Lao Xiang sat on the sofa bored, almost torn through the weekly magazine in his hand. The senior superintendent sitting behind the desk opposite finally reacted.
"cough"
The boss cleared his throat, put down the pen in his hand, glanced at Lao Xiang sitting on the sofa, and raised his eyebrows:
"What are you doing here?"
"ah"
Lao Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "You asked me to come."
"Is it me?"
The boss breathed out, but without saying much, he continued: "Actually, it's just a small matter. I want to ask how your situation is now and when you can resume normal work."
"That's not right. What I meant was to confirm the time of your reinstatement. I'll have someone call you to inform you and confirm the time. Then I can arrange work by then. I didn't ask you to come."
"That's it."
When Lao Xiang heard this, a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, and he immediately wanted to get up and leave:
"Okay, I should be able to resume work next Monday. I will come back to you for reinstatement then. If nothing happens, I will leave first."
At this moment.
Lao Xiang just wants to leave here quickly.
"Since you're here, I just want to tell you something."
The boss glanced at Lao Xiang and said, "Why did you go to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station this time?"
"I heard that it's related to Superintendent Mo and the others, right? Let me tell you, Superintendent Mo is related to Sir Wu, and Sir Wu and I are just doing business. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Until now, you haven't told me what this matter is about?"
The implication is that Lao Xiang should not get too close to them.
"fine."
Lao Xiang laughed absentmindedly: "I know what you said, don't worry."
"So be it."
After listening to Lao Xiang's answer, the boss looked at him expressionlessly: "I see that your condition is not very good, so wait for another week, take another week off, and then come back to me for reinstatement. Okay, I'll give you a vacation.
"
"ah?"
Lao Xiang was stunned when he heard this.
"how?"
The boss lowered his head and looked at the documents on the table, no longer looking at him.
"good."
Lao Xiang nodded absently, spoke to his boss again, then hurriedly left the office and came out to pick up his handbag.
"To Sir."
The staff outside handed the handbag to Lao Xiang: "Your mobile phone has been ringing just now, but seeing that you didn't come out, I didn't call you. I made several calls to come in."
"Oh, thank you."
Lao Xiang said thank you without a smile, took his handbag and hurried out. After coming out of the elevator, he took out the mobile phone in his briefcase and called directly.
While waiting, he murmured to himself: "Why are you calling me?"
It didn't take long.
"Hello."
My wife Azhen's voice came from the phone: "What's wrong? You just didn't answer my call."
"What’s wrong with you?"
Lao Xiang felt uneasy listening to the noisy ambient sound on the other end of Azhen's phone, so he went straight to the topic:
"Why are you calling me?"
"That's right."
Azhen organized her words and explained the cause of the matter in a simple way: "It's about things in the factory. Didn't I go to discuss business with them this morning?"
"That's all?"
Listening to Azhen's words, Lao Xiang suddenly felt bad: "It's useless for you to tell me about the factory. I can't help you."
"Last time, this bad thing wasn't solved yet. I don't know what my boss was thinking, so he asked me to take another week off. Damn, I'm annoyed."
"What do you mean?"
A-Zhen curled her lips when she heard Lao Xiang's harsh tone: "Your job as superintendent is a job, but my factory is not a job? It's rare that someone is willing to help me revitalize this factory. What's wrong with me?"
"Yes yes yes."
Lao Xiang didn't bother to say anything more to Azhen and didn't argue with her: "What are you doing now."
"Follow the formalities."
"What procedure?!"
When Lao Xiang heard her words, he frowned, his voice became louder, and he repeated:
"What procedure?!"
"Pass."
Azhen continued: "Today, the shipyard in Ao Island negotiated a business deal with me and offered to help me revitalize the factory. It just so happens that Mr. Qian's 70th birthday will be in a few days, and he asked our whole family to come over."
"My dad and Qian have been friends for many years, so we just took this opportunity to go over together and build a relationship."
"so what?!"
Lao Xiang only felt that his whole chest was tight, and he couldn't breathe in his chest.
"so."
Azhen seemed to be in a good mood and did not notice the change in Lao Xiang's tone: "So I am going through the pass procedures now."
"Originally, I wanted to ask you to go with me, but I couldn't contact you. Then I thought about how busy you are right now, not the superintendent, so I didn't call you."
"Just don't go there. I'll just take my son and follow my father."
