Sun Liancheng's Madness, Li Dakang Makes Concessions

Upon hearing this, Li Dakang, the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, scoffed dismissively, pointed to his own nose, and mocked, "Sun Liancheng, have you lost your mind?"

Do you know who I am?

Do you even know what you're doing?

Li Dakang shook his head, finding it amusing, and said, "Sun Liancheng, do you think that just because you don't want to be an official anymore, you don't care anymore, and you can do whatever you want without any scruples?"

Stop dreaming!

Li Dakang raised his arm menacingly, pointing to his door. "Believe it or not, if I follow you out of this door today, you'll immediately be investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission and held criminally liable!"

Beside him, Zhao Donglai chuckled mockingly, saying with a playful tone, "Sun Liancheng, don't be ridiculous. Secretary Li is a centrally-managed cadre. You have neither the qualifications nor the right to investigate him!"

"If you insist on going your own way, it will take at least three years!"

"Three years as a minimum?" Sun Liancheng was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled at Li Dakang, the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, and Zhao Donglai.

However... Sun Liancheng's face was twisted with laughter, extremely manic!

"Li Dakang, Zhao Donglai, you overestimate yourselves and underestimate me, Sun Liancheng!"

"How could I not know that Li Dakang is a centrally-managed cadre? How could I not know that I have no right to investigate Li Dakang? How could I not know that unauthorized investigation of Li Dakang could lead to imprisonment?"

"I know all of this, but what I want to tell you is..." Sun Liancheng stared frantically at Li Dakang, the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, and said through gritted teeth with unwavering resolve, "I came here today with no intention of leaving unscathed!"

Upon hearing this, Li Dakang and Zhao Donglai's expressions changed slightly, and they looked at Sun Liancheng as if he were a madman. What normal person could do such a thing?

The two of them weren't in a hurry, but Cheng Du, who was escorting Zheng Xipo, the chairman of Dafeng Factory, was stunned. He looked at Sun Liancheng in horror and roared in his heart: Brother, if you want to die, don't drag me down with you!

Li Dakang looked at Sun Liancheng, re-examining this man he had always thought was timid and cowardly, and nodded approvingly, saying, "Sun Liancheng, if you had this kind of courage when you were the head of Guangming District, I wouldn't have transferred you to the Youth Palace as an instructor."

Sun Liancheng waved his hand, not buying it at all. "Stop bragging. I was transferred from the district head of Guangming District to the Children's Palace as an instructor because I didn't approve the land for Dafeng Factory in violation of regulations. So you want to transfer me away so that it will be easier to approve the land for the new Dafeng Factory in violation of regulations."

"Li Dakang, if I had approved the land back then, and now that Xindafeng Factory is under investigation, haven't you already pushed me out to take the blame?"

Li Dakang smiled, neither confirming nor denying, and instead asked, "Sun Liancheng, putting the past aside, I'm just curious, even if you really arrest me today, what can you do? Which department—the Handong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection or the Handong Provincial Procuratorate—can interrogate me?"

"On the contrary, if you arrest me, you'll go to jail. Is it worth it?"

Hearing Li Dakang's extremely arrogant words, Sun Liancheng laughed, staring at Li Dakang with a mocking expression, and said, "Li Dakang, when will you wake up from your beautiful dream? Have you ever heard the saying: 'A chess player enters the game with his own body, and wins half a move against fate'?"

Li Dakang narrowed his eyes, a sudden sense of foreboding rising in his heart...

Sun Liancheng walked to the window, pointed at the dozen or so police cars, a slight smirk playing on his lips, and said coldly, "Li Dakang, believe it or not, if they storm into the municipal government compound to arrest you, it'll be headline news tomorrow, and it'll shock the whole country!"

"That day, within 24 hours, a national-level inspection team will rush to Handong. Guess what, I, as the commander-in-chief, will be interrogated then?"

Sun Liancheng walked back, staring at Li Dakang with a playful expression. "Then guess again, if the national inspection team mentions interrogating me, will I reveal all your illegal and criminal activities, one by one?"

"Then keep guessing. Since things have blown up so badly, will the upgraded inspection team launch an investigation into you?"

"So, take one last guess: will you go in?"

After saying that, Sun Liancheng glanced at Li Dakang disdainfully and sneered, "Li Dakang, I don't know what you're thinking. I'm already in there, and you still think you can get away unscathed? You're dreaming!"

Looking at the police cars across from the municipal party committee compound, Li Dakang's pupils contracted, his earlier confidence fading, and he looked somewhat flustered.

If what Sun Liancheng said is true, then the sky has truly fallen. Sun Liancheng will definitely go in, but I will also be subject to double regulation and sent to Qincheng Prison!

Li Dakang gasped, his hand trembling as he pointed at Sun Liancheng, his face flushed as he angrily shouted, "Sun Liancheng, are you crazy? If this matter escalates to that extent, do you think I'll be the only one affected?"

"The entire officialdom of Handong, the provincial party committee and the provincial government—no one will escape; they will all be purged!"

Sun Liancheng shrugged and spread his hands, adopting an indifferent attitude. "What does this have to do with me? I'm already in there, why should I care about these things? My only responsibility is to trade one for one with you, I don't care about anything else."

"Madman! Madman! Sun Liancheng, you're a complete and utter madman!"

Li Dakang was so angry he jumped up and down. If Sun Liancheng really did that, he was finished, completely finished, and no one could save him!

At this moment, Li Dakang was already regretting it. If he had known that Sun Liancheng was so crazy, he would have run away first. He didn't want to trade one for one with Sun Liancheng!

Zhao Donglai was stunned by Sun Liancheng's crazy plan. He stood aside nervously, not daring to utter a sound, for fear of getting burned.

Seeing that Li Dakang and Zhao Donglai were both furious, Sun Liancheng saw that the time was right and said calmly, "Li Dakang, I can also give you a second option: you can voluntarily come with me to the procuratorate to cooperate with the investigation."

"This way, I won't break the law, things won't escalate, you won't get investigated, and everyone's happy..."

Upon hearing Sun Liancheng's second option, Li Dakang instantly understood Sun Liancheng's ulterior motives. His face turned serious, and he glared angrily at Sun Liancheng: "Sun Liancheng, so you were waiting for me here all along?"

"You never intended for us to fight to the death. You just want me to cooperate with the investigation, but you don't want to take responsibility, right?"

Sun Liancheng sat lazily in his chair, speaking calmly and unhurriedly: "Yes and no. I want you to cooperate with the investigation, but I don't want to take responsibility. However, if you don't agree, I'm really willing to fight to the death. Do you want to try?"

Try it? Try my ass! Li Dakang had already thought it through. Going to the provincial procuratorate wouldn't hurt him. He would just say he was going to the provincial procuratorate to provide guidance. Why take the risk?

"Sun Liancheng, I can agree to cooperate with the provincial government and the provincial procuratorate, no problem. But you have to answer one question for me?"

Li Dakang stared intently at Sun Liancheng, his expression serious, and said, "When you were the district head of Guangming District, you were cowardly and incompetent. What happened to make you change so drastically all of a sudden?"

"Are you curious?"

Sun Liancheng glanced at Li Dakang, his gaze deep, and murmured to himself, "I had a dream, a dream that I was burned to death in the fire at the Youth Palace..."