Chapter 1070: 715: The Final Judgment, Milder Than Expected (First Update)

Bai Sidong glanced at him sideways, "You’ve underestimated your brother. A week ago, the evidence had already been collected."After saying that, Bai Sidong didn’t care what expression or reaction Yin Shiqing was left with in the interrogation room.

In this officialdom, people like Yin Shiqing are not uncommon.

The game of power, everyone wants to play, but not everyone can afford to play, and not everyone can win in the end.

Bai Sidong’s brain was very swollen after nearly thirty hours without a moment’s rest.

He drifted back to his messy director’s office like a ghost, where a stack of documents was piled on a double sofa; he moved the papers aside and lay down on it.

A month later, in mid-November, Beijing saw its first snow of the year.

On such a day, Yin Shiqing was put on trial.

The trial process proceeded step by step according to procedure...

Bai Sidong sat in the last row of audience seats below the courtroom, still in his crisp police uniform, with his hat placed at his side.

The presiding judge was enumerating Yin Shiqing’s every crime:

Attempted murder, intentional injury, threats, abuse of power, harboring crimes...

Every one of them was shocking.

While listening, Bai Sidong’s calm and indifferent gaze rested on Yin Shiqing, sitting in the defendant’s seat, an official who had lost the vigor that once adorned him after a month of detention.

Those eyes kept searching around.

"What’s he looking for?"

At this time, someone sat next to Bai Sidong.

Bai Sidong glanced sideways at the newcomer and was a bit taken aback,

"Xing Chang? Why are you here?"

Ma Xingchang shrugged, "I just came to the court for a meeting and heard about Yin Shiqing’s case being tried here, so I thought I’d take a look."

Bai Sidong looked sideways at this serious-faced, expressionless man, smiled, and then turned back.

"You still haven’t answered me. He keeps looking this way; is he looking at you?"

Ma Xingchang continued to ask.

Bai Sidong shook his head,

"He’s looking for the Yin family, to be precise, he’s looking for Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng."

"They didn’t come?"

"Mm, they just sent a lawyer."

"A lawyer... This lawyer named Jin Qingyue, probably only they from the Yin family can order him around."

Ma Xingchang said blandly.

"That’s right, but seeing Yin Shiqing looking around like this, he probably still doesn’t believe that at a time like this, Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng wouldn’t show up."

Bai Sidong shrugged slightly as well.

"You caught Yin Shiqing; what do you think was the key to his downfall?"

Ma Xingchang suddenly asked.

Bai Sidong pondered for a moment and then said,

"He wasn’t a good elder."

"..."

"The collection of evidence on Yin Shiqing hinged on Wu Rong; Wu Rong’s downfall was facilitated by Yin Shiqing’s own grandson."

Bai Sidong looked at Ma Xingchang,

"But the key reason his career would end, his life conclude, has nothing to do with anyone else. It was his inherent greed, arrogance, and jealousy that led to it."

"..."

"Xing Chang, now that he’s fallen, the next opportunity is yours."

Ma Xingchang remained calm, not showing any particular delight at Bai Sidong’s words, but said to Bai Sidong,

"If you were willing to climb up, it wouldn’t be my turn."

Ma Xingchang had enough self-awareness for that,

"The mentor used to often nag in my ear, but unfortunately, you only wanted to do criminal cases... Brother, everyone says that being in politics is like sailing against the current, if you don’t go forward, you fall back. Aren’t you afraid that one day someone will covet your position as the police chief?"

Bai Sidong tilted his head; in age, he was more than a decade older than Ma Xingchang.

But simply by looks, Bai Sidong’s delicate baby face was far too deceiving.

Facing each other, it made Ma Xingchang look more mature.

"The old man has been worrying about the people all his life, has traversed long marches, and in his own words, he didn’t fight well, not as good as others, but his dedication to the construction of this country won’t lose to anyone."

Bai Sidong put his hand on Ma Xingchang’s shoulder,

"The old man indeed wanted me to inherit his political ambitions, so that there would be my contribution in the construction of the next ten or twenty years."

"But then..."

"I’m really not good at politics, whether it’s urban construction or policy adjustments, just thinking about it gives me a headache. Xing Chang, in this respect, you’re better than me."

"..."

As Bai Sidong spoke, he raised his hand slightly, pointing to Yin Shiqing who was standing in the courtroom for trial,

"If I don’t do what I’m good at and follow the trend to do what I’m not good at, it’s hard to resist the many temptations that come with a high position. Just like him."