Chapter 956: Rain and Dew for Everyone

"Who is this?"

Huang Gan looked at Wei Wei with some surprise and turned to Li Xuewu to ask, "Really not your girlfriend?"

"Anything else?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him without a good look and signaled to the door, "If not, hurry back. I'm still busy here."

"Yo~ yo~ yo~"

Huang Gan curled his lips and said, "Those who know this is the Discipline Inspection building know it; those who don't would think it's your home!"

Li Xuewu knew this grandson couldn't be dealt with—a whole "shameless sticky bun."

He didn't say much more, turned around and walked into the duty room, fearing they wouldn't be able to eat, or wouldn't have time to eat. The cafeteria had prepared many aluminum lunch boxes.

During the time they were talking, several cadres who had finished one interrogation had already come out to drink tea and eat.

No one wanted to sleep tonight; continuous rotation. This working state would probably last for three or four days.

No wonder they say Discipline Inspection cadres have high pressure and their bodies suffer greatly.

Dealing with cadres who made mistakes is completely different from dealing with low-IQ criminals.

For these people, they don't have the right to torture, and they can't use projects or means, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

They can only fight with wits, not with force.

Li Xuewu couldn't do this Discipline Inspection line in his life. During the time he was part-time at the Rolling Mill, he also played a deterrent role.

If he were really asked to grind time and temperament with these people, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to help but take out his beloved little hammer to hit people.

There were many or few people in the lobby, and the sound was somewhat noisy. Just when Li Xuewu took an aluminum lunch box and a scoop of soup with an enamel jar, preparing to find a quiet place to eat, he found that this grandson Huang Gan was just like him, with a lunch box in one hand and a soup jar in the other.

You say he's shameless?

Hey! This kid didn't have any timidity or embarrassment at all, and was looking around, urging Li Xuewu to find a place quickly, saying he was hungry.

"Don't you feel guilty?!"

Li Xuewu sized him up and down, only feeling that he truly had no face, and cursed, "You didn't do any work, so why are you eating?"

"I'm hungry~"

Huang Gan said righteously, "Hurry up. I'm still growing."

"How did I get to know such a jerk like you!"

Li Xuewu glanced at the door of the duty room. He couldn't blame the cook for being blind. Today, three departments were handling the case together; who knew who was the staff.

But just think about it: who would dare to eat Discipline Inspection food for free? No one would have thought that a "Husky" had mixed into the team, with the courage to fly.

The lobby was out of the question. They were late for the meal, so they could only find an office or interrogation room.

Because he had just come out of the room where Du Xiaoyan was interrogated, he knew there was no one there, so he took Huang Gan and walked over there.

Huang Gan followed behind him, looking up, looking around, not afraid of being pointed out for eating a free meal.

"Shouldn't be~"

He muttered in his mouth, "Caught so many in one go, how come I don't recognize a single one?"

"What? You still want to personally send a few in?"

Li Xuewu pushed the door open with his body, signaled him to hurry in, and cursed, "Be a human. Usually, make a few good friends, or learn from me."

"From you?"

Huang Gan curled his lips and walked into the interrogation room, looked around, and felt that the interrogation chair was the most comfortable for eating.

"If I learn from you, can I learn anything good? You've already become a negative example on my life path."

After finishing, he put the lunch box and soup jar on the small table, and sat into the interrogation chair with a *thump*.

Li Xuewu looked at him speechlessly, nodded, and said, "Fine, adapt to the environment in advance. You won't be unfamiliar when you come in one day."

"Oh, yo~"

Huang Gan rolled his eyes and retorted, "Dare to say you came here to help just to adapt to the environment in advance! Admire, admire!"

There was no one in the room, just the two of them, so they couldn't stop their mouths from bickering while eating.

Sitting opposite each other, Li Xuewu said one sentence, and Huang Gan returned one sentence, like a crosstalk show, absolutely not suffering losses, absolutely not letting the other party's words fall to the ground.

"This food is average~"

Huang Gan poked the braised potatoes in the lunch box with chopsticks, curled his lips, and said, "Can't even compare to the food at our First Detention Center."

"That's right, no wonder I said let you adapt to the environment!"

Li Xuewu said while eating, "With your corrupt style, sooner or later, maybe it will be like today, and I'll be the one interrogating you."

