Chapter 334: This is High-Tech!

After Yang Zongfang left with his men, Li Xuewu followed Yang Shuji into the interview room.

This was Li Xuewu's first time participating in an interview with a Steel Mill cadre; he hadn't participated in any of the previous cadre interviews.

Inside the interview room, Xiao Changqing sat on a chair with a somewhat decadent expression, not knowing what he was thinking, his fingers crossed, pinching them until they were somewhat deformed.

Seeing Yang Shuji and Li Xuewu push the door and walk in, he wanted to stand up, but Yang Shuji waved his hand to signal him to sit.

Li Xuewu smoked, his eyes fixed on Xiao Changqing in the seat from the moment he entered the room, until he turned the corner of the table and sat in the position diagonally opposite.

This position was very special: not parallel to Yang Shuji directly facing Xiao Changqing, but in Xiao Changqing's front right, forcing Xiao Changqing to notice Li Xuewu opposite him.

This brought considerable psychological pressure to Xiao Changqing, like facing a wolf in front, while a fierce tiger stood on the hillside opposite, eyeing him covetously.

Yang Shuji looked at the Steel Mill Security Division Chief opposite the table, who was full of defeat and nervousness, and sighed regretfully.

Then he asked in a gentle tone, "I remember when you were transferred to the branch factory, I was still the League Secretary. I didn't expect so many years to have passed in a flash."

"Yes."

Xiao Changqing glanced at Yang Shuji, then lowered his head slightly, his eyes fixed on the ashtray on the table.

"Secretary, you are still the same, you don't look old."

"Heh heh heh."

Yang Shuji put the fountain pen in his hand on the table and said, "I'm not doing well either, my body is falling apart. On the contrary, you look like you're aging faster than me."

Li Xuewu listened to the two reminiscing without speaking, just sitting on the side smoking, occasionally sizing up Xiao Changqing with his eyes.

Participating in the interview with Xiao Changqing today was also Yang Shuji's respect for the Security Division.

Up to today, even Yang Yuansong had to face up to this rising star of the Rolling Mill Security Division.

What made the Rolling Mill leadership even more attentive was the security force and combat effectiveness led by Dong Wenxue, with Li Xuewu as his assistant.

In just over two months, Li Xuewu had successively cracked several major and important cases inside and outside the Rolling Mill.

And he himself had grown from a security squad leader, step by step, capable of both civil and military affairs, daring to fight and kill, into a figure the Rolling Mill had to mention.

This young tiger of the Security Division had quite a spirit of wanting to flip the Rolling Mill over and shake it.

And the initial nickname had gradually been turned into a well-deserved reputation by Li Xuewu's efforts.

From the moment Li Xuewu walked into Li Huai De's office, Li Xuewu had launched a charge against the power layer of the Rolling Mill.

When Yang Shuji was reviewing and interviewing security cadres, he also had to consider Li Xuewu's opinions.

Calling them opinions was actually interests; Li Xuewu represented not only the overall interests of the Security Division but also his own interests.

"Not caring about you for so many years and letting you waste so much time in this position is my mistake."

"Yang... Yang Shuji..."

Hearing Yang Shuji's words, Xiao Changqing suddenly raised his head, looked at Yang Shuji, and said, "I..."

Yang Shuji nodded and said very guiltily, "Cadres' achievements are not seen, cadres' transfer intentions are not heard, cadres' ideological fluctuations are not noticed..."

Yang Shuji's words hit Xiao Changqing's heart one by one, making Xiao Changqing, who was full of decadence, suddenly become flustered.

"I was wrong, Yang Shuji..."

"No, it's not your fault."

Yang Shuji looked at Xiao Changqing and said, "It's the organization that let you down, it's me, Yang Yuansong, who let you down."

"I was wrong, I was wrong!"

Xiao Changqing covered his face, lowered his head in shame, and kept saying he was wrong.

And Yang Shuji looked at him with a face full of hatred for his failure to meet expectations, and said sternly, "You are also an old cadre. The main factory let you come to the branch factory to be the cornerstone of entrepreneurship, not to be a stone lion at the entrance!"

"Bang!"

Yang Shuji angrily slapped the table and said angrily, "Look at what you've done? Are you worthy of your past honors? Are you worthy of the main factory's trust in you?"

