389: Chapter 389 Returning to Jinzhu Township, Sun Tingting Pays a Visit to Apologize

"Find a place to park, let's get out and walk around."

Soon, Qin Chuan got out of the car, glanced up at the Jinzhu Township Government, and walked over, with Wei Xinglong and Secretary Wei Jiangnan following behind.

After graduating from university, he had worked in this place for over two years, and he had never returned since leaving.

Everything was so familiar, yet the faces he saw were all so strange.

In all of Jinzhu Township, the only person he had a good relationship with was Zhang Anxiang; the two had kept in touch occasionally over the years, but they hadn't met in person since.

Back when they were in the Urban Construction Office, they had been quite close. Later, Qin Chuan had put in a word for Zhang Anxiang's promotion, allowing him to successfully become the director of the Urban Construction Office.

"Let's go, we're heading to the Urban Construction Office!"

Since he was already in Jinzhu Township, he might as well have a couple of drinks with Zhang Anxiang and ask about Sun Tingting while he was at it.

Having worked in the Urban Construction Office for over two years back then, he was quite familiar with that large office.

Qin Chuan knocked on the door and pushed it open, stepping inside. "Where is your Director Zhang? Is he in?"

There was a young man with what seemed to be a bad temper; he belonged to the same type of person as that guy named Wu Yuan from back in the day.

"Who are you people? Is this a place you can just walk into? Get out, get out!"

Wei Xinglong said loudly, "Cut the crap. Look at who this is. Get your Township Party Committee Secretary over here to talk. You brat, have you lost your mind?"

Inside the large office, a man in his forties or fifties looked pleasantly surprised. "You are Qin Chuan!"

Qin Chuan nodded with a smile. "Yes, I am Qin Chuan. It seems your Director Zhang is not here."

The middle-aged man became visibly excited. "Director Zhang and Township Head Liu have gone out. I will call him immediately."

After saying this, he immediately made the call in front of everyone, looking very excited and reacting quite strongly.

The others didn't know Qin Chuan, but he did!

The events from back then felt like they were right in front of his eyes; this was the son of the Provincial Party Secretary.

As a veteran of the Urban Construction Office, the middle-aged man knew Qin Chuan's identity, but because a gag order had been issued back then, many of the newcomers didn't know.

The rude young man from earlier was starting to get scared. It seemed that Qin Chuan's rank might not be low—perhaps even higher than the Township Party Committee Secretary—and he began to feel afraid.

However, no one paid any attention to him. After the middle-aged man finished the call, he enthusiastically invited Qin Chuan and the others into the reception room and poured hot tea.

"Secretary Qin, Director Zhang will be back immediately. Our Secretary Ding has gone to the county for a meeting, but I will report this to him right away."

"It's fine, no rush," Qin Chuan said.

A while later, Zhang Anxiang rushed back, looking very excited and pleasantly surprised!

"Secretary Qin, it really is you!"

He shook hands with Qin Chuan excitedly and then introduced him, "Township Head Liu, this is Secretary Qin Chuan, currently the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Criminal Investigation Bureau!"

"Hello, I am Liu Ming from Jinzhu Township. Welcome, Secretary Qin Chuan, to inspect and guide our work!"

Before long, the Secretary of Jinzhu Township rushed back, and the leaders of Qingjiang County also arrived; it was very lively.

Like stars surrounding the moon, Qin Chuan received the highest level of hospitality; even Dongzhou City sent municipal leaders over.

In the office of the Municipal Standing Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Secretary Li Haibo looked serious as he buried his head in smoking, his mind occupied with the matter of Qin Chuan arriving in Jinzhu Township.

"I hope I'm overthinking this and that he didn't come here because of the matter involving Sun Tingting."

Secretary Li Haibo was in his fifties, with a fat head and big ears, a face full of flabby flesh, and a fierce appearance, yet he had several beautiful mistresses, including trendy young women like Sun Tingting.

