Let them offer their loyalty!

Yu Zhengyi's surprise was so astonishing that it echoed throughout the entire office, causing Wu Zhi to involuntarily pause in his actions and drawing Commissioner Wang's gaze as well.

In fact, when that investigator had walked in moments earlier, Commissioner Wang and Wu Zhi had been busy with their own tasks, yet part of their attention had been on him.

This led to them vaguely hearing a few phrases despite the investigator's low voice.

Phrases like "Qiu Tu wasn't restrained," "took away confidant," "Secretary Bai"...and so on.

But because they missed some crucial information, they were unable to piece together the whole story, so seeing Yu Zhengyi's shock made them both look over in curiosity.

Compared to Wu Zhi, Commissioner Wang was obviously more familiar with Yu Zhengyi, so he asked with a chuckle, "Director Yu, what happened?"

At that moment, Yu Zhengyi realized he had lost his composure.

However, this matter was an internal affair of the Investigation Bureau and likely involved some secrets.

So, even though he knew they would find out sooner or later, he still chose to buy time at the outset.

He forced a laugh and said, "Nothing, nothing at all."

"It's just a little mishap in one of the divisions. I need to sort it out now."

After speaking, he turned to the secretary who had been standing by his side and said, "Xiao Zhang, I'm stepping out for a moment."

"Assist Commissioner Wang and Advisor Wu here."

"Fulfill any requests they might have, understand?"

Director Yu's secretary quickly bowed and responded, "Yes, Director."

Seeing this, Yu Zhengyi smiled at Commissioner Wang and Wu Zhi, rose to his feet, and said, "Well then, I need to attend to something urgently, please excuse me, gentlemen."

After finishing, Yu Zhengyi didn't even wait for the reactions of Commissioner Wang and Wu Zhi; he promptly strode out of the conference room.

The investigator who had come to report earlier, seeing this, gave everyone an awkward smile and hastily followed out.

Witnessing the scene, Wu Zhi and Commissioner Wang exchanged glances. Just as they were about to quietly confer, Director Yu's secretary suddenly approached and asked softly, "Commissioner Wang, Advisor Wu, if there is anything you need, please instruct me."

Hearing this, Wu Zhi thought for a moment, then said, "Please check with the Public Security Bureau for me. The Deputy Division Chief Zheng, whom I've been hoping to meet since I entered the Investigation Bureau, why hasn't he arrived?"

"Has something happened?"

Hearing Wu Zhi's words, the secretary promptly nodded, then pulled out a communicator and, in front of Wu Zhi, began to make a call....

Meanwhile, Zheng Tao had indeed encountered some issues.

In fact, since learning this morning that Wu Zhi wanted to see him, he had been indecisive.

He had discreetly approached Guan Weihua, the Chief of the Public Security Bureau, to inquire about Wu Zhi's background.

Upon discovering that Wu Zhi was a confidant of a high-profile individual and suspected of coming to deal with Qiu Tu, Zheng Tao felt tempted, to tell the truth.

However, it's important to know that he wasn't struggling alone—he was a follower of Larilo.

Qiu Tu was an important target for Larilo, to the extent that Zheng Tao had even sent his wife to go undercover.

Therefore, after returning to his office, he didn't act rashly but made a call to his direct superior: Secretary Bai.

But now....Secretary Bai's phone couldn't be reached no matter what.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Tao had no choice but to hold his position and patiently wait for Secretary Bai to contact him.

But as he waited... came the news of Secretary Bai's arrest.

There are no secrets within the Investigation Bureau, and since Qiu Tu's actions weren't kept confidential, as soon as Qiu Tu disarmed Secretary Bai's security squad and barged into Bai's villa, some of the middle and senior staff at the Bureau began receiving the news.

They were shocked by Qiu Tu's audacity, and they were also inquiring why Bai was arrested.

This caused the news to slowly leak out, and thus, Zheng Tao learned of it as well.

Truth be told, at the moment he heard the news, Zheng Tao felt despair.

Others might not know what crime Secretary Bai had committed, but he did!

Colluding with an Evil God, a crime against humanity!

And what's more.... Secretary Bai was his direct contact. Now that Bai had been arrested, what if he was also exposed?

So, for a time, Zheng Tao's mind was in turmoil, feeling utterly at a loss....

Then, at that moment.

Suddenly, the landline phone on his desk began to ring.

"Ring, ring, ring!" The sharp ringing in the office was exceptionally clear, startling Zheng Tao.

