Chapter 68

Volume Three Preface: The Storm Rises

At the last meeting of the "Exorcist" special investigation team, Lu Haoxuan took the initiative to volunteer, requesting to continue investigating Alan's whereabouts.

After Alan surfaced, the special investigation team searched everywhere based on existing clues but found nothing. Finally, they could only issue a wanted notice, hoping to use the power of the broad masses of the people to catch Alan. However, in that era when security monitoring was not yet popularized and investigation technology was relatively backward, it was indeed too difficult to find someone who deliberately hid themselves.

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, 5 years had almost passed. Time was about to enter the year 2000, and the tracking of Alan still had no progress!

And the police force in Zizhen City had undergone tremendous changes in these few years!

Gao Jianjun was transferred to be the Deputy Director of the Qinghe County Public Security Bureau, in charge of criminal investigation. This was a very obvious signal. As long as there were no problems during his tenure, Gao Jianjun's future would be bright!

You Xinfa was transferred from the Captain of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Jiangnan Branch to the Deputy Captain of the Municipal Public Security Detachment. Although his administrative level had not changed, given his age advantage, plus the fact that the current detachment captain, Xin Feng, was about to reach retirement age, rumors were quietly spreading within the Public Security Bureau that he would be promoted to detachment captain next!

By this point, of the three heroes of the Zizhen City police force, only the oldest, Lu Haoxuan, was still marking time.

However, Lu Haoxuan seemed completely unconcerned about the promotion. All his thoughts were focused on solving one case after another.

As time passed, the dismemberment case that occurred in '95 was also slowly being forgotten by people. In August 1999, the country launched a special online wanted action, and the pursuit of Alan was also included in the online wanted list.

Lu Haoxuan still led Gu Changzheng and Hu Jinquan, working hard on the road of investigating cases.

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December 10, 1999, Friday. It was rare that there was nothing to do today. Wei Jie had no classes in the evening, so she cooked a few of her signature dishes at home and called Gu Changzheng and Hu Jinquan over for dinner.

Wei Jie had two purposes: one was that she hadn't seen them for a long time, and second, she wanted to introduce a girlfriend to Old Lu's proud disciple—Gu Changzheng!

Lu Haoxuan naturally knew his wife's good intentions. After all, his disciple was about to turn 30!

The atmosphere in the evening was better than imagined. Gu Changzheng felt a bit restrained in the face of the young teacher Fang Jie who "suddenly" appeared in his master's home tonight. Fortunately, with Hu Jinquan and his wife Miao Yu constantly cracking jokes, the atmosphere was adjusted very well! In fact, of the 6 people at the table today, only Gu Changzheng didn't know the real purpose of today beforehand. However, Fang Jie, who later became his wife, once told him with a smile that it was she who didn't let Teacher Wei tell Gu Changzheng that that night was a blind date set up for the two of them, because she wanted to see the real him. Gu Changzheng said that the first time he saw her that day, he liked her. Perhaps this was fate!

These are stories for later. Let's say that day everyone chatted happily until nearly 10 o'clock. Gu Changzheng no longer had the restraint he had in front of Fang Jie before. Seeing that it was almost over, Hu Jinquan suggested that Gu Changzheng send Teacher Fang home. Just as the two of them could have a chance to be alone, Lu Haoxuan's PHS (a type of mobile phone with a telecom landline number, similar to a landline in terms of rates, relatively cheap) rang!

Lu Haoxuan picked up the phone and saw it was from the branch. At this time of night, something must have happened! Lu Haoxuan didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly answered the phone.

After only two or three minutes, Lu Haoxuan hung up the phone and looked at his two disciples. Gu Changzheng didn't wait for him to speak; he had already guessed that there was another case, so he asked, "Master, what happened?"

Lu Haoxuan said, "Something happened at the New World Entertainment City again!"

"Master, why do they still come to us for those fights and brawls? Where did the Public Security Brigade go?" Hu Jinquan teased deliberately.

"A girl is suspected of being raped!"

"Ah?" Hu Jinquan shouted with his mouth wide open. He was surprised at how such a matter could still be unclear?

Lu Haoxuan said, "Jinquan, you come with me. Changzheng, your task today is to send Teacher Fang home, so you don't have to go!"

After making the arrangements, he was about to walk out with Hu Jinquan when Gu Changzheng said, "Master, I'll go over too! I've been keeping an eye on the New World situation, so I'm more familiar with it than Jinquan. It'll be more convenient if I go. Jinquan, you send Little Miao home, and we'll contact each other later depending on the situation!"

After saying this, he nodded apologetically to Fang Jie. Lu Haoxuan saw this and also felt that the case was more important than anything else, so he didn't insist anymore. But Hu Jinquan still followed, and the three of them headed toward the New World Entertainment City!

At this time, in a large room of about 300 square meters on the easternmost side of the top floor of the New World Entertainment City, the boss Chang Huaqiang was looking at a yellow-haired youth kneeling in front of him!