Around ten o'clock in the evening, a knock on the door woke up the drowsy Mei Jun. She wrapped herself tightly in her pajamas and opened the door, only to see Liu Yuan standing outside the security door, looking a little embarrassed, with a flattering look on his face.
"Why are you here?" Mei Jun turned and looked towards the inner room, fearing that Zhan Yao would find out.
"I'm not here to see you. I'm here to see your husband." Liu Yuan sighed, "Please let me in."
"No!" Mei Jun lowered her voice and said, "My husband seems to have known about our relationship. If you come here now, aren't you looking for death?"
Liu Yuan showed helplessness and confusion on his face, and said: "Seeking death is better than waiting for death. Let me in..."
Mei Jun hesitated and her hands began to tremble.
"Who's coming?" Zhan Yao noticed the noise and asked in a deep voice.
"Director Liu..." Mei Jun let out a breath slowly.
Zhan Yao said sarcastically, "You're visiting so late at night, I don't know what's the matter..."
Liu Yuan heard Zhan Yao's voice outside the house and said repeatedly: "Secretary Zhan, I have something to tell you, please open the door."
Zhan Yao waved his hand and said, "Mei Jun, please let him in." After that, he walked to the sofa alone and sat down quietly.
Liu Yuan walked in timidly with a gift in his hand. Zhan Yao took a look and sneered twice, which gave Liu Yuan goose bumps.
"Director Liu, since you are here to discuss business, why do you bring so many gifts?" Zhan Yao said disdainfully, "Please leave the things outside the door, otherwise, you will harm me!"
Liu Yuan was suddenly in a dilemma, with an embarrassed look on his face. Mei Jun reacted quickly and was ready to take the gift from Liu Yuan's hand and help him down the stairs. She said, "Director Liu, you can talk to Lao Zhan. I'll pour you some tea."
When Zhan Yao saw Mei Jun doing this, he became even angrier and secretly cursed the adulterous couple.
Liu Yuan was immediately panicked. He quickly took the gift back and said with a smile, "Since Secretary Zhan doesn't want it, I'll just leave it outside the door."
Zhan Yao sneered, "It's not that I don't want it, but I don't dare to take it. Director Liu, why did you come to me in the middle of the night? Everyone knows the reason. To be honest, I am just the executor of this matter. The order was issued by the leaders above. If someone knew that I accepted those things, wouldn't it bring trouble to me?"
Liu Yuan nodded hurriedly and said, "I didn't think it through. Please forgive me, Secretary Zhan."
Liu Yuan was scolded by Zhan Yao coldly like a criminal. In Mei Jun's eyes, it was undoubtedly Zhan Yao who slapped him hard. Zhan Yao wanted Mei Jun to know that this was the man she had hooked up with. He was nodding and bowing in front of her, just like a dog without temper. Zhan Yao wanted Mei Jun to regret it and let her know how big a mistake she had made.
"I'll go pour the tea!" Mei Jun couldn't bear it any longer and turned to go to the kitchen to make tea.
"Don't go!" Zhan Yao ordered in a deep voice.
Mei Jun's eyes widened, and Liu Yuan felt his scalp tingling, both wondering what Zhan Yao wanted to do? Both of them were guilty and could not face Zhan Yao.
Zhan Yao said slowly: "There's no need to pour the tea. Director Liu and I have already finished talking. It would be a complete waste to pour the tea."
A bitter look appeared on Liu Yuan's lips. He stood up and agreed, "Yes, yes, I won't drink the tea. I'll leave now. Sorry to disturb your rest so late." Before he could even sit on the sofa, Liu Yuan came and left in a hurry.
After Liu Yuan left, Zhan Yao walked calmly towards the study. Mei Jun finally couldn't hold it anymore and burst into tears. She whispered, "Old Zhan, don't be like this. It's all my fault. I apologize to you and ask for your forgiveness. I promise that I will never make the same mistake again."
"Mistake?" Zhan Yao turned around and looked at the collapsed Mei Jun calmly, "Tell me, what mistake did you make?"
Mei Jun bit her lip and choked up, saying, "I shouldn't have betrayed you and Liu Yuan... It's all my fault. Please forgive me. I already regret it!"
