Chapter 1163: Sent to the shooting range to listen to the sound

The Red Star Factory under the night was brightly lit.

Even on weekends, the machines in the workshop didn't stop.

Since the personnel reform work was carried out, the Red Star Factory production workshop had already started a three-shift system.

Excellent technical workers borrowed from sixteen merged units had arrived at their posts one after another.

Coupled with the rapid growth of the last batch of new employees recruited through targeted training.

The most obvious change in the Red Star Factory was that there were fewer people during the day and more people at night.

The three-shift work system was a pressure for the workers, and the same was true for the factory.

However, production efficiency and production capacity were increasing exponentially.

It couldn't be said that three shifts tripled it, but it was at least more than double.

There were also more administrative cadres on duty in the factory office area than before, basically ensuring the handling of emergencies.

In addition to the increased management pressure on the organization, the pressure on logistics support was also increasing.

Labor protection, safety protection, fire hygiene, and catering supply.

From the day the three-shift system trial run started, the factory's main cafeteria didn't turn off its lights anymore.

And in order to ensure that factory employees could eat delicious meals during shift changes, the Management Committee office specially approved the recruitment of chefs from within the employees.

The cafeteria's manpower had to increase, the efficiency of food processing had to increase, and health and safety had to be guaranteed.

This was the best support for the three-shift system.

Guo "Fatty" was a clever and attentive person; in the middle of summer, he specially applied for several large water tanks.

The cafeteria would boil mung bean soup every day, and set up collection points in the cafeteria and production area.

Don't say, just this move wasn't something an ordinary factory could do.

Do you think mung beans are cheap now?

Although a pot of mung bean soup didn't have many mung beans, it couldn't stand the fact that a large factory of tens of thousands of people was drinking it all the time.

Thanks to the Red Star Factory having the resources to transport, a train car was transported from the Northeast, forty tons, enough for all factory employees to drink for a year.

Of course, this scope of all factory employees covered the number of people who had already entered the factory this year, as well as those who were about to enter.

Why be so good to the employees?

Because the Production Management Division made an estimate that according to the current production capacity, it was expected to complete the annual production task in September this year.

That is to say, in the remaining few months, the factory's production capacity could fully compensate for the additional production tasks brought about by merging sixteen enterprises.

Negotiating with the Municipal Industry, it was determined that the production tasks of these sixteen enterprises could not be lost, and the Red Star Factory had to undertake this part of the task this year.

How to undertake it?

The Red Star Factory had to do preparatory work now, and the merger work wasn't easy.

Especially with the Red Star Factory swallowing and eating wildly like this, absorbing more than 50,000 people into the factory all at once.

Li Xuewu was already considering whether to apply to expand the Security Division again.

Even if the Security Section didn't increase personnel, the Fire Section and other sections had to increase personnel.

Patrol teams and security teams also had to be expanded; this was the bottom line of public security.

Speaking back to the Security Section, this was the bottom line of the Security Division; if personnel could be increased, the Security Section must increase.

It was just that he knew that within the next year, the number of people in the Red Star Factory would reach its peak and maintain a low-speed decline.

At least for the next three years, this would be the case, unless three years later, the new steel mill supported by the Red Star Factory for the Municipal Industry was established, and some employees here were adjusted over there.

Therefore, whether the increased security was necessary within three years was a question.

However, the matter of increasing personnel could be considered slowly, but the issue of equipment strengthening had to be put on the agenda.

"All commuting and mission vehicles must be equipped with radio receiving devices; this must be started."

Li Xuewu stood in front of the Security Building gate and reminded Yu Decai, "You write the report, using the influence of this case as the reason."

"Should we seek the opinions of comrades in other departments?"

Yu Decai said cautiously, "The modification cost of telecommunication devices is one aspect; after all, the factory's official vehicle models aren't unified, and the quantity isn't small."

"Another thing, the urgency of the need for information isn't aligned..."

"Then issue it in the form of an opinion draft to other departments to solicit and summarize opinions."

Li Xuewu nodded, understood the implication in Yu Decai's words, and added, "But the Security Group's cars must be equipped; this is a hard requirement."

