Name: My father is Zhao Dehan, and I hope he will become a dragon!

Sha Ruijin stood up, straightened his suit cuffs, and resumed his businesslike tone:

"Comrade Gao Yuliang, given your long-term collaboration with Qi Tongwei and your years as the top official in Lüzhou, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision will conduct an interview with you in accordance with the law. Please cooperate with the investigation and truthfully explain the situation."

After saying that, he didn't look at Gao Yuliang again, and turned to Secretary Bai, saying:

"Notify the Publicity Department that at 8 PM tonight, a preliminary report on serious criminal cases in Lüzhou City and the suspected cover-up of crimes by public officials will be released."

The title read: "Handong Provincial Party Committee Launches Crackdown, Thoroughly Investigating Organized Crime and Its Protectors."

End of the meeting.

The third interrogation room at the Jingzhou Detention Center of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

4:17 PM.

Qi Tongwei sat on an iron chair with his hands handcuffed to the edge of the table.

His face was ashen, and his eyes still held the shock and humiliation he felt when he was taken away from the meeting just hours earlier.

"What exactly happened?"

This was the third time Qi Tongwei had asked, "What law have I broken? You have to tell me!"

The two discipline inspection officials opposite me were expressionless: "The organization is investigating you for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Please confess truthfully."

"Explain what?!"

Qi Tongwei's voice trembled: "I've been in the courtroom reviewing case files these past few days. The Yantai case just closed, and I haven't even been home! Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"

He was truly stunned.

Without any preliminary hearing or notification, they were taken directly from the podium.

No one told him the crime; they just repeatedly pressured him to "confess."

Qi Tongwei knew, of course, that he had something to hide, but what exactly had the other party discovered?

We can't just spill everything out like beans from a bamboo tube, can we?

I already said it, and now I'm doomed!

The key thing is, these bastards don't ask anything, they just keep telling us to honestly confess.

"I'll tell your mother!"

Qi Tongwei was very familiar with this combo.

The Discipline Inspection Commission certainly doesn't have all the information right now.

The matter can be big or small.

Right now, I have to grit my teeth and hold on.

It wasn't until the next day.

Qi Tongwei finally saw a familiar face – Hou Liangping.

Hou Liangping walked in, holding a file in his hand, his expression cold and stern: "Senior!"

"Monkey, what does this mean? What's going on?" Qi Tongwei asked through gritted teeth, "Why are you arresting me!"

"Qi Tongwei!"

Hou Liangping sat down and spread out the case file. "Do you know Qi Tonghai?"

"My cousin."

Qi Tongwei frowned: "What's wrong?"

Hou Liangping pulled out a photo—it was of a girl rescued in the warehouse of the "Blues" nightclub, with marks on her wrists and a ledger next to her with the title page clearly stating "Hai Ge's Income Details".

"Over the past three years, he has controlled at least 68 women in Luzhou, forcing them into prostitution, injecting them with sedatives, and illegally detaining them."

Hou Liangping said calmly, "He also beat a father who was demanding an explanation to death in the street, and planned to run over and kill his 16-year-old son while driving under the influence of alcohol."

Qi Tongwei's pupils constricted sharply: "...What?"

At that moment, Qi Tongwei felt his head buzzing.

I immediately thought of Qi Tongjiang.

This doesn't make sense, does it?

Qi Tongwei was somewhat taken aback.

He remembered clearly that he had rejected Qi Tongjiang back then.

He was trying to get Qi Tonghai to confess.

What exactly happened in between?

"And that's even more exciting!"

Hou Liangping then produced a recording: "During the arrest, Qi Tonghai kept saying, 'My brother is the Director of the Public Security Bureau, who dares to touch me?'"

"fart!"

Qi Tongwei slammed his fist on the table, the chains rattling loudly. "I have absolutely no idea about any of this! When did he do it?!"

Hou Liangping stared at him: "You really didn't know?"

"I swear!"

Qi Tongwei was furious.

I never expected that I would backfire because of this.

Swallowing hard, Qi Tongwei continued, "I know about this. I know Qi Tonghai gang-raped that girl. Qi Tongjiang came to me hoping for my help, and I also advised Qi Tongjiang to make Qi Tonghai confess. After that, I know nothing!"

Hou Liangping asked, "Is there anyone who can testify for you?"

Qi Tongwei took a deep breath and said, "My wife is Liang Lu. Of course, you can also interrogate Qi Tongjiang to see if I'm lying!"

At this moment, Qi Tongwei relaxed a little.

Fortunately, the affairs of Shanshui Group were not exposed, nor was Chen Hai's affair, and many other things remained hidden.

However, once he relaxed a little, Qi Tongwei almost exploded with anger again.

Damn it, I actually messed up because of this?

Qi Tongwei trembled all over, his voice lowering: "...So, you arrested me because he used my name...to harm people?"

Hou Liangping nodded: "Not only that. Chen Guodong, the director of the Luzhou Public Security Bureau, accepted 200,000 yuan from him to suppress the gang rape case. And you, as the top official in the province's public security system, were completely unaware of this—this is a serious oversight and suspected dereliction of duty."

Qi Tongwei understood.

It wasn't a murder case, it wasn't corruption, it wasn't that Chen Hai was exposed... it was that his relatives were involved in organized crime and that he, as the department head, "turned a blind eye."

The problem is not big.

but……

Qi Tongwei was also extremely distressed.

This wasn't enough for the death penalty, but it was enough to end his political life.

He remained silent for a long time, then suddenly gave a bitter smile.

There is a sense of helplessness that Gao Yuliang feels when facing himself.

Shaking his head, Qi Tongwei said, "...I'm a joke. People used my name to kill someone. How ridiculous, truly ridiculous. Monkey, I confess."

Hou Liangping raised an eyebrow: "Explain what?"

"As the Director of the Public Security Bureau, my failure to manage my family is my greatest dereliction of duty," Qi Tongwei said in a low but clear voice. "Qi Tonghai and others committed crimes under my name without my knowledge—this is a disgrace!"

He paused, then said, word by word, "I am willing to accept any punishment from the organization, in order to make up for the harm done to the victims."

Hou Liangping asked, "Does Gao Yuliang know about this?"

"The teachers didn't know, and never got involved. If they had known, they would never have allowed it. Don't say they didn't know; I didn't know either!"

Hou Liangping narrowed his eyes: "Are you sure? Secretary Yu Liang governed Lüzhou for five years, and Chen Guodong was promoted by him. Do you really think it's just a coincidence?"

Qi Tongwei shook his head: "I don't know. How would I know they were acting recklessly in my name?"

At this point, Qi Tongwei gave a bitter smile—a genuine, not feigned, smile: "To be honest, looking back now, there might... there might indeed have been some cover-up. For example, someone mentioned that 'Director Qi's brother has some business in Luzhou,' and I casually said, 'Let's investigate first...' I thought it was just a minor dispute, who knew..."

He lowered his head, suppressing the urge to kill, and forced a pained expression: "I never expected it to turn out like this."

Silence fell over the interrogation room.

Hou Liangping closed the file and stood up: "I will record your attitude truthfully!"