What No Longer Needed!

Meanwhile.

Meihe City Government.

After Dong Xuebin hung up on him, Hua Li, sitting in his office, slapped the desk. Suppressing his anger, he immediately called Chenggang County.

Beep, beep, beep.

Li Zhixin's phone connected.

"Hello, Mayor Hua," Li Zhixin answered.

Hua Li's tone toward him was quite mild. "Still at the hospital, Lao Li?"

Li Zhixin said, "No. I left after seeing they were fine. I'm back in the county now and just met with the Party Secretary. I left my secretary and a few others at the hospital."

Hua Li said, "I just spoke with Mayor Xie's husband. What is this deputy county chief from Zhenshui County trying to pull? It was just an accident, yet he refuses to let it go. He even yelled at me without knowing what he was talking about. Is this the caliber of Zhenshui County's officials? If his wife weren't injured right now, I really would have the Discipline Inspection Commission investigate how someone like him got appointed. It's outrageous!"

Li Zhixin sneered. "We've seen his work style before. Last time, he beat nearly twenty of our villagers. Some were disfigured, some had broken legs. Don't even mention it." Clearly, Li Zhixin's people had sent subordinates to block the road and rob Zhenshui County's vehicles, intending to use violence as well. Dong Xuebin had merely acted in self-defense and had been forced into it. Yet the way Li Zhixin put it made it sound as if Zhenshui County had been in the wrong.

Hua Li might have known about that incident, so he did not pursue the subject. "Be careful. I think Dong Xuebin is going to make a big deal out of this."

"I understand, Mayor Hua," Li Zhixin said.

"Make sure the impact is kept under control, understand?" Hua Li