Li Banfeng and Shen Jingye, with the hostage, walked out of the restaurant.

Seeing the respectful gazes of the security team members, Li Banfeng asked: "Little Shen, how do you feel?"

With a composed stride and a calm smile, Shen Jingye approached the security team members.

Despite being anxious, Shen Jingye didn’t miss the opportunity to shine.

Under the gaze of the team members, Shen Jingye introduced the situation inside the restaurant, leaving the remaining work to Chen Rangrui. He instructed the driver to get the car ready: "Director Li, let’s head back to the bureau and discuss the report."

"What’s there to discuss?" Li Qi didn’t quite understand Shen Jingye’s intention, "You’ve said everything that needs to be said, just think about the wording, don’t make it too euphemistic, ensure others can understand it."

Shen Jingye wore a bitter expression: "Director Li, it’s fine to joke about other matters, but we can’t be frivolous with those two issues we discussed earlier. You must come back to the bureau with me, Director Li, Director Li..."

Li Banfeng had already disappeared, Shen Jingye rubbed his forehead and returned to the bureau by car to write the report.

The next morning, Shen Jingye came to Li Qi’s office and presented the report he’d written overnight to Li Qi.

This was Shen Jingye’s handwritten report, and he didn’t want Li Qi to review it, but he had no choice; the report was crucial, and if there were any omissions, he couldn’t bear the responsibility.

Li Qi read the report and shook his head repeatedly: "This won’t do." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Shen Jingye was very nervous: "What’s wrong?"

Li Qi said sternly: "The issue is with your attitude."

"What’s wrong with my attitude?"

"Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s start with the font," Li Qi took out the document management guide, "What’s the required font for official documents? What font did you use? You didn’t notice such a serious issue before?"

Shen Jingye shook his head repeatedly: "Director Li, let’s not talk about the font issue, this report is extremely urgent!"

Li Qi shook his head: "Don’t rush, let’s discuss the line spacing, the official line spacing is between 28 and 32 points, your page is so dense, clearly there’s a problem..."

Shen Jingye was very angry but dared not grit his teeth, because if Li Qi saw him grit his teeth, he’d continue correcting his attitude.

Once everything was verified, Shen Jingye personally delivered the report, and Du Wenming was also very nervous: "We cannot accept such conditions, go call the Balancer, I need to confirm some matters face-to-face."

Shen Jingye quickly phoned Li Qi: "Director Li, Director Du wants to confirm some matters with you face-to-face."

Li Qi agreed: "Alright, have him come to my office."

Click!

Li Qi hung up the phone.

Shen Jingye awkwardly looked at Du Wenming.

Du Wenming frowned: "Why are you looking at me? Go bring Li Qi!"

Shen Jingye, after a moment of silence, said: "Li Qi, his situation is somewhat...special..."

...

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Du Wenming and Shen Jingye arrived at Li Banfeng’s office.

Shen Jingye introduced the two of them, and Li Qi gestured towards the sofa: "Little Du, have a seat, Little Shen, pour tea."

Shen Jingye’s face was red with anger, but at this critical moment, he absolutely couldn’t provoke Li Qi.

Shen Jingye poured the tea, and Du Wenming glanced at him: "Director Shen, I have a few words I’d like to say to Director Li in private."

Shen Jingye’s face turned even redder.

This can’t be blamed on Du Wenming for looking down on him; under the current circumstances, Shen Jingye couldn’t contribute anything.

Before Shen Jingye left, Du Wenming specifically emphasized: "Director Shen, our conversation must be kept highly confidential."

Shen Jingye got the hint and turned off all the surveillance equipment in Li Qi’s office.

Actually, even if they weren’t turned off, these devices were friends of the projector, knowing what to hear and what not to hear.

The room now only had Du Wenming and Li Qi, and Du Wenming was about to give this Puluo State person a good lesson.

"Little Li, are you interested in knowing our history of research on Inner State and Puluo State?"

Li Banfeng nodded, brought out paper and pen, as he was really interested in this, but had been unable to find relevant information.

Du Wenming first posed a question: "Do you think we learned about Inner State first or Puluo State first?"

Li Banfeng replied: "Common sense suggests Puluo State, since geographically, Puluo State is closer to Outside Provinces."

Du Wenming shook his head and laughed: "You’re wrong, our contact with Inner State was much earlier, but our contact with Puluo State hasn’t been long.

To us, Inner State is another civilization from the same era but on a different path, a highly developed civilization.

During the exchange and collision of the two civilizations, we discovered many enslaved and dominated backward groups, Puluo State being one of them.

In fact, there was originally no concept of Puluo State in this world, under Inner State’s rule, Puluo State was just a piece of land with clear boundaries.

The geographically connected Greenwater Bay and Medicine King Valley had no contact between them until we opened a passage between the boundaries, establishing a connection, giving rise to Puluo State. Do you understand this logic?"

Li Banfeng was silent for a moment, then asked: "When did you start contacting Inner State?"

Du Wenming shook his head: "Can’t disclose the exact time, it’s classified."

Li Banfeng asked again: "When did you start contacting Puluo State?"

Du Wenming shook his head again: "That’s also classified."