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

Lu Ming would never jump off a building.

The reason he made the threatening gesture of jumping off the building was to buy time to find the surveillance footage left by Mayor Song in the office.

After receiving the call, Director Wang rushed to his office.

As soon as I entered, I saw Lu Ming standing on the chair by the window, and I was instantly terrified.

"Secretary Lu, what... what are you trying to do?"

Lu Ming glanced at him and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"I came to collect Mayor Song's belongings, but they want to throw them away. I called Director Wang to ask you to mediate, but Director Wang doesn't seem willing to answer my call."

"Mayor Song is gone. As his secretary, I couldn't even protect his belongings. I'm such a failure as a person. Tell me, what's the point of living for someone as useless as me?"

Director Wang felt a chill run down his spine.

Holy crap!

Are you fucking crazy?

You're going to jump off a building just for this junk?

He must have been so shocked he went crazy!

Director Wang had already cursed Lu Ming's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word out loud, for fear of provoking Lu Ming and making him really jump.

He hurriedly turned around and shouted at the junior staff members.

"Who gave you permission to touch Mayor Song's things?"

The junior staff members had no way to express their grievances.

If it weren't for your arrangements, would we have survived if we were just eating our fill?

"Put your things down right now and get out!"

The junior staff members were eager to leave, so they all put down their things and left.

Director Wang smiled broadly at Lu Ming and said, "Secretary Lu, you are the mayor's secretary. Why bother arguing with these lowly clerks? It would be beneath your dignity."

"I was originally planning to organize Mayor Song's things properly and put them in the archives. Now that you're here, how about I leave it to you to handle?"

Lu Ming looked at Director Wang expressionlessly and asked, "Director Wang, what are your plans for my work going forward?"

Director Wang understands!

Damn, so that's what this kid was planning!

Is he planning to threaten to jump off a building to get me a new job?

Mayor Song is dead. He must have known he would be sidelined!

So I used this method to make a scene, forcing myself to arrange a satisfactory position for him!

Director Wang thought for a moment and replied, "Secretary Lu, as you know, your job transfer as a secretary is, in principle, decided by the Secretary-General."

"Okay, I'll discuss it with the Secretary-General when he arrives."

Lu Ming deliberately feigned hesitation before getting up from his chair and saying, "Then I'll trouble Director Wang to take this matter into consideration!"

"If you could arrange a good position for me, I would be very grateful."

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Director Wang became even more certain that Lu Ming's actions today were all for the sake of the new position.

"Sure, sure, you go ahead and pack up, I won't bother you anymore."

Seeing Lu Ming come down, Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and thoughtfully closed the door behind him as he left.

After he left, Lu Ming still looked around the office, searching for every possible location where a camera could be installed!

Soon, he noticed a painting hanging on the wall behind the office chair.

The position of this painting allows for capturing both the person entering the room and the desk in the photo.

Lu Ming went over and saw that he indeed found the camera in the position of the eagle eye in the painting.

Lu Ming carefully removed the painting and discovered a hidden box behind the frame, which was powered on.

After Lu Ming removed the memory card, he put the items back in their original places before tidying up Mayor Song's belongings.

All he could think about now was what the memory card had captured and what Mayor Song had told him was stored in the above-ground garage.

After packing some things, Lu Ming opened the door and left, heading straight for Director Wang's office.

As I passed by other departments, the office staff all looked over.

The news that Lu Ming was about to jump off the building has already spread.

Those who had originally wanted to kick Lu Ming while he was down dared not provoke him at this moment.

He's mentally unstable right now; there's no need to provoke him.

Seeing Lu Ming push the door open and enter, Director Wang inwardly cursed his bad luck, forced a stiff smile, and asked, "Secretary Lu, is everything packed?"

Lu Ming plopped down opposite him and asked, "Director Wang, when do you plan to talk to Secretary-General Zhao about my job?"

"Oh, don't worry, I remember. I went to see Secretary Zhao just now, but he hasn't returned yet. I'll talk to him as soon as he gets back."

"However, I hope you can understand the organization. Mayor Song just passed away, and the organization immediately assigned you a new position. If word gets out, it won't be good for your reputation, Secretary Lu. Don't you think so?"

Lu Ming pretended to think for a moment, then said, "Director Wang is right."

Hearing Lu Ming say this, Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, he was really afraid that Lu Ming would pester him relentlessly and never stop.

"Director Wang, it's like this, I'd like to request a few days' leave. I'll return to work after Mayor Song's funeral. Could you please approve that?"

"I would have approved it for you even without you saying so. Here's what you need to do: rest at home for half a month."

Lu Ming said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Director Wang, for taking such good care of me."

"Don't mention it. We've worked together for so long, don't you know what kind of person I am?"

