239: Chapter 239 Lu Yike: Secretary Gao, I don't want to get involved in this matter.

Secretary Gao Yuliang composed himself, picked up his phone, and pressed the answer button. From the other end of the line, Chen Qingquan's voice, thick with tears, immediately came through: "Secretary Gao, help me! Only you can save me this time!"

Secretary Gao Yuliang's expression turned stern: "What are you crying about? Look at yourself! I'm asking you, were you taken away by the Anti-Corruption Bureau today?"

"Yes, Secretary Gao!" Chen Qingquan sobbed.

"Stop crying," Secretary Gao Yuliang said in a deep voice. "Then how did you get out so quickly?"

"I confessed, signed the papers, and they let me go." Chen Qingquan stopped crying, though his voice remained hoarse.

Secretary Gao Yuliang was even more confused.

How long had it been?

Taken away—signed a confession—released?

What kind of strange procedure was this? And Chen Qingquan had actually signed the confession so readily, without even trying to argue his case?

The more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt. He cleared his throat and said: "Tell me the process carefully, the more detailed, the better. Start from when you arrived at the Anti-Corruption Bureau."

Chen Qingquan paused on the other end and said: "Actually, the process was quite simple, and Lu Yike was quite polite. She showed me a video, it was... it was those things I didn't do very well. I..."

"Tell me the truth," Secretary Gao Yuliang said, somewhat annoyed. "Otherwise, I can't help you."

"It was... a case," Chen Qingquan muttered. "The defense attorney approached me, asked for some leniency, and we discussed it together... and ruled in favor of the defendant."

Secretary Gao Yuliang snorted coldly: "You'd better tell the truth and don't hold anything back."

"Actually, I also discussed it with the plaintiff's attorney, and also... granted some leniency." Chen Qingquan's voice dropped even lower.

Secretary Gao Yuliang's face turned completely dark: "Taking from the defendant and then taking from the plaintiff—Chen Qingquan, you've really outdone yourself."

"Secretary Gao, I was wrong, I won't dare to do it again. Please save me, save me!" Chen Qingquan started crying again.

Secretary Gao Yuliang was silent for a moment, then asked: "How did the Anti-Corruption Bureau get wind of the things you've done?"

Chen Qingquan stammered: "It was reported by those two lawyers. They were working together on another case and discovered that I was getting along with both sides... ahem, discussing with both sides, and... and..."

"Unequal distribution of spoils, is that it?" Secretary Gao Yuliang gritted his teeth.

Chen Qingquan said guiltily: "Actually... actually, it's mainly because I just had a bit of a conflict with one of them, that's why that lawyer reported me."

Secretary Gao Yuliang immediately sensed something was wrong: "What exactly is going on? At a time like this, are you still not telling the truth?"

Chen Qingquan's voice became increasingly awkward: "It's just... just that I'm quite close with that lawyer's girlfriend, and it caused a misunderstanding."

Secretary Gao Yuliang was speechless.

He had heard before that Chen Qingquan's private life was messy, but he hadn't expected him to ultimately fall because of something like this.

But in reality, he was still underestimating it.

The truth was that Chen Qingquan and that lawyer both had a hobby of studying Foreign Language, and they accidentally became "kindred spirits." Unfortunately, that lawyer developed inappropriate feelings for the "foreign teacher" and decided to persuade her to leave that life—there are quite a few men who like to "drag good women into the mud and persuade the fallen to return to a virtuous life."

As it turned out, the foreign teacher agreed on the surface but continued to be a private tutor for Chen Qingquan in private.

This completely infuriated the lawyer, who in a fit of rage reported Chen Qingquan. With irrefutable audio and video evidence, and a real-name report, Chen Qingquan had no room for defense.

Therefore, faced with the choice between "confess immediately or be detained and prosecuted" and "sign a confession, leave temporarily, and seek help from Secretary Gao Yuliang," he chose the latter without hesitation.

