Guan Ruibo stood to the side in silence for several seconds.
He had long noticed that something was off about Secretary Hou, but he had never imagined it would reach this point.
From deliberately targeting and suppressing Zhou Yi, to compromising and yielding, and now to cherishing and protecting him, the transformation... well, it really had been perfectly natural and logical!
Secretary Hou might be domineering, but he could still read the situation. He knew that if he wanted to avoid losing power in the future, he had to move with the tide.
At that thought, Guan Ruibo's mood brightened. Given the connection through Song Zhi alone, he would have done everything in his power to support Xiao Zhou, even without Secretary Hou saying a word.
"Rest assured, Secretary. I'll have Lü Ruiqi lead a team to Desheng right away and stand ready for Xiao Zhou's instructions."
Through Peng Jiaxue, Deputy Secretary of the Desheng Municipal Party Committee, Governor Lan kept abreast of developments in Desheng City.
He learned that, in a single night, Zhou Yi had successfully arrested Wen Hua, one of the cancers plaguing the city, and made him confess and submit to justice, while the operation to eliminate the other cancer had already reached the final stage.
Governor Lan could not help marveling.
Connections aside, even if Zhou Yi had none, his sheer ability to sweep aside every obstacle, win every battle, and reduce powerful enemies to ashes with a snap of his fingers was enough to astonish anyone.
It was enough to make people like them fight over the chance to claim him as a nephew!
One incident after another had proven that, no matter how dire the circumstances, sending Zhou Yi into the fray guaranteed a merciless rout!
"Tell Su Qin that she must