Xiao Changqing looked at Yang Shuji with a face full of shame and said, "I have failed the organization, I have failed the factory leadership's trust, I mistakenly trusted Luo Jiaping and others..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Yang Shuji waved his hand angrily and said to Xiao Changqing, "Just tell me your problems. Now I'm giving you a chance. Confess your mistakes to the organization completely! Strive for lenient treatment!"

Xiao Changqing looked at Yang Shuji's serious face, opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Li Xuewu reached out and flicked the ash in the ashtray on the table.

He didn't stare at Xiao Changqing, but said in a calm tone, "The leader of this inspection working group on factory style and discipline is Factory Director Yang, and the Secretary and Deputy Factory Director Li are deputy leaders. You should know the anger of the leaders regarding this case and their determination to rectify it."

Xiao Changqing turned his face to Li Xuewu, who hadn't spoken. Last time when they came to arrest Fu Haibo, the two were still at the same rank. Now, the person opposite him was already a member of the working group. What this represented was self-evident.

Li Xuewu didn't care about the change in Xiao Changqing's face, but continued, "As security cadres, I'll say one more thing to you. The leaders' intention this time is to punish the past to warn the future and cure the sickness to save the patient."

"You are a cadre cultivated by the Rolling Mill. Yang Shuji doesn't want to see you degenerate either. Punishment isn't just talk, and saving people isn't just talk. We all hope you can still be our comrade."

Xiao Changqing turned his face to Yang Shuji, trembled his lips, and said, "Yes, it's my fault, I shouldn't have let things slide..."

The hardest thing to buy in this world is regret medicine, and more often, it's like Xiao Changqing, regretting too late.

Zhou Wang Yamei watched the Discipline Inspection cadres standing in the living room organizing the property brought back by Fu Haibo.

Yellow, white, jade, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, ornaments, piece by piece, box by box.

Zhou Wang Yamei really wanted to go back to when Fu Haibo first brought money home, give Fu Haibo a piece of advice, and give herself a slap.

Yang Zongfang took the catalog in his hand and checked the items in the living room one more time, finally stood up, and said to Zhou Wang Yamei, "Comrade Zhou Wang Yamei, please sign the handover form."

"Okay."

Zhou Wang Yamei looked at the Discipline Inspection cadre who was speaking quite politely, walked to the coffee table, picked up the pen, and signed her name.

There was a reason Yang Zongfang was polite: one was Zhou Wang Yamei's attitude of voluntarily returning the illicit gains, which earned his respect.

Yang Shuji was preparing to use Zhou Wang Yamei as a model for internal notification, focusing on promoting Zhou Wang Yamei's behavior during ideological study after the case ended.

The second was that when they entered the courtyard, Han Zhan saw Gu Ning sitting in the living room, was slightly stunned, and then greeted her with a smile.

Gu Ning knew Zhou Wang Yamei's identity. When Yang Zongfang and the others entered the house, she went upstairs to save face for Zhou Wang Yamei.

After Gu Ning went upstairs, Han Zhan told Yang Zongfang about Gu Ning's identity.

Yang Zongfang also learned of Li Xuewu's arrangements, knowing this was to take care of Zhou Wang Yamei and her son, so he softened his attitude.

In Zhou Wang Yamei's study, Yang Zongfang took a transcript for Zhou Wang Yamei.

Zhou Wang Yamei explained the issues regarding Fu Haibo completely.

She also explained Li Xuewu's handling of her and her child when investigating and handling Fu Haibo's case.

Yang Zongfang did this also to protect Li Xuewu and Zhou Wang Yamei.

The Steel Mill's Discipline Inspection clerks moved back and forth to the vehicle many times, until the last box was loaded.

Yang Zongfang said to Zhou Wang Yamei, "Take the certificate I issued you and go register the house as soon as possible."

After speaking, he took his men and left in the vehicle.

This villa was both the face Yang Shuji gave Li Xuewu and a symbol of buying a horse's bones with a thousand gold.

Leaving together was also Han Zhan, while Qi Delong, who came with Han Zhan, stayed behind.

After everyone left, Qi Delong, who had been sitting in the vehicle, jumped off in plain clothes and entered the courtyard along the main gate that hadn't been closed yet.

Inside the villa, Fu Zhidong stood at the entrance of the basement, looked down, ran into the living room with a small toy gun, and said to his mother, who was somewhat dazed, in a milky voice, "Mom, our family's things are gone."

