Ch91 - Blow It Up (1/2)
Huang Ting suddenly turned pale upon hearing this. Xiao Yujun said in shock, “It’s because of that? But didn’t all that happen a long time ago?”
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“It was handed over to the City Bureau.” Huang Ting said.
Yu Hao remembered it now too and wondered, “I forgot all about it! Didn’t you say before that the police had found a clue?”
“And what’s your intel?”
Zhou Sheng leaned back in his chair and swayed back and forth. “Why is it that after casually mentioning that there was a clue, there was no follow-up afterwards? Officer Huang, that’s unreasonable ba.”
Huang Ting stared at Zhou Sheng, “This has nothing to do with you guys.”
“Of course it does!” Zhou Sheng looked at Huang Ting as if he didn’t know him. “We were the ones who picked up the money, so it’s perfectly reasonable for you to inform us of the follow-up!”
Huang Ting frowned deeply and got up to smoke. Xiao Yujun said, “Smoke right here, explain it clearly to me.”
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Zhou Sheng continued, “That’s also something that you ‘can’t say’, right? Pressure from the top’s pretty heavy ma.”
Huang Ting said, “Because we can’t act rashly and alert the snake.”
“And where’s the snake?” Zhou Sheng said, “The snake probably can’t be found anymore ba? Lost your trail of clues?”
Huang Ting and Zhou Sheng looked at each other, but Zhou Sheng didn’t flinch at all. He continued, “Who would sink more than a million yuan into the reservoir? Aside from it being stolen money, could it be anything else? I don’t think so. What kind of influence could get the Public Security System to rest a case concerning that much money? And to stop investigating it? Your superiors issued a death order, right? I’ve heard that your superintendent’s hands aren’t very clean, but I don’t think he’d dare to take that money.”
“Watch what you say, Zhou Sheng.” Huang Ting said, “I remember that your father’s the boss of Yun Laichun? If rumours heard over the dining table were to spread, your father would get into a lot of trouble.”
Yu Hao instantly recalled the time when Zhou Sheng mentioned “that superintendent is bad news” and connected it to the time when Zhou Laichun mentioned “when I saw Huang Jingya previously”. That is to say, when Zhou Sheng entered college, Zhou Laichun had taken his son along to have dinner with Huang Baiguang!
Zhou Sheng dismissed it with a laugh.
“Okay, I’ll take back the words ‘aren’t very clean’.” Zhou Sheng said calmly, “But, the superintendent doesn’t seem particularly persistent, so these words of mine shouldn’t be wrong.”
“You’re very smart, Zhou Sheng.” Huang Ting said, “I’m not clear on the specifics, but after we handed it over to the City Bureau, the case became a pending case, and they didn’t continue investigating it any further. It’s not something I can interfere with. They wouldn’t update me on the case progress either.”
Yu Hao frowned. It was impossible for Huang Ting to complain about his superiors to them, but his earlier words already implied that the superintendent had pressured them into not investigating the case any further.
“Ok, so what about now?” Huang Ting said.
“Alright then.” Zhou Sheng said, “Wifey, let’s go home and sleep.”
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It was rare for Huang Ting to curse, and it was also Yu Hao’s first time hearing Huang Ting swear. He almost bowled over laughing. Even Xiao Yujun couldn’t endure it and laughed so hard she laid sprawled out on the table.
“What about your intel?!” Huang Ting practically roared, “You actually fished information from Laozi? Zhou Sheng, I’ve regarded you as a friend in vain!”
“I’ve already given you all the information I have.” Zhou Sheng sat back down and shrugged, “Can’t you deduce it by yourself?”
“Make yourself clear before you go!” Huang Ting felt about for his cap as he wanted to put it on, but he was wearing plain clothes today.
“We picked up 1.2 million yuan,” Zhou Sheng stated, “It was stolen money from a corrupt official, that was ascertained from the start.”
“You’re certain of that, not me. It’s none of my business.” Huang Ting said coldly.
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“You don’t need to be so cautious.” Zhou Sheng said, “Ting Ge, would I harm you?”
“You think you haven’t harmed me?” Huang Ting said, “Every time we try to take down the crystal you’ll always make me, a mage, go up first to die!”
Yu Hao burst out laughing again. Zhou Sheng said, “Where did the stolen money come from? I’m guessing that the trail of clues wasn’t lost, but your superiors pressured you guys to stop the investigation.”
Huang Ting said, “Cut the crap! What’s your information?!”
Zhou Sheng sneered, “At that time, in the report written by Junjun Jie titled ‘Returned the Money Found’, our names were on it, right?”
