Mayor Yao Xinmin has a habit of holding meetings in his office. Temporary meetings like this must be held in his office, so he always keeps some steel folding chairs in his office.

Just in case of emergency.

Every leader has his own working style. Like Yao Xinmin's habit, Xiang Tianliang judged from psychological analysis that Yao Xinmin is very cautious, insecure, and a typical egotist, but he is also very unconfident and has a deep heart.

Full of inferiority complex.

When Fang Yixuan and Zhang Xing opened the door and walked in, the office was already packed.

Yao Xinmin sat on the boss's chair over the desk, frowning and sullen.

On the sofa side, there are two singles, respectively, sitting on the other two deputy secretaries of the municipal party committee, Zhou Ping and Zheng Youting.

There are two couches, one sitting on the other is Zhou Tai'an, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Municipal Law Committee and Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Xiao Jiannan, Executive Deputy Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Guo Xunqi, Director of the Security Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and Wang Zhenghui, Deputy Director of the Security Department of the Municipal Party Committee.

Sitting on another couch were four leaders from Binhai County: County Magistrate Chen Letian, County Party Committee Deputy Secretary Xiao Zijian, County Party Committee Standing Committee Member, County Political and Legal Committee Secretary and County Public Security Director Shao Sanhe, and Deputy County Mayor Xiang Tianliang.

Fang Yixuan and Zhang Xing no longer had ready seats. The four Binhai County people had no intention of giving up their seats. Guo Xunqi, director of the municipal party committee's security department, and Wang Zhenghui, deputy director, stood up to give up their seats. They moved some steel folding chairs from the corner and moved towards Yao

Xinmin sat down.

Yao Xinmin tapped his fingers on the desktop of his desk and said expressionlessly: "Okay, I will first announce a discipline, political discipline, iron discipline. The content of this temporary meeting must not be recorded or leaked. I hope you will

Guaranteed by one’s own party spirit.”

These words suddenly made the atmosphere in the office suddenly tense.

No one spoke, and Yao Xinmin's words did not require an answer.

On Yao Xinmin's desk, there is a tape recorder the size of a cigarette box. The tape recorder is working. In other words, only Yao Xinmin himself can record the content of this temporary meeting.

After a pause, Yao Xinmin said, "Last night, after the enlarged meeting of the Municipal Standing Committee, Comrade Chen Meilan, secretary of the Binhai County Party Committee, who attended the meeting, disappeared after attending the meeting. We have lost contact with him and our whereabouts are unknown."

Then, Yao Xinmin looked at Xiao Jiannan, the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and said, "Comrade Jiannan, I leave the investigation of the disappearance of Comrade Chen Meilan to you. Now you are responsible for asking everyone about the situation. No matter who it is, you have the right to ask

, no matter who it is, they must answer any questions from Comrade Jiannan."

Xiao Jiannan nodded and was about to speak when Fang Yixuan raised his hand first, "Mayor Yao, can I ask a question?"

"Comrade Yixuan, what's your problem?" Yao Xinmin's brows slowly wrinkled.

Fang Yixuan is from the capital, and he "airborne" from the capital with Zhang Hong. He is obviously Zhang Hong's man. He has not been here for long, and he was soon nicknamed "Beijing Dog" by the people in the municipal party committee compound.

Of course, he may not know it yet, but the Pekingese dog is clearly mocking Fang Yixuan for being Zhang Hong's dog.

Pointing to Shao Sanhe and Xiang Tianliang, Fang Yixuan asked: "I want to know why Comrade Shao Sanhe and Comrade Xiang Tianliang can participate in this temporary meeting."

Yao Xinmin asked: "Comrade Fang Yixuan, do you think the disappearance of Comrade Chen Meilan needs to be reported to the provincial party committee?"

"Well...it hasn't been more than twelve hours since last night. I don't think it's necessary to report to the provincial party committee for the time being."

Yao Xinmin asked again: "Comrade Gao Yulan, the director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, is in Qinghe, so there is no need to report to her?"

"Should report."

Yao Xinmin said coldly, "I have reported the disappearance of Comrade Chen Meilan to Minister Gao over the phone. Minister Gao is not feeling well and cannot come in person, but specially entrusted Comrade Xiang Tianliang to be her representative and observe our investigation of Comrade Chen Meilan.

Disappearance investigation, as for

Comrade Shao Sanhe's participation is because Comrade Chen Letian and Comrade Xiao Zijian attended last night's meeting and are parties under investigation. Therefore, Comrade Shao Sanhe represents the Binhai County Party Committee. I also agree with his participation in the investigation. Comrade Yixuan

, do you have any different opinions?"

"I have no objection." Fang Yixuan's voice was also cold.

Yao Xinmin turned to Xiao Jiannan and said, "Comrade Jiannan, please start."

