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

Chen Hai's hand, which was gripping the beer bottle, trembled violently.

"So fast?"

His tone betrayed an unconcealable fear.

Under normal procedures, even with expedited processing, it takes 3-7 days to complete the initial audit of a provincial anti-corruption bureau.

"They focused on reviewing the materials reported by Mr. Chen based on the source of the tip-off, comparing them with other tip-offs. The initial investigation rate for ordinary tips was 15%, and the case filing rate was 3%. Mr. Chen's tip-off had an initial investigation rate of 23%, but the actual case filing rate was only 0.85%."

"After deducting personnel and basic salaries, the budget is approximately 4500 million. When Director Zhang stepped down, the audit showed 3200 million."

The instant Lu Yike finished speaking.

Chen Hai slumped into his chair as if he had been sentenced to death.

"Based on this audit result, Lao Ji convened a Party group meeting, but I don't know the outcome of the meeting yet."

"But it probably won't get better."

Lu Yike closed her eyes and finished speaking.

"It's over! It's all over!"

Chen Hai knew he had no more chances. In fact, after Chen Yanshi confirmed his involvement in the Dafeng Factory incident, he had no chance. The best outcome would be to be transferred to a sinecure and live out the rest of his life.

But now…

It seems they're about to go inside.

As for whether Chen Hai acted for personal or public good, he has lost all chance of making feeble excuses in the face of cold, hard data.

"That's also acceptable..."

Chen Hai's lips trembled, and a pleading look flashed in his eyes, "I'm afraid something bad is going to happen."

"My dad is currently under investigation, and my mom is getting old and her health isn't good. If that day ever comes, I hope you can temporarily take care of my little ball for a while."

I know you're busy with work.

"It will be fine in a few days."

"I've already contacted my sister Chen Yang, she'll come and take the little ball away."

Lu Yike nodded.

She wanted to say more, to tell Chen Hai that she could take care of Xiao Piqiu herself, but she really didn't have the time and could only take care of him occasionally. The long-term care would be left to her retired mother, Yao Xinyi.

But she knew her mother's personality all too well and avoided all possible risks.

She would absolutely not agree to take care of Chen Hai's son.

Some people have amnesia, while others are furious.

After rushing to the miners' new village, Li Dakang got out of the car and immediately berated Fang Wu, the executive vice mayor of Jingzhou who had already arrived at the scene, "Is your municipal government just sitting around doing nothing? A pipeline renovation project has been delayed for three years, and you haven't noticed or given any feedback, leaving so many Jingzhou citizens living day and night on an unstable powder keg."

I don't know why.

Li Dakang suddenly remembered Lin Zhiyuan's teasing remark: "The people of Jingzhou are a bit difficult to kill."

Is this a joke? No, it's a slap in the face to Li Dakang.

As the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, how can he not even guarantee the basic personal safety of the people of Jingzhou? What right does he have to talk about development, life, and work?

Faced with Li Dakang's irritability, Fang Wu dared not speak out.

Throughout Jingzhou and Handong, everyone knows that Ding Yizhen is the embodiment of Secretary Li, an absolute confidant. Now that he's been arrested and something's happened, all they know is to shift the blame to him.

"Sun... Li Zhen, get over here right now."

Fang Wu turned around and roared, calling over the executive deputy district head of Guangming District. "All the other districts and counties in Jingzhou are behaving themselves. What kind of den of monsters and demons is Guangming District? First it was Dafeng Factory, then it was the Miners' New Village. Tell me everything clearly in front of Secretary Li and in front of me."

He was still angry after yelling at one person.

Fang Wu's eyes, almost bloodshot, immediately glared at Zhang Shuli. "Secretary Zhang! Where exactly is your city's Discipline Inspection Commission's oversight function? You couldn't even uncover Ding Yizhen's collusion with the Shanshui Group to set up Dafeng Factory, yet you still need Gao Xiaoqin and Ding Yizhen's confessions!"

"And now!"

"With such a large miners' village right here, and you being blind and deaf, are you even fit to be the secretary of the municipal discipline inspection commission?!"

"If you hadn't uncovered this matter through your investigation, I would have suspected that you and Ding Yizhen were colluding for personal gain, engaging in bribery, corruption, and other illegal activities!"

"You, Zhang Shuli, are Jingzhou's biggest protector!"

Fang Wu pointed at Zhang Shuli's nose and started cursing; he had been putting up with this good-for-nothing for a long time.

What's the point of doing disciplinary work if you're spineless?

That's enough.

"We are all cadres in the organization. Don't make unfounded speculations about your comrades. It has a bad influence."

Li Dakang interrupted.

Fang Wu's words weren't just directed at Zhang Shuli and Li Zhen; they were practically implying that Li Dakang was Ding Yizhen's backer.

As expected, you can't benefit from not being one of our own.

Fang Wu was transferred directly from another city to Jingzhou after Mayor Wu Xiongfei requested to study at the Party School a year ago.

Forcing the city's No. 1 official to attend Party school not only greatly seized power from the municipal government but also gave Wu Xiongfei a reputation for being incapable of handling matters. However, Li Dakang himself was also implicated in the scandal.

So he dared not stop at all.

Li Dakang was acutely aware that once he lost the aura of being a "pioneer of economic reform," the higher-level disciplinary committee would sooner or later purge him.

"How are the residents of the miners' new village being resettled? Have the people in the vicinity been evacuated? Have the investigation results been released? Have the senior executives from Jingzhou Zhongfu arrived?"

Li Dakang steered the conversation back to the main point, launching into a series of questions.

"Residents of the miners' village and the surrounding area within one kilometer have been temporarily housed in hotels under the guise of temporary control measures. They are currently in stable condition and have not engaged in any extreme behavior."

"The Guangming Precinct has deployed police forces to block off nearby roads."

"As for the poor results of the investigation..."

"The gas pipeline in the miners' village is a product of the early 1980s. It is severely aged and corroded and cannot withstand external impacts."

"For example, we need to repair roads."

"When an excavator shovels down, it will most likely tear the soil apart, causing a chain reaction of explosions."

Fang Wu quickly reported the situation on the field.

"Where are the senior executives of Jingzhou Zhongfu?"

Li Dakang's sharp gaze swept across the entire room, only spotting a few junior employees from Jingzhou Zhongfu at the edges. Neither Shi Hongxing nor Lu Jianshe, whom he knew, appeared.

"They are at the government hospital."

Fang Wu's face grew increasingly grim, and he spoke in a choked voice, "I'm afraid he won't be able to come anytime soon."

"Why!"

Anger flashed in Li Dakang's eyes.

Now that such a huge hidden danger has arisen in Jingzhou, people still dare not show up.

"Tian Yuan, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jingzhou Zhongfu who suffers from severe depression, called Shi Hongxing and Lu Jianshe over under the pretext of reporting, and then jumped off the building in front of them."

Fang Wu reported the information he had received.

Did the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission jump off a building?

"Severe depression! Jumped in front of the top two leaders!"

Li Dakang murmured to himself.

What could possibly make a discipline inspection secretary depressed? Why would he have to jump in front of people?

In Li Dakang's view, this was almost like proving one's loyalty by dying.

"OK!"

Li Dakang's lips curled into a cruel smile. "Have the propaganda department people arrived yet? They need to prepare a detailed report on the hidden dangers in the miners' new village."

"I will speak personally."