"Hmm, that would be good."

Huang Gan dug into the rice covered with braised pork—no meat, just potatoes—and ate two mouthfuls vigorously, muttering, "By then, I'll be the first to sell you out."

"Damn! I have a righteous spirit and clean hands; am I afraid of you?!"

Li Xuewu drank a mouthful of soup. It was salty as hell. Was the Discipline Inspection cook selling salt?

"You still have a righteous spirit?!"

Huang Gan curled his lips and said, "I don't even want to talk about you. Look at you—you don't look like a good person."

"Oh, right!"

He widened his eyes and said earnestly, "I'm not trying to pull you, and I'm not trying to meddle in your business. You better be careful at the club. You absolutely cannot touch young girls."

"Get lost, nothing to say~"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and asked, "When did I ever touch young girls? Didn't you lead them in?"

"I led them in, but they weren't prepared for you!"

Huang Gan curled his lips and said, "I don't know about others, but this Ou Xin's eyes are almost hanging on you, and that Zhou Xiaobai has lovesickness!"

"None of my business!"

Li Xuewu lowered his head and took a bite of rice, saying, "Is it not allowed for people to like me just because I look good? What did I do wrong?"

"You damn... you're even more shameless than me!"

Huang Gan bared his teeth, picked up the jar and took a gulp, then raised his eyebrows at Li Xuewu and said, "Hey, do you think there's any potential in a farm?"

"What farm?"

Li Xuewu looked at him and asked, "Are you talking about the one in the Northeast, or the one in the Northwest?"

"Fart, I'm not going that far."

Huang Gan put down the enamel jar, dug into the rice, and explained, "You know the Chadian Farm, right? They want to promote and learn from our center's advanced experience."

"Not close."

Li Xuewu thought for a moment and knew where he was talking about.

There are many labor reform farms under the Labor Education Management Office of Beijing. Shuanghe is in Longjiang, and there are others in Xining and the borderlands.

Chadian is the closest to Beijing, and also the first one, and the one that has been used for the longest time, with the most monitored prisoners.

"Does your dad mean for you to transfer there?"

Li Xuewu thought for a moment and nodded, "The situation isn't great now. You can go there. Are you a field chief or a political commissar?"

"Fart, even a deputy isn't my turn."

Huang Gan said indignantly, "That's why I said I'm not going. Better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail."

"However, their deputy field chief came to find me. Don't know which grandson leaked the news, but he insisted on giving me a box of sorghum liquor."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Said it was brewed from grain they grew themselves, good to drink and doesn't go to the head."

"Hmm, I think you're a bit head-heavy."

Li Xuewu finished the rice in a few bites, drank a mouthful from the enamel jar, and said, "Your mouth is soft after eating other people's stuff, right?"

"Not really~"

Huang Gan felt a bit embarrassed, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Does your joint trade have any good projects? Organize one?"

"Organize a fart~"

Li Xuewu looked at him and asked, "It's not just a box of liquor, right? Looking at how concerned you are, did they give you any benefits?"

"Look at what you're saying. Am I that kind of person~"

Huang Gan laughed, then explained, "A comrade-in-arms of my dad, a very particular person, told me about Chadian's situation. I'm just doing a good deed~"

"Believe your ghost~"

Li Xuewu packed up the lunch box, looked at him and said, "Why don't you say moving the clothing factory or handicraft factory there? They can develop better there, right?"

"No~ no~ no~"

Huang Gan waved his chopsticks and explained, "Not joking with you, the conditions there really aren't good. There's a railway, but it's desolate, and the small station is very small."

"Clothing and handicrafts have to be made in the city—conspicuous, good-looking."

He explained, "Chadian mainly grows crops, corn and sorghum are suitable, it used to be saline-alkali land."

"Don't compare the First Detention Center with them. They are too big, and have no prospects. The infrastructure was all built by themselves."

"Their deputy field chief's intention is very clear: engage in agricultural and sideline products—brewing, food, oil pressing, etc. They can all do it."

"Are you sure?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "If they really engaged in these, would they worry about sales? Aren't these things lacking everywhere?"

"It's not that they are hard to sell, but they aren't good-looking."

