Chapter 270: You really have a hard mouth!

Li Jiaci's brows were tightly furrowed.

He almost fell into Zhou Wanting's trap and couldn't get out.

"Deputy Section Chief Zhou, please get this straight!"

"I've already done what I promised Bureau Chief Wu!"

"Don't make it sound like I owe you a favor!"

The other end of the phone fell into silence.

Li Jiaci sat on the edge of the bed and lit a cigarette.

This early morning made him anxious and angry.

Those who didn't know thought the earth couldn't turn without him.

After a while.

Zhou Wanting then said, pleading: "Li Jiaci, I'm begging you—I promise this is the last time I'll ask for your help; for Bureau Chief Wu's sake, please help me one more time!"

"Liu Yunshen won't confess?"

Li Jiaci asked in a low voice.

"Sigh, he relies on being a bigwig in the provincial capital, refuses to cooperate with our investigation, and even uses his official rank to pressure us—there's really nothing we can do!"

Zhou Wanting rarely admits defeat.

Unless she encounters something even she can't handle.

Li Jiaci thought for a moment.

He said helplessly: "Alright, I'll go to the Anti-Corruption Bureau later to talk to him!"

"Good thing you're here!"

Zhou Wanting laughed softly on the other end.

Li Jiaci flicked ash from his cigarette and asked again: "You won't think my methods are disgraceful again, will you?"

"That won't happen—just as Bureau Chief Wu said, to deal with such scoundrels you need someone even more ruthless; just do your thing, I won't interfere!"

"What did Bureau Chief Wu say about me?"

"Ah… a colleague is calling me, I'll hang up first!"

The call ended.

A moment later, the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Li Jiaci swaggered in.

After these incidents, everyone in the Anti-Corruption Bureau knew him and treated him very politely.

In the interrogation room.

Zhou Wanting slammed the table and stood up, angry.

"Liu Yunshen, don't blame me for not warning you—the person interrogating you later won't have my temper!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunshen laughed and said: "Heh, let him come at me—I'd be scared only if my name matched yours!"

"Fine, we'll see!"

Zhou Wanting stormed out, slamming the door.

Just then she bumped into Li Jiaci head-on, and she said with an unpleasant expression: "This old bastard still refuses to cooperate!"

"Leave it to me!"

Li Jiaci marched in confidently.

Bang.

The door of the interrogation room closed.

Liu Yunshen narrowed his eyes at the visitor, his expression involuntarily stiffening.

"You… how did you get in?"

"This is the Anti-Corruption Bureau—no outsiders allowed!"

"While no one's noticed you yet, get lost, old man, or else…"

Before Liu Yunshen could finish,

Li Jiaci had already pulled out a chair and sat down openly.

He crossed his legs, flicked them, then took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth.

He said casually: "What can you do? You're a suspect about to go to jail—who cares whether you live or die?"

"Heh, I'm a bigwig in the provincial capital—without an order from the provincial capital, nobody can touch me!"

Liu Yunshen raised his chin, speaking with utter confidence.

Li Jiaci glanced at him indifferently.

He lit the cigarette and took a hard drag.

"Liu Yunshen, are you still going to deceive yourself?"

"Actually you know better than anyone—once you're in this place, there's no way out!"

"How many bigwigs have fallen here—do I need to count them all out for you?"

"Just Lin Niansheng's pre‑deposition testimony is enough to put you away for ten years!"

"No matter how powerful your backer, it won't help you!"

Hearing this,

Liu Yunshen didn't get angry—he laughed.

"Hahaha, do you think this can threaten me?"

"Lin Niansheng is already dead—dead men's words don't count; you should know that, right?"

I can say his confession is something you forged, or I can say he, to protect himself, didn't hesitate to frame me!

Moreover, Lin Niansheng's infamous reputation has aroused nationwide public outrage!

His testimony has no credibility at all!

If Lin Niansheng had knowledge in the afterlife.

At this moment, he surely wishes he could strangle that old bastard with his own hands.

He spent his life serving that old scoundrel, yet all he got was a vague, unjust death.

Li Jiaci exhaled a puff of smoke and gave a cold smile.

You're really cunning—you'd even dare to lay a hand on your own son-in-law!

Liu Yunshen put on an innocent look, spread his hands, and said: "What nonsense are you spouting? I never harmed him; those things were all done voluntarily for his own selfish gain, and they have nothing to do with me!"

Having said that, Liu Yunshen glanced at the time on his phone and clicked his tongue twice in impatience.

If you have nothing else, you'd better let me go!

I'm not like you, idling all day; my office has piles of documents awaiting approval, and I have over a dozen meetings to hold—I don't have time to play house with you here!

One week earlier.

Zhou Wanting suddenly appeared in the provincial capital and had him escorted back to the Anti-Corruption Bureau in Pingzhou.

I thought that after surviving 48 hours I would be free.

But I never expected the Anti-Corruption Bureau, on the pretext of cooperating with the investigation, to detain him in Pingzhou for a whole week, and furthermore, the place of his stay was decided by them, with bureau staff monitoring his every move 24 hours a day inside the room.

Even his phone was not free to use; once he left the Anti-Corruption Bureau, he had to hand it over, making it very inconvenient for him to act and leaving him no chance to contact his superiors.

I don't know whether, after his disappearance, his superiors sent anyone to assist.

Liu Yunshen harbored many anxieties inside.

But he dared not show these emotions on his face.

For fear that the other party would notice.

Li Jiaci inhaled and exhaled smoke calmly.

He seemed not at all in a hurry.

"We can temporarily ignore the matter of Lin Niansheng!"

"But you can't possibly deny everything your secretary told you, can you?"

"He's not dead yet!"

Liu Yunshen furrowed his brows.

On his first day entering the Anti-Corruption Bureau, he saw Xu Bin, full of vigor.

This shows that the people he sent out failed.

Really hateful.

As his secretary, Xu Bin's words are highly credible.

Thinking of this, Liu Yunshen regretted not having gotten rid of that guy earlier.

"Hehe."

"Xu Bin's lifestyle has problems; while working by my side, he secretly contacted many of my mortal enemies!"

"Maybe someone gave him money to let him be caught on purpose, so as to frame me!"

"This person's words are not credible!"

Liu Yunshen waved his hand and let out a cold snort.

This is not credible, and that is not credible either.

In other words, only his words are credible.

Li Jiaci mocked: "Do you think splashing dirty water on others can prove your innocence?"

"I'm not slinging mud; I'm stating the facts to prevent ill‑intentioned people from exploiting this to frame the provincial capital."

"Li Jiaci, besides, we have no grudge; the one who harmed you was Lin Niansheng, and he's already dead—shouldn't our feud be over?"

"Why are you still clinging to me and refusing to let go?"