A brief silence fell over the conference room.
For a moment, even Sun Zhenghong was taken aback.
He had not noticed that information. The moment he saw Ye Lin's name, intense suspicion had risen within him, and he had gone straight to retrieve the files.
Seeing the hesitation on the faces of several senior officials, he immediately guessed what they were thinking.
But Sun Zhenghong drew a deep breath and continued to voice his doubts:
"Everyone, this proves nothing!"
"How do you know he genuinely wants to help these people fulfill their last wishes, rather than having anticipated our suspicions?"
"Don't forget that he's intelligent and good at deception!"
"He could easily have fabricated this information. Even if it's genuine, he could have forced these people to tell him about their families, all so we would let our guard down completely at this very moment!"
Urgency crept into Sun Zhenghong's voice as he pointed at the files on the table:
"And it's only been a few days!"
"Even setting aside his other problems, he's a convicted felon, a vicious criminal! What makes you believe he suddenly became a good person in just a few days? That makes no sense! The more it looks that way, the more vigilant we should be! He...!"
"Minister Sun!"
Before Sun Zhenghong could finish, Fang Guoting, the committee chairman and the most senior of the committee representatives, could not help interrupting him:
"That point isn't decisive, but there's one thing I disagree with."
"Under normal circumstances, a person certainly wouldn't change that much in a few days. But where are they? Think carefully about where they are!"
"These past few days were nothing to us. They simply came and went. But do you know what those people went through?"
As though something had stirred a