In name only: In the name of Zhao Mengsheng's son!

"Brother Tongwei! There's a result on that matter. Tomorrow, our provincial department and your municipal bureau will take action together. I'm coming to the Jingzhou Municipal Government now so we can discuss it!"

After Zhao Donglai took Lu Yike home, he made a phone call to Qi Tongwei and then went out. But as soon as he hung up, he suddenly remembered his son. It was already ten o'clock and he was still watching TV. So Zhao Donglai went back in!

"Zhao Ningkai, what time is it? Aren't you asleep yet? Look, even your little sister is watching with you. Are you two going to ruin your eyes?"

Upon hearing Zhao Donglai's words, Zhao Ningkai responded with a reply.

"Okay, Dad! Little sister, go to bed! Go brush your teeth!"

This girl is the daughter of Zhao Donglai and Lu Yike. She is over two years old. Although Zhao Ningkai doesn't like his stepmother, well, not that he dislikes her, he's just distant from her. But he treats his little sister very well. The reason is simple: his little sister looks at him with an adoring gaze!

He desperately wanted a younger sister. He didn't care about a younger brother; he already had one. The two brothers were a year apart and fought every day at home. His brother stayed with their mother, and he stayed with their father, which was perfectly fair. So, he dreamed of having a sweet and soft younger sister!

Zhao Ningkai's favorite toy, he can take out immediately whenever his sister wants it, showing no trace of the previous struggle for the position of heir apparent.

"Okay, this weekend, Dad will take you all to the amusement park. Of course, it's also important that you improve on your exams. You failed Chinese, Math, and English in your last monthly exams. As long as you improve, even by just one point, I'll take you!"

Zhao Donglai laughed. His method of discipline wasn't physical punishment. After all, he had already been divorced once, and the child no longer belonged to his biological family. He couldn't beat him like before! The child was grown up now!

If Zhou Da were here, upon hearing that this person failed Chinese, math, and English, he would definitely say something.

"Donglai, why are you wasting your breath talking to him? With grades like this, I don't care about your family background, if you get this score, my belt will give your butt a good kiss! I'll show you why flowers are so red!"

Zhou Da is capable of being both a father and a mother! He's incredibly energetic and has never been late or left early in all these years, except for the day Zhao Ying gave birth, when he took a few days off! He's a true people's cadre!

He used to go to work even when he had a fever or a cold. Even though he came from an ordinary background, he would never let others make fun of him. But now that he's married Zhao Mengsheng's daughter, he feels he can't let his father-in-law be ashamed, so he has to go to work.

Before marrying Zhao Ying, Zhou Da had already received two awards for outstanding individual performance at his workplace! After marrying her, he consistently received the same awards every year. It wasn't because of personal connections; he was genuinely capable! What does it mean to be of upright character? Zhou Da is it!

After receiving the call, Qi Tongwei went to the municipal government overnight. Li Dakang had not yet come to Jingzhou to take up his post in the past two days. After all, the report had been submitted and the central government needed a few days to issue an order. It was good to get this done as soon as possible, otherwise, given Li Dakang's personality, he would take more than his share and all the political achievements would probably be his!

All of this is thanks to Chang Chenghu. Although Chang Chenghu is involved in organized crime, he dares not get involved in drugs. If he is involved in organized crime, Zhao Donglai will turn a blind eye to him. But if he is involved in drugs, Zhao Donglai can arrest him tomorrow, no, that very night!

However, gangsters and drugs are often intertwined. Chang Chenghu said, "The police don't know where you guys are trading, and we don't know where you guys are hiding. How could I not know?"

Upon learning this, I immediately called Zhao Donglai and told him about a drug deal taking place at a certain location today. I, Chang Chenghu, am sworn enemies of drugs! As for prostitution and gambling, forget it; those are his businesses!

That evening, Zhao Donglai and Qi Tongwei led a team of anti-drug police officers to ambush the transaction site in advance. They arrested more than a dozen people and found 20 kilograms of new types of drugs on the spot, enough for each of them to eat a hundred peanuts.

The news made the news and Douyin that very evening. Netizens were astonished to see that the mayor and the police chief were leading teams simultaneously to arrest thirteen drug traffickers and seize twenty kilograms of drugs! This caused a sensation in Handong!

Qi Tongwei and Zhao Donglai appeared on the TV station nonchalantly, recounting the events. You ask them if they're afraid of drug dealers retaliating against their families? Are you kidding me! You dare kidnap the families of these officials? You're lucky you even made it out of Jingzhou!

Do you think this is northern Myanmar or Mexico? You want to have a shootout with the police in the street?!

A big shot like Chang Chenghu has a handgun, but it's not real at all; it's a replica gun, the kind that looks very realistic, but it's still fake!

Where do you expect these people to get their hands on guns? If you pull out some random pipe, that might still be a bit scary!

Then, during the interrogation that same day, when the news aired, dozens more people were arrested overnight, and a large quantity of drugs was seized! Qi Tongwei and Zhao Donglai were now in the limelight! Not only in Jingzhou, but after being interrogated, these people revealed their suppliers and distributors one by one, and for a time, the entire Handong area was brought to light!

At the Standing Committee meeting, Zhao Zhongxin praised the two men without reservation!

They were originally Zhao Zhongxin's men. If Zhao Zhongxin wanted, they could have entered the provincial party committee after several standing committee members retired! Now, they've gained merit! No one can say anything about it anymore!

Li Dakang was also somewhat regretful. He had missed out on this wave of benefits. If only he had gone to Jingzhou to take up his post a couple of days earlier. Why did he have to go during the two days Zhao Zhongxin was on leave, to attend the provincial government's democratic life meeting, and to indulge in that last bit of fun? Zhao Donglai didn't even tell him. He really is the soldier I trained. With a new master, he doesn't care about his old master at all!

Zhao Donglai, you learned all this from Secretary Dakang! You chose Sha Ruijin and gave up Zhao Lichun, so I can too! But you're already so close to becoming a ministerial-level official, why are you still concerned about such achievements? Have you been eating too much salt?

Vice Governor Wang, I really want to punch that beast Li Dakang to death! I cast that crucial vote for you at the Standing Committee meeting, and you still want to indulge in this one last time after returning to the provincial government? Your addiction is truly enormous! And privately, you even told me something about thanking me for speaking up for you, and about how merits and demerits are separate things. Are you even human?! Li Dakang, come out and fight me one-on-one!

Sha Ruijin nodded. Originally, he wanted to use Zhao Donglai, but Zhao Donglai had already defected to Zhao Zhongxin, and he couldn't stop him. So he decided to do Zhao Donglai a favor and send him to the provincial party committee. He also thought that Zhong Jianjun would definitely be promoted to a ministerial level in Handong in the future, so it would be good to leave him with two people who could stand against him and prevent him from making Handong a mess!

Li Kangjian is one, Zhao Donglai is one, and Qi Tongwei could also be one!