Song Guanchao stood downstairs at the hotel and dialed Qu Xiangru's number.

"Governor Qu, come out for a meal, let's have a good talk."

"Say what you need to on the phone."

"I can't explain it over the phone, let's talk in person."

"No time."

"Qu Xiangru!"

Song Guanchao's tone turned cold: "Are you sure you want to mess around?"

Qu Xiangru's voice became cold as well: "Secretary Song, watch your tone."

She really disliked Song Guanchao speaking to her in such a manner.

Mess around?

Who did he think he was?

A mere secretary, yet daring to speak to her with such a lecturing attitude.

"So there's nothing to talk about then?"

"I said, say what you need to on the phone, whatever you want to discuss, discuss it now."

Seeing her unwilling to relent, Song Guanchao knew it would be difficult to control her, so he asked, "Talk about your plan."

"To capture someone, what plan is needed?"

"How will you capture?"

"Hire someone to capture."

"Who did you hire? Do you know them? Are they reliable? Will they alert the target?"

"You don't need to know."

"I absolutely need to know!" Song Guanchao said, "There's only one chance, if you miss it, Zhu Qiushui won't give you a second chance."

Qu Xiangru didn't argue back and, after a few seconds of silence, said, "What is your plan?"

"Just like yours, capture the person," Song Guanchao said, "Don't interfere; I'm 100% sure I can get them. Do you have that assurance? As long as you say you do, I'll return to Lingjiang right now and tell Mayor Jiang that this issue is Qu Xiangru's responsibility."

She certainly didn't have 100% assurance.

After all, she hired people with money, and she couldn't guarantee their reliability either.

Qu Xiangru said, "You can capture the person, but you must take me with you, and we'll split the credit equally."

"Deal."

Song Guanchao agreed too readily, making Qu Xiangru somewhat suspicious that he might be plotting something.

"I've recorded the conversation, Song Guanchao, I advise you not to play any tricks."

"Hehe."

Song Guanchao said, "Where are you staying? I'll come to find you now."

After hanging up, Qu Xiangru sent the address.

He didn't go up immediately but instead booked rooms for Lu Feng and the others.

Half an hour later, he arrived outside Qu Xiangru's door.

Qu Xiangru opened the door, gave him a cold look, and turned to walk back into the room.

On Hong Kong Island, where land is precious, hotel rooms are also cramped, but Qu Xiangru didn't consider funds when traveling, so she naturally stayed in a spacious suite.

Song Guanchao casually picked up a bottle of drink, crossed his legs on the sofa, and said, "Qu Xiangru, let me make things clear with you first."

"You can have half the credit."

"But there are no extra positions in Lingjiang right now. If you want to arrange personnel, you'll have to figure it out yourself."

Qu Xiangru said, "Political matters don't concern a small secretary like you. You should focus on capturing the person first."

"The person will definitely be captured, but I need to make things clear with you first so that after everything is settled, Governor Qu won't play games with me."

He had originally planned to control Qu Xiangru, but on second thought, he decided against it.

His objective was simply for Qu Xiangru not to interfere; he wasn't really interested in the credit.

At this moment, his phone rang.

A text message came through.

He glanced at it and immediately called Lu Feng: "Madman, pack up and meet me in the lobby downstairs."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Song Guanchao got up to leave: "Governor Qu, have a good rest."

Qu Xiangru followed him out: "I said, capturing the person requires taking me along!"

"If you want to follow, then follow."

Song Guanchao didn't look back, and Qu Xiangru followed closely behind him.

By the time they reached the lobby, Lu Feng and the others were already waiting.

Seeing that Qu Xiangru was also there, they were a bit surprised.

The squad leader is really skilled, managing to deceive her so quickly?

"Let's go."

The group got into a van, and Song Guanchao said, "To Mary Hospital."

After the car had driven a few hundred meters, Li Zhijun suddenly pulled out a folding knife and pressed it against Qu Xiangru's side.

Qu Xiangru glanced down, her pupils dilating, and immediately turned to Song Guanchao, angrily saying, "Song Guanchao, you broke your promise!"

Song Guanchao looked puzzled, how had he broken his promise?

Then, seeing the knife in Li Zhijun's hand, his eye twitched violently.

He patted his forehead; it was his own fault for not explaining things clearly to the others.

He sighed and said, "Put the knife away."

