Chapter 539

Lin Dongfan's three consecutive questions struck straight to He Zhiqiang's soul deep inside, making He Zhiqiang really want to raise his hand and scratch that bald head, his scalp truly feeling a bit numb.

Unfortunately, his hands were cuffed, making it inconvenient to touch his head.

He Zhiqiang sighed inwardly again, feeling Lin Dongfan was not wrong—so many bigwigs joining forces to bully a struggling Huang Xiuju at the bottom was indeed a bit excessive.

Now Wen Ting has been arrested, and she even admitted that the surgery was a medical story.

Under these circumstances, it seems…… there's really no need to keep pushing Huang Xiuju onto a dead-end path.

He Zhiqiang let out Along, heavy breath.

"Director Lin, it's not me who wants to push Huang Xiuju onto a dead-end path now."

From the moment Yuezhou City Prosecutor's Office approved the arrest, Huang Xiuju's case has been beyond my control; what I say doesn't count.

Because the arrest procedure lacks justice.

Now this matter involves judicial fairness; it's the political-legal system's personnel who don't want to admit this mistake. If they admitted it, the credibility of the political-legal system would be attacked.

This time He Zhiqiang has hit the nail on the head.

Some people in the political-legal system, while ostensibly aiming to uphold its social credibility, are essentially afraid to take responsibility, thereby producing the clumsy operation of compounding mistakes.

To stabilize the overall situation, sacrificing a tiny Huang Xiuju is insignificant!

This is also the core of what makes Director Lin furious.

Lin Dongfan was preparing to further inquire exactly who was involved in the case when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw the caller was a bigwig from the Provincial Prosecutor's Office—Chen Gang.

He went out to the hallway to answer the call: "Chief Prosecutor Chen, what instructions do you have?"

"I've carefully read the investigation report you submitted this morning and wanted to discuss Huang Xiuju's case with you," Chen Gang said in a gentle tone.

Lin Dongfan said: "I don't think there's anything to discuss about this matter. Wen Ting has already admitted that Huang Xiuju's son Zhu Siming died on the operating table—that's a medical accident, and Huang Xiuju deserves an explanation."

"A medical accident is a civil dispute; the Provincial Health Department will handle that. What I want to discuss with you is Huang Xiuju's intentional injury—this is a criminal case."

"There's nothing to discuss about this either; I've already said that the person must be released within three days."

"Comrade Lin Dongfan, you're the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, not the Public Security Bureau! Just do your own job—why must you interfere with a sister unit's work? Ridiculous!"

"What do you mean by that? Do you think I'm meddling?"

"I hope you position yourself correctly, avoid gossip, and consider the bigger picture. Put yourself in their shoes—if the Public Security Bureau interfered with your Anti-Corruption Bureau's work, how would you feel?"

"If I abuse my power or enforce the law unfairly, I welcome them to step forward and criticize and guide me."

"Chief Prosecutor Chen, tomorrow is the last day of the three‑day deadline. The day after tomorrow, the eleventh of the first lunar month, I'll be waiting at the gate of the women's detention center. If Huang Xiuju doesn't come out, then everyone will have to fend for themselves."

"Do you even know what you're saying? Nonsense—you're threatening me!"

"Chief Prosecutor Chen, you've misunderstood—my admiration for you is like a vast, endless river! You're a leader; I wouldn't dare threaten you even if I had the gall of a bear and the courage of a leopard! Unless you're eating the people's grain and then smashing their pots, I might look down on you a little, because such behavior is truly shameful."

On the other end of the line, suddenly there was dead silence, not a sound coming through.

Lin Dongfan shouted again: "Hey… Chief Prosecutor Chen, are you still listening? My admiration for you truly is like a vast, endless river…"

Before he could finish speaking, the system voice sounded with a "beep beep beep."

I don't know whether the other party is clutching their heart, silently nursing their wounds while leaning back in the Prosecutor General's big chair—either way, this world has become absurd to the extreme.

Lin Dongfan shook his head and sighed: "Ah… damn, a deputy‑ministerial level official, and that's all the fight they've got?"

Lin Dongfan also realized it would be better to take the initiative and fire a shot—knocking over even one target is worthwhile—rather than passively wait for Chief Prosecutor Chen to step forward and correct his subordinates' mistakes.

Lin Dongfan called Li Mingtang, the bureau chief of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office Anti‑Corruption Bureau, asking for his cooperation and support to issue an announcement as soon as possible.

News came that the head of Baiyue Province's Health Department, Wei Shouqin, the president of Baiyue Province's Renmin Yiyuan, He Zhiqiang, and the related implicated personnel Wen Ting and Wei Chao were successively apprehended.

Li Mingtang complained on the phone: "The people were arrested by your provincial bureau. Old Peng, although he's from the head office, was just there to give you backup. This announcement, your provincial bureau can issue it. Even this trivial matter you want me to handle—do you think I'm idle, sitting in the office all day picking my toes?"

"Issuing it from the provincial bureau versus the head office is not the same."

"Nonsense—the provincial and head offices differ by one rank; how could their deterrence be equal? If the provincial bureau issues it, they'll think I, Lin Dongfan, am just fighting corruption to boost performance, and they'll rack their brains to oppose me. But if the head office issues it, the nature is different—it lets them grasp the central anti‑corruption will, and the deterrent effect can be stacked to the max."

"You expect them to turn themselves in voluntarily?"

"Naïve Fan Ye, you're really adorable."

Well then it's over, so much nonsense, I'm hanging up, wish you long red stock market and big fortune.

It was eight o'clock that evening.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau released the medical corruption case of Baiyue Province; once this announcement came out, it could be said to cause a huge uproar!

That night, who knows how many people were so anxious they could not eat or sleep.

As Grandfather Fan had expected.

Some politically sensitive officials, upon seeing the bureau's announcement, instantly grasped the seriousness of the issue, realizing this was not Lin Dongfan's personal anti-corruption will, but the central authorities launching a full-scale offensive!

This anti-corruption campaign is neither all thunder and no rain, nor merely going through the motions.

Haishan City is a living example!

This time they mean business!

The morning of the tenth day of the first lunar month.

In Yuezhou City's Health Bureau, a deputy bureau chief surnamed Zhou, with a heavy heart, went to the provincial Anti-Corruption Bureau to turn himself in, voluntarily confessing to helping cover up a medical accident at the Provincial People's Hospital.

The afternoon of the tenth day of the first lunar month.

Also in Yuezhou City's Public Security System, a branch bureau leader surnamed Liang, with heavy steps, entered the provincial Anti-Corruption Bureau, frankly admitting he had accepted a special banquet hosted by He Zhiqiang, director of the Provincial People's Hospital.

Subsequently, the medical troublemaker Huang Xiuju was criminally detained on charges of intentional injury.

Admitting to having helped He Zhiqiang smooth things over.

This bureau chief Liang was quite sensible; during his period of reflection he brought a USB drive containing surveillance footage that the hospital had deleted.