Having punished all three of them severely, Yang Wenqing was very satisfied.

On her first day as the new secretary, she had successfully established her authority!

Moreover, the punishment she meted out was absolutely fair.

The penalty was the same for all three, and no one could find the slightest fault with it.

Yang Wenqing returned to her office and signed the transfer order. Qin Shou was not only transferred to the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station to serve as station chief, but he was also directly demoted to a Level-2 Clerk.

As Qin Shou was in the section chief's office packing his personal belongings, ready to pack up and get the hell out, Su Jing suddenly arrived.

The woman wore a hip-hugging dress that accentuated her curvaceous figure. She had on high heels, and her long legs were wrapped in black stockings with lettering on them, looking so sexy and hot it was mouth-watering.

It was just a pity that in their year and a half of marriage, Qin Shou had never managed to get intimate with her, never knowing her taste.

For Qin Shou, this was indeed a regret, a huge one.

He didn't regret divorcing Su Jing; he regretted divorcing her before he had even slept with her once.

Su Jing crossed her arms, looking down her nose at Qin Shou. "You've really disappointed me!"

"Disappointed? You haven't even experienced it, and you're already saying you're disappointed?"

Su Jing didn't understand what Qin Shou meant and asked curiously, "Experience what?"

"Married for a year and a half, and we're damn well divorced without even consummating the marriage. Of course you'd be disappointed! You're a divorcée now, yet you've never even experienced what it's like to be a woman. You're really quite pitiful. How about I take pity on you just once?"

"Qin Shou, you damn pervert! How did you become like this? Your mouth is full of filth!"

Su Jing stomped her foot in anger.

"I used to have some hope for you, thinking that if you could just admit your mistakes and learn from your shame, you could turn things around. With your abilities, you should still have a future, still have hope in life.

"Even though something happened to Sun Changsheng, you're innocent! As long as you stop being so rigid, stubborn, and inflexible. With your skills, if you were just a little more tactful, you might have been able to keep your position as the County Party Secretary's secretary.

"As long as you could remain the County Party Secretary's secretary, I could have convinced my mom and then remarried you. I would have even been willing to have your children."

"Heh! Is it me you want to remarry? The person you want to remarry is the County Party Secretary's chief secretary!"

"Qin Shou, look at the mess you've made of yourself! Your backer just went down, and instead of laying low, you go and assault a colleague.

"And look what happened. Not only did you lose your job as the County Party Secretary's chief secretary, but you couldn't even hold onto the Section Chief-level rank you worked so hard to get. You were demoted straight to a Level-2 Clerk.

"Don't you know? For someone like you, with no background, no connections, from a rural family... getting demoted from a section-level position to a Level-2 Clerk means your life is over. You'll be a Level-2 Clerk until the day you retire!"

"I may not have a backer, I may not have a background, and I may be from the countryside. But I have skills! The same way I was demoted, I can get promoted back up!"

"Get promoted back up? How naive! You? What do you have to get promoted back up with?"

"How about we make a bet?"

"What kind of bet?"

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"If I can get promoted back to Section Chief-level and become the County Party Secretary's chief secretary again within six months, you'll consummate our marriage!"

"Fine! If you really have that ability, I'll remarry you!"

"Who wants to remarry you? I just want to consummate the marriage with you! After all, we were husband and wife. It's a shame we never slept together. Once we do, there'll be no regrets. After we're done, you can go find your Young Master Chen, and I'll go find someone new."

"You pervert, say one more word of nonsense and I'll rip your mouth apart! And another thing, there's nothing between me and Chen Feiying! He's the one pursuing me; I haven't even let him hold my hand!"

"You're not my wife anymore, you have no right to lay a hand on me. Besides, what's between you and Chen Feiying is none of my damn business! Get your identity straight, ex-wife!"

"You..."

Su Jing stomped her foot and stormed off in a huff.

Qin Shou didn't bother with his snobbish ex-wife. He knew her character all too well.

