Breaking Through The Clouds

Chapter 42

The already spacious office of the director suddenly felt very empty with only Director Lu and Yan Xie standing and looking at each other. It was quiet to the point that made one feel a sense of oppression.

Finally, Yan Xie moved.

He reached out and pulled out the chair from behind the desk, lifted up his trousers, sat down casually, and smiled: "Yo, but I heard this guy was dead. The rescue operation that took place three years ago? Who was being rescued?"

Director Lu's face, which always had an expression that seemed very kind, did not show any questioning or criticism, and his tone was not indignant either: "After that explosion, a lot of higher ups thought he was dead, but some didn't agree."

Yan Xie's palms were soaked with sweat but his face didn't give out anything as he was listening attentively.

"Who?"

"Former deputy mayor of Guangzhou and head of the Public Security Department - Yue Guangping."

Director Lu opened the thermos, took a sip of tea and gulped it down, then let out a soft sound and put the thermos back on the table under the watchful eye of Yan Xie.

"The details of the incident are hardly known within the public security system, even Old Wei only heard about the explosion part. But in fact, after the explosion, the Gongzhou City Public Security Department had set up a task force to investigate the reasons why this operation ended in failure in order to hold the relevant personnel accountable. One of the leaders of the task force, Vice Mayor Yue Guangping, who had just retired at that time, suggested the idea that Jiang Ting might not be dead, and that he might've been abducted by drug traffickers instead. "

"..." Yan Xie met Director Lu's gaze and smiled briefly, "It is indeed not impossible."

Director Lu clearly didn't care how he answered, "The task force decided to adopt Yue Guangping's opinion."

"The first priority at that time was the rescue of the missing undercover officer 'Rivet'. According to the analysis, there was a high possibility that he was detained in Gongzhou at an abandoned building at the junction with Jianning and was in imminent danger of being killed by drug dealers. Shortly after, the task force finally identified the specific location where 'Rivet' was being held, and decided to take immediate action. The police forces of Jianning and Gongzhou jointly carried out the raid, but it was too late."

"As if they knew the police were coming, the abandoned building burst into flames before the police car arrived. After the fire was extinguished, police dug through the rubble and found Jiang Ting's gun and the body of 'Rivet', with a gunshot wound between the eyebrows."

Director Lu suddenly stopped, and the only sound heard in the large office was the faint breathing of Yan Xie.

"The ballistic analysis matched the speculation, and on the handle of Jiang Ting's gun, his own fresh fingerprints were found."

Obviously the voice was not loud, but it felt as if something suffocating had sunk down in the void.

"From this point of view alone, it is indeed very likely that Jiang Ting killed Rivet." After a long time Yan Xie finally spoke up.

If one looked into it, his answer was actually quite flexible and, seemingly agreeable, but actually he didn't bite off more than he could chew, and even hinted at some suspicion, although Director Lu didn't get to the bottom of it with him.

"That was the last time Jiang Ting showed his tracks in front of people, from then on he disappeared, he was treated as a sacrifice within the public security system, and no martyr title was granted to him." Director Lu then added indifferently, "But I personally believe that if he reappears, it will be a harbinger of great danger to come again."