Chapter 638: Speak! Honestly confess!

"Li Xuewu! I warn you... ah!"

"Shout! Shout! Shout!"

Li Xuewu signaled the open window and said, "There are plenty of people outside. If you aren't afraid of losing face, then shout."

"How did I lose face!"

Deng Zhiwang's face turned red with anger, pointing at Li Xuewu and shouting, "You want to engage in torture, and I can't even refuse? Did I lose face for this?"

"What torture?"

Li Xuewu grabbed Deng Zhiwang's fingers and pressed them one by one onto the ink pad, then made samples one by one on the white paper.

Deng Zhiwang was grabbed by Li Xuewu at first, thinking Li Xuewu was going to play his famous trick that made small thugs tremble with fear.

He didn't expect it to be fingerprinting.

He was also scared. Watching Li Xuewu grab his hand, he refused hard, but he was over forty years old, how could he have as much strength as Li Xuewu.

Looking at the sample paper where his fingerprints were pressed, Deng Zhiwang only felt a kind of humiliation surging into his heart.

"You have no reason to treat me like this."

"Secretary Xue might not have, but I do."

Li Xuewu finished collecting Deng Zhiwang's fingerprints, then handed a piece of tissue from the coffee table to Deng Zhiwang, very politely saying, "Wipe your hands, it's all over the place."

Deng Zhiwang glanced at the ever-changing Li Xuewu, not knowing what he meant by this again.

Li Xuewu didn't care about him, seeing he didn't take it, he threw the paper directly onto the small table in front of him.

Then he took the fingerprint sample paper and looked at it carefully, but muttered in his mouth, "Deputy Factory Director Deng, you might not know that you will leave fingerprint traces in various positions in your daily life and work, and of course, that includes when you do some illegal activities."

"Of course."

Just when Deng Zhiwang was about to refute urgently, Li Xuewu added, "This is an assumption. Assuming that when you do illegal activities, you will definitely leave fingerprints."

"You are slandering me!"

Deng Zhiwang looked at Li Xuewu and said fiercely, "I haven't done any illegal activities, and even less have I left any fingerprints! You have no reason to imprison me!"

"Let me out!"

"Hey~~~ how can you say that!"

Li Xuewu had an expression of 'you don't understand me' and said, "We are protecting you. Look at your current state. Your driver committed suicide. If something happens to you again, we won't be able to explain it."

"We are really out of good intentions. Anyway, I don't believe you have any mistakes."

Li Xuewu stood in front of Deng Zhiwang, tapped the small table in front of him lightly, and said, "Look, in order to prove your innocence, we first protect you, and then investigate you deeply. We will definitely make the case clear tonight!"

After speaking, he looked at Deng Zhiwang, whose face was blue and red with anger, and said seriously, "In order to prove it in a short time, we don't spare manpower and material resources, and have invited multiple departments to assist in the investigation, including your family, your friends in the construction team..."

"You! You guys!"

Deng Zhiwang widened his eyes when he heard Li Xuewu say this. After saying a sentence to Li Xuewu, he looked at Xue Zhifu again.

And at this time, Li Xuewu smiled, signed his name on the physical evidence, walked to the door, and instructed the security guard on duty at the door to send the fingerprint sample paper to the case handling area of the Security Section.

Xue Zhifu took a puff of smoke. After Li Xuewu went to the door, seeing Deng Zhiwang look at him, he opened his mouth and said, "Confess, don't make things difficult for yourself."

"Difficult for what! Why should I make things difficult for myself!"

Deng Zhiwang waved his hands excitedly, staring at Xue Zhifu with red eyes and shouting, "Why are you making things difficult for me? What did I do wrong, and who have I made things difficult for!"

Xue Zhifu saw that he was in this crazy state, and also frowned without speaking, just smoking one cigarette after another.

Deng Zhiwang seemed to have suffered great grievances, accusing himself of all kinds of unfairness he received after coming to the Steel Rolling Mill.

"Why did you go to the Party Committee? This position was originally mine!"

"Yang Yuansong and the others, who treated me as a comrade! What kind of dog-shit division of labor!"

"Why did Jing Yunong occupy three good departments as soon as she came? Just because she came down from the ministry?"