"The Yan family shovel!"
When Lao Xiang heard this, he blurted out a curse: "You are really good at doing things. Do you know that you killed me?!"
"How can you go out at this juncture? Even if you go out by yourself, you are going out with your child's father? Do you want to die?! Where is your brain?"
Lao Xiang stood there with his blood pressure rising. His whole body was shaking, his eyesight went dark and he almost lost his balance. He held on to the lamppost and was able to stand still.
"Lao Xiang, what do you mean?!"
"How dare you scold me?!"
After hearing Lao Xiang's words, Azhen was in a rocking mood and cursed loudly.
"Stop barking."
Lao Xiang leaned against the lamppost and swallowed hard: "Where are you now? Have you completed the procedures?"
"Just finished it."
Azhen gave the answer: "I just came out of it. I even found some connections for speed. If it's fast, I think I can get out tomorrow."
"Grass!"
When Lao Xiang heard this, his whole body felt like the world was spinning. The phone he was holding hung down weakly, and he fell limply to the ground.
"Hey, hey, hey."
A-Zhen heard that there was suddenly no movement from Lao Xiang, so she muttered and hung up the phone.
She waved to her son, opened the car door and took her son in. She waited for his father to sit firmly and put his foot on the accelerator to drive out.
After the car left.
A man in black came out from the corner, looked at the back of the car with flickering eyes, took out his mobile phone and dialed, speaking very quickly:
"Something new happened. Lao Xiang's wife Azhen took her son and dad out to apply for a pass today. They just finished the process and they have left."
On the street outside the police station.
Lao Xiang collapsed on the ground, his mobile phone dropped to the side, and he looked at the sky with a dull expression.
At this juncture, A-Zhen suddenly asked me to apply for a pass. Can she leave at this juncture?
If she leaves at this time, wouldn't the fact that she betrayed Cai Yuanqi be confirmed?!
Yan family shovel!
Bureau.
This was a game played by Ji Bu and the others, and they got themselves into it again invisibly.
Thinking about the scene that happened today, Lao Xiang felt that it shouldn't be the case. It should be just a coincidence. Yes, it was a coincidence. Ji Bu and the others didn't have the ability to stretch their hands so long that even people from the police department could reach in?!
Just then.
A bottle of mineral water was stretched out in front of him. Lao Xiang couldn't help but be startled, and then turned to look.
"Your face looks a little bad."
A middle-aged man wearing a white shirt and black suit stood beside him, shaking the mineral water bottle in his hand:
"Come on, drink some water to relieve yourself and calm down your shock. You look so pale and worried, you don't look like a superintendent at all."
"Who are you?!"
Lao Xiang narrowed his eyes, and his gaze fell on the middle-aged face. He always felt that this person seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
"Introduce yourself."
The middle-aged man put the mineral water bottle on the ground, reached out and pulled the hem of his suit, took out an ID from his pocket and hung it on his clothes:
"Senior Inspector Lin Guoping of the Police Force, we should have met before. Why, you don't recognize me?!"
"Whoa!"
Lao Xiang's eyelids twitched and he immediately remembered that he had led him in after entering the police station just now, and he had also taken away the briefcase containing the mobile phone.
If he hadn't taken the briefcase away, he wouldn't have missed the phone call that Azhen called him just now.
"you?!"
Lao Xiang Zai stared at Lin Guoping's ID carefully. Senior Inspector Lin Guoping suddenly seemed to remember something: "Lin Guoping? It's you!"
"Yes, it's me."
Dongguan Zai took off his ID and pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. He looked quite serious in a white shirt and black suit:
"Let me introduce you again, former Senior Inspector Lin Guoping of the police force. Now you can just call me Dongguan Zai. How about it? My performance was not bad just now, right? You probably didn't realize that I was fake, right?"
"You are so brave!"
Lao Xiang was furious. It was because of Dongguan Tsai that he missed Azhen’s call:
"You dare to pretend to be a police officer, and you are still in the police station. It is simply lawless!"
"hehe."
Dongguan Zai smiled faintly and took off the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. The gentle and gentle image that originally seemed became a bit more fierce:
"Impersonating a police officer? Who knew I was impersonating? I'm so familiar with the situation and understand the rules of the police force. Did anyone notice that I was wrong?"
"No one."
