At the Pinnacle of Power: The Female Leader and Her Chief Advisor

Just as Song Chuhe had predicted, no one made things difficult for Lu Ming, and he was released after only one day of detention.

After leaving the detention room, Lu Ming turned on his phone, which showed more than thirty missed calls.

His girlfriend Liang Fei only called once; the rest were called by Su Ran.

Liang Fei is the niece of the head of Xinhua District. It was the head of Xinhua District who personally acted as matchmaker and brought them together.

Liang Fei comes from a wealthy family and has a very good appearance, making her quite presentable.

After meeting, she left a good impression on Lu Ming. After spending some time together, the two confirmed their relationship and moved in together.

As for Su Ran, she is the daughter of a local wealthy businessman, a typical "rich, beautiful, and successful" woman.

The two met at a party for private entrepreneurs. Su Ran fell in love with him at first sight and pursued him relentlessly, even though she knew he had a girlfriend.

She even told Lu Ming that she would be willing to be his mistress.

Lu Ming simply laughed it off.

He didn't believe in love at first sight; he only felt that Su Ran did this entirely because of his position as the mayor's secretary.

She approached him simply to help her father expand his connections in official circles.

Therefore, his attitude towards Su Ran has always been quite perfunctory.

However, true friendship is revealed in times of adversity.

Mayor Song was placed under investigation by the Party's disciplinary body, and I was detained by the Discipline Inspection Commission.

He only received one phone call from his girlfriend, with whom he had lived for over a year.

On the contrary, Su Ran made more than thirty calls, almost one every half hour.

Lu Ming suddenly felt a bit ironic.

In the past, he always thought that Liang Fei had deep feelings for him and loved him to the point of obsession.

Only today did he realize how incredibly foolish he had been.

It turns out that Liang Fei dated him because she was interested in his position as the mayor's secretary, and it didn't have much to do with him as a person.

She had absolutely no feelings for herself!

On the contrary, Su Ran is the one who truly cares about me!

Lu Ming saw through the fickleness of human relationships in less than a day.

The phone rang, the screen lit up, and Su Ran's name was displayed.

Su Ran called again.

Lu Ming pressed the answer button, and Su Ran's concerned voice came through the receiver: "Brother Lu Ming, you finally answered the phone."

"I heard Mayor Song passed away, and you were taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission?"

Lu Ming's tone softened for once: "I'm out now, don't worry."

Su Ran on the other end of the phone suddenly paused.

In all the time she had known Lu Ming, he had never spoken to her so gently.

"I have some things to take care of right now, so I'll talk to you later."

"Okay, Brother Lu Ming, you go ahead and get busy."

Su Ran was very sensible and hung up the phone without asking too many questions.

Lu Ming hailed a car and headed to the municipal government.

He was going to Mayor Song's office to find the surveillance footage he mentioned.

When Lu Ming appeared at the municipal government, none of the junior staff members greeted him; instead, they all cast strange glances at him and whispered among themselves.

Lu Ming ignored them and took the elevator upstairs.

When he arrived on the sixth floor, he found Mayor Song's office door wide open, the floor in a mess, and several men rummaging through it.

Lu Ming's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "What are you doing!"

The group turned around and saw Lu Ming, exclaiming in surprise, "Secretary Lu? What brings you here?"

Lu Ming said, "I'm Mayor Song's secretary. This is my office. Is it strange that I'm here?"

The men wore mocking expressions and said sarcastically, "Mayor Song is dead, what need does he have for a secretary?"

"Exactly, you're addicted to being an official, aren't you? You even think you're the chief secretary!"

"Now you're just a nobody on the side of the road!"

These people were all junior staff members in the main building, and in the past they had been obsequious to Lu Ming and tried their best to please him.

But now, he speaks in a condescending tone.

There is no room for sentimentality within the system.

People leave and things cool down; that's just the way things are.

When I respected you, I was only respecting the superficial aspects of you.

Now that the skin is gone, how can I still offer you a toast?

Previously, you, Lu Ming, were a distinguished municipal secretary.

Now that the mayor is under investigation, how can you, as a secretary, expect to get away with it?

Although Lu Ming was released from the Discipline Inspection Commission unscathed, everyone knew that Lu Ming had no future.

In the entire city of Songxi, it is impossible for anyone to reuse him.

So naturally there's no need to be polite to him.

"Get out, all of you!"

Lu Ming glared at these snobbish people.

"Oh ho, Secretary Lu really has a big attitude, hasn't she come to terms with reality yet?"

"Lu Ming, what gives you the right to be so arrogant? You're not the mayor's secretary anymore!"

"Director Wang told us to throw away this junk. If you have any objections, go talk to Director Wang. Don't come here and act all high and mighty."

"Alright, ignore him and get back to packing."

Lu Ming was not angered by the other party. Instead, he frowned and pondered how to stay alone in Mayor Song's office and find the surveillance footage that Mayor Song mentioned.

He took out his phone and dialed Director Wang's number: "Director Wang, this is Lu Ming..."

Before he could finish speaking, Director Wang hung up the phone.

Lu Ming was taken aback at first, then gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Haha, these people are really realistic!

Now, nobody in the entire municipal government takes Lu Ming seriously anymore!

Seeing that his call had been hung up, the group couldn't help but sneer, "Secretary Lu, move aside! Even a good dog shouldn't be blocking the way!"

Snapped!

Lu Ming swung his arm and slapped the rude guy hard across the face.

Teacher Li showed no mercy in the slap, making the junior clerk see stars the moment he hit the ground, and it took him a while to recover.

"You dare hit me?"

Ignoring his roar, Lu Ming pulled a chair to the window, opened it, and stood on the chair.

Upon seeing this, everyone was instantly terrified.

Holy crap!

What the hell is he trying to do?

To emulate Mayor Song?

Following in the footsteps of a leader is not done in this way!

Mayor Song's suicide by jumping off a building became known throughout the Songxi officialdom.

Now, is his secretary going to jump along with him?

The men instantly lost their arrogance and hurriedly said, "Secretary Lu, please don't be impulsive."

"Exactly, let's talk this out."

"Come down, it's windy up here!"

Lu Ming remained silent, simply smoking a cigarette.

A junior clerk was so frightened that he hurriedly took out his phone to call Director Wang.

Director Wang, the director of the municipal government office, couldn't be bothered to answer Lu Ming's call.

The city has now classified Song Chuhe's suicide as a suicide out of fear of punishment.

Although the municipal leaders did not give specific instructions on how to deal with Lu Ming, Director Wang had clearly already thought it through.

Once the storm has passed, he will put Lu Ming in the cultural relics bureau or a funeral home.

But to his surprise, the phone rang again right after he hung up.

He initially thought it was Lu Ming calling, but it turned out to be a junior staff member.

"What is it?"

"Director Wang, something terrible has happened! You need to come over here right away!"

"What kind of panicked behavior is this? I've told you so many times, even if something terrible happens, you have to stay calm, stay calm!"

"But...but Secretary Lu...he's going to jump off the building too!"

"What?"

Director Wang panicked and hurriedly stood up, asking, "Where is he now?"

"Mayor's Office."

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