I slept with my sister's classmate, and she turned out to be my boss.

In the afternoon, Li Xiushan's phone rang.

It was a landline number calling; she glanced at it and it looked somewhat familiar.

This is the number of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection; they called once before.

She thought there would be at least some time between the first questioning, but she didn't expect the call to come back so soon.

She didn't dare to delay and quickly answered the call.

It was the same voice and the same tone on the phone:

"Comrade Li Xiushan, please come to the special investigation team of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. There are some things that need to be further verified."

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiushan sat in the living room for a long time without moving.

She answered "I don't know" almost all the time when she was questioned last time, thinking that would get her away with it.

But the task force didn't let her go, which means they had already obtained some information from other channels and needed her to verify it.

……

At nine o'clock the next morning, Li Xiushan arrived at the special investigation team of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection on time.

It was the same interview room, with Hu Yuheng sitting opposite him and Chen Dapeng, who was in charge of taking notes, sitting next to him.

But this time, there was an extra file folder on the table in front of Hu Yuheng, which was thicker than last time.

Hu Yuheng skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point: "Li Xiushan, I called you here today because I want to show you some things."

She opened the file bag, took out several documents, and placed them one by one on the table.

The first document contains the pages of Gu Huaiyuan's confession that involve financial transactions, with the amounts and destinations circled in red.

The second document is a photocopy of Zhao Zhengping's signature in the provincial capital project archives.

The third document is an excerpt of Lin Meijuan's beauty salon accounts, which contains several records of financial transactions.

The fourth document is a photo, a screenshot of a transfer record from an overseas bank account. The account name has been altered, but the amount and date are clearly visible.

Lee Soo-shan's gaze lingered on the photo for a moment, but she didn't say anything.

Hu Yuheng looked at her and said, "Some of these materials come from Gu Huaiyuan's own confession, some from project files, and some from Lin Meijuan's accounts."

Last time you said "I don't know," but with these things right in front of you, do you think you can still explain it away with "I don't know"?

Li Xiushan did not answer, nor did she look away.

Her fingers were clasped together on her knees, her knuckles slightly clenched.

Hu Yuheng waited a moment, and seeing that she remained unmoved, then said:

"Your silence is useless, and there's no point in continuing. The evidence is right in front of us. Even if you don't speak, we will continue to investigate."

She paused for a moment.

"Furthermore, if you continue to conceal the truth, the organization will consider imposing more severe penalties on you."

Li Xiushan was stunned for a moment. Although she was not a member of the system, Gu Huaiyuan's family members would still bear legal responsibility.

"Also, you're so devoted to Gu Huaiyuan, but do you know? He might not be as considerate of you as you are..."

She paused for a few seconds.

"Li Xiushan, do you know?"

Gu Huaiyuan has a mistress outside the marriage named Lin Meijuan.

You may not know she exists.

She has already confessed everything.

Her accounts contained records of funds handled by Gu Huaiyuan.

Lee Soo-shan's expression finally changed.

She looked up at Hu Yuheng, her voice trembling slightly: "What did you say? Lin Meijuan is Gu Huaiyuan's mistress? He... he's never mentioned it."

Hu Yuheng chuckled softly.

"Of course he won't mention it. But if you continue to hide it from him, to bear the burden of things you don't know, how long do you think you can keep it up?"

The room remained quiet for a long time.

Hu Yuheng didn't urge her, but sat opposite her and waited.

Chen Dapeng didn't look up; his pen remained on the paper, waiting to be recorded.

Lee Soo-shan finally spoke, her voice very low:

"He asked me to keep an envelope..."

She paused for a moment, as if to decide whether she should continue.

"The envelope contained information about an overseas bank account. The account name was one I didn't recognize, but there was a sum of money transferred out from a company."

Hu Yuheng pressed further, "Which company?"

"I'm not sure... I only remember that the money was transferred from a company whose name contained the characters 'Yike,' which should be the name of Governor Zhao's daughter—Zhao Yike."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to have all her strength drained away. She lowered her head and stopped looking at the materials on the table.

Hu Yuheng's fingers paused on the table for a moment.

Zhao Yike – Zhao Zhengping’s daughter.

She calmly continued, "Where is that envelope now?"

"It's in my safe at home. I haven't touched it."

