At the Pinnacle of Power: The Female Leader and Her Chief Advisor

The sudden turn of events left Song Yiren stunned for half a second.

Immediately, her beautiful eyes turned cold, and her expression became icy.

Lu Ming ignored him and warned, "This is your first time dealing with me, so you may not be familiar with my style of doing things."

"I'm actually very easy to talk to. If you talk to me nicely, I'll naturally talk to you nicely in return."

"But if you try to outsmart me, be prepared for my revenge!"

As Lu Ming spoke, he had already twisted her hands together and held them with one hand.

He freed up his other hand, which went through the waistband of his jeans, and grabbed it hard.

"Get out of here!"

Overwhelmed with shame and anger, Song Yiren's face flushed instantly.

Lu Ming chuckled and, instead of letting go, continued downwards.

Even though Song Yiren was usually calm, she couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

As soon as she spoke, she quickly bit her lip and glared fiercely at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming only scratched the surface and didn't overdo it. When he pulled his hand back, he grabbed it a few more times before finally letting go of Song Yiren with satisfaction.

He lit a cigarette, picked up the pistol beside him, disengaged the safety, pulled the bolt, and then surprisingly shoved the gun into Song Yiren's hand.

"I'll give you one more chance to fire."

Song Yiren remained expressionless.

To be honest, she really wanted to shoot him and blast him hard across Lu Ming's stinky face.

But in the end, she managed to suppress her impulse with reason.

She put the safety on the gun and put it back in her bag.

"I only contact Captain Xia. Unless he gives you orders, you are not qualified to communicate with me."

Captain Xia, whose real name is Xia Jin'an, is the captain of the Songxi Criminal Police Team.

He was also the only person besides Lu Ming who knew Song Yiren's undercover identity.

Lu Ming pondered for a moment and said, "I don't need you to provide me with any information on your own initiative, but if there's anything I need your cooperation with, you must cooperate."

He said it was a must, and there was no room for negotiation.

In the brief exchange, the initiative had already shifted into his hands.

To deal with a woman with such a strong personality, you have to be even stronger than her.

Otherwise, if you show the slightest weakness, she will take advantage of you and do whatever she wants.

After saying this, without waiting for Song Yiren's agreement or not, Lu Ming turned and left the private room.

On the way back, Lu Ming carefully reviewed his negotiation with Song Yiren that night, and only felt completely relieved after confirming that there were no problems.

He has now determined that Song Yiren's mindset has changed, and she no longer wants to be an undercover police officer.

Fortunately, he acted assertively enough tonight, letting Song Yiren know that he was not someone to be trifled with.

Otherwise, the balance of power might really shift, and he would be the one being manipulated.

Lu Ming didn't expect to get any help from Song Yiren; he simply wanted to use her as a connection to develop his relationship with her.

"Does this woman really think I'm a three-year-old?"

Lu Ming wanted to laugh when he thought of Song Yiren pointing a gun at him earlier.

He didn't even take off the gun's safety; wasn't that just bluffing?

Someone else might actually be scared.

But Lu Ming was different. He had served in the army and handled guns, so he couldn't be intimidated.

"But her figure is definitely something else."

"And the skin is firm enough."

In summary, it boils down to one word.

Moisturizing!

……

After Su Ran finished showering and returned to her room, Liu Yiyi urged her to go to bed.

After getting into bed, Liu Yiyi couldn't wait to ask, "Ranran, didn't Lu Ming's old boss commit suicide out of guilt? Why is Song Yiren still giving him face?"

This problem has been bothering her all night.

It's simply baffling.

Su Ran replied, "Brother Lu Ming is still the mayor's secretary."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says: the new mayor should be chosen as his secretary."

"How can this be...?"

Liu Yiyi instinctively wanted to say it was impossible.

But when I think about what happened tonight, there really isn't another explanation.

After a long silence, she asked again, "How...how did he do that?"

Lu Ming's return to the position of mayor's secretary completely shattered her understanding of officialdom.

In officialdom, when a new leader arrives, does he continue to use the secretary left behind by the previous leader?

Not to mention that the previous leader was a tainted leader who committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

Su Ran shook her head: "I don't know about that, Brother Lu Ming didn't mention it."

Then, she added proudly, "But isn't it normal for a man as capable as Brother Lu Ming to be favored by the boss?"

Liu Yiyi said, "Ranran, I think you shouldn't blindly worship him like that."

"Even if he's the mayor's secretary now, it doesn't mean he can stay in that position forever."

"The new mayor must have made him his secretary because he's useful to him."

"Once their value is completely exploited, they will definitely be discarded immediately."

"I advise you to keep your distance from him, so that you won't get caught up in his mess one day and have nowhere to turn for help."

Upon hearing this, Su Ran angrily retorted, "Liu Yiyi, can't you wish my brother Lu Ming a little better?"

Liu Yiyi said, "Ranran, I'm doing this for your own good. You two are really not a good match. If you keep insisting on your mistake, you'll get into trouble sooner or later."

Su Ran's chest heaved with anger: "Liu Yiyi, do you have any conscience?"

"If it weren't for my brother Lu Ming coming tonight, you'd be kneeling at that old man's feet biting him by now!"

"She helped you, and you still say things like that?"

Liu Yiyi said, "Let's keep things separate. He helped me, and I'll find a chance to thank him."

"But I'm talking about you right now, so don't change the subject."

Su Ran retorted angrily, "Who changed the subject? My liking for him has nothing to do with whether he's the mayor's secretary or not!"

"Even if he weren't the mayor's secretary, I would still like him."

Liu Yiyi sighed deeply and said helplessly, "Ranran, what kind of bewitching potion did she give you...?"

……

The next day, at 10:20 a.m.

Lu Ming received a call from Mu Xueqi.

The funds of Hengyue Group were frozen not by the tax authorities, but by the economic crime investigation department.

The reason given is that Hengyue Group is involved in a telecommunications fraud scheme.

This reason sounds like a pretext.

According to the information Mu Xueqi discovered, the person who issued the freezing order against Hengyue Group was none other than Wang Yanchun, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.

Upon hearing this name, Lu Ming's first reaction was that this was aimed at him.

Did Wang Yanchun find out about his relationship with Su Ran?

Lu Ming was unsure.

He immediately called Su Ran and asked her to go to her father to inquire whether she had offended Wang Yanchun.

Ten minutes later, Su Ran called back.

Her father, Su Hengyue, had no connection with Wang Yanchun and had never even met him.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming knew that his intuition was correct.

Wang Yanchun came here specifically for me.

"If you don't dare mess with me, then you'll mess with the people around me?"

While Lu Ming was furious, he also sighed helplessly.

I had been trying to keep my distance from Su Ran because I was worried that I would implicate her.

Unexpectedly, my worries came true.

Lu Ming rubbed his forehead, feeling conflicted.

The problem wasn't how to solve it, but whether or not to report it to Yu Wei.

For him, there were many ways to resolve this matter, but none of them were respectable, and Yu Wei might not support them if he told her.

After much thought, Lu Ming decided to report to Yu Wei, so he knocked on Yu Wei's office door...