Chapter 1035 Final Chapter

  Chen Mingde had been in Donghua for only half a year, and his family members stayed in the provincial city without following him. He lived and ate in Nanyuan, but Shen Hua was afraid of being too strict with Chen Mingde, so he didn't move into Nanyuan either. Instead, he "endured hardships" and moved into the municipal government's dormitory...

  At the entrance of the corridor, two police officers from the Municipal Public Security Bureau were standing. In the hall, there were two doctors wearing white coats, as well as two young girls assigned by the Nanyuan Hotel to be on duty in Building 6 - they had not experienced anything before and now looked pale and seemed to have been frightened by what happened.

  Shen Huai's heart was also extremely shocked, and he secretly thought, "The roof leaks just as the rain pours down at night" probably describes his current situation.

  In the morning, Ge Yongqiu's uncle Zhou was beaten by Chen Mingde, and he had to swallow his anger. Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Chen Mingde suddenly died of illness...

  This old heaven is also too damn troublesome for people!

  Shen Hua followed Zhou Yu up the stairs, and didn't even bother to look at her again, especially when she lifted her feet, causing her long pants to tightly wrap around her plump buttocks.

  Upstairs is the living room, through the half-open door, you can see Chen Mingde lying straight on the bed in the bedroom, with the quilt covering his face, and he has indeed passed away.

  At this time, Shen Hua didn't have any feelings for Chen Mingde, but seeing the situation in front of him still shocked him.

  Yesterday afternoon Chen Mingde still called to ask about his injury, unexpectedly today it's his turn to lie straight on the bed, life is indeed unpredictable.

  Secretary Wu Haifeng of the Municipal Party Committee stood with his hands on his hips in the living room, his face full of dark clouds, as if a storm was brewing, making people subconsciously want to avoid him.

  Ge Yongqiu and Peng Yong, the manager of Nanyuan Hotel, as well as the team doctor who rushed to rescue, were all standing there, reporting the previous rescue situation to Wu Haifeng...

  "How did you take care of the leader's life? Mayor Chen came back to rest at noon, how could you not care about asking about it? Something like this happened, how can I explain it to the province?"

  Wu Haifeng's scolding voice was not loud, but it seemed to contain powerful thunder in the low-pressure dark clouds. When he spoke, his fingers almost poked into Ge Yongqiu and Peng Yong's faces.

  "Also, who exactly came in and out of building 6 at noon, you must report truthfully, without any ambiguity..."

  Ge Yongqiu and Peng Yong, as the director and deputy director of the municipal government's reception office, are naturally the first to be held accountable for such a big thing.

  Nowadays, leaders are all temperamental, and Wu Haifeng rarely shows mercy when scolding people.

  "Mayor Chen returned and specifically instructed others not to worry about him,"

  Peng Yong's face was very poor, although he usually boasted and prepared some words in advance, but when speaking in front of the furious boss, he still couldn't help trembling with fear.

  "I didn't see Mayor Chen come out until 2 pm, so I came over to take a look. It's my fault, Secretary Wu can scold me as he likes, but no one expected something like this would happen, and no one mentioned before that Mayor Chen had heart disease. Whether someone entered or exited Building No. 6 at noon, indeed nobody paid attention. The two staff members on duty in Building No. 6 took a short break, heard Mayor Chen's order, and ran out, so they weren't in Building No. 6 for a while..."

  "Shut up! You guys control the message first, don't let it spread outside, and don't let outsiders gossip." Wu Haifeng scolded angrily, supporting his chin with his hand, and didn't say anything else.

  The conversation between the municipal party secretary and Peng Yong made Shen Hua sense something was off.

  He is not the Shen Hua of before, in the municipal steel factory he was also brilliant, and for many years he was trampled underfoot and stifled. In just a few short years, his life experiences have undergone a huge decline, making his thoughts on life much more profound than ordinary people; looking at problems, much more transparent than ordinary people.

  Shen Huai and Zhou Yu stood at the door, seeing others not even giving him a straight look, as if they hadn't noticed his existence. He sidled into the bedroom, lifted up the corner of the quilt to take a look at Chen Mingde's corpse.

  At first glance, Shen Hua was startled: Chen Mingde, who had already stopped breathing and turned pale, was under the quilt, but he didn't even wear a piece of clothing...

  Shen Huai stood there in shock: the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, lying naked and dead in a hotel room. What kind of shocking news and political event is this for Donghua City!

  No wonder Wu Haifeng asked with a gloomy face, who had entered or exited building No. 6 before.

  "Shen Huai, what are you doing going in there?" Wu Haifeng only noticed Shen Huai entering the bedroom now, his voice suddenly sharp and stern as he ordered him to come out.

  Shen Hua could feel Wu Haifeng's strong distrust of him, and the eyes of everyone else were on him, making his face feel a bit hot. But before he left the room, he noticed a small patch of water that wasn't very noticeable in the corner seam of the shower wall, and the floor was also slightly damp. His mind stirred: Could it be that Chen Mingde had a heart attack while taking a shower?

  Chen Mingde had heart disease and also had the bad habit of taking cold showers. The doctor reminded him that taking a cold shower in cold weather could easily stimulate his heart, but he never paid attention to it. If there were no other suspicious points, this would undoubtedly be the best explanation for why Chen Mingde died naked in his room.

  It was also Shen Hua's secretary who didn't do a good job earlier:

  Neither reminded Chen Mingde to quit his habit of taking a cold shower on chilly days, nor reported Chen Mingde's heart condition to the city authorities, nor arranged for Nanyuan to prepare hot water for Building 6 at any time.

  However, when Shen Hua walked out of the bedroom and glanced at the bathroom, which was quite tidy, he became suspicious again: Could it be that she really died under a woman's belly?