Hu Yuheng closed the folder in front of him: "That's all for today's questioning. We'll send someone to retrieve that envelope. We will record the information you provided truthfully."

Lee Soo-shan nodded without saying anything more. She stood up and followed the staff out of the consultation room.

……

Hu Yuheng did not leave the conversation room immediately.

She sat in her seat, going over Li Xiushan's words in her mind again—an overseas account, funds from a company under Zhao Yike's name.

She stood up, walked back to her office, opened a drawer, and took out the analysis report that Chen Dapeng had prepared regarding Zhao Zhengping's signature. She placed the two documents side by side on the table.

Chen Dapeng's analysis report includes a timeline:

The funds approved by Zhao Zhengping were processed between last autumn and the beginning of this year.

The overseas funds that Li Xiushan mentioned also fell within that timeframe.

She pulled out a copy of Zhao Zhengping's signature from the provincial capital project files, compared it for a while, and found that the timelines did indeed match.

Several funds that Gu Huaiyuan approved during Zhao Zhengping's tenure, along with the overseas funds mentioned by Li Xiushan, all pointed to the same company.

She picked up the phone and dialed Chen Yuanda's number. It rang twice before he answered: "Director Chen, Gu Huaiyuan's wife has provided a new lead."

She kept an envelope containing information about an overseas bank account. The account name was unclear, but one of the funds had been transferred out from a company.

She said the company's name contained the characters "亦可"—Zhao Zhengping's daughter's name.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Chen Yuanda didn't respond immediately, as if processing the information, before finally asking, "Zhao Yike?"

"Yes." Lee Soo-shan said she wasn't sure, but she remembered that the name contained those two words.

The timeline of Chen Dapeng's previous analysis report also matches.

The funds approved by Zhao Zhengping and the overseas funds mentioned by Li Xiushan occurred within the same timeframe.

Chen Yuanda remained silent for a moment before speaking: "Once the materials are organized, submit them."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Yuheng put Li Xiushan's testimony and Chen Dapeng's analysis report into the same folder.

She glanced down at the transcript of Li Xiushan's interrogation, her gaze lingering on the name "Zhao Yike" for a moment before closing the folder.

……

After receiving the materials from Hu Yuheng, Chen Yuanda did not immediately report to Song Huai'an.

He first verified through relevant departments in the provincial capital that the company Li Xiushan mentioned did indeed exist.

The registration was made three years ago, and the legal representative is not Zhao Yike herself.

However, the company name does contain the word "Yike," and the related party information also points to the Zhao family.

He didn't make a fuss, but simply compiled the verification results into a brief explanation and attached it to the materials submitted by Hu Yuheng.

After organizing the materials, he went to the capital again.

Upon arriving at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's office building, he did not linger but went directly to Song Huai'an's office.

Song Huai'an was reading a document when he saw Chen Yuanda enter. He put down his pen and asked, "Any new developments?"

Chen Yuanda placed the folder on the table: "Gu Huaiyuan's wife has provided a new clue involving Zhao Zhengping's daughter, Zhao Yike."

She kept a file on an overseas bank account, one of which contained funds from a company associated with Zhao Yike. The timeline matched Chen Dapeng's previous analysis report.

Song Huai'an picked up the folder and opened it. First, he looked at Li Xiushan's interrogation record, then Chen Dapeng's analysis report, and finally Chen Yuanda's own verification explanation.

His gaze lingered on the three characters "Zhao Yike" for a moment, then he continued to scroll down, only putting the material down after reading the last line.

He did not immediately express his opinion, but remained silent for a while before speaking: "Zhao Zhengping is the current provincial governor, a cadre under the central government's management."

Your materials are missing one element – ​​direct evidence.

Currently, all of these things are indirect references; no material can directly prove that Zhao Zhengping himself participated in the flow of funds.

You need to continue investigating until you find the financial records personally handled by Zhao Zhengping before your case can truly stand up to scrutiny.

Chen Yuanda nodded: "Understood."

He didn't say much, picked up the folder, stood up, turned around and walked out of the office.

He reconsidered Song Huai'an's words in his mind—he was missing one crucial piece of direct evidence.

He needs to find records directly related to Zhao Zhengping and that sum of money in order to move the case to the next step.