"I was transferred from the Beijing Steel Rolling Mill just to be a punching bag and a little daughter-in-law!"

"I have to take the blame for Yang Fengshan, and I have to be manipulated by him, and I have to fight against Li Huai De!"

"He thinks it's rare to reward me with a project. It's this and that. Why doesn't he talk about his brother-in-law's matter!"

"What about Yang Fengshan! Let him come over to me! Yang Yuansong!..."

Deng Zhiwang's scolding became increasingly excessive and louder. Under Xue Zhifu's signal, the security guard closed the window, and the security guard on duty at the door also looked at each other and silently stepped aside.

There are some things you shouldn't listen to. Listening to them is useless. If your heart is chaotic, your mouth will sometimes talk nonsense, causing trouble for nothing.

Li Xuewu had returned long ago. Seeing Deng Zhiwang scolding the street, he pulled a stool and sat in the diagonal corner to listen carefully.

The more he listened, the more flavorful it was. When Deng Zhiwang talked about the critical moment, he even nodded to show affirmation.

This made Xue Zhifu, who was watching him, frown directly. He didn't know if Li Xuewu was here to help or to make trouble.

And Deng Zhiwang didn't know if he had shouted his throat hoarse, or if he had no strength, or if he was disrupted by Li Xuewu's nodding and agreeing expression. Anyway, he stopped scolding.

Li Xuewu saw that he wasn't scolding anymore, looked at him with a pitying expression, picked up the teacup and started drinking tea, without the slightest intention of speaking again.

But even if he didn't speak, just his position and his identity made it hard for Deng Zhiwang not to notice his existence.

Because Li Xuewu was too dangerous. The person was dangerous, and the identity was also dangerous, especially Li Xuewu's methods, which made Deng Zhiwang even more wary.

Being anxious to cut off the driver's line was because he was afraid of Li Xuewu, afraid that Li Xuewu would really investigate him.

He didn't know about others, but he himself had no friendship with Li Xuewu. Once a problem occurred, Li Xuewu definitely wouldn't give him face.

Especially since he remembered what he had done himself. When he pitted Li Xuewu back then, Li Xuewu had been holding him back ever since. This time, falling into the hands of the Security Division, how could there be anything good?

Now it's done. It really went down the road he was afraid of. Li Xuewu really wanted to investigate him and handle him.

Sitting diagonally opposite was Li Xuewu, and sitting on the side chair was Xue Zhifu.

Actually, Deng Zhiwang himself knew that he had no conflict with Xue Zhifu, and the Discipline Inspection Deputy Secretary position wasn't something that snatched his position.

The relationship here was more complex, and it was because he didn't want to confine his path to the scope of Discipline Inspection that he found someone to change posts.

He was saying these things to Xue Zhifu at this moment, which was just a dog jumping over a wall, a rabbit biting people when anxious.

Xue Zhifu saw that Li Xuewu didn't speak, finished a cigarette, pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and his tightly frowned eyebrows didn't mean to open.

"Right and wrong, I listened to everything you told me, but I have no way to help you seek justice for anything."

Xue Zhifu said frankly, "Just like you said, I have no qualification to examine you, and even less qualification to help you appeal and solve anything."

"As for why I came to find you today."

Xue Zhifu said again, "The overall situation of the Steel Rolling Mill is everyone, including you and me, Deputy Division Chief Li, and everyone in the Steel Rolling Mill who created and maintained it together. You don't want your hard work to be destroyed, right?"

"We don't hope you fall behind, and even less hope you make mistakes again and again, completely losing the chance to repent."

After a burst of noise, Deng Zhiwang returned to silence, but developed towards an extreme, no longer speaking.

At the same time, his expression was ashen, his gaze dull, and he didn't react at all to what Xue Zhifu said, as if he hadn't heard it.

Li Xuewu took the ceramic teacup from the hotel and poured some warm water in front of Deng Zhiwang, tapped the small table in front of him, and signaled him to drink water.

Deng Zhiwang looked at Li Xuewu with dull eyes and mechanically picked up the cup and drank the water.

Xue Zhifu also discovered Deng Zhiwang's situation and didn't continue.

