My online dating circle has millions of followers, why would she put a collar on me?

Zhao Hanting originally admired Jiang Yi for being able to talk to so many people at the same time.

But now, in his eyes, Jiang Yi has become a different person.

He wasn't the kind of womanizer who was adept at navigating the dating scene, but rather the kind of coward who dared to do things but wouldn't take responsibility, and who would push his sister to take the blame when things went wrong.

He stared at Jiang Yi for a few seconds, his curiosity vanishing, replaced by an undisguised, deep-seated contempt.

"Now I understand."

He walked around the table, stood in front of Jiang Yi, and looked down at him.

"You're a coward. When something goes wrong, your first reaction isn't to take responsibility, it's to push it off. You push it off to your sister, to that you don't know, to 'things are too complicated'."

"You said your sister begged you, so you went to the airport to pick up Su Xiaoyue. Let me ask you, you're an adult; if your sister told you to die, would you die too?"

Jiang Yi lowered his head and remained silent.

Zhao Hanting's voice rose an octave: "You knew from the beginning that this was wrong. When your sister used your photos to deceive people, you couldn't stop her."

But before she goes to see Su Xiaoyue, you can tell Su Xiaoyue the truth. When you see Su Xiaoyue at the airport, you can push her away and tell her that you are not that person at all.

"But you did nothing."

"Not only did you do nothing, you also hugged her, said those things to her, and made her continue to call you 'husband'."

"You're telling me you don't want to lie to her? How dare you say something like that?"

Zhao Hanting's voice echoed back and forth in the cramped interrogation room, like a dull knife repeatedly scraping against glass.

Jiang Yi clenched his fists on his knees, his knuckles turning white, his nails digging into his palms, leaving a row of deep marks.

His lips were trembling, but he couldn't utter a single word.

It's not that I don't want to talk, it's that I don't know what to say.

Every word Zhao Hanting said was correct.

He could indeed stop it, he could stop at every step and say "no".

But he didn't.

Because he was afraid.

He was afraid Jiang Miaomiao would go to jail, afraid his parents would find out, and afraid the family would fall apart.

He feared too many things, so many that he didn't have the courage to stop at any line of defense and say, "This is the end."

So he retreated and yielded all the way.

He's been cleaning up his sister's messes all along, from backing down to taking over, and from taking over to actively deceiving her, gradually pushing himself into this corner with nowhere to retreat.

Looking at him huddled in the chair, Zhao Hanting felt a fire burning inside him that was blocked by something, unable to ignite or be extinguished.

He took a deep breath, about to say something else—

"Zhao Hanting".

A voice came from the doorway, not loud, but carrying an undeniable authority.

Zhao Hanting turned around and saw Director Liu standing at the door, holding a folder in his hand, his expression as serious as if he had just come out of the conference room.

"Director." Zhao Hanting straightened up.

"Come out for a moment."

Zhao Hanting glanced at Jiang Yi, his eyes no longer filled with the anger from before, but only with a thin layer of gray, which was hard to tell whether it was disappointment or something else.

"Think about it carefully. Do you think you're doing right by Xia Anmian?"

After saying this, Zhao Hanting followed Director Liu out of the interrogation room, and the door closed behind him.

In the corridor, Director Liu handed him the folder, his voice a few decibels faster than usual:

"You don't need to worry about things here, go and get some rest. You've been up all night, and there are other cases tomorrow."

Zhao Hanting took the folder, opened it, and glanced at it. It was a transfer order.

The notice reads: "Suspect Jiang Yi is to be transferred to the Zhongshan Branch for joint processing."

He frowned. "Transfer to the Zhongshan branch? Wasn't this case initially filed by us?"

"The Zhongshan branch arrested his sister, and the main culprit has already confessed. He was just an accomplice, so it's easier to handle the cases together."

Director Liu's tone left no room for negotiation: "Go and rest. I'll arrange for someone to handle things here."

Zhao Hanting looked at the folder again.

It's written very clearly above.

It really is Jiang Miaomiao?

It's not Jiang Yi.

Just a moment ago he was scolding Jiang Yi, saying that Jiang Yi was making up lies to deceive him.

But then, a completely different turn of events occurred?

"What are you looking at? Stop standing there, go back and rest!"

Director Liu saw Zhao Hanting standing there in a daze and urged him on.

However, Zhao Hanting stood there stunned.

