A few days later, Dong Xuebin ran into Deputy Captain Feng of the Criminal Investigation Team at the entrance to the Public Security Bureau compound on his way to work.
"Lao Feng, how's the Jin Di Mountain Villa case progressing?"
"Thanks to the evidence you provided, everyone who should confess has confessed. Only Qian Fei and Ma Dakai are still holding out."
"Him? The evidence is conclusive. He won't be jumping around for much longer."
"Exactly. I think we're not far from closing the case."
From the day after the body was discovered, the case had no longer been under Dong Xuebin's jurisdiction. It involved two deaths, the matter had grown too serious, and the pressure from above was immense. Liang Chengpeng had personally taken charge, and the Procuratorate had also stepped in to investigate. As the lowest-ranked deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, Dong Xuebin naturally would not be put in command of such a major case. Still, he certainly would not be denied credit for investigating it. The change in the attitudes of the officers over the past few days made that clear. After this incident, Dong Xuebin's authority in the bureau had risen sharply.
The moment he went upstairs, he ran into Hu Yiguo and Zhao Jinsong coming from the other direction. Both looked exhausted, as though they had spent the past few days busy with the Jin Di Mountain Villa case. Yet while the other leaders were busy investigating, Dong Xuebin guessed that Hu Yiguo and Zhao Jinsong had been busy trying to clear Qian Fei. They had been so close to Qian Fei that only an idiot would believe there had been no financial dealings between them. And Qian Fei's money all came from Jin Di Mountain Villa. If anything were truly uncovered, Hu