In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

Hao County Hospital.

As night fell, darkness enveloped everything, and even the hospital, a place filled with pain and despair, seemed much quieter.

Qiu Tianhen was still in a coma and highly susceptible to infection. To minimize external influences, Li Shan could only make do with sleeping on the floor outside the ward.

The hospital offered to arrange a rest room for him next door, but he refused. Firstly, it was Lin Zhiyuan's instruction, and secondly, hospital beds were scarce, so how could he occupy precious medical resources?

The night is deep.

Li Shan was half asleep, his brows furrowed, as if haunted by a nightmare. He swayed restlessly from time to time.

My arm was gently patted.

Li Shan opened his sleepy eyes and saw a doctor in a white coat in front of him.

"Comrade Li Shan, it's time for the leader's routine inspection."

The doctor's voice was gentle, giving people a sense of reassurance.

"Um?"

Still sleepy, Li Shan opened his eyes and glanced at the clock. "Didn't a nurse check on the patients twenty minutes ago?"

"The second day is the danger period and also the high-risk period. Nurses will increase their rounds to once every half hour, and doctors will increase their rounds to four times a day."

The doctor explained patiently.

"well!"

Li Shan hurriedly tidied up his sleeping quarters and made room for him, saying, "I'm troubling you, doctor. Please make sure Governor Qiu's life is safe."

The doctor didn't give a specific topic, nodded to him, opened the ward door, and half-entered the room.

boom!

A force slammed into him from behind. Li Shan slammed his white coat against the half-open door, his previously sleepy eyes now blazing with fury as he held the other man firmly in place. "Who sent you?"

The man in the white coat, his expression contorted in pain from the impact, swiftly reached into his pocket with his still-functioning left hand, and thrust a gleaming syringe in the opposite direction toward Li Shan.

boom!

The left hand pushed it less than halfway.

The righteous baton struck down like lightning, appearing from the darkness and hitting the wrist, followed by the sound of bones breaking.

The syringe fell!

The dimly lit corridor was now brightly lit, and fully armed soldiers quickly stepped forward, covered the mouth of the screaming white-coated man, and took him away.

"Take the syringe back for testing."

The captain sealed the syringe in an evidence bag and handed it to the team member. Then he looked at Li Shan and Yang Wanli, who had stayed at the hospital to take care of him, and said, "You two have worked hard. Go back and rest. We'll take care of things here."

"If the assassination attempt fails and they still harbor ill intentions, they will resort to force. Staying here will only put you at a disadvantage."

"Comrades, thank you for your hard work."

Yang Wanli stopped Li Shan, who was about to say something, shook hands with him, and thanked him, saying, "If the situation allows, we should still transfer Governor Tianhen to your hospital. Jingzhou and Luzhou are not safe enough."

"clear!"

The captain nodded. "We will stop at nothing to get this person in the white coat to talk."

Hi hi!

Yang Wanli looked embarrassed. You understand what he meant, but it was too embarrassing to say it so openly. Didn't you see that the emergency medical personnel who followed behind him all looked pale?

Row!

Yang Wanli nodded and quickly left the scene with Li Shan.

In the county party secretary's office.

Ruijin and Zhiyuan were both awake.

One was listlessly drinking strong tea, trying to stay awake, while the other had his legs propped up on the coffee table, typing away on his laptop.

"Zhiyuan, why don't you rest first? We've received news from the hospital that Comrade Tianhen was not affected."

Sha Ruijin rubbed his temples. This was the second night he had stayed up since arriving in Hao County, and he was too old to keep going. But he was also afraid that if he fell asleep, leaving Lin Zhiyuan alone, the latter might be too audacious and make some outrageous decisions.

In short, in a nutshell:

Lin Zhiyuan didn't sleep; he really didn't dare to sleep.

He stopped calling people by their comrades or titles just to get some sleep; he simply couldn't stay awake any longer.

"Secretary Sha, please take a rest."

Lin Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I'll wait for the results of the interrogation by the relevant departments and then do a comprehensive statistical analysis."

That's it!

Let's get through this together.

Completely convinced by the gerbil poison, he reached out and massaged his stiff neck and shoulders, wishing he could get a massage right now and fall asleep comfortably on the spot.

boom!

After a symbolic knock, the office door was pushed open, and there stood Yang Wanli, who had rushed back from the hospital.

"Secretary Sha and Executive Director Lin are both waiting for news."

Yang Wanli was carefree and his explosive physical abilities fostered a strong mental will.

I'm so envious!

Sha Ruijin glanced at the energetic Yang Wanli and sighed once again how wonderful it is to be young.

He was the same way ten years ago.

As for the other guy who was almost twenty years younger than him, let's not even mention him.

Where is Comrade Li Shan?

Lin Zhiyuan patted the empty seat next to him, gesturing for him to come and sit down.

"They've arranged for you to rest at my house."

Yang Wanli plopped down, "Anyway, I usually live alone, so it's quiet and safe."

It's funny to think about.

Three provincial and ministerial-level officials who were parachuted in within half a year showed a strong distrust of their families' safety in the bustling Handong area. Only Yan Yan was transferred to live in the provincial party committee's family compound.

Oh, we need to add two more.

Tian Guofu has also made no move so far, and Tong Li's attitude is unclear. It's truly a mess.

The clock ticked away.

Yang Wanli, facing Sha Ruijin's twenty-seventh attempt to take back a move, was quite helpless. "Secretary Sha, why don't you just let you win?"

"Comrade Wanli, you can do it too!"

Germ Rat Poison's face was flushed. He looked at Lin Zhiyuan, who was still reviewing piles of provincial government documents, and changed the subject, saying, "Zhiyuan, come and play a few rounds."

What a monster!

In this situation, he was able to calmly approve online documents, unlike him who handed them all over to Liu Changsheng and Tong Li.

I'm so annoyed!

What documents are being approved?

The voice just fell.

There was another knock on the office door, and Qi Tongwei and Qi Feng arrived together, having traveled day and night.

"Secretary Sha, Executive Director Lin, and Secretary Yang, the interrogation results are in."

Qi Tongwei reported to the leadership.

The three exchanged glances. They knew that getting results so quickly must have involved some underhanded tactics, but they didn't care. They all reached out and took the interrogation and investigation documents.

"First, all eight Southeast Asian immigrants are mercenaries who only know how to create chaos. A vice president in the cooperating factory is one of their men. The factory owner and other employees are unaware of this, but the vice president only received the task of arranging for their entry into the country."

"Secondly, the hardware factory owner is a covert agent, also working undercover. He is responsible for accepting missions when necessary, including contacting truck drivers."

"Third, the truck driver, like the driver who attacked the vehicle, was a local resident facing economic hardship. He was bribed with a large sum of money to disrupt the chemical industrial park and create chaos."

"Fourth, the convoy, the thugs at the scenic spot, and the hospital doctor all have overseas study backgrounds. They were either caught or controlled during their studies abroad. For example, the doctor in the white coat is indeed a doctor working at Haoxian Hospital, but he failed many courses while studying abroad and was originally going to be expelled. Someone helped him complete his studies."

"No useful information?"

Sha Ruijin frowned and asked.

"have!"