Chapter 639: Publishing the News

The interrogation of Ma Weiqun went very smoothly.

Ma Weiqun disclosed everything he knew, including who his superiors were, how they communicated, online forums and the like, with absolutely no reservation.

At this point, continuing to hide it would not be foolish, but courting death.

Doing this dirty work, he naturally understood what would happen if he were caught.

For lighter offenses, three to ten years; for heavier ones, ten years to life imprisonment; for excessively dangerous crimes, immediate execution.

His case falls in the middle.

At minimum, ten years.

He is already in his early forties; at the youngest, he would already be a little old man.

Thinking of this.

He cried miserably.

The kid next door saw it and had to call him big brother.

Lin Bin need not even be mentioned.

He actually got onto Ma Weiqun's Thief ship in a muddle; at the very least it would start at three years, and he cried himself into unconsciousness many times.

If luck were bad and he were an accomplice rather than a secondary offender, his fate would be roughly the same as Ma Weiqun's.

Life can't be said to be over, but it can be considered to have little future.

Although the interrogation went smoothly, obtaining this information was still too late.

Ma Weiqun's superiors have already destroyed everything, even the online forum has been shut down, and the so‑called contact points are now empty.

That is normal.

Ma Weiqun is just a worker; bluntly put, a consumable.

If problems arise, he's just discarded.

The current coastal defense forces are still quite insufficient.

But it's not without gains; at least by understanding how Ma Weiqun was bribed, they can take targeted measures to prevent others from going astray as much as possible.

The goose leaves a trace; successfully apprehending Ma Weiqun and others aids their work greatly.

In comparison.

The interrogation of Wei Ge and the others opposite is somewhat speechless.

Wei Ge pointed at the sky and shouted, "I swear to the heavens, everything I say is true; I saw that person feeding the Killer Whale with my own eyes."

"The Killer Whale attacked us!"

"We are the victims!"

"You must protect our rights."

One after another, they all shouted.

Dawn was dimly lit.

A subordinate pushed open Zhang Haifeng's temporary Office; smoke swirled inside, and the subordinate said, "Leader, would you like breakfast?"

Zhang Haifeng harshly rubbed his face and asked, "Did the results come out?"

The subordinate set down the interrogation briefing and said, "Everything has been disclosed."

"But…"

Zhang Haifeng flipped through it and said, "Speak."

The people on the other side unanimously insisted that Wu An summoned the Killer Whale to attack them, causing the fishing boat to be destroyed, and they suffered huge physical and mental shock.

"Demand severe punishment."

"Otherwise this is sabotage…"

Before the subordinate could finish, Zhang Haifeng slammed the table in anger, "Damned dogs!"

"Let his horse fart!"

"Next time, don't waste me with this useless nonsense."

The subordinate, aware of Zhang Haifeng's temper, nodded, "Yes, we inspected the fishing boat's damage and indeed found impact marks."

"It wasn't the fishing boat that collided."

"The Killer Whale attacking them is probably factual."

Zhang Haifeng sneered, "What does that prove? That Heaven watches, and those who commit many evils will bring about their own ruin."

"Why does the Killer Whale only attack them and not Wu An's comrade's fishing boat?"

"Let them look for their own problems."

The subordinate nodded; he also found it ridiculous that anyone could command a wild Killer Whale.

He even claimed that the Orca Pod was that person's pet.

How funny.

Recording these interrogation details feels like child's play.

Zhang Haifeng said, "Make arrangements; before I leave I want to meet Wu An."

The subordinate nodded.

At this moment, an old man from Zhendayuan delivered a newspaper.

Zhang Haifeng stood up, "Brother, thank you."

The security old man waved his hand, set down the newspaper, and left.

Zhang Haifeng quickly opened it; the front‑page headline spanned an entire page. This time they caused a big stir, demanding a prominent presence in the Market and even the province.

Obtaining the Bionic Fish greatly aids related scientific research; especially, the day after the warrant was issued, they successfully captured spy personnel, which greatly pleased the superiors and earned them high praise.

Of course.

This naturally couldn't avoid the help of fisherman Wu An, which was introduced in the newspaper; of course, to protect Wu An, a pseudonym was used.

However, in the formal internal report, Wu An's name was mentioned multiple times.

After reading it, Zhang Haifeng nodded and said, "Very good."

"Go get busy."

The subordinate turned around, walked back to close the door, and saw Zhang Haifeng pick up the Cigarette again and start smoking; there was still a lot of work, and coastal defense work was even more arduous.

To be honest.

He felt his luck was good this time, with a fisherman's help.

Otherwise, even if a wanted notice were issued, once Ma Weiqun and the others fled abroad, they would most likely only be grasping at straws.

……

On the other side.

Wu Yingwei, as always, got up very early; upon going out and looking into the kitchen, he saw the light was already on.

"Yueqin, you don't need to get up so early every day; nowadays it's not like before, you can buy anything to eat at the dock, we just need to grab something simple."

"Who knows what they put in store-bought food; homemade is more reassuring."

"You…"

Wu Yingwei was inarticulate, didn't know what to say, and feared his words would be unpleasant, upsetting Mei Yueqin; so he let it be, thinking to talk to Wu An another day and have him persuade her.

Wu Ping came out of the toilet and said, "Dad, it's fine; Yueqin takes a nap at noon, she never lacks sleep."

Wu Yingwei gave him a glare: "You, you, learn more from your younger brother."

Wu Ping: "What should I learn?"

Wu Yingwei couldn't be bothered to argue with him, as the saying goes, "rotten wood cannot be carved"; back then, his mother was an educated youth, she was beautiful, fair and clean, completely unlike the women here, and her gift of gab was also not bad.

It's only in recent years, putting on the airs of a father, that he has spoken relatively little.

He thought Wu Ping was also putting on a serious act, not expecting him to be such a blockhead; on the other hand, the second son, though previously unsophisticated, had inherited his brains and gift of gab.

After a simple meal, the two of them went out.

Wu Yingwei came to the Village Committee and asked, "Has today's newspaper been delivered?"

Someone washing his face replied, "It's been delivered; it's on that rack over there."

Wu Yingwei walked over and picked it up to read.

Yesterday, Wu An suddenly came home in the middle of the night without saying anything, just telling him to look at today's newspaper, so he went to see what was going on.

He opened it.

It was an advertisement.

He flipped through it, but there was nothing worth seeing.

He opened it again.

He flipped it again.

Wu Yingwei was still at a loss when he finally got to the front-page headline.

"Coastal defense in action, fishermen are also a solid backing of national coastal defense, jointly building an impregnable Great Wall at sea!"

"Coastal defense?"

"Fishermen?"

Wu Yingwei pulled over a chair and sat down.

He laid the newspaper out on the table, frowned, pointed his finger at the text, tracing each word with his finger, and reading each word in his mind.

As he read, his eyes widened involuntarily.

His breathing also became hurried.

A colleague who had finished washing up nearby saw his unusual expression and also walked over to stand behind him and look at the newspaper.