I am interrogating them now and there will be clues soon. This matter will be solved immediately. Please let Minister Li and Mayor Qian rest assured!"

Hou Yaodong's attitude was humble, and to Li Lin, he sounded like a dutiful subordinate.

Li Lin had no intention of holding him accountable, and said to him in a gentle tone, "Brother Hou, I know you have worked hard these days, but Mayor Qian is currently in a sensitive period, and if you are not careful, all your efforts may be wasted.

Brother Hou, you need to hurry up and handle this matter. I'll be waiting for your news!"

"Okay, I understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Hou Yaodong's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out.

He immediately drove to an abandoned factory in the suburbs, the wheels spinning rapidly, raising a cloud of dust.

The two people who were caught at the gate of the provincial party committee’s staff quarters this morning are now being secretly detained there.

This abandoned factory is located in a remote area, surrounded by weeds, with only the occasional bird song breaking the silence.

Hou Yaodong's car came speeding over, and the sound of brakes was particularly harsh in the empty space.

At this time, the bald man and the other man had been beaten black and blue by Hou Yaodong's men.

They were hung by their hands on a huge iron pole, with their feet barely touching the ground.

The two bald men had painful expressions, pale faces, terrified eyes, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down their foreheads.

Hou Yaodong's arrival made them both even more uneasy.

He walked into the factory with steady and powerful steps, and his leather shoes made a rustling sound as he stepped on the sand and gravel on the ground.

Every step seemed to strike at the hearts of the two bald men, causing their bodies to tremble involuntarily.

All I heard was the bald man yelling, "Brother, we've told you everything we know. If you want to know anything else, just ask. Don't... don't hit us anymore!" His voice was tearful, filled with fear and despair.

"Yes, brother, please, we are working for others too..." Another person echoed, his face covered with tears and snot.

Hou Yaodong remained calm and looked at them indifferently. He asked calmly, "Are the people who secretly photographed Qian Lingyun's lover part of your group?" His voice was deep and penetrating, echoing in the empty factory.

The two bald men looked at each other and knew that if they didn't tell the truth, they would definitely be disabled if not dead today.

He simply gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "That's right, brother, we are in the same group."

Their voices were weak, as if they had used up all their strength to admit the incident.

Hou Yaodong asked again, "You two... want to leave here safely?" The corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

"I want to! I want to..." The two of them nodded desperately as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw, with a hint of longing in their eyes.

Hou Yaodong laughed. The little gangster only had so much courage and could not stand being frightened.

"Well, ask the group of people who took the photos to come out, and you two can leave here!" There was unquestionable majesty in his tone.

Hou Yaodong's men released the two bald men and returned their confiscated cell phones to them.

"Call them, call them now!" Hou Yaodong gave an order, and his men immediately surrounded the two men, staring at them with murderous eyes.

"Okay..." The bald man limped over the phone and dialed his accomplice without thinking.

His hands kept shaking and he could hardly hold the phone.

After the call was connected, the bald man tried to make his voice sound normal, "Hey, brother, there is a big deal here, come to the abandoned factory in the suburbs as soon as possible."

The group of people who secretly filmed Chen Shuping believed the bald man's words and quickly agreed to go to the suburbs.

After hanging up the phone, the bald man slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, as if relieved.

Hou Yaodong looked at his watch and began to deploy personnel.

His men quickly dispersed and hid in every corner of the factory, forming a tight encirclement.

Hou Yaodong found a hidden location and waited quietly for the target to appear.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally the sound of a car engine was heard outside the factory.

A black commercial vehicle drove slowly and stopped at the factory gate.

The car door opened and two figures got out of the car.

They looked around vigilantly and walked into the factory carefully.

"Baldy, what are you doing?" After looking around and not seeing anyone, one of them couldn't help but shout.

Before they could react, Hou Yaodong's men rushed out like gods and surrounded them.

The group of people who took the secret photos saw that the situation was not good and wanted to escape, but it was too late.

Hou Yaodong came out from his hiding place and looked at them coldly.

"You are so bold that you dare to target Mayor Qian's wife. Tell me, who ordered you to do this?" There was a cold look in Hou Yaodong's eyes.

The two men were of similar height and weight, and one of them had a very obvious mole on his face.

The man with the black mole regretted deeply when he saw that he couldn't escape!

I should have known that I should not have offended Qian Lingyun...but the reward promised by the employer was too generous, so I finally took the task.

They were all well-connected people in society and knew that a wise man would not suffer a loss in front of him. Without even a word of excuse, they told the whole story.

"Boss He hired us to do this. He said he would give us 200,000 yuan after the job is done."

"But after we finished filming, we couldn't contact Boss He, and we thought we were fooled!"

"There is no other way. We two can only take the risk and call Qian Lingyun directly to extort some money from him..."

Hou Yaodong frowned and asked, "What's the full name of that Boss He?"

The man with the mole spread his hands and said in confusion, "I don't know! We have always called him that..."

"Where's the secretly filmed video?"

The man with the mole took out his mobile phone reluctantly, "Everything is in my phone, there is no backup! Oh, I am so unlucky, I spent so much effort but didn't earn a dime..."

Hou Yaodong's men took the phone from the man with the mole and immediately connected it to the laptop.

His men worked on the files for a while, then nodded to Hou Yaodong and said, "There is indeed no backup. We have deleted everything."

Hou Yaodong said nothing more. He took a stack of money from his men and threw it to the bald man, the man with the black mole and the other three.

Seeing Hou Yaodong's generosity, the four people almost knelt down in gratitude...

Just as Hou Yaodong was about to leave.

The bald man suddenly said, "Boss, I know the full name of this He... Can you give me a little more money?"

It seems that the bald man has a relatively high status among the four people, and he actually knows information that the others don't know.

When Hou Yaodong heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Without any hesitation, he threw another stack of cash to the bald man.

"Tell me, if you dare to lie to me, I will make you die miserably!"