After seeing Li Yuanyuan out of the room, Zhang Cheng took off his expensive suit.
He went to the bathroom, turned on the tap, and as expected, there was no hot water.
The burning of the guesthouse put everyone on edge in Jiaxing. At a time like this, no one had the mind to worry about the hotel's hot water supply.
Zhang Cheng didn't mind. He boiled water in the kettle, took a towel, and slowly wiped his body.
Outside the window, the sirens of police cars rose and fell, piercing the night sky of Jiaxing City.
A storm he ignited is sweeping through the city.
He, though in the eye of the storm, remained as calm as if he were enjoying an ordinary night.
...
Meanwhile, the Jiaxing Municipal Public Security Bureau.
The interrogation room was brightly lit and glaringly white.
With his hands cuffed behind his back, Feng Sanyao was half-squatting against the corner of the wall, looking utterly disheveled and completely lacking the arrogance he had displayed at the banquet earlier that day.
Behind the interrogation table, a young policeman named Sun Mu stared at him with sharp, piercing eyes, without uttering a word.
Silence is a more terrifying form of pressure than roaring.
Feng Sanyao felt a chill run down his spine and finally couldn't take it anymore, forcing out a smile that looked more like a grimace.
"Officer, it's a misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding! I'm friends with your Director Yan. If you don't believe me, you can call and ask. My name is Feng Sanyao!"
Sun Mu's lips curled into a cold smile.
"Feng Sanyao is a well-known big boss in Jiaxing. Everyone knows him."
This ambiguous tone made Feng Sanyao's heart sink to the bottom instantly.
broken!
They're after him!
"Officer, you've arrested me, you need to give me an explanation, right?"
Sun Mu was too lazy to waste words with him. He took out a photo from the file folder and gently floated it in front of Feng Sanyao.
In the photo, a familiar figure is sneaking around at the entrance of the alleyway near Jiahang Guesthouse.
It was none other than Xiao Mo, Feng Sanyao's number one henchman!
The filming took place half an hour before the guesthouse caught fire!
Feng Sanyao's pupils suddenly contracted, and the color drained completely from his face in an instant.
"No...I don't know him!" His lips trembled, and his voice changed. "I don't know this person!"
Sun Mu smiled, leaned down, and whispered as softly as a devil's whisper.
"Boss Feng, you're an old hand, stop pretending."
"We have both witness testimonies and physical evidence."
"Now, I'll only ask you once."
Sun Mu's eyes suddenly turned sharp.
"Who is the mastermind?"
...
The Zhao family.
Old Party Secretary Zhao Tianyang, wearing a coat, leaned against the headboard. After listening to the news his son Zhao Shijie brought back, a knowing sadness flashed in his cloudy eyes.
"Dad, Feng Sanyao has been arrested. I heard the police have photos of his men near the guesthouse!" Zhao Shijie's voice was filled with undisguised panic.
Zhao Tianyang remained silent for a long time, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
"The tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease..."
He raised his eyes to look at his once arrogant son, his tone filled with unwavering resolve.
"Deal with business immediately if you can handle it. Throw away what you can't handle!"
"I'll make arrangements in the next couple of days. You need to go abroad immediately, the sooner the better!"
"Dad! Leave now? Then we..." Zhao Shijie panicked. Leaving now meant leaving with nothing! All his so-called friends abroad were only doing it out of respect for the Zhao family back home. Once the Zhao family fell, he would be nothing more than a drowning dog that anyone could kick while he was abroad!
"idiot!"
Zhao Tianyang suddenly let out a low shout, his eyes flashing with final authority.
"You're the president of the Jiaxing Chamber of Commerce! You're the first person they'll target in the 'Clean Breeze Action'! Right now, is money more important, or your life?"
"As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. But if you lose your life, you lose everything!"
The old Party Secretary closed his eyes wearily and waved his hand.
"Go ahead, but don't make me say it a second time."
Zhao Shijie left the room dejectedly, knowing that the sky was truly about to fall.
...
In the suburbs, Li Bingyang's four-story self-built house was brightly lit.
The living room was filled with smoke, and more than a dozen core bosses from the Jiaxing gang sat or stood, their faces filled with anxiety and fear.
"Damn it, everyone say something!" Huang Yifan slammed his cigarette butt into the ashtray. "I just asked around, Feng Sanyao has been arrested! Apparently, the police showed us photos of his men who set the fire!"
"What?"
"Damn it! I knew those bastards of Xiao Mo couldn't be trusted!"
"What's the use of saying all this now! My three video arcades and one dance hall have all been shut down! The city is serious this time!"
The entire living room erupted in chaos.
"Shut the fuck up!"
Li Bingyang slammed his hand on the table, his face so dark it seemed to drip water.
The chaotic living room instantly fell silent.
All eyes were focused on this man who was usually relatively low-key, but at this moment he exuded a powerful aura.
"What's the panic? Is the sky falling down?"
Li Bingyang scanned the crowd, his voice icy.
"Photos? Can photos prove that Lao Feng ordered it? No!"
"But the municipal party committee doesn't care about any of that; what they want is an explanation!"
He paused, then said, word by word, "Therefore, we must give them an explanation. Find a few people to turn themselves in and take the blame for arson!"
“Old Li, setting fire to the municipal party committee’s reception center is a serious crime!” someone said hesitantly.
"No one dies, no death sentence!" Li Bingyang's eyes were ruthless. "Give them enough resettlement money, and with some money to pull strings, they can be released after three to five years! We'll all split the cost!"
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