Hou Liangping arrested a hawkish general, and his father-in-law panicked

Chapter 11 Hou Liangping’s Secret Weapon: Zhong Xiaoai

"Be lenient with confession, strict with resistance!"

Hou Liangping slammed the table.

He stood up suddenly.

Why is a corrupt official, a suspect with solid evidence, so arrogant?

Why do you look at me with such scrutinizing, even pitying eyes?

This case must be handled!

We must pry his mouth open!

He, Hou Liangping, the director of the investigation department of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, must not fall into the hands of such a person!

However, this person is stubborn and needs long-term consideration.

Hou Liangping walked out of the interrogation room.

After a while.

"Squeak--" The door of the interrogation room was gently pushed open and then gently closed.

Chen Hai walked out. His steps were slow, even hesitant, and his feet felt like cotton.

He did not look at Hou Liangping who was on the verge of rage, but subconsciously looked back at the closed door.

The calm expression of the man behind the door replayed repeatedly in his mind, every detail as clear as a slow motion shot.

That wasn't a pretense of calm.

It is a kind of calmness that comes from the bones and makes one understand everything clearly.

It is the demeanor of someone in a high position who is accustomed to being in control of the overall situation.

A heart-pounding chill ran from the soles of Chen Hai's feet, up along his spine, and straight to the top of his head.

He began to doubt, and was wrong from the beginning.

The entire operation may be based on a wrong, even dangerous premise.

"Ryohei."

Chen Hai's voice was a little dry. "Something's wrong. It's very wrong."

"Something's wrong?"

"What's wrong? We arrested him, but he refused to cooperate. Isn't that to be expected? Are you scared?"

The last three words were filled with undisguised sarcasm.

"I'm not afraid."

Chen Hai shook his head, forced himself to calm down, and looked directly into Hou Liangping's eyes burning with anger.

"Liangping, calm down and think about it. He wasn't surprised at all when we rushed in. He already knew who you were when you revealed your identity. I took out my ID, but he didn't even look at it. He directly mentioned my name, my school, and even... my dad's story."

The muscles on Hou Liangping's face twitched.

What happened to Chen Hai's father did shock him.

But he couldn't admit it. Once he admitted it, it would be tantamount to admitting his own misjudgment.

"so what!"

Hou Liangping raised his voice, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and almost poked Chen Hai's nose. The key reporting text message and photo were lit on the screen.

"Open your eyes and see clearly! An anonymous tip-off provided the name Zhao Yuanchao, a photo of him and Ding Yizhen, and his flight number! Was this clue given to me directly by the informant? Or do you think I, Hou Liangping, don't even have this much judgment?!"

His tone was as hard as a rock, and he tried to use the authority of his superiors and irrefutable evidence to completely crush the doubts that were growing in Chen Hai's heart.

But the more he did this, the more uneasy Chen Hai became.

"I didn't say the General Administration would be wrong, nor did I doubt your ability."

"I'm just stating a very basic fact, something that doesn't make any logical sense at all."

"He knows everything about us. And we know nothing about him."

Chen Hai's words, "We know nothing about him," were like an ice-hardened steel needle that pierced Hou Liangping's brain and stirred it repeatedly on his way home.

The neon lights outside the car window were bizarre and reflected on his face, but they could not illuminate the darkness in his eyes.

Frustration, a long-lost and unfamiliar emotion.

He hates this feeling.

How could he, Hou Liangping, a child of destiny and the sharp sword of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, be forced to this point by an unidentified suspect?

Hou Liangping paced in the corridor impatiently, the soles of his leather shoes rubbing against the smooth floor, making a harsh "squeaking" sound, as if cutting the stagnant air.

He stopped and turned around abruptly, his eyes blazing as he stared at Chen Hai. "We can't just sit there and wait! The calmer he is, the more he has something to hide! We have to find a way to pry him open!"

Chen Hai leaned against the cold wall, his hands in his pockets, his brows twisted into a knot.

He didn't look at Hou Liangping, his gaze drifting to the window at the end of the corridor. His voice was filled with deep fatigue: "How do we pry it open? Liangping, don't you understand yet? We may not be dealing with an ordinary corrupt official. Conventional interrogation methods will not work on him."

"Useless? Is it you who is useless, or me?"

Hou Liangping's anger suddenly flared up again. "Chen Hai, let me tell you, there's nothing I, Hou Liangping, can't pry open! Everyone has weaknesses!"

"So what's his weakness?"

Chen Hai finally turned his head and met Hou Liangping's gaze. There was no retreat in his eyes, only heavy worry.

"Do you know his name, where he lives, who his family is, or what his social connections are? We know nothing!!"

"Just wait, I have to arrange everything for him clearly!"

Chen Hai was speechless for a moment.

Hou Liangping has always been so confident.

However, he has the qualifications to be confident.

The people in the interrogation room had no idea about Hou Liangping's power.

Just when the two were on the verge of a fight and the atmosphere was tense to the point of freezing, a burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps came from the other end of the corridor.

The two of them subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

They saw Ji Changming, the Chief Prosecutor of the Provincial Procuratorate, walking towards them quickly.

No, not walking, almost jogging.

This old prosecutor, who was always calm and composed in any situation and could remain calm even in the face of a crisis, now had an unprecedented panic written all over his face.

His tie was askew, beads of sweat covered his forehead, and his eyes were wandering, as if a tiger was chasing him from behind.

Hou Liangping and Chen Hai's hearts skipped a beat at the same time.

Something big has happened.

What could make Ji Changming lose his composure like this was definitely not a trivial matter.

"Quarterly inspection!"

Hou Liangping rushed forward to meet him.

"Ji Jian, why are you here?"

Chen Hai also followed, and the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Ji Changming ran up to the two of them, staggered, and almost fell.

He leaned against the wall, breathing rapidly, and ignored the two people's greetings. Instead, he spoke in an almost commanding and unquestionable tone.

"I have important matters to attend to. It's very likely that the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Procuratorate will be unable to attend to them. Please do not contact me if it is not necessary."

When these words were spoken, Hou Liangping and Chen Hai were both stunned.

What do you mean the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Procuratorate can’t take care of it?

What is this nonsense?

"Ji Jian, what on earth...what on earth happened?"

Hou Liangping asked, he felt like his heart was about to beat out of his throat.

Chen Hai also stared at Ji Changming and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

"Don't tell, don't ask!"

He glanced around vigilantly, and it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes were hidden in the empty corridor.

He moved closer to the two of them, lowering his voice even further, almost squeezing out a few words from between his teeth, each word like a lump of ice hitting Hou Liangping and Chen Hai's hearts.

"I can only say that the sky in Handong... has collapsed!"

After saying that, Ji Changming didn't look at the two of them again, and didn't even glance in the direction of the interrogation room. He just staggered away in a hurry without looking back.

His back looked flustered and embarrassed.

Silence instantly returned to the corridor.

Hou Liangping and Chen Hai, like two stone statues under a spell, stood frozen in place, motionless.

The sky is falling?

How could the sky of Handong collapse?

How else can it collapse?

The two men were stunned and looked at each other, seeing the same confusion and horror in each other's pupils.

Hou Liangping said, "Chen Hai, I'm going home for a while."

Chen Hai nodded.

Hou Liangping has a secret weapon, and his secret weapon is Zhong Xiaoai.

Zhong Xiaoai knows things that others don’t know.

Zhong Xiaoai also has the energy to do what others cannot do!

Hou Liangping wanted to know why the sky in Handong collapsed!