Chapter 56

Qi Tongwei, a bombshell!

The Meng family lived in a residential compound, which wasn't too far away. On the way, Gao Fangfang made a special phone call to Meng Qingshan to tell him that she and her father would be there soon.

But when they arrived at the groom's family home, Gao Fangfang and Gao Yuliang's expressions changed!

The streets were deserted, and there wasn't a soul in sight downstairs. The man's family showed no basic respect whatsoever, and most importantly... not even Gao Fangfang's boyfriend showed up!

To be honest, Gao Yuliang really wanted to leave, but he held back for his daughter's sake.

Gao Fangfang was also angry. She had specially changed into a nice outfit, put on makeup, and spent half a month's salary to buy supplements and gifts for this visit, just to make a presentable appearance.

But the Meng family is going too far. Today, my father came with me, and they didn't take it seriously at all. Isn't that disrespectful?

Thinking about how Meng Qingshan had been contacting her less these past few days, she frowned, a vague suspicion forming in her mind.

Gao Yuliang looked at his daughter and said with a smile, "Fangfang, take the gift you prepared, shall we go upstairs?"

"Give them gifts?" Gao Fangfang snapped, "They don't deserve it!"

Taking a deep breath, Gao Fangfang made a firm decision and said, "Old Gao, are we going back? They look down on our family, but I don't even want them. There are plenty of men in the world; do I have to live without him?"

"Since we're already here, shouldn't we at least meet him?" Through the car window, Gao Yuliang looked at the family apartment building, his eyes narrowing. "I'd also like to know where he gets the audacity to look down on my daughter!"

The Finance Department's staff quarters are a five-story building with an elevator. The landscaping and environment are quite nice. Meng Derun's family lives on the third floor, in an east-facing unit.

When Meng Derun opened the door, he looked Gao Yuliang up and down, then fixed his gaze on Gao Fangfang, frowning as he asked, "You've arrived?"

"You're here!" Gao Fangfang said irritably. If it weren't for Gao Yuliang's request, she wouldn't have wanted to come up.

"Come in..."

……

After sitting down on the sofa, where there was not even tea, Meng Derun fixed his gaze on Gao Yuliang and said condescendingly, "Gao Yuliang, former full-time deputy secretary and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Handong Province."

"You were brought to the capital by the inspection team five days ago. You should be under investigation by the organization and restricted from staying in the capital now."

As he spoke, Meng Derun slowly reclined on the sofa, narrowing his eyes. "Let me guess why you've come today. You've come to ask for my help, right? You want me to use my connections to see if you can get out of the investigation, right?"

Without waiting for Gao Yuliang to speak, Meng Derun waved his hand and directly refused, saying, "I can tell you clearly, it's impossible!"

"You've offended both the Wang and Zhong families. No one can save you now. And from the moment you were taken away by the inspection team, the marriage between my Qingshan and Gao Fangfang is off. From now on, our two families will have no further connection whatsoever!"

Meng Derun had a confident expression on his face. "You should understand why."

"..."

To be honest, Gao Yuliang was amused, a hint of sarcasm playing on his lips. "Oh my, Director Meng's erudition is truly astonishing. Among all the officials in Beijing, I think Director Meng is the best."

"Mocking me? What right do you have?" Director Meng understood Gao Yuliang's implication and sneered, "Putting aside the fact that you are now just a prisoner under investigation, even at your peak in Handong, you were only on par with me."

"Because I'm a Beijing official, and Beijing officials are promoted one rank when transferred to other areas, it's true that we're at the same level!"

Gao Yuliang was speechless. He didn't know where Meng Derun got his confidence from. Did he really think that just because he was transferred to a local position, he could be on equal footing with him? This director of the Agriculture Department was far too naive.

"Director Meng, your narrow-mindedness leaves me speechless. I wonder if you've ever heard this saying?"

"What did you say?"

"They have eyes on their ass, they only recognize clothes, not people!"

Meng Derun immediately came to his senses. This was an insult, accusing him of being blind. He was about to retort when Gao Yuliang smiled and said, "Director Meng, I'm here today for two things."

"The first thing I was curious about was why the Meng family looked down on my daughter, Gao Yuliang. Now I know."

"The second matter is that the marriage is called off. From now on, our two families will have no further connection. Is this your decision, Director Meng, or your son's?"

When Gao Fangfang heard her father's second question, she also looked over. She also wanted to know whether this was the idea of ​​Meng Qingshan's family or Meng Qingshan himself!

"Heh, you won't give up until you're at your wit's end?" Meng Derun didn't explain further, but instead took out his phone and dialed his son Meng Qingshan's number. "Qingshan, Gao Fangfang and her father are here. Tell me, what should we do?"

After a moment of silence, Meng Qingshan sighed and said bluntly, "Fangfang, I'm sorry, your father has offended the Wang and Zhong families. We can't be together anymore. I'm sorry..."

Gao Fangfang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "It's okay, I wasn't interested in you when you were pursuing me."

"Okay, that's settled then." Gao Yuliang seemed to sense that his daughter was in a bad mood, and he didn't want to waste any more words. He got up and took his daughter to leave.

After taking a couple of steps, Gao Yuliang suddenly remembered something, turned around to look at Meng Derun on the sofa, and asked in surprise, "I'm very curious, how did you, a mere director, know about my situation in Handong?"

"Hehe, is it that difficult?" Meng Qingshan laughed heartily, proudly boasting, "You probably don't know, but Tian Guofu is my friend. You should know Tian Guofu, right?"

"Tian Guofu?" Gao Yuliang immediately understood, nodded, and looked at Meng Derun as if he were looking at a clown, saying meaningfully, "Then I must thank Comrade Tian Guofu properly..."

……

In the provincial party committee meeting room in Handong, a meeting of the standing committee of the provincial party committee was held.

Tian Guo, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Handong Province, looked at the assembled Standing Committee members and went straight to the point: "Today's meeting was decided upon after discussions between Secretary Sha and me!"

"A couple of days ago, an incident occurred that had an extremely negative social impact. Hou Liangping, the deputy chief prosecutor of our Handong Provincial Procuratorate, was beaten in broad daylight while performing his duties. This is not just a violation of regulations; it's a crime!"

Tian Guofu slammed his pen on the conference table, his voice filled with anger: "Most importantly, the one who hit me was none other than Qi Tongwei, the Vice Governor and Director of the Public Security Bureau of Handong Province!"

"As an important part of the public security, procuratorate, and judicial system, what kind of actions did Qi Tongwei take? Disregarding the law? Knowingly breaking the law? This is extremely egregious!"

At the Standing Committee meeting, no one refuted Tian Guofu. Even if Wu Chunlin wanted to speak up, he didn't know how to help. It was an indisputable fact that Qi Tongwei had beaten Hou Liangping, and that couldn't be changed no matter what.

This punishment is unavoidable.

Sitting in the main seat, Sha Ruijin glanced at the people on both sides and suddenly spoke up: "Let's put aside the issue of Qi Tongwei assaulting Hou Liangping for now, because we've discovered that Qi Tongwei has other, more serious problems!"