Chapter 70: The King of the Hao Family, Yong, Why Did You Come?
Just as I arrived at the office building, I heard that Old Chen and Director Zheng had a fight. I rushed over, but there were many people crowded at the door, all of whom dared not to get close and were watching from the stairs. Taking advantage of my petite and agile body, I managed to squeeze through the crowd easily, but still couldn't enter the room. Director Zheng's secretary blocked me outside the door.
But they quarreled loudly, and it could be heard outside, as if they were talking about me. What exactly was said, I really couldn't hear clearly, I'm so angry to death.
Contractor, you really didn't have to make the soundproofing effect of the leader's office so good. You said you cut corners at first, now I'm hearing inside information, aren't I?
Before long, the sound of shattering glass came from Director Zheng's office. The secretary rushed in, and I took the opportunity to stretch my neck for a peek. Whoa, the glass on the bookshelf behind Director Zheng was indeed shattered, with shards scattered all over the place. A trophy lay smashed on the floor. It seemed that Old Chen had gotten so angry that he used the trophy to smash things.
Zheng's face was also beaten, with blood at the corner of his mouth, clearly having been punched. He originally looked like a ruffian and now looks even more like a suspect who is about to be locked up.
"You're out of your mind!" Old Chen cursed, turned around and walked away. He looked back to see me stunned, then said to me, "Follow me over here!"
"Uh-huh." I hastily followed up, turned back to see Zheng Ju looking at me, and when he saw me looking back, he averted his gaze.
Mr. Chen took me to his home.
The Chen's home was still warm and cozy, the aroma of food filled the air, there were many old photo albums on the coffee table, Mrs. Chen was sitting on the sofa looking at them, when she saw us coming, she put down the album and came over to greet us, holding my hand and asking about my well-being, also praising my hair saying it felt comfortable, smiling at Mr. Chen and saying: "All that's missing is a braised fish, waiting for you to cook, after washing."
Mr. Chen said: "You burn it." Then he asked me to follow him inside.
He went to the study and closed the door. Chang Ge was also there, staring out of the window with a solemn expression on his profile, exuding a few hints of vicissitudes.
I asked him what he was thinking about?
Chang Ge suddenly came back to his senses and said: "It's raining, are you guys getting wet?"
"Has it started raining?" I walked closer to the window, and indeed it had started drizzling. The raindrops hit the windowpane, forming thin streaks. At first, the rain was very light, with only a few streaks on one piece of glass. By the time I finished speaking, the rain grew heavier.
Mr. Chen picked up two walnuts and turned them over in his palm, his face solemn. We knew he was thinking deeply and didn't dare disturb him. After the walnuts had rotated dozens of times in Mr. Chen's palm, he finally said: "Little Qin, you must be mentally prepared for what I'm about to tell you."
"What's going on? Old Chen, don't scare me." This opening was indeed a bit frightening.
My brother often looked at me with a very complicated gaze, Old Chen stared out the window, the atmosphere was very heavy, "Just say it, do you know why Old Zheng let you come to the police station?"
I shook my head, definitely not because he liked me and wanted to focus on cultivating me. That rascal had always looked at me with disapproval.
"You've been targeted by a criminal, Old Zheng is using you to lure him out." Chen Lao said this secret, looking at me, "I had a falling out with him, but I'm afraid it's already too late, unless you go into the safe house first, you decide for yourself."
"Who is this, how did they set their sights on me? Won't be that Wu something something (I've already forgotten the name)'s accomplice, right? Tell me he only printed one MAC-10!! I'm calm on the surface, but my heart has already gone crazy, I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die...... Am I wearing a mocking halo or what? Why does someone want to kill me again??"
"There is no information available at present, all I know is that he will definitely kill you."
"Why? Who did I catch from his/her family? Or the remnants of the Feng Group?" They won't hire a professional killer, will they? How scary! I'm going to die, I'm going to die...
