Chapter Thirty-Four: The Leak

  The office was filled with smoke, and Tang Yi's smoking habit had become more severe recently. Two packs of cigarettes a day were not enough for him to smoke.

  Tang Yi himself didn't realize this point, he was now frowning and looking at the proposal for the construction of the new city district on the table, it was nothing more than the town of Chengguan and various units in Chengguan already seeing the new city district as a piece of fat meat, ready to pounce on it.

  Tang Yi had a new idea for the new city district, lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, thinking about how to implement his own ideas. Suddenly, the office door was slammed open, and Li An rushed in with a big sweat on his head. Seeing his expression like he had lost his last chance, Tang Yi was slightly startled, knowing that something was not small. Li An's temperament was usually calm, but now he was so flustered, it was estimated that there was some big trouble.

  As expected, Li An closed the door tightly and said: "Secretary Tang, I...I'm sorry, I've let you down, I've disappointed your expectations." He looked like he wanted to die to atone for his sins.

  Tang Yi smiled and said, "Calm down, what's the panic? Let's have a cup of tea first." He personally brewed a cup of refreshing green tea for him, smiling as he pressed him onto the long sofa, sitting beside him, saying, "Even if the sky falls, there are people to hold it up, what are you afraid of?"

  Li An's hands trembled as he held the teacup and took a few sips. Perhaps the green tea had taken effect, or perhaps Tang Yi's calmness was contagious, but Li An gradually calmed down, though his voice still shook: "Tang, Secretary Tang, the funds that were just allocated to our department yesterday... I, I lost them..."

  "What kind of bill? Speak slowly, don't rush."

  Li An sighed and began to explain the cause and effect, it turned out that he received a notice from the Finance Bureau yesterday, the 100,000 yuan allocated to the Commerce Bureau had been approved, so he went to the Finance Bureau with Li Kezhang from the Accounting Department to retrieve the money and put it in his office safe. Who knew that when he opened the safe this morning after work, the huge sum of money was gone, he didn't dare to make a sound, struggled for half a day, really felt helpless, before running to report to Tang Yi.

  Tang Yi furrowed his brow as he listened: "Why didn't you hand over the money to the finance department?"

  Li An said with a bitter face: "He, Li Kezhang, is just a lazy person who likes to make excuses. When we were on our way back to the office, he said he had diarrhea and slipped away halfway. I didn't see him all day yesterday until the end of work. I thought it was just for one night, no big deal, so I locked the money in my safe."

  "The safe was newly purchased, and only I had the key. My key hasn't been lost either, but this money just disappeared out of thin air. No matter how hard I think about it, I just can't figure it out. Even if someone wanted to cheat me, they would still need to get their hands on the key, right? Secretary Tang, what do you think we should do? Should we report it to the police?" Li An was really reluctant to report it to the police. After reporting it, regardless of whether or not the money is found, his face as the director will definitely be lost. A sum of money was handed over to him, and it vanished into thin air overnight. Anyone would think that this director is unreliable."

  Tang Yi slightly shook his head, not for the sake of Li An's face, but this matter was fishy. Reporting to the police? With the county bureau's criminal investigation capabilities, Tang Yi didn't believe they could get to the bottom of things. Who knows, someone might take advantage of the situation and stir up more trouble.

  "Are you sure your key hasn't been touched by anyone else?" Tang Yi looked at Li An and asked, "Think again carefully."

  Li An shook his head with a worried expression: "Unless, unless that woman of mine had moved while I was sleeping."

  Tang Yixin sneered in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he thought for a moment and asked, "Are you sure that only you and your lover have access to the safe's key?"

  Li An nodded absent-mindedly, suddenly coming back to his senses, and exclaimed urgently: "Secretary Tang, my lover, my lover would never betray me."

  Tang Yi smiled: "Don't be nervous, think carefully again, for example, when you and your friends drink wine and get drunk, did you still have that key on you at the time?"

  Li An's mind was a bit dazed, and he suddenly furrowed his brow, as if thinking of something, but hesitated and swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

  Tang Yi's eyes were extremely sharp, and he soon discovered his abnormality. He frowned and said in a deep voice: "Director Li, if you still have anything to hide from me, Tang Yi, there is only one last resort, call the police."

  Li An heard Tang Yi's words with a gloomy tone, and his body shook slightly. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Tang Yi looked at Li An's timid and hesitant appearance, shaking his head, thinking that he was not resolute enough and couldn't be promoted to a higher position. This Li An was only suitable for being in a small place, living a peaceful life.