Huang Gan explained, "No technology, no foundation. The things produced can only be sold through unified distribution, and there are no results."

"You want to ask about the food processing factory we're building, right?"

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "Don't think about this. The factory has already started construction. 'Imported' things are even less likely to be produced by them."

"I want to say machinery or something. I think this is very suitable."

Huang Gan said earnestly, "Paper mills aren't very suitable to be placed in the city. I've already coordinated with them. Moving there is just what I wanted to tell you."

"Paper making is fine."

Li Xuewu nodded, lit a cigarette, and said, "Including printing, these things can be moved there, and even part of the furniture project of the Xicheng Third Detention Center can be divided there."

"Hmm, that's what I thought too."

Huang Gan nodded and said, "A scale of 20,000 to 30,000 people. Just think about it."

"Hmm, can do."

Li Xuewu flicked the ash and said, "Go talk to them properly later. Ask if they are interested in animal husbandry and breeding. Our factory can provide resources and be responsible for acquisition and processing. They only need to be responsible for raising."

"Can also do."

Huang Gan didn't even care about eating, nodded and said, "Actually, it's just that there's a surplus of labor that must be consumed. That farm is a triangular area, very large."

"Then engage in breeding."

Li Xuewu flicked the ash and said, "Pigs, cows, sheep, horses, donkeys—our factory can contact to provide seed sources and be responsible for acquisition and processing. They only need to be responsible for raising."

"For furniture, you keep an eye on it. Jicheng Forestry can provide timber resources, which is also a supporting supplement for paper making."

"But you have to handle it correctly."

Li Xuewu pointed at him and reminded, "The world is difficult, and people's hearts are treacherous. It's hard to meet good people in these years. If you flip the car, don't blame me for getting angry with you."

"I will control this well."

Huang Gan nodded earnestly, "It's impossible that whatever my dad says goes. If he doesn't show sincerity, giving him a paper mill is already a huge face."

"Yo! How come there's one left!"

Yu Daru walked in from outside, looked at Huang Gan sitting in the interrogation chair eating, and joked.

Didn't even lock the door, and could eat a lunch box—clearly one of their own.

Suspects have no mood to eat now. One by one, they look like they're mourning. The more people come in, the heavier their mood.

Sometimes it's not that the more people in a case, the better. More people sharing the blame means the case is also bigger.

Li Xuewu picked up a cigarette from the table, threw it over, then threw the lighter, pointed at Huang Gan who was eating, and said, "First Detention Center Warden, Comrade Huang Gan."

"Yu Daru, Section 1, Third Office, Beijing, Confidentiality Department."

He introduced the two sides. They were all in the same circle, so there was no polite exchange.

Yu Daru finished listening to Li Xuewu's introduction, shook hands with Huang Gan, and then lit the cigarette.

"Your work's lead time is too ruthless!"

He took a puff of the cigarette and said with a smile, "We just started getting people, and you're already preparing to hand over the work?"

"Serving the people~"

Huang Gan didn't need to ask more. As soon as he saw the familiarity between Yu Daru and Li Xuewu, he knew what kind of person he was.

Saying he couldn't learn anything good from Li Xuewu wasn't slandering him. Everyone was birds of a feather, and their way of speaking was the same—talking nonsense was the best.

"Society is developing, the people are progressing, and our detention center must also catch up with the tide of the times."

He finished the last bite of rice, drank the soup, stood up, packed up, and said, "If there are any smart ones, remember to be gentle. I'm still missing a few people to weld radios."

"Heh~ really here to pick people!"

Yu Daru laughed, teased, "The Liren brand radio was made by your detention center, right? My colleague bought one, the quality is really not that great."

"Can't blame me for this."

Huang Gan didn't accept the criticism at all, walked to Li Xuewu, lit a cigarette himself, packed his lunch box, and said, "If you find quality problems, remember to find him. His older brother is the chief technical engineer of our center."

"Are you even human!"

Li Xuewu glanced at Huang Gan and said, "Go back and tell my brother to seek another job; that place can't be stayed in!"

After finishing, he pointed at Huang Gan for Yu Daru and said, "We are only responsible for sales and service. For after-sales problems, go directly to the First Detention Center for door-to-door service."

"Hmm, neither of you is a good person!"

