TFS Chapter 52

As the drama aired to the scene of Rui Shikang’s melancholy, Zhang Shun silently pressed the pause button. He had overlooked the plot elements of the drama and had been trying to find answers from the victim’s social relationships before his death, but he had ignored the script that should have been at the scene but was missing.
When he watched the whole story, the identity of the murderer was already obvious. But this familiar feeling on the screen, like his father’s shielding of Zhang Yu twenty years ago, caused the once close brotherly relationship to split and go their separate ways.
The end of taking the wrong path is a dead end. Zhang Shun knew very well that no matter how Zhang Yu tried to please Zhang Shirong and coaxed Zhang Shirong into believing in his youngest son, he was secretly manipulating the city of sin he had laid out. He had no trust in Zhang Yu now, and he didn’t have it back then, and he doesn’t have it now either.
Before the investigation and arrest, no matter what the purpose, he should let Zhang Shirong know all this, which can be regarded as an explanation to the family. Thinking of this, he called Zhang Shirong, and as expected, Fang Jun answered the phone.
Fang Jun was very surprised. It was Zhang Shun’s call. Zhang Shun had not taken the initiative to call Secretary Zhang Shirong for several years.
“Ah Shun, are you looking for the Secretary?”
This time, Zhang Shun did not evade, “Are you busy? Is it convenient to find him?”
“There will be an investment promotion meeting and an old site renovation meeting in the province today. There will be a break in the middle. I will ask him to call you back later?” Fang Jun asked tentatively.
“Are you in a meeting at the Provincial Government now?” Zhang Shun asked.
“Yes, there are arrangements today.”
“Then I’ll come over now, and I’ll contact you when I get there.” After he finished speaking, he hurriedly got up and walked out of the police station.
Fang Jun held the hung-up phone in a daze, with an ominous premonition in his heart. He even took out his mobile phone, and the hand holding the mobile phone was slightly trembling, trying to dial Zhang Yu’s phone, but no one answered and it went to voicemail. The premonition could not help but become several times stronger. Even so, he still had to tell Secretary Zhang about Zhang Shun’s visit in advance. Sure enough, when he finished speaking loudly in his ear, Zhang Shirong’s face could not help but show a look of doubt, “I know, let’s continue the meeting.”
After registering in the Provincial Government, Zhang Shun quickly took the elevator and waited at the door of Zhang Shirong’s office.
An hour later, Zhang Shirong and Fang Jun’s figures rushed out of the elevator one after another. Zhang Shun stood in the doorway, facing his father Zhang Shirong. There was also a trace of surprise in his eyes. Ever since Zhang Shun started working, he had been paying attention to avoiding Zhang Shirong’s workplace. He motioned Zhang Shun to enter the office before speaking, and instructed Fang Jun to go to the next conference room to be busy first.
Zhang Shun walked into the office. In his memory, it was no longer the small office it used to be. The current office is large and spacious. His father has risen steadily from District Chief to Municipal Party Secretary to the current Provincial Party Secretary, but in his impression, his father is not a person who pays attention to external things, and still uses those simple and practical office furniture for many years.
“Why are you thinking of going to my place today without avoiding suspicion?” Zhang Shirong said with a smile as he prepared to boil water for tea.
“No need to bother, I’ll leave after I finish talking. I’m also very busy.” Zhang Shun said.
Zhang Shirong’s hand stopped, and he sat down again, frowning slightly, wondering what Zhang Shun would have to tell him so solemnly.
Zhang Shun’s eyes were meaningful. He didn’t know what kind of shockwaves the next words would bring to Zhang Shirong, but he had to say them.
“I still remember the case of Zhang Yu’s tutor that year.”
Zhang Shirong’s face changed. He wanted to stop him. This matter had become an absolute taboo topic in the Zhang family. After many years, he never thought that Zhang Shun would mention it again, but Zhang Shun did not give him a chance, and he continued to tell the story of the current case. Zhang Shirong’s expression became more and more stern as he spoke.
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Soon, after Zhang Shun finished explaining the ins and outs and his own reasoning, seeing that Zhang Shirong showed no signs of a serious reaction, he resolutely left Zhang Shirong’s office, but he was still worried and called Fang Jun, asking him to quickly go to the office to see his father. Then, the Provincial Party Secretary of Jiangyuan Province, Zhang Shirong, was left alone sitting on the sofa, his whole body trembling slightly, his heart full of struggle and contradiction.
The expression on his face kept changing, sometimes angry, sometimes shocked, sometimes painful. He couldn’t accept this kind of questioning, but the one who questioned his younger son was his other son. Zhang Shun is an excellent criminal police officer, and he knows this very well. If what Zhang Shun said is true, then he has been kept in the dark for so many years. At this time, Zhang Shirong’s inner world is full of self-blame. If he can’t even manage his family well, how can he manage a vast province.
He didn’t know how to face this fact. When Fang Jun knocked on the door again to remind him that the meeting was about to start, his legs were as if filled with heavy lead, and he barely stood firm.
“Leader, what’s wrong with you?” Seeing this, Fang Jun was also a little worried. He didn’t know what Zhang Shun had said to the Secretary, but the Secretary’s reaction was unusual.
He hesitated for a long time, “I’m fine, Xiao Fang, you go over first, I’ll be there soon.”
When the office returned to silence again, his upright back added a bit of vicissitudes of life. He knew that no matter in what capacity, he could no longer continue to escape. He had to take the responsibility for all the wrong things Zhang Yu had done for so many years. As a father, he felt powerless and deeply frustrated for the first time.
