"Definitely, definitely, Mayor Li, I will definitely support you." Ma Tao held Li Xiuyuan's hand tightly, feeling a surge of strength in his body.
Compared to kneeling before the old Party Secretary, so many years have passed, and he has now reached the position of deputy section chief. His courage hasn't grown much, but his ability to understand intentions has improved. A single sentence from Li Xiuyuan gave him hope.
After leaving Li Xiuyuan's office, the first thing Ma Tao did was to arrange for someone to keep an eye on Li Xiuyuan. He hadn't forgotten that Li Xiuyuan had made an appointment to have dinner with the niece of the county discipline inspection commission secretary that evening.
But the trusted confidant who was given the order was taken aback, thinking that Ma Tao was going to target Li Xiuyuan.
“Sir, although our township discipline inspection commission has the right to supervise at the same level, Li Xiuyuan is, after all, a proper deputy section-level cadre, and he also has powerful backers. It's not appropriate for us to investigate Li Xiuyuan without the order from the county discipline inspection commission, is it?”
Hearing his confidant's words, Ma Tao was stunned. He was investigating Li Xiuyuan? Monitoring Li Xiuyuan? Where did this come from? Given his current situation, why would he investigate Li Xiuyuan? He should be grateful if Li Xiuyuan would show leniency and not punish him.
Ma Tao's face darkened as he stared at his confidant and said, "It's not like that. I have something to discuss with Mayor Li, but it's inconvenient to talk at work. So I'd like to find a time to meet with Mayor Li privately tonight. Do you understand?"
Soon it was time to leave work in the afternoon. Hou Peng left a little early. He was much more composed than Ma Tao. Although he suspected that Wang Yonghua had said something to Li Xiuyuan, he didn't panic immediately.
However, he was also feeling a bit annoyed, so he decided to have dinner and drinks with Qi Weihua that night. He also changed his stance and stopped supporting Li Xiuyuan, instead supporting Zhang Xingguo on the public bidding issue. He also wanted to inform Qi Weihua about this.
The two have a good relationship, but they should still show due respect. Qi Weihua is a deputy section-level cadre, not just a businessman like Wang Yonghua.
In terms of attitude, they naturally cannot be the same.
After getting off work, Li Xiuyuan drove to the county. As his car left the town government, a Santana slowly followed behind.
After driving for a while, Li Xiuyuan noticed an extra car behind him. It wasn't that Li Xiuyuan had a high level of counter-surveillance awareness, but rather that this was part of Li Xiuyuan's plan. If Ma Tao hadn't investigated whether he had dinner with the county discipline inspection secretary's niece that night, Li Xiuyuan would have suspected that something was wrong.
Li Xiuyuan and Wan Xinxin met at Xiaokang Restaurant in the county.
After confirming Li Xiuyuan's whereabouts, Ma Tao arrived in less than half an hour. He dismissed his confidants and booked a private room next to Li Xiuyuan and Wan Xinxin's room to observe them.
Through observation, he discovered that there were only two people in Li Xiuyuan's private room, and they mostly talked behind closed doors. The door was only opened briefly when the waiter served the food; otherwise, it remained closed.
The soundproofing in the private room was quite good; he couldn't hear anything at all. However, he vaguely heard someone address him as "classmate."
However, it's enough that we can confirm that Li Xiuyuan met and had dinner alone with a young woman. She's the niece of the county discipline inspection commission secretary, which is easy to find out.
Ma Tao called a friend at the county discipline inspection commission to inquire about the situation and soon learned that Song Huaian, the secretary of the county discipline inspection commission, did indeed have a niece who worked at the county health bureau. She had passed the exam to join the bureau last year and her surname was Wan.
After Ma Tao hung up the phone, many things made sense. The county discipline inspection commission secretary's niece had passed the exam last year, as had Li Xiuyuan. The term "classmate" clearly referred to a classmate from a training course for newly hired personnel.
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