Yu Daru flicked the ash and said with a smile, "Look at your arrangement, ah, who dares to go to the First Detention Center for after-sales service!"

"Then don't blame us~"

Huang Gan smiled, carried the lunch box and enamel jar, nodded to the two, and said, "Fine, you guys get busy. I won't disturb your case handling. Eat well and go home to sleep early~"

"Hey! He's really hateful!"

Yu Daru pointed at Huang Gan who was walking out and asked Li Xuewu, "How come you associate with such people?"

"Aren't you the same kind of person?!"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and exhaled smoke, asking, "You're in charge of field work, why are you back?"

"Almost there, basically all here."

Yu Daru took a hard puff, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said, "You think I went to catch people alone? When it's time to pick peaches, everyone wants to crowd around."

"Paranoid."

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes and glanced at him, saying, "The First Detention Center doesn't have the ability to help you catch people."

"Wasn't talking about him."

Yu Daru blew the ash off his pants, raised his hand to signal outside the door, and said, "The key figure is right behind, arriving soon."

"The one who handled the body and mailed the letters!"

The light in the room was somewhat dazzling. He sat on the table, his head right under the light bulb, his face hidden in the shadows, flickering between light and dark.

"My main energy now is on Lai Shanchuan. This old guy has a high risk factor. Director Zheng won't let me act rashly."

Yu Daru was clearly anxious, which was why he came back from the scene to find Zheng Fuhua for coordination.

"There are too many people now. Director Zheng is worried about hurting the masses and also afraid the other party will jump over the wall in desperation."

"Oh, right."

He pointed at the desktop in front of Li Xuewu again and said, "His son is the main suspect in the case. We are still looking for people."

Li Xuewu didn't speak, just listened to him, narrowed his eyes, and thought about things.

The most agonizing time is knowing the result but being unable to unveil the final veil.

December 26th, Friday, 7:00 PM.

Li Xuewu hadn't rested all day, only leaning on the table to doze off for a while when Yu Daru came just now.

He didn't even know when Yu Daru left. It was only when the Discipline Inspection case-handling personnel came to prepare for interrogation that he woke up.

"Can hold on when hungry, but felt sleepy after eating."

Li Xuewu stood up, stretched, and asked Xiang Yunian, who walked in, "Are you done?"

"Dream on. This is just the beginning."

Xiang Yunian stood aside with his hands on his hips, looked toward the door, and said, "Chai Yongshu has arrived."

"Don't look around, walk inside."

A light shout came from the door, and a thin, dry man was pushed in, his hands still handcuffed.

Li Xuewu recognized this person. He hadn't met him many times, but the impression was deep—a three-thousand-year-rare image.

After Chai Yongshu entered the room, he was somewhat unaccustomed to the high-wattage light bulb overhead and the darkness around him.

After adapting, he saw Li Xuewu standing behind the interrogation table and said in surprise, "Deputy Director Li?"

"Hmm, it really is you."

Li Xuewu nodded, sized him up, and asked, "Where were you squatting?"

"Nowhere, just eating hot pot."

Chai Yongshu was quite straightforward, knowing what kind of crime he had committed, but without any fear.

The criminal investigation team member removed one side of his handcuffs, pushed him to sit in the interrogation chair, and handcuffed him again.

"Since we are acquaintances, let's not drag it out."

Li Xuewu picked up the cigarette box on the table, lit one for himself, sat down after kicking the chair, and said, "You confess early, I get off work early."

"Heh~"

Chai Yongshu leaned his body, sized up Li Xuewu sitting there and Xiang Yunian standing on the side, and said, "If you say we are acquaintances, can you let me go?"

"Be honest."

The criminal investigation team member wasn't as disciplined as Discipline Inspection, although not as ruthless as the Confidentiality Department. Seeing Chai Yongshu not cooperating, he gave him a poke from behind.

Chai Yongshu's dry body couldn't withstand their beating, and this blow made him gasp and shrink into the chair.

"Stop acting. You're here now, still lying and farting? Think this is your own kang?"

The criminal investigation team member had a black hand, but also had a sense of proportion. He was anxious about the case but knew he couldn't beat the person to death.

Li Xuewu looked at Chai Yongshu's performance indifferently, waiting patiently for him to speak.

