Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 1316: Chapter 1317: Bring the Person In

”What are you doing? Do you know who I am? How can you detain me here for no reason? Is there no law left? Let me out right now!”

After yelling for a while and realizing no one paid any attention to her, Xu Yiqiu took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and her voice returned to its usual tenderness.

”Comrades, you must have arrested the wrong person. My name is Xu Yiqiu. I’m an overseas Chinese and a fairly famous Painter. All of the works I create promote positive content; I have never engaged in any illegal activities. If there’s anything I can help you with, it’s my responsibility to do so.”

”Xu Yiqiu, a member from an organization abroad,” Director Wei suddenly said. ”The purpose of your return to the country is to scout for individuals who either have the talent that fits the organization’s criteria or hold particular positions that satisfy the organization’s requirements. You seduce them to go overseas, then use a series of material or other temptations to corrode their patriotic enthusiasm. Once they return, they work for your organization, right?”

Xu Yiqiu looked bewildered, ”What are you talking about? I don’t understand at all. I’m just a Painter; I only ever paint. I really don’t know anything about the rest.”

Director Wei’s face was expressionless. From arresting Xu Yiqiu, to encountering Meng Xinian, until now, he had maintained this poker-faced appearance.

Xu Yiqiu spoke, but he acted as if he hadn’t heard her and continued.

”You are interested in Chen Yin because of his business acumen and his family background. Chen Yin has the capability to expand his business, and in the future, you will need his channels to help your organization smuggle cultural relics obtained covertly within the country abroad. Also, he could assist your organization in siphoning money from our side, right? You’re interested in Chen Yin for another reason too: Chen Family has a political foundation, and once you bring him overseas, corrupt him with all means at your disposal, you can send him back to pull strings with other high-ranking officials in power, right?”

Xu Yiqiu was still very blank, ”I really don’t know what you’re talking about. It was Chen Yin who asked me to find his sister who has been missing for many years, and yes, he voluntarily wanted to go out with me. Yes, I admit, I’m a woman who couldn’t control herself and was attracted by Chen Yin’s charm, but is that a crime?”

”Chen Yin’s sister, Chen Qi, did go missing many years ago. This photograph...” Director Wei lifted the one-inch photo in his hand, still expressionless, ”according to the technicians in my department, is a composite photo. You might think that we don’t have the technology to detect such forgeries here, but unfortunately, our department is full of talented people, some of whom went abroad to learn such techniques and have returned.”

Xu Yiqiu’s pupils contracted.

She had indeed heard that currently, within the country, there was no way to differentiate composite photos.

But what kind of place was this? They could determine so quickly that the photo was composite!

”This photo isn’t mine either, it belongs to a man named Xie Gongxun, and Chen Yin was the one who encountered them. I don’t know; I have never looked at this photo in detail.”

”Still being stubborn?” Director Wei said coldly. ”Bring in the people.”

Xu Yiqiu turned pale when she saw Xie Gongxun and Xi Xiaobao being brought in.

”Convinced now? These two spilled everything once they came in. They are targets you wanted to recruit, weren’t they? The reason is that these two deal in human trafficking and have quite a few old items in their possession, as well as connections in that trade. You sought them out intending to connect them with Chen Yin, to facilitate future plans for this line of work, right?”