Chapter 190: First, Deal With Chen Gui

"This person's luck is surprisingly good; putting it that way, the situation is clear, we can draw a final conclusion." The leader said while speaking, took a sip of tea from his thermos, and said earnestly: "Weijun, you're eager to make merit in this operation, you're being too rash."

Weijun nodded timidly.

The leader said sternly: "Wronging a good person, this matter can be big or small."

"Hurry up and release him; also, someone has already reported your bad attitude, later you need to apologize and seek forgiveness."

"Can you do it?"

Weijun's face changed: "I can do it."

The leader nodded, indicating he should get to work.

Weijun walked out of the room, his steps heavy as he headed toward the interrogation room where Wu An was detained.

Wu An saw Weijun walk in with his head down and dejected, and couldn't help but feel pleased; he knew there was already a result, and it was favorable to him.

But he never expected that, at the moment of releasing him on the spot, Weijun would apologize to him.

Wu An observed Weijun's apologetic demeanor and could tell this person couldn't hide things well; his reluctance to apologize was likely ordered by the leader.

He didn't bother with those details.

After sitting on that cold bench for so long, he had also calmed down.

No matter who was behind it.

First, he couldn't have a direct confrontation with these law enforcement officers; no matter what, it would bring him no benefit.

He gladly accepted Weijun's apology, and also admitted his own attitude wasn't good, saying some platitudes about mutual understanding to give Weijun an out.

Blasting someone in the face may feel satisfying for a moment, but it will utterly offend them.

Most importantly, Weijun was merely being used; he shouldn't stoop to the level of a knife in a "borrowed knife to kill" scheme.

What he needed to resolve was the "rat" hiding behind the scenes.

As long as no one borrows the knife, the knife will naturally not hurt anyone again.

Wu An walked out of the police station.

Yu Kai Lang and Lao Liu watched, not surprised but rather showing an "as expected" expression; due to the situation, they didn't greet Wu An.

Wu An saw Lao Mai and Gao Qiangqi already outside, and he also let out a long sigh of relief.

"Everything okay?"

"You're fine, we're definitely fine."

"This time we've been implicated……"

"Alright, let's not talk about that; let's first go to the dock, handle the seafood together—I've already had people prepare the banquet, we'll eat after we're done."

Wu An nodded, naturally having no objection.

The others were easy to talk to; after all, they were closer. Wu An and Zhao laoban of the fishing tackle shop stepped aside and talked for a while; this matter arose because of him, implicating Zhao laoban.

Zhao laoban also felt rather embarrassed, thinking that if he had clarified things from the start, perhaps this wouldn't have happened.

The two finished exchanging pleasantries.

Wu An asked: "Has anyone come looking for you to make inquiries lately?"

Zhao laoban shook his head: "No one has inquired."

"Even if someone came to inquire, I couldn't just blab."

"But……"

Wu An asked: "But what?"

Zhao laoban said: "That day I was on the phone talking about this with someone; meanwhile, a person was browsing the shop—a guy wearing sunglasses, quite stylish."

"That person left right after I hung up, and I thought it was rather strange."

"Could it be……"

Wu An asked: "If you see him again, could you recognize him?"

Zhao laoban hesitated: "Probably, more or less."

"His outfit clearly marks him as a city person, quite flashy."

Wu An nodded.

After chatting a few more sentences, Zhao laoban left first.

Wu An also hurried to the dock; by the time they finished work, it was already past 1 a. m.

That day had worn him out considerably.

But he was also relieved that, being in town, the other party hadn't summoned A Qing for questioning, so the village remained unaware; his older brother and sister-in-law and father could still sleep soundly.

The wild abalone didn't disappoint him; the price was very good, divided into two grades: over one catty and under one catty.

Over one catty fetched 180 per catty, under one catty also brought 120 per catty; although it's under one catty, in reality the abalone Wu An caught rarely went below five taels.

The workers sorting them were also quite surprised.

After weighing, Gao Qiangqi took out a calculator to tally: "Zeroing, zeroing……"

The total calculated came to ___ yuan.

Lao Fang took all the sea wolf fish; although they caught quite a few, this fish is relatively cheap, altogether they sold for 7,520 yuan.

Total ___ yuan.

The day's income from going out to sea was very good; after rough calculation, the net profit exactly covered the cost of buying the fishing boat.

One trip broke even.

But Wu An wasn't particularly happy inside.

Lao Mai was the same; as soon as the boat docked, law enforcement officers rushed aboard, first subduing him, then immediately began searching the boat.

At the time there were still people on the dock, all pointing and gossiping.

Wu An asked a few questions, but Lao Mai didn't elaborate.

Gao Qiangqi drank a bottle of beer, his expression sinister as he said: "A An, who do you think told on you? Just suspect it, and I'll handle the rest."

Wu An smiled and said: "Qiang Ge, I really don't have anyone I suspect."

"I guess who's jealous?"

"We need to check it out."

Gao Qiangqi frowned: "This matter..."

"We definitely can't just let it go like that, but we need to investigate clearly before acting—we can't let the bad guys go, and we can't wrong the good."

He actually does have someone he suspects, and he can even be certain.

Chen Gui is one.

First, the day before going out to sea, Father ran into Chen Gui late at night; after setting out to sea, Chen Gui was also at the dock, as if he were guarding him.

If this weren't a problem, I'd have seen a ghost.

Why does Chen Gui think his trip out to sea is a violation?

There must be a reason.

So he went to ask Zhao laoban.

Zhao laoban also gave an answer: it's likely the stylish guy in sunglasses who overheard Zhao laoban's phone call.

Now there's only one problem.

Ultimately, who reported him—was it Chen Gui acting alone, a conspiracy, or was Chen Gui being used by someone?

Who is the handsome guy Zhao laoban was talking about?

Chen Long?

Shen Nan?

He didn't suspect Mao Wang or Lin Hu.

The reason is simple: those two are neither stylish nor handsome.

He also wanted to rule out Chen Long.

First, Chen Long probably doesn't have the brains for it; second, although Chen Long and Chen Gui share the Chen surname, they may not even know each other, and even if they do, their relationship isn't close enough to team up against him.

Could it be Shen Nan?

This is an unfounded suspicion.

You could call it intuition.

Verifying it is also simple: have A Qing sneak a photo of Shen Nan tomorrow and show it to Zhao laoban, and it'll be obvious.

If it's Shen Nan.

Why would this guy go after him?

Is it because he sensed his threat and struck first?

Or is it just that he wants to mess with him?

He actually hopes to find out it's Shen Nan, because then it's simple: repay hatred with hatred, grudge with grudge.

But ruling out Shen Nan is troublesome—just figuring out who it is will take some effort.

No matter what.

Chen Gui, this old thing, needs to be dealt with.

Old and new scores together.

But for now, he really has no good opening; Chen Gui, this old thing, never shows himself in person, usually just pulling small tricks behind the scenes.

Like this time.

On the surface, there's nothing that can be done about Chen Gui.

If he tries to speak of this, Chen Gui might turn it around and accuse him of slander, so… he has to spread it through others.

If mud falls into your pants, it's either shit or it's shit.

Chen Gui explaining?

Don't explain.

Explaining is just covering up.

Covering up is just the fact.

The fact is that it indeed happened.

Why would others not say it was someone else doing it, but instead say it's you? You must have a problem.

Anyway, there's no evidence.

However Chen Gui explains it, it's just an excuse!