"No."

Zhou Wang Yamei squatted down, touched her son's small face, and said, "Those weren't our family's things."

"Oh."

Fu Zhidong was still young and didn't know the meaning and value of these things. Whatever his mother said, he believed, and his eyes looked at the stranger who walked in.

"Hello, I am the driver arranged by Li Kezhang Li Xuewu."

Zhou Wang Yamei stood up, looked at Qi Delong, and said, "Ah, thank you. Comrade, please sit down first."

Qi Delong stood at the entrance hall and waved his hand, saying, "No need to be polite. The Li Kezhang said you and Comrade Gu are going out today, so he had me come over."

"Okay."

Zhou Wang Yamei tidied up her mood, said to Qi Delong, "Please sit down, wait a moment, I'll go up and tell Gu Ning."

After speaking, she left Fu Zhidong in the living room and went upstairs herself.

Qi Delong already knew Zhou Wang Yamei's identity from Han Zhan, and also knew the identity of that Comrade Gu.

Han Zhan had repeatedly urged him to protect the safety of the two, and that he could use force if necessary.

The cadres cultivated by Li Xuewu had always been fierce and cherished the lives of their own people. The first rule of every operation was to fire first.

Because Li Xuewu said that only those who fire first have the opportunity to reason and repent; if you fire too late, you won't even have the chance to reason.

When Gu Ning came down from upstairs, she was already wearing thick cotton clothes. These weren't brought by Gu Ning herself, but were Zhou Wang Yamei's clothes.

Today Zhou Wang Yamei was going to take Gu Ning to the Qianshan Ski Park, and Gu Ning hadn't brought loose cotton clothes.

Qi Delong stood up from the sofa, took the bag from the two, and walked out of the villa first.

When Gu Ning, holding Fu Zhidong's small hand, who was also dressed like a little fatty, went out the door, Qi Delong had already put the bag in the trunk.

Seeing Gu Ning and her son board the vehicle, Zhou Wang Yamei turned back, locked the main gate, and boarded the jeep from the other side.

Qi Delong started the engine and drove toward the outskirts of the city according to Zhou Wang Yamei's directions.

The jeep was the one Qi Delong drove back from the entrance of the club last night; it should be Young Master Luo's car.

Qianshan Ski Park was very close to the city, only twenty-some li away.

Unlike later generations, the ski slopes now were naturally formed and hadn't been developed on a large scale.

But with more people playing, people already knew where was suitable for skiing.

"Hoo~"

As soon as Fu Zhidong got off the vehicle, he exhaled hard, but the small white mask on his face filtered the white air, leaving spots of white frost on the mask.

Zhou Wang Yamei could be considered a virtuous wife and good mother. All the child's daily necessities and clothes were made by herself, and the styles and designs were no less than the children's clothing in the stores.

Gu Ning jumped off the vehicle, looked at the little boy who looked like a little adult, reached out and touched Fu Zhidong's small head, and then followed Zhou Wang Yamei to the wooden house of the park.

The only facilities here that could be seen as a ski park were these wooden houses at the park's service office.

Management office, medical room, changing room...

And the largest wooden house was the ski rental office.

Qi Delong locked the vehicle, looked at the surrounding terrain, touched the holster on his waist, and followed Zhou Wang Yamei and the others to the platform where the service office was located.

It felt the same as the ice rink by the lake in Beijing; you could rent ice skates at the service office, but here you could just rent skis.

Qi Delong looked and didn't follow in, standing on the side smoking.

Just then, a group of young men wearing military coats and cotton hats walked over, laughing and talking. They seemed to be from some unit, out playing together.

Qi Delong raised his eyes and glanced at these young men who were smoking and acting tough, then withdrew his gaze and continued smoking.

And these young men also saw Qi Delong standing on the platform smoking.

Perhaps seeing that Qi Delong, dressed in plain clothes, had an aura, they looked a few more times and lowered their voices when walking closer.

"Little Qi, aren't you playing? Go in and pick a board."

Zhou Wang Yamei walked out with Gu Ning, who had picked a board, and seeing Qi Delong standing at the entrance, asked.

An elegant woman with a child, followed by a tall and beautiful girl, naturally attracted the attention of these young people who had just come up.

