Chapter Seventeen The Princess Arrives

  The mysterious girl wearing sunglasses is Xia Chuchu.

  That night, Ye Ming was drinking at the Furong Hotel when he suddenly received a call and hastily left, leaving Xia Chuchu feeling both puzzled and slightly disappointed. Ever since she found out that Ye Ming was her father Li Runqi's lifesaver, for some reason, she had developed a vague sense of closeness to this sunny, handsome, and super-strong boy, feeling happy and comfortable whenever they were together...

  Xia Chuchu is not a girl who easily falls for boys. During her university days and as a host, countless boys pursued her, including high-ranking officials' children, rich second-generation heirs, and many handsome and elegant film and television stars and hosts.

  However, she always felt that these boys lacked a certain quality she yearned for, and no one could truly enter her heart.

  So, although she is already twenty-three or four years old and has been a host for two years, often playing matchmaker for other men and women, but in terms of her own emotions, she can almost be said to be a blank sheet of paper.

  However, after meeting Ye Ming, her calm and peaceful heart began to stir up ripples.

  She felt that a certain quality she had always yearned to find in a boy had actually appeared in Ye Ming...

  Ever since that day when she parted with Ye Ming at the Furong Hotel, she had been a bit restless for these few days. Her mind was always preoccupied with Ye Ming's shadow, her ears kept echoing his deep and magnetic voice, and before her eyes were always the dashing figure of him fighting against the thugs on the rooftop...

  She had been waiting for Ye Ming to come back to the provincial city and take the initiative to contact her. However, three or four days passed, but there was no news from Ye Ming.

  On the fifth day, she couldn't bear it anymore and started calling Ye Ming's phone. However, no matter how many times she called, Ye Ming's mobile phone remained unreachable.

  She then asked for a leave from the program team and drove quietly to Xinleng County. The reason she gave herself was to discuss the show with Ye Ming.

  In fact, she just wanted to see him, have a meal with him, drink some wine and chat happily like that time at the Furong Hotel.

  But she never expected: Ye Ming was actually taken away by the K City Tax Bureau for investigation...

  After simply asking about the reason for Ye Ming's double regulation, Xia Chuchu left the Xinleng County Bureau and drove to the K City Taxation Bureau. She found the monitoring room on the third floor and saw a young cadre on duty inside. She said: "Hello, I am a friend of Ye Ming from the Xinleng County Taxation Bureau, coming from the provincial city. I heard that he was double-regulated by you. May I ask, can I visit Ye Ming now? Where is he being held?"

  That cadre looked at her vigilantly, shook his head and said: "I'm telling you, Ye Ming's problem is very serious this time. Not only did he beat someone up, but there are also problems with corruption. Moreover, when he was questioned, his attitude was very bad, he was very arrogant, refused to confess any problems, the municipal bureau leaders were extremely angry with him. So, it's estimated that his detention period will be quite long, you'd better not expect to visit him, just go back to the provincial city!"

  Xia Chuchu looked at him with an incredulous gaze and said, "Will Ye Ming have integrity issues? Are you guys kidding me?! I also know something about the land tax system. He's in charge of clerical work in your office and doesn't deal with taxpayers, how could he possibly have integrity issues?"

  That cadre said somewhat impatiently, "You're asking this and that, what do you really want to do? I'm telling you about Ye Ming because you came all the way from the provincial city. You should know: we discipline inspection cadres are bound by discipline and can't easily reveal case information to unrelated people. As for your question about Ye Ming not having the conditions to accept bribes, I can remind you of one thing: this was two years ago when he was still managing individual businesses at Xinleng County Bureau's First Division - now you should understand!"

  Xia Chuchu shook her head and said, "I still don't believe Ye Ming would be that kind of person... Big brother, I'm a good friend of Ye Ming's, and there's something very important I need to find him about. Can you please help me out with your leader and let me see him? If he really has any problems with the law or discipline, I can also help you persuade him to confess and get leniency. What do you think?"

  That cadre shook his head like a rattle drum and said, "Miss, you'd better not dream about this anymore. Just leave quickly! I've told you too much already. Later on, I'll be criticized by the leader."

  She began tidying up the files on her desk, ignoring Xia Chuchu from then on.

  Xia Chuchu now really wants to see Ye Ming, and asks him what's going on. So she walks out into the corridor and dials the phone of Wang Yaozhong, the director of the provincial bureau office.

  Wang Yaozhong is a cadre promoted by Xia Bizheng, the father of Xia Chuchu. He often plays at their home, so Xia Chuchu is very familiar with him.

  After the phone was connected, Wang Yaoyong first warmly asked Xia Chuchu how she was doing, and then asked if there was anything wrong.

  "Director Wang, I'm currently at the K City Land Tax Bureau. A friend of mine has been taken into custody by the K City Land Tax Bureau's surveillance room and I'd like to go visit him. However, the people in charge here won't allow me to do so. Could you please make a call to their superior and help facilitate things for me? Don't worry, I just want to pay my respects and bring some food for him, I won't cause any trouble."

  "Alright, alright, Chu Chu, you wait there, I'll call Director Qiu of the K City Tax Bureau right now. You just wait in the interrogation room."

  After hanging up the phone, Xia Chuchu walked back into the interrogation room and sat down opposite the officer.

  The cadre thought she had left, seeing her come in again and sitting opposite him without any courtesy, said somewhat displeased: "Miss, why have you come in again? If you want to wait for someone, please go to the reception room. This is a workplace, not a waiting room, please do not disturb my work."

  Xia Chuchu smiled and said, "You attend to your business, I won't disturb you."

  At this moment, the fixed phone on the office desk suddenly rang.

  That cadre took a look at the caller ID, it was an internal code, the number was "89001", which was the mobile phone internal code of Director Qiu Shunming. He was startled and quickly picked up the receiver, saying respectfully: "Director Qiu, hello! I'm Xiao Su from the Supervision Room."

  "Qiu Bureau's tone was a bit urgent: "Little Su, has a young female comrade come to your office? Is she still there?"

  Xiao Su glanced strangely at Xia Chuchu, who was sitting quietly across from him, and quickly replied: "Yes, there is a female comrade in my office, she said she came from the provincial city."

  "Xiao Su, listen: you take good care of her now and let her sit for a while. Tell her that I'm on my way from the municipal government right now, it's estimated to be over in more than ten minutes, and ask her to wait patiently. Also, notify the office immediately to book a luxury suite at the Xinni Baku Hotel. Got it?"

  Xiao Su was shocked: he knew that Qiu Director was attending the income work coordination meeting at the municipal government today, and originally, he was supposed to have lunch with the mayor and other municipal leaders. However, for this girl, he actually left the venue ahead of time and even wanted to take her out to dinner at the luxurious "Xin Ni Ba Ke" hotel, not even accompanied by the municipal government leaders. What's the background of this girl?