"Understood, I'll write two applications."

Yu Decai responded seriously, "One application for the Security Group's information device modification, and one opinion solicitation draft."

"I trust you with your work—"

Li Xuewu patted his arm and signaled to the Security Section's direction, asking, "Any problems?"

"It's quite good—" Yu Decai answered with a light laugh first, then asked, "I heard Zhou Yao took action?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him, not understanding what he meant by saying this.

"I also heard a bit."

Yu Decai shook his head helplessly and amusedly, and explained to Li Xuewu in a low voice, "People who came back all said Li Kezhang Zhou won't be able to get married."

"Hehe—"

Hearing this, Li Xuewu finally understood what Yu Decai was laughing at.

However, he laughed, but his attitude had to stand on the side of his own subordinates.

"Nonsense! Zhou Yao looks so good, and her work is good; it's just this personality—right, how upright!"

Li Xuewu was talking nonsense with his eyes wide open.

Yes, Zhou Yao looked very good, but she had been working on the front line for a long time, and insisted on training, so her skin wasn't as white as before.

Especially mixing with the male comrades of the factory security team, her personality and way of speaking had a bit of a masculine spirit.

Plus the attribute bonus of this job, she could be considered to hate evil like an enemy.

Very normal; if a security cadre didn't have a masculine spirit, how could they deter the small-minded?

However, Zhou Yao was different from Han Yating; Han Yating walked up step by step from a public security officer, and her aura carried its own majesty.

Zhou Yao came up too fast; if she wanted to suppress these people below, she had to show real skills.

At first, she practiced combat with the female comrades of the factory security team, and later she started beating the male comrades.

Just think about it: the little guys of the factory security team, eighteen or nineteen, twenty-something, were at the age when their bodies could fight.

Plus strong discipline and high-intensity daily training; for her to benchmark against these people, she had to put in a lot of effort.

She was a section chief, and she had administrative and management work on weekdays; her training time wasn't as much as the security team members.

Zhou Yao really treated her work as a career; some security team members couldn't even withstand her big whip kicks.

You say, what kind of physique did Seeing Wei Guo's mother have? Could she withstand her big back throw?

And that big slap; Zhou Yao's hand was almost the same as a male comrade's hand.

Although small, under high-intensity training, the roughness could be considered "small iron sand palms."

Others didn't know how powerful Li Kezhang Zhou's slap was, but the security team members knew too well.

Don't ask; if this girl couldn't get married, it couldn't have been spread by others; it must have been those security team members!

"Leader—"

Li Xuewu just turned into the corridor where the Security Section was located when Zhou Yao saw him.

It was also a coincidence; Zhou Yao had just come out of the office, holding several transcripts in her hand.

The two were considered to have arrived at the factory area one after another, only Li Xuewu talked a few more words with Yu Decai who came out to greet him at the gate.

Yu Decai wasn't working today, taking advantage of his time off to go back to his hometown.

That's right; his mother-in-law had passed away, and he wanted to bring his father-in-law to Beijing for a few days to relieve his mood.

He was a filial son; he had the same attitude toward his parents and his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Why else would one say life has ups and downs; from the steel city to Beijing, his wife dragged their children thousands of miles to follow him.

He heard it from a neighbor in the evening, so he rushed over in a hurry.

Although he wasn't on duty, the Security Division had business, and Li Xuewu was there; could he not be there?

Li Xuewu personally guided the arrest operation on the front line; after Yu Decai arrived, he took over the logistics work.

After Zhou Yao returned, the work was quickly connected, and Deputy Director Yu had already prepared everything.

Seeing Wei Guo, Tiger, and Tong Yan were all brought into the interrogation room; she carefully looked at the interrogation records of the others and was ready to start work.

Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hand; it was already past 12 o'clock.

"Hungry? You haven't eaten at noon or in the evening, right?"

Walking toward the interrogation room with Zhou Yao, he asked with concern, "I'll watch for a while; you go eat something?"

"Go to the guesthouse; put it on my tab, my treat."

