At the Standing Committee meeting, several members who had always been at odds with Wei Haihe were surprised to find that those who usually opposed Wei Haihe, led by Chen Xiaoming, had almost all made a complete 360-degree turn. Another important figure, Liu Dongqing, had resigned due to illness. Whether it was truly due to illness or not, everyone knew the answer, but Wei Haihe had already gained an absolute advantage. The remaining few couldn't stir up any trouble, and their opposition would be futile. Since it was pointless, why continue to oppose Wei Haihe? And if they did, perhaps Liu Dongqing was a good clue!
Therefore, Fu Yuanshan's appointment as acting secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission was successfully approved, which Fu Yuanshan himself did not expect. When Wei Haihe asked him to express his determination at the meeting, he was even speechless.
However, it is undeniable that, apart from Wei Haihe, everyone else admired Fu Yuanshan's abilities to the extreme. None of them could have done it. Although he was somewhat clumsy with words, it did not affect their opinion of him.
After Fu Yuanshan returned to the Municipal Bureau, although he did not make sweeping personnel changes, he did replace several incompetent subordinates. For example, Liu Xingzhou, the director of the Fourth Division, said at the beginning of his tenure, "For the sake of stability, it is not appropriate to make a few quick moves, but it is necessary to establish some authority and set an example. A superior who is not feared by his subordinates cannot accomplish anything."
After Zhou Xuan solved the cases during the second phase, he slowed down. The later cases took even longer, and there was hardly any evidence left. He investigated almost everything, but only solved less than ten more cases. However, Fu Yuanshan's prestige was already strong enough. At least in the short month after he took office, he solved half of the long-standing major cases. Who could match his ability?
Furthermore, Fu Yuanshan's approach to work is not based on nepotism. He mostly decides based on ability, promoting those who are diligent and capable. As long as he doesn't act out of personal favoritism or appoint his cronies to important positions, his subordinates' respect for him gradually increases. A boss who gets things done is the best at inspiring his subordinates' fighting spirit.
Fu Yuanshan then privately asked Zhou Xuan if he would like a promotion. Zhou Xuan shook his head slightly and smiled, "Brother, I like this feeling of doing things without much burden, without psychological pressure. I do what I like when I want to do it, and I do something else when I don't. I don't like being constrained!"
Volume 1, Chapter 559: This is an order
Over the next month, Zhou Xuan went through a series of unsolved and difficult cases. About half of the cases were too old, and even if there was some physical evidence, it was no longer useful. He could not detect any image information on the physical evidence.
In the following month or so, when Zhang Lei started to pay attention to Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan became lazy and idle again, spending his days playing games or sneaking out to eat and drink. Zhang Lei was his partner, so she naturally followed him closely at all times.
Zhou Xuan didn't shake her off, only intentionally or unintentionally avoiding her when analyzing and solving cases. But since the case was cleared up, he basically had nothing to do, while Fu Yuanshan became busy. After becoming the top leader, on the one hand, he was in charge of the entire public security system in Beijing, and his subordinates had to report to him on everything, big or small. "It was truly absolute power." On the other hand, after Fu Yuanshan took over as the acting secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, he was also unable to get away from the affairs of the city. In fact, he was more involved in the political and legal affairs of the municipal party committee than the affairs of the municipal bureau. After more than a month of vigorous case-solving, the public security in Beijing was in excellent condition.
After working for another month, Zhou Xuan had been working at the Municipal Bureau for almost three months, serving as a police officer for three months. He was practically bored and had been thinking for several days about resigning from his job and going back to being a carefree, laid-back man. However, before he could bring it up with Fu Yuanshan, he received a call from the old man, who invited him to meet up with Wei Haihong and have a chat.
It had been a long time since Zhou Xuan had seen the old man. To be honest, he missed him quite a bit. Among the Wei family members, apart from the Wei Xiaoyu and Wei Xiaoqing sisters, he only got along best with Wei Haihong and the old man. He had a brotherly relationship with Wei Haihong and a close friendship with the old man despite their age difference. If the old man wanted to see him, then there was no question about it; he would definitely go.
The Fourth Division had already been assigned a new director, a veteran criminal investigator transferred from the Criminal Investigation Brigade. He was experienced, a man of action, and one of the dozen or so middle-level cadres who had been sidelined and who had come to the Municipal Bureau to support Fu Yuanshan. After being transferred to the Fourth Division as director, he improved the work style of the division quite a bit, but he turned a blind eye to Zhou Xuan's laziness. Firstly, he had received instructions from Fu Yuanshan that he knew this was not something that could be controlled, and secondly, he already knew that Zhou Xuan had profound martial arts skills and was not someone to be trifled with.
