Published at 23rd of September 2026 7:08 am

Chapter 4058: Shady Dealings

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Yue Sijing held her phone and communicated once more, quickly gathering information about that lawyer.

"The lawyer’s name is Zhou Renming, and I’ve been given his contact information."

"Alright, I’ll ask someone to look into it right now."

Soon, Sun Peng called in a colleague and asked them to investigate Zhou Renming.

"Sun Bro, take the time to introduce us to Chen Xiudong. I’d like to understand more about this case."

"Alright, I’ll take you there now."

The five of them left together and got into the police car.

As they were leaving, Lin Yi purposely glanced toward the entrance and noticed the Nissan was still there.

Occurring one after another, right in front of his eyes, this matter was not simple.

But Lin Yi did not say much as they all arrived at the detention center and met Chen Xiudong.

Chen Xiudong was quite young, only about eighteen or nineteen, with a slim figure and a face devoid of expression, showing obvious signs of fear upon meeting the group.

"Brother, don’t be afraid. We are journalists from the TV station, here today to interview you about this case," Yue Sijing said softly:

"If you made a mistake, then stay here and reform yourself; you’ll still be a good person when you come out. But if there’s some hidden truth behind this, we will definitely clear your name for you."

After hearing Yue Sijing’s words, a gleam seemed to appear in Chen Xiudong’s eyes, and he hurriedly gestured in sign language.

"I am being wronged; you have to help me. I didn’t steal anything."

"Journalist, why don’t you come back in a few days? We don’t have a sign language interpreter here; we need to call Liu Jintao and ask when he will return."

"I sent him in, so he won’t be back for a while," Lin Yi said calmly.

"Ah, sent in?"

"He committed a little trouble over in Zhong Hai, and I had to send him in. We discovered in our investigation that he is not very clean, which is why we’re here to investigate," Lin Yi explained:

"As for the sign language interpreter, there’s no need to find one. I can do it."

Lin Yi looked at Chen Xiudong and responded likewise in sign language:

"If you didn’t commit the theft, why did you confess?"

"I have never confessed, but they still arrested me in the end. I don’t know what happened."

"During interrogation, you didn’t confess either?"

"No, I have never stolen anything, so why would I confess?"

Lin Yi frowned and looked at Sun Peng, "Sun Bro, you handled this case, right?"

Sun Peng nodded, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

"Chen Xiudong told me he never confessed to stealing anything, so what happened with the record?"

"I wrote the record according to how things were at the time."

Sun Peng recalled the situation at the time, "When we interrogated him, he did confess to stealing."

"But he can’t speak and you don’t understand sign language, so how do you know?"

"Brothers, you must be kidding me. While I don’t understand sign language, there was a sign language interpreter."

"That’s where the problem lies. You don’t know what Chen Xiudong said; you can only learn through Liu Jintao, so whatever Liu Jintao says is treated as the truth."

Lin Yi looked at Sun Peng seriously and said:

"Therefore, what Chen Xiudong says becomes irrelevant; it completely depends on what Liu Jintao says. Even if Liu Jintao says he stole gold, then he stole gold; if he says he smashed someone’s car, then he smashed someone’s car. Do you understand what I mean?"

Sun Peng’s face changed drastically, looking extremely unpleasant.

"You mean to say, Liu Jintao deceived us all, deliberately framing Chen Xiudong!"

"If your speculation is correct, then the problem lies with Liu Jintao," Sun Peng said:

"I can have the police in Zhong Hai cooperate in bringing back Liu Jintao, and we’ll handle him."

Hearing Lin Yi speak this way, Sun Peng was inwardly surprised.

Being able to ask the police in Zhong Hai to bring someone back is not something just anyone can say, especially considering that he is just a journalist.

"If he can be brought back, that would naturally be the best."

Lin Yi nodded, "Give me a moment, I’ll make a call."

Lin Yi stepped aside, dialed a leader in Zhong Hai, and requested them to arrange for Liu Jintao to be sent back.

After finishing the call, Lin Yi returned to Sun Peng’s side.

"Everything has been arranged; he will be sent back today and should arrive tonight. When he gets here, please call us, as we need to conduct interviews about this matter."

"Rest assured, it will be done."

Having arranged this, Sun Peng took the group back to the station.

"Journalist, we will do our utmost to investigate this matter, and hopefully we will resolve it soon."

From the previous questioning, we can already confirm that Liu Jintao has issues.

Thus, this case and any other similar cases must be re-examined!

"Alright, thank you for your hard work," Lin Yi said politely.

"Is there anything else we need to do? We’ll definitely cooperate fully."

"It’s hard to say for now. Wait for my call."

"Okay."

Sun Peng extended his hand and shook Lin Yi’s, expressing his admiration for the journalist before him.

Invisibly, the investigative skill he demonstrated was on par with a professional like him.

After exchanging a few more polite words, Sun Peng sent the group off.

Soon after, he hurried to his leader’s office.

"Leader, there’s been an incident!"

Seeing Sun Peng enter, Zhou Lutong hurriedly put down his paperwork.

"What incident?"

In the next few minutes, Sun Peng reported the entire sequence of events to Zhou Lutong.

Upon hearing it, the latter was thoroughly shocked.

Never did he imagine there was such a hidden truth behind it.

"Leader, Liu Jintao has been arranged for return, and I think this matter requires a thorough investigation—all the cases he translated must be rechecked."

"Indeed."

Zhou Lutong’s expression was not pleasant, "This matter should not be publicized, or it will cause a bad impact."

Sun Peng understood Zhou Lutong’s meaning, "They will certainly report on Chen Xiudong’s case. If other cases have issues, we can handle them privately without involving them."

"That’s exactly what I mean."

"Leader, should we team up with them, hold a meeting, and treat this as a special case to resolve?"

"There’s no need. We’ll act as support; all actions will follow the direction of that journalist, Lin Yi."

"Huh? Follow his lead?"

Sun Peng was a bit at a loss.

"That journalist, Lin Yi, seems to have some real ability, but we’re the professionals, we shouldn’t just follow their lead."

"Don’t ask further, heed my words—follow whatever he asks you to do."

"Understood."

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