Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 363 Betrayal
It is still the same family compound.

Unlike the front yard which is composed of several old-style residential buildings, there are several small two-story buildings in the backyard.

Perhaps because of what had just happened in the yard, many houses in the entire family compound had lights on, including the small two-story buildings in the backyard.

Regardless of whether what just happened has anything to do with oneself or not, many people are bound to have trouble sleeping tonight.

This of course includes the man named Tan Guangming.

He was sitting in the study on the first floor of one of those small two-story buildings. With a very grim look on his face, he put the receiver in his hand back on the landline.

He didn't expect that Du Tao didn't follow his instructions before he died, and let the woman be taken away alive.

He knew that he was in real trouble this time.

The only thing that made him feel a little relieved was that the woman didn't actually know anything about his affairs. Of course, the prerequisite was that Du Tao didn't tell her anything.

But why didn't Du Tao follow the instructions? Tan Guangming really couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He thought of a possibility, a possibility that was a little hard for him to accept.

Could it be that those two people were having an affair behind his back, so Du Tao didn't have the heart to take action?
Think about it, a single man and a single woman living under the same roof for three years. This possibility is not impossible.

The more he thought about it, the darker Tan Guangming's face became.

He seemed to see a vast green prairie growing on his forehead, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Soon he shook his head and put all these messy thoughts behind him. Now was not the time to think about this. Du Tao was dead, and even if he really planted a grassland for himself, he would not go to the morgue to whip his corpse.

What he needs to consider now is what to do next.

Matters like relationships between men and women can be big or small. If someone keeps biting you, it is not impossible to kill him.

There are more than just one or two people who want him dead. Not only are there opponents, but also people who are nominally his allies.

Thinking of this, he reached out and picked up the phone on the table.

The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up.

"Hey?"

A middle-aged man's voice came from the receiver. His voice was dull and a little hoarse, probably because he was suddenly woken up from his sleep.

"Director Zhiyuan, I'm Tan Guangming. I'm really sorry to bother you so late."

"Director Tan?"

The person on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned for a moment, perhaps feeling a little surprised. After all, he and Tan Guangming had no personal relationship, and he really couldn't understand why he called him in the middle of the night.

After a moment of hesitation, he quickly adjusted his mentality and asked with a hint of curiosity, "I wonder what Director Tan wants to talk to you about so late at night?"

"Director Zhiyuan, it's like this..."

Tan Guangming did not hide anything and explained the matter on the phone, but he did not mention the matter of Tian Sanbao and Niu Weiping, nor did he mention the man named Song who was shot dead.

He knew very well that some things could be said on the phone, while some things could only be said in person.

He just said that he didn't know the reason, but his secretary Du Tao committed suicide by shooting himself at home less than two hours ago in front of the Supervisory Commission staff who came to his house.

"Director Zhiyuan, I suspect that Du Tao may have used my name to do something illegal and disorderly outside, and was discovered by the comrades of the Supervisory Committee, or was reported by someone. After he knew that the matter was exposed, he chose to commit suicide.

Of course, the main reason I’m calling here is not this, but…”

Tan Guangming hesitated, as if he didn't know how to start the conversation. After a pause, he began to talk about Zhao Yinghong somewhat embarrassedly.

Zhao Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone remained silent and just listened quietly.

He felt a little unwell today. After getting home from get off work, he had dinner, took some medicine and went to bed early. Before going to bed, he specifically told his wife and the staff around him not to disturb him unless the sky was falling.

So he really didn't know what happened tonight.

If Tan Guangming had not called directly to the dedicated line in the study, he would definitely not have answered it.

Now he has woken up. The medicine he took before going to bed at night has taken some effect. At least his head doesn't feel as heavy as it was in the afternoon, and he can think normally.

Listening to what Tan Guangming said on the phone, Zhao Zhiyuan raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. He understood why this guy called at this time.

This guy was worried that his escape route would be cut off, and that his own people would use this incident to trample him to death.

Zhao Zhiyuan put the telephone receiver under his ear, reached out to open the drawer of the desk, took out a pack of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and lit it with a match.

When he exhaled the cigarette he had inhaled, the story on the other end of the phone just stopped.

"I understand what you mean." Zhao Zhiyuan had no intention of speaking in an official tone. He knew very well why this happened. It was all because of Lao Guan's mischief.

It now seems that Lao Guan's plan was only half successful. The young section chief of the Social Affairs Bureau, whom he most wanted to get rid of, must have failed to succeed, otherwise the man named Tan would definitely not have been able to make this call at this moment, and even if he could make the call, he would not have been so calm.

