The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition
Chapter 81

Such Brazen Arrogance! Such Utter Stupidity!

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"If you can bear to share me, I'll go. I hear Director Zhou is young and handsome, with a great body. He must have plenty of stamina, too." Kang Jie licked her red lips, deliberately provoking him.

"Go if you want. I can't satisfy you anymore anyway." Deputy Secretary Gong sighed deeply. Middle age left a man little choice but to steep goji berries in his thermos. With this Beautiful Young Wife before him, even the strongest restorative tonic would not help him last very long.

Youth really was a wonderful thing!

"Joking aside, what are we going to do? Xie Bingyi is waiting for my answer." Kang Jie settled onto Deputy Secretary Gong's lap and spoke in a wheedling voice.

"How about this? I'll call Zhou Yi and see where he stands." After some thought, Gong Li decided to intervene personally. After all, he also served as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, making him a superior of the Public Security, Procuratorate, and Courts System. His words carried far more weight than Kang Jie's.

And so, just as Zhou Yi returned to the Public Security Bureau, his phone rang again.

"Zhou, this is Gong Li." With one arm around Kang Jie and his phone in his other hand, Deputy Secretary Gong spoke in an affable voice.

"Hello, Secretary Gong. What instructions do you have for me?" Zhou Yi got out of the car and headed into the building as he answered.

Unlike Kang Jie, this deputy secretary and Political and Legal Affairs Commission secretary had met him at his appointment ceremony. Besides, the man was his superior. Showing him a little respect was hardly beneath him.

"What exactly is going on with Cheng Shoukui from your bureau? Tell me honestly-is there any room for maneuver?" Gong Li

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