Chapter 255: The Forces Behind The Scenes (2/2)
”Just spit it out. It’s not like we’re strangers!” I teased.
Xiaotao laughed. ”Although we won the battle tonight, the main culprit is still at large. We mustn't take it lightly!”
”I know,” I nodded. “I’ll rest for a bit and then return. Don't drink too much Red Bull, it's not good for your kidneys.”
Dali and Lao Yao protested sulkily. ”Are you done yet?” complained Lao Yao. “We're about to drop dead from exhaustion! What’s there for a man and woman to talk about?!”
By the time I got up, it was already four in the afternoon and I had received a text from Xiaotao. ”Come over now! We’ve found Pork Rong’s body...”
I went to wake Dali up and immediately headed to the location Xiaotao had sent. After several sleepless nights in a row, Dali couldn’t resist grumbling. ”The murderer needs to rest too! Do we have to be so hasty?! Be careful, you just might collapse from overworking!”
”Why spend so much time sleeping while we’re alive?” I retorted. “When we die, we’ll sleep forever. What's the big deal if we sleep a little less now?”
”Young man, you may continue with your endeavor,” Dali looked up to the sky and heaved a heavy sigh. “This old man needs a short nap!” he said, falling back asleep.
We came to a field of reeds in the suburbs. It was early spring but the reeds already reached our torsos, a vast expanse that fluttered in the wind. The officers’ caps were vaguely visible above the reeds, like blood droplets that marred the tranquility, rendering an almost artistic feel to the scene.
Xiaotao walked over and beckoned, ”Come with me!”
”You haven’t stepped all over the reeds, have you?” I asked.
”Of course not!” she replied. “We entered from the other side. I’ve ordered the officers to cordon off the area with the murderer’s footprints.”
As we walked through the reeds, Dali grabbed a reed and sighed with emotion, ”This scene reminds me of the maize fields I used to play in as a child.”
”With whom?” I asked.
”With my neighbor’s dogs–Big Fatty and Little Grubby!” he replied. “What? Did you think they were girls?”
Xiaotao cracked a helpless smile. “This might not be appropriate now, but I do have good news to share.”
Dali's eyes lit up. ”Is it a bonus?”
”You wish!” Xiaotao shot him a mischievous look. “But there are other rewards!”
As it turned out, after the website was removed, the police froze Mr. Xu's bank accounts and discovered that the money in his account was an astronomical figure. After the case followed the necessary legal procedures, the money would be placed under the disposal of judicial authorities and a part of it would be used to supplement police equipment.
Xiaotao planned to avail a large part of the money as pension to the family members of the officers who died in the line of duty and to set up a forensic laboratory with the rest of the money so that Bingxin and I would no longer have to borrow other labs when we performed autopsies.
”By the way, Song Yang,” she continued. “It’s not very convenient for you to travel back and forth every time. I’ll apply for the department to get you a car!”
”What’s a student like me to do with a police car?” I asked, surprised. “Isn’t it too ostentatious?”
”Not a police car!” she laughed. “I meant a private vehicle. You can drive, right?”
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