Chapter 363 Reporting
Slight heat in July.

It has been three months since Liu Zhiye entered the Advanced Military Command College. In this fertile land of knowledge, he is like a long-awaited rain, greedily absorbing every drop of the essence of strategy and tactics.

Every day, from the first light of dawn to the falling of night, his figure shuttles between the classroom and the training ground. His pursuit of military art is both his driving force and his unremitting persistence.

In this hall where future generals gather, Liu Zhiye is writing his own glorious chapter as an ordinary soldier.

At the same time, Ge Shuping also received good news. The investigation of Li Huaide's case was entering a white-hot stage. The tracking of every clue foreshadowed the coming of the decisive battle.

In order to help Ge Shuping and others secretly investigate Li Huaide's illegal activities, Liu Zhiye went to Director Luo of the Public Security Bureau for help.

As expected, with the full support of Director Luo, he resolutely sent Chen Wusheng, the deputy director of the Fifth Department, to personally take part in the battle.

Director Luo is an old revolutionary who has come out of the war years and has an uncompromising hatred for the evil in the world.

He cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes, especially those who are corrupt and break the law, whom he hates deeply.

Now, people like Li Huaide not only do not know how to restrain themselves, but also stir up trouble in the dark, attempting to weave conspiracies and frame those loyal people who serve the country and the people.

Director Luo's anger had already been burning in his heart, and he vowed to completely eradicate this evil trend.

Chen Wusheng and Liu Zhiye had been close friends for many years. When he heard that someone had secretly plotted to harm his friend, he was furious and could not calm down.

With his keen insight and rich experience in handling cases, he joins hands with Ge Shuping and others and vows to uncover the mystery of this major case of lawlessness and bring Li Huaide and other lawbreakers to justice.

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Red Star Factory Guesthouse.

Several guesthouse service staff were whispering.

"Look at how distraught she looks. Has that person not been here for a while?" A waitress said sarcastically with a pout.

"Shh! Keep your voice down, or she might hear you!" The other person, who was timid, reminded her in a low voice.

This person was quite unconvinced and said: "Besides, I am afraid of her? If it were in the past, I would still give her some leeway."

"But now, hmph... looking at her absent-minded appearance, I guess she is tired of being played with and has fallen out of favor, right?"

An older man beside him also nodded and agreed, "I think it's probably true. This bitch used to think she had someone named Li to protect her, so she acted so arrogantly."

"A wild girl who came from nowhere has jumped on my head in just a few days. What a shameless person!"

"What did I say? Don't think she's having a blast now, I'm afraid she'll be on the list in the future."

“Hahaha…that’s right.”

"A stinky pheasant dreams of becoming a phoenix. Just dream on!"

"Hahaha……"

The three of them were in the guesthouse staff lounge, whispering to each other.

Unexpectedly, the foreman Peng Miaomiao happened to be standing outside the door and heard these words clearly without missing a single word.

Peng Miaomiao's face instantly lost all color and turned frighteningly pale, which was a reflection of her extreme anger as well as a revelation of her deep fear.

She had never expected that this group of people would be so double-faced. In the past, they treated her with great respect, but now, they wantonly slandered and abused her behind her back.

This sudden change made her sigh at the complexity and volatility of human hearts.

Peng Miaomiao wanted to rush in and argue with these old women and teach them a lesson, but she didn't dare.

However, with reason and timidity intertwined, she finally suppressed the impulse and chose to endure.

Peng Miaomiao is a family member who knows her own business. Her affair with Li Huaide cannot be made public. Although, this is already an open secret within the guesthouse.

If it were in the past, relying on Li Huaide's favor, she would not have taken these people seriously at all.

But it’s not possible now!

Just as they discussed privately, Peng Miaomiao truly felt that she seemed to have lost Li Huaide's former favor.

In recent months, Li Huaide's visits to her place have obviously become less and less frequent.

And his attitude towards her increasingly revealed impatience.

Once, Peng Miaomiao couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to go to Li Huaide's office to find him.

But unexpectedly, he happened to catch Li Huaide having an affair with a plump young woman.