  "Secretary Tang, I...I'm sorry to you, I was confused. And there's another woman who had the opportunity to touch the safe key...She...She's someone I met at Night Mist, we started as friends who could talk, but later that night..."

  Tang Yi smiled and said, "It's not embarrassing for a woman to have a tattoo on her body. What's her name and what does she do?" Thinking to herself, if you, Li An, don't even know this, then go figure it out yourself, I don't have the time to bother with your nonsense.

  It's fortunate that Li An wasn't so muddled, "She's from the Light Industry Bureau, named Hu Xiaoling, her husband and I are in the same unit." He paused for a moment, then said with hatred, "Her husband is Financial Li, the section chief, could it be that they're both plotting against me?"

  Tang Yi slowly sorted out the threads, and things seemed simple. It was just Li Kezhang and his wife who had set up Li An. But thinking carefully, it didn't seem quite logical. Even if Li Kezhang was greedy for money, he couldn't have known in advance that there would be an opportunity to get money, so why would he instruct his wife to seduce Li An? Did wearing a green hat feel good?

  "After some deliberation, Tang Yi said to Li An: 'Don't make this public for now, let's wait a few days and see. You stall the finance department for a bit, I'll think of a solution.'"

  Li An responded with a "yes" and walked out the door with his head hung low, looking like Secretary Tang had already lost confidence in him. He thought to himself that it was strange, having just taken the seat of bureau chief, he felt a bit dizzy, and every day hearing those flattering words made him somewhat forget himself, soon forgetting Secretary Tang's instructions when he first took office, and making such a big mistake in just a few days.

  Looking at Li An's somewhat desolate back, Tang Yi sighed and said, "So be it."

  ……

  Junzi, as usual, stayed behind after work to clean the office. Just a few days ago, he was just awarded "Advanced Individual". Nobody could see that this used to be a street thug who would fight at the drop of a hat. Now, he looks like a typical diligent and dedicated government clerk.

  When he came out of the courtyard, the sky had already darkened. As soon as he turned a corner, he heard the sound of "beep... beep..." from behind him, and Junzi let out a cold hum in his heart. If you dared to show off in front of me last year, I would have smashed your car immediately. But at this time, Junzi obediently dodged to the side and gave way to the car.

  Who knew a black Santana screeched to a halt beside him, the door opened and a familiar voice said: "Junzi, get in."

  A man wearing a black windbreaker and black sunglasses was sitting in the driver's seat. Junzi looked at his build and thought it seemed familiar, wondering which brother had arrived. But then the man pulled down his sunglasses, revealing a pair of clear and spirited eyes. Ah, it was Tang Ge.

  Junzi got on the bus and asked in surprise: "Brother, what are you doing?"

  Tang Yi adjusted his sunglasses and smiled: "I want to talk to you about something, let's walk and talk."

  After Li An left, Tang Yi couldn't help but think that something wasn't quite right. If it was really possible to see who was behind the scenes plotting against Li An, that would be one thing, but it didn't seem like that at all. If some big shot in the county committee was out to get him and used Li An as a scapegoat, they wouldn't have done it so sloppily - the methods were almost childish. But if you say it wasn't someone plotting against Li An, then the whole thing looked like a conspiracy: the initial seduction, followed by the theft of money on the way back, and finally the loss of the money - it was all too perfectly laid out. Except that it could be easily guessed who the mastermind was, perhaps... or maybe that was just another trap to make him think he saw who the mastermind was?

  Yi Tian has always been wary of things he can't control, so he naturally wants to investigate thoroughly. Going through normal channels will not only immediately reveal Li An's style problem but also make him fall into the other party's plan because he doesn't know if it is a trap set by others, and he doesn't know if the other party has any more powerful tricks up their sleeve.

  I've recently offended a lot of people and I really can't think of which god wants to take revenge on Li An.

  Of course, one can also ignore it and let Li An fend for himself, but if someone really designed a trap, dealing with Li An is like the drunkard's intention is not in the wine. The consequence of letting go and ignoring him can only be to slowly lead the fire to oneself. If the other side moves against Li An and succeeds in the first step, they will definitely move against oneself next, and killing the threat in its cradle is the best solution. Attack is always the best defense.

  After some thought, Tang Yi had a plan and came to ask Junzi for help. Seeing Junzi get on the carriage, he whispered in his ear, and Junzi was initially surprised, then nodded slightly.

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