"Forgot to eat; now the hunger has passed, and I'm not hungry anymore—"

Zhou Yao was a bit embarrassed by the leader's concern, tidied the hair by her ear, and felt a bit shy.

"Deputy Director Yu said when I came back that he had already asked for noodles for us, and they'll be delivered in a while."

"That's good; in our line of work, never treat your stomach poorly, otherwise you'll suffer when you get older."

Li Xuewu gave a warning, smiled and looked at her, and said, "Today's performance was very good, worthy of praise."

"Where, if it weren't for you sitting in command, it wouldn't have been so fast," Zhou Yao lowered her head, the smile on the corners of her mouth uncontrollable, "I still made many mistakes that shouldn't have been made—"

"Take it slow; it's still that the experience isn't enough," Li Xuewu smiled and comforted her, "Rome wasn't built in a day, and a Security Li Kezhang isn't made in a day."

Xu Ning spent the shortest time in this position, followed by Han Yating.

This just proved that the young Li Xuewu's foundation wasn't thick enough, and there weren't enough people available.

By the time Zhou Yao reached this point, Li Xuewu was already fully fledged and didn't need to be in a hurry for success.

And he had more resources to allocate; when facing vacancies, there were more people available.

The cadres of the Security Division had more time to learn and exercise.

For a short time, he wasn't prepared to move Zhou Yao again; he was very optimistic about this girl.

Cultured, capable, potential, and thoughtful; given time, she would surely achieve great things.

He wanted to jump out of the Security Division and develop in a broader space, but that didn't mean he didn't value or pay attention to security work.

On the contrary, this was his base camp, so naturally, it had to be managed properly.

He was leaving, and Yu Decai was carrying the flag, so there must be a suitable candidate to assist.

Zhou Yao, with a university degree, had absolute ability and qualifications to advance further after completing grassroots training.

In this era, and even twenty years later, a university degree was a killer at the grassroots level.

Especially in the initial stage, they were section-level members, or even deputy section-level, as soon as they graduated.

Initial promotion and appointment were not limited by work age at all.

Thus, there were situations of twenty-five-year-old section chiefs, twenty-eight-year-old deputy division chiefs, and thirty-year-old division chiefs.

If you caught a good time, had many merits, and thick honors, then that was it; such people were commonly known as sitting on a rocket.

Li Xuewu himself was a rocket-type cadre; once the graduation certificate from the First Steel Academy came down, he was also a university student, and his glory was thicker and more heaven-defying.

Why else would one say that no matter how well you work, it's not as good as having a good fate; find a good teacher, who doesn't teach you any principles, but gives you a pointer or two at critical moments, and you'll benefit infinitely.

At the beginning, Han Shu forced Li Xuewu to enter the student status and become a university student.

And because of Pei Dayu's special care, he didn't stop learning during this period either.

He was very grateful to Han Shu and Dong Wenxue, so he was the same to Xu Ning, Han Yating, and Zhou Yao.

Zhou Yao had been in the Security Division for more than a year, and she had been a deputy section chief and section chief in the Security Section for almost a year.

In this year of work, she could clearly feel her growth and progress.

Besides the respect for superiors and subordinates, she also had some admiration and worship for Li Xuewu.

So she didn't laugh happily when she caught the last murderer, but hearing Li Xuewu's concern and praise, the smile on the corners of her mouth was already uncontrollable.

Furthermore, Li Xuewu's trust and guidance made her feel the organization's care and cultivation.

At this moment, her heart was warm, and her face was red.

Calling her a Security Li Kezhang, calling her a tomboy in the discipline department—actually, she was also a cute girl.

The two arrived at the interrogation room door, just in time to hear the person nicknamed "Tiger" spouting nonsense.

"Don't give me that; who are you trying to scare!"

Tiger's hands were already handcuffed; facing the interrogation personnel, he actually clenched his fists and slammed the small table.

Clang—!

He stared fiercely at the interrogation personnel and roared arrogantly, "If you want to ask, go ask those without balls; I won't say anything!"

Hearing this, Li Xuewu habitually reached for his back waist, but saw Zhou Yao on his right hand side had already moved.

