"But, Chief..." Officer Liang still wanted to persuade.
"There's no 'but'. Release the person," the Chief said firmly, making the final decision.
The plan had failed. That night, Officer Liang didn't go home. Instead, he put on his hat and covered himself up tightly, then went to another place.
"Who is it?" A woman opened the door after hearing the doorbell.
The cool air from outside rushed in at once. The woman couldn't tell who it was. She stamped her feet anxiously, trying to drive this person out. But then her wrist was grabbed, and Officer Liang took off his hat.
"Liang Yunlong? What are you doing here?"
The woman frowned in confusion, her eyes full of suspicion.
"Something went wrong," he summarized, then walked straight towards the sofa and sat down. "Another group of policemen rushed to the trap we set. At that time, the suspect hadn't arrived yet. Now there's a hitch. The suspect has an alibi, so the person was released on the spot."
"What?" The woman, who had been complaining about his coming at this time, was shocked.
Then she gave a soft laugh, her face cold, the corners of her eyes full of sarcasm. "You can't even deal with a woman."
"What did you say?" Liang Yunlong tightened his grip on her wrist.
It hurt, but the woman still maintained her composure on her face. She stiffened her neck and said, "Am I wrong? You originally said you could handle this for me. But now? You're completely useless."
She wanted to continue complaining, but suddenly felt a chill on her body. She let out a sharp scream. "What are you doing?"
The bath towel on her body had been yanked away by this man.
"Zheng Xiaoyun," the man said word by word. "My patience with you is limited. You should have realized this when you provoked me again and again."
"Give it back to me!" The woman tried to grab the bath towel back, but was pushed down on the sofa by the man.
The tall figure of the man loomed over the woman. She couldn't break free at all. There were tears in the woman's eyes from struggling.
If she had just been disdainful before, now she was full of regret.
She shouldn't have, shouldn't have provoked this man.
"Your figure is quite good. Throwing yourself at me so enthusiastically?" The man leered at her body with his eyes, his words full of sarcasm.
The woman was like a hedgehog. She tried her best to calm down and maintain her aura. Her chest heaved with rapid breathing.
"I'm telling you, if you dare to touch me, my father will never let you go."
The man could feel the woman's body trembling slightly under him. He originally just wanted to tease her, but it actually piqued his interest.
"Your father won't let me go, but do you dare to say it?" The two of them seemed to have known each other for a long time. Liang Yunlong smiled faintly.
"You..." The woman gritted her teeth but couldn't say a word.
The man reached out a hand to clamp the woman's chin and whispered, "Do you think your parents don't know about your madness? Do you dare to tell the man you like? Do you dare?"
The woman let out a sob. She wanted to defend herself but couldn't. She really didn't dare.
The man's hand became more and more presumptuous. The woman wanted to escape but was helpless.
On this absurd night, some people indulged in a daze.
While some people were still working.
Gu Sisi and the two witnesses had already been released. Officer Liang walked into the Chief's office and gave him a file.
"What's this?" The Chief opened the file. Soon, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.
"This case has a lot of similarities with the current one. I suspect..." Officer Gao stopped at that point and didn't continue.
The Chief first looked at the latest case, then flipped to the previous similar one. When he saw the suspect's information, he frowned. "Huo Cheng? The boss of the Huo Group?"
"Yes." The Chief's frown deepened.
"Where was he caught?"
Officer Gao hesitated for a moment, then answered honestly. "In the theater, which is... Gu Sisi's dressing room."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was another moment of silence.
The Chief put the stack of files aside, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and said tiredly, "You continue to investigate these two cases. Find out the truth as soon as possible."
If it had just been a simple drug - related case at the beginning, the situation wouldn't have been so serious. But now it was obvious that besides drugs and fingerprints, the common point of these two cases was Gu Sisi.
But the strange thing was that none of the people involved in the cases were drug users.
"I wasn't in charge of the first case," Officer Gao said gloomily.
"Who was?"
"Officer Liang."
"You'll be in full charge of it," the Chief said firmly again.
"Yes." Officer Gao's eyes suddenly became sharp.
This was great news for him. Even though he thought this case was full of doubts, since he wasn't the main person in charge, even if he raised his concerns, Officer Liang could just come up with an excuse and he would be helpless.
That night, the whole case was re - investigated vigorously.
When Officer Liang came over, he just saw Officer Gao giving orders.
"Hurry up. Why aren't you moving yet? I said release them!" Officer Gao said impatiently. The deep dark circles under his eyes showed how hard he had worked last night.
"But, wasn't this Officer Liang's case?" That policeman obviously didn't dare to act.
"The person in charge has changed. Listen to me. If there's a problem, just come to me," Officer Gao said quickly and told the policeman to leave.
"Who's leaving?" Hearing his own name, Officer Liang walked in slowly.
Seeing him coming, Officer Gao wanted to say something at first, but he was too tired and didn't want to say a word to him. He closed his mouth and said seriously, "Hurry up and go!"
Only then did the policeman hurry away.
Officer Liang stared in that direction, squinting his eyes. Gradually, the suspicion in his eyes became clearer. He suddenly stood up from the chair he had casually sat on and questioned, "You're letting him release the suspect?"
"Yes. So what?" Officer Gao said defiantly.
"So what?" Officer Liang sneered with the corner of his mouth raised and questioned, "On what grounds?"
His voice was loud and his momentum was imposing.
"I authorized it," the Chief who had just come in from outside said calmly.
The tense and overbearing atmosphere immediately relaxed.
Officer Liang looked at the Chief in disbelief. "Why?" There was not only shock but also panic in his eyes.
"It's been merged with the case Officer Gao is in charge of. There's no 'why'. Just do your job well," the Chief said without stopping for a moment. In front of everyone's eyes, the door closed softly with a "bang".
The on - lookers around looked at each other in silence, then continued to pretend to be deep in thought, staring intently at what was in front of them.
Officer Liang turned around and left, walking out of the police station.
No one went after him.
It was basically determined last night that Huo Cheng was innocent.
Officer Gao discussed it with him, and finally decided to leave early in the morning. There was already a car waiting for him outside.
The two shook hands.
"Thank you," Huo Cheng said seriously.
After staying in the police station for a few days, he still didn't look embarrassed. It seemed that it had no impact on him at all.
"It's just my duty. You're welcome," Officer Gao said modestly.