Xiao Jiannan: "Mayor Yao, I'm sorry, I want to ask you first."

Yao Xinmin: "Me? OK, you ask."

Xiao Jiannan: "What time did the meeting end last night?"

Yao Xinmin: "It was exactly half past ten. I remember clearly that there was a wall clock in the conference room. I took a look at it when the meeting was over."

Xiao Jiannan: "You are the first to leave the conference room."

Yao Xinmin: "The first one."

Xiao Jiannan: "The first one?"

Yao Xinmin: "Yes, I was the first to leave after the meeting. There is a situation I want to explain. My wife and two children came by the 10:45 train last night. I was in a hurry to get to the train.

There was a station to pick them up, so I left in a bit of a hurry."

Xiao Jiannan: "Then when was the last time you saw Comrade Chen Meilan?"

Yao Xinmin: "Before the meeting ended, I left in a hurry after the meeting and didn't notice her."

Xiao Jiannan: "When did you know that Comrade Chen Meilan was missing?"

Yao Xinmin: "At 8:20 this morning, I received a call from Comrade Yang Biqiao, the executive deputy magistrate of Binhai County. She said that Comrade Chen Meilan, who lived in the same room as her, had not returned home all night and was calling her cell phone and pager.

She turned off her phone and called her home and her parents' home, but there was no news about Comrade Chen Meilan."

Xiao Jiannan: "So, it is possible that Comrade Chen Meilan went to her friend's house."

Yao Xinmin: "Probably not. According to Comrade Yang Yangbiqiao, she and Comrade Chen Meilan have made an agreement that during the meeting in Qinghe, both parties will inform each other when traveling."

Xiao Jiannan: "Mayor Yao, thank you. I have no questions to ask you."

Yao Xinmin: "Thank you, please continue."

Xiao Jiannan: "Deputy Secretary Zhou, I'm sorry, who are you to leave the conference room?"

Zhou Ping: "Sorry, I was the second one, so I left the conference room just behind Mayor Yao."

Xiao Jiannan: "You left in a hurry too."

Zhou Ping: "I told you, I'm sorry, I felt sick to my stomach at the time, so I went straight to the nearest toilet after leaving the conference room."

Xiao Jiannan: "Then you didn't see when Comrade Chen Meilan left?"

Zhou Ping: “I didn’t see it.”

Xiao Jiannan: "So, how long did you spend in the toilet?"

Zhou Ping: "Probably less than seven or eight minutes."

Xiao Jiannan: "Didn't you see anyone else when you came out of the toilet?"

Zhou Ping: "I saw it."

Xiao Jiannan: "Who did you see?"

Zhou Ping: "Comrade Fang Yixuan and Comrade Zhang Xing."

Xiao Jiannan: "Thank you, Deputy Secretary Zhou."

Zhou Ping: "You're welcome."

Xiao Jiannan: "Hello, Secretary-General Fang,"

Fang Yixuan: "Hello, Comrade Jiannan."

Xiao Jiannan: "Are you the last one to leave the conference room?"

Fang Yixuan: "Yes, as Secretary-General, I am usually the last one to leave any Municipal Standing Committee meeting."

Xiao Jiannan: "Then did you see when Comrade Chen Meilan left?"

Fang Yixuan: "I didn't see it because I was with Comrade Zhang Xing. Comrade Zhang Xing was in charge of the meeting minutes. We were sorting out the meeting minutes and other materials."

Xiao Jiannan: "Did Comrade Zhang Xing leave with you?"

Fang Yixuan: "Yes, you can ask Comrade Zhang Xing, maybe he saw something."

Xiao Jiannan: "Hello, Comrade Zhang Xing, did you see Comrade Chen Meilan at that time?"

Zhang Xing: "I didn't notice it."

Xiao Jiannan: "Who were you with when you left?"

Zhang Xing: "Secretary-General He Fang, oh yes, and Deputy Secretary Zhou came out of the toilet."

Xiao Jiannan: "Did you three go downstairs together?"

Zhang Xing: "Yes, we took the elevator downstairs together, and I took Secretary-General Fang's car home."

Xiao Jiannan: "Have you never seen Comrade Chen Meilan from the time you left the conference room to the time you got in the car and went home?"

Zhang Xing: "I didn't see Comrade Chen Meilan, but I saw Deputy Secretary Zheng at the parking lot."

Xiao Jiannan: "Oh, thank you...Deputy Secretary Zheng, hello."

Zheng Youting: "Hello, Comrade Jiannan."

Xiao Jiannan: "Deputy Secretary Zheng, who is the first person to leave the conference room?"

Zheng Youting: "I can't remember the specific number, but the person beside me at that time was Comrade Gao Xing, the deputy mayor."

Xiao Jiannan: "Did you see Comrade Chen Meilan at that time?"

Zheng Youting: "I saw it."
To be continued...