The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

This time, it was no longer questioning, but venting.

After all, he was an old man of advanced age.

Even if there was no one to control him, he couldn't hurt Chen Fang in the slightest.

Just when the Disciplinary Committee staff were about to take him away.

Hou Jidao suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He turned and looked at Chen Fang.

Said, "Since we won't have another chance to meet, can you tell me why Jiang Chuo is helping you? You two clearly have an irreconcilable grudge?"

This matter, Hou Jidao had never understood.

Just like Song Jiangshan.

Jiang Chuo was also his personal choice.

The reason for choosing Jiang Chuo was firstly because he was at rock bottom and needed someone to help him turn things around, and Hou Jidao was his hope of re-entering the political scene.

Secondly, Hou Jidao knew about the enmity between Jiang Chuo and Chen Fang, and their conflict was essentially a life-and-death situation.

Choosing Jiang Chuo for this task was more than suitable.

Compared to Song Jiangshan, he found it even less likely that there could be reconciliation between Chen Fang and Jiang Chuo.

However, all expectations were overturned at the last moment.

Jiang Chuo became the key to Chen Fang breaking the stalemate.

He wracked his brain these past two days, yet couldn't make sense of it.

"You really want to know?"

Chen Fang asked.

Hou Jidao nodded.

Chen Fang paused, then said, "If you hadn't wanted to grasp Jiang Chuo's weakness and completely control him, he wouldn't have felt a sense of crisis…"

Things were actually simple.

The key to breaking the deadlock was in that black notebook.

After Hou Liangping obtained that black notebook from You Li, he ordered for You Li to be eliminated.

After Chen Fang saved You Li, he assigned her a task.

The task was to find Jiang Chuo.

When You Li explained in detail to Jiang Chuo how Hou Liangping obtained the black notebook, Jiang Chuo's expression changed immediately.

Just like when he met Chen Fang again, he wholeheartedly wanted that notebook.

Unexpectedly, Hou Liangping, as a secretary, was also secretly vying for that notebook, and it had already reached Hou Liangping's hands.

In this situation.

Jiang Chuo became wary of the Hou Family.

Next.

Chen Fang had a secret meeting.

He told Jiang Chuo that the notebook given to Hou Liangping was a fake.

The real notebook was still in his possession.

If Jiang Chuo was willing to help him, he was willing to hand over the notebook.

In other words, at that moment, Chen Fang abandoned his grievance with Jiang Chuo, took the initiative to make concessions, and gave Jiang Chuo what he had always wanted.

Upon hearing this.

Hou Jidao was suddenly surprised and asked, "Did you really give him that notebook?"

Chen Fang nodded and said, "I am a man of my word, and I promised to do so, so I gave it to him."

"Hahahaha..."

Hou Jidao suddenly burst into laughter.

"Why are you laughing?"

Chen Fang asked.

Hou Jidao's eyes suddenly showed an ominous look.

He said, "Chen Fang, oh Chen Fang, you've done a foolish thing, an extremely foolish thing. I wanted only to destroy that notebook, never imagining you would really hand it over to Jiang Chuo. Now, all the consequences will be yours alone to bear, and you will regret it, you will regret it..."

"What exactly is in that notebook?"

Chen Fang shivered and asked.

Hou Jidao took a deep breath.

Said: "You'll find out, someday you'll find out, but that day comes, it will be the day you regret it beyond measure, hahahaha... Very well... Knowing there will be such a day, I die without regret..."

After saying this.

Hou Jidao strode out of the ward.

Chen Fang was stunned.

At that moment, he did not believe Hou Jidao was just trying to intimidate.

Could there really be something terrifying hidden in that notebook?

He had always thought that the notebook must be a record of Jiang Chuo's guilt in some way, which was why he had always wanted to get hold of it.

Yet when Jiang Chuo betrayed Hou Jidao for the notebook, he indeed hesitated and imagined scenarios.

For the greater good, he did not delve into it.

But Hou Jidao's words made him somewhat fearful.

"Ah Fang!"

Suddenly, Fang Mei appeared at the door.

Seeing her flushed face and panting appearance, Chen Fang knew something major had happened.

Hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"Come with me, let's go home."

Without another word, Fang Mei rushed into the ward and grabbed Chen Fang's hand.

Chen Fang dared not delay, and together with Guan Qingyao got into Fang Mei's car.

On the road, Fang Mei drove very fast.

In less than ten minutes, they arrived at Chen Fang's apartment complex.

Opening the door.

Chen Fang saw Zhong Xiqian, Fang Gui, and Zhang Cheng guarding the side of the dining table, as if there was something.

Seeing Chen Fang enter.

Zhong Xiqian immediately took hold of his hand.

Pointing to the ashtray on the dining table, said: "Ah Fang, look."

Chen Fang looked closely.

In the middle of the dining table, there was an ashtray.

Beside the ashtray was a piece of paper already half-burned.

"What is this?"

Chen Fang asked.

Fang Mei held up the paper turned to ash fragments, brought it to Chen Fang's face, said: "Look on top."

Chen Fang took the paper and examined it closely.

The remaining part of the burned paper vaguely showed the two red characters "Heavenly Phase."

"Heavenly Phase? What does it mean? A typo? These two characters should be 'Celestial Phenomenon'."

Guan Qingyao also saw it and asked, puzzled.

Chen Fang seemed to realize something, and asked: "Where did this paper come from?"

Fang Mei said: "I tore this sheet from the notebook you gave Jiang Chuo…"

When Chen Fang was about to give the notebook to Jiang Chuo to negotiate and cooperate, Fang Mei took advantage when he wasn't paying attention and randomly tore a page from the middle and hid it.

Today Fang Mei took the paper out and found it a blank page, feeling very disappointed.

Then casually discarded it on the dining table.

Coincidentally, there was an ashtray on the dining table.

In the ashtray, Zhang Cheng had left a cigarette butt that hadn't been extinguished.

Just like this.

The cigarette butt ignited the paper.

When the fire started, Zhong Xiqian noticed it and quickly used the towel in her hand to cover the fire.

When the towel was lifted.

She discovered the words "Heavenly Phase" on the remaining paper.

"Bring a lighter here."

Chen Fang extended his hand and said.

Zhang Cheng quickly pulled out a lighter and handed it to Chen Fang.

He lit the fire and heated the lower part of the paper.

Sure enough, the faintly visible words became clear.

"Ah, so that's how you read the contents of the notebook?"

Fang Mei exclaimed in surprise.