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Chapter 170: High-ranking educated youth and the poor crying baby (34)

Xia Zicheng heard from his daughter that Ruan Guannan had returned to Beijing, but he thought that Ruan Guannan was still the same spoiled and crying girl and did not take the matter seriously.

That day, he came to the office as usual, and his secretary made hot tea and brought it to him.

Just as he was reading intently, with a newspaper in one hand and a sip of tea, his secretary, who had just left, hurried in.

Xia Zicheng frowned slightly and scolded sternly:

"Don't you know the rules for coming in without knocking?"

"Mayor, the people from the Inspection Department are here!"

Xia Zicheng was startled, and before he could ask anything, someone from the Inspection Department walked in.

Xia Zicheng was puzzled, with a hint of politeness on his face, and said loudly:

"Minister Li, is there any mission that requires our cooperation?"

The middle-aged man called Minister Li also shook hands with him politely and said seriously:

"Mayor Xia, we received a secret report that a batch of banned books have recently been circulated into the organization. The higher-ups are taking it very seriously. We are here today to investigate this matter."

As soon as Xia Zicheng heard the words "banned books", he had a bad feeling in his heart.

But since everyone was already here, he couldn't stop anything and could only ask Minister Li to take people to search the inside of the office building.

When they searched his office, Xia Zicheng's heart was beating like a drum.

Even though he knew it was impossible to find anything here, he couldn't avoid feeling flustered when the once familiar scene appeared before his eyes.

Watching them finish searching the last shelf of bookshelf, Xia Zicheng's heart, which had just been halfway through, was suddenly disrupted by a scream.

"Minister, we found it."

Minister Li's expression became serious as he took the thick book handed to him by his subordinate.

The book is unremarkable, but the letters enclosed in it are quite intriguing.

"Mayor Xia, please come with us first and cooperate with the investigation!"

Xia Zicheng's calm expression suddenly changed. He looked at the thing in his hand and shook his head in denial:

"Minister Li, this is not mine. I was framed!"

"We will investigate whether it is a frame-up or not. Now you just need to cooperate with us."

Xia Zicheng's newly-established official power had not been used for long before it was interrupted in such a familiar way.

Seeing that there was no way to turn the situation around, he calmed down and said with a serious and upright look on his face:

"I believe the country will give me justice!"

Ruan Guannan and Zhou Yan stood in the crowd outside the gate, watching Xia Zicheng walk out with his head held high, as if he was really innocent.

Only after the crowd dispersed did Ruan Guannan withdraw his gaze.

Zhou Yan pulled her hand over with some heartache. There were bloody marks on her palm from her pinching herself, which showed how much force the person holding her hand had used.

During the investigation, it was originally thought to be just a case of "political infighting."

During a routine investigation at the Xia family's home, they unexpectedly discovered a large number of letters between Xia Zicheng and foreign forces on the bookshelf.

Some of the highly confidential content was simply beyond the reach of Xia Zicheng's level.

This incident directly alarmed the senior leadership.

After an in-depth investigation, they followed Xia Zicheng's lead and uncovered a foreign spy who had taken advantage of the chaos to sneak into the organization, eradicating the danger along this line in one fell swoop.

At this point, Xia Zicheng lost his previous calmness and was so frightened that he couldn't even stand up. He cried out,

"I was threatened. They threatened me with my family. I really had no choice..."

Framing a superior and treason are two completely different levels of punishment. He... is afraid of death...

But now that things have come to this, he can no longer make excuses.

The country is now facing internal and external troubles, and is even despised internationally.

Now the whole country is eager to develop China and will not allow these stinky shits to hold them back!

On the day the Xia family was sealed off, Ruan Guannan and Zhou Yan also went to see it.

Although there is no such thing as punishing nine generations of a clan nowadays, the crime Xia Zicheng committed was enough to send his wife and daughter to either high or low positions.

And the only option for him is the death penalty.