  It's impossible, he and Chen Mingde have been at Donghua University for half a year, but I haven't seen Chen Mingde flirt with any girl! Does Chen Mingde think he's not reliable and hide some things from him?

  "Since you were injured at the municipal steel plant a few days ago, take good care of yourself. Don't get involved in Mayor Chen's affairs again, the city will send someone to be in charge..."

  Chen Mingde, as a provincial official, died suddenly due to illness, and the cause of death was somewhat suspicious. The handling of his posthumous affairs would not be simple, and the province would also send someone to Donghua at the first time.

  Shen Huai, as Chen Mingde's secretary, should have participated in this matter, but Wu Haifeng had heard about Shen Huai's style of work previously in the province and later at Donghua, and he didn't trust him very much, so he immediately decided to kick him out.

  The huge ups and downs he had experienced in the past two days were enough, and Shen Hua's nerves had also become tougher. After hearing Wu Haifeng's words, he walked out without a word.

  As he was about to go downstairs, Zhou Yu glanced over and saw that his bright eyes were filled with a hint of schadenfreude.

  Damn it! Shen Huai cursed silently in his heart and deliberately slowed down his pace when going downstairs.

  After a while, Zhou Yu's voice came out: "Maybe Mayor Chen had a heart attack while taking a bath and wanted to go back to the room to get medicine, but didn't make it..."

  "Building 6 doesn't provide hot water at noon, Mayor Chen knows about this, and I've even mentioned it to the reception office twice, there's a record of that; I was planning to install solar panels specifically for Building 6 in two days, but...” Peng Yong intentionally lowered his voice, but Shen Hua deliberately stood leaning against the staircase without going down, still clearly hearing Peng Yong's words.

  Shen Huai was startled in his heart, and Peng Yong's words made him suspicious:

  If Chen Mingde indeed died of a heart attack, then having a heart attack while bathing naked is undoubtedly an explanation that benefits everyone.

  Peng Yong was the first to enter the room. Even if he didn't see the water stain on the edge of the bathroom wall, he shouldn't have hastily denied the possibility that Chen Mingde had a stroke while taking a bath.

  There were only Zhou Yu and Peng Yong speaking in the room, and after a simple two-sentence conversation, they stopped; Wu Haifeng, Ge Yongqiu and others remained silent, as if it was the dead silence before a storm.

  It was impossible for the previous Shen Hua to hear anything from Zhou Yu and Peng Yong's conversation, but for Shen Hua at this time, he had already heard enough suspicious points in just a few sentences since going upstairs.

  Chen Mingde died of a heart attack in his room, with multiple explanations.

  The two most likely possibilities are either that he fell ill while bathing and died suddenly before he could take his medicine, or the other is much more ambiguous and filthy...

  Even if neither of the two possibilities has strong evidence to support it, from the perspective of convenient collection and disposal, we should lean towards the first possibility as much as possible.

  Chen Mingde died of a heart attack while taking a bath. Chen Mingde's family members and provincial officials came to handle the funeral and hold a memorial service according to procedure, which for Donghua meant that even if there wouldn't be any good outcome, there also wouldn't be any lingering aftermath.

  Zhou Yu didn't enter the bedroom or bathroom, but she stood outside and directly speculated that Chen Mingde might have died suddenly while taking a bath. It can be said that although she was a woman, she still knew the "official rules" of "making big things small, making small things nothing, and not easily creating disputes".

  Peng Yong's intention in saying those words is too obvious, it's simply to directly deny the possibility that Chen Mingde got sick from taking a bath.

  If it wasn't for taking a bath when he fell ill, why did Chen Mingde die naked in his bedroom?

  This is too thought-provoking.

  Shen Huai would never believe it even if he was beaten to death, that Peng Yong's words were simply a matter of fact.

  The municipal steel plant, as a large state-owned enterprise, can be said to be a microcosm of the contemporary officialdom. It has all the open and secret struggles, all the hypocrisy and deceit, not one less. Shen Hua also learned enough about the cruelty of human nature from this experience - Shen Hua almost subconsciously determined that Peng Yong's words were intended to stir up trouble.

  Why did Peng Yong want to stir up trouble?

  Wu Haifeng, why keep silent again?

  Don't say there's no evidence that Chen Mingde's death is related to the sex scandal, even if Chen Mingde really died of a sex scandal, as the secretary of Donghua Municipal Party Committee, he should have tried his best to cover it up.

  If it were the previous heartless Shen Huai, Chen Mingde would have died and that's it. Anyway, Chen Mingde is dead, he can't stay in Donghua anymore. Does he care if Chen Mingde had a stroke while taking a bath or with a woman?

  Chen Mingde is the secretary of Lao Yezi, and can be regarded as an official of the Song family. If he really died on a woman's belly, it would have a negative impact on the reputation of the Song family, as well as the development of the children and disciples of the Song family - if it were Shen Huai before, he would even wish for this to happen.

  It's just that the soul in this body has changed, and at this time Shen Hua still hopes to have the opportunity to get Song's family forgiveness, still hopes to be able to enjoy the coolness under the big tree of Song's family, can't just watch as things develop in the worst direction.

  Wu Haifeng and Peng Yong, what are they going to do?

  They certainly wouldn't say that Chen Mingde died in a woman's belly, after all, whether there was such a woman or not is still unknown, and there is no strong evidence - as long as they insist that Chen Mingde died suddenly from illness in the middle of the night while naked in his room, it would be enough.

  People always have a habit of guessing others with the worst malice, which is enough to destroy Chen Mingde's reputation after his death.

  But what's the benefit for Peng Yong and Wu Haifeng in doing so?