Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

Overhead, the dozen or so armed helicopters had completed their deterrence mission.

A tremendous roar resounded again, and they adjusted their posture, formed a formation, and began to return one after another.

The sky was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

The deepest darkness before dawn is being torn open.

A new day is about to begin.

Looking at the faint light outside the window, Shen Zhong knew that the bloody battle of the night had finally come to an end.

He slowly turned around.

Their gaze fell on Qi Tongwei, whose face was ashen and whose body was taut like a string.

A hint of playful mockery flashed in his eyes.

Like a well-fed cat eyeing a trembling mouse in a cage.

Zhou Weiguo strode over, stood beside him, and asked for instructions in a low voice.

"Sir, what should we do with these people from the Provincial Public Security Bureau?"

Zhou Weiguo's words fell like a pebble dropped into an empty hall.

At the entrance, Qi Tongwei and more than a dozen key personnel from the provincial department were completely blocked by two teams of Longya Special Forces members.

Qi Tongwei's body tensed up.

Upon hearing this, he slowly turned around and looked back at Shen Zhong on the steps.

He tried to detect a hint of a joke on the other person's calm face.

But he failed.

There was nothing on that face.

"Secretary Shen, what does this mean?"

Qi Tongwei forced himself to calm down and put on the airs of the deputy director of the provincial public security department.

"Secretary Li Dakang has left, and the incident has been classified as a drill."

"According to procedure, our provincial department personnel should also have evacuated."

Shen Zhong did not answer him.

He simply took a step and slowly walked down the steps.

His military boots pounded on the hard marble floor.

"Tap." "Tap." "Tap."

The sound of each step was like a heavy drumbeat, striking Qi Tongwei's heart.

The breathing of all the provincial police officers present became suppressed with the sound of footsteps.

Shen Zhong walked straight up to Qi Tongwei.

He stopped.

The two were less than an arm's length apart.

Shen Zhong just stared at him calmly.

I gaze at this man who once made outstanding contributions on the front line of drug enforcement, but later knelt before power.

Gazing upon this tragic figure who boasted of being "half a step ahead of fate" yet ultimately became a lackey of the powerful and wealthy.

Staring at him like that, Qi Tongwei felt as if his entire being had been seen through.

A strange sense of shame welled up from the bottom of his heart.

He straightened his back, trying to use his aura to counteract the pressure.

"Shen Zhong, let me remind you."

"I represent the Public Security Bureau of Handong Province. My actions tonight are on the orders of Secretary Zhao Lichun of the Provincial Party Committee!"

He brought out his biggest backer.

He wanted to use Zhao Lichun's name to warn Shen Zhong not to go too far.

"Oh?"

Shen Zhong finally spoke.

His tone was flat, without any discernible emotional fluctuation.

"Zhao Lichun?"

He repeated the name as if chewing on some uninteresting word.

Then, he shook his head.

"You've got one thing wrong, Qi Tongwei."

"The people you brought tonight are wearing police uniforms, but you do not represent the people's police."

"You are the Zhao family's private soldiers."

These words, like a sharp knife, precisely dissected all of Qi Tongwei's pretense.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Qi Tongwei's face flushed red instantly, and he became furious with embarrassment.

He stepped forward, his chest almost touching Shen Zhong's body.

He wanted to use this method, using the aura of his special forces background, to overwhelm the other party.

"I'm warning you, don't make false accusations!"

However, Shen Zhong didn't waste any unnecessary words.

He simply raised his right hand.

The movement was so fast that even Qi Tongwei's proud special forces instincts didn't have time to react.

Snapped--!

A resounding slap landed squarely on Qi Tongwei's face.

The crisp sound echoed endlessly in the empty and quiet courtyard.

The immense force left Qi Tongwei completely stunned.

He staggered back several steps before finally managing to regain his balance.

Half of her cheek swelled up at a visible speed.

A trickle of blood slowly oozed from the corner of his mouth.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the key provincial officials following behind Qi Tongwei tried to step forward to stop him.

But at the same time, more than a dozen dark Type 95 automatic rifles were raised and loaded.

Those cold gun barrels were pressed firmly against the heads of every policeman who tried to resist.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, exuding a chilling aura of killing intent.

All the provincial police officers froze in their tracks.

They could clearly feel how cold and hard the metal pressing against their temples was.

Qi Tongwei covered his burning face.

The shock in his eyes far outweighed the pain.

He never dreamed of this.

Shen Zhong, this military-clad Standing Committee member, actually dared to take action.

How dare she slap him, a deputy director-level provincial public security bureau chief, in front of so many people!

This is more than just a slap in the face.

This is to crush his dignity to the ground and trample it repeatedly with military boots!

Shen Zhong slowly withdrew his hand.

He didn't even glance at Qi Tongwei again.

He took out a clean white handkerchief from his uniform pocket.

He slowly and carefully wiped the hand that had just hit the person.

Wiping each finger.

It felt as if I had just encountered something filthy.

Having done all this, he strode toward the place where he had just dragged away Cheng Du's body.

There, a pool of dark red blood, not yet dried, still remained.

Shen Zhong stood there, rooted to the spot, amidst the bloodstains.

He lifted his foot and, with the heel of his gleaming military boot, pressed it forcefully into the bloodstains a few times.

a bit.

Another one.

He trampled that trace of evil into a blur, mingling it with the soil on the ground.

Only then did he raise his head again and look at Qi Tongwei, who was still in a state of great humiliation and shock.

His face remained expressionless.

Those eyes held a suffocating indifference and a deep-seated contempt.

Qi Tongwei's heart ached from that gaze.

He felt that all his dignity, all his scheming and calculation, all his forbearance and ambition had been shattered by this slap and this one action.

Shen Zhong casually tossed the used handkerchief onto the ground.

The white handkerchief, lying on the dirty ground, looked particularly jarring.

"You think you can challenge me just because you've sided with Zhao Lichun?"

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