Jiang Xin's confession, offered without a fight, immediately triggered a domino effect. Under questioning by criminal investigators, Zheng Shunda and Liu Xidong confessed in turn to committing arson and murder on Zhao Xuanwen's orders.
Only Zhao Xuanwen chose to hold out, meeting every question Ji Fengning asked with silence.
He clung to one conviction: his father, Zhao Yongbin, would find a way to save him.
Even if that old bastard cared nothing for their bond as father and son, he still had to consider the repercussions for the Zhao Group if his son was convicted!
As long as he held out, there was still hope. If he confessed, he would be finished!
Zhao Xuanwen's stubborn resistance gave Ji Fengning quite a headache, because they lacked direct evidence that he had ordered the arson and murders.
The statements of Jiang Xin, Zheng Shunda, and Liu Haidong alone were not enough to convict Zhao Xuanwen.
It had to be said that Zhao Xuanwen had been remarkably careful in this regard. Even the phone number he used to contact Jiang Xin and the others belonged to an unregistered SIM card. Their payments had all been made in cash, too.
Faced with this situation, Detachment Captain Ji's first thought was to ask Director Zhou whenever he was at a loss. Ever since Director Zhou had taken office, even a veteran criminal investigator like him, with over a decade on the job, had lost the urge to try. What was he supposed to do about that?
He and his investigators genuinely did not want to foster a personality cult.
But one fact after another kept proving that "every decision Director Zhou makes is correct." It was simply too good to resist.
In his office, Zhou Yi was on the phone with Zhao Qiushui.
"You really