Nominal: Who isn't a son-in-law?

He was naturally aware of these things.

During this period, he also ran into former colleagues and former bosses.

He surpassed some people in their positions, and he also surpassed some people in his position.

Without exception, when they met him, they all treated him with utmost respect, addressing him as "Director Ye" or "Secretary-General Ye."

He knew perfectly well who was behind all of this.

He also understood the deeper meaning behind Li Jiageng's words.

Learn from Zhao Dagong's example and restrain yourself and your family.

"Hehe, alright, go back now."

At this moment, Li Jiageng finished his cigarette and patted Ye Wentao on the shoulder.

……

downstairs.

As soon as Li Dakang got into the car, he saw Zhao Dagong walking towards the Discipline Inspection Commission building through the car window.

He couldn't help but curl his lip; he felt this person wasn't as interesting as Comrade Guofu.

I still miss the happy times when I bickered with Tian Guofu and the others.

But he also knew that given Chu Shijun's status, it would be difficult to continue like this at the meeting.

"Xiao Hu, go back to Zhencheng."

If this place won't work, Zhencheng will.

Tianhe is not far from Zhencheng. When Li Dakang returned, he waited a while before having lunch.

After meeting with the chairman of Zhencheng Emperor Penguin Group in the afternoon, he immediately summoned Liu Zhenwen, the director of the Public Security Bureau.

Zhencheng is a key figure in this case, and he must oversee the entire process.

He sat on the sofa and got straight to the point: "Comrade Zhenwen, report directly on the progress of the interrogation of Chairman Xu, Gu Wangbei, and Zhu Yang over the past two days, and the breakthroughs in the leads. Tell me the truth."

"Secretary Li, the peripheral evidence, the financial channels, and the investigation of related personnel are basically complete, and the chain has been completely closed. However, the three core members are completely shut down and refuse to speak."

Liu Zhenwen shook his head, his expression revealing exhaustion.

Li Dakang's eyes darkened: "What do you mean?"

"Both Chairman Xu and Gu Wangbei gave zero statements throughout the entire process."

"No matter what we presented—funding records, cooperation agreements, witness testimonies, or clues for investigation—the two remained silent throughout, neither defending themselves, nor admitting anything, nor explaining anything, and refusing to utter a single word no matter what we asked."

"His attitude was extremely calm, his emotions were completely unwavering, he neither resisted the interrogation nor cooperated with it, and he was passively resisting throughout."

Li Dakang's gaze turned completely cold.

These three issues are very interconnected, and Chu Shijun attaches great importance to them. If the connection is broken with him, and the inspection team comes down and gains the upper hand, he will inevitably be seen as having failed in his supervisory duties.

"Where is Zhu Yang?" Li Dakang asked in a deep voice.

"The prosecutor's office said that Zhu Yang would occasionally give simple answers, but only talk about work processes and superficial matters. Whenever it came to key issues such as the transfer of benefits and connections with the back office, he would evade the question and claim ignorance."

"The three of them seemed to have coordinated their stories beforehand and had developed a tacit understanding."

Liu Zhenwen shook his head and said, "Even if we present the evidence to you, it will be the same. Zhu Yang admitted to the bank card and villa matters at first, but he hasn't said a word since."

"His cousin Zhu Kun confessed to everything, but that's not conclusive evidence."

"Heh, what a tough nut to crack! The video recording is crystal clear, yet they still refuse to admit it."

Li Dakang narrowed his eyes. He naturally knew where these people got their confidence from. Wasn't it just Gu?

After a moment of silence, he stood up and said, "Let's go see how they're doing the interrogation."

"OK."

……

Police station, interrogation room.

The indoor camera was flashing red, and Li Dakang and Liu Zhenwen watched silently from the monitoring station.

Soon, Gu Wangbei, dressed in an orange prison uniform and handcuffed, swaggered in with a calm expression. He plopped down and let the handcuffs be put on him.

"Speak, what do you want to ask?"

The table opposite him was covered with thick files, bank statements, and evidence of transactions related to the case. The dense chain of clues was as solid as a mountain of evidence, but Gu Wangbei only glanced at it contemptuously and said in an extremely arrogant manner.

"Gu Wangbei, the evidence is conclusive. Your only way out is to voluntarily confess your crimes. Don't harbor any illusions."

The police officers and prosecutors who were interrogating him were all watching him closely.

"We don't need you to provide a way out."

"I can sit in here and I can walk out here. You just need to follow the procedures. There's no need to waste your time."

Gu Wangbei smiled faintly.

"I won't say what I should say, and you shouldn't ask what you shouldn't ask."

In just two short sentences, he displayed extreme arrogance.

He never hid his confidence, remaining certain from beginning to end that his father would intervene, provide support, and exert pressure to protect him.

In his eyes, the current detention and interrogation are just a temporary storm, merely a formality.

It's not like they haven't come in before, and they've all come out unscathed.

Gu Wangbei's words came through clearly from the monitoring station. Looking at his arrogant expression, Li Dakang's eyes surged with coldness.

As he expected, this was the root of the trial deadlock.

Thinking there was an ancient family behind it, I thought coming here was just playing house?

"Comrade Zhenwen, how do you usually interrogate criminals who refuse to repent and remain arrogant despite being presented with irrefutable evidence?"

Li Dakang asked.

"Secretary Li, we usually delve deeper into the clues and approach them from multiple angles..." Liu Zhenwen replied.

Unexpectedly, Li Dakang's face showed a hint of dissatisfaction upon hearing this.

Noticing the change in Li Dakang's expression, Wang Hongqing quickly took a step forward, nudged his own director, and pursed his lips.

"What's wrong?"

"Look at Secretary Li's expression."

Is there a problem?

The two exchanged glances.

Seeing that his director still hadn't grasped the point, Wang Hongqing helplessly clenched his fist and waved it in front of him.

Upon seeing this, Liu Zhenwen immediately understood.

It's no wonder he didn't realize it; he was just exhausted these past two days and hadn't had a full night's sleep.

So, after saying that, he changed the subject.

"Secretary Li, in addition to this, for some people, we will also have experienced veterans use some more radical interrogation methods, which generally have good results."

As he spoke, he observed Li Dakang's expression. When he saw that Li Dakang's expression had softened, he immediately knew that this guy really wanted to get his hands on something.

But should we go or not?

Thinking of Gu Wangbei's identity, he hesitated for a moment, but only for a second before his doubts were overturned.

Forget about this and that, let's just do it.

Thinking of this, he coughed lightly, turned around and said, "Xiao Wang, why don't you show it to Secretary Li?"

"Okay!"

Wang Hongqing immediately became excited. Back when he first started working, some of the older colleagues in the institute had mentioned these things, and he had even tried them himself; they were indeed very effective.

Without hesitation, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Old Zhang, Old Liu, the interrogation is temporarily suspended. Come to the monitoring station and report the situation to Secretary Li."