Chapter 1560 — A Misunderstanding
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Yang Huaijun and Liu Wangli and the others went over a new plan. He took the post of task force leader himself, with Liu Wangli as deputy, and laid out certain plans and instructions for future operations.
Once the meeting ended, Yang Huaijun walked swiftly to Qiu Lingshan's office.
At that moment Qiu Lingshan sat in her office in gloom. She could not understand Yang Huaijun's behavior in the least, and still less could she believe that Wei Zhao was a suspect. This was a trust that came from the depths of her heart; she felt certain that Wei Zhao could never be such a man.
Knock, knock, knock — a knocking came from outside the office. Qiu Lingshan gathered back her thoughts, adjusted her composure, and said, "Come in."
Yang Huaijun pushed the door open and stepped into Qiu Lingshan's office, then casually closed the door behind him and locked it.
"Director Yang..." Qiu Lingshan felt somewhat wronged; she could scarcely believe what had happened today.
"Let's go into your rest room," Yang Huaijun said, pointing toward the small rest room adjoining her office.
"Huh?" Qiu Lingshan was startled. Recalling how he had just locked the door, she instinctively grew wary. Was he going to do something to her? And thinking again of how he had driven her off the task force today and branded Wei Zhao a suspect, her heart grew all the more anxious — could Yang Huaijun mean to harm Wei Zhao?
"Director Yang, what are you..." Qiu Lingshan did not follow him into the rest room. Instead she suddenly circulated her mental technique, releasing the strength of the early Profound Stage — which gave Yang Huaijun quite a shock.
"You... you are already a Profound Stage expert?" No wonder Yang Huaijun was astonished. When he had last seen Qiu Lingshan, she had only been a Yellow Stage expert. In the blink of an eye — how little time had passed? — she was already a Profound Stage expert! What fortuitous encounter had she met with in the meantime?
Qiu Lingshan said nothing, still watching Yang Huaijun warily.
"Lingshan, have you misunderstood?" Seeing her reaction, and recalling his own actions a moment before, Yang Huaijun understood her worry at once, and could not help smiling bitterly as he lowered his voice. "When I said the rest room, it was because I feared the walls have ears — I have something very important to tell you... Besides, you are a Profound Stage expert. What have you to fear from a man who has not even recovered to the Yellow Stage?"
"Ah? Oh, oh!" Qiu Lingshan flushed, instantly realizing she had misunderstood. She hurried to open the door of the rest room, and went in with Yang Huaijun.
Only once they were inside did Yang Huaijun say gravely, "Lingshan, you know the pressure I am under. All the evidence now points to Wei Zhao. I cannot simply declare that he is not a suspect! Though you and I both know that Wei Zhao is not that sort of man, in handling a case we must go by evidence. At present every unfavorable piece of evidence points to Wei Zhao. We cannot be a hundred percent certain that he did these things — but if you and I both strain every nerve to exonerate him, the likely outcome is that we are both dismissed from the task force, and then Wei Zhao will be in even greater danger!"