Chapter 38: The Arrival of the Discipline Inspection Commission

  The report was made by a short and thin man with a black mole on his right cheek, whom his colleagues called "One Mole". One Mole saw Peng Yu's voice turn cold and was frightened, shivering as he said: "Director Peng, Wang Jingzhong had already planned to take action against that guy Liu Fei, but suddenly three so-called experts arrived and took over the entire operation. In the end, the operation went very smoothly, and Wang Jingzhong's wife even got into a car accident and was hospitalized." After finishing his report, One Mole observed Peng Yu's facial expression carefully.

  Peng Yu's eyebrows furrowed, and after a moment of contemplation, a hint of gloominess appeared on his face. He raised his head and asked, "You said that guy's name is Liu Fei, right? Why do I feel like this name sounds familiar?"

  It seems that Peng Yu has already had a plan, and he answered more cautiously: "Yes. I've investigated his background clearly, he's just a small police officer from the Yu Hua district, without any notable family background. However, it seems like he's quite wealthy, I heard that two days ago he even got into a conflict with Director Peng, and spent 3.8 million yuan to buy a necklace for his woman."

  Peng Yu nodded in satisfaction, pulled out a check from his pocket and wrote 5,000 yuan on it, handing it to Xiao Zuo: "Xiao Zuo, you've done well, this is what you deserve."

  He immediately took the check with a smile, nodding and bowing repeatedly: "General Manager Peng, you're overpraising me, these are all things I should do, just give me orders if there's anything."

  Peng Yu let out a strand of hair and started thinking. After a while, he called his father Peng Weiguo to understand the details of what had happened. Then, with a sneer, he said: "Liu Fei, aren't you supposed to be dead? I'll beat you to death! You're just a small police officer, where did you get so much money from? You must have gotten it through corruption and bribery! Director Dong of the Discipline Inspection Commission is my buddy. Just watch me take you down, you dare to interfere with my making money? I'll make sure you never turn over again! Ha ha, the Discipline Inspection Commission is a sharp sword!" Thinking of this, he picked up the phone again and called several journalist friends to inform them of the situation.

  The next morning, all major news media in Hebei Province, especially Nanping Evening News and Nanping Metropolitan Daily, reported a shocking piece of news in prominent positions: a small police officer spent 3.8 million yuan to buy a pearl necklace for his girlfriend. Alongside the report were several special photos, which showed the goddess-like woman wearing the pearl necklace under the dazzling lights of a shopping mall, looking particularly noble and elegant on Xu Jiao's face.

  Of course, this report does not mention the dispute between Liu Fei and Peng Weiguo over the necklace, but rather focuses on the fact that Liu Fei spent money to buy a necklace for his girlfriend. At the end of the article, it raises a very profound question: "How did a small police officer like him come up with so much money to buy a necklace for his girlfriend?" This sentence, although not explicitly stated, is even more powerful than if it were directly stated, and it directly points to Liu Fei's economic problems.

  For a time, whether on the streets or in government agencies and enterprises, many people, especially women, were discussing this matter. Some said that Liu Fei in the photo was very masculine, and had spent a lot of money for his lover. Others said that Liu Fei must be corrupt, otherwise how could a small police officer have so much money? Under the deliberate guidance of some people, the mainstream voice pointed directly at Liu Fei's economic problems.

  8 o'clock in the morning, inside the hospital ward.

  Liu Fei had just woken up from sleep when the door of the ward opened, and Xie Yuxin, who had taken care of Liu Fei for a night, walked in with an unhappy face, carrying a bag of fried dough sticks and a bowl of tofu pudding, as well as a stack of newspapers. After entering, she did not directly hand them over to Liu Fei as usual, but instead threw them heavily onto the bedside cabinet, let out a cold hum, sat down, turned her head around, and didn't even look at Liu Fei.

