Official Career Storm-Chapter 1362

Song Guanchao was taken aback, very surprised.

Wen Ru smiled gently, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Song Guanchao sneered, "Political Commissioner Wen is very professional."

He always thought that Wen Ru's abilities were average and that she had risen so quickly in her career, becoming a commissioner at such a young age, thanks to the intelligence provided by Lei Group.

But after hearing Wen Ru's analysis, he realized he had always viewed her with tinted glasses.

Wen Ru was observant and clever, and without Song Guanchao saying much, she understood what he meant.

She wasn't angry, just smiled pleasantly, then suddenly asked, "You get along well with Mayor Wu."

This wasn't a question but a statement, very affirmatively said.

Song Guanchao replied, "I worked as Mayor Wu's secretary for more than a year."

"Just a secretary?"

Wen Ru chuckled, a playful look in her eyes.

Song Guanchao's heart skipped a beat. Had this woman noticed something?

"For your promotion, Mayor Wu directly removed Yao Guangsong. Such behavior is taboo in officialdom."

The implication was that Wu Qiangwei was willing to take the risk of being caught to do this for him.

This had already exceeded the usual boundaries between a leader and a secretary.

If someone were to observe closely, they would notice the unusual relationship between the two.

Song Guanchao said calmly, "It was I who removed Yao Guangsong."

Wen Ru's expression remained unchanged, "Is there any difference?"

There... seemed to be no difference indeed.

Seeing the furrow on Song Guanchao's brows, Wen Ru didn't delve further, instead changing the subject, "Be careful of Mayor Zhang."

"What's up with her?"

"A starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Even if Mayor Zhang is in decline, she is still the Deputy Mayor. When Secretary Zhou was Mayor, she could stand toe-to-toe with him, relying on more than just the title of Deputy Mayor. She's adept at managing her subordinates, and I've heard she's holding leverage over quite a few people."

"She's past her days of seeking fame and fortune. It's best not to provoke her unnecessarily."

Song Guanchao understood her implication; she was worried he might push Zhang Yan to a breaking point.

Even a clay figurine has some temper, let alone Zhang Yan isn't a mere clay figurine.

Faced with her well-meaning advice, Song Guanchao simply replied, "I don't fight unprepared battles."

Wen Ru's smile carried a hint of helplessness.

Her intention was for Song Guanchao to focus on being the City Government Office Director, as with Zhang Yan's current situation, it was unlikely she would take the initiative to provoke him.

But Song Guanchao had no intention of letting her go.

She stopped advising further. Song Guanchao was determined, and others could only offer suggestions; whether to act on them, he would decide himself, and no one could sway him.

As they parted after dinner, Wen Ru said, "I'll inform you when there's progress on the complaint letter."

"Okay." Song Guanchao planned to check the contents of the USB drive once he returned.

Back at the City Government, Song Guanchao pushed open his office door and suddenly paused.

He scanned the office with his eyes, vaguely feeling something was amiss.

He walked to the desk and looked at the boss's chair.

When he left, the chair was pushed away.

But now, the chair was very close to the desk.

Someone had entered his office.

Yesterday, he had told the cleaners not to come to his office anymore.

So, it wasn't the cleaners.

Silently, Song Guanchao circled the office, pondered for a moment, then walked out the door.

Outside the office was a corridor connecting several divisions and leaders' offices.

The hallway had surveillance which could capture his office.

To find out who came in, it was simple: check the surveillance footage.

Standing there for two minutes, Song Guanchao re-entered the office.

He locked the door from the inside, turned on the light, and pulled the curtains.

Then he meticulously inspected the office inch by inch.

The office was sparsely furnished, almost all visible at a glance, making it easy to inspect.

Soon, he found a bug hidden under the corner of the desk.

He squatted down, staring at the bug, his expression cold.

He slowly stood up and continued his inspection.

A moment later, amidst a neatly arranged row of books on the bookshelf, he found a deeply hidden pinhole camera.

Song Guanchao closed the book, left the office, and dialed Wu Qiangwei's number while standing by the door.

"Mayor Wu, something happened here. Can you come over for a moment?"

"What's the matter?" Wu Qiangwei was taking a nap and was startled, quickly asking.

"Come over, and we'll talk. I'm just outside the office."

Wu Qiangwei arrived quickly and only relaxed after seeing he was safe and sound.

Seeing his stern expression, she couldn't help but be curious, "What's going on?"

Song Guanchao said, "Someone installed surveillance and a bug in my office."

"What?" Wu Qiangwei was taken aback in disbelief.

This was the City Government; how could anyone dare to do such a thing?

Song Guanchao said, "Let's get security over here first."

Wu Qiangwei immediately called her secretary over.

"Mayor." As soon as Shu Xue came over, she noticed the grave expressions on both the Mayor and Song Guanchao's faces.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Xiao Shu, go and call the security over."

"Oh, okay."

After Shu Xue left, Wu Qiangwei asked, "Aren't you calling the police?"

Song Guanchao shook his head, "There's no rush."

The security guards, hearing the mayor calling for them, didn't delay and promptly followed along.

It was currently lunchtime, and the sudden appearance of seven or eight security guards piqued the curiosity of staff from several divisions on that floor, who stepped out to take a look.

Song Guanchao ignored them and, once the security arrived, said, "Leave two people to stay with Secretary Shu and guard the office. No one must approach. The rest of you, come with me to the surveillance room."

In the entire City Government, he could only trust Wu Qiangwei.

What he needed to do now was to isolate his office and ensure the surveillance footage from the corridor wasn't deleted.

So, someone had to stay here, and it couldn't be just one person.

The security didn't know what had happened and didn't need to know. They only needed to follow Song Guanchao's instructions.

Two security guards stayed behind, while the rest followed Song Guanchao and Wu Qiangwei to the surveillance room.

A few minutes later, they reached the surveillance room.

Song Guanchao said, "Could you bring up the surveillance outside my office?"

The security asked, "What time period do you need?"

"From eleven o'clock to the present."

He had left around noon and, upon returning, discovered someone had entered his office.

The intruder could only have entered during this time frame.

Soon, the surveillance footage was on screen.

At 11:47, a young man, no more than twenty-four or twenty-five, carrying a black plastic bag, entered his room.

"Mayor, I need to call the police now."

"Okay." Wu Qiangwei nodded.

The security was still puzzled, wondering why Song Guanchao wanted to call the police out of the blue.

Song Guanchao didn't contact Liang Jianfeng but called the police station nearest to the City Government.

"Hello, I'm Song Guanchao, the Director of the City Government Office. Someone has illegally installed surveillance in my office, please dispatch officers immediately."

After reporting to the police, Song Guanchao saved the relevant surveillance footage on his phone and returned to the sixth floor with Wu Qiangwei.

Outside his office, a crowd had already gathered, eagerly asking questions to the security and Shu Xue.

However, since Shu Xue didn't know what was going on, she couldn't provide any answers.

Amidst the crowd, a young man realized something upon seeing the security at the door. His face turned fearful, and anxiety gripped him.

He quickly turned and walked briskly in the opposite direction, soon disappearing at the end of the corridor.