After a string of phone calls, things finally quieted down.
Zhou Yi took a couple of sips of tea, then slumped onto the sofa in a textbook Ge You Recline and closed his eyes to rest.
On the surface, this looked like an ordinary rape case. But after obtaining the interrogation transcripts and recordings and personally questioning the suspect, Song Tianlin, he quickly spotted several suspicious points.
Deputy Captain Yan Li had arrived at the crime scene with timing precise to the second, catching Song Tianlin in the act. There were two possible explanations.
One was that someone had reported the crime, and Yan Li happened to be working a case nearby.
The other was that Yan Li had known in advance that Song Tianlin would commit rape and had been waiting nearby all along.
Yan Li had offered the first explanation.
But Zhou Yi believed it was the second.
Judging by the torture used to extract Song Tianlin's confession, and the way he had been led-even forced-to confess to his parents' acceptance of bribes, someone clearly had an ulterior motive. The real target was Chuanhai City's mayor, Song Penghui.
Zhou Yi had every reason to believe this was actually a trap set for Song Penghui.
Song Tianlin was merely the bait!
And Yan Li and the two criminal investigation officers were the henchmen carrying out the scheme.
Zhou Yi opened his eyes, disgust showing on his face.
If his judgment was correct, and Yan Li had stood by while two girls were raped just to make the charges against Song Tianlin stick, then he would definitely find an opportunity to purge that scum from the ranks of the People's Police.
Tian Zhengbing had been nursing a headache for the past few days. He had wanted Zhou Yi to