Although he hadn't yet thought of a solution, Yan Chen was, after all, Qiu Tu's superior and the head of the Investigation Bureau. Whatever he decided, Qiu Tu had no way to oppose it.
'Still, I need to think of another way....'
While thinking this, Qiu Tu slightly bowed and responded, "Received, Bureau Chief...."
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anwhile.
As Qiu Tu and Yan Chen were calculating against each other.
In Xinjie City, within the military's Security Departnt, the director's office.
Qin Shuman, dressed in a grass-green military uniform, sat behind her desk, looking up at the surroundings that were both familiar and sowhat strange. She was feeling a mix of excitent and annoyance.
What excited her was... After a year's ti, she had finally achieved the position she had longed for! She was now officially in charge of Xinjie City's Security Departnt!
This had brought her one step closer to her goal, and she could finally go all out and vigorously pursue her political ambitions!
But what annoyed her was... Even though she had beco the director of the Security Departnt, she had just received a communication from Dai Yukang.
Dai Yukang told her that, because Xinjie City was a focus for the Sanctuary's developnt in the coming period,
the Security Bureau had sent an inspector to Xinjie City to oversee the work of the Security Departnt.
If there were any shortcomings in the Security Departnt's performance, he had the authority to point them out and demand corrections, or even to take direct command of the Security Departnt's operations.
After hearing about this "inspector" from Dai Yukang, Qin Shuman's mood soured completely.
After all... nobody would like it if, after struggling for so many years to co out on top, a retired emperor suddenly appeared above them.
Moreover... Dai Yukang's words were too vague.
He only ntioned that the person had the authority to oversee and command the work of the Security Departnt.
But he didn't specify how this supervision or command would take place.
From start to finish, Dai Yukang only gave Qin Shuman an internal phone number.
Telling her that calls from this number would be from that inspector....
After hanging up, Qin Shuman stared blankly at the number 9527 on the communicator.
She was guessing whether this "retired emperor" was male or female, what their status was, what rank they held?
Having guessed for a long while without a clue, Qin Shuman had no choice but to put this "retired emperor" out of her mind for the ti being.
She felt torn between excitent and pressure, which made her particularly want to confide in soone, to have a good talk, um... and to vent.
'Otherwise... how about contacting Qiu Tu tonight?'
Once this thought erged, it lingered persistently in Qin Shuman's mind.
Moreover, she felt her rationale was quite proper: now she was the director of the Security Departnt, and Qiu Tu was the minister of the Political Departnt. They were the highest chiefs of their respective institutions' intelligence systems, and there would definitely be many opportunities for cooperation in the future.
So it was quite reasonable to have so early communication, to smooth the way for their collaboration, to probe a bit.
And at that mont, while she was entertaining these wild thoughts, suddenly, her communicator started buzzing.
Qin Shuman was startled, then hastily looked at the communicator.
To her surprise, she found... the number 9527 was lighting up on the communicator.
'So soon?'
She was sowhat shocked by the "retired emperor's" quickness in reaching out to her.
Qin Shuman sighed softly, realizing that her plan to et up with Qiu Tu tonight was likely to go awry. After composing herself, she answered the call.
The next second, a voice ca through the receiver... a voice of a woman she hadn't t before, "Director Rain Butterfly?"
Hearing the woman's voice, Qin Shuman, who had years of experience in intelligence work, imdiately conducted a brief analysis of the voice's owner.
'Probably a woman around 27 or 28 years old?'
'The tone is quite gentle; she should be fairly easy to get along with?'
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