Xiao Yujun said, “Only your names and the name of your college were written, not your classes.”
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“I even wrote a report on it before.” Xiao Yujun muttered, “In January of this year, the office didn’t allow me to mention it several times, so it wasn’t published in the end.”
“Ou Qihang’s father?” Yu Hao was in disbelief for a moment, “But how do you know that? I didn’t tell you anything.”
“I was right behind you guys that day, so I wasn’t far away.” Zhou Sheng said, “I returned after buying the heating pad for you and inadvertently overheard that one sentence.”
“How can it be proven that the money belongs to Ou Weihong?”
“Isn’t that what you’re going to do now?” Zhou Sheng said, “Find that taekwondo black belt athlete who managed to escape from Laozi after exchanging three moves with me — the robber who had seized Jun Jie’s laptop and managed to uncover information from the past.”
“Taekwondo……oh I mentioned that before, so what you’re saying is that……” Yu Hao said, “The one who snatched the laptop was Ou Qihang?! That’s impossible ba!”
Xiao Yujun, “You know him?!”
Yu Hao instantly thought that they did seem similar in terms of height and the way they moved. He had only seen Ou Qihang twice, but somehow…after he was reminded by Zhou Sheng, he thought that it really could be him!
“It can’t be ba……” Yu Hao said, “Why would he snatch the laptop? His father has already passed away, and didn’t he do so for the sake of……”
“Protecting him and his mother?” Zhou Sheng casually said, “He probably has other thoughts about it ba. Forget it, I’m sleepy, I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”
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“Ou Qihang.” Huang Ting said, “I got it. Zhou Sheng, your father has a good son.”
Yu Hao, “?”
Zhou Sheng laughed it off.
“You have a good superintendent too.” Zhou Sheng also responded with a sincere compliment.
“He gave birth to his own son.” Huang Ting said, “But I can’t choose my own superintendent.”
“Wifey, let’s go.” Zhou Sheng put on his jacket.
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“What did those last few sentences mean?” Yu Hao asked Zhou Sheng while they were on their way back to college.
“Firstly, pull the radish out along with the mud it’s in.” Zhou Sheng casually answered, “After that kid gets the evidence, he’ll probably want to expose it, in any case he’s a variable. And perhaps, a disaster would fall upon Huang Baiguang? By then, if my Dad gets implicated, us spectators of the bustle would be the ones getting busy, won’t we?”
That was when Yu Hao understood it and was momentarily stunned.
Yu Hao whispered, “Your father and Huang Baiguang are, are……colluding?”
Zhou Sheng said, “In the eyes of my old man, problems that can be solved with money aren’t problems. If he could collect the money he received, then would my Dad still have tried to matchmake me and Jingya? A handsome, witty, and humorous son who could also be a wife’s slave is the best trump card, and it must be saved until there’s no other way out. If he’s really going so far as to marry his son off, then he would at least marry me into the Provincial Party Committee.”
“Face na?” Yu Hao copied Zhou Sheng, “Still want it or not? Pick it up quickly!”
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Zhou Sheng smiled and embraced Yu Hao. At first, Yu Hao couldn’t figure out what Ou Qihang wanted to do, but when he heard this, he realised that there could only be one possibility —— Ou Qihang was searching for the article that proved the existence of the 1.2 million yuan, as well as any other evidence that might exist in Xiao Yujun’s laptop. He planned to use all that to blow things up.
Zhou Sheng took his phone out, looked down at it, and scrolled through his contact list.
Zhou Sheng said, “That kid Ou Qihang is very smart; he thought his arrangements were flawless, the only thing is that he’s a little too inexperienced. That old man has been going way too crazy recently; it won’t be a bad thing to get him to restrain himself a little. If he continues on like this, sooner or later something will happen, and he’ll be finished……wei, are you asleep? Nothing, just help me warn that old man to not hug Huang Baiguang’s thigh anymore, just telling him this is fine. Okay, I’m hanging up now.”
Yu Hao was so sleepy that he was a bit delirious. He wanted to ask who Zhou Sheng had just called, but he forgot to for a moment. Zhou Sheng got him to climb up the water pipe to get back into their dormitory. Fu Liqun had already fallen asleep, and within the deathly still night, the two of them laid on the bed. Zhou Sheng pressed against his forehead before remembering that he didn’t have the Golden Crow Wheel anymore, so he pinched Yu Hao’s cheek instead.
“Good night.” Zhou Sheng whispered.
Yu Hao kissed Zhou Sheng’s finger, “General, no matter what happens, I’ll accompany you by your side.”
“I know.” Zhou Sheng whispered in the darkness, “Sleep ba, today was really too tiring.”