Chen Mingde's death was strictly controlled even within Nanyuan.

  The staff of other buildings knew that something big had happened in Building 6, but they didn't know how serious it was.

  As Shen Hua walked into the main building of Nan Garden, a staff member came over and asked, "Secretary Shen, what exactly happened in the back?"

  "What are you blindly listening to?" Shen Huan sternly shut the staff member's mouth and instructed, "Open a room for me, don't get involved in this or that."

  The phone is almost out of power, Shen Hua needs a place where he can calm down and contact Yanjing.

  Although Gao Tianhe and Ge Yongqiu were not directly targeting the Song family, Chen Mingde, as Secretary of Song Hua, the old master of the Song family, and as an official of the Song family line, his death being linked to a sex scandal would absolutely be harmful to the Song family.

  Even for his own sake, Shen Hua couldn't just watch as things developed in the worst possible direction.

  In the room, Shen Hua stood in front of the bedside table staring at the phone for a while. He remembered several phones from Yanjing, but hesitated whether to call or not.

  Shen Huai thought about his current situation, and apart from seeking help from Yanjing, he really couldn't think of any other solution. He picked up the phone and dialed that string of unfamiliar numbers that had nothing to do with him originally.

  Thinking that he was just a wandering soul temporarily inhabiting this body, taking on someone else's identity, listening to the "ring... ring... ring..." sound on the other end of the phone, Shen Hua couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

  After a moment, the phone was picked up on the other end, and a soft, gentle voice came through: "Hello, who are you looking for..."

  As if the images stored in memory were mobilized, a middle-aged woman with a beautiful appearance and elegant demeanor appeared in Shen Hua's mind.

  On the other end of the phone was his stepmother who had married into the Song family when he was twelve years old.

  Although Shen Huan had previously regarded this woman as a shameless slut, if he seriously evaluated her, she was also a very beautiful woman. Otherwise, she would not have been able to capture the heart of Shen Huan's father, Song Bing Sheng, back then.

  Although she is already a middle-aged woman, her beauty has been well passed on to her daughter who married into the Song family with her.

  Thinking of what had happened in the past, Shen Hua felt his throat dry and opened his mouth with difficulty: "Auntie, I am Shen Hua..."

  "...The other end of the phone was silent for a moment before saying, "Sorry, you dialed the wrong number." The phone then hung up cleanly.

  Shen Huai couldn't help but smile bitterly and was unable to say anything.

  The mistake made by Shen Hua earlier is unforgivable. It's really not possible to blame the other party for thinking that even saying a word is unnecessary.

  He thought of calling his father directly, but the result would be more or less the same. Sun Hua couldn't help but feel anxious: if he couldn't get help from the Song family, how could he turn around his current situation?

  Shen Huai dialed the phone number of Chen Mingde's home in the provincial city again. The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered. He thought to himself: Chen Mingde's family in the provincial city probably received the news and are on their way to Donghua now.

  At that time, mobile phones and pagers were still rare items, and ordinary people couldn't afford them except for business or official purposes.

  Shen Huai lay on the bed with his clothes and shoes still on, calmly thinking for a moment before making up his mind to call Second Uncle.

  As the Deputy Minister of the Central Organization Department, Song Qiaosheng is Shen Hua's second uncle and also the designated political successor of Song Huajun, the old patriarch of the Song family. He is the most politically sensitive and currently the most successful second-generation leader in his official career.

  The seriousness of this matter, Shen Hua believes that Er Bo will definitely see through and will definitely take it seriously.

  The phone was answered by a young voice.

  Shen Huai had studied in middle school in Yanjing before going abroad to study. After the incident of being drunk and taken advantage of, he was thrown away to Huaihai, where he spent almost five or six years without returning to Yanjing. During these five or six years, he only met his father three or four times, and hardly ever saw anyone else from the Song family, making him a true abandoned son.

  The other party claimed to be Song Qiaoren's secretary, but Shen Huai had no impression.

  After a while, a strange and low voice came: "I already know about Donghua's affairs, I will handle it, Shen Huai you are in Donghua, don't make any out-of-line moves..."

  Just as Shen Huai was about to reveal the conspiracy behind his back, he heard someone on the other end of the phone calling out to Song Qiaosheng: "Director Song, Director Tan from Huaihai Province is already on his way to Donghua and wants to speak with you..."

  Before Shen Hua could speak, Song Qiao Sheng had already put the phone down on the table and walked away, leaving the phone ringing emptily.

  "Hello? Hello?" More than half a day had passed, but the other end of the phone remained unanswered. It was clear that they had forgotten that someone was still waiting on this end for their call.

  Shen Huai was so angry he wanted to smash the phone to pieces.

  Even if his previous life was rotten and his behavior was unscrupulous, being so ignored and underestimated still made Shen Huai furious, and he cursed: You can handle it? You don't even know what kind of conspiracy Gao Tianhe and the others are playing behind your back! You can handle my ass!

