Chapter 557

Wherever Fan Ye goes, not a blade of grass grows!

Looking across the whole Baiyue Province, probably only Fan Ye would dare, to the faces of several big shots, say: "Everyone here, is there anyone who wants to refute me? I'm all ears!"

This remark was like a huge stone, with a plop, sinking into the otherwise calm lake surface.

The turtles in the lake were somewhat surprised.

In an instant, all eyes in the meeting room focused on Fan Ye—some shocked, some scrutinizing, some suppressing anger.

Lv Yizhi's face was the worst looking.

He was trying to steer the agenda in his favor, but Lin Dongfan's blunt "I firmly disagree" cut him off.

He suppressed his anger, voice low and cold: "Comrade Lin Dongfan! This is a high-level meeting venue, not a place for you to play personal heroics! Who let you in? Get out!"

"Old Lv, don't rush to chase him away."

Wang Daochen finally spoke.

To save everyone's face, Wang Daochen did not directly admit that he himself had summoned Lin Dongfan.

But he immediately gave Lin Dongfan a step up: "Since Director Lin has come and has a different opinion, we might as well hear him out—listening to all sides brings clarity."

Then he gestured for Lin Dongfan to sit and speak.

Lin Dongfan, however, did not sit; he stood by the table, posture like a pine, his gaze sweeping over the silent Chen Gang, the angry Lv Yizhi, the smiling Song Changkang, and finally settling on Wang Daochen.

His tone neither humble nor arrogant: "Secretary Wang, Qiao Lianzhou's wife Jiang Lin, her application to take Qiao Lianzhou abroad for treatment itself contains a huge loophole! I suspect this is a pretense for trying to pull a cicada's shell trick! That is the main reason I disagree—whoever lets the tiger return to the mountain is the culprit!"

"Nonsense!"

Upon hearing the two words "culprit," Lv Yizhi reacted as if his tail had been stepped on, his anger shooting straight up.

He slammed his hand on the table.

With a bang, the loud noise made the tea cups jump.

He glared at Lin Dongfan: "Comrade Lin Dongfan! Watch your words! What evidence do you have that Jiang Lin is trying to help Qiao Lianzhou pull a cicada's shell stunt? Qiao Lianzhou is now unconscious, his life hanging by a thread; seeking better medical resources is only natural, indeed a basic human right! How, in your mouth, does it become a conspiracy?"

Before Lin Dongfan could speak.

Lv Yizhi again launched a forceful critique: "Everyone keeps talking about justice and procedure! Yet now, based solely on baseless suspicion, you deprive a citizen of his right to survive! Is this what you call justice?"

He was worked up; this time Old Lv truly flared with rage.

Faced with Lv Yizhi's "reasonable and evidence-based" rebuttal, Lin Dongfan instead smiled, his smile tinged with a hint of icy mockery.

"Governor Lv, don't get worked up. Defending Qiao Lianzhou's right to seek medical treatment is reasonable. But the premise is that my doubts are also reasonable—what are you glaring at?"

Seeing Lv Yizhi's anger rise again, Lin Dongfan couldn't help feeling secretly pleased.

He thought, "You old coot, guess why Wang Daochen isn't speaking up to interrupt me? Why is he just watching me rebuke you? Because you're really unlikeable!"

Talking trash, I'm a pro—no one can match me!

Lin Dongfan pulled out a chair and sat down, speaking slowly: "You ask what evidence I have? Fine, let's lay out this case itself—it is the biggest chain of evidence!"

Lin Dongfan looked around the room, his voice clear and strong:

"First, the timing coincides so eerily it makes one's hair stand on end!"

"Our anti-corruption bureau had just launched an investigation into Qiao Lianzhou, especially probing the core issue of the truth behind Huang Shuju's son's death and the legality of the organ source, when Qiao Lianzhou immediately stepped on the beat and went to commit suicide!"

"First attempt was at the provincial committee guesthouse rooftop, a failed suicide."

"Second attempt was at home, turning on the gas plus sleeping pills, leaving him a vegetative state."

"Isn't this too 'timely'? Why would he kill himself? It seems like someone wanted to cut off the investigation, letting the leads die completely with Qiao Lianzhou!"

