Chapter 282: The Secret In The Recording (1/2)

After learning that Xiaotao had been ”suspended,” members of the task force were outraged. Some even wanted to march directly to Director-General Cheng’s office to voice their objections. It took us quite some time to calm everyone down.

Because this was a secret operation, I couldn’t reveal anything to Dali this time. I told him to go back first since I doubted we would conduct any more autopsies. In the end, I temporarily moved to Xiaotao's place in an attempt to stay out of the heat.

”Ah, what irony! I can’t stand how ugly society really is!” lamented Dali. “And how dark the human heart is! As soon as something happens, everyone is busy shirking responsibility. Just relax at Xiaotao-jiejie’s place and remember to take contraceptive measures.”

”Fuck off!” I chided.

Meanwhile, the task force would be temporarily taken over by another officer appointed by Director-General Cheng. Xiaotao and I left the station ”despondently” and went to the Taoyuan District Branch. On the way there, I remarked, ”Director-General Cheng has a real sense of justice, a bit like Hou Liangping in the movie, ‘In The Name Of The People.’ I think he makes a good leader.”

”He was the top student in the political science and law department and worked as a prosecutor before he was transferred to the public security bureau,” said Xiaotao. “He’s the object of many female officers’ secret crush.”

”Including you?” I asked.

”Why? Are you jealous?!” teased Xiaotao.

My cheeks turned crimson but I persistently stuck to my denial. Xiaotao added, ”Although I don't have a crush on him, I might be interested if he started pursuing me.”

I knew her words were intentional but I couldn’t fight the seed of jealousy that had sprung up within my heart. So I courageously grabbed her hand, feeling her gentle warmth in my palm.

”Stop it,” Xiaotao laughed. “I’m driving. Don’t distract me or we might have an accident!”

When we arrived at the precinct, we found a crowd of fans already waiting for us outside, shouting, ”Where are the officers who hit Yi Xi? We demand they show themselves!”

We were shocked at how well informed his fans were to have discovered the place before we even arrived. Then, an officer exited the building and yelled, ”You’re barking up the wrong tree. There isn’t an officer named Song here. If you cause any more trouble, we will detain all of you.”

”Are you Officer Huang and Consultant Song?” the man turned to us.

Xiaotao mumbled a word of acknowledgement, to which the officer nodded. ”Director-General Cheng has already instructed me and I’ve selected a group of officers to follow your command.”

He led us into the station. Since this was our first time here, many officers came out to join in the bustle. ”Is this the legendary Detective Song?” they whispered. ”Captain Huang is so beautiful!”

My cheeks colored with embarrassment but Xiaotao turned around and shouted, ”I think you should all switch professions and become paparazzi instead!”

The officers quickly dispersed and returned to their posts. The man leading the way gave Xiaotao a thumbs-up and praised, ”Captain Huang is indeed a hero among women. Your reputation truly precedes you.”

The officer brought us to the conference room and introduced the members of the task force one by one. I couldn't remember their names all at once but they were very excited to hear that they were working with the city bureau on the case, especially with the two of us.

Due to our sensitive status, we weren’t able to show up in person but what we could do was to command them from here. Xiaotao immediately assigned them a task. When they left, I said, ”We can't just sit here. Should we also do something?”

”What can we do?” chuckled Xiaotao. ”What sort of activity are you thinking?”

”Excuse me missy, do you have to be so bold?!” I quipped. “I mean what clues we can investigate.”

”That's what I meant as well,” Xiaotao calmly denied. “What were you thinking? Sigh, boys are always full of dirty thoughts!”

It was certainly a case of the guilty speaking first!

As we were now ”suspended,” we couldn’t contact the city bureau and could only start our investigation from scratch. The waiting process was boring, so we went on Weibo to personally witness how the power of the Internet turned us into villains.