Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

The two cell phone vibrations sounded incredibly sharp in the tense hallway.

Zhou Weiguo's expression turned serious, and he took out his personal communicator.

On the other side, Hou Liangping's hands were shaking violently, and he almost subconsciously reached into his pocket for his buzzing cell phone.

Zhou Weiguo connected the communication.

He stood even straighter.

"yes!"

His voice was short and powerful, echoing in the silence.

"clear!"

Every word is as if it has been measured with a ruler, so precise that it is devoid of any personal emotion.

But his expression grew increasingly serious during the call, even carrying a sense of impending doom.

Hou Liangping's trembling fingertips swiped to answer the call.

He didn't even have time to bring the phone to his ear.

A hysterical, beast-like roar burst from the receiver, so loud that everyone in the hallway could hear the muffled syllables!

"Hou Liangping! What are you doing?!"

The anger contained in that voice seemed capable of melting the phone itself.

Hou Liangping's mind went blank, and he instinctively brought the phone close to his ear.

"Do you even know who you've offended?!"

"Do you even know whose door you've blocked with your men?!"

"If you want to die, don't fucking drag me down with you, and don't drag our entire Anti-Corruption Bureau down with you!"

The man on the other end of the phone was his boss, a powerful bureau-level official who always appeared calm and collected.

Hou Liangping had never heard him lose his composure like this before.

This was more frightening and humiliating to him than being slapped in the face.

He wanted to explain, to defend himself.

"Sir, no... he started it by hitting someone and obstructing official business..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by an even more ferocious roar.

"Hitting someone?!"

"You son of a bitch, Hou Liangping! Is your brain filled with shit?!"

"Even if he slaps you, or even shoots you dead on the spot today, you'd better stand at attention! You'd better die knowing why!"

"Who the hell gave you the guts to investigate someone whose file is listed as 'Top Secret'?!"

The four words "Top Secret No. 1" struck Hou Liangping like four bolts of lightning.

He froze completely.

His mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't make a sound.

The roar on the phone continued, each word like a knife, slowly torturing his last shred of dignity.

Do you know what his achievements mean?

"Do you know what those hawkish bigwigs in the military consider him? He's the nation's future 'stabilizing force'!"

"The Pillar of Strength?!"

Hou Liangping muttered to himself, repeating those four words over and over.

His face, which had been contorted with resentment and rage, quickly turned deathly pale.

Then, it changed from a deathly pale color to a liver-colored hue, as if it were deprived of oxygen.

I wonder if his wife, who is the deputy director of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, will be able to clean up his mess this time.

He realized that he had really messed up tonight.

The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became cold and desperate, devoid of any emotion.

That was a verdict of complete surrender.

"Hou Liangping, now, immediately use every method you can think of in your life to obtain their forgiveness!"

"If he doesn't forgive you today..."

"You don't need to come back. Just write your will and go directly to the military court!"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The call was disconnected.

The busy signal rang in my ears.

Hou Liangping felt as if all the bones in his body had been removed, and he went limp.

His arm hung limply at his sides.

"Clatter!"

The phone slipped from his loosened fingers and fell onto the cold cement floor.

The screen shattered instantly.

Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the entire screen, just like his heart, which had now completely shattered.

His subordinates behind him couldn't hear the entire contents of the phone call.

But from the leader's deafening roars and Hou Liangping's current state, which resembled a dead dog, they could guess the seriousness of the situation.

They messed with the wrong person.

We've offended someone incredibly powerful, someone who can intimidate even a high-ranking official to the point of cursing!

Fear, like a cold venom, seeped into the veins of each of them.

They were all silent, too afraid to even breathe.

It was at this moment that...

Zhou Weiguo put away the communicator.

The orders from the Armed Police Headquarters and higher-level authorities have clearly reached him.

He first glanced at Hou Liangping, who was distraught and slumped on the ground. There was no sympathy in his eyes, only the indifference of a soldier towards a provocateur.

Then, he took a deep breath.

His entire demeanor suddenly changed.

Turn around!

His movements were clean and efficient, carrying a chilling, almost murderous aura.

His sharp gaze, like a knife, swept over Hou Liangping and his several pale-faced subordinates.

"Everyone has it!"

A roar shook the entire corridor.

Shen Zhong remained expressionless.

He seemed completely unconcerned about what was happening around him, merely a quiet spectator waiting for the farce to end.

He Xia, standing behind him, had completely calmed down.

Her hands stopped trembling, and she stood quietly behind her husband.

She looked at Hou Liangping, who was once arrogant but was now in a sorry state, and her eyes were filled with deep contempt.

Is this what they call a public instrument of the state?

Is this what they call an enforcer of justice?

In the face of true power, they are nothing but clay chickens and earthenware dogs.

In the corridor, all the armed police special forces members held their breath, waiting for their captain's order.

Zhou Weiguo cleared his throat.

The decision he was about to announce was enough to overturn the perceptions of all the non-military personnel present.

He used all his strength to loudly proclaim the order.

"Orders from above!"

"This incident should be classified as a 'misunderstanding'! It was caused by a lack of communication between the two parties."

"We demanded that all personnel present empty their body cameras."