NOVPUBIf Wang Li had not met Lu Yuanyang before, she would definitely have believed Li Xiang’s words.
But now.
In her eyes, Li Xiang seemed like nothing more than a clown.
She did not feel intimidated at all and even showed a disdainful smile, "I don’t believe you!"
Li Xiang, driven to rage by shame, said, "I’m telling you the truth here, now the deputy director of the organization department is my aunt, and with just one word from me, you will surely be laid off."
At this point, he paused, his face breaking into a sinister smile, "However, we two have been in a relationship for several years and have some emotional foundation."
"As long as you dump Chen Nan in front of me and become my girlfriend again, I will spare you."
Chen Nan scoffed, "Can people from the organization department do whatever they want, freely manipulating others’ jobs?"
Li Xiang, full of himself, said, "Maybe others don’t have the capability, but what difficulty does it pose for me?"
Li Yao, slightly inebriated, stood up and asked coldly, "Is your aunt named Li Yuechan?"
"You know my aunt?" Li Xiang was full of suspicion.
He had just returned to the country and did not know either Li Yao or Lu Yuanyang.
Li Yao, overwhelmed with indignation, laughed, "Very well, Li Yuechan truly has a wonderful nephew! I never imagined I would meet such a despicable person who relies on connections in official circles!"
Lu Yuanyang also shook his head in disappointment, "It’s my fault, I put Li Yuechan in the organization department to oversee work, but I didn’t expect her to abuse her power for personal gain; it’s really infuriating!"
Jizhou’s official circles were in chaos, and Lu Yuanyang could accept corruption and abuse of power in any department.
But he could not accept it happening in the organization department.
After all, the organization department is the foremost of all departments!
Because once such an incident occurs in the organization department,
the harm could be even worse than Dai Shouyi’s!
"You... who are you?" Li Xiang nervously swallowed, his eyes filled with unease.
Though he was acting arrogantly,
he felt these two middle-aged men in front of him were no ordinary people.
Ignoring him, Lu Yuanyang picked up his phone, dialed Li Yuechan’s number, and at the same time, he pressed the speakerphone button.
Beep beep beep!
The phone rang three times before it was answered, and soon after a respectful voice came from the phone, "Secretary Lu, what are your instructions?"
Boom!
Hearing his aunt’s voice,
as well as her respectful tone and that address as ’Secretary Lu’, 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Li Xiang sobered up instantly.
His panic-stricken gaze turned to Lu Yuanyang, feeling a tingling in his scalp, an almost chilling feeling.
Though he had just returned to the country,
he also knew—
Jizhou’s city Party secretary was surnamed Lu!
Without his support, his aunt could never have become the second in command of the organization department.
It was clear then.
The plain-looking, unimpressive middle-aged man in front of him must be Lu Yuanyang, the Party Secretary of Jizhou City!
Before Li Xiang could recover, Lu Yuanyang’s indifferent voice sounded, "Director Li, do you have a nephew working in the organization department?"
Although Li Yuechan didn’t know why Secretary Lu knew about this, she still respectfully answered, "Replying to Secretary Lu, my nephew has just returned to the country. He is quite capable, and since the organization department was short-staffed, I arranged for him to come in, but he doesn’t have a permanent position; he’s a temp."
Lu Yuanyang snorted indifferently, "I am very disappointed in your nephew!" and then he hung up the phone abruptly.
Sometimes, you don’t need to say too much.
Just touch upon things and stop.
Just shortly after Lu Yuanyang had hung up the phone, Li Xiang’s cellphone rang, showing his aunt’s number.
Li Xiang nervously swallowed, his hands trembling as he answered the call from his aunt. Before he could speak, an angry roar came from the other end of the line, "Li Xiang, what exactly have you done? Why would Secretary Lu call to inquire about you?"
"Speak, have you been using your power to bully others?"
"Damn it, I should never have arranged for you to join the organization department!"
They say that one should not shy away from appointing relatives if they are capable.
Li Yuechan knew her nephew’s abilities, which was exactly why she arranged for him to work in the organization department without any reservations.
But she never imagined that Secretary Lu would personally call to inquire about this matter, and his tone was so cold.
"Aunt, I was wrong, I really realize my mistake." Li Xiang quickly apologized.
But Li Yuechan hung up the phone directly, clearly not wanting to hear her nephew’s apology because she knew what this incident meant for her.
This would become a stain in her career.
Chen Nan looked at Li Xiang, who was now pale, and mocked, "Brother Li, didn’t you say you could do whatever you wanted, move anyone around at will?"
Li Xiang fell to the ground with a thud, his face full of horror as he pleaded, "Secretary Lu, this has nothing to do with my aunt, it’s all my fault. Please don’t punish my aunt!"
Having realized the trouble he had caused and that it could possibly impact his aunt’s career, he knelt publicly and begged Lu Yuanyang not to punish his aunt.
"Whether your aunt was involved will be investigated. As for you, you should now leave our sight, do not disturb our meal!" Lu Yuanyang snorted unhappily.
"Yes, yes, yes, I’ll get lost right now!"
Li Xiang scrambled and ran off into the distance.
Although he had arrived full of arrogance.
But now.
He was like a dog that had lost its home.
He didn’t dare to trouble Chen Nan and Wang Li anymore.
Because he clearly realized that Chen Nan was an existence he couldn’t afford to offend.
If he truly angered him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After Li Xiang had left, Lu Yuanyang couldn’t help but turn to Li Yao and said in a low voice, "When you go back, investigate Li Yuechan’s case. We can’t have a black sheep in the organization department!"
Although he knew that the remaining comrades in Jizhou’s official circles were all politically resolute, he still needed to be cautious.
Li Yao earnestly responded, "Yes"
"I’m sorry, Secretary Lu, for causing you trouble again because of my matters," Wang Li said, her face filled with shame, having not expected that a single dinner would make Lu Yuanyang stand up for her twice.
Lu Yuanyang waved it off with a laugh, "Actually, I should thank you. If it weren’t for Li Yuechan’s nephew bothering you, how would I have known that such a bully existed in the organization department?"
"Look, the chicken wings are ready." Chen Nan handed the grilled chicken wings to Lu Yuanyang and joked, "Here’s to Uncle Lu’s soaring career, may you rise high and fast, reaching new heights effortlessly!"
Lu Yuanyang also laughed heartily. While he would usually find such remarks off-putting, coming from Chen Nan, he quite enjoyed them.
"Help!"
"Someone come quickly!"
"Who can save my child?"
Without any warning.
A cry for help, laden with sobs, rang through the sunset.
Lu Yuanyang quickly looked into the distance, saw someone struggling in the water, and without even taking off his clothes, dove into the lake and swam rapidly towards the person in distress...