But there were many people at the entrance of the service office, and there were security personnel sitting in the room, so these young people just stared at this side with smiles, but no one dared to make any outrageous moves.

Qi Delong naturally saw the fiery gazes of these young people, frowned, threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, and said to Zhou Wang Yamei, "I don't know how to play. I'll just watch you guys."

"That's so embarrassing. Pick one and go play with us!"

On the way, Qi Delong told the two to call him Little Qi, and didn't say his identity.

But Zhou Wang Yamei knew Li Xuewu's identity. Since it was Li Xuewu who sent him, he must also be a public servant.

Accompanying them out at this time without bringing him to play was really hard to justify.

Qi Delong smiled, squatted down, hugged Fu Zhidong, and said, "You guys play, I'll watch the child for you."

Zhou Wang Yamei walked over and also saw the young people who had come up. Seeing Gu Ning turn her face away, she knew it wasn't good to stay here for long, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Little Qi."

"No problem!"

As he spoke, Qi Delong said to Fu Zhidong, "Is it okay to play with Uncle?"

Fu Zhidong shook his head and said, "Couldn't be better."

"Ha ha ha."

The few laughed and went up the ski slope. Here, some people were already sliding down from the hillside.

The steps going up had already been cleared of snow, and walking up felt like nothing but tiring.

After reaching the hillside, the few stood in a position with a gentler slope along with the crowd.

Zhou Wang Yamei instructed Gu Ning, who was skiing for the first time, on how to move forward, how to change direction, how to slow down, and how to stop.

Gu Ning actually developed some interest in skiing for the first time.

She hadn't played this in Beijing; at most, she had played on the ice in the courtyard. This was the first time she had seen such an exciting game.

"If there's someone in front, or you want to stop, then shift your center of gravity back, twist your body, and let the board stand up."

After giving the final instruction, Zhou Wang Yamei took Gu Ning to practice the essentials of each movement in a position on the side.

Qi Delong stood on the side watching Fu Zhidong playing with a small twig sweeping snow, his eyes occasionally fixed on the direction of Zhou Wang Yamei and Gu Ning.

"Okay, let's try it on the ski slope. I'll take you, I'll support you from behind."

Zhou Wang Yamei took Gu Ning and arrived at the starting position, shaking their skis.

"Are you ready?"

"Mm."

"Go!"

Zhou Wang Yamei took Gu Ning from the top of the slope, gradually accelerating as they slid down the slope.

Gu Ning turned her body sideways, feeling the cold wind blowing on her face, and the trees on both sides retreating rapidly, as if she were flying on the snow.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Sliding to a bump, the two stepped on the skis and flew forward following the inertia. At the moment they flew up, both couldn't help but scream.

Why else would people say skiing is addictive? Some people evaluate skiing as white ice X (skiing is fine, don't touch that!).

Exciting, stress-relieving, relaxing body and mind, challenging limits, skiing is indeed an item worth experiencing.

At the moment of landing, Gu Ning's body was somewhat unstable, but Zhou Wang Yamei supported Gu Ning directly from behind, stabilizing her figure, and they continued to slide down along the snow slope.

Li Xuewu pushed the door open and saw Luo Cheng, who was brought back last night, leaning on the chair, eyes closed, pretending to be confused.

"Yo! Asleep?"

Luo Cheng heard this familiar voice, his eyelids moved, but he didn't open his eyes, still pretending to be dead.

"Heh."

Li Xuewu looked at the security guards in the room, then walked to Luo Cheng's side, bent over, and looked at Luo Cheng face to face.

"Really asleep?"

As he spoke, he straightened up, took the opportunity to swing his arm in a circle, and gave Luo Cheng a big slap on his handsome face.

"Smack!"

"You motherf..."

Not to mention Luo Cheng was pretending to sleep, even if he were really asleep, he would have been woken up by this.

He was awake, wasn't he still cursing in the street?

Li Xuewu acted like nothing had happened, looked at Luo Cheng, who was glaring at him, with a smile, and said, "Experiments prove that no matter how handsome a face is, after a slap, it's the same!"

Luo Cheng saw Li Xuewu's appearance, which was like he was mentally ill, stirred his mouth, licked his left teeth, and then spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Eww~~~"

Li Xuewu looked at it with disgust, then said, "Oh! Why are you like this!"

Luo Cheng thought this guy was disgusted that he was dirty and wanted to spit another mouthful.

