Chen Fang smiled and said, "Is Deputy Ding certain he wants me to speak out here?"

At this moment, in the office.

There were others besides Ding Yuan.

Ding Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Everyone, leave. I'd like to have a few words with Comrade Chen Fang."

After the others had left in succession.

Ding Yuan sat down, lit a cigarette, and said, "Go ahead."

Although Chen Fang was handcuffed, he still sat down in front of Ding Yuan without any sense of inferiority.

He said, "It seems that I was right, the Xiao Xiao case was indeed instigated by Deputy Ding behind the scenes."

Without changing his expression, Ding Yuan neither admitted nor denied but paused before saying, "And your reason?"

"The reason is simple. Since I started at the Bureau of Education, Deputy Ding has been giving me trouble non-stop. That's the reason."

"Heh, isn't that reason a bit too far-fetched?"

Ding Yuan said.

Chen Fang smiled slightly and said, "Deputy Ding is very good at judging the situation. County Magistrate Li Xiaomin genuinely dislikes someone 'troublesome' like me. So, on the surface, it seems you were gauging County Magistrate Li's intentions and pressing down on me. There seemed to be no flaw in your plan, but Deputy Ding overlooked a critical issue."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Ding Yuan said.

Chen Fang continued, "After Pan Youde's incident was exposed, the Public Security Bureau issued a brief martial law decree. I've always wondered who exactly issued that order. It couldn't have been Pan Youde; he didn't have the power. If it was Xiao Xiao, it seemed rather unlikely too. That leaves only Yang Yuanbo and Li Xiaomin. However, subsequent events proved that neither of them was involved. That leaves the last possible person—no other than you, Deputy Ding."

"Why would I do that?"

Ding Yuan asked.

Chen Fang replied, "Quite simple. After the incident with Pan Youde, you must have thought he would seek revenge against me. If he did, the matter would certainly escalate beyond control, and you would naturally benefit from it. After all, with Xiao Xiao and Pan Youde's downfall, you were the biggest beneficiary. No matter how you look at it, as the Deputy County Magistrate, it was a sure win for you."

Ding Yuan fell silent.

He kept smoking continuously.

After a while.

He finally looked at Chen Fang and said, "Continue."

Chen Fang already had a clear understanding in his heart at this point.

He said, "After the downfall of Pan Youde and Qi Hui, Deputy Ding wasted no time in arranging for your person, Sun Yan, to take over as deputy director. It's clear you wanted to take advantage of capturing the education system's benefits. Next, you just needed to cooperate with me to stir things up, and Xiao Xiao's downfall would also be within your expectations. After Xiao Xiao's death, someone would have to take the fall for the education system's issues. It would either be Yang Yuanbo or Li Xiaomin. As soon as one of them was transferred, you'd be able to advance further. Unless I'm mistaken, this was your initial plan, right?"

Seeing that Ding Yuan was still silent.

Chen Fang continued, "According to the original plan, after Xiao Xiao's fall, I would certainly be targeted for revenge by the people behind Xiao Xiao. Thus, Sun Yan would be able to take over the Bureau of Education smoothly. But what you didn't expect was that the person behind Xiao Xiao didn't make a move. Man's calculations are no match for Heaven's. After Xiao Xiao's death, Sun Yan was suppressed by me and could never fully control the situation. Li Xiaomin, though transferred as desired, was not succeeded by you. After all your efforts, you didn't gain any benefit."

"Hehe, Chen Fang, I have to say, your imagination is indeed rich,"

Ding Yuan scoffed.

Chen Fang also smiled slightly.

He said, "Deputy Ding, I haven't finished yet. Please don't be in a hurry to interrupt me."

"Just when things could have settled without a profit, no one expected the situation to flare up again at a critical moment. The person behind Xiao Xiao, aiming to move up, started to reshuffle all of Jinde County's informed individuals. He would certainly send a competent person to covertly investigate the '108 cases.' There's no need to say that I couldn't escape this fate, and your role in this matter would be exposed sooner or later. Sensing the impending crisis, you naturally had to find someone to pledge allegiance to."