Li Xuewu waited for him to drink the water, then put the cup back on the coffee table, not giving him a chance to touch the teacup alone.

Perhaps because of Li Xuewu's interference, or because he drank water, his spirit recovered slightly.

Looking at Li Xuewu again, his gaze wasn't so dull, and he even asked Li Xuewu, "Who did you bring for interrogation?"

"Your wife, and your daughter."

Li Xuewu knew what Deng Zhiwang was asking. At this point, it definitely wasn't asking about his friends or people outside.

Deng Zhiwang nodded, then said, "It has nothing to do with them. Women, what can they know."

Li Xuewu didn't answer this question, nor did he promise him anything, but sat down again, looked at Deng Zhiwang, and said, "Your daughter said some situations."

Deng Zhiwang turned his head to look at Xue Zhifu in disbelief. He wouldn't believe Li Xuewu's words. Who didn't know Li Xuewu was the most untrustworthy?

Those people at the grassroots level might not understand, and didn't know, but his secretary had inquired about Li Xuewu's character for him.

He didn't know where his secretary got the "fake news," saying Li Xuewu had a strange personality, a dog's temper, liked to be sour-faced, was untrustworthy, and liked to use his hands.

Rather than listening to Li Xuewu's nonsense, it was better to ask Xue Zhifu. Xue Zhifu wouldn't lie.

But at this moment, Xue Zhifu's expression made his face pale, his whole body's blood flowed back to his head, he only felt his head buzz, and his limbs were cold.

Li Xuewu whispered, "Same as my original intention, your daughter was also trying to save you, not hesitating to take out all the money in the house, wanting to make up for your mistakes."

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "She was really panicked, accidentally turned out your account book, and with a lot of money inside, it became trouble."

Deng Zhiwang's lips trembled when he heard Li Xuewu's words. His daughter was only sixteen, what could she understand?

The study wasn't allowed for family members to enter. Being searched by others naturally meant exposure.

He also didn't expect Li Xuewu would send people to raid his home, and even less expected Li Xuewu's speed to be so fast, and he himself was controlled by Li Xuewu so resolutely.

Actually, this didn't conform to common sense. Originally, he was anxious to go home to deal with these things, and according to reason, even if the case was filed today, he couldn't be arrested so quickly.

He put these things at home and wasn't afraid of trouble, because he calculated that there should still be time to deal with them.

But he never expected that Li Xuewu didn't play according to common sense at all, arresting people first and preparing evidence later.

If he didn't have confidence, he really couldn't do this job, especially with only one night's time; doing it after dawn wouldn't work.

And Li Xuewu really knew how to grasp the key points, chasing and beating the criminal case, pushing things in a more serious direction.

Now it's done, the evidence is found, and they came to talk to him. Surrender or die?

Deng Zhiwang didn't want to choose either of these two paths. He was only forty years old, he had just become a Deputy Factory Director, and he had just grasped power.

Li Xuewu only picked words that made Deng Zhiwang's heart ache, while Xue Zhifu was like an honest man, just persuading him to take the initiative to explain the problem.

The two sang and harmonized, dealing with Deng Zhiwang's emotional changes.

When Deng Zhiwang didn't speak, Li Xuewu stimulated him, and when he had spirit, Xue Zhifu's persuasion started again.

Very simple, and very direct, don't be idle, round-robin bombing.

The night at the guesthouse was very cool, fading away the hotness of the day, and starting to enjoy the coolness brought by the Tuanjie Lake water.

Water has a very high specific heat capacity; it absorbs heat during the day and releases it at night. Drawing water from the lake into the swimming pool—in this scorching summer, swimming and soaking in the water is just too comfortable.

Late at night, the people having midnight snacks and escaping the heat were either tired of eating or tired of playing, and all returned to their rooms to rest.

The noise in the guesthouse gradually died down, leaving only Tuanjie Lake lying quietly there, waiting for the continuation of the bustle tomorrow.

"Two leaders, the meal is ready. Let's eat outside, it's cooler."

Qin Huairu stood under the stairs, saw Li Xuewu and Xue Zhifu come down, and took the initiative to greet them.

