Wednesday, 4 PM.
Procuratorate Headquarters, Serious Crime Division Office.
In the innermost manager's office, Zhao Chunming and Guo Wufeng both sat in silence, their heads bowed, not saying a word.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the office was oppressively somber.
From time to time, they could hear a group of newcomers outside the office bantering and chatting.
"They settled it?"
"Just because the old man testified in court, the director caved?"
"Even though Director Guo looked pretty timid after being scolded by the old man, wasn't this case a sure win for a conviction?"
"I don't get why the director would settle, I just don't get it, doesn't that mean we lost again?"
"There's no use in us subordinates guessing the leader's intentions, maybe there's a deeper reason?"
"What deeper reason? To me, it looks more like a shady deal, that defense attorney even managed to get Director Guo's father involved, who knows what they might have..."
