Chapter 208: Paper Can't Wrap Fire

Zhou Wanting lightly flicked her head and followed Liu Jiang inside.

That fiery red long curly hair flicked onto Li Jiaci's face, like a whip lashing the face, making one want to curse.

Li Jiaci rubbed his face, then slowly caught up.

In the office.

Zhou Wanting slipped both hands into her down jacket pockets, pacing back and forth in her small heels.

The thumping sound made Li Jiaci feel somewhat annoyed.

He poured tea while saying, "Have a seat, stop wandering around!"

"Your business here is not bad!"

"The cash is piled up in stacks on the table!"

"Aren't you afraid someone will steal it?"

Zhou Wanting pointed at the several bundles of cash on the computer desk.

Hearing that, Li Jiaci gave a faint smile.

"These are today's takings, not yet entered into the accounts!"

"With so many people and eyes in the factory, even if a thief got in, they couldn't get out!"

"It's quite safe to keep it here!"

Zhou Wanting nodded.

She came to the sofa, sat down, crossed her legs, and tilted her head to size up Li Jiaci's figure.

Could he be the key to breaking the deadlock?

I'm afraid not.

Zhou Wanting picked up her teacup and probed, "Do you know why I came to find you?"

"If you don't tell me, how would I know?"

Li Jiaci lit a cigarette and gave a scoffing laugh.

He sat on the left side of the sofa, puffing away cigarette after cigarette, his gaze on the workers passing outside the window.

Zhou Wanting couldn't help feeling a hint of defeat.

Thanks to her charm, just sitting down like this makes men's eyes automatically fall on her, especially those long, beautiful legs that could steal the souls of those foul men.

Not to mention her proud chest, which no normal man can resist.

But after she posed and flirted for a while, Li Jiaci didn't even glance at her.

It was as if she were no different from any other woman.

Such a contrast left her feeling somewhat dissatisfied inside.

"Can you look at me while speaking?"

"This is basic courtesy, don't you understand?"

Zhou Wanting asked in an displeased tone.

Only then did Li Jiaci turn his head and glance at her.

His gaze was a purity she had never seen before.

It was merely a glance at her, unrelated to her figure or beauty.

"What exactly do you want from me?"

Li Jiaci asked.

"I... I came regarding Lin Niansheng's matter, hoping you could assist our investigation!"

Zhou Wanting was instead left somewhat flustered by him.

This was the first time.

Encountering such an ungrateful man.

Li Jiaci took a drag of his cigarette and asked again, "I'm just a commoner; what ability do I have to help you?"

"You have been framed by Lin Niansheng three times; surely there must be some personal grudges involved?"

"The more you say, the more evidence we will have in hand!"

"Even if Lin Niansheng grew wings out of thin air, he couldn't fly out of our legal net or escape the law's punishment!"

"This is a good deed contributing to society; think about it!"

"Once it's done, we will certainly not shortchange you!"

Upon Zhou Wanting saying that,

Li Jiaci immediately laughed and waved his hand.

"If it's for these matters, you shouldn't have come to me; you should go to the Police Bureau!"

"They have full knowledge of the incident, and you two are colleague units, so you can talk easily!"

"I just want to run my small business steadily; I don't want to get mixed up in your muddy waters!"

"Who knows, if Lin Niansheng is caught, the first to target me would be him!"

"Then who could protect my safety?"

"You, or your superior? Or those Maozi from the Police Bureau?"

Facing the questioning.

Zhou Wanting several times wanted to speak but stopped.

So-called colleague units simply don't exist.

Lin Niansheng is just a piece of meat; whoever grabs him gets him.

If the Anti-Corruption Bureau hadn't acted first to seize Lin Niansheng.

So, he should now be in the interrogation room of the Police Bureau.

He really has to wait 48 hours.

I'm afraid the yellow flower vegetables have gone completely cold.

Just as Zhou Wanting was thinking about how to respond.

A sudden phone ringtone sounded.

She glanced at the caller ID—it was Wu Jiangshan.

"I'll step out to take a call; you think over my suggestion!"

Zhou Wanting hastily rose to her feet, and before leaving she gave a reminder.

Bang.

She pulled the office door shut behind her.

Li Jiaci stubbed out his cigarette, his expression grim as he watched the back of the person on the phone outside the window.

Lin Niansheng is already doomed to die.

Even if the Anti-Corruption Bureau fails to get a confession from him, Liu Yanxi has a thousand ways to keep him detained in the Police Bureau.

No one can withstand pressure from so many forces at once.

As long as a crack is pried open.

Then success is half achieved.

After all, paper can't wrap fire.

Lin Niansheng's execution is merely a matter of time.

What he just said was actually a probe.

He wanted to see how the Anti-Corruption Bureau felt about the Police Bureau.

As expected, it was exactly as sensitive as he had anticipated.

So the question arises.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau went to great trouble to find me—not for Lin Niansheng, so who was it for?

Liu Yunshen.

That is the only possibility.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau wanted to follow the vine to the melon, using Lin Niansheng to control his father-in-law Liu Yunshen, thereby achieving the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

But Liu Yunshen is not someone just anyone can move.

He had long since risen above the clouds.

Li Jiaci couldn't help but chuckle at the thought.

It seems the Anti-Corruption Bureau Chief is no weakling—he actually dares to investigate the provincial capital's high hat.

Now it's a contest between the two forces.

It just depends on whose methods are more ruthless.

Li Jiaci, an ordinary commoner, got dragged into the struggle of the two bigwigs, becoming the key to one side's victory.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau thought he was the one to break the situation, but they never considered that one mountain is higher than another—how Liu Yunshen climbed to his current position, who knows if he doesn't have a master behind him?

If the other side learns that the key person in Liu Yunshen's downfall is Li Jiaci,

Then what will become of Li Jiaci?

Feeling vexed and restless,

Li Jiaci lit another cigarette and took a deep drag.

Although he understands everything,

But things have come to this—he's already a player in the game, with no chance to choose for himself.

At that moment, Zhou Wanting returned to the office.

Her expression looked much more relaxed than before.

It seems the higher-ups have given a clear indication.

Smoke filled the air.

Zhou Wanting walked through the smoke to Li Jiaci's side.

She sat down in a seductive posture.

She then reached out, snatched the cigarette from his mouth, flicked off the ash, and put it into her own mouth.

Her red lips opened and closed.

Smoke exhaled from her lips, mingling with her perfume, drifted to Li Jiaci's face.

Li Jiaci glanced at her, bewildered.

"Want a smoke? I've got a pack!"

"What's the point of grabbing my cigarette?"

Zhou Wanting coquettishly laughed: "I don't despise you at all!"

"Crazy!"

Li Jiaci summed it up in one sentence.

But he didn't expect those two words to make her feel great when scolded.

Zhou Wanting laughed while handing the cigarette back to him.

"Then I'll give it back to you!"