Jia Shu "Hmm"ed and then actively reported, "After I called him, it took him less than 15 minutes to arrive at the bureau."
"On the way here, he answered six phone calls, five of which were from Master Qin Si," Jia Shu continued.
Yan Chen, discernibly intrigued, "Oh?" responded, "How did he explain that?"
Jia Shu said with a smile, "His explanation was perfect."
"He said Master Qin Si was calling to scold him, accusing him of betraying Master Qin Si," Jia Shu explained.
"He couldn't stand being scolded, so he hung up, but Master Qin Si continued calling, continuing to scold."
"Finally, he couldn't take it anymore, and he fought back against Master Qin Si, which made Master Qin Si stop harassing him."
"The causes and consequences of the calls were clearly explained, and it all seemed very reasonable," Jia Shu remarked.
Upon hearing this, Yan Chen rarely cracked a smile. His laughter was eerie, sending shivers down the spine.
After his laugh, he asked, "Do you believe him?"
By then, Jia Shu was also laughing so hard his smile nearly reached the heavens, "I believe him, my ass."
"How can there be so many coincidences in the world, all of which just happen to occur to him?" Jia Shu questioned.
Yan Chen "Hmm"ed, gradually reigning in his amusement, and then solemnly instructed, "Then investigate along those lines."
"Let's see what exactly our little friend is planning, to stir up such a fuss..."
"Yes!" Jia Shu respectfully responded...
After hanging up the phone, Jia Shu sat quietly in his office for a while. After organizing all the information, he picked up the desk phone and dialed a number.
A moment later, the connection was made, and Jia Shu, with a smile, gave an order, "It's our turn."
Having said that, he hung up the phone, stood up and donned an overcoat, then left the office to head downstairs...
Walking through the dark corridor, Jia Shu's mind involuntarily revisited the scene from half an hour ago.
At that time, Yan Chen had informed him that the Qin Family's place had caught fire, and Master Qin Si had fled.
His initial thought was to have the Political Department intervene immediately to investigate the matter.
After all, for such a major incident, each minute's delay meant the shadowy figure behind the scenes could potentially destroy more clues and evidence.
However, Yan Chen insisted that Qin Heng should first return to the Qin Family, and only after proactively requesting support from the Investigation Bureau, would they get involved.
He had three main reasons for this.
First, as Qin Heng had just aligned with him, it was important to save face for Qin Heng and the Qin Family;
Second, no one cherishes what they get easily; only what is earned through hard work is truly valued.
Third, Xinjie City was newly established and all the powers that be were rough around the edges. Even if they were given some time to cover their tracks, with the methods of the Political Department, the truth would still be uncovered.
Both of their perspectives were correct: one from the standpoint of solving the case, the other from a political standpoint.
Ultimately, Jia Shu heeded Yan Chen's arrangement.
But now that it was time to start the investigation, Jia Shu couldn't shake the feeling that due to this half-hour delay, something about the whole affair seemed to have shifted in an unforeseen way...
Yet, what could happen in just half an hour?
He'd even confined the prime suspect, Qiu Tu, within the bureau...
With that thought, a trace of deep contemplation flashed behind Jia Shu's spectacles.
A moment later, he took out his communicator and made a call.
"You don't have to join this operation, go to the surveillance room and keep an eye on Qiu Tu for me," he instructed.
Suddenly, a man's voice came through the phone, "Yes, Director."
Having finished all this, Jia Shu put on his mask of a forced smile and headed downstairs, stepping out of the Investigation Bureau building.
By then, a T-model car had already stopped at the entrance of the Investigation Bureau building, where a few middle-aged men, evidently experienced, were already waiting.
They were senior detectives who had followed Jia Shu and Yan Chen from the Sanctuary to Xinjie City, where they were promoted in situ to heads and deputy heads of various departments.
This was the backbone of Yan Chen's confidence in handling this case.
Today, due to the unexpected blaze, they were urgently gathered together to work in collaboration once again...
Meanwhile, at the same time as Jia Shu and his team embarked on their case.
In the office of the Interrogation Section.
Qiu Tu was also scrutinizing the detectives standing in front of him.
The Interrogation Section is a major division of the Political Department, containing subgroups such as the interrogation team, service team, psychological analysis team, forensic pharmacist team, and the records and archives team.
Similar to other departments of the Political Department, these groups operate independently, but when confronted with a case, members are drawn from each to form a special task force.
The three men and two women present tonight were members of the "espionage case" task force.
Song Qing, the young lady who had just made an off-color joke. Female, Third-Level Detective, a records officer from the records and archives team.
Wang Xi, male, Second-Class Investigator, the young pharmacist from the forensic pharmacist team who had just spoken.
The other two silent, burly middle-aged men were Third-Level Detectives from the service team, responsible for the security of detectives during interrogation and assistance with the process.
As for the last one, the sultry young widow, of course, she was just the protagonist of the "Peach Blossom News"... Liu Fuping.
She was in her early thirties, widowed, childless. When she laughed, she always preferred to look at people with a sideways glance, her slightly upturned, amorous peach blossom eyes exuding allure in every glance.
A woman like her naturally became the source of office gossip.
After a brief glance at the beautiful widow, Qiu Tu smiled and said, "Sister Liu, how come you look even more beautiful tonight than this afternoon?"
Upon hearing Qiu Tu's teasing, Liu Fuping's peach blossom eyes curved up, and with a roll of her eyes toward Qiu Tu, she somehow appeared even more captivating.