Zhan Yao showed a helpless and self-deprecating smile on his face, and said: "Mei Jun, we have been married for so many years, it is a lie to say that we have no feelings, but some are issues of principle. Once committed, once exposed, there is no room for turning back. Let's calm down for a while, and then get a divorce. What I am worried about now is how to avoid bringing negative impact to the children..."
When Mei Jun heard the word "divorce", she felt like she was struck by lightning and took several steps back.
There was no earth-shattering quarrel as imagined. Zhan Yao embarrassed himself in an extremely calm way.
For the first time, Mei Jun realized how attached she was to this family, and that she had destroyed everything and caused all the misfortunes.
After Zhan Yao returned to the study, his eyes felt a little sour. No one is heartless. He wanted to forgive Mei Jun, but he couldn't...
The next day, the special investigation team of the Supervision Bureau came to the Environmental Protection Bureau to conduct a detailed investigation of Deputy Director Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan could not stand the interrogation at all. In just half a day, Liu Yuan confessed all his corruption and bribery over the years.
During his tenure as deputy director, Liu Yuan used fraud, embezzlement and other means to illegally occupy public funds totaling more than 800,000 yuan, of which he received 600,000 yuan personally; he solicited or illegally accepted bribes totaling 900,000 yuan from others; and in violation of state regulations, he privately distributed more than 200,000 yuan of state-owned assets to individuals in the name of the unit.
At the same time, while serving as deputy director, Liu Yuan failed to conscientiously perform his supervisory responsibilities over the construction and operation of sewage discharge and environmental protection facilities in the Xujiaqiao Township Industrial Park, resulting in a major environmental pollution accident of sewage leakage on March 8, 2007. The water quality of the county's waters was polluted, causing the death of fish raised by fishery farmers and a loss of more than 2 million yuan.
In fact, investigating Liu Yuan had long been in Fang Zhicheng's plan. However, Fang Zhicheng gave this opportunity to Zhan Yao, asking him to be the main follower of this plan and handle the matter on his behalf and on behalf of the government.
Environmental pollution is a common problem in various places nowadays. Many places blindly pursue urban development, which has caused great damage to the environment. After the water pollution problem in Xujiaqiao Township occurred, the Environmental Protection Bureau adopted a closed-news solution and provided financial compensation to the fishermen, but there is no such thing as a wall without airtightness, and it was eventually reported.
As the executive deputy county magistrate in charge of letters and visits, after receiving the complaint, Fang Zhicheng conducted a series of investigations. After confirming that there was illegal fact, he asked Zhan Yao to notify the Supervisory Bureau to intervene.
The visiting room in the detention center seemed cold, damp and dark. Although the spring scenery outside was already blooming, it could not reach here.
Across a wooden table, Zhan Yao looked coldly at Liu Yuan, whose head had been shaved. His face was relatively calm, and his eyes were filled with confusion. Perhaps he was unable to react, as he had fallen from a height in the blink of an eye and was imprisoned.
"I didn't expect you to be the first person to visit me." Liu Yuan's mouth was full of bitterness.
Zhan Yao shook his head and said, "Because the news of your being placed under double supervision has not spread yet, everyone thought you were on a business trip and didn't know that you were already detained in the detention center."
Liu Yuan was slightly startled, and said: "I now remember a saying, 30 years in the east, 30 years in the west. When judging a person's ability, we should not only look at the present. I apologize to you for the mistakes I made before... Mei Jun, she..."
Zhan Yao interrupted Liu Yuan and said, "I came to see you today just to make it clear to you that you should not have anything to do with Mei Jun anymore. I will not pursue what happened between you two before. She is my wife. Since I chose to marry her, I have already made up my mind. No matter what mistakes she makes in this life, I will forgive her. I believe that you are just a small problem between us and will not affect our lives in the next ten or even dozens of years."
Liu Yuan showed a bitter smile and lowered his head silently. Facing Zhan Yao's words, he had no power to refute, because in this war, he was defeated completely. As a loser, he had no right to teach Zhan Yao what to do in the future.