He swung a fist, slamming it hard onto Chen Fang's head.
The punch was powerful, and had Chen Fang not been secured in the interrogation chair, he might have been sent flying.
"You think I wouldn't hit you? What a joke! Chen Fang, do you think you're still a section chief? I'm telling you, after today, you're nothing."
He had thought Chen Fang would submit after witnessing his fierceness.
Unexpectedly, Chen Fang just spit.
He asked coldly, "So the police hit people lightly, as if they haven't eaten?"
Dare to talk back?
Du Huai was enraged.
He turned around, grabbed an electric baton, and turned it on, sparks flying.
"You still have time to apologize to me now?"
Du Huai said.
Faced with Chen Fang's disdain.
He finally made a move.
The electric baton first jabbed into Chen Fang's arm.
A powerful electric current coursed through his body, and in that moment, Chen Fang almost passed out.
Even so.
He was still cursing under his breath.
Du Huai could not care less.
He jabbed the electric baton into Chen Fang's body two more times in succession.
After those two strikes, Chen Fang no longer had the strength to speak, and his arms bore dark burn wounds that looked quite horrifying.
"Are you convinced now?"
Du Huai asked through clenched teeth.
Chen Fang swayed as he raised his head.
His eyes were already somewhat blurry.
Then, with a "ptui", he spat saliva mixed with blood onto Du Huai's police uniform.
"You hopeless fool, I'll beat you to death—"
Just as he was about to swing the baton again.
Click.
The door to the interrogation room was abruptly opened from the outside.
A woman with an anxious expression appeared at the door.
It was none other than the Director of the Health Bureau, Gu Jingshu.
"Stop!"
Gu Jingshu shouted.
She rushed up to Du Huai.
"Who are you? Do you know where you are?"
Du Huai frowned and was about to lose his temper when he realized that behind her, the Police Station Chief Guan Xiangyang also followed out.
"Chief Guan, you must explain this to me, or else I'm going to the Disciplinary Committee now to accuse you of torture."
Gu Jingshu's eyes swept over the dying Chen Fang as she spoke indignantly.
The urgency in Guan Xiangyang's voice was evident as he glared at Du Huai.
He asked, "What's going on here?"
Du Huai calmly replied, "I was conducting a routine inspection at Wanli Private Bathhouse and caught this guy soliciting prostitution. We brought him back, and he still won't admit it..."
"Prostitution? Impossible!"
Before he could finish.
Gu Jingshu sharply retorted.
Du Huai sneered, saying, "Would our police station falsely accuse anyone of wrongdoing?"
Gu Jingshu responded angrily, "No matter what he has done, he is still one of our Health Bureau staff. You must release him immediately. I need to take him to the hospital for an examination now."
"Director Gu, according to the regulations..."
Guan Xiangyang said with difficulty.
Gu Jingshu asked, "According to the regulations? Are you allowed to use force? What? Is our Health Bureau easy to bully? Chief Guan, should we discuss this somewhere else?"
The opponent was after all the Director of the Health Bureau.
And he was just the head of a local police station.
Their ranks differed by half a level.
Hesitating for a moment, he was about to agree when suddenly, a man's voice at the door said, "Comrade Gu Jingshu, is this appropriate?"
This voice drew everyone's attention.
Following the sound.
Zhao Shoujiang was already standing at the door with his hands behind his back.
Upon seeing him.
Delight appeared on Du Huai's face.
He approached and pretended to relay the cause and effect of the situation once again.
After listening, Zhao Shoujiang nodded and said, "As a public official who knowingly breaks the law, the evidence is clear, yet he still intentionally denies it, his crime increases by one level. The police have their own methods of handling cases, and others should not interfere."
As a county leader.
This statement was essentially a confirmation.
It was also a warning to Gu Jingshu.
Seeing Chen Fang, who was almost at the point of collapse, Gu Jingshu was about to speak when Zhao Shoujiang immediately said, "Director Gu, I advise you to think carefully, and not let a subordinate's violation of discipline affect yourself. It wasn't easy for you to get to where you are now."
The tone became three degrees harsher.
It already carried a threatening air.
The appearance of Zhao Shoujiang had rendered the situation irredeemable.
Du Huai had the support of the deputy county head.
He suddenly felt more confident.
He said to Gu Jingshu, "Director Gu, I'm sorry, this is a police handling area, no outsiders allowed. You can leave now."
Her abilities exceeded her capacity to help.
Although she very much wanted to save Chen Fang.
But this time, she was probably helpless.
In front of everyone.
Du Huai rolled up his sleeves.
He said, "Chen Fang, you see the situation, no one can save you. If you don't want to suffer, I suggest you confess."
Chen Fang slowly raised his head.
He looked at Du Huai with a piercing gaze.
Pausing between each word, he said, "You are framing me falsely, you will regret this."
"Really? I'd like to see how someone like you, a perpetrator of soliciting prostitution, can make me regret,"
Du Huai laughed out loud.
At that moment.
Suddenly, there was a flurry of footsteps in the corridor.
Very soon.
Wen Mei, dressed in a police uniform and with a serious face, led several police officers and appeared in front of everyone.
She walked straight into the interrogation room.
She glanced at Chen Fang and then turned to the people behind her and said, "Unchain him."
The accompanying police officers were just about to unchain the handcuffs.
Du Huai abruptly stopped her and asked, "Which unit are you from?"
"623 Special Case Team Leader Wen Mei."
"Whatever special case team you are from, you can't just take people away from our station without proper procedures, do you have them?"
"Procedures? Are you asking about this?"
Wen Mei pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and slapped it in front of Du Huai.
Du Huai opened the paper and instantly his face turned green.
"This is a report just issued by the county public security bureau's forensic department. The substance within the condom you submitted for testing is soy milk. Additionally, the physical examination report for Song Lanre has come out as well, she has not had sexual relations with anyone in the last 48 hours. Deputy Chief Du, how do you explain this?"
Wen Mei asked.
Boom!
It was like a bolt from the blue.
Everyone gathered inside and outside the interrogation room froze.
Especially Du Huai, it was obvious that he was visibly sweating, and the hand holding the report was trembling slightly.
Although he kept telling himself it was impossible.
The report in front of him was real.
And it couldn't be faked.
In other words, now it was his turn to be doomed.
Framing, torture during interrogation, either charge was sufficient for him to be stripped of his police uniform.
"Zhao..."
He suddenly thought of Zhao Shoujiang.
This was his only lifeline now.
But when he looked towards the door, Zhao Shoujiang's expression had already darkened to the extreme.
"This is outrageous, absolutely outrageous! How can your police station work like this? Arresting people without evidence? Guan Xiangyang, you must give an explanation for this in your station, otherwise, I won't let this go," he said.
After speaking.
He walked in.
He came to Chen Fang.
He said earnestly, "Comrade Chen Fang, rest assured, since I am involved in this matter, I will definitely see that you get justice. Regarding the perpetrator, the county government's stance is clear, we will punish without mercy."
This statement made Du Huai tremble even more.
It was over, completely over.
He was going to be the scapegoat.
As he internally lamented.
Chen Fang squeezed out a smile and said, "Vice County Head Zhao, Chief Du is a police officer who upholds justice. He must have been misled. The person who made the false report to Chief Du is the truly despicable one, right?"