Recaps

Jincheng officials debated whether to assist Changning police in investigating Xu Qinglan, but Gu Yuechang ordered Wu Kunsheng to first verify suspected coordination between witnesses, delaying the broader inquiry. Xu watched a disc documenting her past crimes and opened its second video.

• Fei Yuzhu and Chen Qingyan opposed assisting Changning police, while Guan Tao supported Wu Kunsheng and Zhou Yi’s investigation.
• Wu Kunsheng defended treating Xu Qinglan as a person of interest and said he was investigating whether Wu Qiang, Wu Zhitong, Zhang Hao, and Liu Hao had coordinated their statements.
• Gu Yuechang ordered Wu Kunsheng to suspend other work until he determined whether the witnesses had coordinated their accounts.
• Xu Qinglan watched footage of Wei Jinrong abusing her and recalled how she secretly rose to power and helped Zong Yunxiao undermine Sifang Pharmaceutical Group.
• Xu Qinglan remembered forcing Wei Jinrong to write a suicide note and jump from a building, then opened the disc’s second video.

Xu Qinglan arranged for Zhang Yang and Liu Hao to be killed, but their taxi plunged into a river before rescuers could confirm their fate. When Li Linsen recovered one of their backpacks, Xu Qinglan urged Zeng Yue to find out what it contained and destroy anything that could incriminate her.

• Xu Qinglan destroyed the video disc and planned to kill Zhang Yang and Liu Hao before they could expose her.
• Gu Yuechang reported the investigation to Wen Lecheng, who ordered Wu Kunsheng not to compromise his principles; Wu Kunsheng accepted the rebuke without having evidence to resist.
• On March 10, Zhang Yang and Liu Hao left for the airport under police surveillance, but their taxi driver, Old Mu, deliberately crashed through a bridge guardrail into the river.
• Yan Xiaoqing reported the crash and Wu Kunsheng ordered a rescue, while Li Linsen retrieved a backpack thrown from the taxi.
• Xu Qinglan learned that Old Mu had taken Zhang Yang and Liu Hao into the river, then asked Zeng Yue to discover what was in the backpack and destroy anything that could harm her.

Director Zhou learned that Zhang Yang and Liu Hao had been killed, but their belongings might still contain evidence. As Jincheng police debated whether the deaths were an accident or a planned murder, Li Linsen received word that investigators had found important evidence.

• Li Linsen, Yan Xiaoqing, and Zeng Yue found Zhang Yang’s backpack, but its disc had been broken; Zeng Yue secretly admitted to Xu Qinglan that he had crushed it.
• The fire brigade recovered the taxi and the three bodies, but Liu Hao’s backpack was missing, and investigators learned that driver Mu Bingsheng had cancer and had taken methamphetamine.
• At a case meeting, Li Linsen argued that the many coincidences pointed to a planned murder, while Zeng Yue stressed that there was no proof and Yan Xiaoqing recommended continuing the investigation.
• As Deputy Director He Lian moved to end the meeting, Li Linsen received a call and announced that colleagues had found important evidence.

Cai Xiaobo, Shao Mingbao, and Zhu Jianping revealed Liu Hao’s recorded accusation against Xu Qinglan, giving the police grounds to investigate her and pursue evidence in Wei Jinrong’s hometown. As Xu Qinglan weighed how to stop Zhou Yi, her lover proposed a third path: make him leave the Southwest and Changning.

• Cai Xiaobo, Shao Mingbao, and Zhu Jianping brought a disc to the conference room, and Li Linsen played Liu Hao’s recorded accusation against Xu Qinglan.
• Cai Xiaobo said the police had found the disc beneath a loose floor tile in Zhang Yang and Liu Hao’s house.
• Li Linsen asked to bring Xu Qinglan in for questioning, and He Lian agreed that the police could proceed with a formal investigation.
• Xu Qinglan learned that Zhou Yi had requested a joint Special Case Task Force and sent people to Changtian to search for Wei Jinrong’s evidence.
• Xu Qinglan considered obstructing Zhou Yi or killing him, but her lover told her to make Zhou Yi leave the Southwest and Changning.

Xu Qinglan’s lover and his sister moved to protect their interests by trying to get Zhou Yi transferred, while Zhou Yi advanced his investigation into Xu Qinglan and the Sifang Pharmaceutical Group case. Allies in Changtian began helping him, and Zhao Qiushui revealed that Wei Jinrong had once been her family’s business partner.