He paused briefly.

Seeing that everyone present remained silent.

Lin Dongfan then continued his analysis:

"Second, the crucial 'Organ Donation Consent Form'—the signing process is full of doubts."

"Huang Shuju is an illiterate rural woman."

"At the anxious moment before her son's surgery, she was tricked by a nurse with the excuse 'no signature, no surgery' into signing a donation form she couldn't possibly understand."

"The legality of that consent form is dubious at its very root!"

"It looks more like a legitimate cover prepared in advance to conceal the crime of illegal organ harvesting—shouldn't we investigate this deeply?"

This question again left Lv Yizhi's face ashen.

Lin Dongfan continued speaking:

"Third, the key witness, Nurse Liu Wen, on the day Qiao Lianzhou attempted suicide, suddenly resigned and quickly traveled abroad, currently out of contact."

"Is this a normal job change? Or is someone guilty, urgently cutting off the trail?"

"Fourth!"

"On the morning of Qiao Lianzhou's second suicide attempt, Jiang Lin staged a scene of marital breakdown with him, taking her luggage early that morning to return to her parents' home."

"Now she suddenly puts on a show of deep marital affection—doesn't everyone find that abrupt?"

"Could I understand it this way: that morning, Jiang Lin truly wanted Qiao Lianzhou dead; it's highly likely she slipped him sleeping pills, then turned on the gas, faking a suicide scene!"

"But she didn't expect that Qiao Lianzhou wouldn't die."

"Thus she again performed the act of deep marital love, intending to use legal means to get Qiao Lianzhou out of the country—not to help him heal, but to send him to meet God!"

"Why is she so vicious!"

"Because she herself is disloyal in feelings! She has a secret affair with certain people, and she's doing this to eliminate trouble for them!"

Having said that……

Lin Dongfan's voice had risen to extreme anger, and he deliberately glanced at Lv Yizhi,

the atmosphere in the room instantly plunged to freezing point—whether it was Wang Daochen, Song Changgeng, or the wavering Chen Gang, it seemed as if Lin Dongfan had struck them all on the head.

They truly hadn't expected that Lin Dongfan would regard Jiang Lin as the murderer who killed her own husband!

Based on Lin Dongfan's reasoning logic, we analyze.

Logic is clear!

It seems there is indeed such a possibility.

Wang Daochen gazed at the ashen-faced Lv Yizhi and asked in a solemn tone: "Old Lü, do you have anything to add to this series of analyses of Comrade Dongfan?"

"Such baseless speculation isn't worth refuting." Lv Yizhi, obviously unable to rebut, adopted an arrogant posture and dismissed everything on the grounds of lacking evidence.

Lin Dongfan laughed calmly.

"Since Vice Governor Lü thinks I'm speaking nonsense and making baseless guesses! Fine, then let's set aside Jiang Lin's motives for now."

I just have one question:

Once Qiao Lianzhou is sent abroad, who will supervise?

Is the so-called treatment real or fake?

Can he still return to face trial?

Can his unverified corruption crimes, as well as the more serious possible intentional homicide charges, be treated as if they never happened?

This series of questioning once again left Lv Yizhi speechless.

The political and legal heavyweight Song Changkang wore a look of relief, never expecting that this kid Lin Dongfan would be so bold, his aura even stronger than Wang Daochen's!

In his shock, Song Changgeng also speculated——this kid Lin Dongfan must have a background that reaches straight to the heavens, hidden so deeply!

"Secretary Wang, since everyone has nothing more to say, should we just settle this like this?" Lin Dongfan posed the question on the surface, but in fact was urging Wang Daochen to hammer out a decision.

Before Wang Daochen could speak.

Lv Yizhi burst out in an exasperated roar: "Seeking medical treatment is a right granted by law to Qiao Lianzhou; supervision is your judicial department's responsibility! If supervision is difficult, then blocking Qiao Lianzhou from going abroad for treatment amounts to depriving him of his rights! Lin Dongfan, you, for the sake of making supervision easier for yourself, ignore a citizen's right to seek medical treatment—is this how you serve the people? Please answer me loudly!"