The next morning, Zhou Yi traveled by car to the Jincheng Municipal Public Security Bureau to personally visit Wu Kunsheng, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee's Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Public Security Director.
When asking for help, one had to act the part. Merely calling to discuss matters showed a lack of basic respect. Besides, the stakes were high, and Director Zhou felt it necessary to have an in-depth conversation with Secretary Wu.
In his office, Wu Kunsheng personally poured Zhou Yi a cup of tea, then listened patiently and with due seriousness as Zhou Yi spoke.
"During our last phone call, I told you that the leads Zhang Hao provided concerning Xu Qinglan's illegal and criminal activities had a certain degree of credibility. Based on those leads, our bureau established the direction of our investigation and drew up a preliminary investigative plan."
"We reviewed the relevant records and found suspicious circumstances in both Zong Yunxiao's disappearance and Wei Jinrong's suicide by jumping from a building. For instance, how the exact time of Zong Yunxiao's disappearance was determined, and the passage in Wei Jinrong's suicide note consenting to his group's acquisition by the Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group..."
"Given that Xu Qinglan twice sent people to abduct Zhang Yang and Liu Hao, we have reason to believe that the two possess evidence detrimental to her. And her objective may go beyond kidnapping. She may also intend to silence them permanently."
"As for the results of this interrogation, the account may appear coherent on the surface, but it doesn't stand up to deeper scrutiny. Knowing full well that we had Zhang Yang and Liu Hao under surveillance, they still chose to take the risk and made specific arrangements to obstruct us. This absolutely cannot be as simple as collecting a debt!"