Chapter 245: I've laid my cards on the table, my surname is Lin!

This key is just an ordinary key; as for which door it specifically opens, Lin Dongfan himself doesn't know—I merely happened to find it by accident just now.

But……

Upon seeing Zhao Lianyue's nervous, tongue-tied appearance, Lin Dongfan could be certain of one thing: this key must be the one that opens the gate of sin.

Otherwise, Zhao Lianyue wouldn't be this nervous.

Given that Zhao Lianyue is the type who won't cry until he sees the coffin, Lin Dongfan also didn't want to waste time here; he planned to first take Zhao Lianyue and Secretary Sun back to the temporary office at Qinghu Guesthouse.

The group had just walked out of the administration committee's gate.

The administration committee immediately had someone call Gao Lu to report that Zhao Lianyue and Secretary Sun had been taken away by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

For Gao Lu, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

In this ethylene warehouse explosion, four people died on the spot and five lay in the hospital. Elder Brother Gao Peng had already flown into a rage, worrying about how to explain it to the province.

Few people know the truth of the explosion, but Zhao Lianyue is one of those who do.

If Zhao Liancheng were to spit out the truth.

Then the trouble would be great—not only would I be unable to get away with it, but Elder Brother Gao Peng might also be implicated, possibly toppling in Nanzhou's officialdom.

Gao Lu dialed Gao Peng's phone in a panic: "Brother, Lin Dongfan has arrested Zhao Lianyue."

That short sentence made the atmosphere tense to the extreme; the phone was dead silent, with no reply from Gao Peng for Along while.

Gao Lu then weakly asked: "Brother, are you still there?"

"Not here!"

Suddenly Gao Peng's roar came over the phone: "Your brother is already gone! You sent him off with your own hands! When burying him, make sure you don't bury him in the ancestral grave—he has no face to meet his ancestors!"

What terrifying resentment—each one exudes a deafening impact.

Gao Lu instinctively moved the phone farther away to protect her ears. After the angry echoes faded, she replied: "Being impulsive can't solve the……

"You also know impulsiveness can't solve the problem? What have you been doing all this time?"

"I admit, blowing up the warehouse was indeed a bit impulsive. But the outcome of four dead and five injured was an accident. I truly didn't mean to cause loss of life—you have to believe me on this."

"Go turn yourself in!"

"Brother, if you say that, then you truly let down our ancestors. I treat you as a real brother—are you playing at severing family ties? Watch out, Dad will come looking for you tonight; he loved me most when he was alive……"

"Shut up!"

"Fine, fine, I'll shut up—but you need to figure out how to get Zhao Lianyue out."

"Can't be done!"

"If you don't get the person out, I'll have to settle it my own way—then you'd better not glare and yell at me for acting without thinking."

"You! Want! To! Do! What?"

The voice on the phone instantly shifted from angry to panicked.

Gao Lu seemed to see her elder brother's panicked, terrified look and couldn't help but laugh: "What else can I do? Four people are already dead—I don't care about one more. Either I send Zhao Liancheng to see the Buddha, or I send Lin Dongfan to see the Buddha. I'll decide who to send off by drawing lots, to keep it fair."

"I warn you, don't act recklessly!"

"Then will you help me get the person out?"

"I warn you! From now on, you stay home honestly—you're not allowed to go anywhere or see anyone! Without my order, you must not step out of the house even a foot."

"As long as you help me get the person out, I'll listen to you on everything."

As soon as she finished speaking, the other party hung up, without giving a definite answer.

But Gao Lu still smiled, not at all flustered.

She knows better than anyone what kind of person her elder brother is—when his younger sister gets into trouble, he certainly won't stand by and do nothing.

On the other side.

Lin Dongfan had already taken Zhao Lianyue and Secretary Sun to Qinghu Guesthouse.

Secretary Sun is merely an insignificant cannon fodder; Lin Dongfan isn't in a hurry to interrogate him, deciding to first interrogate Zhao Lianyue together with Jian Sining.

