"Dad?"
Wang Hongtao could not help murmuring.
The moment he spoke, the dozens of black-clad guards poised to make the arrest froze. They exchanged bewildered looks.
What was going on?
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Every gaze snapped to the phone vibrating violently in Wang Hongtao's hand.
Ring! Ring! Ring...
The dock fell deathly silent. Only the shrill ringtone remained, echoing again and again like a summons from the grave.
How could this be?
And why now, of all times?
A thought that chilled Wang Hongtao to the bone and nearly stopped his breath surged up from his heart.
Could it be... that old man had not been putting on an act?
Had he really called his father?
And had he even given his father a blistering scolding?
No!
Impossible!
"Secretary Wang, don't fall for it!"
Gao Zisheng's shout rang out again.
His sharp eyes had also caught the glaring "Dad" on the screen. But he had been driven into a corner, and he could only double down!
"It has to be a coincidence! Old General Wang calling you has nothing to do with that damned old man!"
"You can't let him lead you by the nose!"
"He's a paper tiger! One poke and he'll fall apart!"
He rushed to Wang Hongtao's side and pointed at Elder Xu, convinced he had seen through the "trick."
Wang Hongtao clung to that last shred of hope too.
Right!
A coincidence!
It had to be a coincidence!
His father had spent his life in the military. He was tough and hot-tempered!
How could he possibly tolerate an outsider talking down to him like a misbehaving grandson?
It made no sense!
This call was nothing more than a coincidence!
At that thought, the anger and murderous intent Wang Hongtao had suppressed flared up again.
He would