Chapter 119 Temporary Suspension of Duty
Watching the conference room door close, Yan Shi looked at Sheng Chunqiu again: "Director Sheng, what do you want to say?"
The casualty reports were spread out on the table, and Lu Jian calmly dragged them to his side and turned the pages one by one.
“Director Yan, the overall casualty figures for the Information Department don’t match up.” She looked directly at Sheng Chunqiu. “Last night, the department with the most severe casualties was the Information Department.”
"However, this document did not include the casualties of more than half of the personnel in the Information Department."
Sheng Chunqiu remained calm: "Director Yan, the execution department made a mistake. I will take people to reorganize it now."
The investigator she brought in, Shadow, immediately knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and remained silent the moment the incident occurred.
Yan Shi rested his elbow on the table, his gaze sweeping over the shadows on the floor. Suddenly, he lightly tapped his left palm twice with his right hand, producing a crisp clapping sound.
The meeting room fell silent.
“What’s there to be nervous about?” Yan Shi said, then suddenly smiled. “Get up.”
The shadow remained completely still.
“I said, get up,” Yan Shi said, emphasizing his voice.
At the same time, Shadow felt an irresistible force supporting her knees and suddenly pulling her up from the ground.
She staggered to her feet and then unexpectedly met Yan Ju's dark, unseeing eyes.
Yan Shi: "Tell me, why are there any omissions?"
Shadow involuntarily spoke up, "Because we can't let Director Yan find out, the Execution Department specifically targeted the Information Department last night. Also..."
Before she could finish speaking, her pupils suddenly dilated, and blood spilled from the corners of her mouth and temples, slowly wetting her mask.
She collapsed to the ground, suddenly ceasing to breathe.
Yan Shi: ...
Wow.
Lu Jian strode forward, and Sheng Chunqiu had already squatted down, lifting the mask of the shadow.
Beneath the mask was an ordinary-looking face.
It's so common that it's unremarkable.
“Director Yan,” Sheng Chunqiu looked up with a grave expression, “there are no obvious signs of injury. It was an internal injury, fatal from a single blow.”
Yan Shi kicked the table, and the chair slid to its side automatically. She leaned down, bracing herself on the chair, and looked closer at Sheng Chunqiu.
“Chunqiu,” Yan Shi’s voice suddenly softened again, “how long have you been working at the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs?”
Sheng Chunqiu: "This year is the twenty-second year."
"Twenty-two years," Yan Shi said thoughtfully. "That's good. You should take a break too."
Sheng Chunqiu unconsciously clenched the hem of his clothes: "Director Yan, I don't quite understand what you mean."
Yan Shi had already sat up straight, taken out his phone from his pocket, and started editing something.
"Oh, it's okay if you don't know. You'll find out when we get out," she said casually.
A moment later, Yan Shi stood up from his chair and glanced at Sheng Chunqiu and Lu Jian: "Director Lu, I hope that tomorrow I can see the Information Department's specific comments on the revised anti-bombing propaganda proposal put forward by the Control Department."
Lu Jian: "Received."
Yan Shi ignored his two subordinates and walked straight to the door. The silver chain on his coat tapped against the leg of a passing chair, making a soft, crisp tinkling sound.
The conference room door clicked shut again.
Sheng Chunqiu and Lu Jian exchanged a glance, and then Sheng Chunqiu stood up and left the conference room with a calm expression.
After she closed the door, Lu Jian squatted down with a solemn expression, lifted the limp and powerless hand of the shadow on the ground, and moved it inch by inch along the meridians.
The meridians were severed in an instant.
Even a god couldn't save him.
Lu Jian took out her phone to take a picture of Shadow's body and check it later. But when she turned on the screen, she suddenly discovered that in the Spirit Messages, not only their information department's work group, but also all the groups she had joined in the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, including the Bureau's main group and even her own family group, were frantically sending messages.
Lu Jian: ?
She first opened the main work group of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, which was filled with a large number of question marks.
[Marriage Registration Division - Xingmei: Really? What happened?]
[Chu Shen, Cross-border Processing Department: Was the internal website homepage just hacked?]
The main group requires real-name registration, and colleagues from all departments have come forward.
Lu Jian, looking puzzled, switched screens and logged onto the Bureau of Foreign Affairs' internal network homepage, then involuntarily uttered, "Holy crap!"
Sheng Chunqiu, the head of the Enforcement Division, has been temporarily suspended from his duties. The Enforcement Division will be directly managed by the Director's Office.
Sent five minutes ago.
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Yan Shi stiffly walked out of the conference room, through the still-bustling crowd in the corridor, and slowly entered his director's office.
The door was closed and locked in one smooth motion.
He then walked to his desk and pulled out his office chair.
Then he sat down stiffly in the chair, slumped onto the table, and buried his head in his hands.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!"
She grabbed her hair.
"So sudden, waaaaaaah..."
Yan Shi was stunned when the shadow suddenly collapsed in front of her.
The fact that Shadow suddenly collapsed had absolutely nothing to do with her.
She didn't do it!
She's not the kind of tyrant who'll resort to violence at the slightest provocation!
After concluding and comforting himself, Yan Shi looked at the corpse on the ground and Sheng Chunqiu squatting beside it again, and he seemed much more justified.
It's obvious there's a problem within the Execution Department. Yet, Sheng Chunqiu, who has been in charge of it for over twenty years, was unaware of it.
Continuing to have Sheng Chunqiu track down the suspects would obviously lead to an uncertain outcome, so the solution is quite simple.
Yan Shi decided to replace the head of the executive department.