Just as the interrogation began.

Lin Dongfan received a call from Chang Ming.

Chang Ming opened with: "Is this Section Chief Lin? I'm Chang Ming, the Prosecutor General of Nanzhou!"—clearly trying to intimidate someone, throwing out his title right away and adopting a tone of reproach.

Lin Dongfan stepped out of the interrogation room and calmly replied: "Prosecutor Chang, what instructions do you have?"

"The High-tech Industrial Development Zone is the industrial heart of our city. Zhao Lianyue, as the primary person in charge of the High-tech Zone, bears a heavy responsibility, and the burden on his shoulders is not light."

Chang Ming paused briefly.

He then further questioned Lin Dongfan: "Section Chief Lin, you didn't even say hello before taking him away—is that appropriate?"

"Prosecutor Chang, our task force came to Nanzhou not to play politics." Lin Dongfan replied unhurriedly: "Zhao Lianyue is now involved in graft and corruption; our task force, acting according to law and regulation, has apprehended him—do we really need to greet you first? If he fled, who would bear the responsibility then?"

"Your words are truly grating—do you suspect us of covering for him or indulging him? How utterly baffling."

"It's a misunderstanding; I have a question I'd like to ask Prosecutor Chang."

"Go ahead."

"Zhao Lianyue has been corrupt and harmful to Nanzhou for years, yet his rank only grew higher. May I ask what the Nanzhou Municipal Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau has been doing all these years?"

"You! ……

"I'm fine, my mother's fine, my ancestors eighteen generations back are all fine—thanks for your greetings."

"Lin Dongfan, Lin Dongfan, you're a cadre who rose from our Nanzhou; I've practically watched you grow step by step, and I've given you two pieces of good advice—why won't you take them to heart?"

"What advice did you give me?"

"I advised you not to speak in absolutes, not to act in absolutes—you're still young, with a bright future ahead."

"If I take your meaning, then if I'm oblivious, I'd be bringing about my own ruin?"

"I never said that—you figure it out yourself."

"All right, Prosecutor Chang—if it was Secretary Gao who forced you to make this call, I might consider forgiving you; if you yourself voluntarily stepped up to make this call, then I can only despise you."

Calling you once, I feel I'll at least lose ten years of my life; your mouth is too vicious.

Then hang up, I wish you longevity surpassing the Southern Mountains, and may you enjoy five generations under one roof.

I really have no mood to joke with you; I ask you, in arresting Zhao Lianyue, do you have any evidence of his corruption and bribery?

Cough cough! Inspector Chang, are you representing the Bureau now, or am I? Offside foul; normally, I should give you a yellow card warning at this point.

You really are something!

What do you mean? Am I somewhat like a stone in a latrine—smelly and hard? Also lacking sense, brains, political wisdom, arrogant and overconfident, oblivious to danger?

That's what you yourself said; I didn't say anything.

Well, you can go die.

Lin Dongfan!

What do you want from me? Still hoping I'll send you a coffin? Sorry, although I'm a multimillionaire tycoon, I never give any charity to those self‑smart idiots.

Do you even know what you're saying?!

Didn't hear clearly? Let me say it again: my surname is Lin, the Lin of Lin Zhenhua! By the way, regarding your habit of fence‑sitting, I don't care about that. But if you overstep and jump out to disgust me, I don't mind slapping you dead on the wall! Let you go to hell as wall‑grass, clear enough?

!!!

Surname Lin, the Lin of Lin Zhenhua!

When Lin Dongfan spat out this truth, the other end of the phone fell silent.

Whether Chang Ming was stunned into a dazed look or already panicked and at a loss, Lin Dongfan couldn't be bothered to deal with him and simply hung up.

Lin Dongfan returned to the interrogation room and began interrogating Zhao Lianyue.

Even if it's just a petty Chang Ming, or even if Nanzhou's top enforcer Gao Peng himself came to kill, don't even think about springing Zhao Lianyue loose.