Although he is a practical and down-to-earth person, he is not a fool. He has been a detective for decades and knows that rules cannot be explained to everyone.
When Zhou Xuan left, he casually asked the director for leave, saying that he had something to do and needed to leave early.
The section chief readily agreed with a smile. Zhou Xuan rarely asked for leave before sneaking out to have fun, so it was quite rare for him to ask for leave today.
Zhou Xuan returned to his office, turned off his computer, and swaggered out to wait by the elevator. Zhang Lei followed closely behind and asked, "Where are you going again?"
“This… I’m going to meet an old friend!” Zhou Xuan hesitated for a moment before answering. “The old man is indeed an ‘old’ friend to him. Among the people Zhou Xuan knows, the old man, Fu Ying’s great-grandfather, Old Li, is the oldest of the three.”
"Hmph. So... trying to shake me off again, sneaking around like that!" Zhang Lei said sullenly. "I can tell you're not going to do anything good. I have to follow you and keep an eye on you!" Zhou Xuan was stunned. If this silly girl insisted on going with him, it would be difficult to say so. He originally wanted to keep a low profile, so he hadn't revealed anything about what he had done. Even now, Zhang Lei only thought that he was a relative of Fu Yuanshan and received Fu Yuanshan's favor, not that Zhou Xuan was capable.
In Zhang Lei's mind, Zhou Xuan was good at nothing except fighting, lazy and unproductive. Zhang Lei was initially excited and prepared to work with Zhou Xuan to solve some more big cases, but the more she looked at him, the more disappointed she became. Zhou Xuan did absolutely nothing. At work, he did nothing but slack off and play games. Otherwise, he would go out to eat and drink and act recklessly, showing no regard for the city bureau's rules and regulations.
To be honest, Zhang Lei didn't believe Zhou Xuan's words at all. "What do you mean by meeting old friends or children?" If he were talking about meeting some woman, she might believe it. Fu Ying had been so good to her last time, so she would definitely help her keep an eye on Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan, of course, had no idea what Zhang Lei was thinking. He thought that Zhang Lei just wanted to come with him because he was afraid that she would secretly go out to solve cases on her own since he didn't take her with him.
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, hesitated for a second, and then said, "Zhang Lei, I'm telling you the truth. I'm going to see an old friend. This place won't do you any good. You'd better not go!"
Little did she know that Zhang Lei was the place Zhou Xuan said she shouldn't go, but the more she wanted to go, the more she felt that Zhou Xuan was hiding something.
"No, if you don't take me, it proves you have something to hide. I'm going, otherwise you can't go either!" Zhang Lei replied stubbornly, showing no sign of backing down.
Zhou Xuan naturally didn't want to use his supernatural abilities to freeze her, nor was it something he absolutely had to do. If she wanted to go, let her go. Once she got to Wei Haihong's villa, he would scare her a bit. If he didn't speak up, the old man's guards definitely wouldn't let her in. He would just let her suffer in silence at the gate.
The elevator arrived, and the two of them took it down together. In the square, Zhang Lei asked Zhou Xuan again, "Should I drive or take a taxi?" Zhou Xuan smiled wryly, "Let me tell you honestly, that place isn't one you can just go to whenever you want. Anyway, I'm not going with you. If you want to keep an eye on me, then go ahead and follow me in your car. I won't hide it from you, but in the end, you definitely won't even be able to get through the gate!" "I don't care! You're not going to shake me off either. Fine, I'll drive!" Zhang Lei angrily ran to get her QQ car, glancing back at Zhou Xuan as she drove, looking to see if he would take the opportunity to slip away.
After seeing Zhang Lei drive out, Zhou Xuan slowly drove to the gate of the Municipal Bureau to flag down a car. Zhang Lei glared at him and parked her car on the side of the road to wait. Only after Zhou Xuan got into the car did she drive off and follow behind.
This doesn't count as stalking or tracking, so Zhang Lei didn't need to hide her whereabouts. She followed the taxi, keeping a distance of only five or six meters.
Zhou Xuan instructed the driver to drive to the villa area where Wei Haihong lived in Xicheng. After entering the community, when they were still 300 meters away from Wei Haihong's villa, Zhou Xuan got out of the car and walked, while Zhang Lei drove slowly behind.
This place is an upscale residential area, and Zhang Lei is very suspicious that Zhou Xuan might really be keeping a mistress here. After all, Zhou Xuan is an extremely wealthy person. Last time, there was an astonishing 7 billion yuan in that bank card. It's unimaginable. Even now, Zhang Lei can't figure out how Zhou Xuan could have so much money. If it's embezzlement, then it's impossible. Even the most corrupt official couldn't embezzle more than 7 billion yuan without being discovered. That would be too incredible!
