Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 282 In the Name of People 14

"Is it that simple?" Lu Yike didn't believe it.

"It also told me that the Shanshui Group has connections everywhere, and their influence is not just in Handong. This is a warning to me. Director Hou and Director Chen from Beijing were also used." Yu Xian added.

"Are they only wielding the stick without the carrot? Apart from that, they should have promised you some benefits!" Lu Yike said confidently.

"A letter was delivered to my office two days ago. Inside was a banknote and a photo of a pistol bullet. I called the police. The dinner last night was just to see whether I wanted money or my life." Yu Xian was a little frustrated.

"What!" Lu Yike stood up suddenly: "Are you sure they did it?"

"I thought about it and realized that apart from them, I have never blocked anyone's way." Yu Xian leaned back in his chair helplessly.

"So you made your choice last night?" Lu Yike asked.

"I didn't have a choice. I earned the money I deserved. As for my life, they can't take it away. The only thing I'm worried about is my ex-wife and children," said Yu Xian.

"Ex-wife?" Lu Yike couldn't help but frown when he heard the word.

"After Ding Yizhen got into trouble, I was afraid that the situation would get out of control and implicate them. So, we divorced the next day," Yu Xian explained.

"Did you receive money for the Guangming Peak project?" Lu Yike asked.

"Director Lu, do you think I'm the kind of person who can take money?" Yu Xian said with a wry smile.

After these words came out, even Lu Yike felt a little embarrassed. After all, since they started investigating the Dafeng Factory case, they knew what kind of image Sun Liancheng had before Ding Yizhen escaped. Now he stood up to take on the construction task of Guangming Peak and pointed out the problems of Dafeng Factory. It can be said that he was desperate.

What's more, he was threatened right after he stated the fact. If he really wanted to take the money, he would have taken it long ago and there was no need to wait until today to commit the crime.

"Director Sun, I don't understand why you have changed so much?"

After all, she is a woman, and Lu Yike eventually noticed the clues, but she didn't expect that Sun Liancheng had changed his mind.

"Director Lu, the night Ding Yizhen escaped, Secretary Li called me and the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission to his office and gave us a good scolding. I have finally figured it out. The economic development that Secretary Li wants has nothing to do with the people of Guangming District, especially on the night of the January 16 incident. As for Ding Yizhen, he would even sell out his own mother for the right price, and he would not care what the people of Guangming District think. I am disappointed, that's all." Yu Xian's words were a little dejected.

"Economic development has nothing to do with the people of Guangming District? This statement is novel!" Lu Yike said with a smile.

"Guangming District is one of the four main urban districts of Jingzhou City. Ding Yizhen used a series of means to convert all industrial land into residential land with greater commercial value and sold them all out in a short period of time. However, the Guangming District government did not change its long-standing financial difficulties due to the proceeds from the land sales. Instead, the deficit has been getting higher every year." Yu Xian said lazily.

"To put it simply, Guangming District has borne a considerable proportion of the cost of urbanization in Jingzhou City in recent years, because all this money has been invested in the development of Jingzhou New District. If the Guangming District government is like this, what can the people in the area get from it? Take those newly built commercial housing estates, for example. The unit prices are shockingly high, but the ones who make money are the banks and developers who lend money. Not a penny of such high profits goes to the people of Guangming District."

"If you still don't believe it, you can take some time to go to the Miners' New Village in Guangming District, where the employees of Zhongfu Group live. It was built in the 2011s or even earlier. The facilities are old and can no longer meet the basic needs of life today. There are even serious safety hazards in many places. Several fires have occurred in the past because the roads are narrow and fire trucks can't get in, resulting in delayed firefighting and people dying in the fire. Before , the Jingzhou Municipal Government planned to demolish this Miners' New Town and rebuild it into resettlement housing to improve the living conditions of to people there."

"But this project has been shelved until today. A large section of the fence that was originally built along the road for construction collapsed. We found an advertising company to rebuild it and put on a layer of gorgeous spray-painted advertisements. Secretary Li has never asked about it even once, because this is an affordable housing project that can't make money and can't create much GDP."

Lu Yike couldn't find a word to refute for a moment, because this was the fact. After Li Dakang took over Jingzhou, the city's economy developed faster. The entire Jingzhou city was like a huge construction site, with old buildings being demolished and new buildings rising every day, and concrete tankers coming and going on the city's main roads in the early morning.

But the pace of life for the people is getting faster and faster, the cost of living is getting higher and higher, the previous peace and stability can no longer be found, and people's hostility is getting worse and worse.

