Chapter 220 - It appeared that what they were looking for was, indeed, hidden in that secret room. (2)
Edited by: Lulu
Wen Rugui, Pu Jianyi, and Jiang Danhong did not stay at Beihe any longer than they needed to. The next day, they immediately boarded the sleep train, which Wen Rugui’s cousin had helped them get the tickets to.
Jiang Danhong had been running a low fever ever since she had left the Red Star production team, but she forced herself not to say a word to anyone.
Wen Rugui and Pu Jianyi only noticed that something was off with her after they had boarded the train.
Concerned, Pu Jianyi asked, “Are you alright, Comrade Jiang?”
Jiang Danhong gave him an indifferent look but didn’t say a word.
Pu Jianyi, “……”
He was so hurt. Even though he had worked with Wen Rugui in getting her out, she still found him untrustworthy.
He was so hurt that he even asked the worker at the motel for a mirror the night before. He looked at himself left and right and still couldn’t see what was wrong with his very righteous face.
Seeing that Pu Jianyi was getting nowhere, Wen Rugui asked, “Comrade Jiang, you don’t look well. Are you ill?”
Jiang Danhong responded this time. She shook her head and said, “I am fine. Don’t worry about me.”
Having said that, she proceeded to ignore Wen Rugui as well and turned toward the window, looking solemn and distant.
Wen Rugui decided to stop asking.
He didn’t feel that Jiang Danhong was being rude. It was only normal that she wasn’t able to socialize with others like a normal person given the horrible things that she had gone through.
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Meanwhile, Jiang Huarong had also gotten the news that Jiang Danhong had been taken away. He was jumping up and down in anger. “Are you stupid or are you stupid? How could you let them take her away? You idiot! If you want to go down, don’t drag me down with you. Now hurry up and get her back! If you fail, I am going to ……”
BANG!
He wasn’t even done talking yet when suddenly, his door was forced open from the outside. It was then that a group of men in police uniform filed in.
The phone receiver fell out of Jiang Huarong’s hand, his eyes widening in shock and fear. His hand trembled uncontrollably while asking, “Who- who are you people? How can you just barge in like that?”
Jiang Huarong tried very hard to look calm, but his heart was beating so fast that it could jump out of his chest. It was impossible for him to remain calm.
He had a bad feeling when he saw these people.
A middle-aged man walked inside and said to him with a solemn look, “Jiang Huarong, the city government received some complaints about you. After looking into them, we found them to be truthful. We need you to come with us to assist in the investigation.”
Jiang Huarong felt a chill down his spine, and his eyes widened further from fear. “No, there must be some kind of mistake. I had always served the people honestly and had never committed an act against the people or our country. You can’t treat me like this!”
The middle-aged man’s lips curved, and he had a very mocking look on his face. “What are you worried about then? The country will not wrong you, if you did not commit any crime.”
Speechless, Jiang Huarong turned pale and gasped for air, feeling extremely lightheaded. He looked like a fish that had been tossed onto dry land.
“Someone come and bring him with us!”
Jiang Huarong made a last-ditch attempt to persuade them from arresting him. “I’m not leaving. What would others think of me if I leave with you like this? Even if I am proven to be innocent later on, it would still hurt my reputation a lot!”
The others at the Education Department had picked up on the ruckus.
Assistant Director Xiao Jinshan, Mother Xiao’s older brother, walked inside and said, “Officer, what had Comrade Jiang done wrong? We can’t let you take him with you unless you can tell us what this was all about.”
The others at the Education Department agreed.
Jiang Huarong, however, was not appreciative of that at all. Instead, he said emotionally to the middle-aged man, “Don’t say anything anymore. I’ll go with you.”
The middle-aged man was no longer in a hurry.
He looked around the room and said, “Alright, I will tell you if you really want to know. Jiang Huarong mistreated the children of war heroes, abused his power for personal gains, accepted bribes, and stole government properties. We have already collected part of the evidence. Do you think we have enough to take him with us now?”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, it was dead silent inside the office.
Everyone looked over at Jiang Huarong at the same time. They could not have been more surprised.
Each one of these crimes was enough to have Jiang Huarong sentenced to death!
Jiang Huarong was also stunned. Hearing the man listing down all his crimes, he felt endless fear crashing down on him. He started trembling, and his teeth chattered, knocking against each other.
He. Was. Done. For!
Xiao Jinshan, too, looked stunned. He quickly stepped aside and kept his mouth shut.
It was never his intention to help Jiang Huarong. He just hadn’t thought that Jiang Huarong would have committed so many awful crimes!
Jiang Huarong was done for!
And Xiao Jinshan didn’t even need to push things along!
That being said, Xiao Jinshan didn’t mind helping things move faster.