Chapter 755: Who in the world are you?
The superior bumped into Second Team’s captain Li Chao at the corner.
He looked pissed and scolded right away, “Do you guys not understand English? What the hell is going on? It’s been 24 hours, why haven’t you released him? Official arrest? Who’s idea was this?”
Li Chao let out a bitter smile. “Boss, calm down. We won’t wrong an innocent person, but we also won’t let go of a criminal. We’ve arrested Liu Xianming because we’ve gained further evidence.”
“Don’t play this game with me, what did you find? Did anyone get rough with him? Did you beat him into submission?”
“No, absolutely not!” Li Chao said, “I will not do any actions that would discredit the police, you can come with me to check on him.”
The superior nodded; as long as there was no beating then he could explain to his superior.
He followed Li Chao to the place where Liu Xianming was being held and sighed out of relief when he saw that Liu Xianming was perfectly fine.
Liu Xianming saw him as well, and he remembered seeing him during an investment fair so he immediately ran over and grabbed the bars as he yelled, “Director General Huang! You came just in time, these people fooled me! I didn’t say anything, I’m not guilty, why are they arresting me? I want to see my lawyer!”
“Calm down first Liu Xianming, I believe our police department is an irresponsible institution, and I’m here to understand what’s going on. If the procedure is fine, then I will be able to release you.”
Li Chao laughed. “I’m afraid that even if you want to release him, he wouldn’t dare to go out.”
Director General Huang frowned. “What is going on?”
“This one’s a long story. Mr. Fang from Yanjing interrogated him, and discovered a big problem. So now the Yanjing General headquarters have taken over this case and I’m only responsible for detaining him here. I even feel frightened to hear all the things he confessed to.”
Director General Huang: “How serious?”
Li Chao let out a bitter laugh. “To an extent that I shouldn’t have heard it, but unfortunately, I was there and I am now afraid that the top superiors will find me and talk to me about my life or something.”
What Liu Xianming had confessed was not something Li Chao could listen to at his level, but he heard it all. It was because of Xu Cheng that the Dragon Division hadn’t approached him to discuss this level of confidential matters; but Li Chao didn’t know all of this so he was still afraid that someone was going to find him and talk to him.
Director General Huang wondered, “You can’t even tell me? Then how am I going to explain to the provincial head?”
Li Chao shook his head with a bitter smile. “It’s better if you don’t know. The provincial police department probably won’t even be able to handle this.”
Director General Huang instantly understood. He had reached the time of retirement, and he did not want to put himself in this mess at this juncture in time. However, it seemed like that it would be difficult for him to retire peacefully now. This case was simply a hot potato.
“Hey man, could you not reveal just a little information?”
Li Chao came up to his ear and said, “You could tell them that the state has intervened, and this case has been sealed as the nation-level confidential document.”
Director General Huang’s pupils instantly constricted!
The words ‘red-state document’ was enough.
He patted Li Chao’s shoulder and smiled thoughtfully as he said, “No wonder your attitude was quite tough this time… it’s because there’s someone behind you, huh?”
He gave Li Chao a high evaluation in his mind.
“No way, I was just following the orders. Besides, this case really should not be out together with the city projects, that makes us too passive.”
The superior glared at him and advised, “Don’t let others hear what you said, that’s not something you have control of. Take care of your prisoner.”
Having said that he turned around and walked away.
Within a few steps, he turned back and handed Li Chao a cigarette.
“Kid, don’t be so reckless next time. A lot of things are very sensitive, you know?”
Li Chao accepted the cigarette with sincerity and said, “Yes, I know. I just couldn’t stand the arrogance of these people this time. I was influenced by my teacher so I’m a little straightforward, but I’m only like this with the cases and it’s nothing personal.”
The higher-up nodded and walked away.
The president of the Chamber of Commerce as well as the vice president were sitting in a limousine on their way to the provincial headquarters. They were heading there to discuss with the top director regarding Shangcheng’s East Gate riverside development project.
Of course, they could also be considered as being on their way to apply pressure.
However, before the two of them arrived, Director General Huang had met with the Head Director in his office.
“About Liu Xianming’s arrest, the Shangcheng police department’s decision was based on conclusive evidence.”
The Head Director who was reviewing the document raised his head and stroked his temple before looking at his subordinate.
“What do you think about this?”
Director General Huang: “I respect their decision and I took a look at it. All the procedures and everything were fine.”
The Head Director took off his glasses and stopped reviewing the document as he packed up and said, “Do you know who’s responsible for the Riverside development project? It’s the group of people behind Liu Xianming, the largest Chamber of Commerce here, ranked top two in the country. Its financial influence is no less than that of a small consortium, just different in nature. I sent you there to ease the tension between the two sides, so how did you manage to intensify the conflict and also confirm that he’s guilty?”
Director General Huang: “I have inquired about it and this case with Mr. Liu has been transferred to Yanjing.”
“Oh?” The Head Director furrowed his brows as everything about Yanjing was quite sensitive. “Which unit was it transferred to?”
Director General Huang came over and whispered: “It’s been sealed as a red-state document. Which means that aside from Yanjing, no other regional police department would be allowed to touch this case, including us.”
His eyes contracted for a moment and immediately got alerted.
“That’s a very serious matter then.” He frowned.
“Although we may lose a big project, this is really not something we can interfere with,” Director General Huang advised.
“Yeah.” He knew what was going on right away. “Your reminder is very timely. Fortunately I have not favored any side on this matter, or else it’d be bad. Seems like the project has to be terminated now.”
If he insisted on releasing Liu Xianming in this case, then he could just wait to be laid off.
“I think so too.” Director General Huang agreed.
That was when the secretary walked in and said, “The president and vice president of the Shangcheng Chamber of Commerce are outside requesting to meet with you.”
They two looked at each other in the eye and the Head Director said, “Just tell them I’m not in the office.”
The secretary: “Yes.”
Meanwhile, Wang Tian and the VP who had just arrived were told by the secretary that the Head Director was not in office.
The two wondered, “Secretary Li, didn’t we book an appointment?”
“It was a temporary decision.”
The two presidents immediately could tell something was wrong, and this sudden change of attitude was quite meaningful.
Plus, Liu Xianming was officially arrested, so they felt that maybe he had already confessed something he shouldn’t have!
Ran Jing’s home.
She asked Xu Cheng to come visit, and once he arrived, she asked him directly, “Who in the world are you? What did you do to make both my direct superior and even the provincial head keep quiet about this case?”