This cute girl had lost her shyness just now, casually touched the pliers left over from repairing the window on the windowsill, pushed the door, and walked in.

"Tiger, right—"

Zhou Yao didn't give the other party time to react at all; she walked to the interrogation chair, and the pliers she was pinching behind her back grabbed Tiger's finger.

"Ah—ah—!"

Tiger wasn't a tiger; even if he really were a tiger, he couldn't withstand being handled like this.

As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart; try using pliers to pinch your own fingers and see what it tastes like.

Don't talk about someone like Tiger; even an iron man couldn't stand it.

The interrogation room was like a pig being slaughtered, making Li Xuewu's ears buzz.

You say, was it him who used a fork to stab people, was it him who resisted arrest and fired shots upstairs, and was it him who made threats to the interrogation personnel in the interrogation room?

It was him, it was him, it was him!

And it was also him howling in pain right now.

How much strength could Zhou Yao have? Nothing more than using both hands to exert force and pinching the pliers in her hand hard.

The interrogation personnel were matched reasonably, one experienced old comrade and one new comrade who had just started work, considered old leading new.

But whether it was the old comrade or the new comrade, they had heard Li Kezhang Zhou emphasize more than once to handle cases according to the law, pay attention to ways and methods, and apply psychology more.

Up and down the Security Section, who didn't study "Criminal Psychology"? Now everyone pays attention to handling cases with heart and handling cases with technique.

How did it become like this when it got to Li Kezhang Zhou... how did she... how did she become like this...

Don't talk about the new comrade looking surprised; even that old comrade was a bit shocked.

This method, this ruthlessness, this mentality... a proper criminal investigation expert!

Seeing Tiger howling in pain and unable to make a sound, Zhou Yao finally released the pliers in her hand.

She turned to the two and ordered, "Don't show mercy; what principles are there to talk about with this kind of person!"

"Either honestly explain clearly, or crush his ten fingers for me!"

She threw the pliers in her hand onto the interrogation table, turned her head and glanced disdainfully at Tiger, who was numb with pain, and said, "Don't worry, our factory hospital has special experience in orthopedics; we can pick out bone fragments no matter how broken they are."

"But you also weigh yourself; how many pounds of bones do you have for me to knock?"

After saying that, she ignored the old comrade's salute, left a sentence about wanting results before two o'clock, and went out.

"This kind of small fry dares to come here to act tough and show off; it's really spoiled by people—"

In the corridor, Zhou Yao looked at the leader's meaningful eyes and felt a bit embarrassed.

She had promised to be a cute girl in front of the leader, but her performance just now was a little unladylike.

Really, it's all the fault of that guy named Tiger; I'll have to pull his teeth out later.

"Leader, it's quite late—"

Walking to the door of another interrogation room, seeing Li Xuewu following,

Zhou Yao coughed and suggested, "How about we interrogate this side first, and you go home or go upstairs to rest first, and wait for us..."

"Let's see first—"

Li Xuewu signaled to the interrogation room and nodded, "I have to see this 'old friend', otherwise he will be very regretful."

The Security Section's interrogation room was rebuilt before moving in after getting this office building.

Different from the original one, which was the old office building opposite the main gate, this place was more professional.

With Li Xuewu's design and layout, the detention rooms and interrogation rooms here made people from the branch bureau envious when they came.

The detention rooms were no longer the original large kang or iron frame beds, but nothing at all.

Empty rooms, high ceilings, no windows, but heat sources were buried underground.

There were two types of detention rooms, bright and dark. The bright ones had a whole side of iron railings, so the situation inside could be seen at any time.

The dark ones were very small and narrow; although they weren't as suffocating as solitary confinement, they weren't very spacious either.

Inside, there was a set of steel washbasins and squat toilets, all within the observation range of the iron windows.

The bright ones didn't have this configuration and were more spacious, suitable for short-term detention and handling personnel with lighter illegal acts.

The interrogation rooms had some tricks; learning from advanced experience, besides no cameras, they had everything else.