Li Xuewu pinched the cigarette butt in his hand, looked at Qin Huairu, and asked, "Haven't rested yet?"

"Early."

Qin Huairu smiled and signaled, walking in front to lead the way, explaining in her mouth, "People just dispersed, I have to take people to clean up and restore the facilities in the courtyard."

The two followed Qin Huairu's guidance out of the guesthouse and came to the side of Tuanjie Lake. A dining table had long been prepared here, not far from the guesthouse, with enough light, but not enough to attract mosquitoes.

Especially the mint planted near the dining table ensured the dining environment at night here.

"You have a heart, thank you."

Xue Zhifu's mood was a bit heavy, but seeing the fish soup on the table, which had been stewed to a milky white, he expressed his thanks to Qin Huairu.

Li Xuewu glanced at Qin Huairu after sitting down and asked, "Have you eaten? If you're hungry, sit down and eat together."

"No, I don't often eat at night."

Qin Huairu smiled and refused, "It's quieter here, I won't disturb the two leaders' meal."

While speaking, she helped Li Xuewu and the two scoop fish soup, signaled the waiter on the side, and went to the guesthouse.

The waiter stood not far away waiting, and if anything was needed here, he would come over again. The service was quite in place.

"I'm really seeing such a detailed service standard for the first time."

Xue Zhifu drank a mouthful of delicious fish soup, glanced at the guesthouse direction, and sighed with emotion to Li Xuewu.

Perhaps it was the lonely night, perhaps it was the story of the person upstairs infecting him, Xue Zhifu's words were more than usual.

Li Xuewu put down the spoon after tasting a mouthful, "Satisfying people's pursuit of material life is just like the pursuit of spiritual enjoyment; they are all goals that our organization strives for and pursues."

"Hehe~"

Xue Zhifu liked this fish soup taste very much, didn't stop his hand, chuckled, drank another mouthful, and then said, "But it must also conform to one's own conditions and foundation, and must always keep in mind the tradition of arduous struggle, and pay attention to one's own identity and influence."

Li Xuewu heard Xue Zhifu say this, couldn't help but glance at the waiter over there, and reminded with a smile, "If you are so serious, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat such good delicacies again."

"Hahahahaha~"

Xue Zhifu laughed until the smile on his face turned into a bitter smile. He shook his head, looked at the window on the fourth floor, and said, "Alarm bells ringing long, keep lessons in mind."

"This is indispensable."

Li Xuewu picked fish bones from the bowl, tasted a small mouthful of fish meat, and it was just so-so.

The taste and essence of this fish had already entered the soup, but the fish meat had become somewhat bland.

He was also too picky. Wasn't it him who wanted to keep healthy and was afraid of hunger, so he asked people to prepare light food? Now he was picking on the taste.

"I think, you can't just wait while presiding over the Discipline Inspection work. You must exert subjective initiative, and should be like the Security Division, doing work in front."

"Tell me."

Xue Zhifu pointed at Li Xuewu, eating fish while saying, "I've long wanted to hear your opinion on work forms and methods."

"Then I'll be bold and show off before an expert."

Li Xuewu said jokingly, "Our factory's safety production, organizational life, cultural learning, etc., all have their own sections in the factory newspaper, but the Discipline Inspection work hasn't reached that point."

"Extending it, you don't see our factory's Discipline Inspection work articles in the superior's large newspapers either."

Li Xuewu tapped the table lightly and said, "Just this one item has lost the role of alerting cadres, prompting supervision, and reporting work."

"Yes, this opinion is good."

Xue Zhifu nodded and said, "Propaganda work is a major shortcoming of Discipline Inspection work, and even more a weakness, worth correcting."

After speaking, he reflected and signaled Li Xuewu, "Continue."

Li Xuewu nodded and added, "The investigation of relevant cadres is lagging. Discipline Inspection work can be advanced. You can't always sit in the office waiting for cases to come to the door. You should go out, go to the workshop, go to the organs, go to various departments and units to visit and do daily investigations."

"You won't mind me saying this, right?"

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at Xue Zhifu and said, "I've seen the factory office come to our Security Division for visits, but I haven't seen Discipline Inspection cadres come."

