After breaking up with my boyfriend, I made a fortune and rose rapidly in my career.

The voice on the other end of the phone wasn't loud, it was rather low, but as the municipal party secretary listened, his heart sank.

"Do the comrades in the Nanzhou leadership think that the provincial party committee's instructions are just a few lines of text on a document?"

These words, though not a question, sent a chill down the spine of the municipal party secretary.

The municipal party secretary's hand gripping the microphone was so tight that his knuckles turned white. He could clearly hear his heart pounding in his chest.

"Governor Zhou, we are currently holding a Standing Committee meeting to discuss..."

"Discussion?" The voice on the other end of the phone turned cold. "My men are risking their lives for a national strategic project. And you're holding meetings behind the scenes, discussing how to sabotage them?"

"I'm going to the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department immediately. I need to see the main leaders of the Nanzhou leadership team within half an hour!"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The call was abruptly ended.

The meeting room was deathly silent.

All the members of the Standing Committee stared at their Party Secretary's face, which had instantly lost all color, and dared not even breathe.

How did Chen Pingfang, whom Wang Weidong just mentioned as "suspected of serious violations of discipline and law," suddenly become "one of my people" in Governor Zhou's words?

Are they still working themselves to the bone for national strategic projects?

Wang Weidong's smug smile froze completely. He opened his mouth, but something seemed to be blocking his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word. A bone-chilling cold suddenly shot from his tailbone to the top of his head.

Wang Weidong realized that he had seemingly kicked a steel plate.

It was a bomb whose fuse had already been lit.

……

The provincial capital, the interview point of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office.

The air in the interrogation room was almost frozen.

Wu Bin stared intently at Chen Pingfang, his mind a jumbled mess. The news that Wang Weidong had led his men to forcibly break into the coordination center and used cutting equipment stirred up Wu Bin's previously calm heart.

Wu Bin finally understood that all of Chen Ping's previous calmness and "non-cooperation" were just him waiting.

Wang Weidong then put his own neck into the noose.

"Chen Pingfang, you schemed against me." Wu Bin's voice was somewhat hoarse.

Chen Ping slowly opened his eyes, his clear pupils reflecting Wu Bin's current disheveled state.

"Director Wu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want." Chen Pingfang's tone remained calm. "I'm just following the rules and trusting the organization and the rules."

Chen Ping smiled slightly.

"Now it seems that the one who broke the rules was someone else."

The young cadre wanted to say something, but Wu Bin stopped him with a raised hand. Wu Bin knew that there was no point in continuing. Wu Bin had to report the serious incident in Nanzhou immediately; this was a responsibility that Wu Bin could not bear, and Wang Weidong could not bear either.

Just as Wu Bin was about to get up to make a phone call—

"Bang."

The interrogation room door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, the loud noise startling everyone.

A tall, imposing man strode in, exuding an undeniable aura of power. Behind him followed the deputy minister of the provincial Party committee's organization department, whose forehead was covered in sweat and who dared not even lift his head.

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Wu Bin's mind went blank for a moment.

The color drained from his face, his legs went weak, and he instinctively stood up, his lips trembling, unable to utter a complete sound.

"Governor Zhou... Governor Zhou..."

Governor Zhou Jiang didn't even glance at Wu Bin.

Governor Zhou Jiang's gaze pierced through the table, landing directly on the interrogation chair and on Chen Pingfang. When Governor Zhou Jiang saw Chen Pingfang sitting there calmly, the sharpness in his eyes softened slightly, but then his anger intensified.

Governor Zhou Jiang turned his head, his sharp gaze sweeping across Wu Bin's face.

"Who gave you this power?"

Governor Zhou Jiang's voice was not loud, but it carried a tremendous sense of oppression, making the entire room buzz.

"Who gave you the authority to investigate a special supervisor who is carrying out an emergency national semiconductor research project?"

A national emergency semiconductor research and development mission?

Special Inspector?

These words sent a jolt through them, exploding in the ears of Wu Bin and the young cadre. They felt as if there was something wrong with their ears, as if they were hallucinating.

How could a mere deputy secretary-general in the city possibly be involved in a mission of this level?

"Answer me." Governor Zhou Jiang took a step forward, and the powerful pressure made it almost impossible for Wu Bin to breathe.

"Governor...we...we received a formal complaint," Wu Bin's voice trembled uncontrollably, "reporting him...for illegally using security forces and violently resisting law enforcement..."

"Violent resistance to law enforcement?" Governor Zhou Jiang laughed angrily. "To ensure the security of the national strategic material supply chain, let alone using security forces, I would even approve the use of the armed police."

Governor Zhou Jiang pointed at Wu Bin's nose and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Let me tell you, the orders he carried out came directly from me. Your investigation of him is an investigation of me. What, has the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department now placed its authority over me, the governor?"

Wu Bin swayed, his face ashen, and he almost lost his balance.

It’s over.

This time, they've really hit the jackpot.

Wu Bin finally understood why Chen Pingfang had been so fearless from beginning to end.

Wu Bin finally understood what the phrase "Your level is not high enough" meant.

That's stating the facts.

At this moment, Chen Pingfang, who had been silent all along, slowly stood up.

Chen Ping straightened his slightly wrinkled clothes and took out a document sealed in a brown paper bag and stamped with a red wax seal from the inside pocket of his suit.

Chen Ping casually placed the file bag on the table and pushed it in front of Wu Bin.

"Director Wu, this is my authorization letter and supervision order."

The bright red sealing wax seal, under the cold light, scorched with heat, making Wu Bin's eyes sting. Wu Bin didn't even dare to touch it, feeling as if the thin paper bag weighed a ton.

Wu Bin knew that his political career might have ended the moment he pushed open the door to this interrogation room.

Governor Zhou Jiang glanced at the documents on the table, then at Wu Bin, who was slumped there, and snorted coldly. He said to Chen Pingfang, "Come with me. I'll personally back you up in Nanzhou."

Everyone assumed that Chen Pingfang would immediately leave this troublesome place with the governor.

However, Chen Pingfang shook his head.

Chen Ping looked at Wu Bin, whose face was deathly pale, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

"Governor, I'm not leaving."

Governor Zhou Jiang paused for a moment, then frowned.

Chen Pingfang's voice rang out clearly in the interrogation room:

"Now that the Organization Department has intervened in the investigation, I feel we can't give up halfway. We must get to the bottom of this and clear my name."

Chen Ping paused, his gaze sharpening.

"Furthermore, I'm going to report it."

"I am filing a formal complaint against Wang Weidong, the vice mayor of Nanzhou City, for allegedly abusing his position to provide protection for foreign money laundering forces and their agents in Nanzhou, deliberately sabotaging national strategic projects, and attempting to subvert the self-sufficiency process of my country's semiconductor industry."