In the lounge, An Ze Cheng waved his hand, signaling Liu Hongxu, who was waiting outside the door, to bring in the witness.

　　Five or six minutes later, the office door was pushed open, and a young man in his thirties was escorted in by Liu Hongxu.

　　The young man had obviously been tortured. He was covered in blood, his face was pale, his hands were shaking constantly, and he looked terrified.

　　"Get in."

　　Liu Hongxu pushed him, and the young man's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground with a thud.

　　Gu Baishun frowned as he looked at the young man. He remembered him; he had been transferred from the dock association before. Although he started as a low-level thug, his work ability was quite good, and he had been promoted twice by Gu, so he could be considered one of his own.

　　The young man knelt on the ground, trembling, avoiding Gu Baishun's gaze.

　　An Ze Cheng looked at him and said slowly, "Say what you said before, say it now."

　　The young man lowered his head and said in a trembling voice, "It... it was that day in the park, when we arrested He Yan, Director Gu personally told us to leave an opening and let He Yan go..."

　　Hearing this, Gu Baishun's face was a little gloomy, and he frowned, but he didn't speak.

　　An Ze Cheng asked again, "During this period, did Gu Baishun send any messages to He Yan to remind him to escape?"

　　The young man immediately shook his head, "Commander An... I really don't know about that! I only know that Director Gu gave us the order to leave an opening, I don't know anything else!"

　　That was all the young man had to say. After listening, An Ze Cheng didn't ask any more questions, he just waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can go down."

　　Liu Hongxu stepped forward, lifted the young man up, and dragged him out.

　　The young man, with snot running down his face and covered in blood, said to Gu Baishun with great guilt, "Director Gu, I have a family to support, I really couldn't hold on! I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!"

　　The young man was taken away, and his weeping and constant apologies could still be heard in the corridor.

　　Gu Baishun sat there the whole time, without saying a word.

　　After the door was closed, An Ze Cheng turned to look at Gu Baishun and asked, "How do you explain this matter?"

　　Gu Baishun was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I had two purposes for the action that day. Arresting Kong Zhengqi was to ensure that the Kong family couldn't rebel even if they wanted to. Letting He Yan go was because he was just a thug, and I wanted to see who was behind him."

　　Hearing this explanation, An Ze Cheng stared at him intently and asked in a deep voice, "Did you see who was behind him?"

　　The two men looked at each other. At this moment, Gu Baishun could clearly feel the sternness in An Ze Cheng's words and the killing intent in his eyes.

　　Gu Baishun hesitated for a long time, then picked up the paper and pen on the table, wrote two words on it, and pushed it directly to An Ze Cheng, saying frankly, "This is what I found."

　　An Ze Cheng picked up the note, glanced at it, didn't say anything, and put it in his pocket.

　　The two men fell silent, and the atmosphere in the entire lounge was very oppressive.

　　After a long time, An Ze Cheng picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked again, "I'll only ask you once, what about Mingyuan's matter?"

　　Gu Baishun looked directly into his eyes and replied without hesitation, "Yu Mingyuan's matter has nothing to do with me."

　　Hearing this answer, An Ze Cheng's eyes were filled with deep gloom as he looked at Gu Baishun.

　　Gu Baishun glanced at the other person's expression, poured himself a cup of tea, and said calmly, "General An, in terms of the current situation in Dragon City. When dealing with a matter, sometimes it's not necessarily the evidence that matters."

　　An Ze Cheng asked, "Then what is it?"

　　"It's trust." Gu Baishun slowly took a sip of tea.

　　After a long silence, An Ze Cheng slowly got up and said to Gu Baishun, "You killed my brother-in-law, and you are the most suspected in Mingyuan's case. Now you just gave me a note and then talk to me about trust?"

　　Gu Baishun put down his teacup, looked at An Ze Cheng, and didn't say anything.

　　"If the things in your heart aren't settled, it's difficult for others to trust you." An Ze Cheng left a sentence and turned to leave the lounge.

　　Gu Baishun sat alone in the room, looking thoughtfully at the smear of blood left on the ground.

　　…

　　After leaving the lounge, An Ze Cheng walked towards his office.

　　Liu Hongxu, who was waiting outside the door, immediately followed and asked in a low voice, "Commander, what do we do next? Should we interrogate Gu Baishun?"

　　An Ze Cheng waved his hand, "Not for now, let him stay in the lounge. Prepare food, water, and a change of clothes for him."

　　Liu Hongxu thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I understand."

　　"Well, go ahead." An Ze Cheng simply gave two instructions, and Liu Hongxu walked in another direction.

　　After a while, An Ze Cheng returned to his office and sat in his chair. Recalling the conversation he had with Gu Baishun earlier, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

　　If he were simply talking about trust, then it would be difficult for him to develop such an emotion towards Gu Baishun.

　　The only bit of trust that An Ze Cheng had came from Su Tianyu's high regard for Gu Baishun.

　　At the same time, An Ze Cheng could also feel that Gu Baishun didn't trust him either. For this acting director of the All-Systems Bureau, in the political battlefield of Dragon City, he probably didn't have any friends besides Su Tianyu, and was even surrounded by enemies.

　　Therefore, this person was very defensive. And at such a critical juncture, with Su Tianyu not in Dragon City, it was even more difficult to build a bridge of trust between the two of them.

　　After thinking for a long time, An Ze Cheng already had some ideas in his mind. He picked up his phone and called Li Mingsheng.

　　The other side quickly answered, and Lao Li's voice rang out, "Lao An, how's the investigation going?"

　　An Ze Cheng said very directly, "Gu Baishun gave me a piece of information, but I don't think that's enough to convince me. Given the tense situation in Dragon City right now, I think we should take precautions just in case."

　　Li Mingsheng pondered for a moment and said, "Then I understand what you mean. How about this, let Lu Feng temporarily take over the work of the All-Systems Bureau, and you and I will each send people to assist him. As for Gu Baishun, control him first, we can't afford to make any mistakes."

　　An Ze Cheng nodded, "No problem."

　　Li Mingsheng thought for a moment, then slowly said, "I think the First District should be making some moves."

　　An Ze Cheng's voice was also a bit solemn, "Yeah, we can't continue to be distracted by internal affairs now, we need to have corresponding measures externally as well."

　　After a long silence, Lao Li's cautious voice came from the phone, "The military changes in Dragon City may only involve the Tan faction."

　　An Ze Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk to Tan Hengqiang."

　　"Okay, we'll communicate in a timely manner if there's anything."

　　"Yeah."

　　The two hung up the phone, and An Ze Cheng took out the note that Gu Baishun had written for him from his pocket, looked at it carefully for a while, and finally took out a lighter and lit it.