In name only, I, Gao Yuliang, will sink Handong at worst.

Qi Tongwei felt a surge of joy upon seeing Ding Yizhen arrested. His only annoyance was that Ding Yizhen was to be handed over to the Jingzhou Discipline Inspection Commission.

It wasn't the kind of interrogation I did myself.

"I will have Comrade Zhang Shuli, the secretary of the Jingzhou Discipline Inspection Commission, go to pick her up. You all need to protect Ding Yizhen's safety at the airport and hand her over to the Jingzhou Discipline Inspection Commission in full."

"Director, why are we handing over the person we finally caught to someone else?" One of the policemen who captured Ding Yizhen was somewhat indignant, clearly wanting more credit.

"This is the deputy mayor of Jingzhou, a provincial-level official. Do you expect me to handle this? Besides, corrupt officials aren't under our jurisdiction. The credit that belongs to you is yours; no one can take it away."

Qi Tongwei called Gao Yuliang. At that moment, the members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee were waiting for news in their offices. Even Gao Yuliang had finished his pack of Emperor cigarettes, and now there wasn't a single cigarette left.

Gao Yuliang saw that the caller was Qi Tongwei and quickly answered the phone.

"How is it?"

"Ding Yizhen has been arrested at Jingzhou Airport. Ding Yizhen, who used the alias Tom Ding and holds US citizenship, was attempting to flee Handong. He was arrested just before boarding the plane."

"You should communicate with Comrade Zhang Shuli and transfer Ding Yizhen to Jingzhou!" Gao Yuliang instructed.

"Yes."

Gao Yuliang stood up with a smile. "The Public Security Bureau has already arrested Ding Yizhen at Jingzhou Airport. I'll trouble Comrade Dakang to have Comrade Shuli pick him up. We can finally get a good night's sleep tonight."

Li Dakang didn't have much to worry about. "I'll give the order right away, and also inform Secretary Sha."

Many police officers in Jingzhou and Handong can now rest and no longer need to conduct investigations.

Gao Yuliang and Liu Changsheng were the first to leave the meeting room, intending to go home and rest, as the main matter was none of their concern anyway.

A political and legal affairs commission and a provincial governor are not in a position to have such authority.

Li Dakang left with a grim expression. He wondered how the Guangming Peak project was doing, whether it was still affected, and to what extent.

However, there was another person whose face was even more unpleasant than Li Dakang's, and that was Ji Changming. He dragged this silly boy over to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee to give a report.

It was for her own sake, and also for Chen Hai's.

If Chen Hai were to arrest Ding Yizhen at the Jingzhou Grand Hotel without any reason, should the impact on the Guangming Peak project be attributed to Chen Hai or to himself?

Unexpectedly, Chen Hai caused even greater trouble. He dared to monitor and arrest a provincial-level official without any legal procedures, relying solely on the words of a section chief. Surprisingly, that section chief even dared to ask the provincial party committee for an explanation.

Later, Chen Hai even dared to directly challenge the authority of the provincial party committee, seemingly trying to shift the blame onto the provincial party committee.

After the Standing Committee members left, leaving only Ji Changming and himself, Chen Hai couldn't help but say, "Old Ji, you shouldn't have stopped me. If we had just followed my advice, wouldn't it have been better to arrest Ding Yizhen directly? Why all this fuss?"

In Chen Hai's view, wouldn't the result be the same no matter what he did? There was no need to make so much trouble.

"You call plants 'Old Ji' when you're working? It seems like the lesson on procedural compliance and legality that Secretary Yuliang just gave you was a waste of time. Are these procedures meant to protect corrupt officials? They're meant to protect you, and they're meant to protect all officials."

"If the procedure is not compliant, resulting in serious negligence and severe consequences, who will take responsibility, you or me?" Ji Changming was furious as he looked at Chen Hai in front of him.

"In my opinion, you're overthinking it. Where do all these major mistakes and serious consequences come from?" Chen Hai said dismissively.

"I want to see your 5,000-word self-criticism tomorrow." Ji Changming was too lazy to deal with Chen Hai anymore. He was just a troublemaker. Why was it so difficult for him to retire peacefully?

Gao Yuliang returned to his own villa, number three, and fell asleep there.

The next morning at seven o'clock, Gao Yuliang got up, and Wu Huifen had also prepared breakfast: white porridge, one with xylitol and the other without.

Gao Yuliang naturally ate the one without any additives.

A call came into Gao Yuliang's cell phone. He glanced at it and then answered it.

"Teacher, Ding Yizhen is dead."

"What happened? What was the reason? Didn't the Provincial Public Security Bureau hand the person over to Zhang Shuli last night?"

"Teacher, we've handed him over. He died at the Discipline Inspection Commission's office. They're sending him there for an autopsy now, but the results aren't out yet, so we don't know what happened. We checked the surveillance footage and found it was broken. Ding Yizhen's death is definitely not simple."

"I understand. You and the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau should investigate thoroughly!" Gao Yuliang didn't say anything. He trusted his student and didn't need to remind him to be wary of those non-staff members of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

They'll definitely find it; they're all veterans from the Public Security Bureau.

Gao Yuliang was not surprised that Ding Yizhen was dead. Many people wanted Ding Yizhen dead. Li Dakang wanted him dead so that it wouldn't affect the Guangming Peak project.

Zhao Ruilong wanted the other party dead so that it wouldn't affect the nature of his land ownership, not to mention the merchants; their deaths would solve everything.

However, such practices are also chilling, and investigations should still be conducted where necessary.

Gao Yuliang couldn't help but sigh: "These are turbulent times!"

Seeing Gao Yuliang sigh, Wu Huifen couldn't help but ask, "Yuliang, what's wrong?"

"Ding Yizhen died at the Jingzhou Discipline Inspection Commission. He was probably silenced. We don't know who did it. Anyway, let's not talk about that. Let's talk about Fangfang!"

"What's wrong with Fangfang?"

"Didn't we go to Beijing to visit our second son before? Fangfang seemed to have met a PhD student then, and they got along quite well. This time, Fangfang went to Beijing again for an exchange program, and we even had dinner together. I heard she got to know that PhD student quite well."

"Could you discreetly sound out their intentions, but don't ask directly? You're both from Handong University. If it's possible, could you bring them home to meet us?"

When Gao Yuliang said those words, Wu Huifen's eyes lit up. Her biggest worry was Gao Fangfang's marriage.

"How did you know, Yuliang?"

"I have students from Beijing too. He said, 'Keep things under control over there. Don't just go over there and ask questions. After all these years, it's not easy to find someone who can win Gao Fangfang's heart.'" Gao Yuliang gave him a word of advice. He was genuinely afraid that Wu Huifen would ruin things.

"Don't worry! I know." Wu Huifen said with a smile.