Because his good time was interrupted, Li Huaide was furious on the spot. Regardless of their past friendship, he gave Peng Miaomiao a loud slap in the face in front of that bitch and drove her away on the spot.

Peng Miaomiao felt hopeless for a moment.

She is a virgin with a sweet face and outstanding temperament, and she should have a happy family life.

However, as fate would have it, she was unfortunately targeted by Li Huaide, a sex-hungry man.

Once, Li Huaide, the deputy factory director, went to visit Peng Miaomiao's distant uncle Peng Guoan.

Uncle Peng Guoan suggested that Peng Miaomiao accompany Li Huaide to drink a few glasses to add to the mood.

At that time, the inexperienced Peng Miaomiao was caught off guard and accidentally got drunk under Li Huaide's persuasion...

When Peng Miaomiao woke up, she found Li Huaide lying naked beside her and sleeping soundly.

And she...

Peng Miaomiao collapsed on the spot...

Afterwards, she could not resist Li Huaide's threats, intimidation, money and power, as well as the repeated persuasion of her uncle Peng Guoan and aunt, and she gave in to Li Huaide.

Peng Miaomiao is a girl from the countryside and is only 20 years old this year.

A few years ago, her hometown suffered a severe famine.

Due to her poor family background, her parents found it difficult to continue raising so many children. As the eldest sister, Peng Miaomiao had to board a train to Beijing and live with her distant uncle Peng Guoan, who was quite successful in Beijing.

Peng Guoan and his wife are both working, and their children are too young and need someone to take care of them.

Instead of being opposed to Peng Miaomiao's arrival, Peng Guoan and his wife were very happy.

Just think of it as hiring a nanny. Besides, you just need to give her a meal, so why not do it?

When Peng Miaomiao arrived at her uncle Peng Guoan's house, she was also very hardworking, doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, and taking good care of the children. All of this made Peng Guoan and his wife less worried.

And just like that, two years passed.

When Peng Miaomiao was eighteen years old, the day that changed her destiny came.

One day, Peng Guoan, deputy director of the factory office, invited deputy director Li Huaide to his home.

Peng Guoan was a member of Director Yang's faction, but he was not a key figure in his core circle. He had been wasting five years as deputy director and had never been given a chance to be promoted.

Peng Guoan was an ambitious man. Under Li Huaide's strong persuasion, he secretly joined him.

To show his sincerity, Peng Guoan invited Li Huaide to his home.

But unexpectedly, the lustful Li Huaide fell in love with Peng Miaomiao, who was only 18 years old at the time.

After he learned that Peng Miaomiao was just Peng Guoan's distant niece, he began to have evil thoughts...

Peng Guoan was not a good person either. In order to show his loyalty to Li Huaide, he made up his mind and "sold" the little girl Peng Miaomiao...

Later, Li Huaide also became quite interested in Peng Miaomiao.

She was first arranged to work at the Red Star Factory Guesthouse as a regular worker, and soon became a foreman.

Li Huaide was never stingy with women and was very generous with his money.

Peng Miaomiao just gave in and accepted her fate, following Li Huaide wholeheartedly.

For convenience, the two of them fooled around in the guesthouse. Others might not know, but some waitresses knew it very well.

But the good times didn't last long. Within two years, Li Huaide got tired of her and found a new love.

Peng Miaomiao felt like the sky was falling. She sacrificed her youth and reputation, but in the end, Li Huaide abandoned her.

This emotional entanglement, like a basin of cold water in winter, extinguished all her hopes and aspirations. After get off work, Peng Miaomiao walked with heavy steps, and a wave of reluctance to return home arose in her heart. The threshold of the dormitory seemed to her to be an insurmountable chasm.

She was afraid to step into that little world, and even more unwilling to face the complex and unpredictable looks of her roommates. Those looks might contain confusion, ridicule, or sympathy, but all of them were what she was most unwilling to endure at the moment.

So she chose to wander outside, trying to find a bit of peace and freedom in the night.

Ever since that incident, she seldom went to her uncle's house, and now they were like strangers.