Seeing this, Chai Yongshu also knew that falling into Li Xuewu's hands wouldn't lead to good fruit. His black hand and ruthless heart were famous in the Dongcheng, so he didn't dare to try to act recklessly, and stopped playing the trick of rolling and screaming.

Although he hadn't eaten the detention rice of the Rolling Mill Security Section, he also knew Li Xuewu's fame.

Ordinary people outside didn't care. Even if they knew from the newspaper that there was such a ruthless person in the Dongcheng, how many days could they remember?

Unless it was someone mixed in the underworld or within the system, but they didn't see him every day either.

But as long as it was someone from the Rolling Mill, or even a family member of a Rolling Mill employee, there wasn't one who didn't know Li Xuewu.

Whether the Rolling Mill is chaotic or not, Li Xuewu has the final say.

From the day Li Xuewu came to work at the factory, how many people he sent to the western suburbs to be shot—they all helped remember.

Forgetting was absolutely impossible, because this killing god would update their inner records from time to time.

Recently, the factory was busy, and he was also part-time in economy and trade. Everyone was saying, has the Tiger of the Security Section become a vegetarian?

Look, how can you not talk about it, and let him catch up.

Of course, Chai Yongshu had a bottom line in his heart. Even if the Lai father and son had an accident, he wouldn't die.

Don't look at him as a scoundrel, but he understood the law, knew what a mastermind was, what an accomplice was, and what "leniency for confession" was.

Actually, there was no need for the criminal investigation team member to give that blow. From the moment the police entered the door and called his name while he was eating hot pot and singing, he was prepared to confess as soon as he came in.

Scoundrels also have the little cleverness of saving their lives. He wouldn't take the blame for the Lai family.

"Deputy Director Li, don't use force. If I want to send the first merit, I'll give it to you."

Chai Yongshu had an expression of loyalty, saying, "Although you also have the surname Li, your director is different. You are a good person!"

He gave a thumbs up to Li Xuewu and said, "You are different from Li Huai De. He is an old bastard with a human face and beast heart, not only occupying my wife, but also raising..."

*Thump~ Thump~*

Li Xuewu tapped the table with a pencil, turned his head slightly, narrowed his eyes, and reminded, "Off-topic. If you have something to say, say it. If not, don't talk nonsense."

Understanding Li Xuewu's gaze, Chai Yongshu nodded in resignation and said, "You are a good person. I remember your kindness. I'll talk."

"Lai Yide, Section Chief Lai's son."

Chai Yongshu twisted his body, found a comfortable position, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Du Xiaoyan already said all this, right?"

"You say yours."

Li Xuewu ignored his words, smoked, narrowed his eyes, and signaled him to continue.

"Fine, I'll say mine."

Chai Yongshu nodded and said, "I met Lai Yide through a friend's introduction in June. We all call him Young Master Lai."

"Young Master Lai is not very old, but he is generous with money. He looks down on us, but he is willing to spend money."

"Usually, I'm just a small follower, handling some trivial matters and earning some hard-earned money."

"Be specific. What things did you handle?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "It is said that Lai Yide has his own business?"

"Heh~ Fart~ Business without capital~"

Chai Yongshu curled his lips and said disdainfully, "It's just the confiscated things he dug out from his father, which we turned around and sent to the black market. Anything exists."

"Some are valuable, some are not. He is just a stick, holding his father's key and taking us to move things from the warehouse."

"As long as there is no money, it's definitely this scene. We are just following to fish for some oil and water, truly hard labor."

He scratched his head and said, "Truly making money—that was in August. It was lively, and Young Master Lai had courage. He was the first to lead the trouble, so he fished out a lot of good things."

"Other little cubs just had hot heads and knew how to follow and make trouble, only Young Master Lai had a brain, knowing what was valuable and what wasn't."

"Of course, these are all relative. Don't overestimate him; he definitely can't compare to you."

Chai Yongshu tried to flatter Li Xuewu, but seeing he had no reaction, he continued, "At first, he didn't have many people in his hands, all from the same courtyard."

"Later, it was different. With money, eating, drinking, and having fun, there were more drinking friends."

"It was mainly because of the university study activities. Young Master Lai's ambition also grew, and he played bigger."