But then he heard the scarred-face guy opposite him say with a scared expression, "You don't know, I'm most afraid of blood!"

This sentence, which didn't sound like it came from a human, almost made Luo Cheng bite his own tongue.

He raised his hand to touch his face, stared at Li Xuewu with anger, and said, "Which garlic clove are you?"

"Hit me last night, hit me again today, did you get used to hitting people? Come, come, come, have the guts to tell me who you are, damn it!"

Li Xuewu leaned back, letting the two legs of the chair touch the ground, and looked at Luo Cheng while swaying his long legs, saying, "Just a nobody."

While speaking, he took a cigarette out of his pocket, brought it to his mouth, and lit it with a lighter.

Watching Li Xuewu's slow and leisurely appearance, Luo Cheng gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "I think so too, hiding your head and showing your tail, pretending to be deep!"

"Mm-hmm, go back, what are you doing!"

Li Xuewu waved his hand to stop the security team member who was about to walk over, and scolded with dissatisfaction, "Is there any discipline left?"

As he spoke, he pointed at the table and emphasized, "How do I usually teach you? No physical threats to suspects. You still want to do it? Go back!"

Luo Cheng looked at the person beside him and raised his eyebrows provocatively at Li Xuewu.

Forget others, you hit me the hardest!

"Heh heh heh."

Li Xuewu leaned forward, changed to the front two legs of the chair touching the ground, and looked at Luo Cheng with a very cunning smile.

"I hate violence the most. I'm always forced to. Like you, I also like dancing, I also like beauties, really!"

Li Xuewu pointed at Luo Cheng with the finger holding the cigarette and said, "If it weren't for that damn Discipline Inspection section chief in the vehicle, I would have really considered the conditions you proposed."

Luo Cheng wouldn't believe Li Xuewu's ghost stories now. From the moment they met, he had been hitting him and fooling him. Unless he was a big idiot, he wouldn't believe Li Xuewu's words again.

Those people in Zhongshan suits in the morning had already lectured him for several hours, and he also knew the identities and purposes of these people.

And his attitude of not saying a word had worn those people out, and it looked like they were prepared to give up on him.

Now that the soft approach didn't work, they should be coming with the hard approach.

Li Xuewu said with a face full of regret, "You don't know, I heard you adding ten thousand, ten thousand at the lobby, and my heart was bleeding."

As he spoke, he covered his right chest with his left hand and said, "It hurt my heart so much. Don't listen to that section chief's nonsense. I really don't have such a high salary. I couldn't earn eighty thousand in a lifetime!"

Luo Cheng saw Li Xuewu talking nonsense with him, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "It's not too late to regret now. As long as you help me get out, eighty thousand, I'll give you eighty thousand."

"This is what you said!"

Li Xuewu slapped the table and said, "Actually, those people can't do anything to you. As long as you hold out, you'll be absolutely fine."

"Oh?"

Luo Cheng curled his somewhat painful mouth and smiled painfully, asking, "Then according to you, I can get away?"

"Mm-hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "That's right. Discipline Inspection is just like that. Without evidence, they can only let you go."

Luo Cheng didn't know if Li Xuewu was telling the truth or a lie, but the truth couldn't be false, and the false couldn't be true. He would know if it was true or false once he asked.

"Then my dad?"

Luo Cheng stared into Li Xuewu's eyes and asked, "What about my dad? Can he get away too?"

"He can't."

Li Xuewu shook his head and said, "You know Yang Mingsu, right?"

"Mm, Deputy Factory Director Yang."

Luo Cheng didn't know what Li Xuewu meant, but he still replied.

Li Xuewu felt at ease. As long as this kid talked to him normally, it would be fine.

"Yang Mingsu has bitten your dad."

Li Xuewu squinted his eyes, shook his head, and said, "That is, he said your dad... uh, you know, and also said you, so we arrested you. Didn't you see we went to Yang Mingsu's house yesterday? Those things were searched from his house."

"Damn his old silver coin!"

Luo Cheng gritted his teeth and cursed, his expression sinister as he said, "I knew it was exposed from him."

After cursing, he raised his head and asked, "Then what about me? How do you plan to handle me?"

"No, no, no."

Li Xuewu shook his hand holding the cigarette and said, "I'll correct the mistake in your words first."

