Wu Xiongfei worked his way up from a grassroots police officer to the criminal police captain in Shannan County Public Security Bureau. The hardships and difficulties in between are not something that ordinary people can understand. This is enough to reflect his strong professional quality. Otherwise, he would have found it difficult to win the favor of the leaders among a bunch of elite people.

This does not mean that Wu Xiongfei has low emotional intelligence, but that he is pragmatic and does not bother to use so-called high emotional intelligence to resolve things that can be resolved with strength. This is his outstanding feature.

But usually such people are too strict on themselves and regard commitments and responsibilities as more important than their own lives.

He rested in Yunling Hospital for only one night, and the next day he refused to stay there any longer for recuperation. He had something on his mind, something more important than his life, and he was so worried that he couldn't rest peacefully in bed.

What worried him the most and made him feel guilty was that he had failed to live up to Li Lin's trust and had failed to protect the suspect due to his carelessness. This had caused him to miss the only chance to clear Li Lin's name!

For a while, he couldn't face Li Lin.

Even when Li Lin called to express his condolences later, he just had red eyes and kept nodding his head.

Although Li Lin had no intention of blaming him, he just couldn't get over it and always wanted to find an opportunity to make up for his regret!

He returned to the Shannan Public Security Bureau and plunged into work again, regardless of his health. He dug up the details of the Liu Zhong case again and again... He interrogated the suspects brought back from the Yunling City Public Security Bureau one by one, and would never give up until he could get any results.

It was under his relentless pursuit that the case finally saw a breakthrough. One of the suspects confessed that they were ordered by a big brother named "Lao Gu" to kill and silence the witnesses.

Lao Gu?!

Finally finding the clue, Wu Xiongfei's eyes lit up with excitement!

Through continuous investigation around this name, it was found that this man named Lao Gu had lived in the provincial capital of Han River for a long time... However, no other information was available, including no criminal record, no detailed address, and no information about relatives... He was like a ghost that suddenly came into the world... You can only see him but you can't touch him!

As an experienced criminal investigator, Wu Xiongfei roughly understood what was going on when he saw the pitiful information of Lao Gu Shao. The police force must have erased this person's information. They were not even sure how many legal names and identities he had!

This adds infinite difficulty to solving the case.

Today is the Internet information age...but this person cannot be found on the Internet, or he has the "disguise skill" on the Internet...who can recognize who he is?

Who is this person and why is he so mysterious?

Wu Xiongfei's investigation suddenly hit a bottleneck and he couldn't find any direction.

After reporting the matter to Niu Jianbin, Niu Jianbin just kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly, but the case still had to be investigated...

So, with an attitude of perfunctory, he asked Wu Xiongfei to take two people to the provincial capital to see if he could find any clues.

Wu Xiongfei had no other choice but to give it a try. He went to the city to get a "coordination letter" and rushed to the provincial capital without stopping.

He knew that Li Lin was also in the province, so he called Li Lin on the way, wanting to meet him and talk to him alone about Lao Gu.

At around four o'clock, he followed Li Lin's instructions and arrived at Dongsheng Hotel to wait for him.

At first, he thought that Dongsheng Hotel should be a business hotel that he often stayed in. But when he saw it, he was stunned. It was a star-rated hotel, with golden and dazzling lights everywhere...

He couldn't help but sigh, what corruption!

But he quickly took it back, spat on the ground twice, slapped himself twice, and corrected himself, "How can I say that County Magistrate Li is corrupt? He must have made an appointment here for a reason..."

He looked around the hall, and saw that all the people coming and going were elegant and high-end people. Standing here, he always felt out of place... The front desk clerks and security guards cast "curious" glances at him from time to time, which made him feel a little offended.

But in order to see Li Lin, he still gritted his teeth and sat down in the lobby lounge. He called the waiter and ordered a cup of tea, which cost 88 yuan, which was painful. Usually in the county, he only drank half a catty of tea for 100 yuan.

After two sips, he didn't think about tasting it carefully. It felt almost the same as what he drank at home. He felt a little uncomfortable sitting still. If he sat any longer, would a refill of tea cost another eighty-eight?

Thinking of this, he felt a little nervous, fearing that he would spend all the hundreds of dollars and still not be able to see Li Lin, so he quickly called Li Lin. Only when he heard Li Lin say that he would be there in five minutes did he feel relieved.

It was said to be five minutes, but in fact it was less than five minutes, Li Lin walked in with the enthusiastic greeting at the door.

He looked around the hall and saw Wu Xiongfei holding a cup of tea and tasting it carefully...

"Xiong Fei! Stop drinking and come upstairs with me!"

Li Lin waved at him and called out.

Wu Xiongfei looked in the direction of the voice and saw Li Lin. He was delighted and put down his teacup and walked towards him. As soon as he took his right step, he felt that it would be a waste if he didn't drink the 88 yuan tea. He turned around and picked up the half cup of tea on the table and drank it all in one gulp, swallowing a handful of tea leaves... Then he put it down with satisfaction and walked towards Li Lin with a smile.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting. Let's go upstairs." As soon as they met, Li Lin led him to the elevator.

Wu Xiongfei followed behind him and couldn't help asking, "Brother Lin, do you live here?"

"I don't live here, but I have a house here." Li Lin said calmly.

Have a house? Don't live here?

This...isn't it too luxurious?

Wu Xiongfei was extremely surprised, thinking that being a county magistrate was different... the treatment for business trips was so good.

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