Peng Miaomiao didn't realize that as she was strolling casually, an uninvited guest was following her quietly, like a shadow.

She stepped silently onto the lonely stone bridge. As night fell, there was no one on the bridge. Only the sound of the wind and her footsteps intertwined to form the prelude to the night.

Peng Miaomiao's gaze penetrated the darkness, staring at the unfathomable river surface ahead, and an indescribable despair surged in her heart, as if all her hopes and dreams had sunk into a bottomless abyss at this moment. All hope was lost, and only deathly silence remained.

Then, she just jumped...

The sudden change made Liu Guang, who was in charge of the surveillance, feel nervous and pale. He almost instinctively blurted out, with a trembling and anxious voice, "Don't be impulsive..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a splash and Peng Miaomiao jumped into the river.

"Fuck!" Liu Huang was so anxious when he saw this scene that he rushed to the bridgehead in an instant. Without thinking too much, he resolutely jumped into the river.

After jumping into the water, Liu Huang thought to himself that he was in trouble.

"broken!"

The river appears calm on the outside, but is actually turbulent.

As soon as he stepped into the water, before he could react, he was swept away by a sudden undercurrent and was involuntarily carried away by the current.

This made it much more difficult for him to save people.

But she had to save him no matter how difficult it was. This was not only a life, but also a key figure in solving Li Huaide's case. She couldn't make any mistakes.

The night was as dark as ink. Peng Miaomiao's trace was swallowed up without a trace by the surging river. It was pitch black all around and chaos everywhere in sight.

Liu Huang gritted his teeth and, with extraordinary perseverance, took frequent breaths in the water. Every dive was accompanied by a brave exploration of the unknown.

He paddled his hands in the water randomly but firmly, trying to grasp any clues that might lead him to Peng Miaomiao. Even in the pitch-black darkness, he did not give up the slightest hope and groped forward firmly.

As time passed, Liu Huang became increasingly anxious.

Just when he was exhausted and on the verge of despair, a scene vaguely emerged before his eyes: on the river in front of him, an old tree was leaning against the bank. Among its intricate branches, an object was accidentally hung, as if it was a ray of hope that nature had left for it.

Seeing this, Liu Huang was instantly cheered up and swam forward with all his might.

…………

"Cough cough cough..."

"vomit……"

After urgent and effective first aid measures, Liu Huang finally successfully pulled Peng Miaomiao, who had been drowning for a long time, back from the hands of death and gave her a new life.

As for the specific rescue process, you can use your imagination.

“Wuwuwu… Why did you save me? It would be better if I could die and be done with it all…” After Peng Miaomiao recovered, she realized that she was saved by someone.

Liu Huang squatted in front of her and asked in a puzzled manner, "Miss, what's wrong with you that you want to commit suicide?"

"Can you tell me about it? Maybe I can help you?"

Peng Miaomiao's face turned pale. She glanced at him when she heard the words and thought to herself, "I can tell at first glance that this man is a gentleman. His thick eyebrows and big eyes reveal a sense of righteousness." However, she sighed in her heart, as she found it difficult to express her difficulties.

So Peng Miaomiao lowered her head, shook her head, and said nothing.

Seeing this, Liu Huang sighed and said frankly: "What is it that you can't tell me? I really don't understand. Since you are not afraid of life and death, why are you afraid to tell me frankly?"

In fact, Peng Miaomiao was also full of pain. She had accumulated grievances and hatred in her heart, but she couldn't find an outlet to vent.

Now that she saw that her savior wanted to listen, she simply told him what had happened to her.

"Yes, since this person saved me and saw how miserable I was, there is nothing I can't tell him. If he wants to hear it, then I'll tell him."

"Thank you for saving me, big brother. I jumped into the river because I had nowhere else to go..."

Peng Miaomiao choked up and told Liu Huang about a series of unfortunate experiences. Her voice was filled with endless sorrow and deep regret, which moved the listeners.

When Liu Huang saw her pitiful appearance, he couldn't help but feel indignant and secretly cursed the unscrupulous Li Huaide and Peng Guoan.

