He spilled out all the "sins" he could think of in one breath, with an earnest attitude that was almost tearful.
Chief Qiu patiently listened to him finish, his face still expressionless, only asking calmly after he stopped, "Is that all?"
Zhang Lin was stunned, "Huh? Is there... is there more?" He carefully recalled, had he inadvertently committed some more serious mistakes that he was unaware of?
Leaking secrets? Could he have unintentionally leaked secrets?
Chief Qiu did not answer directly but asked a different question, "Dr. Zhang, I heard that you are very familiar with the situation in the institute, especially with Professor Yang Ping's research group?"
Zhang Lin's heart tightened again. Sure enough, it came back to this matter! He quickly waved his hand, "No, no! I'm not familiar! It's all hearsay and wild guesses! Can't be taken seriously!"
