After the clouds and rain, Song Guanchao was still lying on top of her and hadn't gotten up, when Qu Xiangru suddenly grabbed her phone.

He turned his head, watching Qu Xiangru press the numbers 110 on the dial pad in some surprise: "What are you doing?"

"Calling the police, for rape."

"..."

Song Guanchao snatched the phone and threw it to the bed next door, pinning her hands down, he snarled viciously: "Seems I didn't satisfy you enough."

He buried his head and sealed her lips.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his lips.

Touching it, he realized he was bleeding.

This woman, she really is ruthless.

He snorted and continued to kiss.

Qu Xiangru continued to bite.

Yet no matter how much she bit, Song Guanchao refused to let go.

The faint taste of blood spread in their mouths, Qu Xiangru wanted to bite more, but was afraid of really hurting him, so she let him continue.

Soon, soft moans once again escaped from her lips.

That night, they fought vigorously until dawn before Song Guanchao collapsed beside her to sleep deeply.

When he woke up, it was already noon.

The figure of Qu Xiangru beside him had long disappeared.

Song Guanchao didn't rush to get up, he leaned on the headboard and picked up his phone to send a message to Qu Xiangru: "Back home?"

Qu Xiangru did not reply.

Song Guanchao chuckled and got up to wash.

Last night, he suddenly figured it all out.

Qu Xiangru wanted to live wearing a mask, so why should he cooperate with her?

You can't just suddenly barge into my life, enjoy yourself, and then walk away patting your bottom.

That's not how it works.

Thus, Song Guanchao decided to follow his own pace.

No matter what Qu Xiangru's attitude was, she could forget about escaping from his grasp.

Leaving the hotel, Song Guanchao arranged to meet Lu Zhizhong and headed to the City Government, sitting in He Lingshi's office.

At four in the afternoon.

He Lingshi's phone rang.

"Alright, I got it."

He put down the phone and sighed: "All the contract termination notices have been sent out."

Song Guanchao called Si Qingqing: "Director Si, did you receive the list?"

Lu Zhizhong handed a list of over three hundred companies to Song Guanchao, who forwarded it to Wu Qiangwei and the others.

"Received."

"Contact these companies and ask if they received the termination notice."

"Alright."

Contacting over three hundred companies would take quite a bit of time.

Thankfully, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau had plenty of people.

By around 7 PM, Si Qingqing called back: "All of them received the termination notices."

The notice sent from Nanyuan County was a unilateral termination, regardless of whether the other party agreed or not, they could directly dissolve the investment contracts.

"Good."

Song Guanchao stood up and said: "Mayor He, cooperate well with Secretary Lu's work."

Lu Zhizhong gave He Lingshi a cold glance.

He wasn't someone whose emotions showed on his face, but this time, he was very angry.

Because of He Lingshi, this matter almost encountered a setback.

One must know, Zhu Qiushui was still in Song Guanchao's hands.

If something went wrong, Song Guanchao might not let her go.

"If you want to retire peacefully, behave yourself."

"If there's a next time, I'll personally send you inside."

Lu Zhizhong coldly threw out this sentence and left together with Song Guanchao.

He Lingshi internally relaxed, really afraid that Lu Zhizhong would settle accounts after the fact.

Fortunately, Lu Zhizhong didn't plan to truly turn against him.

However, what he didn't know was that Lu Zhizhong was merely temporarily stabilizing him by saying this.

For Lu Zhizhong, since the original plan had failed, he could only focus on properly managing Tongzhou City.

The first step to managing Tongzhou City was to grasp the power firmly in hand.

Therefore, He Lingshi had to be replaced.

Because in Tongzhou City, there could only be one voice, and that was the voice of Lu Zhizhong!

...

In the parking lot, Song Guanchao stood by his car and made a phone call to Lu Feng in front of Lu Zhizhong.

"Let her go, and all of you come back."

