That evening, Jian Wanyan received a call from Hou Xiangyang. From beginning to end, their conversation lasted a full hour.
Neither man shied away from discussing the original cause of their falling-out, how they had gradually drifted apart, and how they had eventually become enemies. They both expressed a desire to mend fences and agreed to discuss things further during a visit over the New Year holiday.
Having learned the full story, the secretary's wife wore her pride and delight openly on her face.
Never mind Wei Siqi, Xiao Xiangqian, and Lan Kun-even Hou Xiangyang, who had nursed a grudge for years, had taken the initiative to offer an olive branch. His recognition of the changing circumstances was certainly the main reason, but the role her future son-in-law had played in bringing them together deserved no small share of the credit!
She really wasn't boasting, but how had her judgment been so good?
She had picked him out at first glance, back when he was still just an unremarkable police officer!
Upon learning that Zhou Yi would soon be entrusted with the important task of leading the Provincial Party Committee's Second Supervision Group for the Crackdown on Organized Crime into Desheng City, Qu Hongying hurriedly called him.
"The procurator-general had a talk with me, too. I think the provincial leaders feel we've been stirring things up too much!"
Zhou Yi replied with a laugh, "Mostly, they think I've been neglecting my proper duties, so they've deliberately found me some work. I'll make a circuit of Desheng, clear a random dungeon, and come back."
Qu Hongying had long since grown accustomed to his way of speaking-all that talk about dungeons, experience, systems, quests, and the endless little rhymes...
So she asked, "Then I should stick to what you said and