After that lawyer reported him, he naturally couldn't continue to make a living in Jingzhou, but his next employer, coincidentally, was Dasheng Law Firm. As for whether there was any shadow of Zhao Yang behind this, only Zhao Yang knew in his heart.

Secretary Gao Yuliang was silent for a while, then asked: "Did Lu Yike say anything?"

"She told me to go back first, not to leave Jingzhou, and to wait for a summons at any time." Chen Qingquan paused, then added, "She said she would report to you personally."

"Hmm..." Secretary Gao Yuliang frowned and subconsciously glanced out the window, just in time to see a blue hongdou m5 driving into the compound. He withdrew his gaze and said, "I see. Stay at home and don't go anywhere."

Not long after hanging up the phone, Secretary He brought Lu Yike into Secretary Gao Yuliang's office. Ever since the incident at Yueya Lake, Secretary Gao Yuliang had come to regard Lu Yike as a trusted aide, and Lu Yike was as familiar with his office as if it were her own home.

After entering, she sat straight down on the sofa. Without needing Secretary Gao Yuliang to instruct him, Secretary He first served Lu Yike a cup of tea, then exited the office and gently closed the door.

Secretary Gao Yuliang didn't wait for Lu Yike to speak before asking: "Are you here because of Chen Qingquan's matter?"

Lu Yike took a sip of tea and smiled: "Secretary Gao, the things Chen Qingquan has done are too disgusting. If this matter gets out, it will be your reputation that gets tarnished."

Secretary Gao Yuliang frowned, immediately realizing that Chen Qingquan hadn't told the whole truth earlier, and asked: "Yike, what exactly does your Anti-Corruption Bureau have on him?"

Lu Yike handed him a stack of documents with an expression of disgust: "As a woman, I really couldn't bear to look at it. How you want to handle it is up to you. If you find it difficult to handle, just hand it over entirely to Director Lu, anyway, I really don't want to deal with it anymore."

Secretary Gao Yuliang flipped open the documents and started reading, his brows knitting tighter and tighter. What Chen Qingquan said earlier about "being quite close with that lawyer's girlfriend" was clearly a lie.

It clearly recorded how he had repeatedly invited foreign women to his home under the guise of "studying Foreign Language," including white, black, and gray ones.

However, the documents did not involve Shanshui Group or Dafeng Factory—those matters hadn't reached the time to ferment yet, but right now, these things were enough to make Chen Qingquan roll off his position as President of the Intermediate Court.

After Secretary Gao Yuliang had read enough, Lu Yike continued: "That lawyer is quite agitated, saying that if Chen Qingquan isn't dealt with, he will release all the material he has. I suspect he still has some unsightly videos in his possession that he didn't hand over to us."

Secretary Gao Yuliang sighed: "I see. Suspend him first, and I will discuss it with the Jingzhou Municipal Committee. This bastard, he is simply..."

Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly noticed that Lu Yike was no longer on the sofa, but was standing in front of his cabinet. The cabinet door had been opened at some point, and Lu Yike's hand was reaching inside.

Secretary Gao Yuliang immediately raised his voice: "Yike, what are you doing!"

Lu Yike turned her head back and said with a grin: "The cigarettes and tea here are about to expire. We have many male comrades at the Procuratorate, so I'll help you take care of them."

"You..." Secretary Gao Yuliang waved his hand, "Leave me some."

"Don't worry," Lu Yike said, while skillfully pulling a plastic bag out of her pocket and nimbly loading things into it.

Secretary Gao Yuliang waved his hand irritably: "Do you have anything else? If not, go about your business."

"Okay, thanks Uncle-in-law, I'm leaving." Lu Yike carried the full plastic bag and walked out the door with a grin. Back in the car, she took out her phone and sent the words "Everything went smoothly" to Zhao Yang.

At this very moment, Zhao Yang had just picked up a confidential call from Gao Qilan.

On the other end of the line, Gao Qilan's tone was a bit strange: "Brother Yang, the test results are out. The owner of the hair you gave me has no blood relationship with Gao Xiaofeng's child. That hair, could it be Gao Yuliang's?"