After hanging up, he said: "Yang Lang's case will be closed by Monday at the latest. If she wants to come back, she will; if she's afraid of being caught by me, she can stay outside and take care of the baby in peace."

"I'm mindful of Mayor Zhu's case, but as I said, there's no guarantee to overturn it."

Lu Zhizhong nodded, agreeing without saying much else.

"Let's go."

Song Guanchao drove off.

He did consider capturing Zhu Qiushui, but ultimately, it was not worth the risk.

Letting Zhu Qiushui go, he earned a favor from Lu Zhizhong.

If he chose to capture her, given Lu Zhizhong's feelings for Zhu Qiushui, he might go mad.

Such an old hand in politics, Song Guanchao dared not underestimate him.

Returning to Lingjiang, it was already past eight in the evening.

He headed straight to the branch office to find Liang Jianfeng.

"Mr. Liang, the matter is resolved."

"I heard from Secretary Wu."

Liang Jianfeng asked: "What about the murder case?"

Song Guanchao inquired: "Have those killers been caught?"

"They have been caught."

"Then close the case."

"Close the case?" Liang Jianfeng asked: "Zhu Qiushui hasn't been caught, how to close?"

Song Guanchao replied: "If Zhu Qiushui is wanted, Secretary Lu won't cooperate."

Liang Jianfeng immediately furrowed his eyebrows: "You're negotiating with Lu Zhizhong using a murderer?"

Song Guanchao replied: "Didn't I tell you before I went to Hong Kong Island?"

"It's different!" Liang Jianfeng said angrily, "You only said to threaten Lu Zhizhong with her, not to use her as a bargaining chip!"

Song Guanchao responded calmly: "Mr. Liang, there's no need to yell at me. I understand priorities more than you do, and I know better what should be done."

"Zhu Qiushui is abroad; issuing a warrant is meaningless and will actually delay the case and affect Lu Zhizhong."

"I ask you, on one side it's letting Zhu Qiushui go, on the other it's the millions of citizens of Lingjiang, which would you choose?"

Liang Jianfeng's eyebrows stood on end, anger boiling, yet he couldn't answer him.

Song Guanchao said: "Does Mr. Liang remember the demolition of the Fengmen Building?"

"The project team suppressed compensation prices, I wanted to file a report, and Secretary Wu told me that pointing out a problem is easy, finding a solution is hard."

"You said Secretary Wu was right, you said reporting was meaningless, you said you wouldn't put yourself in a moral dilemma."

"So why now, when faced with a similar situation, you can't choose?"

Liang Jianfeng opened his mouth, but couldn't refute.

Song Guanchao said: "Just like you said reporting was meaningless back then, I can now tell you that issuing a warrant for Zhu Qiushui not only lacks meaning but will also make things more complicated."

"Of two evils, choose the lesser, I've learned to avoid moral dilemmas now, but Mr. Liang, you're being a bit naive."

Song Guanchao turned around, sat down, and dialed Wu Qiangwei's number to report to her.

"Secretary Wu, I have something to report to you."

"Where are you?"

"At the branch office."

"I'm here too."

You're here too?

Song Guanchao was stunned for a moment, then the door of the neighboring meeting room opened, and Wu Qiangwei came out.

He got up to go over, took a couple of steps, and suddenly saw Qu Xiangru also coming out of the meeting room.

Song Guanchao was stunned again, why was she here too?

"Come in." Wu Qiangwei's voice snapped him back to reality, he responded with a sound, and went into the office.

Passing by Qu Xiangru, he stopped, "Governor Qu."

Qu Xiangru smiled and said, "Secretary Song has accomplished something again this time; Secretary Wu truly has a good secretary."

Then, she pulled out a room key and stuffed it into Song Guanchao's pocket in front of Wu Qiangwei: "Secretary Song, come find me later, I have something to discuss with you."

Song Guanchao felt a surge of embarrassment.

Damn, she did that on purpose, she definitely did!

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