Sun Li was taken aback by the words, only reacting a second later.
"You, you're the director?" Sun Li found the voice familiar and immediately recognized it.
The person on the other end replied, "That's right, it's me! Hurry up and release Ye Feng!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Li quickly interjected, "Ye Feng is suspected of selling substandard fish, which led to the deaths of over a dozen people overnight..."
However, the other party refused to listen and cut him off, "Shut up! You arrested someone without proper investigation, release him immediately!"
Sun Li's expression turned extremely grim. Nevertheless, he insisted, "Director, I have this under control. If he is truly not involved in the case, I will release him within 24 hours!"
With that, Sun Li hung up the phone. Had he just openly defied the director's orders?
Seeing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but applaud, "Impressive, truly impressive, you dare to openly resist even your director's orders!"
Sun Li, however, sneered, "Kid, didn't you say earlier that if you weren't released by six o'clock today, you'd sign a confession? Do you stand by your word?"
Ye Feng calmly smiled, "That's right! Of course, I do!"
"Good! Your trump card was the mayor and the others, right? Now that this trump card has been blocked by me, let's see what else you can do!" Sun Li sneered.
As the person in charge of this case, Sun Li had the authority to detain someone for 24 hours, regardless of who intervened.
Moreover, his background was not ordinary; he could disregard the director's orders.
As long as he could hold out until tomorrow, when Ye Feng would sign the confession, everything would be resolved.
"Just you wait! I said I'd be out by six o'clock today, and I will be!" Ye Feng said with a relaxed smile.
In reality, Ye Feng's trump card was not his connections, but the evidence that would prove his innocence.
Once Su Keqing presented the evidence, no matter how many reasons Sun Li and his colleagues had, they would have to release him.
After leaving, Sun Li suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, what if Ye Feng doesn't keep his word?"
"Indeed! If he doesn't keep his word, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?" Tang Zhiyang nodded in agreement.
Qin Hao, however, sneered, "He won't sign? That's not up to him. At worst, we can sign on his behalf..."
Meanwhile, the director was furious after being hung up on.
He put away his phone, his face filled with anger, and said, "Damn it, is this rebellion? Everyone, I'll call the deputy director, and we'll go to the police station together to demand his release!"
About three hours later, the deputy director arrived, and a group of them headed towards the police station.
Unbeknownst to them, two other groups were also arriving in Dongchuan City.
One group hailed from the provincial capital, and the other from the capital city.
It was already four in the afternoon, and there was still no movement from Ye Feng's connections.
At the police station, Sun Li sat in his office, feeling a vague sense of unease for some reason.
However, thinking that he only needed two more hours to get Ye Feng to sign the confession, his mood immediately relaxed.
Just then, a voice suddenly broke the silence.
"Captain, Captain, something's wrong!"
A person rushed into Sun Li's office from outside, shouting.
"Wh-what is it?"
Sun Li's unease intensified, and he asked nervously.
The person replied, "The director and deputy director, along with the new and former mayors, have arrived at the police station with personnel from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, demanding that you release him!"
"What? Didn't the director step down? Wasn't the deputy director out? And why are the new and former mayors here? And they brought people from the Municipal Public Security Bureau?" Hearing this, Sun Li broke out in a cold sweat.
Soon, he arrived in a large hall where the director, deputy director, new and former mayors, and others were already seated.
In addition, there were people from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, totaling over a dozen.
When the director saw him emerge, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Sun Li, where is Boss Ye? Release him immediately!"
"That's right! That case needs to be reinvestigated. You release Boss Ye first!" the deputy director also stepped forward and ordered.
But Sun Li shook his head and said righteously, "Director, Deputy Director, this case involves the poisoning of over a dozen people, and the incident has significant repercussions. I cannot release him. It would be bad if the criminal escaped!"
The director and deputy director were enraged by his words, "Sun Li, we've told you that Boss Ye has nothing to do with this poisoning! Are you openly defying our orders?"
"I apologize, Directors, but I am bound by my duty and cannot release him!" Sun Li insisted.
"You..."
Given his background, the director and deputy director couldn't say much more and were extremely angry.
However, at that moment, several people walked in.
"Huh? Who are you people? Who let you in?" Sun Li frowned and shouted as these people entered.
He had not wanted too many people involved in this matter, preferring to resolve it as quickly as possible.
But he hadn't expected the director, deputy director, and new and former mayors to bring people from the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Now, with another group of inexplicable people entering, his anxiety grew.
A stern-faced man with a square jaw handed over a badge and said, "Hello, we are from the Provincial Public Security Department, here to investigate the case of over a dozen people poisoned last night!"
"What? From the Provincial Public Security Department?" Hearing this, Sun Li was even more dumbfounded.
Why were people from the Provincial Public Security Department here?
"This case is now under our jurisdiction! We demand that you hand over the apprehended suspect to us!" the man said with a serious expression.
"What? Are these guys also here to demand the person?" Sun Li muttered to himself, his face growing even more grim.
If it were just the director, deputy director, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau personnel, he could still resist with his authority and background.
But with people from the Provincial Public Security Department taking over the case directly, it became difficult for him.
However, he seemed determined to persist and said, "Comrade from the Provincial Public Security Department, I have almost finished investigating this case. I don't think you need to trouble yourselves with it!"
The square-jawed man, however, frowned, "I said this case is under our jurisdiction, don't you understand?"
Hearing this, Sun Li's forehead broke out in a cold sweat. The pressure from a higher authority made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
Just as he was at a loss, another group of people walked in.
These individuals were all tall and imposing, exuding an aura of authority that was even stronger than that of the Provincial Public Security Department personnel.
After glancing at everyone present, they asked, "Who are the director and deputy director here?"
The director and deputy director quickly stepped forward and replied, "We are the director and deputy director here! May we ask who you are?"
The tall, sharp-eyed man with a crew cut at the front stepped forward, handed them a badge, and then said something that shocked everyone present...