• Xu Qinglan’s lover promised to arrange a meeting with Zhou Yi and, if talks failed, force him out of the Southwest; his sister agreed to intervene after learning the investigation could expose their involvement in Sifang Pharmaceutical Group’s breakup and Wei Jinrong’s death.
• Zhou Yi reflected on Zhang Yang and Liu Hao’s deaths, then sent investigators to search for Wei Jinrong’s evidence and ordered the Special Task Force to intensify its inquiry into Mu Bingsheng and Xu Qinglan.
• Xiao Han invited Zhou Yi to meet him and Sima Yanan in Jincheng, where Chen Yurong wanted to speak with him, and Zhou Yi agreed.
• Wen Wan urged Liao Wensong to help Changning’s investigation, and Liao said Ji Fengning and Xing Zhaokun had already sent a team to assist Zhou Yi.
• Zhao Qiushui complained that Zhou Yi had not asked for her help, then told Li Ruoyun that Wei Jinrong had once been her family’s business partner.

Zhou Yi met Chen Yurong and Guo Jing at a dinner intended to negotiate over Xu Qinglan’s investigation, but he refused to compromise his principles. After Guo Jing threatened him, Sima Yanan and Xiao Han defended Zhou Yi and left with him, while Chen Yurong decided to use her connections against him.

• Zhou Yi met Chen Yurong, Guo Jing, Sima Yanan, and Xiao Han at Starshine Hall in Jincheng International Hotel.
• Chen Yurong asked Zhou Yi to make an exception for Xu Qinglan, who was implicated in two cases under investigation.
• Zhou Yi refused to let friendship affect a fair and thorough investigation, and Guo Jing threatened him.
• Sima Yanan rebuked Guo Jing, and Xiao Han criticized Chen Yurong before leaving with Zhou Yi.
• Chen Yurong took out her phone and decided to use her connections to have Zhou Yi transferred.

Zhou Yi dismissed the Chen family’s threat while dining with Xiao Han and Sima Yanan, but Chen Yurong and her uncle arranged to transfer him out of the Southwest. The chapter ended with Zhou Yi stunned by his Ministry of Public Security transfer order and calling Xiao Xiangqian to find out why he had been sent to Linhai.

• At a hot pot restaurant, Xiao Han warned Zhou Yi that Chen Yurong might retaliate, but Zhou Yi said Jian Wanyan and Wei Siqi had agreed to let the investigation proceed.
• Chen Yurong persuaded her uncle that they should transfer Zhou Yi before he could investigate Xu Qinglan further, and her uncle agreed.
• Chen Yurong told Chen Qingyan that their uncle had approved the transfer plan, reassuring him that Zhou Yi would be removed as a threat to Xu Qinglan.
• After spending several days showing Sima Yanan and Xiao Han around Changning, Zhou Yi received a Ministry of Public Security transfer order sending him to Linhai.
• Xiao Han and Sima Yanan realized the Chen family had arranged Zhou Yi’s transfer, and Zhou Yi called Xiao Xiangqian for an explanation.

After Shen Jinchao transferred Zhou Yi to Linhai without consultation, Zhou learned that the move threatened his investigation into Xu Qinglan. When Chen Yurong mocked him with an invitation to celebrate, Zhou ordered police teams to raid Lingming Mountain and Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group’s Raw Medicine Base.

• Shen Jinchao defended transferring Zhou Yi to Linhai, but Xiao Xiangqian was told by phone to let the order stand.
• Hou Xiangyang suspected the Chen Family was using Zhou Yi’s transfer to divert trouble and leave him vulnerable to Tian Zhengbing.
• Changning police officers were dismayed that Zhou Yi was leaving after only five months as their director.
• Chen Yurong invited Zhou Yi to a celebration attended by Xu Qinglan and others, then mocked him when he declined.
• Zhou Yi ordered Min Aiwu and the Auspicious Three Treasures to lead police teams to Lingming Mountain and Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group’s suburban Raw Medicine Base.

Min Aiwu and his team secretly mobilized from Changning while Zhou Yi secured Jincheng officials’ support for an operation targeting Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group. The chapter ended with Xu Qinglan’s guests celebrating Zhou Yi’s apparent absence, unaware of what he was doing.