"Squad leader, aren't we tying her up?" Li Zhijun asked, puzzled.

Lu Feng, without looking back, said, "Tie up what? The squad leader is in the car, are you afraid she'll run? And you, using a knife on a woman, aren't you ashamed?"

Li Zhijun's face turned beet red with embarrassment.

Song Guanchao's temple veins pulsed.

"Song Guanchao, you intended to tie me up?"

Qu Xiangru grit her teeth, and those eyes, usually exuding allure, were now filled only with anger.

"Misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

Song Guanchao laughed awkwardly, not bothering to explain; there was no way to explain this situation.

Several people in the car were equally puzzled by his tone.

Wasn't it agreed to tie her up, and now it turned into a misunderstanding?

So what's the decision, tie or not?

Qu Xiangru suppressed her urge to continue the outburst.

Suddenly, she realized that Song Guanchao had been calling her to come down earlier, clearly intending to tie her up.

Thinking of this, she felt a wave of fear.

Fortunately, later on, she managed to reach a cooperation agreement with him.

Otherwise, she would really have been tied up by him.

Despite her anger, she could see that Song Guanchao's goal wasn't the credit but a genuine concern that she might mess up the plan.

Qu Xiangru sat in silence, an icy aura of "do not approach" emanating from her.

This whole scene left everyone in the car feeling a bit awkward.

Li Zhijun glanced at Song Guanchao in grievance; it was all his failure to explain clearly that made things so awkward.

More than half an hour later, the car arrived at Mary Hospital.

Only then did Lu Feng ask, "Squad leader, what are we doing at the hospital?"

Song Guanchao said, "She's in the hospital."

"In the hospital? Is the woman sick?"

"Not sure," Song Guanchao replied, "You all go in and keep an eye on her. Don't be too hasty to capture her, wait until she comes out and gets in the car."

"Got it."

After parking the car, Lu Feng and the others headed towards the hospital, while Song Guanchao and Qu Xiangru stayed in the car.

Qu Xiangru's face remained cold, and Song Guanchao broke the silence: "Governor Qu, let me apologize."

"No need."

"I'm sorry."

"I said, no need."

"Better to apologize. I really didn't plan to tie you up. It's just that I had everything arranged, and then you suddenly popped up, which was quite frustrating."

"See, I just got off the plane and already knew where Zhu Qiushui was. Can you be as efficient as me?"

"Actually, even if I didn't cooperate with you, could you be faster than me? By the time you hired suitable people, Zhu Qiushui would have already been controlled."

"Speaking of which, this half of the credit is a gift from me to you."

Qu Xiangru suddenly turned to look at him: "So what? Do you think you're doing me a favor?"

"I didn't put it that way, but it seems that's what's happening."

Song Guanchao's words were infuriating; if she weren't alone outside, she absolutely wouldn't have tolerated it.

At this moment, Song Guanchao's phone rang suddenly, it was Li Zhijun calling.

"Speak."

"Squad leader, Zhu Qiushui has bodyguards and they're armed!"

"How many?"

"Two."

Song Guanchao glanced at the parking lot outside, which was large and sparsely populated.

This was the best spot to make a move.

If they waited until she got in a car and returned to her residence, it would be hard to act.

"Tell Madman and the others to act in the parking lot."

"Got it!"

After hanging up, Song Guanchao fixed his gaze on the entrance of the parking lot.

About twenty minutes later, Li Zhijun called again.

"Squad leader, she's come out."

At the same time, Song Guanchao saw a woman with two men walking towards the parking lot.

That beautiful, alluring woman was precisely Zhu Qiushui.

Lu Feng and his side had three people, and with Song Guanchao, they were four.

Dealing with two armed bodyguards would be a piece of cake.

After all, drawing the gun from the waist takes time.

Song Guanchao had already opened the car door, but then saw Zhu Qiushui walking straight towards him, getting closer!

Until the three of them passed the front of the car and stopped at the vehicle next to his.

Song Guanchao was a bit stunned. Was it such a coincidence that the two cars were parked right next to each other?

He quickly calmed himself, tossed his phone aside, jumped out of the car, and walked over to Zhu Qiushui with a smile, raising his hand to greet, "Miss Zhu."

Zhu Qiushui looked up, and upon seeing Song Guanchao, her pupils constricted wildly, feeling a chill all over her body.

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