Handong: Sha Li wants political achievements? I'll shut down the entire province.

The red lights of the thirty-eight high-definition cameras looked like rows of death warrants from the King of Hell.

The flashes of the cameras kept going off, making Lu Yike's vision blur.

The hall was eerily quiet, with only the muffled sound of Lin Yubing's high heels on the carpet.

Lu Yike was dazzled, but his stubbornness suddenly surfaced.

He was used to being powerful in the anti-corruption bureau, and he couldn't stand such humiliation.

"Lin Yubing, don't try to scare me with those terms!"

Lu Yike reached down to her lower back and pulled out a pair of gleaming silver handcuffs.

She took a big step forward, the handcuffs jingling under the incandescent light, making a crisp clinking sound.

"In the middle of the night, more than thirty of you are gathered in the server room. Who knows if you're destroying backend data that's inciting the masses!"

Lu Yike turned around and yelled at the person behind her.

"Lin Huahua, Xiao Zhou, confiscate all of these people's identification! Anyone who resists, handcuff them for obstructing official business!"

Lin Huahua and Xiao Zhou stood behind, their calves spinning.

There are over thirty video recorders! If this gets broadcast, my job will be completely ruined.

"Director Lu... we don't have a search warrant," Lin Huahua stammered, taking a half-step back.

"I am the search warrant!" Lu Yike's eyes turned red with anger, and she was about to put the handcuffs on Lin Yubing's wrists.

"Snapped!"

A muffled thud.

Lin Yubing didn't even try to dodge; he slammed the thick copy of the Criminal Law in his hand onto Lu Yike's chest.

It wasn't very forceful, but it was extremely insulting.

Lin Yubing looked at him as if he were looking at a child who had never been weaned and was completely ignorant of the law.

"Director Lu, before you take out your handcuffs, could you please flip through this booklet first?"

She tapped her index finger, painted with nail polish, twice lightly on the blue cover.

Lin Yubing took a step forward in her high heels, instantly overwhelming the other side with her aura.

"First, you were not wearing a uniform, did not show a valid search warrant, and violently kicked down our company's imported frosted glass door, which was worth 80,000 yuan."

Her voice was cool and clear, and her pronunciation was as precise as that of an evening news anchor.

"This is called the crime of illegally entering a commercially confidential premises, plus the crime of intentionally damaging property."

Lu Yike was stunned.

The handcuffs were frozen in mid-air, and fine beads of sweat began to seep from the forehead.

Lin Yubing didn't give her a chance to catch her breath.

"Secondly, the four of you acted on your own and attempted to forcibly take away law-abiding citizens."

Lin Yubing glanced coldly at Xiao Zhou and Da Li, who were huddled in the back.

"This is called abuse of power and illegal restriction of personal freedom."

"third."

Lin Yubing snapped his fingers crisply.

The thirty-odd lawyers in suits behind her all opened their black folders in unison.

The sound of papers turning filled the hall, so uniform and orderly that it felt almost oppressive, as if it would lift the roof off.

"You made unfounded accusations and insults against us in public without the approval of a case being filed."

Lin Yubing stared intently into Lu Yike's eyes, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

"This is called the crime of provoking trouble."

The three charges, clearly laid out, came crashing down like three mountains.

Lu Yike felt her throat go dry, as if she had swallowed a handful of coarse sand.

"You're talking nonsense! I'm the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, I'm handling a case!" she shouted, her voice clearly lacking conviction.

Whether it's a case or not, let's explain that to the judge.

Lin Yubing pointed to the thirty-eight flashing red indicator lights around her.

"Director Lu, every second of the footage of you kicking down the door, taking out handcuffs, and threatening law-abiding citizens just now..."

"It has all been synchronized in real time to our cloud servers located overseas."

Lin Yubing's smile vanished completely, replaced by a cold, businesslike expression.

"This disguise won't save you. I am formally informing you on behalf of the Lingxiao Foundation's legal department."

Her voice echoed in the hall, carrying an irresistible sense of judgment.

"Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, I will file a civil and criminal lawsuit against you in your personal capacity with the High Court of Handong Province."

Lu Yike flicked her wrist.

The handcuffs clattered onto the soft cashmere carpet.

"I'm not just going to strip you of your uniform, I'm going to strip you of your public office."

Lin Yubing leaned slightly forward and whispered in Lu Yike's ear.

"Your unauthorized intrusion caused an emergency shutdown of our core data center for five minutes."