Zheng Tao jolted back to reality, momentarily bewildered, and then his eyes finally landed on the landline phone.

He hesitated for a short while before slowly reaching his hand out, inch by inch, toward it.

"Ring, ring, ring...."

The landline rang incessantly.

Zheng Tao's facial expression changed. But eventually, he placed his hand on it.

Picking up the handset, Zheng Tao tried to calm himself, "This is Zheng Tao, may I ask who's speaking?"

A man's voice came through the receiver, "Director Zheng, good day, I'm the secretary of Director Yu. Half an hour ago, I invited you on behalf of Commissioner Wang and Advisor Wu to meet with us."

"You agreed, but you haven't arrived yet. So, I'm calling to inquire about your whereabouts. Have you been held up by something? Do we need to wait a bit longer for you?"

Upon hearing Secretary Yu Zhengyi's words, Zheng Tao instinctively wanted to refuse directly—after all, he was already overwhelmed and really had no time to deal with Wu Zhi and Qiu Tu's matters.

However, just when he thought of "Qiu Tu," Zheng Tao paused for a moment, then an idea struck him.

Yes... the person who had arrested his line manager, Secretary Bai, was Qiu Tu.

And Wu Zhi was also after Qiu Tu.

If... he could help Wu Zhi take down Qiu Tu, wouldn't he be able to save Secretary Bai and extricate himself as well?

With this thought, Zheng Tao hardened his heart!

He decided that once he was in front of Wu Zhi, he would dramatize Qiu Tu's issues, even... frame him!

In life and death situations, morality doesn't count for much...

With that in mind, he responded, "Ah, hello, Secretary Zhang. There was a bit of an issue in the office just now, which caused some delay."

"I'll be there now."

After speaking, he hung up the phone, stood up, and prepared to meet with Wu Zhi on the 12th floor.

Yet just as he was about to get up, suddenly, the door of his office was pushed open from the outside.

Zheng Tao frowned and looked towards the newcomer.

The visitor was his wife, Tan Huimin.

Seeing Tan Huimin, Zheng Tao felt a surge of irritation.

He ignored her desire to chat and simply dropped a line, "I have an urgent matter to attend to right now and need to leave first."

"You help me clean up the office."

After finishing, he adjusted his uniform and left the office.

Tan Huimin watched his hurried figure, stretched her hand out as if wanting to stop him for a chat, but her hand, raised in the air, ultimately... was lowered.

Sighing deeply, Tan Huimin closed the door of the office and began cleaning Zheng Tao's office...

Taking the elevator, Zheng Tao swiftly reached the 12th floor.

Arriving at the conference room on the 12th floor, Zheng Tao took a deep breath and then knocked on the door.

A middle-aged man's voice from inside the room called out, "Come in."

Zheng Tao pushed open the door of the conference room and saw four people inside.

Two were sitting and two were standing.

The two sitting people, one was a paunchy middle-aged man, the other was a young man with pride on his face.

Although Zheng Tao had not met the two men before, with just a brief moment of thought, he guessed that the middle-aged man was Commissioner Wang, and the prideful young man was Wu Zhi.
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The standing ones were obviously the secretaries of Commissioner Wang and Director Yu.

With a quick mental turn to recognize everyone in the room, Zheng Tao squeezed out a smile towards them and said, "Commissioner Wang, Advisor Wu."

Zheng Tao's position was not low, so upon seeing him, Commissioner Wang and Wu Zhi did not put on airs, and they each got up to shake hands with Zheng Tao.

After briefly getting acquainted, the three began discussing Qiu Tu's situation.

Faced with this lone opportunity for a desperate counterattack, Zheng Tao certainly didn't let it pass by.

He spoke solemnly, exaggerating the details of Qiu Tu's work in the Interrogation Section.

Things like disrespecting superiors, arriving late, leaving early, and messing around in romantic relationships were all mentioned.

But... although Qiu had always been irresponsible, he seldom broke the rules. No matter how much Zheng Tao exaggerated, Wu Zhi's expression hardly changed.

Seeing this, Zheng Tao bit the bullet and resorted to framing and slander.

He looked at Wu Zhi and said, "Advisor Wu, the truth is... Qiu Tu's mistakes are far worse than what I've just mentioned."

"In the time he's worked in the Interrogation Section... he actually silenced important prisoners, accepted bribes from prisoners' families, and facilitated the escape of prisoners."

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