Hospital.
Inside the ward.
The moment she got Dong Xuebin's ID card, Chang Lin, the Director of the Public Security Bureau, said something astonishing: "Release him immediately."
Release him?
Release him immediately?
What the hell was that supposed to mean?
Putting everything else aside, assaulting a police officer alone was a criminal case of an extremely serious nature. How could they possibly release him under these circumstances? After hearing Director Chang's words, Hu Hanbin and several Public Security Bureau officers were utterly baffled. Just a moment ago, Director Chang had told Liu Xing and the other injured officer that she would stand up for them. She had even said the County Public Security Bureau would take over the case personally. Why had she suddenly changed her tune? And to something as absurd as releasing him?
"Director Chang."
"What do you mean by that...?"
"Why release him?"
Hu Hanbin and the others asked, thinking Chang Lin had misspoken.
But Chang Lin's next answer was the same. "I said release him! Right now! Immediately!"
They did not know who Dong Xuebin was, but how could Chang Lin not know? Although Dong Xuebin had not yet arrived to take office, word had long spread through the relevant circles. Lower-level people might have poorer information or not have heard anything yet, but Chang Lin was the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and a County Party Committee Standing Committee Member. How could she possibly not know? She had learned long ago that after Secretary Li Guian was transferred away, the new County Party Secretary would be a young man named Dong Xuebin, only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. Chang Lin even knew he was from the Capital City. Looking again at the ID card, Dong Xuebin was admittedly a fairly common name