Chapter 208

Returned again.

Liu Ju had already lit a cigarette.

Smoking, he said, "In Yun Province, they caught an accomplice of Li Sai Gao."

"They followed the lead from surveillance video at a hospital and tracked him down."

Zhao Mengmeng looked at Director Liu.

Suddenly, she had a bad feeling.

"That accomplice has already given a statement. He's a small fry under Li Sai Gao and knows nothing about many things, but some parts of his testimony might help the local police catch Li Sai Gao himself." Director Liu looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

Zhao Mengmeng nodded. "That's good news. Such a vicious gang should have been caught long ago."

"From what we see now, Li Sai Gao's small gang has nothing to do with the case from two and a half years ago; they are likely completely separate."

"Oh..." Zhao Mengmeng replied.

"But the accomplice of Li Sai Gao who was caught confessed to one very bad fact."

Zhao Mengmeng looked at Director Liu and said nothing.

"He said that on that night, someone did come to find them."

"And a fight broke out." Director Liu looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

Zhao Mengmeng's heart suddenly began to pound violently.

"To be precise, the person who came to find them subjected them to a one-sided beating." Director Liu said, feeling the phrasing was a bit strange himself.

"A one-sided beating on them??" Zhao Mengmeng was stunned.

Liu Zhiguo nodded. "That person used a knife to suppress all four of Li Sai Gao's group."

"One person suppressed four??" Zhao Mengmeng's mouth hung open.

Director Liu Zhiguo nodded.

"Among them, Li Sai Gao was reportedly stabbed in the arm by that person."

"Also, that person came to find them only to look for someone named 'Luo San' and did not trouble them further."

As Director Liu spoke, he looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

Zhao Mengmeng's face had already turned pale.

She knew Director Liu Zhiguo well; when he started speaking so slowly and deliberately, it meant the problem was very serious!

"That person..." Zhao Mengmeng looked at Director Liu.

Director Liu nodded. "The captured accomplice of Li Sai Gao said he will never forget the appearance of that 'devil'. Now, the side in Anji City has begun organizing to create a sketch."

Having finished speaking, Director Liu Zhiguo looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

Zhao Mengmeng also looked at Director Liu Zhiguo.

The two of them said nothing.

There was one important piece of information.

The Donghai City Bureau had not provided it to the Yun Province side, and Director Liu Zhiguo had not deliberately guided them toward it.

That was.

He had previously indicated to the Yun Province side to help intercept a motorhome belonging to a man named Ning Chen.

And he had mentioned that Ning Chen was very likely going to find Li Sai Gao.

But just now, when Director Liu Zhiguo was on the phone with the Yun Province side.

Director Liu Zhiguo did not remind them of this matter.

And because their focus was different, the clues the Yun Province side was currently tracking were also quite complicated; it was inevitable that there were blind spots in their thinking and memory, so this matter from before seemed to have been temporarily forgotten by the colleagues on the Anji City Bureau side.

Zhao Mengmeng looked at Director Liu.

The two stared at each other like this.

The air suddenly froze.

After a long while, Zhao Mengmeng spoke. "Director, then what do you plan to do?"

Her eyes kept staring at Liu Zhiguo.

144 (3/6) He had already arranged every ending.

"What do you think I should do?" Director Liu Zhiguo looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

Zhao Mengmeng was stunned.

She lowered her head and said nothing.

After another long while, she heard Director Liu sigh.

"Currently, nothing points to Ning Chen."

Director Liu said.

"Also, if Li Sai Gao is caught and there really is a wound on his arm, then this person's crime of intentional injury will be confirmed—even though it is intentional injury against a criminal."

"But even so, it would still be very difficult to pin it on Ning Chen—even if I call now and tell the comrades on the Yun Province side, telling them I suspect that person is Ning Chen."

"In that case—it would only be speculation, not direct evidence."

"The law is the law; the law requires direct evidence."

"Unless!"

Director Liu Zhiguo looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

"The comrades on the Yun Province side suddenly thought of something..."

"Then went online to search for videos and photos of streamer Brother Shiguang, and then."

"Showed them to Li Sai Gao and the others!"

"This would form an identification scene; this is direct evidence—unless this matter was not done by Ning Chen at all!"

Zhao Mengmeng's face turned deathly pale.

The thing she feared most, unexpectedly, had happened anyway.

In fact, at this very moment.

Both she and Director Liu Zhiguo knew the truth clearly.

But neither of them had broken the silence.

"But! Shouldn't their focus be on arresting Li Sai Gao's criminal gang?"

"That's right," Director Liu Zhiguo nodded, "but we can't just ignore a clear-cut case of assault with a knife, can we?"

"But the person he injured was a villain who had done nothing but evil..." Zhao Mengmeng said.

As soon as she spoke, she herself felt it was inappropriate.

The law is the law; facts are facts.

One cannot mix morality and personal emotions into it.

Especially since she is still a police officer.

After a long pause, Zhao Mengmeng looked at Director Liu, "Director Liu... do you really intend to inform the Angji City authorities about Ning Chen's matter?"

Director Liu looked at Zhao Mengmeng.

Suddenly, he sat up straight, lit a cigarette, took a drag, and then said abruptly, "But I have already told them before."

We had indeed already told them before.

We told the Yun Province authorities that there was a guy named Ning Chen who might go looking for that Li Sai Gao, so we asked them to help intercept that RV—we were indeed very clear, weren't we?

But Li Sai Gao's case already belongs to your Yun Province; here in Donghai, unless you actively request our involvement, we cannot interfere, correct?

So, there is no concealment in this.

Procedurally, there is no flaw.

Zhao Mengmeng blinked, then suddenly stood up, "Director Liu, then I will go to work."

Liu Zhiguo nodded, and as Zhao Mengmeng reached the door, a voice suddenly came from behind her:

"Mengmeng, but."

Zhao Mengmeng turned around.

"But if this case, for instance, the matter of 'Luo San' that person is looking for, these things eventually come to light, for instance, if that person—leads to a major case—for instance, if that person committed murder."

"In that case, we would have no choice but to do what police officers are supposed to do."

"In that case, I would immediately notify the Yun Province police and simultaneously report to the Dong Province Department, ordering them to launch an investigation against Ning Chen—and even arrest him!"

Director Liu Zhiguo's voice, though sounding calm, was nonetheless unquestionable.

Zhao Mengmeng's entire body shuddered.

She did not know what to say.