In the interrogation room, after reminiscing about events from three years prior, Zhu Maode seized Ye Chenfeng's hand and kept calling him "brother" in a manner that couldn't be more nauseating, as if he had mistaken the interrogation room for a teahouse, chatting jovially in all directions.
Zhu Maode's slightly drunken haze had vanished without a trace; his spirits were as if he had taken a stimulant! It's no wonder Zhu Maode was behaving this way—he had muddled through half a lifetime in the bureaucratic arena, only managing to climb his way up to the position of chief of the South District Sub-bureau. Frankly speaking, our Chief Zhu was of humble origins! With no powerful figures backing him, he saw his career halting at the rank of a sub-bureau chief.
