Chapter 59: Hold On a Little Longer, Three More Days

Yu Dazhang reached out and felt for Zhao Hang's breath.

There was air.

He pressed his fingers against the carotid artery on Zhao Hang's neck.

There was a pulse.

Damn it, playing dead on me… Yu Dazhang hadn't expected this kid to play mind games with him.

He grabbed Zhao Hang by the collar, hauled him up, and shook him a couple of times.

"Keep playing dead and I'll slap you awake, got it?"

This physical wake-up method was extremely effective.

Whether Zhao Hang had really fainted or not, in any case… the man was awake.

The commotion in the hallway also drew people from the two brigades over.

"What's going on, what are you doing?" Captain Wei Qian asked first.

The moment Yu Dazhang saw it was Captain Wei, he hurried to explain:

"Little Zhao suddenly collapsed in front of me for some reason, I just gave him emergency first aid."

Why didn't he faint in front of someone else… Wei Qian was no fool; he saw at a glance that Yu Dazhang was bullying the guy.

He understood perfectly well, but he still had to play along.

"Is the man alright?" Wei Qian asked with seeming concern.

"He's coming around," Yu Dazhang said, raising his palm.

The moment Zhao Hang saw it, he instinctively clasped his hands over his head.

Yu Dazhang lowered his palm, then pointed at him:

"See? Lightning reflexes."

The Third Brigade's people also came over. Captain Zhang Dong, seeing it was Yu Dazhang and Zhao Hang, immediately guessed what had happened.

The two of them hadn't gotten along even when they were in the same brigade.

Fatty was always picking on him, and Zhao Hang was always filing reports behind people's backs.

A good beating wouldn't hurt either; that habit of his for tattling ought to be corrected… Zhang Dong had long been fed up with Zhao Hang too.

Just like that, even Zhao Hang's own Third Brigade wasn't standing on his side.

A crowd of people chimed in with advice and, between them, hauled the still-dazed Zhao Hang away.

That same afternoon.

Yu Dazhang learned from his master that the detachment had specially sent two people to the detention center to see Zhou Zizhe.

According to Lu Zhongxin's analysis, the bureau leadership must have looked at the evidence and leads Zhou Zizhe had provided, and only then taken it seriously.

From then on, the detachment would be directly in charge of the investigation.

Because trafficking of women and children cases aren't on the list of the eight categories of cases, so this kind of case doesn't fall under the First Brigade.

Unless the case has a major breakthrough, the First Brigade might only assist and cooperate.

But at most they'd help with the arrest; they wouldn't take part in the actual investigative work.

This suited Yu Dazhang perfectly.

What he'd promised Zhou Zizhe before was… if he went to investigate, he'd do his best.

The current situation didn't count as him going back on his word; the case had been taken over by the detachment with people assigned specifically to it, and there was nothing he could do.

Besides, he had more important things to do.

The serial disappearance case from his past life that had cost him his life—the first incident happened this year.

To be precise, on June 16th of this year.

The time, the location, the victim's identity—Yu Dazhang remembered them all clearly.

In his past life, he'd memorized the entire case file, not missing a single character.

Why did he remember it so clearly?

Because he'd followed that case for three full years, and even during the investigation, people kept disappearing one after another.

And that was only after he took it over later; in the seven years before that, four criminal police officers had investigated the case in turn.

Three dead, one missing.

That's right, that serial disappearance case started in 2014 and continued all the way to 2024, and even by the time Yu Dazhang sacrificed himself, it hadn't been solved.

Counting him, five criminal police officers had been lost to it.

Not a single one of the missing had been found.

Since in this life he knew the time and location of the crime in advance, Yu Dazhang decided to play the waiting game.

Going alone was out of the question; that was the main reason he was determined to stay by his master's side.

This wasn't the first time he'd had designs on that serial disappearance case.

In fact, on the very first day after his rebirth, he'd thought about going to the place where he'd died in his past life to take a look.

