Xiao Ai, is she Zhong Zhengguo's girl?

"Zhou Lifeng..."

When Gao Yuliang heard those three words, he thought he had misheard. After Zhong Xiaoai confirmed them again, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the huge weight that had been hanging over his heart was finally lifted!

Originally, Gao Yuliang had prepared for the worst. If things really came to a head, he would talk to Sha Ruijin again about the Yi Xuexi scandal.

But if it's Zhou Lifeng who comes, then it's fine!

Gao Yuliang believed that with Zhou Qingguo's high status, he would never repay kindness with enmity, so Zhou Lifeng must have come to help him!

As for how Zhou Lifeng would help him, Gao Yuliang still didn't know.

Seeing Gao Yuliang terrified, Zhong Xiaoai felt quite smug, inwardly despising him, but aloud she said dismissively, "Teacher Gao, now you know fear? Don't you think it's a little too late?"

"The central government is paying close attention to the anti-corruption situation in Handong. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has not only dispatched the director of its First Supervision Office, but also Zhou Lifeng, the deputy minister of the Organization Department!"

"Professor Gao, the Central Inspection Team has dispatched such a lineup; if not unprecedented, it's certainly extremely rare. What do you think?"

"Hahaha……"

Gao Yuliang laughed, a smile curving his lips, and nodded affirmatively, "Zhong Xiaoai is absolutely right. The Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Central Committee and the Director of the First Supervision Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection—one a high-ranking ministerial-level official, the other a high-ranking vice-ministerial-level official—jointly enforcing the law and fighting corruption in Handong. This level of force is truly unprecedented!"

Hou Liangping also laughed, his heart filled with excitement. He had only just realized how strong the anti-corruption campaign was this time, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer, "Professor Gao, how can you still laugh? With such a strong anti-corruption campaign from the central government, do you think it will be all bark and no bite?"

"Of course not!" Gao Yuliang immediately denied. "I just don't know who will be so unlucky."

Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai exchanged a glance, both seeing the mockery in each other's eyes. Isn't it obvious who will be unlucky in Handong Province now?

And the result will definitely not be wrong, after all, it's my own old man, who gave me instructions in advance, how could it be wrong?

Gao Yuliang will definitely be promoted. This achievement will allow Hou Liangping to take another step forward. The position is already prepared... Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Handong Provincial Procuratorate, at the level of a full-fledged department director!

What the two never expected was that their old man was so capable that he not only arranged for the director of the First Supervision Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to be included in the Central Inspection Team, but also who was Zhou Lifeng?

The second-in-command of the Organization Department of the State Council, a high-ranking official at the ministerial level, Zhou Lifeng could even be said to be among the most powerful people under the core leaders!

Such a powerful figure was actually placed in the Central Inspection Team by his own father!

Could it be that the old man... can go even further?

Gao Yuliang was also thinking that with Zhou Lifeng here, his problems would definitely be solved. He was already considering whether to publicly expose Yi Xuexi's scandal!

He didn't need to do anything himself; as long as he could get Zhang Feng, the secretary-general of the Luzhou Municipal Government, to appear before the Central Inspection Team, Zhou Lifeng would handle things officially, and the political careers of Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin and Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Tian Guofu would be over.

Just as Gao Yuliang was hesitating, the cell phone on the table suddenly rang, displaying only two words: Old Zhou!

Upon seeing the caller ID, Gao Yuliang's expression changed slightly. He took the phone in his hand, looked up at Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai, and directly ordered them to leave: "I've asked everything I needed to ask, and said everything I needed to say. Please leave."

Hou Liangping stood up to leave, but Zhong Xiaoai grabbed him. A hint of doubt flashed in Zhong Xiaoai's eyes, and she said meaningfully, "Teacher Gao, at this point, what kind of phone call can't our Central Inspection Team listen to?"

Gao Yuliang's eyes were filled with anger as he said sternly, "Zhong Xiaoai, didn't your family teach you to avoid others when they call you?"

"I could avoid it if it were someone else, but Professor Gao is no ordinary person; he is a key subject of our central inspection team's investigation."