Seeing Wei Guo should have heard the talking at the door; when Li Xuewu and Zhou Yao walked in, his eyes kept staring here, ignoring the interrogation personnel's questions.

"What are you staring at!"

The public security officer scolded Seeing Wei Guo unpleasantly, and then greeted the two leaders.

Zhou Yao nodded and signaled for them to continue their work.

Li Xuewu walked into the interrogation room, his eyes kept measuring Seeing Wei Guo, not noticing the public security officer's greeting.

It could be seen that Zhou Yao attached great importance to Seeing Wei Guo; both interrogation personnel were experienced old comrades, intending to conquer Seeing Wei Guo as soon as possible and make him explain.

"Surprised?" Li Xuewu stared at Seeing Wei Guo for a few seconds before asking, "When you chose to take action against the Red Star Factory, you must have already thought of this day."

The muscles on Seeing Wei Guo's face twitched; it looked like he wanted to say something, but didn't know if he hadn't thought it through or wasn't prepared, and the words didn't come out.

"Now? Nothing you want to say?"

Li Xuewu stood in front of the interrogation chair and looked down at Seeing Wei Guo, asking, "Or do you not even have the courage to admit your mistakes and repent to the victims?"

"I don't regret it—"

As soon as the words fell, Seeing Wei Guo spoke; he raised his neck slightly, trying to lift his head to look at Li Xuewu, and said, "Walking to this step, consider me unlucky."

"Oh, so it's our luck then?"

Li Xuewu chuckled, looked at him and shook his head slightly, saying, "Do you know? Regarding whether or not I could catch you, I never had any doubt or nervousness."

"You are like the Monkey King in the Buddha's palm; no matter how you toss, you can't escape that circle."

He looked at Seeing Wei Guo with mockery and asked, "Do you know what I mean by the circle?"

Seeing Wei Guo stared at him without speaking, but his suppressed expression and tightly pursed lips exposed his complex state of mind at this moment.

"You and your brother are the same; you will never know, never understand, never think clearly—"

Li Xuewu took the chair Zhou Yao moved over and sat diagonally opposite Seeing Wei Guo.

This was his habitual interrogation position; unless he was responsible for the formal interrogation, Li Xuewu didn't want to face the criminal directly.

Looking at them from another angle, understanding them from another angle, was Li Xuewu's way of studying psychology.

At this moment, just as Seeing Wei Guo's expression changed slightly, Li Xuewu sat down leisurely, crossed his right leg, and used both hands to gesture in a calm tone, saying, "Just such a big circle—"

"What do you want to say?"

Seeing Wei Guo had been thinking about his brother for a long time; he couldn't help but think about him; seeing Li Xuewu would make him think about him.

At the beginning, his brother's first woman, the current woman... the two brothers had a very complex relationship.

Of course, if you were to call them "like-minded people," it would be a bit too blunt; why not say "sharing the same pole and cave"? Or "sharing blessings together"?

"Do you know how I judged that you hadn't escaped the city?"

Li Xuewu pointed at him and said confidently, "You are very smart, very fond of playing little tricks."

"Of course, this isn't your fault; you and your brother are the same, both learned from your parents."

"Alright—"

Just as Seeing Wei Guo wanted to open his mouth to refute, Li Xuewu pressed his palm and nodded slightly, saying, "We won't discuss your parents' education problem; let's talk about this case."

"You feel you are unlucky; what I see and hear is actually unwillingness and annoyance, right?"

He pointed his finger at the next room and raised his eyebrows, asking, "You also felt the one next door was a big idiot at the time, right?"

"..."

Seeing Wei Guo was speechless; he didn't know who Li Xuewu heard it from, or what he could see.

His eyes drooped, no longer meeting Li Xuewu's eyes, but rubbing his fingers in a tangled way, saying nothing.

"Liu Manshan explained very thoroughly, very thoroughly, from beginning to end—"

Li Xuewu swept his hand in front of him and described, "From the time you came back, the gains and losses, being jealous of Li Yuanchao's motorcycle, to the car he drove out."

"You might not know, the car he drove was actually the club's car."

"I know—"

Seeing Wei Guo said in a low voice, "He is just a show-off, with no ability."

