Chapter 226: The Cold-Shouldered Deputy Director

Not two minutes later, the door to the room was opened. Several people entered from outside: Zhang Kaishan, Zhang Cheng, and Xue Qin, and of course, a Gong Jianjun and a young officer with embarrassed faces.

Xue Qin saw the handcuffs on Su Xinghui's wrists at a glance. She rushed to Su Xinghui's side, picked up his hands to look, and seeing the deep marks left by the handcuffs on his wrists, she shouted in distress: "What right do you have to handcuff him? What law did he break?"

Gong Jianjun said to the young officer: "Little Li, why haven't you gone to open Director Su's handcuffs yet? Why are you so lacking in..."

"... observational skills?"

Gong Jianjun had originally thought Su Xinghui's backing was at most a bureau-level cadre, but who would have thought he would bring a deputy county magistrate who was also a member of the County Party Committee Standing Committee? And one who had been gaining increasing influence recently.

With Gong Jianjun's status, did he dare to butt heads with Zhang Kaishan? He believed Tao Yan wouldn't go hard against Zhang Kaishan for such a trivial matter, would he?

Therefore, he had no choice but to release the person obediently. He was now still having a headache about how to deal with the matter of Rat being released. It seemed he could only find a subordinate to take the fall.

Little Li hurriedly took out the handcuff key, ran to Su Xinghui's side, and prepared to open the handcuffs. But Su Xinghui wouldn't have it. He dodged Little Li's hand and said with a smile to Gong Jianjun: "Deputy Captain Gong, I remember telling you, it's easy for you to put these handcuffs on, but it won't be so easy to take them off!"

Su Xinghui's face was smiling, but this smile, seen in Gong Jianjun's eyes, made him gasp. He hurriedly walked quickly to Su Xinghui's side, took the key from Little Li's hand, and said: "Yes, yes, yes, it was my lack of consideration. I should open these handcuffs myself. I want to apologize to Director Su."

Su Xinghui dodged his hand again and said: "Whether Deputy Captain Gong apologizes to me or not doesn't matter. I just want to know one thing: who let the thief Rat, whom I caught, go?"

Zhang Kaishan stared silently at Gong Jianjun. That look made Gong Jianjun feel like he was sitting on pins and needles. For Zhang Kaishan to be able to rush to the scene in person so quickly for this matter, did the relationship between him and Su Xinghui even need to be stated? He was truly in a bind today.

Gong Jianjun looked at Little Li and asked: "Little Li, who let that Rat go?"

Little Li thought to himself, wasn't he let go by you? However, the look Gong Jianjun gave him was exceptionally stern, making Little Li shudder. He hardened his heart and said: "Captain Gong, I let him go."

Gong Jianjun asked: "Why did you let him go?"

Little Li said: "I know his family. He pleaded with me, and I felt he was pitiful and hadn't committed any major crime, so I let him go."