Recalling the scene that year, Zhang Shun said that he had seen Zhang Yu steal someone else’s work and credit it as his own, and found that Zhang Yu’s previous works were also stolen. He felt that Zhang Shun was exaggerating, just borrowing, and there was no need to force Zhang Yu to admit the past stealing and withdraw from the competition. If at that time, if at that time… If he could have handled it more properly and guided Zhang Yu to take the right path, he wouldn’t have caused Zhang Yu to become a suspected murderer in the current situation, if at that time…
He hurriedly took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhang Yu’s private number, but the cold female voice came from the other end of the phone, “I’m sorry, the phone you dialed is turned off.” He tried a few more times unwillingly, but still didn’t get through.
If he still wanted to refute something when he heard Zhang Shun say it just now, it now seemed to have become a foregone conclusion. This realization made him feel like he had fallen into an ice cave, and a chill rose from his heart.
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Zhang Shun quickly started investigating from Zhang Yu’s real estate companies, financial companies, and various investment relationships. His actions shocked Yuan Guobin. Yuan Guobin originally wanted to intervene and tell him to stop, but he unexpectedly received a call from Provincial Party Secretary Zhang Shirong, asking him to fully cooperate with Zhang Shun’s investigation and inform him of the clues of the case as soon as possible.
Zhang Shirong’s attitude had a great momentum of “sacrificing relatives for justice”. Yuan Guobin immediately stopped hesitating and cooperated with Zhang Shun to issue an arrest warrant. When Zhang Shun led the team to these companies and Zhang Yu’s properties, they did not find Zhang Yu himself.
He immediately contacted all the entry-exit management centers in Shengshi City to find out if Zhang Yu had any intention of escaping. However, the feedback he received was that none of them had received this passenger.
Zhang Yu has a very high probability of still being in Shengshi. What is his purpose? Why did he want to destroy the crew? Is the story revealed by the crew his fabricated experience? All kinds of questions lingered in Zhang Shun’s mind.
Shen Qing and others looked at this situation and didn’t know how to persuade him. According to common sense, Zhang Shun should withdraw from the task force to avoid suspicion. However, Yuan Guobin chose to handle it in a special way. He had a very accurate premonition that only Zhang Shun could catch Zhang Yu. Zhang Shun’s political stance and attitude were beyond doubt.
That night, Zhang Shirong dismissed everyone and took the official car to the Shengshi Public Security Bureau. He went quietly, so much so that Lao Zhao, who read the news every day, realized that this was Provincial Party Secretary Zhang Shirong. He patted Lao Zhao on the shoulder, “I’m going to see Zhang Shun.” The implication was that he didn’t want to attract more attention.
Lao Zhao immediately gave him an understanding look, “I’ll take you in.”
A moment later, Zhang Shun looked at the person knocking on the office door, a little lost.
After closing the door, Zhang Shirong looked around Zhang Shun’s office, and then looked at the social network and unsolved questions about the case written on the whiteboard in his office, “This case is quite tricky, right?”
Zhang Shun remained silent, listening to Zhang Shirong’s next words, “Don’t worry, I’m not here to protect my brother this time. I… After listening to what you said, I spent the whole morning reflecting on whether it was because I didn’t care enough about the two of you, and my mother left early, which led to this tragedy.”
In Zhang Shun’s impression, his father has always been a resolute person, with a warm appearance but actually a deep mind. But when his voice choked and his eyes were full of deep self-blame and pain, Zhang Shun’s heart was also turbulent.
“I admit that I was a little indulgent and let you down with Ah Yu. I have been very independent since I was a child. After my mother left, I didn’t say anything, but overnight, you felt my change. Ah Yu was still a child at that time, and didn’t understand what happened at home at all. When I grew up, I wanted to be a policeman. He liked design and wanted to be a real estate design engineer. I agreed to everything, thinking that we were on the right path. As for whether or not to enter politics, I didn’t care. When he was in school, you went more and more often, but the time to go home was less and less. You can only use money to compensate him. You think he has no worries about food and clothing, and can learn what he likes, and can live a happy life.”
Zhang Shun listened quietly, with complicated emotions in his heart.
“Ah Shun, you know why I came to you today. Twenty years ago, I said that he plagiarized other people’s works. From that time on, the relationship between our brothers gradually disappeared. At that time, Dad didn’t believe me, not that he didn’t believe what I said, but that he believed that Ah Yu was your child, and he was not such a biased person. I couldn’t understand Dad at that time. I always had my own justice in my heart, and couldn’t tolerate the black and white colors in this world. You all understand. So for so many years, you have never asked me for anything, and even if I am not by your side, many people praise me as long as they talk about me. Dad is also equally proud of having a son like me.” His tone was very sincere, and he continued, “Also, for all the things Ah Yu has done over the years, I know that there is another reason why I came to you, that is, I have some doubts about you, and I think you may have always known what Zhang Yu was doing and shielded him from interfering with the investigation of this case. You thought for a long time before understanding my intention, but I want to tell you that the reason why you came so late is to express your attitude.” Zhang Yu did not respond directly.
“I will fully support your investigation work. No matter what the result, Ah Yu did something wrong, and the consequences should be borne by our family together. I support you to handle this case fairly and impartially, to give the victims an explanation, and to give society an explanation.”
Zhang Shun knew that Zhang Shirong’s words were sincere. At his current age, although he has not yet started a family and has not yet become a father, he can understand his father’s protection of Ah Yu back then and the difficulty of taking this step today.
“Ah Yu cares about you very much. We must find him first to know the complete truth.” Zhang Shun said slowly.
“What do you need me to do?” Zhang Shirong was very decisive.
“I will find a way to make him believe that you are in danger, such as being critically ill, so that he will show up. But you must ensure that no one other than you, me, and the police knows about this operation. We are helping him, Dad.”
Zhang Shirong was silent for a moment, “You promise me.”

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