• Wang Qifeng warned Wu Qiong to ignore the secret deployment, while Wu Qiong suspected Deputy Director Zhang Yu had tipped someone off.
• Zhou Yi asked Wu Kunsheng to support a search outside his jurisdiction, and Wu agreed after Wei Siqi ordered full cooperation.
• Wu Qiong entered Zhou Yi’s office to report something after he finished his call.
• Xu Qinglan hosted a banquet with Chen Yurong, Guo Jing, Hu Shiyuan, Huang Lifeng, Fei Yuzhu, and Chen Qingyan, and the guests wondered what was keeping Zhou Yi busy.

Zhou Yi launched coordinated raids on Xu Qinglan’s hidden weapons cache and the site where Zong Yunxiao was buried, while Xu Qinglan’s allies tried to intervene. The search at the western-suburbs base ended in a fatal clash, leaving Zhang Hua dead and Min Aiwu apparently dying after ensuring the evidence could be found.

• Zhang Hua told Xu Qinglan that Deputy Director Min Aiwu had brought police to search the raw-materials base, while He Lian reported that officers were searching for Zong Yunxiao on Lingming Mountain.
• Xu Qinglan and Chen Qingyan realized Zhou Yi was targeting both her weapons cache and evidence of Zong Yunxiao’s death, and Chen Qingyan asked Huang Lifeng to send Chi Bo’s team to the base.
• Min Aiwu’s officers found the weapons warehouse, and Zhang Hua and other security guards fought them to delay the search until provincial officers could arrive.
• Zhang Hua grabbed Min Aiwu’s pistol during the struggle, and a shot wounded Min; Ou Jinliang then shot Zhang Hua dead.
• Police arrested the security guards and searched the warehouse as Min Aiwu told Ou Jinliang that Xu Qinglan would not escape justice before closing his eyes.

Zhou Yi’s search of Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group uncovered an arsenal, and a gunman’s attack left Min Aiwu gravely wounded, turning the case into a major criminal scandal. As provincial and local authorities clashed over control of the suspects and evidence, Zhou Yi headed to Jincheng to respond.

• Changning police found grenades, firearms, and ammunition at Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group’s raw materials base, then refused the provincial department’s demand to surrender the evidence and suspects.
• Chen Yurong confronted Xu Qinglan, while Chen Qingyan tried to call political allies; Deputy Director He Lian then reported that Lü Junfeng and Changning officers had found human remains at Lingming Mountain.
• Cai Xiaobo told Zhou Yi that Min Aiwu had been gravely wounded after a suspect seized a gun and attacked the police, and Zhou Yi ordered Chen Gang to accompany him to Jincheng.
• Provincial and Jincheng leaders arrived at the raw materials base, where Cai Xiaobo and Chi Bo gave conflicting accounts of the search and the confrontation.
• Wu Kunsheng said the search had been a joint operation with Changning and argued that secrecy had made advance notice to the provincial department inappropriate.

Zhou Yi secured the transfer of the case to Jincheng and worked to build a case against Xu Qinglan, while she arranged for subordinates to take the blame and prepared to flee. After investigators exposed police officers who had helped coordinate suspects’ statements, Xu Qinglan tried to leave but found Zhou Yi waiting outside her door.

• Gu Yuechang and Guan Tao challenged the provincial authorities’ intervention, and Luo Peiyuan and Cai Mingsheng relayed orders to transfer the people involved and the evidence to Jincheng, ending the standoff.
• Zhou Yi learned that Min Aiwu had survived surgery, then went to the police bureau, where Wu Kunsheng updated him on the suspects and the examination of Zong Yunxiao’s remains.
• Zhou Yi planned to connect the cases against Xu Qinglan and seek approval for her criminal detention, while Xu Qinglan assigned crimes to Sun Mao and other subordinates and told them the company would protect their families.
• Sun Mao turned himself in on March 25, and Tian Wei and Zheng Xiaochao confessed on March 26 that they had obstructed police on Sun Mao’s orders.
• On March 27, Zeng Yue, two criminal investigators, Gan Youzhi, and Shi Liang were detained on suspicion of helping suspects coordinate statements, prompting Xu Qinglan to decide to flee abroad.
• Xu Qinglan packed to leave, but Zhou Yi was waiting outside her door.

Zhou Yi arrested Xu Qinglan before she could flee, exposing how his team had anticipated her plans and neutralized attempts to protect her. As political pressure mounted to remove him from Changning and send him to Linhai, Tang Qingrui stalled Zhou Yi’s transfer by claiming he was ill.

