Chapter 2064: Chapter 2024: A Beating for Nothing
As Deputy Mayor Zhu had his secretary drive to the Rose Garden villa complex, he knew the Li Zhiguo couple lived there. Upon arriving at the Rose Garden villa complex, the security at the gate noticed the official vehicle, and the license plate looked special. After confirming their identity, they let them through.
"Boss, I didn’t expect Mayor Li to live here."
"His special status makes it different, naturally."
For high-ranking officials like this to live in luxury homes, it’s actually quite normal domestically and internationally.
In fact, it might even be rented.
As Deputy Mayor Zhu’s secretary drove to the villa where Li Zhiguo and his wife lived, the two got out of the car and rang the doorbell at the entrance. It wasn’t long before Lu Xiuyu came to open the door.
Both parties knew each other, and as Lu Xiuyu invited Deputy Mayor Zhu and his secretary inside, Li Zhiguo also returned from work.
Actually, Ye Qiu was aware of Deputy Mayor Zhu’s son being beaten. It was Li Qianqian who sent him a text message.
Even though Deputy Mayor Zhu’s son was so flamboyant in pestering Li Qianqian, he didn’t like it either, and didn’t expect Ye Qiu to actually step in and beat him up.
This Deputy Mayor Zhu was just transferred from another city’s district, and now he is the head among the deputy mayors.
So it is very likely that once Li Zhiguo is transferred, or promoted to the provincial government, this Zhu would take his place.
But as of now, he is still the head within the city government.
"Old Zhu, why are you being so polite?" Li Zhiguo remarked, smiling at Deputy Mayor Zhu.
"It’s as it should be."
A subordinate visiting a superior is indeed the proper thing to do.
As Li Zhiguo and Deputy Mayor Zhu were drinking tea and chatting, the secretary found an excuse to step outside.
Looking at Deputy Mayor Zhu, Li Zhiguo asked, "You didn’t come because of your son, did you?"
"Of course not, that brat is too arrogant. It’s the same even in other places, I just didn’t expect him to run into someone else this time."
Deputy Mayor Zhu replied.
In smaller places, it might not matter much, but in big cities, especially here in Jiangnan Province’s capital, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, ordinary people genuinely can’t afford to provoke them.
Take Ye Qiu, for instance. If his relationship with Li Zhiguo isn’t ordinary, then what could he do?
Could they really order the police to bring Ye Qiu in for processing?
"Actually, Ye Qiu was a bit heavy-handed. If you want to handle it however you like, I’ll not intervene."
Not intervene?
Deputy Mayor Zhu was bewildered.
He hadn’t expected Li Zhiguo to say such a thing.
However, the more Li Zhiguo spoke this way, the more frightened he became.
"Really," Li Zhiguo added.
"Mayor Li, I’m truly not here because of my son. Mainly, I’ve just transferred here and am not very familiar with the situation."
Deputy Mayor Zhu clarified.
"I always handle official matters by the book. Of course, if there’s something you can’t resolve privately, you can also come to me."
Li Zhiguo continued.
Matters in the officialdom are never simple; there are many factions and hidden rules.
However, as the person in charge, within one’s own domain, one generally has the final say.
"Mayor Zhu, you probably haven’t had dinner yet. I’ll go prepare dinner now," Lu Xiuyu said.
"Sorry to trouble you, ma’am."
Deputy Mayor Zhu was a seasoned old hand in the officialdom, yet he couldn’t help but feel uneasy. He continuously sensed that Li Zhiguo’s words had hidden meanings, so even though he just considered leaving, he sat back down.
Actually, speaking of which, he wasn’t in the same faction as Li Zhiguo.
But there was no choice. In Jinling, the city government currently still needed to heed Li Zhiguo.
When Lu Xiuyu went to make dinner, it wasn’t that lavish — just three dishes, one soup.
However, it was just the three of them eating now.
Deputy Mayor Zhu’s secretary didn’t join them for the meal, and Li Qianqian hadn’t returned yet.
Deputy Mayor Zhu had a bowl of rice and soup, drank a few cups of wine with Li Zhiguo, and soon prepared to leave.
"Old Zhu, if there’s anything, feel free to reach out to me. For the matter with Ye Qiu, just handle it as an official business."
Li Zhiguo said.
Deputy Mayor Zhu went outside, got into the car, feeling a bit tipsy, but suddenly sobered up.
Because he couldn’t figure out what Li Zhiguo meant by his words just now.
"Let’s go back."
Deputy Mayor Zhu instructed his secretary to drive away.
And after the car left, Lu Xiuyu turned to Li Zhiguo and asked, "You said to handle it as an official business, what if he really goes to make trouble for Ye Qiu?"
Actually, Ye Qiu had acted that way because of Li Qianqian.
"Do you think Ye Qiu didn’t know the other party’s identity? Then why did he still go and beat him up?" Li Zhiguo asked.
"Wasn’t it because of you?"
"Me?" Li Zhiguo chuckled upon hearing that.
Previously, Li Zhiguo indeed thought Ye Qiu might just be an ordinary person, but recently he heard that Ye Qiu’s identity wasn’t simple at all.
Moreover, some time ago, Ye Qiu also went to the Capital City, he’d heard about it long before.
And this Deputy Mayor Zhu’s son was actually a habitual offender, no one even knows how many women he has harmed; now, Ye Qiu beat him up like this, and the deputy mayor knows his son’s nature, so no matter what...
"Li Zhiguo, what are you laughing at?"
"That brat is fine, why are you worried?"
"Isn’t it because of Qianqian."
...
Deputy Mayor Zhu sat in the back seat, feeling a bit troubled, hadn’t expected his son to cause such a mess as soon as he arrived in Jinling.
New officials often make bold moves when they take office.
And the first bold move hasn’t even been made, now rather, his son got beaten; but regarding Ye Qiu, it seems he couldn’t activate an action.
So what should be done then?
If he doesn’t act, people might think he’s easily bullied, if he acts, it might become more troublesome.
Even though Li Zhiguo said to handle it as an official matter, Deputy Mayor Zhu felt that was just polite talk; really activating action concerning Ye Qiu, he wouldn’t even know how he would perish when it comes to that.
"Boss, what did Mayor Li just say?" this secretary was brought over from other places, trustworthy, many matters were entrusted to him to handle.
"This Ye Qiu can’t be activated, but now, there’s a fire that doesn’t know where to burn." As head of the deputy mayors, Deputy Mayor Zhu primarily oversaw the police department, city construction, and finance matters, which were under his management. So there were still many things to do.
Regarding matters on his son’s side, compared to his career path, it’s fundamentally not of significance, so he just didn’t bother much more.
For this matter, he could only give his son a lesson, letting him know being in Jinling is not like other places.
"Old Zhu, where are you?" As Deputy Mayor Zhu was sitting in the car heading home, his phone rang again, it was a call from his wife.
"I’m heading home, what’s happening?"
"Home? Your son got into this mess, meet face-to-face and you’re not managing it, are you still his father?"
"I still have to go back to work tonight, very busy." Deputy Mayor Zhu replied.
"Then how to handle your son being beaten up?"
"Just leave it at that."
