Once inside the security department, things couldn't get any better. Zhu Guanying's legs went weak, and he knelt down on the ground with a "thud".

"Section Chief... I was wrong... Please forgive me, I'll never do it again, please let me go... Waaah..."

Seeing Zhu Guanying's action, Li Erniu immediately knelt down as well.

"Section Chief Li, I misspoke. That's not what I meant. You've misunderstood. We didn't do anything. We're innocent!"

Even if Li Erniu was stupid, he would have realized by now that they hadn't caught them in the act. They couldn't admit to having an affair, no matter what. Even if they had done it, they hadn't done it!

Li Weimin frowned as he looked at the two men. He naturally thought of Li Erniu's plan, but no matter what the final outcome was, he couldn't let this matter pass by ambiguously.

"Since you're innocent, there's nothing to be afraid of. Don't try that on me. There are two types of people I hate the most in my life."

First, there are those treacherous villains who plot and scheme behind people's backs; second, there are those beasts who engage in promiscuous relationships. They lack even the most basic moral principles; what's the point of them being alive?

Jiang Xile hadn't expected things to develop this way. Seeing Li Weimin's extremely strong reaction, Jiang Xile knew that things were now out of control.

The group's loud voices attracted the attention of the patrolling security team, whose squad leader, Guo Dabing, walked over with a serious expression.

"Section Chief Li, what's going on? What happened?"

Seeing Guo Dabing, Li Weimin breathed a sigh of relief. It was the right thing to hand the matter over to the security department.

"That's how it is, Captain Guo..."

Li Weimin recounted the whole story, from the beginning when the two secretly conspired to sabotage the auditorium's decorations, to their later adulterous affair involving the chair.

Guo Dabing didn't expect that such a big task would come just as he was about to get off work, which highlighted the importance of the security department.

"Section Chief Li, how about this: I'll take some men to the security office first, and then notify the leadership to interrogate and collect evidence, okay?"

"No problem, this matter should be handled by your security department. We will fully cooperate. As for evidence, I think the bamboo poles on the auditorium are the most compelling evidence right now!"

"Okay, I understand. I'll send someone to the scene to collect evidence right away!"

"Then I'll leave this matter to you. Deputy Section Chief Jiang and I will head back now!"

"Well, take care, Section Chief Li, and take care, Deputy Section Chief Jiang!"

Jiang Xile nodded to Guo Dabing, and then left with Li Weimin.

Halfway there, Li Weimin suddenly stopped and looked at Jiang Xile with a hint of suspicion, asking:

"Did you already know about Xiao Jiang and Zhu Guanying's affair?"

"How could that be? If I knew, I would have told you long ago. Why would I have had to wait so long?"

Ever since I was promoted, Zhu Guanying has been constantly provoking me, as you know.

I always thought she was elderly and didn't hold it against her; I never imagined she would go to such extremes.

Li Weimin nodded, seemingly believing but not quite.

"What a pity! Such a good person, how could they have chosen such a narrow path!"

After watching Li Weimin return to his office, Jiang Xile also turned and went back to her own office.

Regardless of how Zhu Guanying's matter is ultimately handled, she can no longer stay in the propaganda department.

I packed my things and went home. I had promised to have dinner with my dad that night.

In the dark room of the courtyard house, Jiang Feifei, who had been locked up for two days, was pulled out. Extreme panic and hunger caused her to fall into a brief coma.

"Just dump her at the Jiang family's gate!"

"Yes, Master Mo!"

In the institute's office, Jiang Xuemin stared wide-eyed in disbelief as he held the notification letter he had just received.

"How could this be? How could this happen?"

But no matter how much he couldn't accept it, being sent to the Northwest to participate in the desertification control and reforestation project was a done deal.

What does this mean? Does it mean I've been exiled?

He, a PhD in chemistry, was unexpectedly assigned to plant trees.

Of course, this was just the beginning. From the moment Jiang Xuemin began to scheme against Liu Ziming and began to appropriate Liu Ziming's scientific achievements, this day was destined to come.

The time for reckoning has come!

Jiang Family Gate

With a "plop," Jiang Feifei was thrown down.

"Clang!"

The two men who attacked showed no mercy whatsoever, and Jiang Feifei slammed her head heavily against the door.

"What's going on? What's that noise?"

The Jiang family members who rushed out happened to run into Jiang Feifei, who had been awakened by pain.

"Ah...help...help me...."

"Feifei...Feifei...what happened to you? Didn't you go to your uncle's research institute? How did you get like this?"

"ah..."

Upon realizing she had finally escaped the dark room, Jiang Feifei excitedly began to shout.

"Dad, Mom, it's so scary, so scary!"

"What's wrong, son? What happened? Tell Dad, and Dad will stand up for you!"

"Waaaaah...waaaah..."

Jiang Feifei cried uncontrollably, as if she wanted to release all her emotions. Because she cried so hard, she fainted again.

The panicked Jiang family immediately took her to the hospital, thinking their daughter had been injured. After undergoing numerous tests, all they found was low blood sugar.

Jiang Xuewen couldn't understand why his daughter, who hadn't gone to the research institute, would appear at their doorstep in such a disheveled state.

But since her daughter hadn't woken up yet, Jiang Xuewen had no choice but to call Jiang Xuemin through the hospital's phone to ask for an explanation.

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