Qu Junfeng stared straight at Li Lin in front of him, his pen stopped in mid-air, and the whole person seemed to be under a spell. He completely forgot that he was still holding the pen in his hand, and also forgot about taking notes.

His mind was in turmoil and full of doubts. Why did Chu Yao treat Li Lin, the "leader", so differently from how she treated Qi Xu?

What is so special about Li Lin?

In Qu Junfeng's opinion, Li Lin's way of asking questions had no technical skills at all and was even childish and a little ridiculous.

But such a ridiculous question, like a sharp dagger, pierced Chu Yao's vitals and caused her to collapse instantly.

Qu Junfeng felt that his cognition was completely overturned. He had always been proud of his identity as a "professional case handler". At this moment, this identity collapsed like a building shaken by an earthquake.

His eyes were full of confusion and self-doubt, and he began to doubt whether the professional abilities he had accumulated over the years were simply vulnerable.

Li Lin was keenly aware of the hot gazes of Qu Junfeng and Tong Zhiyong, which were like searchlights. He looked calm and quietly reminded the two of them, "Don't be stunned! Take notes carefully!" This brought the two of them back to reality from their daze.

Qu Junfeng and Tong Zhiyong suddenly came to their senses, like children who were caught doing something wrong, they quickly retracted their gaze, lowered their heads, and hurriedly picked up the pen to write on the notebook, the pen tip moving across the paper, making a rustling sound.

At this time, Chu Yao's sobbing gradually weakened. Obviously, she was slowly breaking free from the vortex of emotions and gradually regaining her calm.

Li Lin stood up and poured a glass of boiled water from a disposable cup naturally. He walked to Chu Yao with steady steps, took out a tissue from his pocket, handed it to her, and nodded slightly to signal her to wipe away her tears.

With tears still hanging in the corners of Chu Yao's eyes, she slowly raised her head and looked at Li Lin.

Li Lin's face was still expressionless, even a little serious, but in the depths of his eyes, the barely perceptible tenderness was still captured by Chu Yao.

Chu Yao pursed her lips, a sour feeling welled up in her heart. She tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to burst out. She took the water cup with one hand and the tissue with the other, and gently wiped the corners of her eyes.

After a while, she exhaled deeply, as if she had let go of all her burdens and let go of everything.

Li Lin returned to the presiding judge's seat, folded his hands elegantly on the table, looked at Chu Yao calmly, and said slowly, "I won't preach big principles. I always think you are a person who understands the overall situation. Since your father Chu Guoan has been investigated by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, you should know very well what the consequences will be. Even if you delay for two days, it will not change the overall situation. Chu Yao, be strong and face the reality bravely."

Chu Yao held the water cup quietly and fell into a long silence.

Her eyes fell on the clear, steaming water in the cup. Her eyes were a little empty and no one could guess what she was thinking at the moment.

Maybe he was racking his brains to think of how to answer Li Lin's question, or maybe he was hesitating deep down in his heart whether he should answer Li Lin.

After a long time, she smiled calmly, with a hint of relief in her smile, as if she had suddenly mustered up the courage, straightened her back, faced Li Lin, and said, "Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I am not the kind of person you said who is broad-minded and considerate of the overall situation. I only care about myself and the future of our Chu family. I accept the reality, but I will not give up any opportunity to vindicate my father.

Li Lin, I still say that all my business is legitimate and I worked hard for it. Although my father’s face is involved, I did not force anyone to pay me a penny extra! So... I am innocent, and everything I have is legal. Since you are here, I am willing to communicate with you. If you have the ability, please tell Secretary Wang of the Provincial Party Committee not to embarrass me anymore! "

"If it's a legitimate request, I can help you tell Secretary Wang." Li Lin suddenly changed the subject, staring at Chu Yao, and asked, "So what you mean by 'not forcing anyone', can I understand that those people are willing to pay you double or even multiple times the market price? Let me ask you again, what you mean by 'Chu Guoan's face', does it mean that these people took the initiative to do business with you in order to please your father? And then bribe you or your father in disguised form?"

When he spoke again, Li Lin's tone became noticeably heavier. He was very dissatisfied with Chu Yao's attitude, and his words became sharper.

He just wanted to let Chu Yao know that he was not playing tricks on her, but was trying to give her a chance to be treated leniently.

It's not that he doesn't know how to use tricks, he just disdains to play those tricks on her. Don't think that he is easy to talk to and treat him as a soft persimmon to be taken advantage of at will.

Faced with Chu Yao's unrepentant attitude, Li Lin's patience was exhausted, and he decided to use his trump card to defeat the enemy in one move.

He leaned slightly to Qu Junfeng's ear and whispered, "You and Zhiyong wait outside the door. I'll call you in when I need to record."

Upon hearing this, Qu Junfeng instantly showed a puzzled expression on his face. He subconsciously wanted to remind Li Lin that this was not in compliance with the interrogation regulations. There must be more than two investigators present at the interrogation scene in order to carry out the work normally.

But when he met Li Lin's unquestionable eyes, he swallowed the reminder on his lips and could only laugh awkwardly and said, "Director Li, then you should hurry up... It will be bad if Director Qi sees it."

Li Lin patted him on the shoulder twice, with a gentle smile on his face, and said, "If you are worried, you can just stand at the door and listen."

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