Chu Dawei saw Zhou Yi making a phone call.
Guo Donglin, Liu Guixiang, and Guo Siwei saw Zhou Yi making a phone call too.
So did Yang Ni and the middle-aged man.
But only Station Chief Chu heard what Zhou Yi said over the phone.
When a relative was taken into police custody, it was only natural to turn to connections for help right away.
But this was Jiangnan, not Liaodong.
Three things had left the entire Political and Legal System in Jiangnan smarting: Yangcheng City's Public Security Director Zhou Yi had driven away the celebrated female detective Jiang Huizhen; Liaodong Province's news outlets had widely reported on the wrongful case against the Zhao Family father and son; and a lawyer from Liaoyang's Ruyi Law Firm had won the lawsuit on their behalf. As a result, hostility and resentment toward Liaodong Province were widespread.
So he really didn't believe this phone call would accomplish anything.
Or rather, he didn't believe the man could have that much clout!
As he'd said, even if Director Zhou himself showed up, it wouldn't make any difference.
"What are we going to do?" Liu Guixiang looked at her eldest son, handcuffed inside the room, and tears streamed down her face.
"It'll be fine. Zhou Yi's making a call." Teacher Guo wasn't really confident either, but she gently patted her sister-in-law's back to comfort her.
Guo Donglin had made several calls himself, but like his younger sister, he was just an ordinary high school teacher. He taught politics, at that, and his connections were very limited.
As for Liu Guixiang, she ran a small grocery store, so there was even less she could do.
Only Guo Siwei, who had passed the recruitment exam for the City Petition Bureau two years earlier, was pursuing an official career,