In officialdom: After she left, I rose rapidly through the ranks!

At this moment, Sun Yikun and his uncle Sun Lianqi were chatting in the reception room, also about Li Zhixing.

"I almost forgot that Li Zhixing and that person were former colleagues. Luckily, we discovered it in time. Otherwise, if Li Zhixing had come and the two of them had talked, I was afraid that something unexpected might have happened."

Sun Lianqi frowned slightly, still feeling somewhat apprehensive. After all, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Sun Yikun, however, did not see it that way.

"Uncle, it shouldn't be that serious. Li Zhixing and Comrade Min'en were old colleagues more than 20 years ago. Comrade Min'en is very busy and has come into contact with far too many people. He may have long forgotten that Li Zhixing even exists."

"Even if I remembered, if there were really feelings involved, we wouldn't have lost contact for so many years."

"Besides, this is an internal matter of our Qingjiang Province, and Comrade Min'en shouldn't interfere or say too much."

Upon hearing this, Sun Lianqi nodded, agreeing that this was indeed the meaning.

However, he was still somewhat uneasy.

"Even so, we should still be on the safe side."

"Li Zhixing isn't here, but Li Zhiyuan is. It's best to be careful."

You can't stop it by openly trying to stop it.

Li Zhiyuan is a deputy provincial-level leader and one of the accompanying personnel. Should they be isolated? That's clearly impossible.

Fortunately, Sun Lianqi and Sun Yikun both felt that the problem shouldn't be too big. Even if Chen Min'en and Li Zhixing did see it, Chen Min'en wouldn't know the situation and wouldn't interfere in Qingjiang Province's affairs.

In officialdom, it is a major taboo to overstep one's authority and interfere in matters outside one's jurisdiction.

Even if they really want to do something, they communicate in private.

At this moment, in the reception room of Qingjiang Province, Chen Min'en and Deputy Secretary Zhou and several others were resting, while the first and second provincial leaders, including Deputy Secretary Wu of the third province, were also accompanying them.

With the banquet time fast approaching, Li Zhiyuan grew anxious.

He hasn't found a suitable opportunity to contact Chen Min'en yet, and without contacting Chen Min'en, how can he bring Li Zhixing in? If he doesn't bring Li Zhixing in, how can he explain Chen Jingcheng's situation?

Of course, he will definitely have other opportunities in the future, but now he can't wait any longer.

It wasn't that he couldn't wait any longer, but rather that Chen Jingcheng probably couldn't wait any longer either.

The situation is reportedly not very good.

Li Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and walked directly towards the reception room.

Upon seeing this, Sun Lianqi frowned slightly and immediately led Sun Yikun over to stop Li Zhiyuan before he entered the reception room.

"Director Li, where are you going?"

"The Party Secretary and the others are chatting with Comrade Min'en right now. It wouldn't be appropriate to disturb them at this time."

Sun Lianqi stood in front of the reception room, smiling as if there had never been any conflict between them.

Li Zhiyuan looked at Sun Lianqi, his brows furrowed slightly, and said in a deep voice, "I have something to report. Get out of my way and don't block my path."

Sun Lianqi smiled and shook his head, but didn't move an inch.

"Director Li, think carefully, what time is this?"

"The main leaders of both provinces are inside. What do you need to report at this time?"

"If it's about Li Zhixing, then let's just leave it at that and not bother Comrade Min'en."

"Comrade Min'en always wanted people to address him as 'comrade' and generally didn't want people to address him by his official title. This was his way of thinking, but we must not forget his current status."

"Director Li, some things are inappropriate to say. Saying them will not only not help, but may even backfire. Why do you have to?"

"The matter is now over. If we insist on making things unpleasant for everyone, the result might be even more upsetting for you."

Li Zhiyuan could tell that this was a threat.

However, he was no longer afraid of threats. If it weren't for Chen Jingcheng, the best outcome would have been for him to obediently keep his head down and behave himself. But now that Chen Jingcheng was around, everything was different.

Even if the Li family doesn't benefit, at least Chen Jingcheng can't continue to be imprisoned.

"Sun Lianqi, get out of the way!"

Li Zhiyuan's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, and his tone became impatient.

Sun Lianqi sneered, "Li Zhiyuan, I advise you not to invite trouble!"

Just as the two were arguing, the door to the reception room opened.

Chen Min'en and the others immediately saw this scene. After all, Li Zhiyuan and Sun Lianqi did not look very good, so of course there would be some differences.