Chen Lao turned around and faced the window, looking at the rain outside, and rubbed the walnut vigorously twice, "I don't know."
"How did you know he was going to kill me?"
"He wrote a letter to the provincial government office," said Old Man Chen.
I narrowed my eyes slightly: "Old Chen, you're lying. You deliberately turned your face away so I couldn't observe your micro-expressions. Your eyes kept flickering, and the corners of your mouth were pursed too tightly. We've been together for a while now, and I know this matter is serious, but it's not enough to make your mouth purse that tightly. The tip of your foot isn't pointing outward; when people stand in this posture, their feet tend to point outward, but yours aren't. Your foot on the side closer to me has its toes curled inward. What are you hiding from me?"
"Some things are better left unknown. If I told you that the criminal who wants to kill you has already killed ten people, all it would do is make you even more afraid and there's nothing else you can do... Ah... That's all I can tell you, everything else must be kept secret."
"Ugh..." I furrowed my brow, my temples throbbing. As a forensic doctor for less than three years, how did I manage to provoke so many psychopaths? Unbelievable!
Actually, I'm not afraid, really not afraid. Didn't my inner voice just say "so scary"? Cough cough, ignore it, ignore it, haha, I'm not afraid, I definitely won't be afraid. I won't be acting alone at the provincial hall anyway, so there's no need to be afraid! But, but... what about my parents? I even thought of sending them to a witness protection program...... or......
"Director Zheng's approach is correct!" I said, "We must get to the bottom of it and eliminate it. I can't take this life of living in fear! Give me a lead, which case was it that triggered this, I'll go investigate!"
"We currently have no leads."
Is there no clue that can be condensed like this? I looked at Old Chen, and then at Brother Chang. It's clear they're hiding something from me. "This king" has studied psychology after all, so I should be able to persuade them to speak up.
"Old Chen, thank you for telling me I'm in danger and letting me choose," I said with a heavy heart. "Since we've already gotten to this point, there's no use hiding anything from me anymore. If you don't tell me, I'll just end up thinking wildly and getting more and more scared. It's better if you tell me the clues, and I can work together with you to investigate. He's after me, so I must know him better than anyone. If we cooperate and take the initiative to attack, we can find him quickly..."
"Let's drop the Wang Yong lead, it has nothing to do with the case. He just happened to be involved in the Big Pit Murder Case by coincidence." Old Chen interrupted me and changed the subject.
I smiled confidently: "Don't change the subject, I'm good at debating, changing the subject is useless for me..." Changing the subject is usually useless for me, but at this moment a thunderbolt exploded in my mind, and I suddenly realized, "Wang Yong? Is Wang Yong here to protect me? Don't tell me... he..."
I looked at Old Man Chen who was silently cracking walnuts and sought help from Brother Chang who was looking away at the rain.
"Brother...!" I begged.
Halfway through, Brother Chang nodded slightly.
No wonder, no wonder Wang Yong didn't have any forensic knowledge and didn't like doing forensics would come to the provincial hall, no wonder he was assigned to the same group as me, no wonder he lived next door to me, no wonder when the power went out in the hotel he appeared by my side like a ghost, no wonder he kept lingering around me, can't even shoo him away!
Now the only intercepted phone call between Zheng Ju and Wang Yong also makes sense, Zheng Ju said on the phone that the task has not made progress, can only be temporarily put on hold, also asked if he could stay a few more days, and asked how I was doing.
The public house is equipped with an invisible anti-theft net, which is also for my protection, as well as the gun he gave me and the 50 cents he gave me.
Does he like me? Wang Yong followed me around just for the task, and the gifts he sent me were also just for the task. Did he ever like me? Did he ever... I felt dizzy and closed my eyes to calm down for a moment. "I'm a bit confused," I said.
"In our line of work, the biggest taboo is 'emotional entanglement'." Brother Chang said, humming that song again, "It's just women, always so deeply in love... easily trapped by emotions... and finally sink deeper and deeper..."