She also had an impression of the miners' new village mentioned in the conversation. The old and dilapidated appearance of the place was incompatible with the glamour of Jingzhou, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She didn't expect the inside story to be like this.

"Then why are you doing all this now? Do you want to destroy the Guangming Peak project?" Lu Yike asked.

"I just want Guangming Peak to be brighter. Now I'm 55 years old and don't want to serve them anymore, so I'd rather be ignorant of the times and ask for a leisurely position until I retire." Yu Xian sighed.

Lu Yike didn't expect this person to be so direct. She had met many people, but she had never seen anyone so blatantly say in front of the inspectors that he didn't want to do something.

"Yike, District Chief Sun, what are you talking about?" Chen Hai saw this scene when he came back after washing up.

"Director Chen, how was your old classmates' reunion last night?" Lu Yike asked.

"It's quite lively!" Chen Hai didn't understand.

"Director Lu, you like Director Chen, right?" Yu Xian seemed to be talking about something casually.

Lu Yike didn't expect that her thoughts would be exposed in such an occasion. She looked away in a daze. Even the person who was taking the notes looked up at Lu Yike and Chen Hai.

"District Chief Sun, what about working hours?" Chen Hai was a little helpless.

"Director Chen, think carefully about when you and Director Lu are together. Is the distance between you always around 50 centimeters? Sometimes you even feel comfortable walking side by side?" Yu Xian asked.

"Director Sun, can you please stop talking about this? I'm a grown man and it doesn't matter to me, but Yike is still a grown girl. How can she get married if this gets out?" Chen Hai just felt that this man was a bit disrespectful to his elders.

"Director Chen, did you feel that Director Qi and Gao Xiaoqin were walking so close to each other that night? Director Qi's behavior in the banquet hall was very much like that of a host," Yu Xian reminded.

Chen Hai suddenly realized that although he was afraid of delaying Lu Yike and wanted to keep a distance from her, he was not opposed to getting along with her. Unknowingly, the two of them became very close in daily life and even at work. Sometimes, the two of them walked on the road and almost crossed a distance of 50 centimeters to walk shoulder to shoulder.

When Lu Yike heard this, she suddenly realized, "Director Qi and Gao Xiaoqin have a special relationship!"

Chen Hai and Lu Yike looked at each other with shock in their eyes. If this was true, then it would be a serious matter.

"I don't believe it." After saying that, Chen Hai took out his cell phone and called Zhou Zheng, asking him and Lin Huahua to come over to arrange something.

After a while Zhou Zheng and Lin Huahua walked in.

"Two leaders, what's the matter with you calling us here?" Lin Huahua spoke like she was acting coquettishly as soon as she came in.

"Well, it's okay, go back to your seats!" Chen Hai nodded and said woodenly.

"Leader, you are playing tricks on us!" Lin Huahua said, grabbed Zhou Zheng's hand and left.

Chen Hai's heart was filled with huge waves as he looked at their intimate backs. This senior of his, who had almost become his brother-in-law, had made such a big mistake now. No wonder he would speak for Shanshui Group. Maybe there were more serious problems involved, and he had to report to Ji Changming.

"District Chief Sun, how did you infer that their relationship is not simple?" Lu Yike was quite interested in this.

"No matter how hard you try to cover up your feelings, they will leave traces. I've been in the company for so many years, and I've been married for decades, so of course I can see it."

Chen Hai and Lu Yike ignored the teasing. They hurriedly ended today's meeting and sent the person away, saying that they would contact him again when they remembered any details. Then they called a psychology teacher at Handong University and reported to Ji Changming immediately after confirming Qi Tongwei's problem.

"Is there something wrong with Qi Tongwei?" Ji Changming's eyelids twitched unconsciously: "How did you know for sure?"

"Prosecutor Ji, look at us, aren't we very close!" Lu Yike took this opportunity to put her arm around Chen Hai's arm and the two of them pressed together.

Ji Changming glanced at Lu Yike. He knew what this girl was thinking, but Chen Hai had too many concerns and did not dare to respond and pushed her away.

"You know that Chen Hai and Team Leader Hou went to Shanshui Manor for dinner last night, right?" Lu Yike asked, grabbing Chen Hai's arm.

"I know! I've even reported it to you." Ji Changming didn't understand why Lu Yike brought this up.

"Last night, Qi Tongwei and Gao Xiaoqin came out together to greet them. Moreover, they were so close to each other." Lu Yike said while leaning her head on Chen Hai's shoulder.