Zhou Xuan knew Zhang Lei was following behind him. He smiled faintly and continued walking slowly forward. When he was still fifty or sixty meters away from the villa, the old man's guards came to meet him.
The old man's guards and Wei Haihong's bodyguards all recognized Zhou Xuan, so they greeted him with smiles. But behind them, a girl in her twenties suddenly appeared.
When Zhang Lei saw this girl, she was immediately struck by her beauty. The girl was tall and slender, with stunningly beautiful features, no less so than Fu Ying.
When the girl saw Zhou Xuan, her face and eyes were full of resentment. Zhang Lei wasn't stupid; this expression clearly showed that she loved Zhou Xuan to the extreme. She couldn't help but feel angry. Zhou Xuan was indeed having an affair!
Zhang Lei stopped the car, looked at the situation in front of her, and took out her phone to take pictures to preserve the evidence. Even if Zhou Xuan tried to argue later, she had solid evidence. The evidence was irrefutable. Let's see how he can argue then.
When Zhou Xuan saw the girl, he was shaken and sighed. "This girl is Wei Xiaoqing." It had been almost half a year since he last met her, and in that time, Wei Xiaoqing had become even thinner than before. Looking at Zhou Xuan's expression, Wei Xiaoqing made no attempt to hide her longing for him. However, although she shared the surname Wei, and the Wei family was powerful, she couldn't make Zhou Xuan her husband.
For a moment, Zhou Xuan forgot that Zhang Lei was following behind him. Looking at Wei Xiaoqing, he sighed and said, "Xiaoqing, it's been a long time!" Wei Xiaoqing said softly, "Yes, it has been a long time. If you hadn't come to see my grandfather, would you have come to see me?" She sighed again and then added, "I know you wouldn't, you wouldn't have come to see me!" Wei Xiaoqing didn't hide anything in front of everyone, and her eyes even turned red as she spoke. Zhou Xuan felt extremely embarrassed.
Zhang Lei gritted her teeth and filmed Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoqing meeting on her phone in the car. She thought to herself, "Men really are all the same. They have such beautiful and wonderful wives, yet they still mess around outside!"
However, Zhang Lei couldn't bring herself to feel any disgust towards the beautiful woman in front of her. This was mainly because Wei Xiaoqing's elegant and pure demeanor made it impossible for her to associate her with words like "mistress" or "other woman." Naturally, all her anger was directed at Zhou Xuan. She was certain that Zhou Xuan had deceived the girl. A rich man only needed to use a little trickery to fool a girl, because she herself was a girl with fantasies, and her ideal boyfriend was still a prince riding a white horse.
However, just as Zhang Lei was angrily taking pictures, Zhou Xuan and the girl entered the villa gate together. Zhang Lei was about to get out of the car and follow them to "take more pictures as evidence," but before she could move, someone knocked on the car window.
Zhang Lei glanced around and saw a young, unfamiliar porter outside the car, so she rolled down the window and asked, "What's the matter?"
The man's expression was cold and stern, showing no kindness whatsoever just because she was a pretty girl. He stretched out his hand to Zhang Lei and said, "Give me your phone!"
Zhang Lei was taken aback, then said arrogantly, "Why should I? And who are you?"
The man said coldly, "You don't need to know who I am. I'm going to destroy the photos you just took. Show me your ID and other documents for inspection!"
Zhang Lei, both angry and amused, said, "You're a police officer? I'm a police officer too. Let me tell you, I'm on official duty, don't bother me!" Seeing the man's tone, Zhang Lei still assumed he was a police officer, so she showed him her work ID and said, "I'm a criminal investigator from the Fourth Criminal Investigation Division of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, on official duty. If you don't have anything to do, don't bother me!" However, the man completely ignored her. He could tell her work ID was genuine, but he didn't retract his outstretched hand, still saying, "Since you're a police officer, then I won't say anything else. Take out your phone, I'm destroying the photos!" After showing his work ID, he still dared to so arrogantly destroy the photos she had taken. Zhang Lei was extremely angry. This man hadn't even identified himself; he didn't even know if he was a police officer. To act so arrogantly towards a real police officer like her without showing his identity was truly outrageous!
Zhang Lei's eyebrows shot up, and she was about to speak up to stop him, but the man was faster. He reached out and snatched her phone, too lazy to delete the photos, and instead smashed it to the ground with a "smack" and stomped on it until it was crushed.
Zhang Lei was stunned. She hadn't expected this man to be so audacious. Wasn't he afraid that she would sue him for assaulting a police officer and obstructing official business?
After a moment of stunned silence, Zhang Lei angrily opened the car door and climbed out. Her eyes swept over the ground and saw that her phone was now a pile of fragments. "Even the most skilled repairman can't put the phone back together!"