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

The moment Chen Ping made his report, the atmosphere in the interrogation room plummeted to freezing point.

Wu Bin and the young cadre felt their hearts sink.

Money laundering overseas, sabotaging national projects, and disrupting the semiconductor industry.

Any one of these points would be enough to turn the entire officialdom of Nanzhou upside down; they are simply not something that people of their rank can touch.

Governor Zhou Jiang's anger vanished, replaced by a chillingly cold expression.

He glanced at Chen Pingfang, his eyes filled with complex emotions—admiration mixed with lingering fear. Governor Zhou Jiang knew he had underestimated this young man. Chen Pingfang not only possessed courage but also shrewdness, managing to orchestrate such a deadly trap under these circumstances.

Governor Zhou Jiang didn't speak. He turned around, walked to the wall, picked up the internal encrypted phone, and dialed a number.

The phone rang once and was answered.

"Old Fang, it's me, Zhou Jiang." Governor Zhou Jiang's voice was emotionless, but the knuckles of his fingers gripping the microphone were already white. "Immediately establish a joint working group, and you will personally lead it. Yes, right now. The target is Wang Weidong, the vice mayor of Nanzhou City."

"I've got the man under control. As for the evidence, he delivered it to his door."

"Have your people appear here in half an hour, with all the paperwork. I want to see the sky over Nanzhou clear before dark."

After hanging up the phone, Governor Zhou Jiang turned around. The interrogation room was so quiet you could hear your own heartbeat.

Wu Bin's body stiffened completely, his back soaked with cold sweat. He knew very well what it meant for Secretary Fang of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to personally lead the team.

Wang Weidong's political life has come to an end.

Wu Bin was just a nobody being used; the best outcome for him was to lose his job and go home.

Chen Ping nodded slightly to Governor Zhou Jiang, then turned his gaze back to Wu Bin.

"Director Wu," Chen Ping asked calmly, "Will the Organization Department accept my report now?"

Wu Bin's lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"Or," Chen Pingfang's lips curled into a cold smile, "would you like me to go somewhere else, find someone of a higher rank, and repeat myself?"

……

An hour later.

Three black Audis with provincial license plates (A) sped away from the provincial capital, escorted by police cars, heading towards Nanzhou.

In the middle car of the convoy, Chen Ping sat in the back, calmly watching the scenery rushing past the window.

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man with a serious expression. He was Fang Jian, the newly appointed deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and also the leader of this joint working group.

"Comrade Pingfang," Fang Jian said, his brow furrowed as he looked at the documents in his hand, "are you sure Wang Weidong has foreign capital behind him, and that he's connected to the supply chain of the Chipfire project?"

"I'm sure," Chen Pingfang answered decisively. "When the Corefire project was procuring photoresist and specialty gases, we encountered malicious bidding and patent barriers multiple times, and the source of the other party's funds was highly suspicious. In Nanzhou, only the few chemical companies under Wang Weidong's supervision could cooperate with this kind of operation."

Fang Jian nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Ping took out his encrypted phone and dialed Li Jianguo's number.

"Mayor, it's me, Chen Pingfang."

On the other end of the phone, Li Jianguo visibly breathed a sigh of relief: "Pingfang! You're alright? That's great! The provincial meeting just finished, I..."

"Mayor, let's get to the point," Chen Ping interrupted him. "The provincial discipline inspection commission's working group has already departed, and I'm on the train with them. You must immediately send men to seal off all entrances and exits on the third floor of the municipal government building, and take control of Wang Weidong and his men. No one is allowed to leave, and not a single document is allowed to be taken out!"

"What?" Li Jianguo exclaimed in surprise, "Wang Weidong took his men to the coordination center?"

"He didn't just go," Chen Pingfang said coldly, "he's still banging on the door."

Li Jianguo gasped, finally understanding just how ruthless Chen Ping's scheme was.

"I understand! I'll get on it right away!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ping looked out the window; the border of Nanzhou was getting closer and closer.

He knew that a major reshuffle was about to begin.

Meanwhile, on the third floor of the Nanzhou Municipal Government Building.

Wang Weidong stood at the entrance of the Industrial Energy Coordination Center, looking smug.

The solid wood door had been damaged by a fire axe and a cutting machine, leaving a large hole where the lock should have been.

Under his direction, several young cadres from the municipal government office hurriedly moved documents and materials out.

Zhang Chao and several people from the Finance Bureau and Audit Bureau were pinned against the wall by security guards, each of them gritting their teeth and their eyes blazing with anger.

"Hurry up! Bring everything out! This is all evidence of Chen Pingfang's abuse of power!" Wang Weidong shouted, hands behind his back. "Seal everything and send it to the archives for safekeeping!"

The corridor was crowded with city government staff who had come to watch the spectacle. They whispered among themselves, their gazes toward Wang Weidong filled with complex emotions.

Director Chen eventually fell from grace.

Wang Weidong enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention. He picked up a list of dismissals, a victorious smile on his face.

Just as he was feeling most triumphant, a screeching sound of brakes suddenly came from downstairs.

Immediately afterwards, a series of heavy, orderly footsteps came from the stairwell, getting closer and closer, each step feeling like it was stepping on one's heartbeat.

The onlookers unconsciously made way for them.

Wang Weidong frowned, looking impatiently towards the stairwell: "Who is it? So fussy!"

The next second, his pupils suddenly contracted.

A group of men in dark suits walked over, surrounding someone Wang Weidong least wanted to see.

Chen Pingfang!

What is he doing here? Shouldn't he be in the provincial capital being investigated?

Wang Weidong's mind went blank. He couldn't hold the documents in his hand, and they scattered all over the floor with a crash.

Chen Ping didn't look at anyone, walked steadily, and went straight to the entrance of the coordination center.

He glanced at the broken door, then at Zhang Chao and the others pinned against the wall, before finally fixing his gaze on Wang Weidong, whose face was deathly pale.

The entire corridor was eerily quiet.

Everyone held their breath, watching this scene unfold.

Chen Ping spoke, his voice not loud, but it could be heard clearly throughout the entire floor.

"Wang Weidong, you've been exposed."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Jian, who was behind Wang Weidong, waved his hand, and two discipline inspection staff members immediately stepped forward and restrained him from the left and right.

"What are you doing! Let me go!" Wang Weidong reacted and struggled violently. "Chen Pingfang, what right do you have to arrest me! I'm the deputy mayor!"

Chen Ping ignored him.

He walked to the dilapidated door, where a white seal was affixed to the door frame, which read "Sealed by the Municipal Government Office".

Under everyone's gaze, Chen Ping reached out and pinched a corner of the seal.

"Sizzle—"

A crisp tearing sound rang out.

The seal representing Wang Weidong's victory was torn in two by Chen Ping and casually thrown on the ground.

Chen Ping turned around and nodded to Li Jianguo and the municipal party secretary who had arrived.

Then, looking at Wang Weidong, who was being restrained and still struggling, he said, word by word, "Now, as the special supervisor of the Provincial Party Committee and the director of the Nanzhou Industrial and Energy Coordination Center, I am officially informing you that you have been arrested."

Wang Weidong's body went completely limp, and he was dragged out by two staff members.

He whirled around, shouting with all his might, "Chen Pingfang! You think you've won? You'll get nothing by bringing me down! The Zhao family still has connections in the province! You wait, you'll die a much worse death than me!"