Zhong Xiaoai's gaze was intense as she asked with concern, "Teacher Gao is so important, of course I have to keep a close watch on him. What if Teacher Gao has a change of heart and tries to commit suicide? Wouldn't all my efforts be in vain?"

While Zhong Xiaoai was speaking, the call turned into a missed call. Gao Yuliang was annoyed. Old Zhou's call was very important, even a matter of life and death and his future.

But Zhong Xiaoai was like a persistent leech, keeping an eye on him as an inspector from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, so he didn't have any good ideas.

"Alright, Xiao Ai has brought up her identity as an inspector from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Who would dare offend her, right?" Gao Yuliang feigned composure and retorted, "But Xiao Ai, I have to criticize you. As an inspector at the deputy director level, instead of thinking about fighting corruption, you're wasting your time here with me."

Just as Zhong Xiaoai was about to speak, Gao Yuliang's phone rang again. Gao Yuliang looked at the phone and saw that the caller ID still displayed the words "Old Zhou," and his pupils immediately contracted.

He looked up at Zhong Xiaoai, then got up and went to the window. Ignoring the two of them, he answered the phone.

"lead……"

"Yuliang, you called me last night. Did the person I sent to pick you up arrive?"

Gao Yuliang was taken aback. He glanced at Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai without showing any emotion, and didn't dare to ask directly. He smiled and said, "There's no one else here. The inspection team did come looking for me, though. They're still in my office now."

Gao Yuliang subtly conveyed the message that the inspection team was in his office, hoping his superior would understand.

"Hahahaha..." Unexpectedly, Zhou Qingguo's loud laughter came from the phone. "Yuliang, it's the Central Inspection Team. I originally wanted to send people there directly, but when I thought that the Central Inspection Team was about to arrive in Handong Province, I changed my mind at the last minute."

"Now that the people from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection have arrived, have the people from the Organization Department arrived?"

Gao Yuliang's lips twitched, looking embarrassed. Sending the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's inspection team to Handong to pick someone up meant that, in the eyes of outsiders, he would appear to have been taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's inspection team, which would be considered as being placed under investigation.

However, Gao Yuliang understood when he thought of Zhou Qingguo's position. After all, he was probably the only one in the country who could temporarily turn the Central Inspection Team into a pick-up team, since he was a direct subordinate.

After a moment of silence, Gao Yuliang cautiously asked, "Did the leader send someone to pick me up because of something?"

"Great news, great news! Your report..."

However, before Zhou Qingguo could finish speaking, Hou Liangping interrupted him with a cold, mocking voice: "Teacher Gao, stop pretending. You keep talking about being a leader, but Zhao Lichun has already been placed under investigation. What kind of leader do you still have?"

"Instead of pretending here, you might as well pack your things. Otherwise, you might not even have a chance to pack them up."

Zhong Xiaoai frowned slightly. Although she disliked Hou Liangping's smug and petty manner, she didn't say anything in front of outsiders.

Hou Liangping then looked at Zhong Xiaoai and smiled, "Xiaoai, you are an official dispatched by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) inspection team, representing the CCDI inspection team. Tell me, how serious is Teacher Gao's problem? What crime did he commit, and how many years can he be sentenced to?"

Zhong Xiaoai gave Hou Liangping a deep look. Although she was disgusted by Hou Liangping's actions, she still didn't refute him. "If Teacher Gao's violations of discipline and law are investigated, he may be suspected of bribery, abuse of power, and other crimes, and could be sentenced to imprisonment..."

When Gao Yuliang heard Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai listing his problems, he felt a headache coming on. He didn't want his superior, Zhou Qingguo, to hear these words, fearing that the superior would have a problem with him.

However, after hanging up the call with the leader, he didn't dare to do it either, and could only stand there awkwardly, covering the phone with his hand.

After a long silence on the other end of the line, Zhou Qingguo slowly asked, "Representing the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's inspection team, Xiao Ai? You mean Zhong Zhengguo's daughter, Zhong Xiao Ai?"

"Okay, very good..."