Replace me as the top scholar? Go talk to my Marshal Grandpa!

Inside the monitoring room.

Sun Tianrui took a sip of strong tea and continued to monitor the progress in the interrogation room.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door of the monitoring room.

"Enter!"

A young police officer, looking nervous, pushed open the door and reported rapidly:

"Chief, something terrible has happened!"

"A large number of reporters arrived outside the building, armed with cameras and microphones, completely blocking the entrance!"

"Bai Zhengqing's wife, that woman named Zhao Lan, is causing trouble at the door. She's very agitated and saying very offensive things. Our men are almost unable to stop her!"

Sun Tianrui's brows furrowed instantly.

They came so fast!

The Bai family's counterattack was indeed a well-coordinated series of moves.

Following the pressure from public opinion, the families then staged a disturbance, attempting to muddy the waters and put even more pressure on the Extraordinary Bureau.

"understood."

Sun Tianrui put down his teacup, stood up, straightened his uniform, and spoke in a calm tone:

"I'll go take a look."

"Pass the order: all personnel must remain restrained. Without my command, absolutely no physical altercations are permitted with reporters or those involved. Pay special attention to protecting our own body cameras; record the entire incident!"

"Yes, Chief!"

Sun Tianrui strode out, followed closely by several of his core subordinates.

Seeing this, Wang Yuanshan did not follow.

He needs to protect Young Master Wang Xian from the rear to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

Before even reaching the police station gate, a shrill female voice pierced through the glass door, mingling with the reporters' noisy questions and the sound of camera shutters, making it particularly jarring.

"Let me go! Why won't you let me in?!"

"Is there no law anymore! Does the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau think they can just arrest people at will?!"

"My husband is a famous entrepreneur, and my son is the top scorer in the province! How much have they contributed to Xingquan City?"

"Now you, the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau, have arrested him with just a word! Where is justice?!"

Sun Tianrui, with a cold expression, pushed open the internal isolation door, and the scene before him immediately came into view.

The police station's retractable gate was closed.

Outside, a large number of reporters from no fewer than a dozen media outlets were gathered, their lights flashing incessantly.

At the very front of the crowd.

A middle-aged woman dressed in a Chanel suit and adorned with jewels is being barely restrained by two policewomen, but she still struggles forward with all her might. Her hair is disheveled, and her face is streaked with tears and snot. Her acting skills are superb. She is none other than Zhao Lan, Bai E's mother.

The moment she saw Sun Tianrui emerge, she seemed to be injected with adrenaline, her voice instantly rising eight octaves. She pointed sharply at Sun Tianrui and wailed into the cameras of all the reporters:

"Sun Tianrui! You're finally out!"

"You tyrannical official who abuses his power! You have framed loyal and virtuous officials!"

"You're jealous of my husband's wealth, jealous of my son becoming the top scholar in the province, so you arrest them on these fabricated charges!"

"You'll die a horrible death!!"

Reporters, like sharks smelling blood, instantly focused their cameras on Sun Tianrui, bombarding him with questions:

"Director Sun, what crimes did Chairman Bai and his son commit?"

"Director Sun, is it true that Ms. Zhao accused you of abusing your power and retaliating against others?"

"Was the Extraordinary Forces' enforcement process excessively brutal? Is there solid evidence?"

Has it been confirmed that the provincial top scorer was replaced?

Sun Tianrui raised his hand and pressed it down, trying to control the situation. His voice was loud and steady:

"Dear friends from the media, please be quiet!"

"Bai Zhengqing and Bai E are suspected of serious criminal cases and are currently under investigation in accordance with the law."

"Please refer to our official announcements later for all information..."

"Announcement? What announcement!" Zhao Lan interrupted him abruptly, not giving him a chance to speak.

She rushed in front of the reporters' cameras, patted her chest, and cried her heart out.

"Look at this! This is what they call a bureau chief! His official power is beyond measure!"

"My son, Bai E, is an S-class genius, a once-in-a-decade talent, and the provincial champion who has brought glory to Xingquan City and Nanzhao Province!"

"He has a bright future ahead of him, why would he do something illegal or criminal?"

"This is clearly a frame-up by Sun Tianrui!"

She whirled around, her finger almost poking Sun Tianrui's nose, spitting as she spoke:

"Sun Tianrui! You accuse my son of a crime, where's the evidence? Show it to everyone!!"

"You can't produce it, can you?"

"You just want to climb up the social ladder by stepping on our family because we're rich and powerful!"

"I'm telling you, no way! The people of Xingquan City won't allow it! The people of the whole country won't allow it!"

Her words were highly inflammatory, deliberately portraying the Bai family as the weak victims bullied by the powerful, and twisting legal issues into a conspiracy theory of resentment towards the rich.

Some media reporters who had been pre-arranged by the Bai family immediately began to stir up trouble and loudly echoed the sentiments:

"Director Sun, please address Ms. Zhao's questions directly!"

"If there is no evidence, shouldn't the person be released immediately and an apology issued?"

"Was the Extraordinary Bureau's operation authorized by higher authorities, or was it your own arbitrary decision?"

Seeing that public opinion was on her side, Zhao Lan became even more smug.

He was so dramatic that his legs suddenly went weak, and he pretended to collapse to the ground.

Fortunately, he was helped up by a policewoman nearby.

She glared at the policewoman, shoved her away abruptly, and then feigned weakness, wailing, "God, open your eyes... look at how these officials are bullying us ordinary people..."

"Bai'e, my son, you've suffered so much inside! They must have tortured you so severely, haven't they?!"

"Sun Tianrui, if anything happens to my son or husband, I'll fight you to the death!!"

This tantrum and unreasonable behavior was extremely impactful on camera.

If Sun Tianrui hadn't known the inside story, he probably would have been fooled by this woman's acting skills.

Sun Tianrui's face was so gloomy it could drip water.

He knew that reasoning with this kind of shrew was useless, and being too tough would just fall into her trap and be written as "violent suppression of the victim's family".

Just as Sun Tianrui was facing Zhao Lan's tantrum and the reporters' onslaught, the situation reached a stalemate.

A clear voice rang out from inside the police station, instantly drowning out all the noise:

"You want evidence, right? I am the evidence!!"

The voice wasn't loud, but it possessed a peculiar penetrating power and an undeniable strength, like a drop of cold water falling into a boiling oil pan, instantly silencing the entire scene.

All eyes—the reporters, Zhao Lan, Sun Tianrui, the police officers, and others—were drawn to the source of the sound.

A young man was seen leading an elderly man slowly out of the police station.

The boy was slightly thin, with a straight back and dark eyes like a cold pool, staring straight at everything outside the door.

It was Wang Xian.

As for Bai E?

He was already unconscious in the interrogation room, barely recognizable as a human!

Fortunately, the nano-level repair agent was effective; otherwise, Wang Xian was really afraid that he would die.

Of course, it's because I feel it's too easy for him to just let him get away with it like that.

The instant Wang Xian appeared and spoke.

All the cameras and flashes instinctively pointed at the boy who had suddenly appeared.

The journalists' professional instincts told them that an even more exciting twist was about to happen!

The female reporter who was closest reacted the fastest, immediately handing over the microphone and asking eagerly:

"Excuse me, who are you?"

"What did you mean by what you just said? What evidence do you have?"