"He must just be returning to Jinzhu Township for a visit; it's a coincidence, just a coincidence..."

After comforting himself in his mind, Secretary Li Haibo picked up his phone and called Sun Tingting.

"You behave yourself these next few days and don't cause any trouble for me. The leaders from the Criminal Investigation Bureau have arrived in Dongzhou."

Sun Tingting said coquettishly, "Darling, don't you have the final say in Dongzhou..."

Before she could finish, she was interrupted. Secretary Li Haibo warned, "I'm not joking with you. You must listen to me. It's best if you stay quietly at home and try not to go out."

Although Sun Tingting didn't say anything, she didn't take it to heart at all.

In her perception, throughout all of Dongzhou, Secretary Li Haibo covered the sky with one hand; there was nothing he couldn't handle. For instance, regarding this kneeling incident, the public opinion online had been suppressed tightly, and there were very few related reports.

Back to Qin Chuan's side.

First, he received the highest level of hospitality, and then he had tea and chatted with Zhang Anxiang.

The two hadn't seen each other for many years and seemed to have endless topics to discuss.

After chatting for a while, Qin Chuan asked, "A Sun Tingting has appeared in Jinzhu Township, forcing others to kneel and apologize to her dog. Do you know about this matter?"

Zhang Anxiang was slightly surprised. "Secretary Qin, you also know about this matter?"

Qin Chuan nodded.

Of course he knew. Returning to Jinzhu Township this time to see the place where he once worked was just incidental; the main reason was for the matter concerning Sun Tingting.

"Secretary Qin, I know this Sun Tingting. She is lazy and likes to eat well. She used to run a hair salon in the township and was always mixing with some unsavory people from society. For the past two years, the salon has closed, and every time I see her, she is dressed very fashionably and covered in luxury goods."

"I heard she hooked up with a wealthy man and bought a house and a car in Dongzhou City, and she rarely returns to Jinzhu Township..."

Zhang Anxiang poured out everything he knew in one go.

After listening, Qin Chuan knew that Zhang Anxiang's understanding of Sun Tingting's situation was limited; for instance, he didn't even know that Sun Tingting had now become Secretary Li Haibo's woman.

The two drank tea while chatting about these matters.

On the internet, videos and reports about Sun Tingting forcing someone to kneel and apologize to her dog suddenly increased.

The matter fermented rapidly, and at this rate, it would hit the trending searches within a few hours.

Secretary Li Haibo quickly noticed this situation and found it very strange. He made several calls in succession to put out the fire, but this time it didn't work.

There seemed to be an invisible pair of hands pushing from behind, determined to push this matter to the forefront of public scrutiny.

The first thing Secretary Li Haibo thought of was that someone was trying to use this matter to target him. On the internet, a large number of netizens were tagging the Criminal Investigation Bureau again.

With a gloomy face, Secretary Li Haibo paced back and forth in his office, his mind even weighing whether to sacrifice the pawn to save the rook.

After thinking it over, he called Sun Tingting again, scolded her severely, and then demanded that she go and apologize in person to obtain the forgiveness of the man who had been forced to kneel.

It would be best to have the man speak out and appear in public to admit that he had forgiven Sun Tingting; only then could public opinion be quickly calmed down.

Sun Tingting was ten thousand times unwilling.

She was used to being unscrupulous and didn't want to apologize to that loser man even if it killed her, but she was also afraid of Secretary Li Haibo, so she felt very conflicted and torn inside.

In the end, she had no choice but to listen. Biting the bullet, she bought some things and went to the home of the man who had been forced to kneel to apologize.

She knocked on the door, putting on what she considered her most pitiful appearance.

The door opened quickly, but it wasn't the man who had been forced to kneel who opened it, but another young man. She looked into the room through the half-open door.

The man who had been forced to kneel seemed to have guests; they were sitting on the sofa, with snacks and fruits placed on the coffee table, and they were chatting about something.