"Hmm, my point of view is basically the same as yours."

Li Xuewu nodded in agreement, but continued mercilessly, "Actually, in my eyes, you gang leaders and veterans are all the same kind of people."

"Yes, it's the word you just used, show-off, very appropriate."

Just as Seeing Wei Guo raised his head to look over, he pointed at the other party, revealing the other party's hypocrisy and forced calmness without mercy.

"He drove the car to show off; what did you grab the car for?"

Li Xuewu leaned forward slightly, stared into Seeing Wei Guo's eyes, and asked, "Want to test the strength of our Security Section?"

"Isn't it the same? Just want to fight for face in the circle, let people praise you for being awesome—"

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "But do you know, just because you played awesome, four families lost their pillars."

"You also have parents; what is the mood of their parents when they hear the news of their son's death?"

Li Xuewu pointed at him and asked, "Think again, what is the mood of a wife hearing the news of her husband's death, and a child hearing the news of their father's death."

"The driver was killed by Tiger, right?"

He sat up straight, looked at Seeing Wei Guo and continued, "His name is Wang Yuhua, 26 years old this year, has a daughter, only three years old, this big."

Gesturing beside his knee, Li Xuewu's tone was still so peaceful, but his eyes were already extremely sharp.

"I don't want to evaluate your so-called veteran circle, or the low-level taste of drawing a circle on the ground."

His hand was gesturing beside his knee, and Seeing Wei Guo's gaze was looking there.

It seemed that under Li Xuewu's hand, there was a little girl crying for her father.

"I just want to ask you, are you a normal person, or a beast that doesn't understand human language."

Seeing Wei Guo was silent, his gaze low, not daring to look at Li Xuewu's hand, and even less daring to raise his head to look at Li Xuewu's eyes.

His breathing was a bit rapid, a bit rough, and his shoulders collapsed, as if a heavy burden of a thousand pounds was pressing down.

"We have no private hatred, but there is one point you know, and I know, a contradiction that can't be brought to the table."

Li Xuewu said very frankly, "I handled your brother, it was entirely because he deserved it; do you admit this?"

Without waiting for Seeing Wei Guo to answer, he continued, "I came to handle you today; do you feel wronged?"

Seeing Wei Guo remained silent; Li Xuewu's words made him unable to refute, and even more unable to answer.

"Alright, you don't speak, I'll take it as your default."

Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said, "Since the words have reached this point, I'll give you a chance."

"If you trust me, tell me your thoughts and requirements, and I will handle it accordingly."

He shook his chin and said, "The condition is don't struggle here, be quick, be like a man."

"Don't make my subordinates difficult, and I won't make you difficult; in the Red Star Factory, you absolutely won't be wronged."

Seeing Wei Guo's fists didn't know when they were clenched, his fingers were a bit white; this was his final torment and struggle.

He wasn't without ears; he could hear the wailing of Manshan and the others next door.

When Li Xuewu came in just now, he thought Li Xuewu was going to use force.

Didn't expect Li Xuewu's attitude to be so peaceful, without any threats or intimidation.

Even the suggestion to take the initiative to explain was said in a tone of brotherhood, a tone of exchange, which was very difficult to make people angry, and made him unable to say words of refusal and refutation.

It had to be admitted that his brother and he weren't Li Xuewu's opponents; the levels were completely different.

"The circle you just mentioned..." Seeing Wei Guo struggled to raise his head, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Weren't you once a person in this circle?"

"Yes, who doesn't have youth, whose youth isn't confused, and then what?"

Li Xuewu looked at him very frankly and said, "Your brother and I were from the same period returning from the South, right?"

"What department did your brother enter, what unit did I enter; this isn't comparable, right?"

He asked straightforwardly, "Do you think the qualifications your brother mixed in the South have the qualifications to compare with me?"

"Hasn't your brother told you, hasn't Tong Yan mentioned to you how the scar on my face came from?"

Seeing Wei Guo's expression froze; he wanted to question Li Xuewu's words, but didn't know how to question them.

"You're very unconvinced that your eyes only have this big circle, right?"