As for the successful part of the plan, it was to bring Tan Guangming into the sight of the Supervisory Commission.

But he believed that what Lao Guan wanted most was to get rid of the young section chief. Why he failed was still unknown.

He hoped that the old friend would stop there and not get further into trouble.

"It is a great help to know your mistakes and improve them. I suggest that you take the initiative to admit your mistakes to the organization, reflect deeply on your actions, and cooperate with the Supervisory Committee to investigate the illegal and disorderly activities that your secretary has committed under your name.

Comrade Guangming, you must take this as a warning. You must always remember the words "serve the people". This is not just a slogan, but must be implemented in your daily work and life..."

Tan Guangming on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief. If this person could say this, it basically meant that he would not kick someone when he was down. This was the purpose of his making this call.

Although they all belong to the same lineage, they still belong to different branches within this lineage. In particular, due to personal reasons, the relationship between him and a key figure over there is incompatible.

During this half day, he had actually figured out why the secret contact between Du Tao and those two guys was leaked.

It must have been his wife Wang Jingxiang who was sleeping in the bedroom on the second floor who told it.

Only she, and only she, has this possibility.

As for who it was given to?

That must be her childhood sweetheart, Lao Guan, Guan Jingming.

The only thing that he couldn't understand was why Lao Guan wanted to bring the war to the Social Affairs Bureau.

As for the Social Affairs Bureau, everyone has been tacitly avoiding it in recent years, trying not to offend them as much as possible.

One reason is that the bigwigs on the Security Committee, most notably Mr. Wu, make it difficult for them to do many things too excessively.

Second, after the Social Affairs Bureau separated from the army and became independent, it has indeed always been impartial and rarely interfered in local affairs. It has just been conscientiously doing what it is supposed to do.

It is precisely because of this that everyone has been living in peace over the past few years. Even though the Social Affairs Bureau has caused them considerable trouble in the past two years for some reasons, it was also because of official business.

Moreover, those who got into trouble were indeed not clean people. Now that the incident is over, the people above didn't take it to heart at all.

Sometimes, some crooked branches on a tree trunk need to be trimmed, otherwise they will affect the entire trunk over time. Everyone understands this.

But having others check it and actively handing it over to them are two different things!
If you want to seek revenge on him or cause trouble for him, there is no need to provoke the Social Affairs Bureau.

As long as they hand over his materials to their internal supervisory department or the Supervisory Committee under the State Council, they can achieve their goal.

Especially since their internal supervisory department is still under the control of Zhao Zhiyuan, the old manager has a very good relationship with this guy and they can wear the same pants as each other. It would only take a few minutes to deal with him.

There has been no movement for so many years, why is this move being made now?
Could it be that this guy is not just trying to divert trouble to someone else, but really has some ulterior motives?

While Tan Guangming was listening to Zhao Zhiyuan's chatter on the phone, his mind had already turned to Li Yancheng.

Why did Lao Guan choose to assassinate this young man to attract the attention of the Social Affairs Bureau?
Is it just because he is the youngest son-in-law of the Luo family? If he really succeeds, would it be equivalent to putting himself in the hands of old man Luo?

No, he believed it would never be that simple.

With doubts in his mind, after listening to Zhao Zhiyuan's words, Tan Guangming spoke.

"Director Zhiyuan, the ancients once said that if you don't want others to know, you must not do it. I have violated the rules and disciplines, and I will humbly and sincerely accept the upcoming organizational discipline and national law punishment.

But... never mind. I'm sorry to bother you so late. I'll come to you to report after daybreak. It's still early now, so you can rest for a while."

Although the words after the word "but" were not spoken, Zhao Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone already knew what Tan Guangming wanted to say.

He sighed in his heart, said a few more words and then hung up the phone.

Not only did he fail in his mission, but he also attracted the attention of the person involved. This time, Lao Guan really shot himself in the foot.

What he just said on the phone was that Tan Guangming should go directly to the organization to report the matter, but the other party clearly told him to come to him after dawn.

Why did I come to him? Just to talk.

What to talk about?
Of course, we are talking about Lao Guan.

If the deal is done, the matter may be resolved internally.

If the negotiations fail, he believes that Lao Guan's name will definitely appear on the desks of the leaders of the Social Affairs Bureau, including Old Man Luo.

As for the evidence?

do you need?

