Because of the public security officers' questioning, Li Ye got home a little late.
The moment he walked through the door, he saw that nearly the whole family had gathered.
His grandmother, Wu Juying, said displeasedly, "Why are you home so late today? The whole family was waiting to celebrate New Year's Day with you! What, you got promoted one rank and now you really intend to sacrifice yourself for the public good?"
Li Ye smiled. "How could that be, Grandma? Something held me up today. A few public security officers questioned me all afternoon, circling around and around until they nearly spun me dizzy."
Wu Juying immediately raised her head and asked sternly, "What did they ask you? What did you say?"
Li Ye said unconcernedly, "Just some unimportant things. It had nothing to do with me."
"Nothing to do with you? Then how could they have spun you dizzy? Do you think they had nothing better to do than beat around the bush with you? Stop talking nonsense. Tell me everything clearly, from beginning to end. Don't leave out a single word."
Wu Juying had weathered storms herself. She knew that the more harmless a question appeared, the more likely it was to conceal killing intent. Since they had questioned him for so long, how could it possibly have been unimportant?
And when Wu Juying raised her voice, she drew Fu Guiru, Wen Leyu, Li Zhongfa, and the others over as well.
Seeing how nervous everyone was, Li Ye hurriedly explained, "Grandma, it really has nothing to do with me. They were asking me about Yuli. That Yuli came to our work unit some time ago for talks."
Li Ye roughly explained the whole sequence of events, then focused on the few questions the public security officers had