Li Xuewu nodded slowly, looked at him and said, "After I came back, I restrained my childhood friends, leading them not to steal or rob, but to work steadily; you should have heard of this, like Biaozi and the others."

"Not talking about how Biaozi is, it seems like I'm bragging to you, let's talk about the least capable Guodong."

He was also tireless, taking the initiative to say, "He is now an activist in the Jiaodaokou Street Office, a key development and cultivation object."

"This has nothing to do with me—"

Seeing the change in Seeing Wei Guo's eyes, Li Xuewu emphasized with a smile, "Do you know what he did?"

Without waiting for Seeing Wei Guo to react, he took the initiative to say, "Maintaining street hygiene for two consecutive years, taking care of lonely elderly people, repairing street equipment and facilities, helping the street eliminate fire hazards... of course, this is a small matter in your eyes."

Li Xuewu spread his hands and said, "Tell you something big; the recycling station he manages adopted more than a dozen orphans wandering the streets."

"With the support and help of the street, they ran several small factories, helping neighborhood residents solve life difficulties, and solving the problem of employment difficulties for young people in the street."

He raised his hand to signal Seeing Wei Guo and asked straightforwardly, "What did your brother do after coming back? What did his brothers, what did these brothers of yours now do?"

"Do you understand what I mean by your circle being just this big now?"

"..."

Seeing Wei Guo was silent again; his pride and dissatisfaction were now shattered.

Li Xuewu's words might have moisture; how could his childhood friends not borrow his light.

However, no matter how awesome Li Xuewu was, he didn't let his childhood friends rob and kill.

Serving the people, doing things for the street, being accepted by the organization—this was already the top treatment for ordinary people.

What about them?

Holding a lot of resources in their hands, but what did they do?

Li Xuewu said they were frogs at the bottom of the well, looking big, but the circle in front of their eyes was just this big.

Chasing fame and fortune, greedy for enjoyment, sticking to old ways, thinking the veteran circle was heaven.

No shouting, no cursing, but Li Xuewu's words had more force than shouting and cursing, hitting his soul directly.

"We once had our own circles, but I yearned for a higher level of spiritual pursuit."

Li Xuewu smiled and asked, "Do you think the veteran circle should be like that, right?"

"It's night, there's still a little time, so I'll say a little more."

He looked at his watch and said, "Let's talk about Li Yuanchao, the person you look down on."

"We won't talk about identity background; people who mix in your circle have a chain of contempt; I understand this."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think Li Yuanchao is brave?"

"Hmph—"

Seeing Wei Guo's mouth curled slightly, making a sound of disdain.

Li Xuewu nodded and said with a smile, "Actually, he is the most cowardly, with no ability."

"But look at how he can mix in this circle, and become more and more powerful; why is this?"

He patted his knee and emphasized, "Don't say he is a sycophant, good at drilling; if you can really rely on these to get ahead, your circle would be full of big brothers."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, Seeing Wei Guo also fell into deep thought.

"You might have already heard that he joined a club called Youth Club."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know how hard Li Yuanchao is working now?"

"Youth Club was started by you, right?"

Seeing Wei Guo looked at Li Xuewu and nodded, "You are indeed more capable and have more ideas than my brother."

"Hehe, this isn't a compliment to me."

Li Xuewu didn't give him face, but didn't say much on this topic, continuing, "In the same circle, he thinks about using the resources in his hands when facing new things and new fashions; what about you?"

"His motorcycle wasn't robbed, including the fact that he is preparing to buy a jeep, all earned by resource integration; do you accept it?"

He pointed at Seeing Wei Guo and said, "Just for this point, I can curse you for being stupid, but I can't despise him for drilling."

"Don't you have his resources? Don't you have his brothers? Don't you have his ability?"

Li Xuewu raised his head slightly, his gaze sharp, and asked, "Then why did you think of robbing?"

"Ponder this question yourself; whether life is a failure or you eat a bullet, it doesn't matter; what matters is not leaving regrets and living clearly."

He pointed at his own head, stood up, and said, "We've all worked hard today; you explain to them earlier, and rest earlier."

