In the following days, Bai Yajing was still unwilling to give up and continued to try to find the earthquake disaster data and account books to clear Xiao Che's name.
But after this incident, most of her network of relationships collapsed, and everyone avoided her for fear of getting into trouble.
She understands, but that doesn't mean she won't have any lingering resentment.
I silently comforted myself, thinking of this as a test of our relationship.
It doesn't matter. She has a hard time finding the information, let alone the original account books.
During this period, she also called the Ministry of State Security several times, and the reply she always received was "The Ministry of State Security is also cooperating with the investigation."
She wanted to go to the Discipline Inspection Commission to inquire, but the security guard stopped her at the gate and she couldn't get in at all;
She even went to the Pei family, but her godfather and his brother shook their heads helplessly, saying they couldn't help her. "Darling, the Discipline Inspection Commission is independent and not under our jurisdiction. We have no right to interfere."
However, you must trust Xiao Che. He's a good cadre and has absolutely done nothing wrong. Since he hasn't done anything wrong, the Discipline Inspection Commission won't find any evidence of a crime. Xiao Che will be back soon.
They wanted to help, but they couldn't get involved; they couldn't even get any useful information out of them.
She had no choice but to go home. Fearing that she would be upset, Mr. Qian simply gave her a leave of absence so that she could take care of things at home first.
Early that morning, Bai Yajing was just dozing off after staying up late reviewing documents when she was startled awake by a series of urgent knocks on the door.
She hastily threw on a coat and opened the door, only to find many people there.
"Sister Bai," Xu entered, looking around nervously before closing the door behind her and lowering her voice, "I just heard that Brother Xiao's case might be upgraded!"
Bai Yajing felt a wave of dizziness, shook her head, and barely managed to grab onto the doorframe: "What do you mean?"
"Some say that higher-ups directly intervened in this case, and it's not just a simple matter of alleged embezzlement of Tangzhou earthquake relief funds..."
Xu quickly handed her a file folder. "This is Xiao Ge's notebook; I secretly took it out. See if it's useful."
Thank you!
Bai Yajing took the file bag and opened it. Inside was indeed Xiao Che's notebook. She flipped through the notebook and found some daily work notes. Suddenly, she noticed that the last few pages had been torn out, leaving only jagged edges.
"here…….."
"It was like this when I found it." Xu sighed. "Sister Bai, the situation is very complicated now. You...you'd better be prepared."
Many were about to leave after saying their piece; he was now also under investigation, and coming here was already a risk.
After seeing many people off, she sat in the living room, flipping through the notebook again and again.
What was written on the torn-out page? Is Xiao Che hiding something? Or is someone else trying to hide something?
Just then, the phone rang.
She put down her notebook and went over. When the call connected, Grandpa Xiao's voice was unusually calm: "Daughter, I've already heard."
"Grandpa, A-Che couldn't possibly—"
"This isn't the time to discuss this. This call will be canceled soon, so listen to me first."
The old man interrupted her, "I've inquired about it; this case is very complicated. Someone is trying to use the Tangzhou disaster relief funds issue from back then to frame him, and there might be even deeper connections behind it."
Bai Yajing felt a chill run down her spine: "What should we do?"
"Two paths." The old man lowered his voice even further. "One is to plead with the old leader, but that would be tantamount to admitting there's a problem. Don't do that unless absolutely necessary."
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