• Zhou Yi arrested Xu Qinglan at her villa on charges including firearm trafficking, assaulting police officers, and bribing judicial personnel, after the Changning City People's Congress Standing Committee authorized criminal measures against her.
• Chen Qingyan and Chen Yurong watched Xu Qinglan being taken away, and Chen Yurong realized they had underestimated Zhou Yi while Chen Qingyan vowed to see who would win.
• News of Xu Qinglan’s arrest shocked Jincheng’s business and political circles, while provincial leaders urged caution in the joint investigation.
• Cai Mingsheng pressed Tang Qingrui to arrange Zhou Yi’s handover so he could report to his new post in Linhai.
• Tang Qingrui said Zhou Yi was ill and delayed discussing the transfer, angering Cai Mingsheng, who recognized the excuse as a deliberate stall.

Min Aiwu learned that his apparent lung cancer was likely tuberculosis and kept the near-fatal misdiagnosis secret. Meanwhile, evidence tied Xu Qinglan to the murders, and Chen Qingyan learned his family would sacrifice her to protect him as Zhou Yi prepared to leave for Linhai.

• Min Aiwu learned that hospital examinations suggested he had tuberculosis rather than lung cancer, and he decided to keep the misdiagnosis secret.
• Police traced a recent debt payment to Mu Bingzhi, arrested Liao Qing, and obtained her confession that Xu Qinglan had ordered her to hire Mu Bingsheng to silence Zhang Yang and Liu Hao.
• The Special Task Force questioned Xu Qinglan, but she denied knowing or remembering anything while waiting for Zhou Yi to leave Southwest Province.
• Chen Yurong learned that Zhou Yi had to report to Linhai by April 15 and told Chen Qingyan that the family could not save Xu Qinglan after police found Wei Jinrong's daughter and his old evidence.
• Chen Qingyan accepted that Xu Qinglan would be made the scapegoat, then took comfort in Chen Yurong's promise that Hou Xiangyang would make Zhou Yi suffer in Linhai.

Zhou Yi received evidence and Shi Xinya from his former colleagues, then confronted Xu Qinglan with proof of her role in the conspiracy that destroyed Sifang Pharmaceutical Group. Xu Qinglan learned that Zhou Yi was racing to finish the case before leaving Jincheng, and his claim that she had been abandoned shattered her composure.

• Ji Fengning and Xing Zhaokun delivered Shi Xinya and Wei Jinrong's evidence to Zhou Yi in Jincheng, crediting Zhao Qiushui with finding them.
• Zhou Yi thanked Ji Fengning and Xing Zhaokun, then let them return to Changtian because he had little time before reporting to Linhai Province.
• Xu Qinglan entered the interrogation room and mocked Zhou Yi about his illness, and he said criminals confessing would heal his illness of the heart.
• Li Linsen and Yan Xiaoqing presented Xu Qinglan with evidence of her dealings with Zong Yunxiao and the conspiracy to seize and divide Sifang Pharmaceutical Group.
• Xu Qinglan challenged Zhou Yi for interrogating her before verifying the evidence and suggested she could stall until he left.
• Zhou Yi told Xu Qinglan she had been abandoned and would take the blame alone, causing her smile to vanish.

Zhou Yi broke through Xu Qinglan’s defenses, and she confessed to the crimes and implicated those involved. Chen Qingyan tried to flee the city, but Zhou Yi intercepted him for an investigation, while Wei Siqi prepared to move against the Chen family.

• Zhou Yi convinced Xu Qinglan that she would not accept taking all the blame, and she admitted that Liao Qing and Mayor Chen had betrayed her.
• Xu Qinglan answered the investigators’ questions, revealed that more evidence was in her villa’s basement, and asked to be held with Chen Qingyan.
• Chen Yurong learned that Wei Siqi was about to act and rushed with Chen Qingyan toward the airport.
• Zhou Yi and the police stopped Chen Qingyan’s car, and Zhou Yi told him that Secretary Yang of the provincial Discipline Inspection Commission wanted to question him.
• Chen Yurong swore vengeance against Zhou Yi, while Wei Siqi watched from his office and resolved not to let the Chen family leave.

After Zhou Yi’s takedown of Chen Qingyan triggered a widening political investigation, he prepared to leave for Linhai Province and reported for duty there. He arrived to an elaborate welcome, where Executive Deputy Department Director Tian Zhengbing resented his rapid rise and suspected it came from his influential father-in-law.