"You—"

Just as the public security officer and Zhou Yao were preparing to send Li Xuewu out, Seeing Wei Guo opened his mouth.

Seeing Li Xuewu turn his head, he asked hesitantly, "Will my parents... be implicated because of my business?"

"You still have a bit of filial piety—"

The expression on Li Xuewu's face softened a little, and he nodded, "I won't lie to you; shielding and harboring criminals, interfering with law enforcement—you can imagine what punishment they will face."

"But since I promised you, I'll give you a word: your attitude determines the attitude we feed back to the branch bureau, and also determines the branch bureau's handling attitude toward your parents; do you understand?"

"Then—we—"

Seeing Wei Guo understood Li Xuewu's words, hesitated, and asked again, "Will we..."

"Explain first, step by step, okay?"

Li Xuewu understood his hesitation and didn't let him finish; it was already at this point, he wanted to resist, wanted to live—eating farts?

He pointed to the room next door and asked, "Anything you want to say to her?"

"This matter has nothing to do with her; don't make things difficult for her—"

Seeing Wei Guo's face was snow-white, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden, but had lost the vitality of life.

Like a shell that had lost its soul, he sat there looking at Li Xuewu and said, "Going to her place was also a temporary decision; she didn't know at all; it was me who coerced..."

"Alright, no need to explain—"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Just because you are still a man, as long as she explains truthfully and as long as she has no problems, tomorrow morning, I will let you watch her walk out of here, okay?"

After saying that, he patted Zhou Yao's arm and instructed, "Tell the next room, ask clearly, pay attention to attitude and method, don't make things difficult for her."

"Also, tomorrow morning, let them meet, and ask the comrades in the section to send Tong Yan home."

"Yes—"

Zhou Yao responded first, then looked at Seeing Wei Guo hesitantly, holding back from speaking.

Li Xuewu looked at Seeing Wei Guo again and asked, "How about it, is my arrangement okay? Any other requirements, say them all together."

"No, thank you—"

Seeing Wei Guo took a deep breath, lowered his head, wiped his tears, and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you."

"Then that's it; you guys work hard."

Li Xuewu shook hands with Zhou Yao, and shook hands with the public security officer who sent him out.

He patted Zhou Yao's arm and left the interrogation room, not looking at Seeing Wei Guo again.

Zhou Yao was very sensible and followed him out; walking a bit further, she sent Li Xuewu to the gate and then asked, "Leader, you..."

"Zhou Yao, it's already this time."

Li Xuewu pointed at the time on his hand, looked at her with a smile, and said, "Our goal is the case, not revenge; neither you nor I have hatred with him."

"People like him aren't worth you or me wasting time to trick him or wear him down."

He taught Zhou Yao, "Our goal is to do a good job in investigation and review, do a good job in the chain of evidence, and then send them to the shooting range to listen to the sound."

"This is the correct way for us to uphold justice and comfort the victims' families."

"I understand—"

Zhou Yao bit her lip, looked at Li Xuewu and smiled slightly, "Thank you, Leader."

"Go get busy, do the work carefully, and give the comrades more trust and share."

Li Xuewu nodded, said while walking out, "I'll wait for your good news tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Leader—"

Zhou Yao was very grateful and worshipful as she thanked Li Xuewu's back again.

She knew that Li Xuewu taking the initiative to enter the interrogation room wasn't to see Seeing Wei Guo.

Li Xuewu had no so-called "friendship" with Seeing Wei Guo, and even less narrow private hatred.

It was just that he wanted to take this opportunity to teach her how to interrogate and how to conquer the psychology of criminals.

Also, Li Xuewu had been emphasizing time; while caring about their bodies, he was also caring about their pressure and confidence.

Everyone knew he had to report this case to the leaders tomorrow morning; if the interrogation work wasn't completed, it would still be her responsibility.

So Li Xuewu was taking care of her and helping her, allowing her to establish prestige in this case and consolidate her work foundation in the Security Section.

Having such a leader who could take care of everyone—how could it not be a blessing? ===== CHAPTER 1164 =====