He was once a top-tier assassin, an existence that even international police feared. Now, he's the small owner of a dry-cleaning shop.
To take care of his younger brother and sister, whom...
Li Jia placed the rice noodles on the passenger seat and started the car. This little incident somewhat affected his good mood as the car drove out of the snack street.
City life was so peaceful that her tense nerves relaxed somewhat. She had been away from there for several months, and it seemed that what she had done back then must have been done flawlessly. Thinking of this, Li Jia's mood immediately improved.
As the car approached the intersection of Sishui Road, Li Jia saw a woman struggling to pull a small motorcycle on the side of the street. The motorcycle was still smoking and looked like it had broken down. After turning the corner, Li Jia parked the car and quickly walked up to the woman. "Officer Jiang, what's wrong?"
"Ugh, don't even mention it. My motorcycle breaks down every few days. Why aren't you driving?" Jiang Ling complained as she pushed her motorcycle.
"Hehe, it's running. I just happened to be passing by and saw that your motorcycle had broken down, so I got out to check. Do you need any help?" Li Jia said, taking the motorcycle from her and pushing it onto the scooter. Jiang Ling was happy to take a break as well.
"There's a repair shop up ahead, let's take it there to get it fixed." After Li Jia finished speaking, she pushed the motorcycle ahead, while Jiang Ling followed behind and said casually, "I won't say thank you, I'll treat you to a meal another day, haha, that's more practical."
"Great! It's certainly a good thing to be invited by a beautiful woman." After saying that, Li Jia handed the car over to the shop owner and told him to fix it properly. Then she and Jiang Ling got into their own car.
"Haven't had lunch yet? Here's a bowl of rice noodles, it tastes really good, try it." Li Jia handed the rice noodles to Jiang Ling, whose stomach was rumbling, then started the car and drove to a small square in City B. "Eat slowly." "Okay, then I won't be polite!" Jiang Ling was a little embarrassed. She had just offered to treat someone to a meal, and now she was offered a bowl of rice noodles... Oh well, she was starving, she'd better eat first. She picked up the rice noodles Li Jia had handed her, grabbed her chopsticks, and started eating.
Li Jia smiled as she watched Jiang Ling eat. Jiang Ling's carefree personality made her eat with a domineering air, showing a certain heroic spirit.
Just as she was eating, Jiang Ling's phone suddenly rang. She stopped eating and picked up the phone. "Hello, who is this? Oh? Xiao Qing? What? Where are you? Okay, I'll be right there." Jiang Ling's face immediately became anxious. She stopped eating the rest of her rice noodles and took out a tissue to wipe her mouth. "Please go to Xiangyun Road Police Station, quickly, it's urgent."
"Okay." Li Jia didn't know what Jiang Ling was going there for, but because she had a good impression of the outgoing Jiang Ling, she started the car and drove towards Xiangyun Road Police Station. Li Jia was very familiar with the streets and alleys of B City. She drove through narrow alleys and there were no red lights. The half-hour drive only took a dozen minutes.
Jiang Ling hurriedly got out of the car and ran into the police station like a gust of wind. Li Jia thought for a moment and then got out of the car and went in as well.
The area around Xiangyun Road is full of wealthy people living in residential communities, and this police station is a first-class police station in B City. On the third floor of the police station, as soon as Li Jia went upstairs, he heard a crazy woman's voice mixed with a man's persuasive voice. When he walked into the lobby on the third floor, Li Jia finally saw what was going on.
A woman in her thirties, heavily made up, with an expensive suit that accentuated her bloated figure, and the scent of perfume filling the entire hall, was currently yelling and screaming at something, while a somewhat thin man was carefully trying to calm her down.
When Li Jia saw the target of the woman's outburst, she felt a chill run down her spine. The woman being yelled at was a girl, probably in her early twenties, with long, disheveled hair that had clearly been pulled by an external force. She wore black-rimmed glasses on her delicate nose, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. This girl was none other than Li Jia's younger sister, Li Xiaoqing.
"What's going on?" Jiang Ling saw Li Xiaoqing's appearance, grabbed her shoulder, and asked anxiously. The woman next to her seemed even more frantic when she saw Jiang Ling's arrival.
"Who are you to her? Are you her mother? No wonder she gave birth to such a slut. Judging from your appearance, you're no better. Do you know she stole my gold necklace? A mother and daughter thieves! Where's the police chief? Arrest them both and put them in jail!" The woman's words became increasingly vicious as she watched Jiang Ling's concern for Li Xiaoqing.
"Mrs. Yan, don't be angry. Since her parents are here, just check how much your gold necklace is worth and have them compensate you." A portly man in a police uniform walked out and looked at Jiang Ling, his eyes constantly trying to guess her identity. Jiang Ling was wearing a simple suit today, so it was impossible to tell what her profession was. He looked at the tire-shaped woman with a fawning smile.
"Hmph, look at her, so poor and stingy. Can she afford to pay for it? My necklace cost 28,000 yuan. I bet that's all she earns in a year." The woman's nose twitched higher and higher as she looked at Jiang Ling's attire.
"Shut up! You're the director, aren't you?" After finally understanding what was going on, Jiang Ling glanced seriously at the smug woman, then stared at the pot-bellied man in front of her.
“That’s right, Wang Qiang, the director of Xiangyun Road Police Station.” The man puffed out his chest as he finished speaking.
"Very well, I am Jiang Ling from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I would like to know what exactly happened in this matter?" After Jiang Ling finished speaking, she took out her ID card and flashed it in front of the station chief and the woman. Her businesslike manner made the woman and the station chief somewhat uncomfortable.
Although the criminal investigation team and the police station do not have much interaction, and the police station is the lowest-ranking institution in the public security system, there is a clear hierarchical difference between its superior, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and the criminal investigation team is the only other unit in the Public Security Bureau besides the Major Crimes Unit. Therefore, the situation became somewhat delicate after Jiang Ling revealed her identity.
"You're a cop too? No wonder you're wearing such tattered, dark clothes. So what if you're a cop? She stole my stuff, that's a fact. No one can change that. If you're not prepared to pay up, you can expect to go to jail." The woman's expression only paused for a moment before returning to her original fierce demeanor, and her voice grew louder and louder.
“Wife, stop shouting. Maybe you forgot where you left it. Since Xiaoqing came to our house, our son’s grades have improved by more than one rank. Why won’t you believe her?” The man beside Li Xiaoqing kept explaining, but what he got in return was a curse from his wife: “Shut up! Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to. Now, get out of here right now and go pick up the baby. Look at the time!” Before leaving, the look in the man’s eyes made Li Jia, who had been watching coldly from the side, notice something unusual.