Zhou Qi was detained for many days, and the continuous interrogations completely drained his energy and spirit.
He dared not reveal Chen Hongxia's affair, not only because he would be held accountable, but also because he was hiding many other things outside, which would likely be lost if he revealed them.
Just bear with it. If it's just a matter of personal conduct, at most you'll be demoted and that'll be the end of it.
He could only console himself with this thought, but the interrogations over the past few days still made him uneasy; it had been going on for far too long.
"Zhou Qi, the matter of Chen Hongxia's murder has been investigated and clarified. You previously confessed that you accepted a lot of bribes from the former Chen Hongxia."
What is your relationship with her? What kind of business do you do? What is her real identity?
Zhou Qi looked up, his eyes wide open, staring in shock.
"I...I don't know what you're talking about."
"We suspect that Chen Hongxia was engaged in clandestine activities in China. Zhou Qi, what role did you play in this?"
Now that the two events have been combined, the seriousness of the Zhou Qi incident has escalated dramatically since Chen Hongxia's body was found.
After their investigation, they found that Zhou Qi and Lu Weiguo had little contact, but they could not rule out their suspicion.
Especially in such important espionage cases, it is better to arrest the wrong person than let them go free.
Neither Bai Xiangdong nor his wife would speak, so they could only place their hopes on these few people.
"Stop struggling. We've already investigated quite a bit. Now we're giving you a chance to confess and receive leniency."
Zhou Qi swallowed hard, and the interrogator slammed the document down on the table.
"Don't think we don't have evidence. Her surname is Lin, right?"
If Zhou Qi had just been clinging to a sliver of hope, thinking they were bluffing him, the moment he heard the name "Lin," his heart sank into despair.
Bai Jiahe had heard his father mention it a few times and could roughly guess what his mother's surname was.
If you only have one surname to search for a person, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. But things just happened to be so coincidental. A few years ago, there was a family in Xin'an with the surname Chen. They had relatives overseas and in Taiwan.
That family's surname was Lin, and they weren't exactly unknown.
The Lin family had a glorious past, owning their own factories and engaging in capitalist activities for decades, enslaving tens of thousands of people and plundering a great deal of their wealth. They had even acted as traitors, selling information to the Japanese, but later consistently sided with Taiwan.
The Lin family is large, with some members of its collateral branches holding high-ranking official positions.
The wife of that Chen family corresponded with people abroad.
However, the Chen family has consistently denied the accusation, claiming that they are distant relatives of the Lin family and had never had any contact with them before.
Zhou Qi hadn't expected them to find out so quickly. Had the Bai family already confessed? Then why was he still hiding it?
Seeing that Zhou Qi had finally shown some signs of relenting, they gave him an even stronger dose of medicine.
“Your son, Zhou Han, was engaged in smuggling activities in Northeast China. He was caught red-handed.”
Zhou Qi couldn't believe it; his son had been arrested for smuggling.
He knew his son was doing this before, but he warned him never to do it in the Northeast. He never expected his son to do it anyway and get arrested.
Smuggling is being cracked down on very strictly now, because that involves engaging in capitalist activities.
Once someone decides to label someone, no crime can escape their accusation. Zhou Qi himself had often labeled others before, so he was well aware of this.
"Comrade, are you mistaken? My son is not that kind of person."
He was on the verge of collapse. He could understand why his first two children had cut ties with him, and that it was the right thing to do to protect himself at that time. But now that his youngest son had been arrested, he could no longer protect him.
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