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

"Jingcheng, you finally called me! Haha, how did it go? Are you back from Qingzhou yet?"

"When are you coming back? I'll come pick you up myself."

Li Guangming, sitting next to Li Feitu, could clearly see the genuine smile on Li Feitu's face; it was a smile that came from the bottom of his heart.

However, the words spoken and the intimate attitude made it impossible for Li Guangming not to be suspicious.

He knew, of course, that Li Feitu had always treated Chen Jingcheng differently. Otherwise, he wouldn't have become Li Feitu's liaison officer immediately after arriving at the county government office, and would not have been promoted to deputy section chief, deputy director of the government office, and director of the supervision office. Furthermore, he would have given Chen Jingcheng the power to inspect public officials for drinking alcohol on weekdays.

This goes beyond simply reuse and appreciation.

For this reason, Li Guangming also discussed this issue with some people, wondering if Chen Jingcheng might be a relative of Li Feitu, or the child of some leader.

However, no results were found, and they were left to guess and speculate on the matter themselves.

Of course, Chen Jingcheng's demonstrated abilities and loyalty to Li Feitu made Li Guangming and the others feel that Li Feitu had good judgment and had chosen the right person.

But what you're saying today doesn't quite make sense either.

Chen Jingcheng was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission in the Linchuan County Party Committee compound. He was scolded by Sun Yikun and asked to be investigated at a higher level. Therefore, Chen Jingcheng was eventually taken away by the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission and should have been detained in Oasis City.

The release also took place in Oasis City.

But judging from Li Feitu's words, Chen Jingcheng has not only been released, but has also gone to Qingzhou, the provincial capital?

What's going on?

However, these doubts remained in Li Guangming's mind. He did not inquire about the relationship between Li Feitu and Chen Jingcheng. As the executive deputy county head, he was well aware that some things were not unasked, but if no answer was given, one should not pry too deeply. Otherwise, one might learn things one should not know and cause trouble.

Of course, sometimes having no answer is the answer itself.

The lack of an answer doesn't mean we can't glean clues from certain events. For example, just look at Li Feitu's current attitude towards Chen Jingcheng; Li Guangming knows how he should treat Chen Jingcheng.

Li Feitu did not deliberately avoid Li Guangming, nor did he conceal his emotions; naturally, he had his own reasons.

"You've arrived at the courtyard?"

"Okay, okay, you wait here, I'll come pick you up right away. Don't go anywhere for lunch, let's just have a few drinks here, I'll treat you to a welcome-back dinner."

After saying that, Li Feitu hung up the phone and looked at Li Guangming with a smile, "Guangming, Jingcheng is back. He just arrived at the courtyard. Wait for me for a moment, I'll go pick him up."

Upon hearing this, Li Guangming smiled and stood up, saying, "County Magistrate, let me go with you to pick up Jingcheng."

"Director Jingcheng has really suffered a lot of injustice this time. We must make it up to him properly when he comes back."

Li Feitu smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's do it together then. Guangming, don't make any other plans for lunch. The Linjiang Provincial Party and Government Delegation isn't coming to Linchuan County, so have a drink with me and Jingcheng at noon. We can talk about our upcoming work arrangements then."

"Sun Yikun is under investigation by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. All personnel decisions made while he was in office will be frozen. At the same time, there will also be a significant change in the leadership of Linchuan County. Let's discuss this together."

Upon hearing this, Li Guangming's heart skipped a beat.

He knew this would happen, but when it actually happened, he still felt very excited.

Zhao Mingyuan will soon be taken away for investigation. The municipal party secretary is Li Feitu's uncle, so naturally no one else will be parachuted into the position of secretary of Linchuan County. Moreover, with such a major personnel change in Linchuan County, the new secretary will be unfamiliar with the situation and will not be able to carry out his work effectively.

Both for public and private reasons, Li Feitu would be the best candidate for county party secretary!

His appointment may not be announced immediately, but it is inevitable that he will be reinstated as the county magistrate and preside over the work of the county party committee, becoming the de facto top leader of Linchuan County.

When someone leaves, an empty seat will naturally be left, and that empty seat will naturally need to be filled.

Li Guangming is already a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, the Executive Deputy County Head, and the de facto second-in-command of the County Government. He is qualified to succeed Li Guangming as the County Head, provided that Li Feitu becomes the County Party Secretary and the position of County Head becomes vacant. But this is only a matter of time.

Besides him, who is qualified to take over as county head, the only other person most qualified is the deputy secretary of the county party committee. However, the deputy secretary of the county party committee is Wang Yanming, who is Zhao Mingyuan's right-hand man. His illegal and disciplinary violations will only increase, not decrease. He can forget about taking over as county head, and he can't even think about retiring.

After careful consideration, unless someone is parachuted in or transferred from elsewhere, Li Guangming is the only suitable candidate.

Whether to appoint someone else as the county magistrate of Linchuan County, or to promote Li Guangming to the position, depends mainly on Li Feitu's decision.

"Alright, County Chief, I don't have much to do right now. As you know, since you were dismissed, Zhao Mingyuan has sidelined me. I used to have some work, but now I have none at all. Perfect, I'll have a couple more drinks with you and Director Jing Cheng."

"County Magistrate, should we invite others to join?"

"Director Wentao or one of our own people?"

At this point, Li Guangming stopped being coy and directly said, "We're one of them."

This brought him even closer to Li Feitu.

Li Feitu smiled and shook his head, saying, "Never mind, they all have their own things to do today. We'll talk to them in detail later."

"The main purpose of this event is to welcome Jing Cheng. It wouldn't be appropriate to have too many people. Let's just have a private chat between the three of us."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the county committee compound.

Today is a workday.

There are still many staff members in the county government compound.

Chen Jingcheng, however, parked his car openly in the middle of the county committee compound, and got out of the car and stood right next to it.

Quite a few people have seen Chen Jingcheng, but so far, since those who have seen him are not closely related to him, not many people have greeted him.

Because they were all ordinary staff members, they didn't know much about the specific situation in Oasis City. So even though they saw Chen Jingcheng standing unharmed in the county committee compound, few people connected it to Zhao Mingyuan's accident and Li Feitu's renewed promotion.

Some people saw this scene but hid in their offices, only able to watch helplessly through the glass.

For example, at this moment, Deputy Secretary Wang's eyes were already red, and his hands were clenched so tightly that they were almost bleeding.

"Director Sun, Secretary Zhao, are they back?"

"That damn Chen Jingcheng, how did he get back? How dare he stand here so brazenly? What does he want?"

"Director Sun, is there really no other way? We finally saw a glimmer of hope, and now, it's all over?"

Standing next to Deputy Secretary Wang, looking down at Chen Jingcheng in the courtyard from upstairs, was Sun Yuan, a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and Director of the County Party Committee Office.

At this moment, Sun Yuan was no longer as spirited as before, and seemed to have aged more than ten years. And wasn't Deputy Secretary Wang the same?

"Old Wang, even if Secretary Zhao comes back, what difference will it make?"

"The ending is already decided!"

Upon hearing this, Deputy Secretary Wang turned to look at Sun Yuan and gritted his teeth, saying, "No, I'm not reconciled! Old Sun, are you really willing to accept this?"