As he spoke, he took a puff of the cigarette, and then said while blowing smoke from his nostrils, "It's not 'you guys.' I'm not in the same unit as those Discipline Inspection people."

"Oh?"

Looking at Li Xuewu, who was like an incense burner, Luo Cheng narrowed his left eye and asked, "I've always wanted to know who you people are."

Li Xuewu pointed his thumb outside the door and asked, "Did those people in the morning tell you who they are?"

"Rolling Mill Discipline Inspection."

"Right!"

Li Xuewu nodded, brought the cigarette to his mouth, took his right hand into his coat pocket, and under Luo Cheng's gaze, took out a red certificate and threw it on the table, signaling Luo Cheng to look for himself.

"Look."

Luo Cheng looked at Li Xuewu's tough appearance, hesitated, reached out, and picked up the certificate from the table.

When he saw Li Xuewu's position, his eyes widened. When he saw Li Xuewu's unit, he raised his head in surprise to look at Li Xuewu opposite him.

"I just said, the Rolling Mill security doesn't look this tough. Last summer, I went to Beijing with my dad for a meeting and even walked around the Rolling Mill."

As he spoke, he threw the certificate back in front of Li Xuewu, reached out to touch his face and his still-painful nose, and said, "No wonder, it was you guys. You really hit hard!"

"Heh heh heh."

Li Xuewu picked up the certificate on the table and put it in his pocket, biting the cigarette filter and laughing, "Cooperating with the operation, and it's not our case, no need to worry about the influence."

"I can see that."

Luo Cheng curled his mouth and said, "No one has ever dared to arrest people at the club like this. You're the first, and you arrested me."

"Heh heh heh."

Li Xuewu looked like it wasn't worth mentioning, waved his hand, and said, "Now you know my identity, then I'll tell you."

He knocked on the table, rubbed his fingers inadvertently, and said, "Now Discipline Inspection has no evidence, so they transferred you to us. Now your detention situation has changed. We have taken over, and we are filing the case directly."

"That's not right, is it?"

Luo Cheng asked with a look of doubt, "Even if I broke the law, it should be the local Steel City authorities handling me, right? How could they let you file the case?"

"You must know Fu Haibo, right?"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I arrested him."

With just this sentence, Luo Cheng froze his expression, opened his mouth, and it took a long while before he asked, "Did you take down Ma San'er? That big-dicked scarred-face dragon crossing the river?"

"Mm?"

Li Xuewu's expression also froze. Such a private matter, and the Northeast already knew?

Seeing Li Xuewu change his expression, Luo Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, I should have thought of it earlier."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to rub his nose and said, "Let's talk. How do you want to handle me?"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "You should also know that my side is secondary, and even you are secondary. Don't look at how you are shouting and yelling in Steel City; in the eyes of those people, you are just a small fry."

Luo Cheng saw that Li Xuewu's words were harsh, but the logic was correct, so he pursed his lips and looked at Li Xuewu, waiting for the next part.

Li Xuewu pointed to the next room and said, "Those Discipline Inspection people won't give up until they find something."

"I know, you speak."

Luo Cheng now felt that what Li Xuewu said was somewhat like the truth.

Because everything Li Xuewu said was the big truth, and all the words had evidence to support them, making him have to believe Li Xuewu.

"Must, I mean must, someone take the blame."

Li Xuewu pointed at Luo Cheng and said, "Fu Haibo bit your dad and Yang Mingsu, and of course, you."

"And we did find things at Yang Mingsu's house. Yang Mingsu also insisted that your dad was the mastermind behind those things, and that he just took things and closed his eyes, doing nothing."

Luo Cheng had a sinister expression, looking at Li Xuewu, as if he understood what Li Xuewu was going to say.

"You mean, you want me to provide Yang Mingsu's..."

"Mm-hmm."

Li Xuewu poked the cigarette butt in the ashtray, with an expression of "you're really smart," and said, "The most critical thing now is that your dad hasn't confessed."

As he spoke, he shook his head with certainty and said, "Looking at your dad's appearance, he won't confess either. If Yang Mingsu's case is confirmed, he bites your dad, then your dad will have to take the blame with him."

Speaking of this, Li Xuewu pointed at Luo Cheng, who had widened his eyes, and said, "And your dad definitely won't betray you, so..."

Now Li Xuewu didn't need to continue, Luo Cheng's complexion was like a kaleidoscope, changing every moment, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Xuewu was already straight.

