Chapter 1833
The police raised a hand, signaling their colleague to release Song Guanchao.
Wei Li walked over and whispered, "What’s going on here?"
Song Guanchao said, "She said her husband is cheating on her in the next room..."
After hearing this, Wei Li sighed and said earnestly, "You’ve been set up!"
Immediately, he pondered for a few seconds and asked, "Besides me, who else knows about Lin Siyuan’s matter?"
Song Guanchao immediately feigned a shocked expression, "Are you saying it’s because of this matter?"
Wei Li nodded, "Otherwise, it wouldn’t be such a coincidence. You just gathered the evidence tonight, and now you’ve been set up."
Song Guanchao frowned, thought for a few seconds, and said, "I’ve only told you about this thing."
"Sigh." Wei Li sighed again and said, "I probably know what’s going on."
Seeing the questioning look from Song Guanchao, he said, "I suspect that Lin Siyuan’s home has been under surveillance. Your conversation with Lin Siyuan’s father is most likely known by Secretary Liu. That’s why they set up this trap."
Song Guanchao looked serious, remaining silent.
"I’ll think of a way for this matter." Wei Li patted his shoulder, "If you have any connections, tell me now, and I’ll help you get in touch. Otherwise, once you’re inside, you might not come out. You know, this is Maqu County. Local officials have a lot of influence."
Song Guanchao muttered softly, "Under the nose of the Imperial City, they dare to pull this stunt?"
Wei Li’s eyes flashed a hint of disdain, reluctantly saying, "Don’t mention the Imperial City, even under the Emperor’s foot, there’s no shortage of shady deals. If you have connections, let me know, and I’ll help you contact them."
"I..." Song Guanchao hesitated, shaking his head in frustration, "My connections are all in Jiangzhou."
"Then I’ll think of something, don’t worry too much."
After finishing, Wei Li looked at the police officer and instructed, "He’s the director of the Jiangzhou City Government Office, a bureau-level cadre, treat him well during the interrogation."
The police officer was astonished, this young man is actually a bureau official?
Luckily, he belongs to the local area.
Jiangzhou is several hundred kilometers away from here, their hand can’t reach this far.
The police officer casually acknowledged with a hum, ready to take him away, when Song Guanchao said, "I want to say a few words to my girlfriend."
Considering his status, the police officer didn’t make things difficult, arranging for Liang Jiajia to speak with him.
"My phone is behind the curtain in the room, still recording video. Take the phone afterwards," Song Guanchao said softly.
"Do we contact the reporter and inspection team now?"
"No rush, wait until dawn. Don’t worry, I’m fine. They know my identity and won’t dare lay a hand on me. Be mindful of Wei Li, this guy might use my situation to pressure you into compliance."
"Okay."
Liang Jiajia wasn’t too worried; everything that had happened was within their expectations.
Once finished with the instructions, the police officer took him away.
"Jiajia, don’t worry too much," Wei Li walked over to console her.
Liang Jiajia didn’t want to speak openly now, nodded with poor mood, and turned towards the room.
Wei Li didn’t follow, instead turning back into the room. The others who watched the commotion went back too.
After they returned to their rooms, Liang Jiajia came out again.
The door to Song Guanchao’s room was still open; she walked in and found the phone behind the curtain.
After saving the recorded video, Liang Jiajia returned to her room.
A quarter of an hour later, Wei Li came out of his room and knocked on Liang Jiajia’s door.
Liang Jiajia opened the door and asked, "What’s the matter?"
"I just called my brother," Wei Li naturally stepped into the room, but Liang Jiajia blocked the door, "If there’s anything, say it here."
Wei Li gave a bitter smile, "This kind of matter is hard to discuss outside."
"If it’s hard, then don’t say it," Liang Jiajia refused to let him in.
Though she practiced self-defense, there’s ultimately a physical difference between men and women. If Wei Li truly applied force, she wouldn’t be able to resist.
Wei Li didn’t expect her to be so wary of him, suddenly feeling a bit irritated, "I tried to help your boyfriend, and this is your attitude?"
Liang Jiajia snorted, "He’s a rapist, deserves to be caught."
"..." Wei Li was taken aback.
This direction wasn’t anticipated; he was momentarily speechless.
"Jiajia, don’t say things out of anger. I asked my brother about it, and it’s a difficult matter."
"If it’s difficult, then let’s not deal with it. It’s late, I want to sleep. Let’s talk tomorrow if there’s anything."
Liang Jiajia slammed the door, leaving Wei Li with a headache.
He initially thought he could leverage this situation to win over Liang Jiajia.
But now, it seemed impossible.
Liang Jiajia had no favor towards him at all; even if Song Guanchao was set up, she wouldn’t look at him any differently.
Her attitude left Wei Li feeling indescribably defeated.
He stood at the door, thinking over things for a long time before knocking again.
Liang Jiajia opened the door, impatiently saying, "Anything else?"
Wei Li, shedding his earlier gentleness, had a grim expression, "If you don’t want your boyfriend to lose his job, end up behind bars, it’s best you adjust your attitude towards me!"
After speaking, he looked at her coldly.
In his view, everything Liang Jiajia said before was just out of anger.
She was surely worried about Song Guanchao deep inside.
"Are you done?" Liang Jiajia remained indifferent, slamming the door shut.
"Damn!" Wei Li murmured a curse.
He really couldn’t figure out where things went wrong.
Could it be that Liang Jiajia was completely disappointed in Song Guanchao?
Their relationship wasn’t as deep as he had imagined?
But no matter what, the reality was that regardless of any plans or schemes he had, he couldn’t even enter Liang Jiajia’s room now.
He returned to his room, disgruntled and unwilling.
Several police officers had been watching through the peephole all along.
Seeing the scene where he was thwarted, they couldn’t help but chuckle.
...
Song Guanchao was taken back to the county bureau, where the case was directly handled.
"Where’s your phone?"
The police didn’t find a phone when searching.
"Left it at the hotel."
Not thinking much of it, the police officer took out other items from him, then asked him to sign the arrest document, and put him in the interrogation room.
The interrogation room had air conditioning, but it wasn’t on.
It’s already cold in the northern winter, though snow hadn’t fallen recently, the temperature remained low.
Song Guanchao’s physique found it hard to bear just sitting there.
They left him in the interrogation room for nearly an hour before the police who arrested him arrived.
The officer came in, set down a teacup, and turned on the air conditioning.
After the temperature rose, the police put down the warming tea cup, picked up a pen, and asked, "Name..."
After basic information was inquired, the police said, "Did you commit rape against Zhang Caihong at 11:03 PM on February 16th?"
"It’s not true."
"Song Guanchao, I advise you not to resist vainly, confess for leniency."
"Handling a case needs evidence. The room was booked with my ID. She came to my room voluntarily, no one forced her. The hallway surveillance can verify this. When you entered the room, she was sitting on me, which your law enforcement recorders captured. May I ask, where does this relate to rape?"
Song Guanchao reasoned logically, "I now request to contact a lawyer."
The police was speechless by his counter, scoffing at the last remark, "Contact a lawyer? Do you think this is a movie?"
The officer slammed the pen onto the table, saying, "I’ll tell you, you’ve offended someone! Someone wants you dealt with now!"
"You’re a bureau chief, not effective here! Call it rape, you are a rapist!"
"Since you won’t cooperate, stay put and wait!"