The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Chen Shi waited in his office all afternoon, but Chen Jianhua never came.

I took out my phone and called him, but the phone was off.

Chen Jianhua is prone to causing trouble, and after causing trouble, he hides behind others and waits for them to clean up his mess.

From the time Chen Shi could remember, he was this kind of person. He had never won. Every time he competed with others, he lost miserably.

Call Chen Jianyong and ask him to bring Chen Jianhua to town to deal with this matter; there's no way to avoid it.

Chen Jianyong went to Chen Jianhua's house but didn't see him. He called Chen Shi back, but Chen Shi was nowhere to be found.

Chen Shi told him to look around and not to do anything rash or outrageous.

After having lunch, Chen Shi, worried that Chen Jianhua might do something rash, drove back to Qinghe Village.

To achieve something, you must first have a strong mentality. No one has a smooth life; everyone will encounter setbacks. The key is whether you can overcome them.

Chen Jianhua has extremely poor mental fortitude and weak abilities; he can only become an ordinary citizen, and nothing else is within his capabilities.

Chen Shi drove for more than an hour on a dirt road full of potholes before finally reaching the village.

They called Chen Jianyong and learned that they had found Chen Jianhua on the mountain and he had just arrived home.

When Chen Shi arrived at his house, he saw Chen Jianhua squatting at the door with his hands covering his head.

Chen Yanshi, Chen Xing, and Chen Jianyong were all present.

Seeing Chen Shi arrive, they felt they had found their leader and hurriedly came to greet him. Chen Jianyong quickly greeted him, "Xiao Shi is here."

Chen Jianhua's wife called out, "Xiaoshi, come inside and sit down."

Chen Shi waved his hand: "The weather's fine, let's stay outside."

Chen Jianhua's wife, bring out chairs for them to sit on.

Seeing that Chen Shi did not sit down, the three men stood and waited for him to speak.

Chen Jianhua's wife complained, "I told you he wasn't cut out to be the acting village secretary, but you didn't believe me and insisted on making him the secretary. Now that something's happened, what are we going to do?"

Accountant Tian Defu said he was going to report the case to the county's discipline inspection commission and have the man imprisoned.

Previously at the village committee, Tian Defu argued with him and was slapped in the face. Tian Defu held a grudge and is now threatening to take revenge.

Xiaoshi, you can't let him go to jail. The two kids are still in middle school. If he goes to jail, I won't take care of the kids. I'll divorce him.

Chen Shi felt a mix of emotions. What did he mean by insisting that he be made the village party secretary? It was he who came to beg me.

If things go well, it's all your credit; if something goes wrong, you push the blame onto others. Stay away from useless people; when lightning strikes them, you're likely to get caught in the crossfire.

Chen Jianyong couldn't stand it anymore and said in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, it was my brother who asked Xiaoshi for help to become the acting village party secretary. It wasn't that Xiaoshi insisted that he become the acting village party secretary."

"If you're not cut out for this, and you blame others, who will dare to help you in the future?"

Seeing Chen Shi's face darken, Chen Jianhua's wife quickly said, "That's not what I meant. The main thing is, what should we do now?"

Chen Shi looked at Chen Jianhua's wife and said without any politeness, "Sister-in-law, don't get involved here. Go do what you need to do. I will handle it. I won't let my brother go to jail."

"As long as I don't go to jail, everything is negotiable," Chen Jianhua's wife added as she picked up a hoe.

"Let whoever wants to be the village party secretary be it, we're not going to do it. Ever since he became the village party secretary, he's been busy at the village committee every day, but he doesn't help me with any of the farm work. I have to farm all this land by myself. If this continues, I won't farm next year either. It's exhausting."

He went to work in the fields with a dissatisfied look on his face.

Don't take on a job you're not qualified for. If you're not cut out for it, even if you're given the opportunity, it won't be of any use; it will only be a source of torment.

You think the village party secretary is your personal property, and you can appoint whoever you want?

Chen Shi said in a deep voice, "Chen Jianhua, stand up."

Chen Jianhua stood up, head drooping.

"What did I tell you last night? I told you to go to the police station to see me this morning, but you didn't answer my calls, and you disappeared. Now I have to trouble others to look for you."

Tell me loudly, is this village Party secretary position something you wanted to be, or something I made you take?

Chen Jianhua whispered, "It's what I wanted to do."

Chen Shi pointed at Chen Jianhua's nose and cursed, "Look at you, such a coward! You want to be the village party secretary, but you only know how to run away from problems. You have no sense of responsibility at all."

You think that if you run up to the mountains and hide, the matter will be over.

Chen Shi was furious. How could they let such a useless person become the village party secretary?

"Tell me, why did you tell Tian Defu that I asked you to bring the fertilizer home? If you weren't my cousin, I'd really suspect you were a spy sent by our political enemies."

Chen Jianhua quickly denied it: "I didn't say that. You're the one who told me to bring the fertilizer home."

"Still not admitting it? Tian Guangming delivered the recorder to my office this morning."

Chen Jianhua didn't expect that when he was pressed by the question, his casual remark was an attempt to use Chen Shi to pressure them.

They had actually recorded the conversation; they didn't dare look up at Chen Shi, keeping their heads down.

Chen Jianyong asked with a worried look, "Xiao Shi, will this affect you?"

Chen Yanshi was filled with regret. Why had he agreed to help plead for Chen Shi to support him in becoming the village party secretary? If this implicated his son, he would be an accomplice.

Her voice trembled slightly: "Xiao Shi, won't this implicate you?"

Of course, a son is more important than a nephew.

Chen Xing was at work when Chen Jianyong called to tell him about the incident. He said Chen Xing was missing and they were worried he might do something drastic, so Chen Xing took leave to come back and help search for him.

Now when I see him, he actually says that his younger brother instructed him to bring fertilizer to the house. Isn't this harming his younger brother?

Not just anyone can become an official; I shouldn't have agreed to his request and instead helped persuade Chen Shi.

"Xiao Shi, what should we do now? Tian Defu won't actually report us to the county discipline inspection commission, will he?"

"Now you know fear? None of you are cut out to be officials. You should just stay home and be ordinary citizens. If you can have a job and earn some money to support your families, you should be grateful."

Chen Shi looked at Chen Jianhua: "I really don't know what's in your head. The things you do are incomprehensible."

"How could you take the fertilizer the government gave to the disaster victims home? Are you the village committee? And you did it so blatantly, as if you wanted everyone to know."

Chen Jianhua muttered to himself, "I went to take it at night."

Chen Shi laughed angrily: "You think you can poop at night? Use your ass to think, what's the point of that?"

Fertilizer isn't worth much, but if you bring it home, there'll be a huge pile; you can't hide it even if you want to.

Chen Jianhua whispered, "The people from the village committee don't listen to me. I want to bring them to my house so they'll come to me on their own, and then I can teach them a lesson."

Chen Shi was speechless for a moment; this was truly an amazing move.

Chen Jianyong said with a gloomy face, "Brother, can you use your brain before you do things? You bring the fertilizer home, why should the village committee come looking for you? What's it to you?"

"The villagers who were affected by the disaster also bear some responsibility for not being able to receive the fertilizer."

"Do you understand? You're the top leader. If the money can't be distributed, you're the one primarily responsible."

Chen Shi didn't even bother talking to this kind of fool, and asked in a deep voice, "Does this village party secretary still want to be the same person?"

Chen Jianhua shook his head: "I'm quitting. The people on the village committee all disagree with me, and the villagers don't take me seriously. They all curse me behind my back."

You're really something, offending everyone. If it weren't for saving face for me, believe me, someone would have beaten you up.