Chapter 1960

Chapter 1960: Chapter 1960

"Give him face?"

Chairman Wei received the phone call, listening to Tian Kai Ming relay the message, he couldn’t help but laugh.

After relaying the message, Tian Kai Ming chatted for a bit and then hung up.

Whether Chairman Wei gives him face or not is unrelated to him.

In fact, he kind of hopes that Chairman Wei ignores Lu Zhizhong.

Then, he wants to see how Lu Zhizhong will respond.

"Lu Zhizhong." Chairman Wei tightly held onto the phone, while images of the newly appointed provincial governor, who has only been in office for a year, floated through his mind.

As a businessman, especially one who’s reached his level, he’s very attentive to leaders of the governor rank.

When Lu Zhizhong just took office, he specifically inquired about him and learned that he was appointed by Secretary Gao and Governor Hou.

Moreover, as far as he knew at the time, before becoming governor, Lu Zhizhong was just the head of an economically disadvantaged prefecture-level city.

He was an ordinary official without power, background, or connections.

At the time, he analyzed why Secretary Gao and Governor Hou would choose such a "three-no" official to be governor.

The conclusion he came to was that Secretary Gao made this move to counterbalance Tian Kai Ming.

So, he didn’t bother to visit Lu Zhizhong.

This time, due to the relationship with Song Guanchao, he had interactions with him.

Thinking about Song Guanchao being backed by Lu Zhizhong, Wei Shoucheng felt that not visiting him before was a very wise choice.

As for the message Lu Zhizhong asked Tian Kai Ming to convey, Wei Shoucheng didn’t take it seriously, dismissing it as bluffing.

At this time, a knock on the door sounded, and Ah Jun walked in.

"Boss, we haven’t found any news about Jiang Heng yet, but we’ve obtained information related to the woman he left with."

Ah Jun reported: "That woman has a mother who stayed at their hometown to recover, and didn’t leave with them. Shall we bring her back?"

Wei Shoucheng tends to have his limits when doing things, he also knows why Jiang Heng wants to retaliate against his son.

Generally speaking, he wouldn’t touch Ah Xiang’s mother since she isn’t involved.

"Bring her to see me, but don’t scare the old lady."

"Alright."

...

At 9 PM, Cao Wenxuan arrived in Jiangzhou with two subordinates.

His visit was quite low-profile and did not alert the leaders of Jiangzhou City and Nanjiang Province.

Upon arriving at the hotel and settling in, Cao Wenxuan said, "Rest early, we will meet in the lobby at 9 AM tomorrow."

"Yes, Director Cao."

The two subordinates carried their luggage and entered the elevator with him.

Late night.

Ah Jun arrived at Ah Xiang’s mother’s hometown, which is a small village.

He brought someone with him, and they drove a business car.

Since Wei Shoucheng said not to scare the other party, and considering the individual’s poor health, he planned to make the journey to Jiangzhou somewhat comfortable for her.

In this regard, he and Wei Shoucheng both maintained certain principles.

The car stopped outside the two-story building where Ah Xiang’s mother lived, the driver parked the car, and Ah Jun unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car.

At this moment, in the extinguished cars nearby, in one of the cars, a pair of eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Zhi Jun, there’s a car."

In the cars were Lu Feng’s men.

After receiving Song Guanchao’s call, Lu Feng arranged several brothers to take shifts watching day and night.

Song Guanchao said that someone might come to catch people these days, and they must keep a close watch.

Unexpectedly, they came so quickly.

Li Zhijun acknowledged with a sound and said, "Go wake up Da Bing and the others."

They got out of the car, Li Zhijun walked towards Ah Jun, while another person went to wake up those sleeping in the other cars.

Ah Jun was about to knock on the door when he heard footsteps, turned around, and saw a tall man approaching.

Ah Jun squinted his eyes, waiting for the man to get closer to see his face clearly.

In his twenties, very young.

Li Zhijun stopped and glanced at the business car’s license plate; it was from Jiangzhou.

"What’s the matter?" Ah Jun asked.

Li Zhijun didn’t speak, he sensed a dangerous aura from this middle-aged man.

Similarly, Ah Jun captured the same kind of signal from this young man.

He initially thought there wouldn’t be any accidents this trip.

Unexpectedly, someone was secretly protecting a rural woman.

Was it arranged by Jiang Heng before he left?

A curious thought flashed through his mind, but he had no intention of probing further, planning to swiftly subdue the opponent.

At this moment, in his field of vision, footsteps sounded again behind the young man.

Soon, silhouettes and outlines appeared from the darkness.

One, two, three...

Six people!

Ah Jun raised his eyebrows, feeling a bit challenged.

These young men all have skills; even one alone, he wouldn’t easily subdue them.

Let alone, there are six opponents.

He immediately abandoned the thought of making a move, then asked, "How much did Jiang Heng give you?"

Li Zhijun and the others exchanged glances, someone asked, "Who is Jiang Heng?"

The tone of their puzzlement didn’t sound fake.

These people weren’t arranged by Jiang Heng?

"I’m taking the person from the house," Ah Jun pointed to the house behind him, "Please allow us some convenience."

Li Zhijun took a step forward, "I can’t do that."

It’s confirmed; these young people indeed want to protect the woman inside the house.

He couldn’t take the person today.

Ah Jun didn’t say anything further and turned to get in the car.

Li Zhijun and the others didn’t stop him either.

Their aim was to protect Ah Xiang’s mother, avoiding confrontation was best.

Seeing the business car depart, Li Zhijun immediately called Lu Feng.

After Ah Jun got in the car, he also urgently made a call to rally more people.

And Lu Feng, upon hearing that someone appeared, immediately called Song Guanchao, yet no one answered despite multiple tries.

"Sleeping so soundly?"

Lu Feng felt something was off; he knew Song Guanchao well, even in deep sleep, he should have answered after two calls.

Being unreachable now, he speculated that Song Guanchao might be engaged in something important, or possibly encountered trouble himself.

Relating this to Song Guanchao’s instruction to protect the woman, Lu Feng strongly suspected Song Guanchao might be in trouble.

Lu Feng decisively instructed Li Zhijun and the others to take the woman away and relocate to protect her.

...

The car parked on the opposite side of the road at the village exit.

After finishing his call, Ah Jun sat in the passenger seat, squinting his eyes.

After about half an hour, he heard a commotion, looked towards the noise, and saw private cars driving out from the village’s cement road one after another.

Ah Jun knew it was those young people who had just transferred Ah Xiang’s mother.

He was waiting here just to prevent this.

Luckily, he had shut off the car early and parked at a spot that was in their visual blind spot.

Once the last car left the village, Ah Jun instructed the driver to follow but not too closely to avoid detection.

However, he underestimated those young people.

After following for about two or three kilometers, Li Zhijun and the others discovered him.

They aggressively stepped on the accelerator, trying to shake off Ah Jun.

Half an hour later, they got on the highway.

They kept driving until past three in the early morning before ensuring they were no longer followed, then they found an exit and got off the highway.

At five in the morning, after returning to Jiangzhou and settling Ah Xiang’s mother, they contacted Lu Feng.

Yet on Lu Feng’s side, they still couldn’t reach Song Guanchao.

He was now pretty certain that Song Guanchao indeed encountered trouble.