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

After Wu Zhiyuan was taken away, the oppressive atmosphere in the Jinshuiwan project command building disappeared.

The previous trend of forming cliques and factions disappeared overnight.

The office area was filled with the sounds of keyboards clicking and printers clicking, replacing the usual casual conversation. All the backlogged workflows in the OA system were being processed at a rapid pace. Everyone's expression became serious and focused, and they were very direct when discussing work, afraid that their performance evaluations would fall behind due to negligence.

Bonuses and punishments are more effective than ideological education.

Guo Xiaojun walked into Chen Pingfang's office with an engineering report in his hand, looking very relaxed.

"Director, according to the current progress, the main structure of the project will be completed in another half month." Guo Xiaojun placed the report on the table. "I suggest that we organize a simple topping-out ceremony to showcase our achievements and boost everyone's morale."

Chen Pingfang stood by the window, watching the tower cranes and vehicles coming and going on the construction site outside, everything was in good order. Chen Pingfang nodded, a smile appearing on his face: "Okay, you take the lead in preparing. The scale doesn't need to be too big, but it needs to be impressive."

It seems that everything is finally on the right track.

In the evening, only Chen Pingfang remained in the office.

The private cell phone rang, and the words "Huang Qianshu" appeared on the screen.

"Commander-in-Chief Chen, congratulations! You've cleared away the internal obstacles so quickly." Huang Qianshu's smiling voice came from the other end of the phone.

Like a little girl boasting, she jokingly asked, "I've been keeping an eye on that supplier for you for ages, when are you planning to throw yourself a celebration party?"

Chen Pingfang smiled and said, "I'll be waiting for Mr. Huang's arrival at any time. However..." Chen Pingfang's tone changed, and his voice became more serious, "In the coming days, all your company's dealings with the project must strictly follow the procedures, and you yourself should also keep a low profile."

"Hmm?" Huang Qianshu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Wu Zhiyuan's downfall was too smooth," Chen Pingfang said seriously. "It was so smooth it was almost like a pre-arranged play. I have a feeling there might be someone behind him."

"I understand." Huang Qianshu immediately dropped her joking tone and replied crisply.

The two chatted for a few more minutes about their everyday lives.

However, what Chen Pingfang was unaware of was that a conspiracy against him was quietly unfolding behind his back.

Meanwhile, in the provincial capital.

In a highly confidential office of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the lights were bright. A leader with a star on his shoulder looked solemnly at a document and several photos on the table.

The document is a printed letter of complaint filed under the real name.

The whistleblower claimed to be an internal employee of the Jinshuiwan project command center. The letter clearly accused Chen Pingfang, the project's chief commander, of abusing his power to engage in bribery with the core building materials supplier who won the bid, namely Huang Qianshu's Yunding Group.

If it were just an ordinary whistleblower letter, it might not have attracted so much attention.

However, the evidence attached to the letter was very convincing.

The first piece of evidence was a few photos. In the photos, Chen Pingfang and the beautiful Huang Qianshu walked out of the entrance of a high-end hotel one after the other. The shooting angle was very tricky; Huang Qianshu glanced back, and Chen Pingfang happened to turn his head as well, their eyes seemingly meeting in mid-air, making it look like a date had just ended.

The second piece of evidence was a screenshot of an electronic transfer from a bank account.

The screenshot shows that a personal account, with most of its information obscured, received a transfer from an investment company, the amount of which is clearly stated as five million yuan.

The transfer remarks section clearly stated two words: Project Payment.

The leader of the Discipline Inspection Commission lightly tapped the recipient's name field on the screenshot.

Although the account name has been technically altered, mostly consisting of asterisks, the pinyin of Ping Fang can still be vaguely discerned from the remaining traces.

The Jinshuiwan project is a key project at both the provincial and municipal levels, attracting significant public attention. Now, this whistleblower letter, with seemingly irrefutable evidence and witnesses, points directly at the project's top leader.

The leader frowned and immediately made a decision: "This matter must be thoroughly investigated! However, in order not to affect the project's progress and to avoid alerting the suspects, the investigation must be conducted in secrecy."