"Hehe, I don't mind. It shows our work is indeed not in place."

Xue Zhifu nodded and said, "To say that Discipline Inspection cadres are tigers, everyone is on guard, I am also unwilling to see this situation. With the deepening of reform, Discipline Inspection work must also adapt to the development of the times."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "You have to come out more to see the good side and the bad side. Praise the good and criticize the bad. You can't wait for the bad to become as accumulated as that one, and then the organization treats it. That would be too late."

"Yes~"

Xue Zhifu sighed long, put down the spoon in his hand, looked at the fourth floor again, and said, "The organization's cultivation of a cadre requires a lot of investment. Every cadre's loss is a loss and harm to the organization. I have responsibility for this point."

After saying this, he looked at Li Xuewu again and said, "Your words today reminded me. Protecting cadres can't just be done by mouth and shouting slogans; work must be done in front."

"Don't praise me, how long have I been working."

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile, "Today was also a feeling, saying some thoughts in my heart. If it really inspires and helps you, that's my luck, but it can't be called a reminder, it would be laughable."

"Hehe, I'll ask you a question."

Xue Zhifu smiled, didn't care about Li Xuewu's politeness, looked into Li Xuewu's eyes and asked, "You are twenty years old, but your thinking is exceptionally agile, your perspective on things is unique, your political sensitivity is extremely high, and your methods of handling things are extremely sophisticated. How did you do it?"

"Hahahaha~"

Li Xuewu laughed out loud, rubbed his chin with his hand and said, "To get such a high evaluation from you, I am really surprised and unexpected, sorry."

"Nothing to be sorry about, this is a fact."

Xue Zhifu still looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said, "Your ability is not only shown in organization and business, but also in being a person and doing things, extremely cautious, clear logic. The office methods popular in the organs now are all flowed out from the Security Division. It looks like the old organ's way of doing things."

Speaking of this, Xue Zhifu stared at Li Xuewu's eyes again and asked, "Don't tell me you started studying this set of business as soon as you were born."

"You're joking."

Li Xuewu explained with a smile, "Being cautious in behavior is because I suffered a great disaster."

While speaking, he signaled his face and said, "It was carelessness at the time, almost cost me my life."

"Clear logic is because our family, ancestors were traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and it has been passed down to my younger brother as the ninth generation. It is the most organized and particular about logic."

"As for ideological maturity..."

Li Xuewu paused, considered carefully, and explained, "It might have something to do with me having had many partners."

"Had partners? And many?"

Xue Zhifu really didn't know that Li Xuewu had so many stories in the past. It was obviously much more interesting than the story of the old man's fall he heard upstairs just now.

He wanted to hear it, but Li Xuewu had to tell it.

Who is the person in front of him? Discipline Inspection Secretary. Talking about emotional history with him, isn't that making trouble?

Li Xuewu just said it like that, rubbed his chin with his fingers, and explained, "I was young, young admiration, so I had to be more mature and steady, and I had many childhood friends, so I had this team leader's thinking."

After speaking, he looked at the bowl beside him and said, "As for business ability and organizational ability, I have to thank the army. It really taught me a lot of knowledge and truth."

"Writing too?"

It wasn't that Xue Zhifu didn't trust Li Xuewu's explanation, but he was also curious about a young man's experience.

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Yes, I submitted articles to the newspaper office back then, rejected and submitted, submitted and rejected, tempered a hundred times, and was taught how to write by the editor's comments, only then did I have today's foundation."

"Then you are really extremely clever."

Xue Zhifu drank the last fish soup in the bowl and praised, "Your writing skill is something that ordinary old organs can't catch up with. High school students are indeed enough."

"It's not enough now."

Li Xuewu introduced with a smile, "The university students who just came to our division were only led by Yu Decai and Sha Qizhi for two months, and now they have achieved impressive results. I really can't compare."

"Hehe, aren't you also a university student?"

Xue Zhifu looked at Li Xuewu's sighing appearance and found it funny. He knew about Li Xuewu attending university; Yang Yuansong told him.

Someone who is so busy with work can still persist in learning. Xue Zhifu has always had a good impression of Li Xuewu.

