Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

Although Ji Changming said that Hou Liangping and his team should not slack off on their special study on discipline and work style rectification, with Secretary Sha's approval, they were allowed to start handling cases.

This thrilled Hou Liangping. As he walked out of the provincial party committee building, Hou Liangping clenched his fist and clenched it a few times.

He felt that he was now a fighter full of energy.

Every step they took felt like stepping onto the battlefield they were about to enter, and the air seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Upon returning to the provincial procuratorate, Hou Liangping did not immediately go back to his office in the anti-corruption bureau.

He also had to attend the special training course on discipline and work style rectification.

After greeting the teacher, Hou Liangping walked to his seat in the last row.

This lesson covers the "Disciplinary Regulations" and the "Provisions on Case Handling Procedures of the Procuratorate".

A professor from the provincial party school was reading from a slide at a leisurely pace on the podium, his voice echoing in the classroom like a lullaby.

Hou Liangping didn't hear a word; his mind was filled with the six words he'd overheard in Sha Ruijin's office—"No forbidden zones, no upper limits."

When he was transferred to Handong, he was full of ambition, feeling that he could finally stand on his own and make a name for himself in the murky waters of Handong.

But after arriving, he discovered that the situation in Handong was much more complicated than he had imagined.

He lost his desired position as bureau chief, and his administrative rank was not promoted either.

The blunder of Ji Changming appointing him as the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the "116 Incident" that followed.

The procuratorate's organization of this special training course on discipline and work style rectification is practically a public execution of them.

These people were brought in for closed-door training, and they weren't allowed to touch a single case, so they couldn't unleash their full potential.

The key issue is that he's currently studying with Lu Yike and the others every day, and they constantly ridicule him, which makes him feel extremely awkward.

He desperately needed an opportunity, a chance to solve a major case, to prove himself.

But it's different now.

Sha Ruijin personally received them and said, "There are no forbidden zones and no upper limits," and even granted him the privilege of reporting to him alone, to which Ji Changming did not object.

What does this mean?

This means that the provincial party secretary gave the anti-corruption bureau the green light, and Hou Liangping can finally get things done without restraint.

This gave him an opportunity; he had been waiting for Sha Ruijin's words for far too long.

Given permission to investigate the case, he is sure he can achieve something great and get rid of the punishment he has received.

The bell rang for the break, and the professor closed his lecture notes, picked up his thermos, and went out.

This is a special training class for discipline and work style rectification. The people who come here to learn are basically people who have made mistakes.

After class, there was no active learning like in other study groups.

The makeshift classroom was relatively quiet.

Occasionally, someone would stand up and stretch, some would huddle together in the hallway chatting and smoking, and some would lie on the table to catch up on sleep.

Hou Liangping stood up and looked towards the front of the classroom. Lu Yike was sitting in the third row on the side, looking down at her phone.

Lin Huahua and Zhou Zheng sat next to her, whispering to each other.

Hou Liangping walked over and sat down in the empty seat next to Lu Yike.

Lu Yike looked up at him with surprise and a disdainful look.

"Director Lu, may I speak to you in private?" Hou Liangping said in a low voice.

Lu Yike put down her phone: "What is it?"

"Let's talk in the hallway."

Lu Yike hesitated for a moment, then stood up.

Lin Huahua and Zhou Zheng saw Hou Liangping coming to find Lu Yike, so they also came over.

Both of them were from the First Investigation Division, and Hou Liangping didn't have any objections.

Hou Liangping first looked around to make sure no one else was nearby before speaking, "You all know I went out with Inspector Ji this morning, right?"

Lu Yike frowned, then nodded when she saw Hou Liangping's unusually serious expression.

"Let me tell you, I went with Prosecutor Ji and Prosecutor Lin to Secretary Sha's office in the Provincial Party Committee."

Hou Liangping said this with a mix of mystery and smugness.

When they heard that Hou Liangping was going with Ji Changming to meet with Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin, the group was somewhat surprised.

Even someone like Lu Yike, who doesn't care about other people's status, now thought a little too highly of Hou Liangping.

After all, including today's meeting, this is the second time that the newly appointed provincial party secretary Sha Ruijin has met with Hou Liangping. Could it be that he really has something extraordinary about him?

At this time, Lu Yike was still quite naive, believing that all her achievements were the result of her own hard work.

Upon hearing that Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin was paying so much attention to Hou Liangping, he realized that he might have underestimated Hou Liangping.

"So?" Lu Yike looked at Hou Liangping with some suspicion.

Hou Liangping lowered his voice, but couldn't hide his excitement as he briefly described the situation in Sha Ruijin's office.

The statement emphasized the importance that Secretary Sha Ruijin attaches to the anti-corruption work and clarified that they can now resume handling cases.

After listening to Hou Liangping's story, although she didn't like Hou Liangping, Lu Yike had to admit that it was good news.

Lin Huahua frowned: "Director Hou, can we reopen the case? Did Secretary Sha really say so?"

"That's exactly what they said." Hou Liangping said firmly, "Prosecutor Ji and Prosecutor Lin were also present. You can ask them if you don't believe me."

"Where do you plan to start?" Lu Yike asked.

Hou Liangping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lu Yike ask this question.

He didn't like Lu Yike either, but he had to admit that Lu Yike was very popular in the anti-corruption bureau.

She has a wider network of connections in Handong than I do, and this woman is my subordinate. As long as she cooperates, many tasks will be easier to carry out.

"Cai Chenggong," Hou Liangping said, "the owner of Dafeng Factory, and one of the people involved in the '116 Incident.'"

"He contacted me before he was arrested, saying he had important leads to tell me."

"You should have interrogated him before, but now that Secretary Sha has spoken, I think it's time to interrogate him."

Upon hearing the name "Cai Chenggong," Lu Yike's expression visibly changed. She had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission when they were about to interrogate Cai Chenggong.

Shortly before Chen Hai's incident, Cai Chenggong, following Hou Liangping's advice, contacted Chen Hai, claiming to have crucial leads for a tip-off.

After meeting Cai Chenggong, Chen Hai was involved in a bizarre car accident the next morning and has been in a coma ever since.

Now that Hou Liangping has mentioned Cai Chenggong again, it's like stirring up embers that have already been extinguished, causing sparks to crackle and reignite.

"Chen Hai had an accident the day after he met him. I don't believe it's a coincidence." Lu Yike's voice was cold.

Hou Liangping nodded: "I don't believe it either. Cai Chenggong definitely has something, and it's something very important, so important that someone doesn't want him to reveal it."

"Chen Hai's car accident..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear enough.

"Do you know where he is right now?" Lin Huahua interjected.

"Guangming District Public Security Bureau Detention Center," Hou Liangping replied immediately. "I've checked."

"We'll discuss this after today's class," Lu Yike nodded, but they had to stop their discussion for the time being when they saw the instructor coming over.