"They got together to engage in antiques and some gold jewelry, jewelry, jade, and emeralds. Some were turned around through my hands."

Chai Yongshu admitted, "It was only at this time that we people saw money. Before, we were just mixing for food and drink."

"Do you know what Lai Yide was doing before the 29th, saying he urgently needed a large sum of money?"

Li Xuewu frowned and reminded, "He shouldn't have been for personal enjoyment. Think about it carefully."

"No need to think, I don't know."

Chai Yongshu was particularly honest and said, "I'm just a small fry. I have work to do, but where would they use people like us to plan?"

As he spoke, he gestured by his ear and said, "Those little cubs all have good brains and have their own ideas. If we dared to talk nonsense, the iron chain would have been drawn long ago."

Looking at Li Xuewu frowning, Chai Yongshu also knew he had to reveal his value. He only knew one acquaintance, Li Xuewu, here, so he had to rely on him to speak.

"I heard a word later, but I didn't hear it all. They were hiding from us."

Chai Yongshu confessed, "Said there was some great ideal, wanting to achieve something or other. I really don't understand."

Looking at his bitter face, Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Continue. Talk about the murder case."

It wasn't that Li Xuewu didn't value the "great ideal" Lai Yide and the others were engaged in. He had some clues in his heart now, but he also felt a chill down his spine.

The city was a powder keg now. A little thing could touch something that shouldn't be touched, and it would ignite at a touch.

Xiang Yunian, standing on the side of the table, was truly startled. He glanced at Li Xuewu, secretly thinking that these little cubs played so ruthlessly!

Not daring to delay any longer, and unable to wait to hear how Chai Yongshu

Not daring to waste any more time here, and unable to wait to hear how Chai Yongshu handled the corpse, he nodded to Li Xuewu and hurried out.

Li Xuewu was in charge of the interrogation, Yu Daru was in charge of fieldwork, Zheng Fuhua was in charge of coordination, and Xiang Yunian was in charge of discipline and supervision.

Now that a new situation had arisen, he had to report to the big shots upstairs in time; he had to figure out the situation and avoid stepping on any red lines.

Seeing Xiang Yunian leave and only Li Xuewu and a few recorders remaining in the room, Chai Yongshu felt a bit more relaxed.

With the pressure eased, his speech became much more fluent, and he began to chatter away to Li Xuewu.

"I didn't kill anyone, really."

He gestured to his own body and said, "You can tell just by looking at my scrawny frame; I can't even kill a chicken, let alone a person."

Thump~ Thump~

Li Xuewu tapped the table and reminded him, "Talk about the case, stop talking nonsense, and explain clearly what happened on the 29th."

"Yes, yes, okay."

Chai Yongshu nodded and said, "On the 29th... it was about this time, I suppose."

He looked around, trying to check the time, but found that only the light directly above his head was the brightest and most blinding.

"Seven o'clock? Eight o'clock? Nine o'clock?"

Li Xuewu reminded him, "Speak clearly, this is of vital importance."

"Eight... it must have been past nine."

Chai Yongshu thought for a moment and said, "It was already past six when I left the restaurant, then I went to take a bath. I was just about to go play cards when he called me."

"Hmm, past nine."

He confirmed, "We usually just find a place to hang out in the Dongcheng at night. Riding a bike to his place takes at least half an hour no matter what."

"Where?"

Li Xuewu asked, "By Jin Yuchi? Or one of his strongholds?"

"No, it was a private residence, further back from Jin Yuchi."

Chai Yongshu shook his head and said, "It seems Zhao Ziliang secretly acquired it. It didn't look like a place for doing good deeds; it was very remote."

After finishing, he gave Li Xuewu the address. He had only been there once and couldn't describe it very clearly, but he noted that one would know it as soon as they saw it.

The criminal investigator went out to arrange for people to rush over and investigate, while the interrogation here continued.

"The weather was cold then. I pedaled from the Dongcheng to the South City and was drenched in sweat, but as soon as I entered the room, I instantly went cold."

Chai Yongshu said, "As soon as I walked in, I saw two people lying on the ground, and Lai Yide was sitting on the kang smoking."

"Zhang Shuqin, Zhao Ziliang, right?"