He picked up the red telephone on the table and ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately establish a special investigation team, bypass the Yunzhou Municipal Party Committee, secretly go to Yunzhou, and conduct a preliminary investigation into Comrade Chen Pingfang!"

An investigation has quietly begun in Yunzhou.

As night deepened, the office of the Yunzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary remained brightly lit.

Zhou Wenyuan hung up an encrypted call that did not display the caller ID, his face still bearing a gentle smile.

Zhou Wenyuan walked slowly to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the city's night view below, and leisurely brewed himself a cup of fine Longjing tea.

The content of that phone call was very simple, just six words: "The message has arrived, the bait has been laid."

The secretary tiptoed in and reported in a low voice, "Secretary, Wu Zhiyuan has confessed everything. But he's too low-ranking, so he doesn't know much. He only confessed to some routine disciplinary violations."

Zhou Wenyuan waved his hand dismissively, picked up the celadon teacup, blew on the tea, and spoke in a calm but cold voice: "He is no longer of any use."

Zhou Wenyuan sneered inwardly.

Wu Zhiyuan was just an appetizer he used to muddy the waters and test Chen Pingfang. What he really wanted to deal with was that young man.

This whistleblower letter, along with the photos and bank transfer records, were all designed by him personally. He wanted to see what Chen Pingfang, whom the Xiao family valued and who had repeatedly sabotaged his plans, was hiding behind the scenes.

How will Chen Pingfang deal with this trap?

Jinshuiwan Project Command Center.

Chen Pingfang and Guo Xiaojun were in the office, looking at an engineering drawing, finalizing the last few details of the main structure's topping-out ceremony.

Suddenly, his personal cell phone rang urgently.

The name displayed on the caller ID made Chen Pingfang raise an eyebrow slightly—Xiao Yuhan.

He gestured for Guo Xiaojun to wait a moment, then answered the phone, his tone as usual: "Mayor Xiao."

On the other end of the phone, Xiao Yuhan's voice was low and urgent: "Put it down, get to the point! I just received a secret message through my private channels!"

"The province sent an investigation team down here secretly, without informing the city! The target is you!"

Xiao Yuhan's words shocked Chen Pingfang.

The relaxed expression on his face vanished instantly, and his eyes sharpened.

When Guo Xiaojun saw Chen Pingfang's expression suddenly change, his heart sank, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"What exactly happened?" Chen Pingfang's voice remained calm, showing no sign of panic.

"I don't know, the level is too high, my channels can't get the details!" Xiao Yuhan spoke quickly, "I only know it's related to economic issues, the whistleblower letter was sent directly to the provincial level, and supposedly there's complete evidence! The other side came on strong, clearly they've made thorough preparations, aiming to bring you down in one fell swoop! You immediately conduct a self-examination of all aspects, especially your private financial dealings! Be extremely careful!"

"beep……"

The phone call ended, and the office fell into a deathly silence.

Guo Xiaojun looked at Chen Pingfang nervously, swallowed hard, and asked with difficulty, "Director, this... this is Wu Zhiyuan's accomplice retaliating?"

Chen Ping slowly shook his head, his gaze as cold as Siberian ice.

"Wu Zhiyuan doesn't have that kind of power."

His voice was calm, yet it carried a power that seemed to see through everything.

"For the provincial discipline inspection commission to conduct a secret operation and to arrange so-called 'witnesses and evidence' in advance, this is not retaliation, this is a hunt. It's aimed at me, and it's a big operation."

In an instant, the hotel photos, the fabricated five million... all the clues connected in his mind. He immediately realized that he had fallen into a meticulously planned, interconnected political trap.

Chen Ping walked to the window and looked at the construction site in the distance, still brightly lit. The steel forest he had built stood silently and resolutely in the night.

He turned around and calmly said to Guo Xiaojun, whose face was deathly pale:

"All preparations for the topping-out ceremony are suspended."

"In addition, notify all heads of core departments that the anti-corruption rectification campaign will be upgraded from now on."

An invisible war has begun.