You are about to assassinate someone's son-in-law, how can you still expect others to talk to you nicely?
He felt at the time that Lao Guan's move was wrong and too risky, but that guy was full of confidence and refused to listen to his advice.

Now, let's see how he ends up.

The original intention was to save his son, but now it would be interesting to involve both him and his son.

Zhao Zhiyuan sat there and laughed a few times. He raised the cigarette in his hand and took a puff. Then he put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table, and then stood up and walked towards the study door.

Talk to him?
Tan Guangming made a wrong decision.

He won't make any compromises this time.

Lao Guan has completely lost his bottom line in doing things now. He hasn't seen that guy since the breakdown of the talks that day.

I don't plan to see you again.

Just like what they said in the office before they parted on bad terms that day, from now on they were just strangers. On the contrary, if the father and son did anything illegal, he would personally send them to the execution ground together.

Therefore, whether Lao Guan can pass this time depends on his own luck. He will not provide any help.

As for Tan Guangming, this guy has done enough evil things over the years, it's time for him to be brought to justice!

……

"Huh..." Tan Guangming on the other end of the phone let out a long sigh after hanging up the phone.

As he exhaled, his expression became serious and he stood up and walked out of the study.

He thought he had been good to his wife Wang Jingxiang over the years and always went along with her in everything. He didn't expect that she would not only tell his secrets to others, but also plant a prairie on his head.

No man could tolerate this kind of thing, especially since he encountered it twice in one night. It was a good thing that he had good energy-cultivation skills as he didn't explode on the spot.

Even though he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, Tan Guangming still moved slowly. After coming out of the study, he walked up the stairs to the second floor and came to the door of the house on the left.

The couple had been sleeping in separate rooms for a long time, so long ago that he couldn't even remember what time it was.

It wasn't his fault. It was because the woman who was sleeping in the room suddenly said one day that she was becoming less and less interested in that thing and hoped to sleep in a separate room.

Although he was completely unwilling, he still did what she wanted. At that time, he didn't even know Zhao Yinghong.

Although they slept in separate rooms, his feelings for his wife remained unchanged and he still loved her as much as before.

Later, the incident with Zhao Yinghong happened because he was still a normal man and did not become a monk.

But he didn't expect that the woman he had loved for decades would betray him.

Looking at the tightly closed door and the key that had been inserted in the keyhole but now disappeared, Tan Guangming narrowed his eyes.

Is this to prevent him? Worried that he might go berserk or something?

"dong dong dong"

He raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times.

"dong dong dong"

"Who is it?" After knocking on the door for the second time, a woman's voice came from the room.

"Who else do you think is in this house?"

"Why are you knocking on the door so late? Why don't you take a rest?"

"Open the door, I want to tell you something."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm very sleepy."

"I'll count to three. If you don't open the door, I'll chop it down with an axe."

"You... if you have the guts, just break the door down."

After hearing what the woman in the room said, Tan Guangming said no more nonsense, turned around and walked downstairs.

Hearing the footsteps coming downstairs, the woman lying on the bed breathed a sigh of relief, tightened the quilt around her, turned over and prepared to go back to sleep, muttering, "What's wrong with you in the middle of the night?"

Before he could finish his words, a loud noise came from the door.

“Bang… Ka…”

"what!"

The loud noise frightened her so much that she screamed and sat up suddenly. She reached out to turn on the lamp on the bedside table and looked towards the door.

I saw that there was a crack in the door.

"Bang...Ka..." The second one came quickly.

The woman sitting on the bed calmed herself down and said, "Tan Guangming, what are you crazy about?"

"I just told you, if you don't open the door I'll chop it down with an axe."

The woman on the bed couldn't believe her eyes and ears. She was somewhat doubtful whether the man outside the door was the one who always obeyed her.

“Dong...ka...bang” This was the third time.

A piece of the door panel had already fallen off, and through the gap, which was about ten centimeters wide, one could clearly see the people outside.

It's him, that's right!
Before the woman on the bed could come to her senses, the arm of the person outside had already reached in through the gap and opened the door lock.

"bang"

As soon as the lock was opened, the person outside pushed the door open with force, and the door hit the wall behind it, making a buzzing sound.

"click"

The lights in the room were turned on.

The woman, who was about to say something, saw the stern look on the man's face and the axe in his hand, and immediately shut her mouth. She pulled the quilt hard to wrap herself tightly, as if this would make her safer.

After Tan Guangming came in, he didn't say anything. He just walked to the end of the bed and stared at the woman who was sitting at the head of the bed, hugging the quilt.

