After mulling over Ruan Xiangyu's proposal, Wang Rende nodded in agreement.

"Director Ruan, your suggestion is excellent. It's practical and sound. When building the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station, we can't just focus on economic benefits; we must also consider the impact on people's livelihoods.

Since operating at full capacity would endanger the residents downstream, generating power at only one-third of the designed capacity is a very good suggestion.

But, about that corrupt official, Qin Shou... how should we bring him to justice? Qin Shou is an ex-soldier with a strong will. It will be very difficult to make him talk."

"County Mayor Wang, Sun Changsheng's suicide has caused quite a stir in the city. The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection will be sending people down to investigate in the next couple of days.

When the time comes, we just need to make sure the comrades from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection find evidence of Qin Shou's corruption and bribery. Even if he wants to deny it, he won't be able to!"

"Director Ruan, you make the arrangements!"

"Alright!"

...

Office of the County Party Secretary.

Yang Wenqing picked up her pen, about to sign the transfer order.

Suddenly, she received a phone call. It was from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The comrade from the Disciplinary Committee informed her that they would be sending people down in the next couple of days to investigate Sun Changsheng's suicide.

The primary target of the investigation would be Sun Changsheng's secretary, Qin Shou.

The investigation by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection was naturally arranged by Zheng Yaohua, and he would certainly send reliable people.

Zheng Yaohua believed that anyone worth that powerful figure's phone call to protect must be able to withstand scrutiny.

If Qin Shou couldn't withstand the investigation, Zheng Yaohua wouldn't give face even to that big shot!

Hanging up the phone, Yang Wenqing began to ponder.

The Provincial Party Secretary and the Municipal Party Secretary both called to protect Qin Shou, and now the Municipal Disciplinary Committee is immediately sending people to investigate him.

Are they really investigating Qin Shou?

This is probably an opportunity to prove his innocence, isn't it?

After all, if the comrades from the Municipal Disciplinary Committee investigate him and find nothing, it would prove that he is an upstanding and incorruptible comrade!

Yang Wenqing put down her pen, leaving the transfer order unsigned.

...

Qin Shou returned to the Secretariat Division. As Sun Changsheng's secretary, he was naturally the head of the division.

Until the transfer order came down, he was still the head of the Secretariat Division.

The head of the Secretariat Division had a private office.

As Qin Shou reached his office door, he found it had been opened without his permission. Yang Song was inside, moving his belongings out.

Yang Song was a senior staff member in the Secretariat Division and a simp for the deputy head, Liu Shuang. A veteran simp.

Unfortunately for him, after more than a year of simping, he hadn't gotten anything out of it.

But that didn't stop him from continuing to simp.

Now that he was being transferred to be the station chief of the hydroelectric station, the position of head of the Secretariat Division would surely be taken by Liu Shuang.

Because Liu Shuang was Ruan Xiangyu's goddaughter.

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A very obedient and *uninhibited* goddaughter.

Once, when Chen Haibo came to Changle County for an inspection, Ruan Xiangyu brought Liu Shuang along to a dinner with drinks. That night, the three of them were said to have entered the same hotel room together.

As for what the three of them did in that room, no one knows.

They were probably just playing cards.

Qin Shou lit a cigarette. With one hand in his pocket and the other holding the cigarette, he smoked, quietly watching Yang Song move his things.

Only after moving the last item did Yang Song finally notice Qin Shou.

He flinched, startled by his guilty conscience.

But then, Yang Song remembered he was doing this for his 'goddess,' for the future head of the Secretariat Division, and his spine instantly stiffened.

Like a eunuch who'd just gained favor, Yang Song provoked him in a squeaky, duck-like voice, "Well, well! Look what stray dog has wandered in."

Qin Shou blew a smoke ring and asked coolly, "Yang Song, what are you doing? Are you stealing my things?"

"Sun Changsheng is dead! He jumped off a building! You're not the head of the Secretariat Division anymore. The Municipal Disciplinary Committee will be here soon to arrest you and throw you in jail! Your things need to be moved out to make room for Chief Liu!"

"Move them back. Put everything back exactly as it was!"

"You're a stray dog, what right do you have to order me around? When Sun Changsheng was here, you were his dog, strutting around the Secretariat Division, throwing your weight around because of your master's power! Now your master is gone, jumped to his death. What right does a dog like you have to bark here?"

Yang Wenqing had come out to use the restroom. Hearing the commotion in the hallway, she stood in a corner, observing from the shadows.

As the newly appointed County Party Secretary, she knew nothing about the people in Changle County. Therefore, she needed to watch and listen more from the sidelines.

Seeing Qin Shou being berated like this by a former subordinate, she was curious to see how he would handle it.

However, based on Yang Song's performance just now, his career was effectively over.

Because Yang Wenqing despised people who trimmed their sails to the wind.

People like Yang Song were like grass on a wall, swaying with every gust of wind.

If someone were to fall on hard times, he would be the first to kick them while they were down.

"Yang Song, I'm warning you one last time. Move my things back, and put everything back where it was. For the sake of us being colleagues, I can overlook the filth you just spewed."

"I'm not moving shit! What are you gonna do, hit me?"

Since Yang Song had made a request, of course Qin Shou had to grant it.

He punched Yang Song square in the face, making it swell. Then, he kicked him in the stomach, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Before Yang Song could get up, Qin Shou rushed over and gave him a 'full-body massage.'

Of course, Qin Shou didn't have the gentle touch of a female masseuse. He only had fists harder than steel and kicks that could dent a steel plate.

After the storm of fists and feet, Yang Song was not only black and blue in the face, but his body was also covered in bruises.

Qin Shou was a god of war on the battlefield. Even a king of soldiers would be beaten senseless by him.

Therefore, Qin Shou's punches were more precise than a lithography machine.

Although he had beaten Yang Song black and blue, the injuries would definitely not qualify for any disability rating, not even as a minor injury.

Qin Shou clapped his hands, dusting off the 'simp' aura he'd picked up from Yang Song.

Then, he offered a friendly reminder, "Yang Song, you asked me to hit you, and I'm done. Are you satisfied now?

If you're not satisfied, I can reluctantly give you another round! If you are, then hurry up and move my things back!"

Yang Song was about to explode with rage!

He scrambled up from the floor and roared, "Qin Shou, you actually dared to hit me! I'm calling the police! I'll have you thrown in jail!"

"I did hit you, but you won't be able to get a medical report for any injuries. So, even if you call the police, the most they can do is detain me for a few days. After I get out, I'll keep beating you. I'll beat you every time I see you!"

"You... you hooligan!"

"Move the things back inside! Or I'll hit you again!"

"Qin Shou, don't be so arrogant! Your days are numbered! Just you wait for the comrades from the Disciplinary Committee to deal with you!"

After taking a sound beating, Yang Song's mouth was still tough, but his body was honest. Mumbling and cursing, he began to move the things he had carried out, piece by piece, back into the office.

After watching Qin Shou deal with Yang Song, Yang Wenqing thought to herself with disdain, "What a brute! He can't reason with people, so he just uses his fists! If fists could solve problems, what would be the point of having laws?"

Originally, Qin Shou's impression score in Yang Wenqing's book was already at zero. After he beat up Yang Song, it plummeted straight to negative 100.

However, Qin Shou had no idea that Secretary Yang had just witnessed him thrashing Yang Song.

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