When they first got married, she had said that as long as Qin Shou was promoted from Deputy Section Chief-level to Section Chief-level, she would consummate their marriage and have his children.

More than half a year after they married, Qin Shou was successfully promoted from Deputy Section Chief-level to Section Chief-level.

Then, Su Jing came up with a new condition, saying that as long as he was promoted from Section Chief-level to Deputy Division Chief-level, she would consummate their marriage and even give him two children.

So, Qin Shou wouldn't believe her bullshit. The woman was too materialistic.

As for that Chen Feiying, it was probably impossible for him to win Su Jing over. His father was just a Deputy Mayor. While that might be a high-ranking official in others' eyes, in Su Jing's eyes, it was nothing.

Su Jing had a college roommate, who was also her bestie, named Jiang Mengmeng. Her father was Jiang Zhihong, the Vice Governor of Bashu Province.

It was precisely because of her bestie, Jiang Mengmeng, that Su Jing's standards had always been so high.

Because what woman wouldn't want her husband to be more outstanding than her bestie's?

Although Jiang Mengmeng was still single, with her family background, could the husband she finds be anything less than exceptional? After all, even the son of the Municipal Party Secretary had been rejected when he tried to pursue her.

As for Su Jing, she was indeed a capable woman herself. After graduating from university, she joined the Wanguo Group and was now the secretary to the general manager of the Wanguo Group's Beiyang branch.

The Wanguo Group was not only the number one private enterprise in Sichuan province but also a Fortune 500 company.

The Jigong River Hydroelectric Station had been built by the Wanguo Group.

Qin Shou moved all his things into his second-hand Santana.

This Santana was a decommissioned car from the County Committee, a fifteen-year-old clunker that had been sold to Qin Shou for 2,000 yuan.

Although the car was old, its mileage wasn't high, only 295,863 kilometers. Not even 300,000 kilometers yet—it hadn't even passed its break-in period!

Since buying it, Qin Shou had barely had to repair it.

Not only could it hit 140 km/h on the highway, but the air conditioning still blew cold.

Qin Shou drove his Santana back to Xingfu Garden.

It was an old residential complex with walk-up apartments, which Qin Shou had bought for his marriage. But Su Jing looked down on this shabby, old, and small place, so she had never spent a single day living there.

Building 6, 5-1.

Carrying his bags, big and small, Qin Shou walked to his front door and saw a familiar woman.

Wu Yuqin?

Sun Changsheng's wife!

Wu Yuqin taught Chinese at City No. 3 Middle School and was a homeroom teacher.

At this moment, Wu Yuqin's face was haggard.

"Teacher Wu, why didn't you let me know you were coming? I could have picked you up! I'm so embarrassed to have kept you waiting at the door."

Qin Shou quickly opened the door, invited Wu Yuqin inside, and poured her a glass of water.

"Little Qin, after Old Sun's incident, he was at the funeral home for three days. Of all his colleagues from work, you were the only one who came to see him off.

"Old Sun wasn't wrong about you. You truly are an upright and kind person, someone trustworthy. I came to find you this time because I have something to give you."

Wu Yuqin took a USB drive from her bag and handed it to Qin Shou.

"Little Qin, Old Sun didn't commit suicide. He was murdered. He didn't jump from the building himself; he was pushed. As for who the killer is, I don't know. I also don't know what's on this USB drive.

"Old Sun gave me this USB drive a month ago. He told me not to look at it. Then, he instructed me that if anything happened to him, I should give this USB drive to you.

"Oh, and Old Sun asked me to tell you that this USB drive is a Pandora's box. Once you open it, it can change your destiny. It could let you soar to the heavens, or it could lead to your eternal damnation.

"Whether or not to open this USB drive is up to you to decide. If you don't want to open it, if you just want to live a peaceful and uneventful life, you can destroy it directly.

"Little Qin, one last reminder. Remember, do not let anyone other than yourself see what's on this USB drive! Also, don't tell anyone I was here."

After saying this, Wu Yuqin took her leave.

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