Chapter 84: The Greater the Storm, the Pricier the Fish!

“Comrade Yang Dong, isn’t this going against what’s right?”
Luo Jin took a deep breath, trying to maintain his composure, but the anger still showed on his face as he questioned Yang Dong.
To him, Yang Dong’s actions were a betrayal of principle—who would operate like this during the brief transition period of handing over a case?
“I’m really sorry, I didn’t expect my team members to be so enthusiastic about their work,” Yang Dong replied.
“But, Group Leader Luo, I don’t like what you just said. How am I lacking in principle?”
“Our Tenth Investigation Team was in charge of the Tian Guanghan case from the start. Even the dual-regulation order for Tian Guanghan was carried out by me. If you want to talk about betraying principles, it’s not me, is it?”
“We worked so hard, did so much, and in the end, the case just gets transferred out? How is my team supposed to feel about that?”
Yang Dong’s expression turned cold, his words directed at Luo Jin with grave seriousness.
Luo Jin waved his hand impatiently. “Oh, enough. What’s the point of arguing about this now?”
“If your Tenth Team insists on handling things this way, we’ll let the leadership decide.”
“The Ninth Team is here to take Tian Guanghan now. Does your Tenth Team have any objections?”
Luo Jin stopped wasting words. Continuing to argue would only put his Ninth Team in a more passive position.
He went straight to the point: the Ninth Team was taking Tian Guanghan.
“Of course, you can take him. The case has been reassigned, after all. You’re in charge of Case A23—it’s only right.”
Yang Dong didn’t object in the slightest, even sounding supportive.
After all, the Ninth Team couldn’t walk away empty-handed, could they?
“Good, then Group Leader Yang, please hand over the recorder from your interrogation. The Ninth Team will be taking that as well.”
Luo Jin immediately shifted focus, aiming for the key evidence as soon as Yang Dong agreed.
But Yang Dong’s face turned stern as he shook his head. “That won’t do.”
“The interrogation on this recorder was conducted by our Tenth Team before the handover. It should be submitted directly to the leadership by us.”
“Group Leader Luo, is your Ninth Team trying to steal the credit?”
Yang Dong narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Luo Jin.
He was ready to risk a complete fallout for this evidence.
The recorder contained Tian Guanghan’s full confession of all his crimes. He couldn’t let Luo Jin have it.
He had worked so hard for this—wasn’t this what it was all for?
“Group Leader Yang, Comrade Yang Dong!!”
Luo Jin’s eyes blazed. He prided himself on his composure, but Yang Dong had made him lose his temper more than once.
“Group Leader, we can’t hand over the recorder!”
At this moment, Hou Donglai spoke up, his expression severe as he stepped in front of Yang Dong.
Three members of the Ninth Team tried to block him, but Hou Donglai pushed them aside forcefully and strode forward.
Yang Dong took the law enforcement recorder from Hou Donglai and nodded. “Don’t worry—what belongs to our team, no one can take. Not even the gods could change that.”

“My Tenth Team members work diligently, on call around the clock. And for what?”
“Enough, Comrade Luo Jin, I won’t waste more words with you.”
“You can take the person, and even all the files on Case A23.”
“But this law enforcement recorder—I have to deliver it personally to the leadership. Whether they give it to you later is not my concern.”
Yang Dong looked Luo Jin in the eye, his stance clear and unyielding.
This was his position—and his bottom line.
Luo Jin glanced at his three team members, who immediately surrounded Yang Dong and Hou Donglai.
“What if I insist on taking it?”
Luo Jin revealed his own forceful side, glaring at Yang Dong.
The atmosphere instantly grew tense, neither side willing to back down.
Ring, ring...
Just as the confrontation reached its peak, Luo Jin’s phone rang.
He signaled to his teammates, turned, and answered the call.
The other three continued to hem in Yang Dong and Hou Donglai, their eyes fixed on the recorder.
Hou Donglai showed no fear, glaring back at them, ready to throw a punch on Yang Dong’s command.
Whether a civil servant could resort to violence depended on the situation. For personal matters, it was forbidden. But for official duty, not only would you not be reprimanded, you might even be commended.
The significance was entirely different.
“Yes, understood, sir.”
After finishing the call, Luo Jin’s face had grown grave.
He turned back.
“Yang Dong, going to such extremes does no one any good!”
“That’s my advice to you!”
“You may leave now.”
With that, Luo Jin snatched the keys from Hou Donglai’s hand.
“Ninth Team, we’re taking over Tian Guanghan. From this moment on, no one is to approach him without my order!”
Luo Jin headed to Room 109, keys in hand.
Yang Dong gave Hou Donglai a look, and the two of them immediately turned and left.
This time, the Ninth Team members didn’t try to stop them, allowing them to leave with the recorder.
Hou Donglai drove, taking Yang Dong directly to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.
In the car.
“Group Leader, in a way Luo Jin was right. Some things really shouldn’t be taken so far.”

Hou Donglai looked at the recorder in Yang Dong’s hand, his expression complicated. When he thought back on Tian Guanghan’s confessions, he still felt a chill.
When he heard Tian Guanghan’s desperate, all-encompassing admission, he realized the death of a KTV hostess had drawn in so many provincial and municipal officials...
No wonder Tian Guanghan had so readily confessed to embezzlement and bribery.
He had been trying to hide this.
But the matter was so massive, Hou Donglai still felt uneasy, even scared that he might become implicated.
Would knowing so much make him a target?
“Knowing too much doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be silenced. You might even be protected!”
Yang Dong, seeing Hou Donglai’s nerves, couldn’t help but laugh.
The greater the storm, the more precious the catch!
He knew exactly how big a storm Tian Guanghan’s case would stir up, and that was why he had dared to take such risks.
Eighteen years ago, in his previous life, when Tian Guanghan’s case was exposed by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, it sent shockwaves across the entire country.
People everywhere discussed it, marveling at how such a heinous case could exist—over a dozen officials of vice-department rank and above were implicated, and even two vice-provincial officials.
Compared to this earth-shattering crime, Tian Guanghan’s confessions of embezzlement, bribery, dereliction of duty, and using his position to benefit businessmen were nothing.
But Tian Guanghan wanted to use this as a bargaining chip for leniency—Yang Dong would never allow it!
Noon, twelve o’clock.
Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Wei Chonghu’s office.
“Yang Dong, what’s that in your hand?”
When Wei Chonghu saw Yang Dong knock and enter, his eyes were immediately drawn to the law enforcement recorder.
Yang Dong replied, “Secretary Wei, this is all the evidence of Tian Guanghan’s crimes, confessed by the man himself.”
Wei Chonghu frowned, losing his temper for the first time.
“Nonsense!”
“Wasn’t the Tian Guanghan case transferred to the Ninth Team? Why is the Tenth Team still involved?”
The city’s investigation teams had just been reorganized, less than an hour after the meeting.
And here was this young man, ignoring the new assignments and charging headlong into trouble?
“Secretary Wei, the interrogation happened before the handover, not after.”
“So, this falls under the Tenth Team’s jurisdiction.”
“Entirely proper and compliant!”
“Secretary Wei, would you like to listen?”
With a smile, Yang Dong placed the recorder on the desk and pushed it toward Wei Chonghu.