Chapter 400: This Kid Has a Fate with Our Province

Why does it feel like she's more relaxed than before?

Yu Dazhang stared at the Yang Jieru in front of him, and for some reason had this strange thought.

Is it because she has nothing left to worry about, or…

Was Yang Ziliang's capture something she had hoped to see?

There's no reason for that… Yu Dazhang felt his brain was running a little short.

That was two hundred and sixty million yuan— such a huge sum—even if she couldn't use it, she should still feel the pinch.

After all, she and Zhang Chao had done all of this for the money.

Could she be putting on a show of nonchalance?

Occupational habit acting up again… Yu Dazhang immediately pulled his thoughts back and focused his attention.

Regardless, the current situation was definitely moving in a good direction for the police.

After all, the loot had been recovered, and the person in charge of laundering had been caught—this was a major breakthrough.

Yu Dazhang didn't dwell on that earlier question any longer, but shifted the topic:

"You still have accomplices out there, right? If I were you, I'd tell them all. Since you've already started talking, why say half and hold back half?"

"I've already been very cooperative." Yang Jieru was completely unmoved:

"And even if I were to keep talking, I wouldn't talk to you."

How did this turn into her being picky about who she talks to… Yu Dazhang felt a bit offended.

Is she judging by looks?

Does a fat guy not have a say?

"I don't know if it's my imagination." Yu Dazhang said, deliberating:

"I felt hostility from you."

But no sooner had the words left his mouth than Yang Jieru across from him laughed in spite of her anger.

"Did you forget you slapped me earlier?"

She clenched her teeth tightly, forcing out a sentence through the gaps:

"I've never been hit by anyone growing up—you're the first."

Don't worry, there'll be a second one soon… Yu Dazhang shot back in his head.

Yang Jieru's future was foreseeable—the next person to lay a hand on her would be the bailiff carrying out the death sentence.

"Do you think you're clever?"

Yu Dazhang's face darkened as he said coldly:

"I advise you to put away your little schemes. If you were really clever, you wouldn't be sitting here being interrogated."

Yang Jieru was clearly riled by his words. She widened her eyes, wanting to retort, but found her throat seemed blocked by something, unable to utter a single word.

Still a bit green… Yu Dazhang had deliberately used those words to provoke her.

Undeniably, Yang Jieru was indeed a fairly clever and cautious person, but in Yu Dazhang's eyes, she still wasn't steady enough.

She lacked the decisiveness and boldness to strategize and win battles a thousand miles away.

That she, as the brain of the organization, could stay hidden from the police for eleven years was nothing short of a miracle.

Yu Dazhang then tried asking a few more questions, but Yang Jieru remained silent throughout, giving no response to any of his inquiries.

In the end, Yu Dazhang had no choice but to stop the interrogation.

The next day.

Word came from the coast guard that they had intercepted a cargo ship making dedicated runs to the high seas the previous night, and had arrested four suspects on board.

After interrogation, it was confirmed these four were the people Yang Jieru had mentioned as being in charge of transport at sea.

At this point, the case officially entered its closing phase.

Inside the office.

Yu Dazhang was organizing the case files.

"Why does this feel so off?"

Reading the case files from start to finish, nothing seemed wrong on the surface, but an indescribable sense of disjointedness kept lingering in Yu Dazhang's mind.

It was like telling whether an ancient painting was a forgery.

True authentication wasn't just about focusing on one detail of the painting—it was about whether the spirit and resonance of the whole work flowed together as one.

If the spirit didn't flow, in the trade they called it "obviously fake at a glance."

Now, looking at this case's files, Yu Dazhang had exactly that kind of spirit-doesn't-flow feeling.

It lacked that natural, fluid coherence, making it feel somewhat stiff and discordant.

As if what he faced wasn't a real case file, but a carefully forged fake.

Even though he couldn't pinpoint exactly where the problem lay, his instinct told him there had to be some hidden flaw in here.

"The two principal culprits have been caught…"

Yu Dazhang flipped quickly through the case files, muttering nonstop:

"The core members and ordinary members have all been brought in too, the entire criminal chain has been combed through from top to bottom, even the people in charge of transport at sea have been caught."

"There shouldn't be any fish that slipped through the net."

Soon the case files were flipped to the last page. He stared at the amount on it, frowning and muttering to himself:

"The loot has been recovered, the person in charge of laundering has also been caught. Even if there are other issues, they won't be anything major."

The provincial bureau's officers were still investigating Zhang Chao and his wife's social connections, afraid of missing some detail.

Now even friends who were relatively close to Zhang Chao and his wife were being treated as persons of interest.

"If there's anywhere still left uninvestigated, it's…"

Yu Dazhang closed his eyes, focused his attention, and in his mind filtered through every lead he could think of.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, his gaze sharp and bright.

"Foreign gang!"

This one was a bit tricky to handle... Yu Dazhang shook his head helplessly.

His reach couldn't extend that far.

He couldn't very well take the task force abroad to investigate a gang.

Even if they dug something up, with the few people he had, it seemed they couldn't do much to the other side.

A single task force wiping out an entire foreign gang was, frankly, a bit ridiculous.

Yu Dazhang then closed the case file.

Since he couldn't find a flaw for now, he'd set it aside and follow the case-closing procedure first.

The most important step in a complete chain of evidence was ruling out every reasonable doubt.

So what he was doing now was eliminating any possible loopholes.

After all, not finding a loophole wasn't necessarily a bad thing for this case.

That afternoon.

Yu Dazhang and Captain Hua drove to Baling City.

Arriving at the municipal bureau, the two went upstairs to an office.

"Hello, leader."

Seeing the top leader of the provincial department seated behind the desk, Yu Dazhang stood at attention and gave a proper salute.

Compared to his stiffness, Captain Hua looked far more at ease, simply nodding in greeting.

The two had come here today to report on the case.

Now that the case had entered the closing stage, the top leader had specifically called them over to give a summary report.

Yu Dazhang had actually been a little curious—the provincial department's office wasn't located in Baling.

But after a moment's thought, he understood.

The reason the top leader had set up a temporary office in Baling was that the Coast Guard Bureau was located here.

He had previously gone to him to apply for Coast Guard assistance, which showed just how much importance the top leader attached to this—he had actually come to Baling personally to coordinate.

"You've both worked hard."

The top leader raised his hand and beckoned:

"Sit down, sit down and talk."

After the two took their seats, the top leader turned his gaze to Yu Dazhang across from him.

The more he looked at this fatty now, the more he liked him.

During this period, the entire police force of Province N had been driven into a frenzy, and even the armed police had been fully mobilized—all because this fatty had come to Province N to investigate the case.

If not for him, the criminal chain that had been entrenched in Province N for over a decade might not have been discovered for who knows how long.

If those criminals had ultimately managed to get away scot-free, then the entire Provincial police force would have lost face completely.

The top leader stared at Yu Dazhang and nodded with satisfaction.

This young man is fated with our Province N.

(End of chapter)