"Director Zhou, I know where Zhang Hao is hiding right now!"
When Zhou Yi received the call from Jiang Zhenming, deputy director of the Finance Bureau, his first reaction was, Old Jiang, are you pulling my leg?
His friendship with Jiang Zhenming had begun with a favor the man needed from him.
The last time he had gone to report to Municipal Party Secretary Tang Qingrui, he had exchanged phone numbers with Deputy Director Jiang, who was there for the same purpose. At the time, Jiang had said he urgently needed his help.
Later, Jiang Zhenming had visited him in person and explained why.
His daughter had made a poor choice of boyfriend. The scumbag had taken nude photos of her, and when she wanted to break up with him, he had threatened her with them.
Jiang Zhenming had wanted to report it to the police but feared making a scene. If the photos spread, his daughter would never be able to hold her head up again. So he had approached Director Zhou directly for help.
For Director Zhou, however, it had been a simple favor. He had merely sent out his Auspicious Three Treasures, and they had resolved what others would have considered an extremely thorny problem in no time.
Not only had they recovered all the photos, but the man had also been hauled into the detention center for a few days of "further education." And the entire process had caused no damaging fallout whatsoever.
That had earned him Deputy Director Jiang's sincere friendship.
Though he had no idea what use that friendship might be, another friend meant another avenue of help. Building goodwill was never a bad thing.
Director Zhou had simply never expected Jiang Zhenming to repay him so promptly-or so generously.
"Director Zhou, my niece