"Mayor Wu can handle it." Zhou Zheng smiled.

Wu Qiangwei returned to her office, and summoned Song Guanchao.

She didn’t tell him about the afternoon’s matters, but instead, whispered as if testing him: "Secretary Zhou has a suspect, can you guess who it is?"

"Lv Jie." Song Guanchao answered without hesitation.

Wu Qiangwei curled her lips, thinking that sometimes teasing him was quite dull, without a sense of achievement.

She then proceeded to tell him the entire occurrences of the afternoon.

After finishing, Wu Qiangwei asked: "Do you think it’s Secretary Lv?"

Song Guanchao shook his head: "Hard to say."

"Simply from the suspicion perspective, he indeed seems like the most suspicious person."

"As for his reaction... reactions don’t prove anything."

"If he installed the surveillance, it means there are people in the City Committee loyal to him. This matter, he likely knew about it in advance."

"When prepared in advance, it’s not hard to display a normal reaction."

"However, Secretary Zhou’s behavior surprised me a bit."

Song Guanchao genuinely hadn’t expected Zhou Zheng to use such a method to test him.

Too direct and audacious.

"Tonight’s dinner is canceled."

At this point, Wu Qiangwei suddenly said something completely unrelated to the topic.

Song Guanchao blinked, seemingly guessing something, asked: "Tonight’s original invite was Secretary Lv?"

"Yes." Wu Qiangwei sighed lightly, truly boring, he guessed it again.

Song Guanchao stroked his chin, pondering: "I think there’s no need to cancel."

"Secretary Zhou has quite a few grievances against Secretary Lv, I feel he doesn’t really care whether Secretary Lv did it or not. It seems more like, he’ll never miss an opportunity to reprimand Secretary Lv."

"Now that Secretary Lv appears moderately weak on the surface, I think, it’s even more important to befriend him, find ways to support him."

"If Secretary Lv is affected, removed from office, or investigated, then the City Committee would be truly dominated by Secretary Zhou. An unchecked leader easily falls into autocracy. Not to mention Secretary Zhou’s domineering character."