There is nothing in this world that might fail you, except learning.

They all say knowledge and culture are dangerous, but what Xue Zhifu sees is that people educated at a high level are more capable of accepting teaching and transformation than those educated at a low level, and learning ability is also an ability.

Whether it is in the organ or at the workshop grassroots, university students understanding the principles and operation methods of things have scientific basis and follow the principles of development of things, which is much more powerful than reckless work.

This is even more so in management. The growth speed of high-quality talents must be advantageous compared to ordinary education. It's not that people are divided into three, six, nine, etc., but one can see the gap even on the same starting line.

Don't use Li Xuewu as an example, saying that they are both young people, Li Xuewu is already a Deputy Division Chief, and they just graduated.

The path Li Xuewu took occupies many factors such as time, place, and people, along with his personal ability and opportunity.

If Li Xuewu had a university degree, his starting point for entering the Steel Rolling Mill would be higher, and he definitely wouldn't start as a clerk, and might even be a Section Chief directly.

So don't talk about the uselessness of reading. That's because the policy is open, no one cherishes learning, but instead cares about the result after that piece of paper.

If we really want to talk about it, high school students at this time have more knowledge than some university students in later generations, let alone this is an era where masters and capable people emerge in large numbers.

Some people will talk about culture at this time, but very few talk about university students.

The court is full of purple and noble people, all are readers.

Even if there is a historical deviation, it will be corrected.

If we want to talk about reading, Li Xuewu is also a bit ashamed, signaling the waiter to come over and clean up the table.

Standing up, he stood by the lake with Xue Zhifu and said, "Work matters are increasing day by day, learning time is severely compressed, and I can only find time to learn."

Speaking of this, Li Xuewu smiled helplessly, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Xue Zhifu, helped him light it, and while lighting his own, said, "After getting married, there is even more time crisis."

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Li Xuewu looked at the distant view of Tuanjie Lake and said, "Wife, children, family, all need companionship. After all, life is not just about human words, but also about fireworks and living."

"Hehe, you understand life."

Xue Zhifu smiled and nodded, saying: "How many cadres shout every day that they are busy, shout every day that they are tired, only to end up with a body full of illnesses, work not done well, family not cared for well, children not disciplined well, achieving nothing, and regretting it for a lifetime."

"I can be considered humanly awake, hehe~"

Li Xuewu stood by the lake and sighed at the night view where stars and lake water reflected each other, which made Xue Zhifu's mood recover a lot.

The two didn't stand for long before the secretary sent them the document draft of the problems Deng Zhiwang confessed just now, which had Deng Zhiwang's signature and handprint.

Being able to cooperate with Xue Zhifu and Li Xuewu's investigation is beneficial to his own handling results. Taking the initiative and cooperating to explain the problem is an important standard in attitude.

Xue Zhifu had already communicated with the superiors about today's matter, and Deng Zhiwang himself understood that he talked to the factory today and did favors for these people in the factory.

But if he resists stubbornly, then when people come down tomorrow, they will still investigate him, and at that time, the attitude of these people in the factory won't be like today.

People can make mistakes for a while, but they can't keep making mistakes.

Li Xuewu had already shown his methods, which was to fight him to the end. If he didn't tell Discipline Inspection, did he want to tell the Investigation Department?

He still had a son and a daughter. Discipline Inspection still had room for negotiation, but if he really went to the Investigation Department...

Li Xuewu didn't intend to let Ji Weidong and the Investigation Department intervene from the beginning, letting him bring people here was just to give Han Yating an explanation.

He didn't like the long-term love affair, but he felt that Ji Weidong and Han Yating were a bit of a pity.

Sending Ji Weidong to the hospital was also borrowing this opportunity to see if he could pull this red line. If he couldn't, he couldn't help it.

Fortunately, it looked good tonight, with a bit of the sour smell of love.

Li Xuewu felt that today could be considered complete. He walked to the car and signaled the direction of the office building, "I'll arrange it, you go rest directly, there are many things tomorrow."

"Not at ease, go over first."

Xue Zhifu refused Li Xuewu's kindness, got in the car, and said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll come back later."

It was already past midnight, so there was no need to go home and toss together. Both decided to rest in the factory.