"Miss Peng, I deeply sympathize with your situation. I hope you can be more open-minded. You are still young and have a long life ahead of you."

Peng Miaomiao cried, "What's the point? My reputation is ruined, who will want me? Wuuwuwu..."

"I hate Li Huaide, I hate Peng Guoan, I hate all of them..."

Liu Huang's spirits lifted. He realized that the time had come. He decided to strike while the iron was hot and said bluntly, "Ms. Peng, to be honest, I am affiliated with the Security Department of the Red Star Factory. I am currently assisting relevant departments in conducting an in-depth investigation into the disciplinary and legal violations of Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide and others."

"Li Huaide didn't just harm you. We currently have evidence against more than a dozen women..."

"I wonder if you can come forward and report Li Huaide and others so that we can bring them to justice?"

Peng Miaomiao's eyes widened as she stared at Liu Huang, her tone full of disbelief: "Are you from the Security Department? Why are you here?"

"Are you following me?"

Liu Huang was silent for a moment, nodded slightly, and said frankly: "Yes, we do have some understanding of what happened between you and Li Huaide. But how did he ..."

Peng Miaomiao's face turned pale again when she heard this, and she muttered to herself, "No wonder, there's not many people here at night, how did you happen to save me?"

After a moment of silence, she said, "I am willing to go back with you to cooperate with the investigation, and I am also willing to come forward to correct him."

After walking on the brink of life and death, Peng Miaomiao's state of mind changed completely. She became fearless and the gossip from the outside world could no longer shake her in the slightest.

There was only one thought left in her mind, and that was to unwaveringly bring down the bastard Li Huaide.

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"Comrade Liu Zhiye, there's a phone call from the reception room for you." A classmate broke into the reading room and interrupted Liu Zhiye who was immersed in the sea of ​​books.

Liu Zhiye raised his head slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he responded concisely and forcefully: "Okay, Lao Li, I'll leave right away." After that, he quickly stood up and trotted briskly to the message room.

After greeting the officer on duty at the reception desk, he picked up the phone and said, "Hello! Who is that?"

Ge Shuping's excited voice came from the other end of the phone: "Lao Liu, it's me, Lao Ge!"

"To make a long story short, we have made crucial progress. Peng Guoan's niece, Peng Miaomiao, has resolutely stepped forward and is ready to directly accuse Li Huaide."

"Old Liu, can we close the net now?"

When Liu Zhiye heard this, his eyes lit up instantly. He did not respond to Ge Shuping immediately, but quickly thought about it in his mind.

Then, he said succinctly: "Old Ge, it is not appropriate for us to take the lead in this matter. Please tell Sun Li to report to Director Yang on your behalf."

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!"

"What's more, the open and covert struggle between Yang and Li has been going on for a long time. Now, Yang's trusted people have been turned against him one by one. In this situation, how can he not be extremely anxious?"

There is another sentence that Liu Zhiye did not elaborate on.

Director Yang has a strong backer behind him. He can withstand all the pressure and completely defeat Li Huaide, his biggest competitor.

He is a leader who is always known for his hard work, but at this moment he encountered repeated difficulties from a cunning person like Li Huaide. He was forced into a state of panic and had to fight hastily, trying his best to resist the opponent's step-by-step offensive.

As Liu Zhiye expected, Director Yang was overjoyed when faced with the "knife" suddenly handed over by Sun Li.

"Comrade Sun Li, is this true?" Although Director Yang was secretly delighted, his face still maintained his usual sternness as he asked calmly.

Sun Li immediately said seriously: "Director, please rest assured. I guarantee it with my Party spirit."

Director Yang's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he suddenly asked: "How did you collect so much hard evidence of his illegal activities?"

Sun Li had expected this, and he responded calmly according to the words he had prepared in advance: "Someone reported him to the Security Department. As he is the deputy director, we had to conduct a private investigation to avoid any bad influence. We never thought..."

Director Yang did not comment, but said, "Comrade Sun Li, you go back first and remember to keep it a secret."

(End of this chapter)