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

Li Zhixing understood, of course.

At this point, the Sun family has no way out.

In fact, Li Zhixing already knew this outcome when the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee convened and directly characterized Sun Yikun as having committed serious violations of laws and regulations.

Otherwise, if they had even a modicum of consideration for the Sun family's reputation and influence, or if they had left any room for compromise, they would never have used such harsh language.

Sun Yikun is not the end, nor is Sun Lianqi; the end will come when the entire Sun family's power is completely uprooted in Qingjiang Province.

To achieve this is not difficult for either Chen Min'en or Secretary An; the difficulty lies in whether the people behind them will obstruct it.

But since Chen Min'en has made his decision and there is no possibility of compromise, then any obstruction from anyone is no problem.

"Comrade Min'en, my elder brother and I do have some evidence of Sun Lianqi and others violating Party discipline and state laws. Rest assured, it is all irrefutable evidence that can withstand any investigation. This irrefutable evidence alone is enough to make them spend the rest of their lives in prison."

Chen Min'en nodded, stood up and said, "Alright, Zhixing, since that's the case, just hand it over to me once it's ready. You can go back and rest. I won't keep you any longer. After all, I know your older brother is still waiting for you. Go back and tell your older brother the good news, and also tell Feitu, so they can both get a good night's sleep."

"By the way, tell Fei Tu that I, Chen Min'en, thank him and tell him to do his job well. He should boldly pursue any ideas or actions that benefit the people, without worrying about anyone causing trouble behind his back. I have high hopes for him!"

Li Zhixing was very happy. Li Feitu was able to receive Chen Min'en's gratitude and this promise. His future prospects were promising!

Of course, Li Zhixing has now turned his life around. Before long, he will not only be the Party Secretary of Oasis City, but also a provincial-level leader. At that time, he will be able to protect Li Feitu. It would be inappropriate for him to report every little thing to Chen Min'en.

"Thank you, Comrade Min'en. Fei Tu has always regarded you as his idol in his career. Hearing your words will surely make him so happy that he won't be able to sleep."

Upon hearing this, Chen Min'en smiled and shook his head.

"Many people will be unable to sleep tonight, but it shouldn't be you."

"Go, go back."

When Li Zhixing stepped into Qingjiang Hotel, he was only the deputy secretary-general of the provincial CPPCC. Moreover, he had been transferred there from the position of municipal party secretary, which was at the level of a full-fledged department head. The best outcome that awaited him was that he would just continue as before.

But at this very moment, stepping out of the Qingjiang Hotel once again, in just a few hours, Li Zhixing has once again become the Party Secretary of the city. Moreover, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will soon step into the vice-provincial level position that so many people dream of. The difference between before and after is like heaven and hell.

All of this is thanks to Chen Min'en and Chen Jingcheng.

Looking back at Chen Min'en's still brightly lit residence, Li Zhixing bowed deeply before him. After a long while, he slowly straightened his back and left the Qingjiang Hotel by car.

When Li Zhixing left Qingjiang Hotel, he still had a smile on his face. He was indeed not sleepy, and even if he didn't sleep after returning home, he couldn't sleep because he was happy and excited.

But today, he doesn't know about others, but Sun Yikun, Sun Lianqi, and the other members of the Sun family probably won't be able to sleep even if they want to.

The room in Sun Lianqi's study was filled with smoke.

Sun Yikun and Sun Lianqi sat silently smoking, one cigarette after another, their brows furrowed from beginning to end.

The provincial party committee standing committee meeting has concluded.

However, they still do not know what the agenda of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee was or what the outcome of the discussion was.

Yes, that's right. Even though Sun Lianqi and Sun Yikun asked around, they still couldn't find out any information.

If that's not the scariest thing, then the scariest thing is that some people simply don't answer their calls.

This situation could be explained by someone falling asleep in the middle of the night, but today, the people who were allowed to make these calls were either staff members attending the Standing Committee meeting or present at the meeting.

Sleep? That's impossible.

There were many reasons why they didn't answer, but Sun Lianqi and Sun Yikun instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Sun Yikun stubbed out the remaining half cigarette in his hand, his voice trembling slightly, without even realizing it himself.

"Uncle, I don't feel well."

"Why don't you give Secretary Wu another call? The provincial standing committee is holding a meeting overnight. At this hour, even if Deputy Secretary Wu is speaking with other leaders after the meeting, it should be over by now."

"It's strange that so many people aren't answering our calls."

Something's definitely wrong, very wrong.

Sun Lianqi checked the time. Almost half an hour had passed since he made the call. Even if something had delayed him, Deputy Secretary Wu should have answered the phone by now.

Although it was already late at night, I couldn't care less about anything else.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Lianqi nodded and then dialed Deputy Secretary Wu's number.

The phone rang for a very long time before it was finally answered.

After the call was connected, Sun Lianqi immediately inquired about the Standing Committee's affairs.

This time, Deputy Secretary Wu made no attempt to hide anything and directly told Sun Lianqi the decision of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee.

In that instant, Sun Lianqi seemed to have aged more than ten years. He became somewhat unsteady, his face was pale, and fine beads of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.

"No, how could this happen, Secretary Wu, why is this happening?"

"What do they mean by this? Yikun was just transferred to Oasis as the municipal party secretary, and he's already being dismissed? Moreover, how did the Standing Committee arrive at this conclusion? The Discipline Inspection Commission didn't conduct any investigation, and just made this conclusion directly?"

"Secretary Wu, you must help me!"

However, the response to Sun Lianqi was Wu's extremely cold voice, and Sun Lianqi could even hear a strong sense of resentment in it.

"Help you?"

"Sun Lianqi, haven't I helped you yet? I've helped you too much, and that's why we've ended up like this today."

"Just now, I was speaking up for you at the Standing Committee meeting, but do you know what the result was?"

"Old An, who's always been good-tempered, gave me a thorough dressing-down. Even Old Zhao looked at me with mockery. Sun Lianqi, you want me to help you? Now I want to ask, who can help me?"

"And you, instead of worrying about Sun Yikun's feelings, you should prepare yourself. Do you think you'll fare any better after he falls from grace?"

"Don't call me again."

"Also, just a heads up, the provincial discipline inspection commission will be taking Sun Yikun away tomorrow. They'll be coming to your house in the middle of the night to pick him up, which is the last bit of face they're giving you."

After saying that, the phone call ended.

Sun Lianqi, however, was completely disoriented and slumped onto the sofa, his whole body trembling.

Having grasped the seriousness of the situation from the previous conversation, Sun Yikun immediately stepped forward, grabbed Sun Lianqi's hand, and asked, "What happened? What did Secretary Wu say?"

"Say something, Uncle!"

Sun Lianqi looked at Sun Yikun, his voice trembling and almost choked with sobs, and said, "It's all over, everything's over. Our Sun family is finished!"