Several days later.
Qi Tongwei boarded the Dongshan City Police Bureau's official car, along with the armored vehicle transporting Tang Xiaohu, and they set off for Dongshan City.
In the car, Qi Tongwei couldn't help but recall the absurd scene that unfolded at the commendation ceremony a few days ago.
Dai Wei still couldn't figure out how his phone call was intercepted and broadcast to the entire audience.
Afterward, the police officers searched everywhere but couldn't find any trace of the eavesdropping device.
Perhaps only Qi Tongwei knew the truth.
Indeed, Qi Tongwei was the mastermind behind this incident!
As he rode in the car with Dai Wei and Wang Zhengfeng to Lincheng for the commendation ceremony.
He listened patiently to Dai Wei's incessant droning in his ear, feeling increasingly annoyed.
His heart filled with disdain for Dai Wei's petty behavior.
Dai Wei thought Qi Tongwei was oblivious, but Qi Tongwei knew exactly what was going on.
When he first received his assignment notification, learning that he was being transferred to a rural police station, he immediately wrote an application to be transferred to the county police station.
His role at the rural police station would be limited, while the county police station offered a bigger platform.
However, his application was rejected outright by the county authorities.
On his first day at work, Wang Zhengfeng even called him out, sternly criticizing him for his unauthorized application to transfer.
From that moment, Qi Tongwei realized that Wang Zhengfeng, Dai Wei, and Liang Lu were all in cahoots.
Given his resume, it was impossible for him to be rejected without an interview unless someone was deliberately targeting him.
Furthermore, Qi Tongwei had made a few arrests recently, and the county authorities had remained completely silent.
It was as if Qi Tongwei's achievements never happened.
Even more outrageous was that Qi Tongwei later learned that when he was escorting the two burglars to the county police station.
Dai Wei had sent Secretary Fang to chase him out of the interrogation room!
Fortunately, Qi Tongwei acted quickly, finishing the report and uploading it to the Golden Shield intranet before Dai Wei could intervene.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have received any recognition for his efforts, not even a shred of credit.
From that moment, Qi Tongwei developed a deep aversion for Dai Wei and Wang Zhengfeng, two incompetent, corrupt individuals.
If you show no mercy, don't blame me for returning the favor!
Therefore, while in the car, taking advantage of his proximity to Dai Wei.
Qi Tongwei discreetly retrieved an invisible eavesdropping device from his system storage space and attached it to Dai Wei's body.
The entire process was undetectable, and Dai Wei had no idea what was happening.
Qi Tongwei's initial plan was to slowly gather evidence of Dai Wei's crimes and submit them to the disciplinary committee.
But fate had other plans. During the commendation ceremony, Dai Wei received a call from Feng, the secretary of the provincial department.
And he directly revealed the details of how they framed Qi Tongwei!
Qi Tongwei was furious, realizing just how ruthless these people were!
He decided not to wait to collect evidence for the disciplinary committee. Instead, he quietly played the recording during the commendation ceremony!
This act immediately placed Dai Wei in the crosshairs of public outrage, turning all the police officers in the province against him.
Zhao Donglai, fearing repercussions, quickly compiled the events and audio recording into a report and submitted it to the city disciplinary committee.
The city disciplinary committee immediately launched an investigation into Dai Wei and Wang Zhengfeng.
The more they dug, the more they realized Dai Wei was a complete scoundrel! He was known as the "Five Poison Chief"!
He was involved in everything from colluding with businessmen and corruption to having mistresses—all routine activities for him!
His henchman, Secretary Fang, and the rural police station chief, Wang Zhengfeng, were also two corrupt individuals!
They had helped Dai Wei engage in many illegal and illicit activities!
Over the next few days, the city disciplinary committee followed the trail and purged all the implicated personnel in the Baodan County Police Station!
More than a dozen corrupt police officers, including Dai Wei, Secretary Fang, and Wang Zhengfeng, were dismissed and expelled!
News of their downfall spread throughout Baodan County, and the local residents and grassroots police officers who had suffered under the "Five Poison Chief" erupted in applause!
Of course, none of this was directly related to Qi Tongwei.
Qi Tongwei turned his head and looked out the window at the familiar buildings and landscape of Baodan County as they whizzed by.
He couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.
Once upon a time, when he first arrived in Baodan County, he thought he might never escape this remote backwater.
Liang Lu had tried to force him to submit with this method, but he refused!
He knew exactly what kind of powerful entity he had offended.
But you can crush my promising future, but you can't break my unwavering integrity!
No one knew that a once shining star, after falling from grace.
Still chose to stand tall on the land of Baodan County, fighting against the powerful from above in his own way!
Here, he had felt despair, confusion, struggle, and cursed fate's injustice!
But he never gave up!
Aside from his daily mundane duties, bringing down Dai Wei and his corrupt accomplices was his first and last major act in Baodan County!
He had done his duty as a rural police officer, stayed true to his badge, and served the people of Baodan County!
From this point forward, he would take up his post in Dongshan City and engage in a desperate battle against the vicious drug lords!
Tazawa, Lin Yaodong, Lin Can, Lin Zonghui...
Names dripping with blood and sin flashed through Qi Tongwei's mind.
I'm here, and your time is up!
Qi Tongwei thought to himself.