"The person chosen by the one behind Xiao Xiao was Lv Yifeng. In this situation, the only option was to align with Lv Yifeng and take good care of him to avoid a fatal disaster."

"That boss hates me to the bone, and Lv Yifeng would naturally want to eliminate me. In such a situation, it would only be logical for you to act against me as a show of loyalty, right?"

Boom!

It struck like a bolt from the blue.

Ding Yuan was stunned on the spot.

The reason he was stunned

was that all of Chen Fang's analysis matched what he had been thinking.

He calmed his emotions after a bit.

Ding Yuan said, "Chen Fang, you really are clever, but hasn't anyone told you that being clever isn't necessarily a good thing?"

"Many people have told me that,"

Chen Fang said.

Ding Yuan sneered, "Even if you've seen through the whole setup, what does that change? What can you alter?"

"I can!"

Chen Fang responded.

Ding Yuan burst into a loud laughter.

He said, "Capable? Aren't you a bit overconfident? Rape charges, you really think you can talk your way out of this?"

Chen Fang looked up at the clock on the wall.

He said, "It's about time, they should be here soon."

"Should be here? Who should?"

Ding Yuan paused and asked.

Knock, knock, knock.

There was a knock at the door.

With certainty, Chen Fang smiled and said, "Speaking of the devil and he shall appear, my reinforcements have arrived."

He didn't wait for Ding Yuan's consent.

The door creaked open, and Qian You's head peered in, speaking worriedly, "Deputy Ding, someone from the city is here."

"From the city? Who is here?"

Ding Yuan felt a sudden pit in his stomach.

Before Qian You could answer.

The door was pushed open.

A man in his thirties, wearing an administrative jacket, with a large slicked-back hairstyle, walked straight in.

The man was about one meter eighty tall and handsome.

As soon as he entered.

Ding Yuan stood up abruptly from the sofa, and asked anxiously, "Secretary Wang, what brings you here?"

How could a secretary elicit such wariness from Ding Yuan?

Because he was no ordinary secretary; he was the Chief of the Secretary Section of the Municipal Office and the secretary of Song Yiqiang, the Municipal Party Secretary—Wang Mian, the so-called first secretary of the municipality.

Wang Mian's gaze swept over Chen Fang, then settled on the handcuffs on his wrists.

"Deputy Ding, what is this supposed to mean?" Wang Mian pointed at Chen Fang's handcuffs and asked.

Ding Yuan immediately gestured for Ye Wenxu at the door to come in.

After Ye Wenxu had explained the situation.

Wang Mian asked, "Captain Ye, is the evidence conclusive?"

"It's conclusive. We found the victim's underwear at Chen Fang's house, complete with the victim's bodily fluids on it. That should be sufficient to prove..."

Before he could finish.

Wang Mian cut him off, asking again, "Captain Ye, let me ask you once more, is the evidence conclusive? If it's not, then it would be a case of framing someone."

"I assure you, Secretary Wang, the evidence is conclusive," Ye Wenxu said with conviction.

Wang Mian frowned and asked, "Assure? Is your assurance as the captain of the criminal police enough in police work? Where's the lab report?"

Even facing Wang Mian's questioning.

Ye Wenxu was not the least bit flustered.

He said, "The lab work has already started."

Wang Mian then turned to Guan Cunzhong, the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and asked, "Secretary Guan, you arrest people before the evidence is conclusive, and the person in question is the head of the Education Bureau. Is this how your Public Security Bureau conducts investigations? It seems to me that your competence as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee is also questionable, isn't it?"

Guan Cunzhong swallowed hard, just about to explain, but Ye Wenxu bravely interrupted, "Secretary Wang, this was my own decision, it has nothing to do with Secretary Guan."

"Good, quite responsible of you. Have you ever considered what you would do if you arrested the wrong person?" Wang Mian asked.

Ye Wenxu puffed out his chest and said, "If I've arrested the wrong person, I will personally apologize to Chen Fang."

"Apologize? If you've arrested the wrong person again, I believe this would be the second time, right? Then it's no longer a matter of apologizing; it would suggest that you, as captain of the criminal police, have abused your power and sought personal revenge, wouldn't it?" Wang Mian said.

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