Dongguan Zai shook his head, raising his chin slightly and full of arrogance: "Look, no one has noticed me, but you have? What's the use?"
"Compared to me pretending to be a police officer, I think you should be more worried about your own situation now."
"Your wife Azhen went to apply for a pass. What would Cai Yuanqi do if he knew about this? Will he continue to believe you? Or kill someone and silence him?"
There was a pause.
He took out his mobile phone from his suit pocket: "Boss Ji is waiting for your call. If you call now, there may be a chance to help you and help you resolve this crisis."
"The Yan family shovel!"
Lao Xiang lost control of his emotions. With a low roar, he got up from the ground and rushed towards Dongguan Zai. Naturally, his skill was not as good as Dongguan Zai's, and he was pushed to the ground by Dongguan Zai.
At this time.
Two patrolmen not far away came over and yelled at them: "What are you doing?!"
Dongguan Zai turned sideways and did not answer.
Lao Xiang was pulled up by the patrolman. He patted the dust off his body and looked at Dongguan Tsai for a while. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay. I accidentally fell down just now. I'm alone, so don't be nervous."
While he was talking, he took out his ID and showed it. The patrolman saluted him and left immediately.
"What are you still doing here if you don't leave?!"
Lao Xiang gritted his teeth and said to Dongguan Tsai, "Do you really think you can act daringly without anyone noticing when you enter the police station?"
"I'm thinking"
Dongguan Zai chuckled and said calmly: "Tomorrow your wife Azhen will take the baby daddy to the airport. Can you make it there alive?"
afternoon.
A temporary meeting was organized in the area. Superintendents from several police stations gathered together to listen to the speech of their superior, the senior superintendent. During the break, I don’t know who said:
"Hey, how come Senior Superintendent Wu has been silent these past few days and disappeared?!"
"It seems so, it is indeed the case. I heard that Superintendent Mok in Tsim Sha Tsui said that he has not seen Senior Superintendent Wu for a long time and there is no new instruction at all."
As they were talking, several people who had gathered together to rest gathered together and chatted, and then someone mentioned: "Don't you know? Wasn't Superintendent Liu of the North District led by Sir Wu some time ago?"
Has the ICAC investigator taken him away?"
"I heard that there seems to be something wrong with Lao Liu."
"Really or not?"
"I just said it casually. I heard what I heard, but I don't know. I can't take it seriously."
Several people started chattering.
After the meeting.
After Superintendent Zhang of Sai Kung Police Station got in the car, he took out his mobile phone and called Cai Yuanqi:
"It seems that something went wrong. During the meeting this afternoon, the news came out. Listening to their tone, it seems that something really happened to Lao Liu. Is it true or not?"
"Is it because of Lao Xiang? He jumped on the street and betrayed us?! How much did he say?"
"No."
Cai Yuanqi waved his hand and consoled him calmly: "Don't think too much, don't panic, nothing will happen." After a few simple words of comfort, he hung up the phone.
"Crack!"
Cai Yuanqi's originally calm expression suddenly turned ferocious. He grabbed the phone and slapped it on the table:
"You keep digging into your family and eating everything inside and out. You fucking betrayed me!!"
Just now.
Cai Yuanqi received a report from his boss who was responsible for tracking Lao Xiang’s wife Azhen:
A-Zhen went to do some business this afternoon and got passes to Ao Island. In addition to Lao Xiang's family of three and their children, the reason was to go to Ao Island to attend the 70th birthday of Mr. Qian, the former director of Qian's Shipyard, and to raise funds along the way.
When Cai Yuanqi heard this news, these were just excuses, and he only came to one conclusion:
When Lao Xiang wanted to run away, he first arranged for his wife, children and father-in-law to leave, and then he ran away.
And the phone call that came in just now completely confirmed Lao Xiang's suspicion that he had betrayed himself by rushing to the street. This also reasonably explained the disappearance of the eight-person team.
"what to do?!"
The assistant looked at Cai Yuanqi, who had a gloomy face, and cautiously stepped forward to help him light the cigar: "Lao Xiang is ready to run away, he must have betrayed us."
"Kill him!"
Cai Yuanqi gritted his teeth and scolded him softly: "Since he wants to run away, right? Okay, let's send my wife and children away first, right? Okay."
"First kill his wife and children. I don't want them to leave Hong Kong alive tomorrow, understand?!"