Liu Yang was brought to my office.
When he saw Xu Qiuyan and me sitting there, his expression changed slightly.
He glared at Xu Qiuyan and asked resentfully, "Why are you here again?"
Xu Qiuyan sighed softly. "I'm here on behalf of the Administration Bureau to negotiate with Mr. Jiang. But before that, I need to make sure you're all right."
"Negotiate? Why negotiate with him? He illegally detained the head of the Coordination Team and led people in forcibly storming the Coordination Team's station. He's committing a crime!"
Xu Qiuyan's brows shot up. "Enough. Would any of this have happened if you hadn't tried to detain him first? As the head of the Coordination Team, you tried to detain the person in charge of the base without any evidence or orders from above. Who gave you that authority?"
Liu Yang's expression darkened further, but he stubbornly said, "The Administration Bureau has always had the authority to act as circumstances require. Naturally, we have the right to do this."
I said coldly, "Team Leader Xu, you've seen it yourself. He still has no idea what he did wrong. In that case, I don't think there's anything left for us to discuss. Under base regulations, we have the right to deal with anyone who threatens the personal safety of the base commander."
"Bullshit! The base doesn't have any regulations at all," Liu Yang said.
I smiled. "Is that so? But if I say it has them, then it has them."
At that moment, Xie Yi walked in with a copy of the Base Work Manual in his hand. He flipped to a page and held it before Liu Yang's eyes. Liu Yang shouted, "This is fake! The base never had any kind of work manual!"
"Fake? It bears the base's official