Chapter 315: I Beg You to Change Your Hairstyle

The "absolute trust" Yu Dazhang spoke of came from the bottom of his heart.

Within the system, his master and Zhang Sen were among the few people he could completely rely on.

By pulling those two into the project team, he wouldn't have to personally follow up on many matters; he could just leave them to handle it.

Moreover, his arrangement had been made after careful consideration.

The case backlog team, including him, had only recently returned from S Province, yet this time they were going to an even farther place to handle a case.

So he needed to leave time in the evening for Ma Jian and Liu Miao to tell their families, and to let them spend more time with their families before leaving.

And he himself also needed to make some arrangements.

After getting off work, Yu Dazhang called Qu Tuotuo, then drove directly to Yisheng Group.

On the last night in Songhai, he planned to take Qu Tuotuo home for a meal, treating it as a farewell dinner.

Arriving downstairs at Yisheng Group, before Qu Tuotuo had come out, he saw Ye Zhiyu first.

Seeing him was nothing strange; what truly surprised Yu Dazhang was that a beautiful woman was accompanying Ye Zhiyu.

Moreover, the two were talking and laughing, very intimate, looking just like a couple in the throes of love.

This inevitably drew Yu Dazhang's attention.

He already has a girlfriend so soon?

"Ye Zhiyu!" Yu Dazhang shouted at them.

That shout made both of them stop and turn to look at him.

As soon as Ye Zhiyu saw it was Yu Dazhang, he hurriedly told the woman to leave first, but she stood still and didn't move, looking as if she didn't want to leave on her own.

In the end, who knows what Ye Zhiyu said, but the woman seemed to agree to wait there.

Coming to Yu Dazhang's car, Ye Zhiyu asked:

"Why are you here?"

Yu Dazhang didn't answer, but instead looked at the woman standing not far away.

Ye Zhiyu hurriedly moved his body to block his view.

"What's wrong with me looking?" Yu Dazhang said dissatisfied:

"I haven't even asked you yet. What's going on with her? Don't tell me you two are dating."

Ye Zhiyu pulled a smile:

"We have mutual feelings, so we're just getting to know each other. Look, I'm already quite old."

Although what he said made sense, Yu Dazhang was still a bit worried.

He lowered his voice and said to Ye Zhiyu:

"Did you use any tricks? I know you too well; ordinary people can be hypnotized by you without even realizing it."

"Also, the 'getting to know each other' you just mentioned had better be proper contact."

He was doing this for Ye Zhiyu's own good.

Men, sometimes when lust clouds their brains, do things that cross the line.

Since they had met, he definitely had to remind him, so Ye Zhiyu wouldn't make a mistake.

"I knew a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!"

Ye Zhiyu was so angry his eyes bulged:

"The reason I didn't let her come over was because of this. You really should see a psychiatrist; your occupational disease is too severe, you see everyone as a villain."

He was truly angry... Yu Dazhang could still tell whether he was genuinely mad.

"Why are you shouting? I was just asking."

He said in a low voice:

"It still doesn't feel right. That woman is quite pretty; how could she take a liking to you? You say you're so poor you're almost peeing blood; on what basis is she with you?"

By the end, he noticed the veins on Ye Zhiyu's forehead were popping out, so he quickly shut his mouth in fright.

"What's wrong with being poor? You have the nerve to say that! At least I don't eat soft rice!"

The more Ye Zhiyu spoke, the more agitated he became, and his volume gradually rose:

"You're so fat you're almost a ball; I beg you to change your hairstyle. That President Qu taking a liking to you is due to your ancestors' accumulated merit; where do you get the face to talk to me like this!"

"Also, can't I find a pretty one? What kind of logic is that? Your thinking isn't even fit to be a criminal police officer; extreme, radical, twisted..."

How did this turn into a personal attack... Seeing him get heated, Yu Dazhang quickly stopped him:

"Decency, pay attention to decency!"

He didn't expect Ye Zhiyu to break down so easily; it was just a well-intentioned reminder, was it really necessary?

"Why are you two arguing?" At some point, Qu Tuotuo had stood in front of the car, staring at the two of them.

As soon as Ye Zhiyu saw Qu Tuotuo, he immediately put on a smiling face:

"Hello, President Qu. We're used to bickering; we aren't arguing."

While saying this, he also patted Yu Dazhang's head, but Yu Dazhang slapped it away.

Seeing the two of them look a bit ridiculous, Qu Tuotuo couldn't help but laugh:

"Why are you two like children?"

After she got in the car, Yu Dazhang took a tin of Huazi cigarettes from inside the car and handed them to Ye Zhiyu:

"Take them and smoke. I'm leaving Songhai tomorrow to handle a case in another province. If anything happens, call me."

This was a pun.

On the surface, he was saying that if Ye Zhiyu himself had any trouble, he could contact him.

Actually, there was another layer of meaning: if anything happened to Qu Tuotuo, she should also call him immediately.

These two had cooperated many times before; they had this kind of tacit understanding.

Ye Zhiyu took the cigarette, looked at him solemnly, and said:

"You don't need my help this time?"

"You've already helped me a lot." Yu Dazhang shook his head:

"The place I'm going this time is a bit far, and it's not safe either. I appreciate the thought."

He had thought about bringing Ye Zhiyu along as backup—just in case there was a use for him.

But his master's words had reminded him: sending a technical specialist into a life-or-death mission like that would be unconscionable.

Besides, Ye Zhiyu's mother was in poor health and needed him to look after her.

"Contact me whenever you need to." Ye Zhiyu looked at him seriously:

"No matter how far, one phone call and I'll be there."

Ten minutes later.

The market.

Yu Dazhang and Qu Tuotuo walked hand in hand past stall after stall.

The young people in the market couldn't help but gulp at the sight, their envious gazes seeming as if they wanted to poke a few holes through Yu Dazhang.

That fat bastard is here again—doing it on purpose, isn't he.

Flaunt your love in public, die fast; true affection doesn't need to be paraded outside.

Ptooey~

The two then walked a full circle around the market, bought two bags of vegetables, and sprinkled dog food all the way home.

When they got home, Li Xuehe was already waiting.

Yu Dazhang had called his mother earlier and told her he was going to buy groceries and come home.

After a flurry of activity, the food was on the table. Midway through the meal, Yu Dazhang suddenly said:

"Tomorrow I have to go out of town again on a case."

Although the words were a bit hard to say, he still had to say goodbye to his family before leaving.

"Leaving again?!" Li Xuehe wasn't having it:

"You've only been back a few days. Besides, you're a cop here in Songhai—why do you keep going out of town for cases?"

The moment this topic came up, Yu Dazhang felt troubled.

He didn't know what was going on lately—every case he took on would veer off its original track as he investigated, and the further he dug, the farther it led.

At this rate, would the next case take him out of the country?

"What a coincidence." Yu Dazhang explained:

"Originally all the cases I took on were local, but somehow they led to other provinces. I started the case from the beginning—I can't just give up halfway."

He couldn't reveal the specifics of the case, so he could only gloss over it vaguely.

"Do you absolutely have to do this job?" Li Xuehe said, frowning:

"Even if you like being a cop, you could transfer to a desk job. Then your dad and I wouldn't have to live in constant worry."

(End of chapter)