"Um, Director Liu, I..."

Zhao Hanting stammered, but Director Liu didn't give him any room to react.

She gently patted his shoulder.

"Go and rest!"

However, with a wave of his hand, police officers from the Zhongshan branch walked in.

"We are from the Zhongshan branch of the Public Security Bureau."

The tall man took the folder from the short man, opened it, and revealed a document inside stamped with a red official seal.

"These are the transfer procedures. You are now being transferred to the Zhongshan Branch, where your case will be handled together with Jiang Miaomiao's. Get up and come with us."

Jiang Yi was taken aback.

The cases will be handled together.

Jiang Miaomiao.

She was arrested too?

He opened his mouth as if to ask something, but swallowed the words back down.

He offered no resistance and was taken away by several officers from the Zhongshan branch of the Public Security Bureau.

Zhao Hanting watched Jiang Yi being put into the car, and he swallowed hard.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, and only after Jiang Yi was sent away did he slowly retreat.

Watching the vehicle drive away.

Director Liu lit a cigarette and sneered.

"Heh, Old Zhao! Still hoping to climb the social ladder by marrying into the Gu family? I'm afraid you won't have that chance."

As far as he knew, the matter of having him arrest Jiang Yi had nothing to do with it.

He had already investigated the matter thoroughly, but it wasn't written in the case file, and only a few people knew the truth.

So why doesn't he close the case?

This is because the issue is not fraud at all.

The most important thing is the people at the top.

This was something the director specifically instructed me to do.

A case can alarm the director of the department.

So either the case is big or it's a major case.

But how could a fraud case involving only a few million dollars alarm a department head?

There is only one reason.

The person Jiang Yi who was arrested, or the person involved in this case, is very important.

As far as he knows.

The person behind the director is the Xia family.

And Jiang Yi's girlfriend,

Also surnamed Xia.

"Heh, you idiot, trying to intimidate me with Miss Gu! You're as good as dead!"

Director Li threw down his half-smoked cigarette, stomped on it hard, and then turned on his phone.

Two o'clock in the morning.

He is waiting.

As far as he knew, the director usually got up at six o'clock.

He will tell the director about it.

It's likely that Lao Zhao had already made arrangements to curry favor with the Gu family.

When the time comes, the rice will be cooked into a tangible meal.

Then Old Zhao is finished.

And that promotion spot is practically guaranteed for me.

……

The car stopped at the entrance of the Zhongshan branch of the Public Security Bureau.

When Jiang Yi was led inside, the lobby was almost empty, except for an elderly policeman on duty at the front desk. He had gray hair, wore reading glasses, and was looking down at a newspaper.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up, his gaze shooting over his reading glasses, pausing briefly on Jiang Yi, then looking away as if he hadn't seen anything.

The tall policeman led Jiang Yi through the lobby and into a corridor.

The corridor was narrower than the one at the Chaoyang branch, and the lighting was dimmer—not a stark white, but a warm beige.

There is a door every few meters, with frosted glass inlaid on the door, and faint light shines through the glass.

When they reached the second-to-last door at the end of the corridor, the tall policeman stopped, took out his key, and opened the door.

"Go inside and wait," he said.

Jiang Yi went inside, and the door closed behind him.

This interrogation room is a bit smaller than the previous one, but the layout is similar.

A metal table is fixed in the center, along with three chairs, a camera in the corner, and a flashing red indicator light.

There is also a one-way mirror on the wall.

Jiang Yi sat down on the plastic chair, placed his hands on his knees, and lowered his head.

He didn't know which interrogation room Jiang Miaomiao was in; maybe it was next door, or maybe it was behind this mirror.

The door to the interrogation room was pushed open.

A middle-aged man with some Mediterranean features walked in.

"Jiang Yi." He spoke, his voice not loud, but each word seemed to come straight from his chest, "Do you know who I am?"

Jiang Yi shook his head.

The middle-aged man took out a small notebook from the inside pocket of his jacket, opened it, and placed it in front of Jiang Yi.

Police officer's ID.

The photo is of the person in front of me. The steel stamp next to him reflects the light, and the title column reads: Director of Zhongshan Branch.

Jiang Yi's pupils contracted slightly.

"My name is Zhao Jianmin." The middle-aged man put away his police ID, leaned back in his chair, and said, "Chief of Zhongshan Branch. I will now personally take charge of your case."

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