After returning to the Security Building, the basic data work was almost finished. Xiang Yunian brought back many people to assist in the investigation.

They were all brought from home or dinner parties, looking very confused and at a loss.

All interrogation rooms were in use, the general office provided midnight snacks and tea, the large conference room door was open, constantly summarizing the data investigated in each interrogation room.

Li Xuewu and the two entered the room, Xiang Yunian saw the file in Xue Zhifu's hand and said with a smile, "A victory at the first battle, congratulations."

"Hard work for Xiang Division Chief."

Li Xuewu took the initiative to thank him, took the file handed over by Xue Zhifu, and handed it to Xiang Yunian.

Xiang Yunian shook his head with a smile and looked at Deng Zhiwang's transcript.

Li Xuewu and Xue Zhifu looked at the information summarized during this period.

For a while, the three were a bit silent until they finished reading the files in their hands.

"The lesson is profound."

Xue Zhifu put down the file in his hand regretfully, sighed and said, "Organize it, coordinate with all parties tomorrow, and notify the Discipline Inspection departments of all units of relevant clues and information."

Xiang Yunian glanced at Li Xuewu and nodded in agreement with Xue Zhifu's opinion.

This matter was really a bit complex. The key was that people at this time had to belong to each unit's management as long as they had a unit.

Although Xiang Yunian was from the city Discipline Inspection, there was no need to be serious. Xue Zhifu's opinion was still very pertinent.

He came because of Li Xuewu's relationship. Now that Li Xuewu's problem was solved, he would help as much as he could.

Arranging the work of organizing and sorting out materials and subsequent evidence, the three walked out of the conference room.

After taking another look at the case handling area, Li Xuewu followed behind Xue Zhifu, went out of the building door with Xiang Yunian, got in the car, and returned to the guesthouse.

Here, Li Xuewu had already made arrangements in advance. Sha Qizhi waited in the lobby with Qin Huairu. Seeing the three enter, they started to be busy arranging their accommodation.

Xue Zhifu's room was on the fourth floor, while Li Xuewu and Xiang Yunian stayed on the third floor together.

Separating at the stairwell, Li Xuewu sent Xiang Yunian to the room before returning to his side.

Qin Huairu helped Li Xuewu collect his clothes, found new underwear and pajamas from the closet, and said softly to Li Xuewu who was lying on the bed rubbing his eyes, "Don't fall asleep, take a bath first."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu answered, and after a long while, stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

Qin Huairu prepared the clothes, then opened the window and fan, pulled the curtains, and left a position for the wind to pass through. 【63

Glancing at the watch Li Xuewu had placed on the table, Qin Huairu knew there wasn't much time left for her.

She stood at the bathroom door waiting for a while before pushing the door open and walking in.

Li Xuewu's nerves were taut; from the moment he made that call to the guard room, he knew the Security Division had encountered a crisis, and he was also facing an opportunity to break the deadlock.

From the moment he put down the phone, Li Xuewu's brain began to spin at high speed, precisely calculating the attitudes of all parties and possible disposal measures, allowing himself to maneuver and step by step achieve the goal he was to reach today.

It was mid-year; he not only had to consider himself but also had to consider Dong Wenxue and the situation that would follow.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu specifically picked soft persimmons to squeeze; it was really that Deng Zhiwang had bumped into his muzzle.

He let the water in the shower wash over his head, hoping to make his thinking more active and to review the successes and mistakes of the day.

Deng Zhiwang's case still needed to be investigated for a period of time, which gave Dong Wenxue time, provided the necessary conditions for the higher-ups to intervene in the Rolling Steel Mill, further caused Yang Fengshan's plan to be advanced, and also made Li Huai De accept the challenge more quickly.

The key was that it solved his own problems and broke the situation where one had to be picked on if one didn't occupy a position.

At this time, no one would dare to spread the news that he was about to be adjusted, right?

The only one he hadn't calculated was Xue Zhifu; Li Xuewu had provoked him so much, yet he hadn't taken the bait, which was truly not simple.

Li Xuewu had originally intended to kill many birds with one stone, but who knew Xue Zhifu wouldn't play with him, dodged his arrows, and instead started building a relationship with him.