• Chen Qingyan’s arrest exposed the Sifang Pharmaceutical Group case, leading to investigations of seven officials and implicating businessman Hu Shiyuan.
• Hou Xiangyang tasked Tian Zhengbing with leading Linhai Province’s organized-crime crackdown, and Tian resolved to prove he could outshine Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi visited the hospitalized Min Aiwu, declined to bring his other trusted subordinates to Linhai, and learned he would attend three months of advanced training in the capital.
• On April 15, Zhou Yi arrived in Linhai and reported for duty at the Provincial Public Security Department.
• Cheng Zhixing, Duan Ying, and Ruan Siwei welcomed Zhou Yi, while Tian Zhengbing resented his rapid rise and questioned whether it came from his well-connected father-in-law.

Zhou Yi settled into his new role in Linhai, where he suspected the unusual assignment of criminal investigation and public security management was a trap. His suspicions culminated when Yan Li arrested Song Tianlin at a nightclub on Zhou Yi’s orders.

• Zhou Yi arrived at the Linhai Provincial Public Security Department, met Tian Zhengbing, and decided to keep a low profile rather than seek further advancement.
• Zhou Yi attended three months of advanced training in Capital City while a disaster struck Southwest Province; preparations by Wei Siqi limited the damage.
• After returning to Linhai, Zhou Yi learned Tian Zhengbing held much of the department’s power, yet Cheng Zhixing had assigned Zhou Yi responsibility for criminal investigation and public security management without objection from the leadership.
• At the Imperial Nightclub, Song Tianlin assaulted two young women after Hu Lai brought them to him through deception and intimidation.
• Yan Li led plainclothes officers into Song Tianlin’s private room, arrested him on suspicion of rape on Zhou Yi’s orders, and told him that times had changed.

Song Penghui and Zhou Yi reacted to Song Tianlin’s arrest after Yan Li claimed he had acted on Zhou’s orders, while Zhou suspected Tian Zhengbing was trying to frame him. The chapter ended with Song Tianlin confessing under Yan Li’s interrogation, including details about his mother accepting bribes for his father.

• Song Penghui learned that Yan Li had arrested Song Tianlin at the Imperial Nightclub and ordered Bi Wensheng to investigate.
• Yi Ling demanded that Song Penghui force Zhou Yi to release their son, while Song Penghui sought help from Vice Governor Han Yue.
• Bi Wensheng called Zhou Yi to report the arrest, and Zhou denied ordering it and told him to bring Yan Li to his office.
• Zhou Yi informed Tian Zhengbing about the suspicious arrest and then went back to sleep, suspecting Tian was behind the attempt to frame him.
• Yan Li interrogated Song Tianlin, who confessed to his crimes and recalled his mother accepting bribes on his father’s behalf.

Zhou Yi clashed with Tian Zhengbing over whether he needed to report the arrest of Song Tianlin, then questioned Yan Li about falsely claiming to act on his orders. After reviewing the interrogation records, Zhou Yi went to the detention center, where Song Tianlin accused the police of torturing him into confessing.

• Zhou Yi challenged Tian Zhengbing’s vague instructions about reporting cases, and the two nearly came to blows in the elevator.
• Zhou Yi summoned Bi Wensheng and Yan Li and demanded to know why Yan Li had claimed to be acting on his orders during Song Tianlin’s arrest.
• Yan Li said he had used Zhou Yi’s reputation to intimidate Song Tianlin and claimed the evidence had led to a confession.
• Zhou Yi reviewed the interrogation transcripts and recordings, then went to the detention center to question Song Tianlin.
• Song Tianlin told Zhou Yi that officers had tortured him and forced him to confess, including to his mother’s bribery.

Deputy Department Director Zhou arrested Song Tianlin but refused to shoulder the political fallout, taking leave after Tian Zhengbing signed his request. As powerful officials called to pressure him, Zhou directed them to Tian, while Song Penghui resolved to fight to protect his position.

• Deputy Department Director Zhou left Yan Li and Bi WenSheng to handle the case and said Deputy Department Director Tian would cover his work while he was on leave.
• Tian Zhengbing smugly expected Zhou to take the blame, but Zhou presented a leave request already approved by Secretary Cheng Zhixing and challenged Tian to handle the matter himself.
• Tian Zhengbing signed Zhou's leave request, and Zhou delivered it to Xu Ya at the General Office.
• Song Penghui's wife berated him over Song Tianlin's arrest, and Song Penghui told her to stay out of it before resolving to show others he could not be easily brought down.
• Vice Governor Han Yue, Zhao Jungang, Wang Yuanming, and other officials called Zhou about the case, and Zhou told each that he was on leave and Tian Zhengbing was covering the work.

