Chapter 1381: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1381: This Big Matter, Someone Has to Take the Blame

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

This matter is huge.

The impact is extremely vile!

It even caused many leaders of the Town Government to receive disciplinary action!

On the surface, this is an accident.

But in reality, it doesn't quite count as an accident either.

The matter is this: on a certain night, Zhao Futian raped and murdered Wang Aidi!

One corpse, two lives!

Wang Aidi died, right under the nose of that fool Zhao Congming.

Zhao Congming was even smiling cheerfully.

Zhao Futian, for his part, acted as if nothing had happened, went back and slaughtered that big yellow dog of his family, and made a dog meat hot pot to eat.

Because he knew very well in his heart that before long, he would have to go to prison, and might never be able to return to his hometown of Shanwei Village again.

The next day, a neighbor went to Zhao Congming's home, saw the already dead Wang Aidi, and only then reported it to the police.

The police arrived, and after questioning and investigation, quickly locked onto Zhao Futian.

The police found Zhao Futian, and Zhao Futian did not deny it either.

He only said lightly:

"I also never thought she would scream. She screamed, so I covered her mouth. I covered her mouth and she actually struggled. How could that do? I used even more force to cover her mouth. I just wanted to control her, and then she stopped moving. Only when she stopped moving could I do things properly. But she lay completely still, and to tell the truth, doing it was boring too, so after a few thrusts I went home to sleep. I thought by the time the sun rose the next day, she would wake up."

The police were quite surprised by Zhao Futian's attitude, and questioned him:

"Zhao Futian, do you know you killed someone? And a pregnant woman at that — one corpse, two lives!"

Zhao Futian merely spread his hands:

"What can be done about it? I didn't want to either. Don't yell at me. I never said I wouldn't admit it. Just arrest me and send me to prison."

Zhao Futian was taken into custody.

Very soon this matter spread throughout the entire Town Government.

The top leader of the Town Government, He Gaofeng, attached great importance to this. He immediately pushed aside the work on his hands and personally accompanied the Police Station Chief to investigate this case and comfort the victim's family.

The County Government side was also shocked by this rape-murder case.

They dispatched Xiao Xueqing down to supervise and guide the work.

Then, following convention, accountability had to be pursued.

Because Zhao Futian and Wang Aidi were both poverty alleviation personnel, they were subjects the Rural Revitalization Office needed to pay regular attention to.

With something happening, responsibility passed down level by level, and naturally fell onto the Rural Revitalization Office.

Chen Yuancheng was already trembling with fear over this.

Because he knew that at best he would get a demerit on his record, and at worst he might be dismissed from his post.

He began to regret that the report Wang Xiaohua had written earlier had not been submitted upward.

So, trying to mend the fence after the sheep are lost, he hurriedly sought out Wang Xiaohua and talked with him:

"Wang Xiaohua, Zhao Futian and Wang Aidi are both from Shanwei Village, and Shanwei Village is the jurisdiction of you and Lin Aijun. Now that such a thing has happened, I hope the two of you will reflect well and take the initiative to shoulder responsibility."

Chen Yuancheng spoke very directly.

Wang Xiaohua was extremely surprised:

"Director Chen, are you asking me and Lin Aijun to take the blame?"

Chen Yuancheng said:

"It's not taking the blame. After all, it really is your responsibility. If the higher-ups ask, you just truthfully say there were too many uncontrollable factors, and it's impossible to stare at Shanwei Village every single moment. Zhao Futian doing such a thing isn't something you could control."

Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Isn't this just pushing the responsibility downward?

"Director Chen, I submitted a report to you before. You're the one who didn't take it seriously."

Chen Yuancheng's face turned extremely ugly.

He fell silent for a long time before speaking:

"Can we not bring this up? I'm retiring in a few years. If I take a disciplinary action at this time……"

"Director Chen!"

Wang Xiaohua cut off his words.

"As the Director of the Rural Revitalization Office, have you never thought of taking the initiative to bear responsibility? Do you know why our town's poverty alleviation campaign has made no progress for so many years? It's because your attitude determines the working methods of the people below."

