When Zhou Xue and Lin Zhu saw Yan Li, it took almost every ounce of strength they had to keep themselves from bursting into tears on the spot.
Both girls were only eighteen or nineteen, with little experience of the world. For days, Criminal Investigation officers from the Chuanhai City Municipal Public Security Bureau had subjected them to relentless threats, intimidation, and exhausting interrogations. With their minds on the verge of collapse, they had been forced to sign the interrogation records.
Now, at last, they were saved!
Seeing the two girls' haggard faces and listless expressions, Yan Li felt as though a knife were twisting in his heart. As a veteran investigator, how could he not know all the tricks used in interrogations? Xue and Zhu must have suffered torment beyond anything they could bear.
Thank goodness for Director Zhou. Without him, Yan Li could not have rescued them even if he had wanted to!
Standing by the window, Sui Jianchang happened to see the Provincial Public Security Department's police car slowly drive out through the Municipal Bureau's gates.
His face was dark. Song Tianlin's case, the Municipal Bureau's disgraceful role in it, and Deputy Department Director Zhou's intervention all meant that the Chuanhai Public Security Bureau could very well face an investigation into its conduct by the provincial department.
Even if they did not dig too deeply, a few unlucky souls would at least have to be thrown under the bus.
Who knew what Deputy Department Director Zhou was thinking? From the looks of it, he was determined to make trouble for Mayor Song!
As Chuanhai City's Public Security Director, Sui Jianchang held the same deputy department-level rank and had no reason to fear Zhou Yi in principle.
After all, the Municipal Public Security Bureau's personnel and finances were