Li Xuewu looked at Chai Yongshu and asked, "Can you still remember the state of the scene?"

"I remember, I'll never forget it for the rest of my life."

Chai Yongshu grimaced and said, "That woman was miserable; there was a hole in the back of her head. I only found out later that her name was Zhang Shuqin."

"I knew Zhao Ziliang; I had seen him before. He had a pretty good relationship with Young Master Lai and was very good at sucking up to people."

Recalling the events of that day, he shrugged his shoulders with lingering fear and said, "It was from that day on that I realized how terrifying these little brats could be when they got vicious."

"As soon as I entered the room, I saw the blood on the floor. The wind was blowing against my neck, as if someone was blowing air behind me."

"Young Master Lai was quite calm, perhaps because the fear had already passed. He even told me not to be afraid, saying that the place was very secluded."

He rubbed his face and said, "He even pointed to the woman on the ground and told me that she died with her eyes open because she was smashed to death by her lover with an ashtray."

"He also pointed to Zhao Ziliang and told me that this guy had no heart, that he wasn't human, and that he would cause trouble sooner or later, so he couldn't be kept..."

"How did Zhao Ziliang die?"

Li Xuewu interrupted and asked, "Did Lai Yide mention anything about splitting money?"

"No, he didn't."

Chai Yongshu shook his head and said, "From beginning to end, I never saw any money. I was just ordered by him to handle that female corpse."

"I don't know how Zhao Ziliang died either. He didn't say, and I was so scared at the time that I didn't dare to ask."

"However, I did see a red mark under Zhao Ziliang's neck."

Chai Yongshu explained, "Based on my understanding of these little brats, I reckon he was strangled with the bike chain they carried with them."

"If you say someone like me can't kill, well, Lai Yide's build isn't any bigger than Zhao Ziliang's, so this is the only way to explain it."

"Was he the only one at the scene?"

Li Xuewu frowned and asked, "Is it possible that others helped?"

"I don't know, I'm just a small fry."

Chai Yongshu kept his status in mind and said with a bitter face, "I didn't dare say a word there, fearing I'd vomit the food I'd just eaten. I was truly scared to the point my legs went weak."

"Talk about handling the corpses."

Li Xuewu asked, "How did you transport Zhang Shuqin's corpse to Jin Yuchi, and where did you put Zhao Ziliang's corpse?"

"I packed the female corpse in a sack and carried it on a bicycle. I don't know about Zhao Ziliang."

Chai Yongshu said earnestly, "Lai Yide's arrangement was for me to handle that female corpse, saying it had to be done discreetly, otherwise we'd both be finished."

"Did you leave first? Or did he?"

Li Xuewu turned his head and asked, "Are you sure Zhao Ziliang was already dead?"

"Of course I'm sure of that."

Chai Yongshu grimaced and explained, "He was lying there with his tongue sticking out; no matter how tough he was, he'd still have to breathe, right?"

"By the time I finished cleaning up that day, it must have been ten or eleven o'clock. Anyway, it was twelve o'clock when I got to the edge of Jin Yuchi."

Chai Yongshu explained, "What experience do I have in handling this kind of thing? I just knew what the old folks said earlier: tie it in a sack, put in some stones, and throw it in the river to dispose of a corpse."

"I was in a panic that day. After waiting for Lai Yide to leave with Zhao Ziliang's corpse on his bike, I rushed toward Jin Yuchi."

"He even told me to go back there early after finishing, so I could help him clean up the scene."

Chai Yongshu shook his head slightly and said, "The water surface was already frozen when I got to the edge of Jin Yuchi. It was exceptionally cold that night."

"I hurriedly found some stones to stuff into the sack, used a bike lock to smash a hole in the ice, and slid the sack in."

Well, the situation at the scene was basically consistent with Li Xuewu and his team's initial judgment; that place was definitely not the primary crime scene.

Not to mention that Zhang Shuqin couldn't have gone to Jin Yuchi, that area wasn't suitable for murder either.

This place had nothing to do with Zhao Ziliang; no matter how you associated them, they didn't connect. It turned out it was Chai Yongshu who chose the place.

Chai Yongshu was a street thug in Beijing. You couldn't count on him to make money, but if it came to playing some new tricks, he absolutely wouldn't bow to anyone.