"I will hold you, Lu Yike, responsible for every penny of the hundreds of millions of yuan in business downtime losses."

She took a half step back, her peach blossom eyes full of mockery.

"Get ready to sell your house to pay off your debts, Director Lu. I'm going to sue you until you're bankrupt."

The words "bankruptcy" shattered all of Lu Yike's pride like a hammer blow.

Her usual pride and passion became a huge joke in the face of the legitimate and overt schemes of capital.

It wasn't until this moment that she suddenly realized what was happening.

Why did Hou Liangping spend three days and three nights checking the account books, only to run away with his tail between his legs without daring to utter a single word?

Why would Ji Changming pretend to have a heart attack and hide in the hospital, refusing to come out?

Yan Qingfeng doesn't need the gangster methods of fighting and killing.

They wield the knife of the law and can slice you to pieces, leaving not even a bone fragment!

"Director Lu, let's go quickly..."

Lin Huahua tugged at Lu Yike's sleeve, tears welling up in her eyes from fright.

Before Lu Yike could turn around, two smiling security guards had already stepped forward.

They bowed slightly and made a gesture that was perfectly acceptable.

"Gentlemen, it's late, please come in."

Lu Yike was like a puppet who had lost its soul, and Lin Huahua half-dragged and half-pulled her out of the door.

The moment the elevator doors closed, she looked at Lin Yubing's delicate face and felt a chill run through her body.

Two o'clock in the morning, in a high-end residential area in Handong Province.

Lu Yike pushed open the door to her home in a daze, not even bothering to change the lights.

Only a dim floor lamp was lit in the living room.

Her mother, Wu Xinyi, a powerful judge at the Handong Provincial High Court, was sitting upright on the sofa.

"Mom, you're still awake..." Lu Yike's hand trembled as she changed her shoes, her voice weak and shaky.

Wu Xinyi didn't reply. She stood up with a gloomy face and walked over quickly in her silk pajamas.

As soon as Lu Yike raised her head, a gust of wind hit her in the face.

"Snapped!"

A crisp, resounding slap landed squarely on Lu Yike's left cheek.

That was a hard hit.

Lu Yike was knocked so hard that he staggered, half of his face instantly swelled up, and his ears were ringing.

"Mom! You've gone mad!" She covered her face, her eyes instantly reddening.

Wu Xinyi was so angry that she was trembling all over. She pointed at her daughter's nose, her fingers shaking.

"Am I crazy? I think it's you, Lu Yike, who's drunk yourself silly!"

Wu Xinyi had worked in the court her whole life and had seen all sorts of storms, but today she was terrified.

"Without proper procedures, without wearing uniforms, leading a group of people to kick down the gates of the Lingxiao Consortium in the middle of the night?"

Wu Xinyi's chest heaved violently.

"Do you think your department head title is a get-out-of-jail-free card?!"

Lu Yike bit her lip, tears streaming down her face, but she still stubbornly refused to admit it.

"They've caused chaos in Handong; cabbages are selling for ten yuan a pound. I'm going to catch the bad guys!"

"Shut up!" Wu Xinyi shouted angrily, interrupting her.

"Catch bad guys? Do you think this is some kind of child's game of catching thieves?!"

Wu Xinyi closed her eyes in pain, the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes crinkling together, revealing deep exhaustion.

"What Yan Qingfeng has built is not a company at all, but a monster that devours power!"

She opened her eyes and stared intently at her daughter.

"Even Secretary Sha Ruijin stood outside the iron gate of Lingxiao Manor for two hours today, without daring to utter a single word!"

"Who do you think you are? If you dare to confront them head-on, the wheels of capital will crush you, leaving not even a trace!"

Lu Yike covered her face and slumped onto the shoe-changing stool, completely speechless.

The living room was so quiet that the only sound was the ticking of the wall clock.

"Mom...can they really sue me until I'm bankrupt?" Lu Yike finally panicked, her voice trembling like a leaf.

Wu Xinyi gave a bitter laugh and slumped onto the sofa, as if she had aged ten years in an instant.

"Going bankrupt is the least of your worries."

She looked up at the family photo on the wall, her eyes terrifyingly empty.

"Do you know that just ten minutes ago, our court president called me overnight?"

Lu Yike was stunned, her heart leaping into her throat.

"The dean... what did the dean say?"

Wu Xinyi turned her head and looked at her terrified daughter, her voice carrying a chilling undertone.

"Catch bad guys? Do you know what Yan Qingfeng just had delivered to the desk of our court president?"