Yan Guozhou took a deep breath, a breath that seemed to suck all the oxygen out of the interrogation room.
He yelled at the door, "Get out of here! I'm fine!"
The imposing presence in the voice instantly silenced the commotion outside the door.
He waved his hand, signaling Zhang Cheng to move aside.
Zhang Cheng's tense body finally relaxed, his back already soaked in cold sweat.
He moved aside, making way for him.
He had no choice but to trust him.
"Bang!"
The next moment, the battered door to the interrogation room was kicked to pieces from the outside.
Amidst flying sawdust, a dozen special police officers, armed with black firearms, stormed in like wolves, their cold muzzles instantly locking onto every corner of the room.
When they saw that Zhang Cheng had actually left the interrogation chair and was standing unharmed to the side, everyone's pupils contracted and a murderous aura suddenly arose.
Yan Guozhou's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
He turned around abruptly, pointed at his heavily armed subordinates, and his voice boomed like thunder.
"Didn't you hear me? Get out!"
"Director Yan..." The team leader wanted to say something more.
"Shut up! Get out!"
That was an order that could not be questioned.
Seeing Yan Guozhou's eyes, which seemed to want to devour people, the SWAT officers who rushed in twitched their lips, silently put away their guns, and retreated like a tide.
Yan Guozhou walked to the door, looked at the lock that was already a pile of rotten junk, and simply moved a chair over and heavily wedged it behind the door.
He plopped down, crossed his legs, and fixed his piercing gaze on Zhang Cheng again.
"Now you can speak."
"How did a country bumpkin from a remote mountain village manage to climb up to the towering tree that is Secretary Yun?"
Zhang Cheng met his gaze and calmly shook his head: "I'm sorry, Director Yan, I can't say."
"OK."
Yan Guozhou wasn't annoyed at all; he just gave a cold laugh.
"I can pretend I never heard of the 500,000 you mentioned before."
"But, Secretary Yun... you'd better not lie to me about this."
He leaned forward slightly, speaking slowly and deliberately, his voice low but carrying a chilling intensity.
"You may not realize just how much power a municipal public security bureau chief can wield."
"Let me put it this way, if I really wanted you dead, even if Secretary Zhou personally intervened to protect you, you would absolutely not be able to leave Jiaxing alive!"
This is not a threat, but a statement of fact.
In Jiaxing, Yan Guozhou is one of the Yama Kings who control life and death.
"I won't joke around with my own life."
Zhang Cheng's expression was more serious than ever before.
"Two months."
"Within two months, I guarantee you will see Secretary Yun in person."
"Just one meeting?"
A cold glint flashed in Yan Guozhou's eyes.
He risked his future, even his life, not just to shake hands with a high-ranking leader.
"Director Yan, you should know Secretary Yun's character better than I do."
Zhang Cheng seemed to see through his thoughts and spoke calmly.
"A man like him is upright and incorruptible, and hates evil as if it were his enemy. To talk about promotion on the first meeting is tantamount to courting death."
"Eat your food one bite at a time, and walk your path one step at a time."
“If I lie to you today and manage to escape alive, what about my future? If I stay in Funing for the rest of my life, aren’t I afraid that a police chief will have his eye on me? What if you get promoted one day?”
These words resonated deeply with Yan Guozhou.
The frost on his face finally melted away, and he nodded in satisfaction.
"You kid, you do have some self-awareness."
"Okay, I'll stay here with you."
"I'll wait with you until the people from Funing arrive."
"Thank you very much, Director Yan." Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
...
Meanwhile, on the national highway under the cover of night.
A police car tore through the darkness, speeding recklessly towards Jiaxing.
Inside the car, Zhao Daming gripped the steering wheel tightly, his eyes bloodshot.
He would occasionally glance through the rearview mirror at the man in the back seat who was resting with his eyes closed, Tong Kaiwen.
Tong Kaiwen from the Prosecutor's Office!
When did you, Brother Zhang, even get involved in this connection?
Moreover, judging from their appearance, they have a very close relationship; otherwise, Tong Kaiwen would never have taken such a huge political risk to accompany them to Jiaxing to bail them out.
Just how big is Brother Zhang's net?
Zhao Daming's heart was in turmoil, and his awe of Zhang Cheng deepened even further.
Behind the police car, two Volkswagen Santana cars followed closely, their headlights as bright as day.
In the first car, Feng Yingchun drove with a blank expression, as steady as a rock.
Jiang Dashan, the glass factory's Party Secretary, was still enthusiastically daydreaming in the passenger seat.
"Mr. Li, thank you so much this time! I've wanted to go to Jiaxing Glass Factory to learn for a long time; it's a national benchmark!"
"When we get to Jiaxing, you'll have to help us make connections. If you could get a few experienced masters to come and give us some guidance, that would be even better!"
The Party Secretary of the light bulb factory in the back seat also chimed in with a smile: "That's right, light bulbs from Jiaxing are all exported to earn foreign exchange. Our factory's quality isn't bad either. If they can't finish their orders, it would be good if they could share some of their work with us!"
Li Yuanyuan wore a polite smile, but her heart was ice-cold.
Learning? OEM manufacturing?
If these two secretaries knew that they were going to a dangerous place to snatch someone from the mouth of the municipal party secretary, I wonder if they would still be in such a relaxed mood.
Meanwhile, on another front, Brother Dao and his group had already infiltrated Funing County like ghosts.
The arrest warrant from Jiaxing hasn't reached here yet, so they're safe for now.
"Brother Dao, is the big boss really that famous in Funing?"
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