Damn it, he had finally experienced the feeling of someone not playing by the rules, and he became even more cautious and careful.

Not to mention that Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan could both see through his intentions, the other leaders weren't fools either.

Especially this Xue Zhifu; if such a broad-minded person didn't have great ambitions, Li Xuewu wouldn't believe it even if he were told.

Li Xuewu stood there with his head tilted back, thinking about things, and for a moment he actually forgot that the shower head above was still running; the taste of warm water pouring into his mouth was quite uncomfortable.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

It wasn't Li Xuewu coughing, but he felt it deeply.

Now he understood why Qin Huairu had slapped his thigh so hard.

Giving Li Xuewu a deep eye-roll, she stood up while holding onto the vanity, and Qin Huairu turned around to cough.

Li Xuewu explained somewhat embarrassedly: "I was thinking about things and got distracted for a moment."

Looking at Qin Huairu's rather uncomfortable appearance, Li Xuewu patted her back and asked: "Is your stomach uncomfortable?"

Qin Huairu rinsed her mouth, turned her head to look at Li Xuewu, and said: "What stomach? Did you blow your head too much?!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, nodded, and said: "So that's how it is."

Qin Huairu: "..."

This wasn't an explanatory statement, but a question!!!

Li Xuewu knew the reason for her discomfort, so he went out first; Qin Huairu looked at his back and only felt that it would have been better to have been gnashing her teeth just now.

When she returned to the room and saw him standing by the window catching the breeze, she took a towel and walked over, chiding: "What if you catch a cold? Are you a child?"

Li Xuewu looked through the curtains at the sparse night view of Tuanjie Lake outside and said with emotion: "Doing things, doing work, one really must uphold public interest and be self-sacrificing... Hiss!"

Qin Huairu gave him a light punch and chided: "I don't think you're sacrificing yourself; you're sacrificing me."

After speaking, she stood up and knelt on the chair by the window, resting her hands on the back of the chair to look at the night view outside, saying: "You were just fresh for a moment; when you coaxed Deputy Factory Director Li to raise horses, it was also a leisure and entertainment project here at the guesthouse, but have you ever cared about it once?"

"Ride, ride, just ride."

Li Xuewu said with a wry smile: "Have you ever seen me have a moment of leisure? Isn't the guesthouse being managed very well? I think this leisure and entertainment activity in the evening is being done very well and has a lot of character."

Qin Huairu got her wish and was overjoyed; the lights of Tuanjie Lake outside the window also gradually became blurred...

Early in the morning, the guesthouse became busy again; the morning shift handover was about to begin, and guests who got up early to handle business also began to eat breakfast in the small canteen.

Xiao Jin secretly yawned, and seeing Director Qin arranging for the kitchen to prepare some light rice porridge, she softly reminded: "Director, why is your voice hoarse?"

"Uh... is it?"

Qin Huairu combed the hair by her ears and replied softly: "I didn't even notice."

"It must be because you were too busy late last night and got tired."

Xiao Jin said with concern: "The leader was busy last night, and you didn't have a moment of rest either. Go home and have a good rest after you get off work later."

"Got it, I'll be done with work in a while."

Qin Huairu knew Xiao Jin was concerned about her, but hearing these words made her feel flushed and awkward.

When Zhang Songying came to work in the morning, seeing Qin Huairu's state and seeing her avoiding her gaze, she asked the front desk, and sure enough, it was so.

During the shift handover, Zhang Songying blocked Qin Huairu and said with a wicked smile: "Speak! Confess honestly! How many rounds of battle? Who won and who lost?!"

"Go away, can't you be serious for once!"

Qin Huairu punched Zhang Songying, picked up her bag, gestured toward the upstairs, and said: "I don't have time to chat with you; Banggeng has a parent-teacher meeting today, and I have to go home first."

"You're really something!"

Zhang Songying wrinkled her nose at Qin Huairu and said: "So I have to help you clean up the battlefield, right!"

"Go, stop blabbering!"

Qin Huairu was afraid of being overheard, so she angrily pinched Zhang Songying, then whispered: "You should just hope that the case of the person detained upstairs never ends!"