"You mean..."

"Right!"

Li Xuewu stared at Luo Cheng and said, "The illegal situation regarding your dad and Yang Mingsu and others must be implemented as soon as possible, so that Discipline Inspection won't keep pestering you."

"After your dad's case is over, whether you, this small fry, are handled as a public security case or... I can make the decision. Do you understand?"

"Under... understand."

Luo Cheng's voice was somewhat excited, like a drowning person suddenly seeing a piece of wood floating over.

But he didn't know that this floating wood was actually the upper jaw of a crocodile.

"You go..."

Li Xuewu raised his hand to stop Luo Cheng, squinted his eyes, and stared at Luo Cheng, saying, "I don't care how their case is handled, and I don't care how long it takes for you to get out. I can't offer this trick for free."

As he spoke, he pointed to the security team member standing on the side and said, "The ones in this room, and the comrades who came with me, can't come to Steel City for nothing! You said it yourself, 80,000. If you are short one cent, I will crush you to death inside."

"Understood!"

Luo Cheng, who originally had three parts of belief in Li Xuewu, now had six parts of certainty. This was a guy who wouldn't get up early without profit.

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Traveling a thousand miles to be an official is just for money. Don't look at how scholarly I look; actually, I'm just a vulgar person."

"Scholarly..."

Luo Cheng heard this and originally wanted to ask if this scholarly was the scholarly with a suffix?

But thinking of Li Xuewu's identity, he nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes. You look really scholarly, but it's better to be a bit vulgar. I'm a vulgar person, greedy for money and lustful."

Li Xuewu reached out and pointed at Luo Cheng, saying, "Remember, your face was hit by yourself, and then you said you suddenly remembered those things about your dad and Yang Mingsu. Do you remember?"

"And, as long as Discipline Inspection doesn't bother you today, we have to see the money."

The last sentence was said by Li Xuewu through gritted teeth.

"Understood, understood."

Luo Cheng saw that Li Xuewu didn't listen to what he wanted to say about his father and Yang Mingsu at all, but stood up to leave. Now the six parts of certainty had become nine parts.

Nine parts of certainty was enough to get things done, and the remaining one part would just be believing in this person.

But thinking of the price he had to pay to get out, he felt a bit of heartache for his money, and his face hurt a bit too.

Li Xuewu stood up and walked out, pulled the door open, gave Yang Zongfang, who was standing by the door, a look, and the two walked further down the corridor.

"You're really good at fooling people!"

Yang Zongfang poked Li Xuewu and said with a smile, "You almost made me believe it."

Li Xuewu patted away Yang Zongfang's hand and stared at Yang Zongfang seriously, asking, "Did I fool him? Am I not scholarly?"

"Damn it!"

Yang Zongfang looked at Li Xuewu with disgust and said, "Stop ruining those good words!"

As he spoke, he had already turned back and walked to the door of Luo Cheng's room, tidied his expression, pushed the door, and walked in.

"Damn it!"

Li Xuewu looked in the direction of the corridor and muttered in a low voice, "This isn't killing the donkey... rabbit dies... damn it!"

Ignoring the security team member at the door who was holding back a laugh, he turned his head and said, "Next time there's a night field operation, you secretly slap him! If something happens, I'll protect you!"

The team member nodded seriously to show he understood, but once Li Xuewu turned back, he forgot this request.

Li Xuewu returned to his room and hadn't even had a sip of water when Yang Zongfang returned with a face full of excitement.

"What's up? What's up?"

Li Xuewu stopped Yang Zongfang, who was about to come over, and said, "I don't want to see your face now. Our friendship is over."

Yang Zongfang said with a face full of smiles, "I was wrong, you look scholarly, okay?"

As he spoke, he asked Li Xuewu with a face full of excitement, "Who do you think has Yang Mingsu's money?"

"His wife, obviously!"

"You knew?"

Li Xuewu took a sip of hot water from the kettle and said, "Knew it last night, otherwise why would I say that."

Yang Zongfang widened his eyes and asked, "I thought you were bluffing her. Then why didn't you arrest her last night? What if she ran away?"

"Pfft~"

Li Xuewu laughed lightly, "We are different from you Discipline Inspection people. We are a discipline unit that always acts according to law, strictly enforces the law, and investigates violations. Without evidence, we won't arrest people, let alone interview people randomly."

