Li Fangding felt like each day was dragging endlessly as he paced around his study, over and over.
Finally, his phone rang. Li Fangding hurriedly grabbed it and saw it was Gu Xunchao's number. He quickly answered, "Mr. Gu, how's it going?"
"You... take care of yourself." Gu Xunchao said these words and then hung up the phone abruptly.
"Mr. Gu! Mr. Gu!" Li Fangding called out urgently, but there was only a dead tone on the line.
When he tried to call back, the phone was already turned off. Li Fangding collapsed on the sofa; Gu Xunchao's response made him instantly realize that Gu Xunchao had abandoned him.
He didn't know how long he had been sitting on the sofa when he suddenly jumped up, waving his hands and screaming hysterically, "No! No! No one can bring me down! I'm the vice mayor; no one can decide my future. Anyone who dares to block my path, I'll destroy them!"
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By this time, it was dark outside. Song Xiaodong and Wu Xiaoya were in the hotel room.