"You... Guang... Guangming, you... what's wrong with you?"

After more than 20 years of marriage, this was the first time that Wang Jingxiang saw her husband look like this.

In the past, no matter what she said or how angry she was, the man in front of her would always smile at her. Even if she did something wrong, he would just laugh it off.

But today...

What she saw in his eyes was strangeness, he stood there as if he was looking at a stranger.

Wang Jingxiang was a little at a loss and confused, and her back felt a little cold. Could it be that he... he discovered something?

Looking at the man standing at the end of the bed, who looked so familiar yet so strange, her voice trembled.

Faced with her question, Tan Guangming remained silent. He just stood there and looked at her quietly, silently bidding farewell to his marriage life of more than 20 years in his heart.

Five full minutes passed like this, and when Wang Jingxiang could no longer hold back her gaze and was about to speak again, he spoke.

"Wang Jingxiang, starting from tomorrow your two younger brothers, their wives, and their children will be transferred to haul manure, I said.

You can also go to Guan Jingming and see if he can re-arrange the jobs for your brother and his two families."

After saying this, Tan Guangming turned around and walked out of the room.

Originally he wanted to say more, and wanted to ask her why she did that, why she betrayed him, but when he saw this woman, he suddenly lost interest.

He didn't want to know anything anymore.

But he would not let her go easily. More than 20 years ago, he was able to save her family from dire straits, and allowed her family to live a comfortable life without having to worry about anything over the years.

Now we can beat them all back to their original forms and let them experience what it means to be in a world of ice and fire.

Wang Jingxiang was completely stunned and couldn't say a word. She just sat there in a daze until the figure walked out of the room and she seemed to come to her senses when she heard footsteps coming down the stairs outside.

I didn't care whether I was cold or not. I just put on my slept-in long-sleeved shirt and long-pants and threw on my slippers and ran after him.

"Guangming, what do you mean by what you just said?"

At the corner of the stairs leading to the first floor, she grabbed her husband's arm and asked with a look of disbelief on her face.

"That's what it means."

As he spoke, Tan Guangming withdrew his arm, turned around and continued walking downstairs.

"Don't bother me anymore. I feel sick seeing you now. You should hurry up and find Guan Jingming. You helped him so much. Even if you two have no other relationship, he has to repay you, right?"

When he finished speaking, he had already gone downstairs and turned towards the study.

His words were like a bolt of lightning that struck Wang Jingxiang on the forehead, causing her to collapse to the ground.

She finally understood why this man became like this today.

……

At the same time, the interrogation of Zhao Yinghong in the backyard of Operation 1 also came to a temporary end.

She did have an improper relationship with Tan Guangming, and her marriage to Du Tao was just a cover, but she knew nothing about anything related to the surname Tan.

Apart from her current job at the machine tool factory, Mr. Tan has never given her any extra benefits, such as money or things.

It is not known whether what she said is true or not, anyway, nothing was found in her and Du Tao’s home.

The higher-ups did not allow the use of Li Yancheng's special interrogation methods on her.

To be more precise, interrogating her was not within the scope of the Social Affairs Bureau's work. The Supervisory Commission just borrowed the Social Affairs Bureau's location.

After guessing that she might have a relationship with Tan Guangming, Li Yancheng reported the situation. Then he just sat aside and listened to Zhao Yinghong's questions.

Now the preliminary questioning was over. After the leaders walked out of the interrogation room one after another, he was about to leave when he was stopped by Zhao Yinghong.

"Big Cheng Brother"

Hearing someone calling him, Li Yancheng stopped and turned to look at the sister of his old classmate.

"Can I...can I still go out?"

"I don't know about that either. This case is not under the jurisdiction of our Social Affairs Bureau. You just asked us to temporarily detain him. What happens next will depend on the Supervisory Committee."

Li Yancheng originally wanted to ask what was going on, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

What's the point of asking clearly? Every family has its own difficulties, and this woman may have her own reasons.

But he still asked about her brother's whereabouts.

"Where was your brother assigned to?"

"My brother is in the Meng District."

"Do you have his mailing address?"

"Have"

"Write to me. When your family was in trouble, I also happened to be in a lot of trouble. I really don't know the specific situation of your brother. I will write to him later to talk about it."

Li Yancheng handed over the notebook and pen in his hand.

After writing down her brother Cao Xiangdong's mailing address, Zhao Yinghong returned the notebook.

"Brother Dacheng, I..."

(End of this chapter)