But Yu Dazhang forcibly held himself back. It was too dangerous.

In his past life, even with a gun he'd been taken out barehanded; in this life, fat as he was, and unarmed—only a fool would go.

Even this waiting game of his had been planned for a long time.

First, he had to bring his master along.

That way it was like having one more person, one more gun.

Second, he couldn't show up at the crime scene ahead of time.

No matter how curious he was, he couldn't go.

A serial disappearance case that had dragged on for ten whole years without being solved—just how cautious must the perpetrator be?

Therefore, the criminal must have scouted the location in advance, possibly even a very long time beforehand.

If he went early, it would easily expose himself within the criminal's field of vision.

Please... you.... bookmark 6... 9... book.... bar....!

Stirring up trouble out of mere curiosity—Yu Dazhang would never allow himself to make such a low-level mistake.

He counted the days; today was June 13th.

Three more days.

Hold on a bit longer, he can't tell Master about it yet... Yu Dazhang knew well the truth that long nights breed many dreams.

This matter couldn't be revealed to Master early, lest he discover the logical loopholes within.

Lu Zhongxin: How did you know someone would go missing three days from now?

How to answer... isn't making up lies exhausting?

Lu Zhongxin: The time, place, and person of the disappearance—you know everything clearly. Come, tell me carefully, how did you know?

How to explain... what a waste of brain cells.

Therefore, Yu Dazhang planned to find Master on the morning three days later, and only the two of them could go.

In the entire branch bureau, he only trusted Lu Zhongxin.

Yisheng Group.

Qu Tuotuo, who had just finished attending a meeting, sat in her office spacing out.

He really isn't taking the initiative to find me... she had assumed Yu Dazhang would contact her once he sobered up the next day.

As a result, this wait stretched another five days.

She had replayed the events of that night in her mind several times.

They drank quite pleasantly~

Nothing particularly special happened either.

Logically speaking, their relationship should have gotten closer.

Oh right, he really could puke, like a waterfall; trying to pat his back even splattered onto her own shoes.

Could it be that the aunt didn't tell him she was the one who sent him home?

Very likely.

Even so, he should have taken the initiative to give me a call... the more Qu Tuotuo thought about it, the angrier she got.

Supporting that guy all the way home, her own legs went weak.

He was so heavy, using ants trying to shake a tree to describe it would be no exaggeration.

No, it should be... Lin Daiyu uprooting a weeping willow.

At the thought of that scene, the corners of Qu Tuotuo's mouth couldn't help but turn up, revealing a smile.

But that drinking session wasn't for nothing; these past few days she had been inquiring about news of policy support in the stock market.

Through various channels, she actually managed to dig up some insider information.

Exactly as that guy said, lowering interest rates was almost a done deal.

Then the upcoming trend of the A-shares market was very likely to be as he had said.

To make money in the A-shares, guts are necessary; there has to be some element of gambling.

Qu Tuotuo was certainly no coward, so these past few days she had also been gathering funds, preparing to gamble big.

The desk phone suddenly rang; she pulled her thoughts back and pressed the speakerphone button.

"President Qu, the chairman wants you to come to his office."

Two minutes later.

"Something?" Qu Tuotuo stood before the desk looking at her father.

Qu Wannian didn't even raise his head, speaking as if issuing an order:

"Come with me to the Bai family's banquet tonight."

"I refuse." This was the first time Qu Tuotuo had refused her father to his face.

Seemingly contrary to Qu Wannian's expectations, he closed the document in his hand and raised his head to look at his daughter:

"Give me a reason."

"I don't want to become a sacrificial pawn for a marriage alliance between two families." Qu Tuotuo said quickly:

"And that Bai Jincheng is exactly the type of person I hate most."

As if these words had been bottled up in her heart for a long time, her tone seemed somewhat agitated.

Before Qu Wannian could speak again, Qu Tuotuo hurriedly added:

"Also, I have a boyfriend."

(End of this chapter)