Chapter 19

Chapter 11, Breaking the Key Point

The Santana, bearing the No. 2 plate of Hongshui County, slowly crawled along the rugged mountain road.

Inside the car, a faint fragrance floated, but the atmosphere was not particularly friendly, with a tense air.

Yang Zixuan habitually took out a pack of cheap cigarettes from his pocket, slightly rolled down the window, and was about to take out a lighter to light up. Glancing at Lin Ruoshui, who was dressed in a neat business suit, he realized it was inappropriate and put the cigarettes back into the pack.

"Go ahead and smoke if you want, just don't smoke in my direction," Lin Ruoshui's face was calm, and no one knew what she was thinking.

On the second morning of her appointment, she and Yang Zixuan went to Qianchi Town and had private conversations with the top-ranked deputy town mayor Li Tian and the town police station chief Liang Fei.

It was almost dark, and they were only now returning by car.

Yang Zixuan ignored her words and instead asked, "Do you think Liang Fei and Li Tian's words are credible? Is it really that the Li clan is running a one-man show in Qianchi Town, and Qiu Nan couldn't find a way out, so he became depressed and jumped to his death?"

"I think the situation is quite clear now. Today, I also had private conversations with other deputy town mayors and key officials in Qianchi Town. Their accounts are basically consistent with what Liang Fei and Li Tian said," Lin Ruoshui pouted her crystal-clear, tender lips.

"The Li clan are old cadres who have retired from the military, and their thinking is indeed conservative. They can't see the big picture of the county and still adhere to the patriarchal system. Today, the few officials I talked to in Qianchi Town all mentioned that the Li clan's work style is rough and aggressive, and they opposed and obstructed Qiu Nan's food factory reform..." Lin Ruoshui, a modern woman influenced by French liberal ideas, had a particular aversion to such officials, and her clear voice carried a hint of disgust.

"Can't you see there's something wrong here?" Yang Zixuan bent over and pondered for a moment.

"What could be wrong? It's not just one or two officials saying this about the Li clan; now, most of Qianchi Town has a bad impression of the Li clan..." Lin Ruoshui sneered at Yang Zixuan's fussing attitude.

"My intuition tells me there's a big problem here," Yang Zixuan stared into Lin Ruoshui's clear but somewhat cold eyes. "It's definitely not as simple as they say..."

"Then what's your high opinion, County Chief Yang?" Lin Ruoshui narrowed her eyes and glanced at Yang Zixuan.

"You just said that the evaluations of the Li clan by Liang Fei, Li Tian, and the other deputy town mayors we privately talked to are basically the same: rough work style, outdated thinking, one-man show, and obstructing Qiu Nan's food factory reform in Qianchi Town."

Yang Zixuan turned to look at Lin Ruoshui's snow-white neck, the car's space was not large, and with the bumps and jolts, the car kept tilting to both sides. Their thighs pressed together, tightly touching, involuntarily sinking and bouncing out. Through the black stockings, Yang Zixuan could even feel the astonishing warmth and elasticity of Lin Ruoshui's body, and the natural fragrance of a woman wafted into his nose...

Lin Ruoshui's expression was also very awkward. She had never been so close to a stranger before, and even the hot breath of the other person could spray onto her body. Although she was annoyed and frustrated, she couldn't react, so she turned her face away, not looking at Yang Zixuan...

"Because their statements are so consistent, I feel something is off..." Yang Zixuan could only talk about something else to divert their attention.

"Actually, when I talked to Liang Fei and Li Tian today, what they said, I initially heard from Liang Li, the director of the Qianchi Town Family Planning Office. The evaluation of the Li clan was almost identical."

"Bang! Bang!"

Suddenly, the car hit a large stone, and due to inertia, the car tilted sharply towards Lin Ruoshui. Caught off guard, Yang Zixuan's half-body was thrown onto Lin Ruoshui's leg, tightly wrapped in black stockings, feeling a warm and soul-stirring sensation.

"Let go!"

Lin Ruoshui's brows were tightly furrowed, and her ears were flushed red, beautiful to the point of being dazzling.

Hearing Lin Ruoshui's scolding, Yang Zixuan hurriedly moved his hands and feet, only to realize that his hand was pressing on Lin Ruoshui's smooth and sensitive abdomen. No wonder Lin Ruoshui was so angry...

The driver, Xiao Chen, heard Lin Ruoshui's scream and didn't know what had happened in the back. However, as a secretary, he knew the basic requirement was to ignore whatever happened in the back, pretending nothing had happened. He thought to himself, this Deputy Secretary Lin is indeed stunningly beautiful, no wonder the county chief lost his composure...

"Believe me, Ruoshui, you also know the financial significance of the town family planning office to a major agricultural town like Qianchi Town. Almost 80% of Qianchi Town's fiscal revenue comes from the town family planning office. If even the head of such an important position is dissatisfied with the Li clan, what does that mean?" Yang Zixuan immediately sat up straight and resumed his normal demeanor.

"What does it mean?" Lin Ruoshui asked subconsciously, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted it. Why did she ask this idiot county chief?

"It means that the Li clan has not been able to control the Qianchi Town Party and government leadership. Even an important position like the town family planning office is not under his control." Yang Zixuan swallowed and continued, "If he doesn't have a say in key positions, how can he run a one-man show in the Qianchi Town Party and government leadership? That's nonsense."

"So I think there are many doubts about Qiu Nan's suicide. There must be a big problem," Yang Zixuan said firmly.

After hearing Yang Zixuan's analysis, Lin Ruoshui's impression of him slightly changed. She said, "Your point is that the Qianchi Town Party and government leadership are all speaking with one voice to mislead the county committee's thinking?"

"It's not impossible. In fact, anyone who looks at the resumes of the Li clan and Qiu Nan would easily think that the Li clan's patriarchal style forced the young Qiu Nan to commit suicide out of despair."

"According to what you say, the Qianchi Town leadership is indeed overly united, speaking with one voice against the Li clan."

"Exactly. It's precisely their united voice that exposes their problem. The Li clan has been in Qianchi Town for over ten years, from deputy town mayor to the current town party secretary. If he really ran a one-man show and controlled the town's Party and government leadership, there would be no reason for none of the deputy town mayors to be his confidants! There would be no reason for none of the deputy town mayors to speak on his behalf!" Yang Zixuan took a deep breath and expressed his thoughts.

Lin Ruoshui couldn't help but nod. "That's true. Their statements contradict what we see."

"I think it's possible that the Li clan has touched on the interests of this group, so they have united to try to drive the Li clan away."