Before the provincial leaders could even speak, Deputy Secretary Wu frowned upon seeing this scene and said in a deep voice, "What are you doing here? What work do you have to do? We'll talk about it later."

Upon hearing this, Sun Lianqi nodded quickly.

At this moment, Li Zhiyuan looked at Chen Min'en and immediately said, "Comrade Min'en, I have a request that I would like to report to you."

Upon hearing this, before Chen Min'en could speak, Deputy Secretary Wu's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Director Li, what's the matter? Tell us. You are the Vice Chairman of the People's Congress of Qingjiang Province. What request do you have for Comrade Min'en?"

"That's utter nonsense! Do you think Comrade Min'en has too much free time?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Min'en smiled but remained silent. Indeed, he worked in Linjiang Province, not Qingjiang Province, and people from Qingjiang Province shouldn't be reporting to him about anything.

However, Li Zhiyuan quickly said, "It's a private matter, not a public one, Comrade Min'en. It's like this, do you still remember Li Zhixing? He misses the days when he worked with you. He heard that you came to Qingjiang and wanted to see your old leader and colleagues, so he wanted to meet you."

"Li Zhixing? How could I not remember? We used to be very close. I remember I even ate at your house."

A smile appeared on Chen Min'en's face. Clearly, he remembered Li Zhixing, and he really did remember him, otherwise he wouldn't have said that he had eaten at Li's house.

"You must be Brother Zhiyuan, right? Hehe, Brother Zhiyuan, Zhixing wants to see me, and I want to see him too. I specially arranged for him to meet with our old colleagues and former boss today. What? Didn't Zhixing receive any notification?"

Chen Min'en's words made the main leaders of Qingjiang Province frown, and then they looked at the person in charge of the Provincial Party Committee Office who was responsible for drafting the list of personnel.

However, the person in charge could only wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and dared not say anything more. They had written Li Zhixing's name down, but Sun Lianqi demanded that it be crossed out and said that Deputy Secretary Wu also meant the same thing. What could he do? Besides, what he said made sense. Li Zhixing was a member of the Li family, and how could the people in the provincial party committee compound not know the current situation of the Li family?

What difference does it make if there's one more person or one less?

But who would have thought that Li Zhiyuan would suddenly appear, and not only that, but Chen Min'en would also be so concerned about Li Zhixing.

Sun Lianqi could only smile wryly at this moment, and quickly said, "Comrade Min'en, it's like this, Comrade Zhixing was not included in the list of people to meet you this time due to some special reasons."

"I'm also afraid that if he sees you, it will put you in a difficult position and cause you trouble."

Who is Chen Min'en? At the age of fifty, how did he get to where he is today? Is it solely due to the power of his family behind him?

Obviously not. Chen Min'en's political wisdom and skills are far beyond what ordinary people can match. So, in fact, Sun Lianqi didn't even need to say anything. When Li Zhiyuan took the initiative to come up to him and mention Li Zhixing, and when Li Zhixing didn't appear on the list, he had already guessed some things.

Looking at Sun Lianqi, Chen Min'en had a faint smile on his face, seemingly unaffected by anything.

"Special reason?"

"I wonder if Comrade Zhixing has some special reason for not being able to see me, and whether he is worried about making things difficult for me or causing me trouble?"

"Is it Comrade Zhixing? What mistake did he make, and is he currently under investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission?"

"Or is it that my meeting with former colleagues and bosses upset some people, so they deliberately crossed his name off the list?"

"Hehe, this is really interesting."

Chen Min'en's words sent chills down the spines of many present. Despite his smiling demeanor, anyone familiar with Chen Min'en knew how terrifying he could be when he lost his temper.

Putting aside other matters, during Chen Min'en's tenure as mayor of a prefecture-level city, the actions of some individuals provoked his resentment and even anger, resulting in at least five well-known entrepreneurs being imprisoned. The detention centers were almost overflowing with people arrested during the anti-gang campaign. Not only that, the city's party committee and government leadership also suffered. The party secretary retired early, the deputy secretary was dismissed on the spot, and the secretary of the discipline inspection commission, the head of the organization department, the executive vice mayor, and the director of the public security bureau were all taken away by the discipline inspection commission.

That incident was also known as the first public display of Chen Min'en's iron-fisted methods. Even two provincial and ministerial-level leaders were implicated and had to leave their posts prematurely.

This was merely a minor episode in Chen Min'en's political career.

"Secretary An, what's your opinion?"

Chen Min'en smiled and looked at Secretary Anbang of Qingjiang Province!