The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 178 So What If We Slept Together for One Night!

Chapter 178: Chapter 178 So What If We Slept Together for One Night!

Female leaders and male secretaries inherently have many taboos, and the slightest carelessness can lead to criticism.

Now, what’s troubling is that Zhang Kuisan had actually produced evidence of Xu Qianli and Lan Qianrong spending the night together in a hotel, which was a bombshell that completely changed the atmosphere of the entire meeting room.

When Zhang Kuisan pointed the finger directly at Lan Qianrong, pressuring her to resign as an apology, it shocked everyone present.

Zhang Kuisan was actually forcing Lan Qianrong to resign, even with the evidence of her private meeting with Xu Qianli in his hands, which was going too far.

Before the crowd could recover from their astonishment, Zeng Changyun said, "I also think that County Magistrate Lan should take responsibility for this matter. After all, County Magistrate Lan is our leader and should set an example. Since a mistake was made, she naturally has to bear the corresponding responsibility, so as to set an example for us and those below us."

Ding Biao chimed in, "I second the motion. As a leader, you must lead by example. The scandal that County Magistrate Lan and Xu Qianli have gotten themselves into, which has been exposed by whistleblowers, is fortunate to have been contained within our County Government. If it spread further, it would be a disgrace to us all!"

Three of the four Deputy County Magistrates spoke out, jointly denouncing Lan Qianrong.

Only Sun Yan remained, unsure of what to do.

She had agreed with Xu Qianli to outwardly lean towards Zhang Kuisan’s side, while actually being Xu Qianli’s inside informant, responsible for gathering information and waiting for the opportunity to backstab Zhang Kuisan.

But the current situation was far beyond her expectations.

She had long known that Zhang Kuisan had found a way to target Lan Qianrong and had warned Xu Qianli to be careful, but she never expected it to be something like this.

She was completely unaware that Xu Qianli and Lan Qianrong had been involved.

You say you two had an affair, but to be caught with evidence by Zhang Kuisan was simply too careless.

Even if she wanted to help, she now had no idea what to say.

Lan Qianrong’s face turned ashen, and she remained silent.

The turn of events had greatly exceeded her expectations and left her extremely furious.

If Zhang Kuisan and others had targeted her by other means, she would have just dealt with it, but they hit her where it hurt, in her private life, which infuriated her and had already led her to contemplate using her hidden "energy" to eliminate Zhang Kuisan and the others!

But she was very clear about the consequences of such actions. If she could not handle Zhang Kuisan and the others by her own ability, her standing within her family would surely decrease, greatly hindering her future career and development within the family.

Such measures could not be used unless absolutely necessary.

But what other method was there to break the deadlock?

Facing such a dilemma, Xu Qianli remained indifferent, picking up the file and glancing over it.

"Not bad, this material is compiled quite well."

"I just want to ask, just by relying on this file, what faults can you point out about me and County Magistrate Lan, and what gives you the right to force County Magistrate Lan to resign in atonement?"

"I would also like to know, with just this piece of information, what can be proven, and what wrong have County Magistrate Lan and I really done?"

Upon hearing Xu Qianli’s words, the entire meeting room immediately erupted into a commotion.

Good heavens, this youngster was caught messing with his female superior, and he still had the audacity to question Zhang Kuisan so boldly. How could he say something like that?

Zhang Kuisan was amused and burst into laughter.

"Xu Qianli, as the Director of Jiang City Government Office, you sneak out at night to have a private meeting with your married female leader and spend the night together. Doing such a thing, don’t you think you’ve done something wrong?"

"Do you really want to escalate this matter to the County Committee, to the city, and even to the province?"

"You’re not afraid of losing face, but isn’t County Magistrate Lan afraid of being shamed?"

"I advise you to be honest and not to stir up any more trouble, otherwise this matter could really blow up!"

Zhang Kuisan threatened fiercely, I’ve already set everything up; if you don’t yield today, this will blow up immediately!

Despite Zhang Kuisan’s threats, Xu Qianli remained utterly impassive, staring at Zhang Kuisan as if he was looking at a dead dog, and spoke lightly.

"So what if you spill the beans?"

"What can you do if you make a big fuss?"

"Let’s not even talk about how I just went to the city that night to report a night’s work to County Magistrate Lan, and that there’s nothing special between us. Even if something had happened, who could say what?"

Ding Biao hurriedly said, "It takes some nerve for you to deny anything between you two. You have a girlfriend and the other is married, yet a man and a woman stay alone in one room all night long, who would believe there was nothing going on? If either of you were caught cheating on a girlfriend or husband, and it got reported to the Disciplinary Committee, you both would be in deep trouble!"

Zeng Changyun said, "That’s right, a female leader meeting privately with a male subordinate behind her husband’s back, such an act is indefensible wherever you go! Xu Qianli, how dare you speak so self-righteously, I can’t believe those words could come out of your mouth!"

Not only Zeng Changyun and Ding Biao, many of those present were buzzing with discussion.

That’s right, this guy fooled around with a married female leader behind his girlfriend’s back, how can he still be so brazen?

Zhang Kuisan snorted coldly and gave a forceful order, "Xu Qianli, you and County Magistrate Lan had better resign immediately. I can still cover this up for you, otherwise, once this gets out, both of your reputations will stink up the streets!"

"Zhang Kuisan, you dog, threatening me, are you? Fine, let’s have it out then!"

"You say I cheated with a married female leader behind my girlfriend’s back? Well, do you know that although County Magistrate Lan was married, her husband has long since died, and she has been a widow for almost ten years!"

"As for me, Xu Qianli, I was kicked to the curb by Xu Shuman at that time, and as everyone here well knows, I was single at that time. Who the hell has the right to interfere with any woman I’m with?"

"Besides, do you think a woman of County Magistrate Lan’s status and position would take a second glance at me, Xu Qianli?"

"And another thing, don’t forget that not too long ago when I was in Qingshan Town, Li Zhu arranged for three beautiful women to throw themselves at me, and I didn’t touch a single one of them."

Once Xu Qianli had said his piece, many in the room were somewhat stunned.

If you think about it, it was indeed the case.

If Lan Qianrong, a widow, wanted to be with any man, who the hell has the right to interfere?

Moreover, Xu Qianli had been dumped by Xu Shuman and was a bachelor; being with any woman was his prerogative.

Not to mention whether Xu Qianli and Lan Qianrong had actually been involved, even if they had and slept together countless times in one night, what could anyone do?

It’s their mutual consent as a man and a woman, so what right does Zhang Kuisan have to interfere, let alone using such an issue to coerce the two to resign? It’s ridiculously laughable.

For a moment, Zhang Kuisan was confused. Damn it, he only knew that Lan Qianrong’s record showed she was married; he had no idea her husband had died.

He thought he could use her affair with Xu Qianli to force her to resign, but now it had backfired, making him a laughingstock inside and out, what the hell was this?

No, he couldn’t let her off the hook that easily; he absolutely must not back down!