He remembered very clearly that the case broke out in his previous life in the spring of the following year.
Right now, Li Changhai is probably at the peak of his corruption.
"Dad? Are you alright?"
Su Yufen asked cautiously, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand.
Su Jianguo snapped out of his daze and took the teacup.
"It's nothing, I was just thinking about something."
He looked at his family, his voice steady and powerful.
"No one is allowed to tell anyone about what happened today. Third brother, especially you, focus on your studies and don't think about these messy things."
"But Father..."
Su Mingfu muttered resentfully.
"No buts!"
Su Jianguo slammed his fist on the table.
"I'm still the one who calls the shots in this house!"
In the dead of night, Su Jianguo tossed and turned in bed.
He got up, put on his clothes, and went into the yard.
The moonlight, like water, spilled onto the grape trellis.
Su Jianguo sat on the stone bench, lit a cigarette, and his thoughts drifted back to his past life.
He remembered some details of the case from his previous life.
Li Changhai, Deputy Director of the Metallurgical Bureau, is in charge of work safety.
On the surface, he was a serious and upright leader, but behind the scenes he was corrupt and accepted bribes, and kept at least twelve mistresses.
His wife, Zhang Shufen, was the head nurse at the hospital. After discovering her husband's infidelity, she did not make a fuss but secretly investigated and eventually hired someone to kill his two most favored mistresses.
One of the mistresses was murdered in the apartment that Li Changhai had bought for her.
The murderer strangled her with a wire and cruelly cut off her left ear.
This incident caused a great sensation at the time, and the Public Security Bureau set up a special task force to investigate, which quickly led to Zhang Shufen.
As the investigation deepened, Li Changhai's corruption was fully exposed.
He not only accepted bribes from businesses, but also protected problematic factories during safety inspections, leading to multiple accidents.
Ultimately, Li Changhai was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Zhang Shufen was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
More than a dozen cadres from the Metallurgical Bureau were implicated and punished, and the entire leadership team was almost wiped out.
Su Jianguo stubbed out his cigarette, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
Now that Su Mingde has entered the Metallurgical Bureau, when the truth comes out next year, he, the newly promoted deputy section chief, will definitely not be able to escape punishment.
But the problem is, he can't wait that long.
"Father, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Su Mingfu's voice came from behind, interrupting Su Jianguo's thoughts.
Su Jianguo turned around and saw his third son standing in the moonlight.
"I couldn't sleep, so I came out for some fresh air."
Su Mingfu walked over and sat down.
"Father, I've thought about it all night, but I still can't swallow this anger. Su Mingde, he..."
"Third brother."
Su Jianguo interrupted his son.
"I assure you, Su Mingde will pay the price for what happened today. But not in your way, understand?"
Su Mingfu looked at his father with a puzzled expression.
"So, what are your plans...?"
"You don't need to worry about that."
Su Jianguo patted his son on the shoulder.
"Your task now is to study hard and get into a good university. Don't worry about things at home, Dad will take care of things."
After seeing his son off, Su Jianguo sat in the yard for a long time.
A plan gradually took shape in his mind.
He doesn't need to wait until next spring; he can take the initiative and detonate this time bomb ahead of time.
The next morning, Su Jianguo went out.
He didn't tell his family where he was going, only saying that he had something to take care of.
He first went to the library and checked recent newspapers about the Ministry of Metallurgy to confirm that Li Changhai was still the deputy director of the Metallurgical Bureau, in charge of production safety.
Afterwards, Su Jianguo went to a teahouse near the Metallurgical Bureau, ordered a pot of Longjing tea, and sat by the window.
From here, you can clearly see the gate of the Metallurgical Bureau.
He waited patiently, drinking tea while observing the people coming and going.
Around noon, a black sedan stopped in front of the Metallurgical Bureau, and a slightly overweight middle-aged man with slicked-back hair got out.
Su Jianguo squinted.
That was Li Changhai, exactly the same as the photo published in the newspaper.
Li Changhai was followed by several cadres, including Su Mingde.
He followed Li Changhai, bowing and scraping, carrying a briefcase and looking obsequious.
Su Jianguo felt nauseous at the sight.
Su Jianguo continued to observe and found that Li Changhai seemed to value Su Mingde highly, patting him on the shoulder and talking to him from time to time.
Over the next few days, Su Jianguo came to the teahouse every day to keep watch and figure out Li Changhai's activity patterns.
He discovered that Li Changhai would leave the Metallurgical Bureau alone every Wednesday and Friday afternoon and go to a residential area in the east of the city.
Su Jianguo followed them once and confirmed that that was the place where Li Changhai kept his mistress.
With this intelligence, Su Jianguo began to implement the next step of his plan.
He needs to find Li Changhai's wife, Zhang Shufen.
The newspaper mentioned in my previous life that Zhang Shufen was the head nurse of the city's First Hospital.
At the outpatient department of the city's First Hospital, Su Jianguo, posing as a patient's family member, loitered near the nurses' station.
He noticed a stern-faced female nurse, around fifty years old, reprimanding several younger nurses.
Judging from her name tag, she is Zhang Shufen.
Su Jianguo waited patiently until Zhang Shufen was alone before approaching her.
"Head Nurse Zhang, could I have just one minute of your time?"
Zhang Shufen looked at him warily.
"What's up?"
"Regarding your husband, Director Li."
Su Jianguo lowered his voice.
"I suppose you don't want too many people to know, right?"
Zhang Shufen's face turned deathly pale instantly, but she quickly regained her composure.
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