  Shen Huai felt both angry and helpless about his current situation, even thinking of giving up on himself.

  Even if things are messed up, even if the Song family is stepped on by others because of this matter, what does it have to do with me?

  Could things get any worse for me?

  Of course, saying it has nothing to do with oneself is also nonsense.

  He is no longer the rebellious one before, only wanting to bring unpleasantness to the Song family with Shen Huai, and the interests behind can still be weighed clearly.

  Although he claims to be a discarded son of the Song family and has been marginalized by them, he is young and uneducated, yet he can follow Chen Mingde to Donghua and serve as the full-time secretary of the deputy mayor, after all, isn't it just because he is relying on the influence of the Song family?

  As long as the Song family's big tree doesn't fall, there is still a chance to get back on track. If not, one can still take advantage of its shade - in any case, the interests of the Song family must be protected first.

  Even if one's actions cannot be understood for a time, maintaining the interests of the Song family will never be in vain...

  Even if we set aside the interests of the Song family and only consider our own interests, we still cannot stand idly by.

  If the province confirms that Chen Mingde died of illness during his working period, as Chen Mingde's secretary and sole confidant in Donghua, he will at least receive a comforting arrangement; maybe there will be other compensation.

  If Chen Mingde really died on the woman's belly, as his secretary, wouldn't he be thrown away like a piece of rotten dog shit?

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  Time passed minute by minute and second by second. The phone in Er Bo's office was apparently hung up, and Shen Huan could not contact Er Bo for the time being.

  He was like a caged beast, sitting dryly in his room, watching the night deepen, but couldn't think of a countermeasure.

  Thinking of sitting idle in the room is not a solution, Shen Huan went downstairs again, from the west side of the Nan Garden's water pine forest to the lake shore, standing in the shadow of the lake shore, looking at the brightly lit No. 6 building with clarity.

  The windows facing the lake were almost all open, and Shen Huan could see the expressions on everyone's faces in the building without missing a single detail.

  The people in the building did not think that someone would be standing by the small tree by the lake at this time peeking.

  Two police officers from the municipal bureau were still standing at the entrance of the building, while two doctors who participated in the rescue and two staff members were still standing in the lobby on the ground floor. It can be seen that they have hardly moved their feet until now.

  Ge Yongqiu, Peng Yong and the medical expert who led the team to rescue them were still standing in the living room on the second floor, without communicating with each other, as if they were all quietly observing the development of the situation.

  Zhou Yu didn't know where he had gone; Municipal Party Secretary Wu Haifeng paced back and forth in a small room, seemingly somewhat at a loss and impatient, even when he opened the door to return to his living quarters, he still seemed impatient.

  Ge Yongqiu looked at Wu Haifeng's eyes, somewhat uncertain and worried...

  This subtle expression made Shen Hua understand that Ge Yongqiu and Wu Haifeng did not have a tacit understanding on the issue of determining Chen Mingde's cause of death.

  Upon reflection, this is also normal. Gao Yongqiu is Mayor Gao Tianhe's man, and the relationship between a municipal mayor and a municipal party secretary can be harmonious, but it's rare. Thinking of this, Shen Huai felt strange again - other standing committee members and deputy secretaries not showing up was one thing, but why hadn't Gao Tianhe shown up yet?

  Shen Huai was perplexed, and on the second floor, Wu Haifeng also loudly questioned Ge Yongqiu: "Why hasn't Mayor Gao arrived yet?"

  Ge Yongqiu's voice was very small, Shen Hua couldn't hear clearly, but he could see the expression on Wu Haifeng's face, which was quite dissatisfied and impatient.

  "Director Tan from the province is about to arrive in Donghua, you call Mayor Gao and tell him that no matter what happens, everything should be put on hold for now." Gaotianhe was a military man and had a reputation in Donghua for having a loud voice. Even when he spoke softly, it sounded like he was yelling at someone.

  Wu Haifeng insisted that Gao Tianhe come forward, Shen Hua could understand: making an issue of Chen Mingde's cause of death was very important, and if successful, it would be extremely beneficial to the local forces; if not, the political risks were also easy to imagine.

  Wu Haifeng would even drag someone down with him if he were to die.

  It is clear that Gao Tianhe was still hiding at this time. He wanted to stir up trouble but did not want to take any political risks.

  If Wu Haifeng knew that from start to finish, it was all Gao Tianhe hiding behind the scenes and manipulating Ge Yongqiu and Peng Yong to stir up trouble, what would he think?

  If Wu Haifeng knew he was being led by the nose from start to finish by Gao Tianhe, what would he think?

  Shen Hua suddenly became clear and bright, Wu Haifeng and Gao Tianhe were consistent in their external stance, but they both hated each other so much that they wanted to bite off a piece of flesh from each other - in the vast majority of domestic places, the mayor and the municipal party secretary could not be harmonious.

  Let Wu Haifeng and Gao Tianhe bite each other, maybe it's the only chance to turn around.