Chapter 1843
Wei De broke into a cold sweat because he suddenly thought of something.
The reason he knew about Lin Siyuan’s injury case was that his brother had told him.
He vividly remembered his brother saying that an official from Jiang City was going to get involved in the matter.
And now, Chen Bolli was suddenly trying to overturn Lin Siyuan’s case.
At first glance, it was strange and hard to understand.
So Wei De couldn’t help but suspect that Chen Bolli’s involvement was connected to that official from Jiang City?
If it really was connected to them, then hadn’t he unknowingly offended that person?
After all, it was he who tipped off Liu Huarui about someone investigating the case, selling the person a favor.
And it seemed Liu Huarui had already taken action against that official.
Thinking of this, Wei De’s face was slightly pale.
"You feeling unwell?" Han Kui’an asked.
"Caught a bit of a cold." Wei De forced a smile and casually asked, "Why is Mayor Chen involving himself in this? It’s an out-of-province case. Doing this makes it easy for him to offend people, right?"
"Not sure." Han Kui’an shook his head, also sensing there was certainly more to it, but he wasn’t in the mood to delve into it.
It seemed Han Kui’an was unaware too. Wei De didn’t get the answer he wanted, so he didn’t continue asking and nodded, "I’ll head over now."
He went back to his office and called his brother immediately: "What’s the name of that official you mentioned last time?"
"Which official?" Wei Li was a bit confused by his older brother’s question.
"The official dealing with Rongcheng Town’s case."
"Song Guanchao, why are you asking?"
"Is his girlfriend undergoing training with you?"
"Yes."
"Are you trying to make a move on her?" Wei De knew his brother’s character well.
"That’s the idea, why?"
"Don’t mess around, wait for my call."
"Huh? Brother, you..."
"That’s enough, no more questions, wait for my call."
Wei De quickly hung up the phone, his thoughts racing. What needed to be done now was investigation.
He needed to figure out if Song Guanchao was indeed the key factor in Mayor Chen’s involvement.
If so, then his brother might unwittingly have offended him this time.
The question is whether the other party knows or not.
He browsed through his contacts and quickly found County Magistrate Lu’s number from Maqu County.
He had interacted with County Magistrate Lu a few times before; not very familiar, but asking a question shouldn’t be a problem.
"County Magistrate Lu, busy?" After exchanging pleasantries, Wei De lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know anything about the Rongcheng Town case, County Magistrate Lu?"
County Magistrate Lu thought he was here to give him a tip-off, smiled bitterly, and said, "People have already been arrested. Do you think I don’t know?"
Wei De asked, "So soon? Didn’t affect you, did it?"
"There’s definitely a bit of an impact." County Magistrate Lu complained, "That Qi Qian, really lacks discipline. I’ve told him so many times, but he just won’t listen. Now look what happened, a big mess."
Wei De echoed in agreement repeatedly and further asked, "Do you know Song Guanchao?"
"How could I not know!" Mentioning this name made County Magistrate Lu even angrier. "That reckless bastard got Director Song arrested!"
"Arrested?" Wei De took a deep breath; his worst fear had come true.
County Magistrate Lu, full of grievance, recounted the whole incident, and after listening, Wei De was certain that Chen Bolli got involved entirely because of Song Guanchao.
For now, the situation wasn’t too bad.
The individuals had been released, while Qi Qian and Liu Hua Yong had been arrested.
The case itself wasn’t complicated; the complication lay in the local relationships.
Without external intervention, even if everyone knew it was an unjust case, they couldn’t hope for justice.
Wei De tossed his phone aside, took a few puffs of his cigarette, and cursed, "Always causing me trouble."
He extinguished his cigarette and dialed Wei Li.
He needed to sternly warn this brother not to provoke Song Guanchao and definitely not to target his woman.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t even know how he ended up dead.
"Brother, what’s going on?" Wei Li answered the call completely perplexed.
"From now on, stay away from Song Guanchao’s woman."
"Why?"
"Why do you ask? Because your brother here can’t afford to mess with him!"
"Huh?" Wei Li said, "He’s just a deputy director from another province. How could he make any waves in Beijing?"
"You know nothing!" Wei De said, "He knows Mayor Chen!"
"Which Mayor Chen?"
"Chen Bolli!"
"Really? Brother, you’re not being deceived, are you?"
"You..." Wei De was speechless from anger, finally explaining what happened earlier that morning.
After listening, Wei Li was equally startled, "It’s that serious?"
"As long as you understand the seriousness, remember my words, don’t provoke him."
"I... Brother, since you put it like that, I definitely won’t bother him."
Wei Li felt a wave of fear, especially considering his original plan to teach Song Guanchao a lesson, he couldn’t help but shiver.
Thankfully, he hadn’t done it, otherwise, he’d likely be the one taken away by the Disciplinary Committee and Police Department by now.
"Brother, do you think he’ll figure out that I secretly leaked the information that he was going to investigate the case to Liu Hua Yong’s brothers?" Wei Li seemed worried.
Wei De remained silent, causing Wei Li to panic even more, "Brother..."
"Pipe down! What’s the panic?" Wei De said, "Just behave for the next few days. I’ll find a chance to meet him later."
"Uh, okay." Wei Li’s voice sounded as if he was really frightened.
Wei De put down his phone and rubbed his brow forcefully, feeling restless.
But this was his brother, if he didn’t help him, who would?
...
Liu Hua Yong was arrested at home when Jiang Wangshan brought people over; relatives were just visiting to bring New Year congratulations.
In a small place like Rongcheng Town, the Liu Family, with two officials, was definitely a prominent house.
Especially when one of them was a deputy director at a branch of the Police Department in Beijing.
For city folks with an annual income of tens of thousands, this was considered a top official.
Anyone even slightly connected would seize the chance during the New Year to visit, hoping to leave an impression on the Liu family.
Many brought young women of the right age, all dolled-up in pretty dresses, thinking that if Liu Hua Yong’s son took a fancy to any, their family might rise to prominence and fortune.
Some even thought that if not for marriage, becoming a mistress wouldn’t be half bad either.
Liu Hua Yong thoroughly enjoyed being surrounded by flattery and compliments; the status of head of the family made him feel elated and extremely pleased.
Liu Xiaofei, originally fishing with friends in the river, was called back by his father, told that elders were visiting to bring New Year greetings and that he should stay home and behave for a few days.
For someone like Liu Xiaofei, who was used to hanging out all day, staying home felt like torture.
However, among the young women brought by the visiting elders were a few quite pretty ones.
In terms of seniority, they were his cousins.
Such notions of ethics and morals meant nothing to him; he didn’t regularly associate with them anyway.
Besides, it was just playful fun.
Jiang Wangshan’s sudden arrival shattered the Liu family’s festive mood.
The laughter of a dozen people instantly quieted down.
Liu Xiaofei, who was holding his cousin’s hand and planning to play some more daring games upstairs, glanced over, saw the Beijing license plate, smirked, pinched her butt, and said, "My second uncle’s back."
Liu Hua Yong also thought his brother was back, thinking it rare for his brother to be so high-profile, bringing a police car and so many people. He felt extremely proud inside.
He got up to greet him, only to see Jiang Wangshan getting out of the car, eyes locked instantly on Liu Hua Yong and Liu Xiaofei, saying, "Arrest them."