Chapter 103 Closing the Net

Half an hour later

The lobby of the Xiangbin Road branch.

Zeng Manshan's wounds have been bandaged and treated by the team's doctor.

Wen Ni sat on the sofa next to him.

She remained silent, holding a frosted glass in her hand, her gaze fixed on the municipal bureau chief and deputy bureau chief who were being thoroughly questioned by the inspector!

The deputy director was primarily responsible for responding to the questions.

"Inspector, you may not know this, but Li Qiang is currently only the acting squad leader of our branch. His formal appointment is still being processed, so he cannot be considered a formal police officer of our branch for the time being."

The deputy director spoke slowly.

His brows still held an air of superiority, and every word he uttered was an attempt to distance himself from the situation!

"Our branch leaders and colleagues knew nothing about what he had done before this!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Li Qiang stood to the side, nodding repeatedly, taking all the blame upon himself. "Inspector, it's all because of my limited abilities and careless handling of the case. I thought it was just a simple civil dispute, so I didn't report the case proactively, which resulted in the leadership being unaware of it..."

"Just an ordinary civil dispute?" the inspector repeated meaningfully.

"Yes! But I didn't expect that I was the one who misjudged. I invited the parties involved here today just so that they could talk their conflicts out and resolve the issue peacefully!"

Li Qiang beat his chest in regret, lamenting, "But I really didn't expect Zhang Cuiping to actually make a move, and such a ruthless one at that! Luckily, the major was there, otherwise who knows what kind of trouble would have ensued..."

"But the police dispatch records clearly show that the Zeng family reported the harassment to the police more than once, but the matter was never resolved. How can a simple civil dispute be resolved fairly after repeated police reports?"

With a serious expression, the inspector laid out all the collected materials in front of Li Qiang. "Do you think you can get away with this with just a simple charge of dereliction of duty?"

"I……"

Li Qiang still wanted to continue his sophistry and defend himself.

Wen Ni, who was sitting on the sofa watching his clumsy performance, suddenly sneered!

"The inspector makes a good point. I'd also like to ask Captain Li, what exactly constitutes an ordinary civil dispute?"

"Both of us were involved in fighting and causing trouble, but I was locked in the interrogation room with my personal freedom restricted, while Zhang Cuiping could freely enter and leave between Captain Li's office and the interrogation room as if they were her own! No matter how you look at it, the relationship between Captain Li and Zhang Cuiping is anything but ordinary!"

Wen Ni slammed another silver USB drive onto the table!

"I forgot to mention, I also went to the monitoring room. The surveillance videos are all here. Would you like me to help you review them, Captain Li?"

"When did you enter the monitoring room?!" Li Qiang's throat tightened, and he felt a tightness in his chest.

"If I want to, there's no place I can't go, and nothing I can't get!"

Wen Ni's expression was indifferent, and she didn't take them seriously at all.

"Li Qiang, although you're just a small squad leader and can't cause much trouble, the fact that you can act so recklessly means that someone is there to support you and carry you through the storm!"

"It doesn't matter if you refuse to name that person. Once the provincial bureau arrives, they'll investigate all the crimes you've committed over the years, arrest you, put you in jail, or even... execute you!"

She sighed again, her eyes cold and indifferent. "Unfortunately, you were just a knife to be used, and now you insist on becoming someone else's scapegoat. Even if you're willing to do it, no one can save you."

These words made Li Qiang somewhat flustered, and his eyes became unfocused!

"When did the provincial bureau send people over? Why didn't we receive any news?" The deputy director suddenly stood up, staring at Wen Ni with a wary and questioning look.

Wen Ni shrugged, not wanting to talk to him.

The inspector standing in front immediately answered for her, "We received instructions from our superiors before we came. The people from the provincial bureau are already on their way. Once they arrive, everyone in the municipal bureau will be suspended from their duties for investigation. They will be reinstated only after it is confirmed that there was no cover-up or assistance in any crime!"

"What do you mean? Why are you suspending us? Where do you get such power?!" The deputy director glared.

The city bureau chief sat there silently, his face grim.

"I already said, I was just relaying what my superiors wanted to say." The inspector calmly met the deputy director's inexplicable anger.

"However, I can tell you one thing: this matter has a very serious impact, and the military region's high command is taking it very seriously. Otherwise, they wouldn't have called their superiors directly!"

"High command of the military region!?"

Not only the deputy director, but everyone else was stunned.

Then, without prior arrangement, they all turned their gaze to Wen Ni, who sat as still as Mount Tai!

Did she report this to the military?

How could that be?

If she were just an ordinary military major, she would never have the authority to order the Chinese military region to personally intervene in a prefecture-level case that they considered insignificant!

Just when everyone was puzzled and making all sorts of guesses.

The officer sitting in the corner suddenly stood up!

He spoke with a slightly flustered air, drawing everyone's attention...

"The Municipal Public Security Bureau! It's a call from the Provincial Government!"

Everyone held their breath and looked at each other in bewilderment!

"Hello? This is the Municipal Bureau. Yes, sir, this is Zheng Qin from Shuanglin Municipal Bureau..." Zheng Qin's face turned pale and then red as he answered the phone.

Until I hung up the phone

Zheng Qin turned around with a grim expression and ordered in a deep voice, "Tell everyone to stand by. The people dispatched by the provincial bureau will be here soon."

"What? They actually reported me to higher authorities? People from the provincial bureau are coming to arrest me!?" Li Qiang was completely speechless.

He didn't expect things to escalate this much. He had been hoping for a lucky break, taking all the blame on himself and waiting for someone to bail him out!

But now that the provincial bureau and the military region have gotten involved, things are not so simple anymore...

"Deputy Director! You have to protect me this time!"

In his panic, Li Qiang turned and rushed to the deputy director, spilling everything out: "Deputy director, everything I've done and the money I've taken over the years was with your permission, and you got a share of it! You absolutely can't let me take the blame and die for you!"

"Let go! Let go of me first!"

The deputy director was so angry he was practically grinding his teeth to powder. His face was flushed red, and he shoved Li Qiang away.

Now, all the astonished gazes fell on the deputy director!

"What exactly happened? You were involved in Li Qiang's illegal activities too!?"

Zheng Qin, who had been silent all along, suddenly stood up, his face seemingly full of anger and surprise. Pointing at the deputy director's nose, he launched into a tirade of insults!

"You had a perfectly good deputy director position, but you insisted on being greedy for small gains and losing big ones, doing all sorts of immoral and unscrupulous things. You're utterly foolish! Utterly foolish! Do you think you deserve this uniform you wear, and the oath you took under the national flag?!"

"Lock him up and interrogate him properly when the provincial bureau officers arrive! Don't let him find a loophole to escape!"

The municipal bureau suddenly issued an order.

The officers around him responded immediately, grabbing the pale-faced deputy director and preparing to lock him in the interrogation room!

This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard, causing chaos in the scene.

Only Wen Ni was clear-headed. She turned her gaze to Zheng Qin from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, who was trying to escape in the chaos!

She braced herself on the table with one hand and leaped into the air!

With long, steady legs, he blocked Zheng Qin's escape!

"Where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?"