  Ever since Xie Yuxin came in, Liu Fei's gaze had been following her. Since the awkward thing that happened yesterday, every time he saw Xie Yuxin, Liu Fei felt a little ashamed. He not only got Xie Yuxin's first kiss, but his hands also happily played with her small white rabbit. He felt that he owed Xie Yuxin an apology, after all, he was just friends with her, but he had done something excessive. However, what made Liu Fei satisfied was that although he did something excessive yesterday, Xie Yuxin didn't mention it or blame him, and she still laughed and talked loudly like before. Last night, after Xu Jiaojiao was called back home by her mom, Xie Yuxin even took care of him for the whole night. But he suddenly discovered that Xie Yuxin's mood seemed to be very bad this morning. He joked: "I say Xie Yuxin, who made you angry? Your little mouth is pouting, it can almost hold a baby bottle."

  Xie Yuxin still had her back to Liu Fei and didn't say a word, only letting out a cold hum.

  Liu Fei felt even more surprised, to think that in the past when he didn't talk to her, she would always hurry over to talk to him, but today this girl actually ignored him, this contrast made Liu Fei feel a bit depressed, so he said loudly: "Hey, girl, what's wrong, who bullied you, tell me, I'll help you deal with him."

  Xie Yuxin turned around and stared fiercely at Liu Fei's eyes, saying: "It was you who bullied me, what do you say we should do about it?"

  "What? You're not talking about yesterday's thing, are you?" Liu Fei heard this and felt a bit guilty, whispering: "Uh, yeah, uh, yesterday's thing... heh heh, I didn't do it on purpose! You know that!"

  Xie Yuxin stood up angrily and stomped her foot, her face pale with rage as she pointed at Liu Fei and said: "You... what are you talking nonsense about? I wasn't referring to that!"

  Liu Fei felt strange: "Isn't it that thing? Besides touching your chest, I haven't touched you anywhere else!"

  Xie Yuxin was almost driven mad by Liu Fei, although she was usually careless and spoiled, but yesterday's incident came too suddenly, she had no mental preparation at all, and after all, she was a girl, girls still have some dignity, so she didn't want to mention yesterday's incident until now, but unexpectedly, Liu Fei brought it up twice today, so she grabbed the newspaper from the bedside table and threw it at Liu Fei, saying: "Look, you've done a great job, it's even been exposed in the newspaper, your charm is really not small, front page headline! Is that girl Xu Jiaojiao? When did you two meet? How far has your relationship developed?"

  Liu Fei's head suddenly became big, he could hear that Xie Yuxin's tone was sour when she said this, and the smell could be smelled from afar. If it weren't for what happened yesterday, Liu Fei wouldn't have had to explain anything, but after what happened, his mindset changed quietly, feeling that not explaining would be inappropriate, so he dryly laughed: "Actually, we're just classmates, high school classmates!"

  Xie Yuxin's cute little mouth immediately pouted again: "Hmph, is it just a classmate relationship? You're so generous with your classmates? We're university classmates, how come I've never seen you be so generous to me before?"

  Liu Fei suddenly realized that for a moment, he really couldn't explain this matter clearly.

  At this moment, the people in the ward responded.

  Xie Yuxin gave Liu Fei a cold glance, "Hmph, wait for it, I'll settle the score with you later!"

  The door opened and the other party showed their credentials, it was someone from the Nanping Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection who had come to visit.

  Leading the way was Director Dong of the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission, a middle-aged man in his 40s with a bald head and no hat. His face had been gloomy for years, as if someone owed him tens of thousands of yuan that they still hadn't repaid. He walked at a steady pace, taking square steps, with several discipline inspection commission staff members following behind him.

  After they came in, Director Dong announced the first message: "Comrade Liu Fei, considering that you may have committed serious economic problems, it is now decided to conduct an isolated investigation on you!" After finishing speaking, he also told Xie Yuxin: "Please ask this female comrade to go out first, we want to question Liu Fei!"

  PS: Everyone, this week I'll update three chapters every day. Those who want to give me some flowers, please feel free to throw a few, it will motivate me, Old Dream.