A new broom sweeps clean, and I believe the new head of the executive department will strive to give her a complete explanation.
Yan Shi gave himself a thumbs up for his brilliant idea.
She shook her head, ran her fingers through her slightly disheveled hair, and perked up again.
Great, the next goal is to find a new, reliable head of the execution department.
Yan Shi turned on his computer and began browsing the list of personnel appointed by the General Administration on the system.
Cang Cheng, I don't know him.
I don't know Xiang Jiazhen.
I don't know Zhi Xia.
...
After flipping through the list for a short while, Yan Shi fell into a new problem.
She didn't recognize more than 99% of the staff members from the General Administration on this list.
How does she know who is more suitable?
Yan Shi quickly slid the scroll wheel, then suddenly stopped.
Her eyes lit up.
Yan Shi turned off the lights in the director's office, grabbed his coat and phone, and hummed a song softly as he hurried toward the elevator.
Just then, I brushed past Lu Jian, who had just walked out of the conference room and was slowly heading towards the elevator to go downstairs.
Lu Jian: ?!
She grabbed Yan Shi's wrist in surprise.
Yan Shi turned around: "What's wrong?"
Lu Jian: "Little ancestor, oops, no, what are you doing here?"
Yan Shi: ?
She pointed to herself with a blank expression: "Shouldn't I be here?"
Lu Jian quickly turned around and glanced at the director's office.
The door to the director's office was tightly closed, and the situation inside could not be seen.
Lu Jian: "You've been in the office the whole time?"
Yan Shi reached out and pried open Lu Jian's fingers, one by one, which were gripping her wrist: "Yes."
Lu Jian withdrew his hand, his fingers curling slightly: "Where are you going?"
Yan Shi found that Lu Jian was really acting strangely.
You weren't just scared by the shadow that suddenly collapsed and died, were you?
Yan Shi's eyes revealed a sudden realization.
"I'm going to the information office to find Gui Gemu," Yan Shi said softly, a slight smile playing on his lips as he tried to comfort Lu Jian. "And you?"
Lu Jian: "I'll go with you."
I understand. Lu Jian is currently experiencing extreme insecurity.
Yan Shi understood.
She said in a friendly manner, "Okay. We can go and be witnesses together."
"Which floor is the Confidentiality Division on?" Yan Shi asked as they stepped into the elevator.
Lu Jian quickly pressed the button for the 7th floor: "7th floor."
Standing in the elevator, Yan Shi could feel Lu Jian's gaze fixed on her.
So she straightened her back, trying her best to give Lu Jian a sense of security.
After all, this was a capable subordinate who worked hard and diligently wrote proposals for her, and as her superior, Yan Shi should offer her some assistance.
When they reached the seventh floor and stepped out of the elevator, it was noisy outside.
They were all quietly discussing the matter of Sheng Chunqiu's temporary suspension.
Temporary suspension is not uncommon in the Bureau of Special Management. However, it is usually predicated on suspension pending investigation.
This is the first time I've seen a case like Sheng Chunqiu's, where he was suddenly and temporarily suspended from his post without any reason.
Moreover, the notification was personally sent by the person on the top floor.
There was no reason, it was very sudden.
It's hard not to think of the enemy attack last night.
Gui Gemu lowered his head and stared blankly at the line of text on the intranet homepage.
The moment the notification was sent, she got up and wanted to rush to the top floor to ask what was going on.
Just as she reached the elevator, Sheng Chunqiu called her: "Gui Gemu, don't come up. I'm fine."
Gui Gemu: "What? Nothing happened? You've been suspended!" She was unusually angry.
After so many years since graduation, only Gui Gemu truly understands Sheng Chunqiu's hard work.
For countless days, Sheng Chunqiu was always the first to arrive at the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs and the last to leave.
Her ideal is here.
Guige Mu cannot accept that his friend's ideals and pursuits have been suddenly stopped.
“It’s only temporary,” Sheng Chunqiu said reassuringly. “Director Yan told me to take a break for a while.”
That's not right.
Guigemu stopped moving and stood there expressionless.
Sheng Chunqiu is not someone who easily accepts the status quo without reason.
On the contrary, she has always been very stubborn, especially when it comes to her goals.
Sheng Chunqiu was unusually calm now. She didn't say what had happened, nor did she explain the reason for anything.
The fact that he was suspended at this critical juncture can only be related to last night's enemy attack.
Last night, the Guige Pavilion in the Summer Palace was blocked from all signals.
That's quite a large sum of money, just to stop her.
Gui Gemu slowly walked back to his workstation: "Sheng Chunqiu, are you really sure?"
Sheng Chunqiu: "Hmm."
They hung up the call.
Gui Gemu sat in his chair, staring blankly at the glaring message on the intranet homepage: "[Execution Director Sheng Chunqiu is temporarily suspended from duty]". Suddenly, the hushed discussion at the door first rose in volume, then fell silent in an instant.
"Return to the pavilion." Someone called to her from the doorway.
He looked up from behind the curtain.
Yan Lan, casually draped in Director Yan's coat, stood at the door, her posture relaxed, but her eyes sparkling with interest: "Gui Ge Mu," she called out again.
Returning to the Pavilion: ?
What's Yanlan doing here? And why is she so openly wearing Director Yan's uniform?
Gui Gemu stood up and found Lu Jian standing behind Yan Lan.
"You're the new head of the Executive Division," Yan Lan announced lazily, hands in her pockets. "You'll take office tomorrow. Today, hand over your responsibilities from the Confidentiality Department."
Returning to the Pavilion: !
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