Chapter 64 (1/2)

Hu Yue was extremely frightened, it was as if Li Hao had placed a large dunce cap on him for all to see. Even though w.a.n.g Ping wasn't in charge of the justice department, he was still a high official in the munic.i.p.al committee. He would not need to personally make a move, his network would be sufficient to ruin Hu Yue. Even worse, Hu Yue also had to worry about his own direct superior.

“No… no it's not that. Chief Li, you misunderstand. What I wanted to say was that Ye Qian escaped prison last night,” Hu Yue replied.

“What?” Li Hao was shocked. Ye Qian's situation involved a lot of people and was very difficult to handle to begin with. Now that he had escaped prison he made the situation much harder, but no matter what, he had to find Ye Qian before Ouyang Cheng's people did. “This is how you do your job? How could you let him escape? Quickly, take me to the cells,” Li Hao said angrily.

Hu Yue did not dare to answer back and responded with a succession of submissive yeses as he lead Li Hao into the detention cells. w.a.n.g Yu, Yang Wei and Sun Ji Sheng followed after them.

“Who was on duty last night?” Li Hao asked.

Hu Yue quickly gave Sun Ji Sheng a meaningful look and Sun Ji Sheng stepped forward, trembling, and said, “It… it was me.”

Li Hao shot him a look and asked, “What happened? Explain carefully.”

Sun Ji Sheng repeated the story he told w.a.n.g Yu. Li Hao coldly snorted at his explanation, “So the prisoner didn't escape because he was being extorted for a confession under torture?”

Sun Ji Sheng was visibly shocked. With Ye Qian's formidable skills, how could he dare to do such a thing. “No… no I didn't do that,” Sun Ji Sheng stammered.

Li Hao snorted coldly and did not say anything else.

Li Hao deliberately slowed his steps, when he reached w.a.n.g Yu's side he whispered in her ear, “Xiao Yu, I spoke about this matter with your father this morning. Ye Qian's problem is most likely much bigger than it seems. During the arrest you have to be there to make sure n.o.body does anything too rash. Understand?”

Li Hao was a direct subordinate of w.a.n.g Ping so he was often in the w.a.n.g residence. w.a.n.g Yu was naturally very familiar with him. “Big Brother Li, are you afraid they'll kill him to silence him?” w.a.n.g Yu asked.

“Yes, it's a possibility we have to consider. For reasons concerning the public and yourself you should find a way to protect Ye Qian. Do not let the enemy get to him first. Deputy Secretary w.a.n.g is already on the move, at this critical moment, we can't let anything happen to Ye Qian. Moreover, he's my own brother, I don't want to see anything bad happen to him,” answered Li Hao.

“Even if you didn't ask, it's what I planned to do. Don't worry Big Brother Li, I won't let anything happen to Ye Qian,” w.a.n.g Yu replied resolutely.

Li Hao was a little surprised at w.a.n.g Yu's determined appearance. He had a feeling that something strange was going on but he could not put the feeling into words.