Jin Yuchi produced goldfish, and he had caught plenty to show off and give away; they were all just little trinkets in the capital.

"So you aren't sure of Zhao Ziliang's exact cause of death, and Lai Yide didn't tell you how he handled his corpse after you went back?"

"Go back? Go back to what~"

Chai Yongshu said with a bitter face, "Am I stupid? He had blood in his eyes; he'd kill to silence witnesses and then kill me too!"

"So after I finished handling the corpse, I didn't even look back and ran back to the city to find a hole to hide in. I didn't dare show my face for several days!"

"Heh heh, you were quite clever."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "He wouldn't have killed you again after he calmed down."

"That's the logic, you don't throw a rat-catching tool for fear of breaking the vase, right?"

Chai Yongshu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Afterward, he didn't look for me, and I didn't look for him. We just acted as if it never happened."

"That's not right, is it?"

Li Xuewu looked at Chai Yongshu and asked, "He didn't give you any benefits at all? Are you that loyal?"

"Loyal? What loyalty~"

Chai Yongshu was quite cunning; if Li Xuewu hadn't asked, he really would have acted as if he'd forgotten and not mentioned it.

Now that Li Xuewu had pointed it out, he grinned and laughed dryly, saying, "That night in that house, he gave me a thousand yuan, saying there would be more afterward."

"I only took that thousand yuan; I didn't dare go ask for the rest afterward."

Chai Yongshu said with lingering fear, "That thousand yuan almost cost me my life!"

"Because of this, I lay on the kang for several days, having nightmares every night! It wasn't until Widow Zhao invited a Bodhisattva to pray for me late at night that I finally got a good night's sleep."

"With you like this, would the Bodhisattva protect you?"

Li Xuewu stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and said with some disdain, "I don't know if your conscience hurt when you took that thousand yuan, but Zhang Shuqin had a watch and a ring on her. Where did they go?"

"Don't tell me that since Lai Yide dares to be called Young Master Lai, he'd even take that bit of wealth; that's too crude."

"It... it was me who took them."

Chai Yongshu smiled awkwardly and said, "I thought it would be a waste to throw them in the water, so I helped keep them."

"Hmm, helped keep them. Where did you keep them?"

Li Xuewu pointed at him with a pencil and said, "The reason you're having nightmares is probably because Zhang Shuqin is asking for her watch and jewelry!"

"Please don't scare me!"

Chai Yongshu said, "I turned around and gave that watch to Liu Lan; it's not with me anymore."

"Damn! Why did you give it to her?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Was she also involved in this case of yours?"

"No~ no~ no~ she wasn't~"

Chai Yongshu said somewhat embarrassedly, "That watch was still new. I was thinking about remarrying her; after all, we still have a child."

"..."

Li Xuewu looked at him speechlessly and asked, "You took a watch and ring off Zhang Shuqin's corpse and gave them to her to propose remarriage?"

"You really are a talented person, damn it! How did you think of that?!"

"She didn't know~"

Chai Yongshu stiffened his neck and said, "She loved it. She even asked me for the box the watch came in. I just found her a random one, and she treated it like a treasure."

"What about the ring?"

Li Xuewu gestured to the criminal investigator, signaling him to go out and arrange for Liu Lan to be summoned.

Before the investigator reached the door, he heard Chai Yongshu say somewhat embarrassedly, "There is no ring. I gave the ring to Widow Zhao. She's been very good to me..."

"..."

The criminal investigator turned back and stared blankly at this scumbag; it wasn't just Li Xuewu who was speechless in the room.

This dog of a man was truly a scourge. Even in this state, he was still holding one in each arm and spreading his favors around.

"What about the bicycle?"

Li Xuewu looked at this piece of work, not knowing what tone to use anymore; he could only say that Liu Lan and Widow Zhao had had the worst luck imaginable.

"Zhang Shuqin disappeared while riding a bike. Where are her bike and luggage bag?"

"I didn't see the bike, and I don't recognize her bike. Should it be the one Lai Yide rode away?"

"I don't know, maybe it is!"

Chai Yongshu thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't know about the luggage bag. Later, Lai Yide gave me her work ID and told me to go out of town. I think he must have handled them all."