Chen Yuancheng's tone softened. He looked at Wang Xiaohua with an almost pleading gaze:

"If you don't speak of this, from now on I'll take all your suggestions seriously and try to improve working methods……"

Wang Xiaohua softened a little.

Because he knew that Chen Yuancheng actually wasn't bad.

However, right at this moment, before Wang Xiaohua could speak, Chen Yuancheng's mobile phone rang.

It was Town Party Secretary He Gaofeng calling.

"Director Chen, come to my office for a trip."

Chen Yuancheng shuddered violently, a bad premonition rising, but he still hurriedly agreed:

"Wang Xiaohua is with you, right? Bring Wang Xiaohua along too. County Magistrate Xiao wants to see him."

Chen Yuancheng could only hurriedly say:

"Alright, alright."

Because He Gaofeng had simply not given him any room to choose.

So he could only bring Wang Xiaohua along and head to He Gaofeng's office.

Along the way, he was still pleading with Wang Xiaohua not to speak out of turn, not to mention the matter of the report.

As a result, when they arrived at He Gaofeng's office, he was dumbfounded.

Only to see inside the office, not only were He Gaofeng, Zhong Hongtao, and Xiao Xueqing present, Lin Aijun was here too!

Xiao Xueqing was the leader sent down from the County Town responsible for handling this matter; Zhong Hongtao, as the Deputy Mayor in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Office, being here was perfectly normal!

But Lin Aijun being here now was something Chen Yuancheng had never expected in a million years!

Upon seeing Wang Xiaohua and Chen Yuancheng enter, Lin Aijun immediately shouted without any reservation:

"County Magistrate Xiao, Secretary He, Mayor Zhong, Wang Xiaohua is here. If you don't believe what I said, you can ask Wang Xiaohua face to face!"

It was very obvious Lin Aijun was unwilling to shoulder the responsibility, directly bypassing Chen Yuancheng to report her and Wang Xiaohua's work situation to He Gaofeng, Zhong Hongtao, and Xiao Xueqing!

Lin Aijun had definitely already spilled the beans about Wang Xiaohua having once written a report!

At this moment Chen Yuancheng hated Lin Aijun to death!

He had originally thought that as long as he placated Wang Xiaohua, he could cover the matter up.

He never imagined Lin Aijun would actually engage in cross-level reporting!

Cross-level reporting — that is a major taboo in officialdom!

However Lin Aijun couldn't care less about these things!

She wasn't thinking about promotion and getting rich; she only wanted to avoid taking the blame for this mess!

If the matter of Wang Xiaohua having written a report to Chen Yuancheng wasn't pierced through to the higher-ups, then under layer upon layer of pressure, the ones who would definitely end up taking the blame would be her and Wang Xiaohua!

He Gaofeng spoke up at this time:

"Wang Xiaohua, regarding the situation of Zhao Futian and Wang Aidi, you previously wrote a detailed report and fed it back to the Poverty Alleviation Office?"

Zhong Hongtao then said: "Just tell it truthfully, no need to be afraid."

Zhong Hongtao at this time had a belly full of anger toward Chen Yuancheng — Wang Xiaohua submitted a report, why were you suppressing it? Couldn't make the call yourself? Then give him a glance, let him make the call, wouldn't that have been fine!

Wang Xiaohua knew there was simply no way he could help Chen Yuancheng deny this, because He Gaofeng was asking with the answer already in hand.

But he also couldn't just directly admit it; after all, directly admitting it would be too offensive to Chen Yuancheng.

Whether Chen Yuancheng would even continue staying at the Poverty Alleviation Office was still uncertain; maybe it would just be a case of raising high and lowering gently?

If that happened, his future days would probably be hard to get through.

So Wang Xiaohua said:

"Director Chen was too busy, unable to feed it back upward in a timely manner."

Hearing Wang Xiaohua's words, Chen Yuancheng was moved beyond measure in his inner heart, almost to the point of tears.

Because Wang Xiaohua could completely have, at this moment, added fuel to the fire and beaten him to death.

But Wang Xiaohua didn't; on the contrary, he even spoke up for him.

Thinking back to his earlier torrent of abusive scolding toward Wang Xiaohua, he felt he was simply not human, his heart and mind far too narrow.