"You!"

Yang Zongfang understood. It turned out Li Xuewu was waiting for him here. He still remembered the grudge of him interviewing him before.

"You're too petty, aren't you? That matter is already in the past, you are a dignified deputy section-level cadre, you wouldn't hold such a grudge, right?"

Li Xuewu shook the kettle in his hand and said, "There's a saying, hurting others is like nailing a nail into wood. Even if you pull the nail out, there's still a small grudge left in the wood!"

"Damn it!"

Yang Zongfang also couldn't help but explode with profanity, wanting to talk about the "acting according to law" on Luo Cheng's face and nose, but still smiled helplessly, "Then I apologize to you. I apologize for my previous arbitrariness. I was wrong!"

"Hey! Comrade Zongfang, what are you doing!"

Li Xuewu grabbed Yang Zongfang's hand and said, "Look, I was just joking with you, why did you take it seriously! This is your fault. We are all comrades, how can you treat me like this!"

"You!"

Yang Zongfang now had the heart to strangle Li Xuewu, shook off Li Xuewu's hand, and said, "Stop talking nonsense. The case is handled, I'll treat you to a banquet, tell me what to do next? Don't let anyone run away."

Li Xuewu put down the kettle and said with a smile, "Can't run. I didn't arrest her last night, so she still has fantasies, thinking that investigating this much is the end. If she runs, doesn't that mean there's a problem? So as long as we don't leave, the mother and daughter definitely won't leave!"

"Hiss~"

Yang Zongfang nodded, looked at Li Xuewu, and said, "I really want to see that Criminal Psychology book you wrote. When will it be finished?"

"Ha ha ha."

Li Xuewu accepted this flattery from Yang Zongfang and laughed very happily.

"Wait a bit longer, I'm still checking cases."

After answering casually, Li Xuewu continued, "Luo Jiaping won't confess, Yang Mingsu won't confess, but now we have Luo Cheng's confession, so we have reason to arrest Mrs. Yang."

"Also, the methods last night weren't intense enough. We need to be a bit ruthless today, otherwise Mrs. Yang won't have such great hatred. Without hatred, we won't be able to get key evidence."

"You have to be careful!"

Thinking of the electric slap Li Xuewu gave Luo Cheng last night and the big slap today, he knew Li Xuewu was ruthless and was afraid he would mess around.

Li Xuewu squinted at Yang Zongfang and said, "Luo Cheng is the son of the Steel Mill factory director and is considered a figure in Steel City. What such people care about most is face, which is why I hit him in front of so many people."

"And just now, I hit his face and dropped his face when he was at his most arrogant, thinking he had withstood your pressure. With such a big psychological reversal, whatever I say, he has to believe!"

"Hiss~"

Yang Zongfang looked at Li Xuewu admiringly and said, "Is your psychology that awesome?"

"That's right!"

Li Xuewu said while putting on his coat, "Don't think about picking up a cheap manuscript. Wait until my book is published, buy a copy, and learn from it. This is high-tech!"

"Hey!"

Seeing Li Xuewu walking out, Yang Zongfang shook his head with a smile and followed Li Xuewu out of the room.

Passing by Luo Jiaping's room, Li Xuewu asked Yang Zongfang beside him, "Has this one not been allowed to sleep?"

Yang Zongfang looked at Li Xuewu and said with a smile, "He said he's not sleepy."

"Hey, you learned fast!"

All morning, Yang Youhong had been persuading her mother.

But her mother seemed determined. Whenever she opened her mouth, she was either irritated and told her not to care, or said to wait a bit longer.

Watching her mother standing at the window looking outside, Yang Youhong really didn't know how to persuade her anymore.

She knew there was money at home, and she knew their food and clothing were better than others.

But where the money came from and where it was kept, she knew nothing about.

But after a long time, especially after she grew up, feeling the wealthy life and then looking at her father's salary, she knew the source of her exquisite life wasn't normal.

"Mom, think about Dad..."

Yang Youhong wanted to persuade her again, but seeing her mother standing by the window, her body softened like noodles and she collapsed to the ground, exclaiming, "Mom! Mom! What's wrong with you?!"

As she spoke, Yang Youhong had already run to the window, but before she could bend down to support her mother, she saw outside the window... ===== CHAPTER 335 =====