Zhou Yi concluded that Yan Li and other officers had framed Song Tianlin to target Song Penghui, while political pressure shifted toward releasing Song Tianlin. After Yan Li grieved over his fallen comrade’s daughter and drove off with revenge in mind, someone at the Provincial Public Security Department declared that Song Tianlin would not be released.

• Zhou Yi suspected Yan Li and two criminal investigation officers had framed Song Tianlin as part of a scheme against Song Penghui.
• Tian Zhengbing faced pressure from Song Penghui and changing instructions from provincial leaders, then ordered Bi Wensheng to release Song Tianlin.
• Bi Wensheng told Yan Li to release Song Tianlin, and Tian Zhengbing angrily rebuked Yan Li when he called to challenge the order.
• Yan Li remembered his fallen comrade’s daughter and drove toward the Public Security Residential Community, determined to pursue revenge if his last hope failed.
• Song Penghui told Yi Ling that Hou Xiangyang had agreed to release Song Tianlin, but his expression changed after a phone call.
• An uncompromising voice at the Provincial Public Security Department declared that Song Tianlin would not be released.

Yan Li pleaded with Zhou Yi to stop Song Tianlin from being released, revealing the circumstances behind Zhou Bing’s death and the effort to entrap Song. Zhou Yi decided to intervene, and the chapter ended with him confronting Tian Zhengbing over the case.

• Yan Li visited Zhou Yi and explained that Song Tianlin and his men had raped Zhou Bing, whose death the local police had covered up as suicide.
• Yan Li said Zhou Xue and Lin Zhu had used themselves as bait to gather evidence, but Tian Zhengbing had ordered Bi Wensheng to release Song Tianlin.
• After Yan Li left, Zhou Yi told Jian Shuyue he would not let Song be released and decided to end his leave.
• Tian Zhengbing summoned Yan Li to his office, where Zhou Yi and Tian Zhengbing argued fiercely over whether Song should be released.

Zhou Yi blocked efforts to release Song Tianlin and challenged the new claim that the rape case had been fabricated. At a leadership meeting, Gan Yongsheng cited the Chuanhai City bureau’s findings, and someone declared that evidence existed.

• Zhou Yi confronted Tian Zhengbing and refused to let Bi Wensheng release Song Tianlin, citing the case evidence and threatening to appeal to the Ministry of Public Security.
• Yan Li confirmed that witness testimony and physical evidence substantiated Song Tianlin’s crimes, so Tian Zhengbing proposed waiting for Secretary Cheng Zhixing’s view.
• Yi Ling raged at Zhou Yi for obstructing Song Tianlin’s release, while Song Penghui said he had made preparations to rescue his son.
• Cheng Zhixing convened a leadership meeting where Gan Yongsheng presented the Chuanhai City bureau’s claim that Zhou Xue and Lin Zhu had framed Song Tianlin.
• Zhou Yi challenged Gan Yongsheng to produce evidence for that claim, and a voice in the meeting room answered, “Of course there’s evidence!”

At a leadership meeting, Zhou Yi challenged Tian Zhengbing’s use of evidence from the Chuanhai City Public Security Bureau to discredit the investigation into Song Tianlin. He revealed a video showing Song Tianlin assaulting the women, then called for the bureau’s conduct to be investigated.

• Gou Hongtao claimed that statements and testimony proved Zhou Xue and Lin Zhu had illicit relationships with Song Tianlin.
• Zhou Yi protested that the Chuanhai City bureau had interfered in the provincial investigation, but Tian Zhengbing said he had authorized its assistance and blamed Zhou Yi’s team for a careless investigation.
• Zhou Yi pointed out that Tian Zhengbing, Gou Hongtao, and Gan Yongsheng had seen evidence he had not, then said he had evidence of his own.
• Yan Li played a video showing Song Tianlin’s conduct and sexual assault in a private suite at the Imperial Nightclub.
• Gan Yongsheng questioned the video’s source, and Zhou Yi asked whether it proved rape, exposed fabricated findings, and warranted an investigation into the Chuanhai City bureau.