Chapter 74: Counterattack

Early the next morning, Chen Mo was lying on the interrogation room table sleeping, when the newly‑on‑duty Li Ying pushed the door open.

"Yo, isn't this Mo Ge? What's the reason you're in this this time?"

Li Ying sat opposite Chen Mo with a smile on his face.

Chen Mo lifted his head, leaned back in his chair, and said irritably, "Li sir, is your work that idle? Want me to have someone find you something to do?"

"Forget it, I'm already busy enough. I didn't expect you to get hauled to the police station over drugs—that's really rare." Li Ying couldn't help but relish the misfortune.

Although he had never managed to catch Chen Mo in the act, seeing Chen Mo at the police station still made him happy.

Even though he knew Chen Mo wouldn't be held here long.

Seeing Li Ying grin so happily, Chen Mo retorted, "Don't get too early a laugh. If I find out who did this, I won't let them go.

I hope Li sir can still smile that broadly when the time comes."

"Uh......" Li Ying instantly lost his smile.

In this case, Li Ying, as a veteran police officer, immediately saw that someone had deliberately framed Chen Mo.

Given Chen Mo's temperament, once he learns who the mastermind is, he will definitely retaliate.

When that time comes, more fighting and killing will be inevitable.

As an inspector of the Wang Jiao police station's anti‑gang unit, he'll have to work overtime again.

The smile won't disappear; it will simply shift from one face to another.

Seeing Li Ying's sour expression, Chen Mo put a smile on his own face.

After laughing for a while, Chen Mo finally said to Li Ying, "Just kidding. I think I know who caused this incident; it has nothing to do with the Triad Society here in Wang Jiao, so you don't need to worry."

"That's for the best."

Li Ying, having been bested by Chen Mo, didn't want to linger and got up to leave.

Chen Mo had expected to be released on bail that morning, but after Li Ying's single visit, no one else attended to him the whole morning.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Chen Mo received notice of his bail.

When Chen Mo was ready to sign and leave, he realized the lawyer handling his bail wasn't the previous one, but a female attorney a notch higher than Gao Jin.

"Ah Jin, why so slow today?"

"Mo Ge, the previous lawyer has been off Gangdao these past few days; we spent some time finding a new senior counsel, that's why it's a bit delayed."

Chen Mo nodded, indicating he understood.

In Gangdao, the responsibilities of a lawyer and a senior counsel differ.

For criminal cases like alleged drug trafficking, a regular lawyer can't handle them.

Only a senior counsel can.

However, few people obtain a senior counsel's qualification; in Gangdao they're already considered elite.

Senior counsels willing to associate with the Triad Society are exceedingly rare.

Finding a lawyer willing to step in and bail Chen Mo out in such a short time surely required Gao Jin to exert considerable effort.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, I'm surnamed Liang, you can also call me Sandy; I'm your attorney for this case."

The female lawyer beside him introduced herself to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo looked at the female lawyer, extended his right hand, and said, "Thanks to Lawyer Liang for stepping in this time; I'll be deeply grateful in the future."

Sandy shook Chen Mo's hand and smiled, "Mr. Chen, you're flattering me. The police's evidence was already insufficient; at most they could detain you for a day, I didn't exert much effort."

"Now that Mr. Chen has been bailed, I'll take my leave. If you need anything later, feel free to contact me."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Lawyer Liang."

After saying goodbye to Chen Mo and Gao Jin, Sandy got into her car and left first.

Glancing at Sandy's 43‑inch long legs from behind, Chen Mo asked Gao Jin, "Ah Jin, where did you find such a female lawyer?"

"She's a friend of Ruby's, who previously sued Wei Jixiang."

Hearing Gao Jin's remark, Chen Mo recalled and seemed to recognize who the lawyer was.

Isn't she the lawyer who later fell for Wei Jixiang and, for his sake, trampled her police boyfriend's face into the ground?

She's decent looking, just a bit clueless.

Putting those messy thoughts aside, Chen Mo asked about last night's matter.

"Besides Yinhejiuba, did any other bars turn up anything?"

"Last night, on our turf, five nightclubs and eight bars were found to have drugs.

Three nightclubs and two bars were seized by the police; like Yinhejiuba, they were ordered to shut down.

The other venues were discovered early by our own people and have already been dealt with."

Chen Mo's expression hardened, "Did you identify who did it?"

Gao Jin shook his head lightly, "Not yet; we've already ordered the guys to keep a close watch."

"Tighten surveillance inside the factory, and also send people to investigate Dongxing's territory. Focus on the subordinates of Se Mo Xiong and Sang Bo."

At this point, aside from Dongxing, Chen Mo couldn't think of anyone else who wanted to go after him.

With the Yinhejiuba Nightclub included, there are six venues; a day without operation costs Chen Mo more than two hundred thousand.

Because of this, it's still unclear how many days the shutdown will last.

Gao Jin acted swiftly,

With Chen Mo's tip, that night Gao Jin captured several of Sang Bo's and Se Mo Xiong's henchmen, and extracted from them the identity of the mastermind.

Sure enough, it matched Chen Mo's expectations.

It turned out the incident was indeed carried out by people from Dongxing.

After Se Mo Xiong was beaten by Chen Mo, he went to Jin Maohu Sha Cheng to file a complaint, preparing to retaliate.

Under Sha Cheng's direction, Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong each ordered their men to hide a dozen bags of white powder in Chen Mo's venues.

Afterward, they deliberately called the police station to file a report.

Originally, they had planned to use this method to send Chen Mo and several of his underling leaders to Chi Zhu.

However, what they hadn't expected was that this level of framing couldn't form a complete chain of evidence at all.

Chen Mo only stayed at the police station for one night before coming out.

After learning about this matter from several of Dongxing's underlings, Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh.

Sha Meng has some brains, but not much.

As one of Dongxing's hall masters, he couldn't even frame someone properly.

Still, Chen Mo also felt somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, the one who made a move this time was Sha Meng. If that old coot Bai Tou Weng had made a move, that would have been real trouble.

Afterward, Chen Mo called Li Jie and had him bring ten retired soldiers to Yinhejiuba.

Although Yinhejiuba couldn't operate as a business yet, it could still serve as an office.

"Ah Jie, Guodong, take your men and capture Dongxing's Golden-Haired Tiger Sha Meng for me. Ah Jin will give you Sha Meng's information later."

"Understood, Mo Ge."

Li Jie didn't say much, but Shen Guodong beside him eagerly agreed with an excited look on his face.

They had been here for so long, and apart from helping Chen Mo train his underling punks, they hadn't done any real work yet.

Having stayed at the training ground all this time, they had long been restless from the inactivity.

Chen Mo then looked over at Tian Yang Sheng: "Ah Sheng, you few find an opportunity to take out Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong directly."

"Understood, Mo Ge."