In the interrogation room, Deputy Director Zhang sat across from Li Qiao, flipping through the documents in his hand with an affected air and smiling malevolently, "You’re just a girl and yet you have quite the temper. Do you know who I am?"
Li Qiao looked down, touching her nails indifferently as she retorted, "Does it matter who you are?"
Deputy Director Zhang immediately showed displeasure. He had been handling cases for many years and had seen all kinds of tough nuts, but if it weren’t for this girl’s looks, he would have forced a confession from her long ago.
"Hmph, you’ve got quite the nerve. You walk into the station and show no remorse. Are you not afraid that I, as the Deputy Director..."
His threatening words hung in the air when suddenly the door to the interrogation room was forcefully pushed open from the outside.
Deputy Director Zhang shivered and without looking shouted, "Who is it? Haven’t you heard of knocking?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than two silhouetted figures strode into the room against the backlight of the doorway.
Deputy Director Zhang focused his eyes, and couldn’t help but gasp, "Old Fei, how come... you’re back?"
Fei Zhihong snatched the document folder from his hand, grinding his teeth as he said, "If I hadn’t come back, were you planning on continuing to flaunt your power in the police station?"
Deputy Director Zhang offered a sheepish smile, "You can’t just say anything. Old Fei, I had my reasons for doing this..."
"Zhang Leshan, you’d better pray for your own luck!" Fei Zhihong clapped him on the shoulder with the folder, pitying yet mocking him with a cold sneer.
Then, his expression softened slightly as he bent down to look at Li Qiao, his tone apologetic, "Qiaoqiao, are you alright? Godfather came late and made you suffer."
Deputy Director Zhang Leshan: "??"
Li Qiao lazily lifted her eyes to look at Fei Zhihong and tugged at her lip, "It is a bit late. I nearly thought you had retired."
Fei Zhihong propped her up from the interrogation chair by the shoulders, and, cradling her, he headed towards the door.
At the door, he turned back to look at the bewildered Deputy Director Zhang, "Zhang Leshan, it’ll be your trouble next to explain to President Yun from Yan Emperor, why you forcibly detained our Li Qiao."
Deputy Director Zhang’s legs went weak, and he barely managed to support himself on the interrogation table. What had he just heard?
Yan Emperor? President Yun?
Was it President Yun, one of the formidable four from the speaking of Wind, Moon, Cloud, and Rain?
In his life, Deputy Director Zhang had never really feared anything, relying on the powerful backing he had, and bullying the weak while fearing the strong had become second nature.
At this moment, he looked blankly at the commanding Liuyun and began fumbling for his phone in a panic, seeking a lifeline.
"Master Qiu, I’m done for because of you!"
Just back at the company, Qiu Huan glanced at the screen and frowned in confusion, "Deputy Director Zhang? What do you mean by that?"
Then Deputy Director Zhang laid bare all his previous assumptions and actions, leaving Qiu Huan dumbfounded.
When the hell had he asked Zhang Leshan to target Li Qiao?
"Master Qiu, you have to look out for me. If it weren’t for helping you, I wouldn’t have crossed paths with President Yun from Yan Emperor."
One could only say that Deputy Director Zhang was too foolish, plainly lacking in subtlety but always trying to orchestrate grand plans.
There he was, seeking help from Master Qiu right in front of Liuyun, digging a grave not only for Master Qiu but also sealing the fate of his own official cap.
A few minutes later, Li Qiao lounged comfortably in the chief’s office, glancing at Fei Zhihong, "About today’s incident, I’ll trouble godfather to keep it a secret for me."
Fei Zhihong sat in front of the desk, sizing up Li Qiao with his gaze to make sure she was unharmed before questioning her, "Keeping it a secret is no problem, but tell godfather what actually happened."
"It’s a long story, I’ll tell you another time," said Li Qiao, peering out the door, "Why did Liuyun come with you?"