"Brother Song, I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Zeng Li's playful voice rang in his ear, and Song Guanchao smiled helplessly, "What's the bad news?"

"The bad news is that you've lost your backer."

This completely confused Song Guanchao, "Since when did I have a backer?"

"Of course you have, Sister Weiwei is your backer!"

Song Guanchao was startled, immediately asking, "What happened to her?"

Zeng Li giggled, "That's the good news; Sister Weiwei is getting promoted."

Song Guanchao breathed a sigh of relief. This girl spoke in such a startling way that he thought something had happened to Wu Qiangwei.

He'd heard Wu Qiangwei mention it before but hadn't expected it to happen so soon.

Acting as if he didn't know, he asked, "Promoted? Could it be she's becoming the City Secretary?"

"You're so silly, I just told you your backer's gone, so she definitely can't stay in Lingjiang."

"She's going to the Provincial City to be the Mayor."

Wow!

That's quite a promotion.

Although they're both prefecture-level cities, the provincial city is the provincial capital, which is a vice provincial level, far beyond an average prefecture-level city.

Both are Mayors, but Lingjiang's Mayor is at the provincial level, while Jiangzhou City's Mayor is at the vice provincial level!

"Impressive!" Song Guanchao praised, asking, "When will she take office?"

"I heard Jiangzhou City will hold a standing committee meeting tomorrow to recommend Sister Weiwei, then submit it to the provincial level. It will take at least half a month altogether."

"However, if there are no surprises, Sister Weiwei will head over in the next couple of days."

Zeng Li continued, "There's not much happening in Lingjiang lately, and it seems the province hopes Sister Weiwei gets there soon, familiarizes herself with the environment, and directly takes office once the pre-appointment announcement ends."

Song Guanchao acknowledged with an "oh," suddenly thinking of something and asking, "Does Mayor Zheng know?"

"Doesn't seem like it, only Secretary Qu knows."

"But after Jiangzhou's standing committee meeting ends tomorrow, they'll definitely know."

Zeng Li switched topics, "Have you missed me?"

"Yes, I think of you every day and can't sleep."

"Hmph, liar." Zeng Li snorted coquettishly, "Have you been flirting with other women over there?"

"Classes every day, plus practicals, where's the time for that?"

"I don't believe you; you've definitely been flirting, and with more than one!"

"..." Song Guanchao suddenly didn't know what to say; did she really see him as so untrustworthy?

But, then again, she wasn't exactly wrong.

There was Chen Yirou, Tan Xiang, and that Shen Qing, three of them...

But except for Chen Yirou who just threw herself at him, Tan Xiang and Shen Qing really weren't his fault.

"During this period, abstain, and don't touch other women; save it all for me, understand?"

"..."

These bold words left Song Guanchao at a loss for words.

"Okay, not talking to you anymore, I've got to get busy."

Song Guanchao put down the phone with a wry smile.

At noon, in a private room at a restaurant, Song Guanchao had just ordered food when Liang Jianfeng arrived.

He wasn't in a hurry to ask, waiting until the dishes were served and the waiter had left, picking up chopsticks, eating as he asked, "What's up?"

"There's an undercover agent in the police." Song Guanchao said and noticed that his hand with the chopsticks paused, but wasn't particularly surprised.

Song Guanchao was somewhat puzzled; did Jiajia tell him?

Probably not, she's usually pretty tight-lipped.

"You kid indeed know something."

"Did Mr. Liang guess it?"

"If it wasn't obvious, I wouldn't be fit to be a director."

"Is it that obvious?"

"You tell me?"

Liang Jianfeng laughed, "Alright, stop worrying about it, just tell me what you know."

Song Guanchao softly agreed, no longer hiding, and told him everything truthfully.

Except for the undercover, Tan Xiang and Shen Qing, he shared everything else.

After hearing it, Liang Jianfeng's expression gradually grew serious.

The undercover was among these deputy directors.

"Mr. Liang, do you have any suspects?"

"No."

Liang Jianfeng shook his head, "Such matters can't rely on guesses; there must be evidence."

Song Guanchao asked, "Then how do you plan to investigate?"

Liang Jianfeng fell silent.

Such matters are very difficult to investigate.

Directly stating an undercover exists would only incite suspicion; no one would trust anyone else.

"And you, any ideas?" Liang Jianfeng asked instead of answering.

Song Guanchao replied, "I do have some ideas, but they're not entirely legal."

"Go on."

"Since the undercover and the crime syndicate are connected, there must be traces left behind. For example, their call records, bank transactions, and where they've driven can all show on dashcam footage."

Liang Jianfeng didn't deny it; although these methods are illegal, they could potentially gather evidence.

"Alright, investigate it like that."

"Inform me immediately if there's any news."

Song Guanchao internally let out a small sigh of relief. Although Liang Jiajia had prepared him in advance, he was genuinely worried about his proposal being rejected before Liang Jianfeng nodded.

"Besides these methods, it's best to install surveillance in their offices and homes... bugging other places would work too."

Surveillance is more obvious and takes time to install, but bugs are not as troublesome.

Liang Jianfeng's brow furrowed tightly.

If checking call records and bank transactions were risky, then bugging crossed a line.

Liang Jianfeng pondered for a long time, finally nodding, "I'll handle the bugging."

Song Guanchao grinned, "Alright."

They then discussed some additional details.

After the meal, Song Guanchao hurried back to the party school without stopping.

During training, Chen Yirou turned her head to glance at him, curious where he had gone at noon.

This guy seemed really busy.

Feeling someone looking at him, Song Guanchao looked over, and as their eyes met, Chen Yirou cast him a sly glance.

Song Guanchao returned a smile, continuing to listen to the somewhat dull lecture above.

Finally, as class ended, Cheng Xiang came over and asked, "Old Song, busy tonight?"

"Quite busy these days, I should get going." Leaving those words, Song Guanchao hurried to the dormitory.

Cheng Xiang blinked, "What's Old Song busy with?"

"Who knows?" Chen Yirou nonchalantly watched his leaving back.

Song Guanchao had too much on his plate, on the one hand needing to investigate several deputy directors, and on the other intending to find time to return to Lingjiang.

With Wu Qiangwei about to come to the provincial city, once she's gone the Deputy Secretary position will be vacant, and someone will surely fill it.

He had once promised Chu Xiao'e that this position would be hers.

He just didn't know if Wu Qiangwei would do him this favor.

Besides Wu Qiangwei, he also needed to resolve things with Qu Xiangru.

Moreover, with Wu Qiangwei's promotion, several city leaders will definitely want to have a gathering with her.

Drinking is inevitable in such gatherings.

Song Guanchao wasn't comfortable with her attending such a gathering alone.

Previously, she and Qu Xiangru had been drugged at a drinking gathering, so he planned to return on the day of the farewell banquet to keep an eye, lest anyone seize the opportunity to cause trouble.

He called Xu Xin, asking her to keep an eye out and to inform him once the date for the farewell banquet was set.

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