Dai Zhengxing, deputy secretary of Yangcheng City's Political and Legal Affairs Commission, had missed the conference for political and legal affairs officials because his hemorrhoids had flared up. Now he lay face down on the sofa, sneering as he told his wife and son, "I said it long ago: Zhou Yi is young and reckless, far too eager to show off. With someone like that, you just have to tolerate him, give way to him, let him be, treat him respectfully, and leave him alone. Sooner or later, karma will catch up with him. And the facts have proved me right. Look, hasn't he been suspended?"
"That's why they say an unruly sky brings rain, and an arrogant man brings disaster on himself. Zhou Yi was just too arrogant. His arrogance..."
Just then, his phone chimed, and a text message popped up.
Deputy Secretary Dai glanced at it, his body giving a slight shudder. Then he continued as though nothing had happened, "His arrogance... was actually quite justified!"
How could it not be?
His subordinate Gu Xinwen had just texted him: people from the provincial Discipline Inspection Commission had taken Ba Yan away right there at the conference!
So, the next time he went in to offer Zhou Yi a toast, which foot should he put through the door first?
All of Yangcheng City was stunned by this explosive bombshell!
No one had imagined that Zhou Yi's counterattack would be so swift, so fierce, and so merciless, leaving no room for maneuver!
From December fifth to the seventh, from his suspension pending investigation to Ba Yan being taken away by the provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, only three days had passed.
It was downright terrifying!
Just how powerful did his backing and connections have to be for him to pull