"Alright, Director Wang, I'll head back now. I'll have to trouble you with Secretary Zhao's affairs again."

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all."

After sending Lu Ming away, Director Wang's face instantly turned cold.

"Hmph, when Song Chuhe was alive, wasn't he arrogant and haughty?"

"Now that Song Chuhe is dead, you've finally remembered to beg me?"

In fact, he and Lu Ming did not get along, and now that he saw Lu Ming lose power, he felt extremely happy.

Especially after Lu Ming staged a farcical attempt to jump off a building in order to ask him for help in getting a new job, he felt even more like a clown.

"Lu Ming, Lu Ming, you've finally met your match!"

Director Wang lit a cigarette with a gloomy expression, pondering where he should assign him.

Are we going to the Cultural Relics Bureau?

Or the funeral home?

Or perhaps we could go to the countryside to see a reservoir?

……

Lu Ming left the municipal government building, went to the parking lot, and drove home.

The reason he behaved this way in front of Director Wang was to lower others' guard against him.

He knew very well that he had escaped death because of Mayor Song's death.

But the other party will definitely not let him off easily. Once he shows even the slightest sign of wanting to overturn Mayor Song's case and avenge him, the other party will not hesitate to attack him.

Therefore, no matter how angry he was inside, he had to pretend to be harmless.

As soon as Lu Ming got out of the car, he saw a familiar car parked not far away.

A young woman was sitting in the car. When she saw Lu Ming coming over, she quickly rolled up the car window.

Lu Ming walked to the car and knocked on the window.

The car window slowly rolled down, revealing a stunningly beautiful face. It was Su Ran, the woman who had made more than thirty phone calls to Lu during his detention.

"Brother Lu Ming."

What are you doing here?

"I knew you were out, so I came to wait for you and wanted to see you."

Lu Ming sighed softly to himself.

Su Ran has always been incredibly kind to me, but I've always felt that she has ulterior motives!

"I'm going upstairs to take a shower. Why don't you come up and sit for a while? We can have dinner together later."

Su Ran bit her lip, as if she had something difficult to say, and said, "Well... how about we forget it? I can just wait for you in the car."

Lu Ming didn't think much of it, assuming she just felt it was inconvenient for a man and woman to be alone together.

"Okay, then I'll wash quickly."

Lu Ming took the elevator upstairs, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw high heels on the floor.

Is Liang Fei at home?

As soon as he entered the living room, he saw Liang Fei coming out of the bathroom.

She was wearing a low-cut halter nightgown, revealing her impressively ample bosom.

Lu Ming was taken aback.

It's almost noon, why is she still at home?

And dressed like that?

Lu Ming seemed to have thought of something and immediately rushed into the room.

Liang Fei was clearly surprised that Lu Ming would come back at this time. After a moment of surprise, she hurriedly followed Lu Ming into the bedroom.

The bedroom was a complete mess, with tattered stockings thrown on the bed and underwear lying on the floor. The bed itself was a mess, as if it had been the site of a world war.

Lu Ming even saw a used small umbrella on the bedside table!

Lu Ming knew he had been cheated on!

However, he wasn't angry.

When he came out of the Discipline Inspection Commission and made a phone call to Liang Fei, he was already completely disappointed in this woman.

In his heart, Liang Fei was no longer his girlfriend.

Even if she were to cheat on him behind his back, or even if she were to be cheated on in front of him, Lu Ming would not be emotionally affected in the slightest.

"Honestly, you didn't even tell me you were coming back!"

Liang Fei showed no fear of being caught; instead, she blamed Lu Ming.

Lu Ming is no longer the imposing mayor's secretary; he is nothing now!

So even if he found out, Liang Fei didn't care at all.

Lu Ming didn't mention the small umbrella incident. Instead, he forced a smile and lied that his phone was out of battery.

Seeing Lu Ming's attitude, Liang Fei felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Having spent so much time with Lu Ming, she knows this man all too well.

This man is proud to the core and never bows his head!

In the past, he would have definitely questioned himself and then broken up with him without hesitation.

But now, he's learned to be a cuckold?

It seems that Song Chuhe's death was a great blow to him.

It made him realize his situation and understand the principle that when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Liang Fei looked at him with disdain, wanting to ridicule him.

Lu Ming took a clean set of clothes from the closet, and as he walked to the bathroom door, he turned around and asked, "I'm going to handle Mayor Song's funeral arrangements later. Do you want to come with me?"

"I'm tired, I need to rest."

"Okay, I'll order you some takeout later."

"Remember not to add cilantro."

Liang Fei lay down on the bed and heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom. She immediately took out her phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Lu Ming's back! I saw the little umbrella by the bedside!"