Xia Yi and her mother were driven out in a miserable state, and the people in the compound hated their family very much.

An elderly man was so excited that he picked up some vegetable leaves and started throwing them at them, shouting angrily:

"Is your family so black-hearted that they have become traitors? You bastard, you are ashamed of your ancestors!"

As soon as one started, it was like hot oil falling into boiling water, which directly caused a splash of water and vegetable leaves to be thrown at the two people.

Ruan Guannan and Zhou Yan stood on the periphery, watching their embarrassment coldly.

She could even imagine from this chaotic scene what her parents had gone through at the time and how much contempt and rumors they must have endured.

Thinking of this, she wanted to smash Xia Zicheng's pig face!

Zhou Yan saw that the person next to him was breathing a lot heavier, so he quickly took her in his arms to comfort her, lowered his head and whispered in her ear:

"Uncle Li said that he was the one who sent my parents away, and they didn't encounter much criticism."

Ruan Guannan's eyes were red and he leaned gently on the man's shoulder for comfort.

Zhou Yan patted her back gently, separated her from the chaotic crowd, and carefully protected her in the corner.

Xia Yi was so angry when she was hit by the vegetable leaves, but she didn't have the courage to resist.

She knew that if she was labeled a "traitor", their family would be completely finished.

But she didn't understand why it suddenly became like this?

Yesterday she was the mayor's daughter that everyone admired, but today she has fallen into the situation where everyone is calling for her to be punished.

She thought of Ruan Guannan again. They all had the same experience, so why could she return to Beijing with dignity, while she might never have the chance to come back in her lifetime?

When she looked up, she suddenly met Ruan Guannan's gaze, which was cold and sharp, making her feel cold all over.

She also saw Meng Xiangan, the man she had liked since childhood, whose eyes were now full of disgust and accusations towards her.

Xia Yi no longer had the courage to look up. She supported her mother and quickly rushed out of the crowd, waiting for their fate to be decided by their superiors.

When everything came to an end, Ruan Guannan brought Zhou Yan to her home, where she had lived for almost twenty years.

The seal on the door had been torn off, the yard was overgrown with weeds, and the house was covered in dust, leaving no place to step.

After the two of them had basically cleaned up the room, Ruan Guannan pulled Zhou Yan to sit on the sofa.

"Zhou Yan, don't you have anything to ask me?"

Zhou Yan was stunned, and a hint of obscurity and complexity flashed across his eyes.

He lowered his eyes and said nothing, and the surroundings suddenly fell into silence.

Yes, of course.

A long time ago, he felt that she must have a big secret. He even accidentally saw an egg appear out of thin air in her hand.

He was so shocked that he couldn't recover, but subconsciously he returned to normal when she looked at him and pretended nothing had happened.

Since then, he would subconsciously ignore some things that appeared from time to time in his home.

The remaining meat could only be attributed to her good luck.

For example, she gave me some evidence about Xia Zicheng's false accusation against Ruan's father.

These things were definitely not easy to get, but she got them.

He did not ask about the source of the things and went directly to the minister of the inspection team.

Li Shuben didn't want to get involved in this mess, but because he once saved his son's life, he used this as an exchange to let him investigate Xia Zicheng.

Now that Xia Zicheng has been arrested and a cancer has been uncovered within the organization, Minister Li has made a great contribution. He may even be grateful to them now.

His mind was full of complicated thoughts. After a while, he asked in a deep voice:

"Will it have any impact on you if I ask you this?"

Ruan Guannan clearly saw the worry and panic in his eyes and shook his head slowly.

"No."

Zhou Yan exhaled slowly, staring at her.

"I just have one question, will you disappear?"

"will not."

Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and the panic that had been weighing on his heart for a long time seemed to have dissipated a lot.

Ruan Guannan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. What was going on? Did he think she was a fairy?

She was ready to tell him, why was Zhou Yan trying to avoid her?

"That's good. As long as you don't disappear, anything is fine."