Chapter 49
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Hearing the sounds around her, Lin Yuanyuan felt only despair. Her last hope rested on this beautiful woman who stood out from the crowd.
"Help me, they're not doctors!"
Lin Yuanyuan finally managed to speak after biting hard on the hand covering her mouth: "My name is Lin Yuanyuan, I'm 24 years old, and my father is Lin Haodong! The Director of the Inspectorate of Huabei Province! I'm not mentally ill, I'm perfectly lucid! They're fake doctors, they're imposters!"
Before she could finish speaking, the bodyguard, realizing what was happening, immediately covered her mouth again and secretly used force to dislocate her jaw.
"Ugh!" Lin Yuanyuan looked desperately at Zhu Yu, hoping she would believe in her and not give up on her.
Standing on the street right now, as long as one person is still questioning the truth of this matter, they won't dare to kidnap themselves!
Seeing how clearly and logically she spoke, the onlookers hesitated for a moment, saying, "Wow, she really doesn't look like a madwoman."
"He speaks very fluently, doctors, you haven't arrested the wrong person, have you?"
"Why do you keep pinning people to the ground? Can't you just let them stand up and talk things out?"
The two bodyguards looked extremely grim upon hearing these words, and they tried to drag Lin Yuanyuan away.
"Hey, don't go!"
Zhu Yu swiftly blocked their path, and the surrounding people finally realized something was wrong and quickly surrounded them.
"You can let her go until we've asked her questions and confirmed that she is indeed a patient."
Zhu Yu pried open Lin Yuanyuan's hands and pulled her into her arms. Zhou Ye had just reached the entrance of the beauty salon and hadn't even come out of the door when he saw the two idiot bodyguards and Lin Yuanyuan being protected by Zhu Yu in the crowd.
This woman is really... she's everywhere!
I had already lost interest in Zhu Yu recently and decided to let her off the hook, but this person still dared to come over.
Zhou Ye went up to the second floor and looked out the window, where he could see the scene in the crowd.
"Bring those two idiots back! If we keep arguing, we'll be exposed!"
The two bodyguards inside didn't notice anything amiss, but Zhou Ye, standing on higher ground with excellent eyesight, saw that people on the outskirts of the crowd were already holding up their phones and taking pictures, and some even had three numbers clearly displayed on their phone screens.
These two cannot be allowed to stay. Zhou Ye realized that not only could they not stay, but they also could not be allowed to return, otherwise, suspicious glances would be brought back with them.
His beauty salon can't afford to be ruined by something so trivial.
Thinking it over, Zhou Ye stopped his subordinate who was about to give the signal for the two to retreat. Seeing the familiar hand gesture, the subordinate's heart sank, but seeing Zhou Ye's stern and unquestionable expression, he could only nod respectfully and then arrange for someone to do as he was told.
An ambulance suddenly stopped outside the crowd. As if they had received some news, two bodyguards jumped up and pushed through the crowd to get into the ambulance and drive away.
The crowd erupted in an uproar.
"Why did it run away?"
"They're guilty! They're human traffickers in disguise!"
"Who just told them to take the person away? Were they their accomplices?!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I was just trying to be helpful, okay? What if he really is mentally ill!"
"Call the police! Call the police now!"
"I called the police! I just called them, the police are on their way, everyone don't panic!"
The crowd was in chaos for a while. Some people who thought it was none of their business took the opportunity to leave. The rest of the group, along with Zhu Yu and Lin Yuanyuan, waited for the inspector to arrive. They told the inspector what they knew before leaving, looking back every few steps.
After leaving the Inspectorate, Zhu Yu and Lin Yuanyuan got into Shi Ru's car.
Although Shi Ru did not appear in the argument just now, he had been observing the situation from outside the crowd. He and Zhu Yu were both very clear about who the real culprit behind this matter was.
But just like Lin Yuanyuan didn't mention Zhou Ye's name in the interrogation room at the Inspectorate, they didn't seem to have any intention of breaking the ice.
However, as the victim, he was put in the interrogation room, which suggests that Zhou Ye's protective umbrella is finally about to be revealed.
"You just said you're Lin Haodong's daughter, is that true?"
Shi Ru was driving, with two girls in the back. Zhu Yu held Lin Yuanyuan in her arms to comfort her and asked a question seemingly casually.
"Of course it's true! If I could contact my dad right now, Zhou wouldn't be able to... wouldn't be able to be bullied like this!"
Lin Yuanyuan didn't mention Zhou Ye's name because her father had taught her when she was very young: "Yuanyuan, if anyone bullies you outside, don't go to the inspector. Dad is the inspector. Come back and tell Dad that the inspector can't protect you. Only Dad can protect you, understand?"
Lin Yuanyuan had promised her father that no matter who provoked her, she would not tell anyone outside, but would go home and tell her father instead.
When she was little, her parents were still married. There was a chubby boy at school who, for some reason, started spreading rumors that she liked him. So she told her father about it.
A few days later, the chubby boy lost his manhood after hitting a stray dog on the street. His parents immigrated abroad overnight to help him get treatment.
Later, she left and went abroad with her mother. Her mother protected her very well, and no one dared to bully her anymore.
So when she returned here, she subconsciously trusted the father she hadn't seen for decades.
Following the address Lin Yuanyuan gave them, Zhu Yu and Shi Ru brought her back. Zhu Yu accompanied her upstairs and watched as Lin Yuanyuan searched through the chat history to find the password and then opened the door.
"Dad?!" The door opened before I could even enter the password or press confirm.
Standing behind the door was Lin Haodong, whose face was ashen.
"Dad! You're back! I missed you so much!" Lin Yuanyuan excitedly rushed into Lin Haodong's arms.
The man, who had initially seemed about to explode in anger, paused for a moment when he saw a girl following behind his daughter. He managed to suppress his rage and force a smile.
"Yuanyuan's back! Is this your new friend? Come in and have a seat!"
As he spoke, he took half a step back to make way for the entrance.
"No need, Uncle. Your daughter was attacked by thugs outside today. I was worried that something might happen to her on her way home, so I specially brought her back. Since you are home, I will be leaving now."
Zhu Yu smiled, completely unfazed by the intimidating look in Lin Haodong's eyes: "Yuanyuan, I'm leaving!"
"Okay, thank you for today. I'll treat you to dinner another day!"
Zhu Yu glanced at Lin Haodong, who was glaring angrily at Lin Yuanyuan, and wanted to offer a word of advice, but...
Let's hope even tigers don't eat their cubs.
Zhu Yu walked heavily into the elevator.
"Shall we go?" Just as Zhu Yu went upstairs, Shi Ru had finished replying to some work messages. When he saw Zhu Yu come down, he put away his phone and unlocked the door.
“Something’s not right with Lin Haodong,” Zhu Yu said.
Shi Ru paused for a moment: "You saw him? That department head?"
"He is indeed the director, but I feel something is off about him."
Shi Ru smiled and said, "You can't say things like that carelessly. He's a department-level cadre."
"But when he saw his daughter return, he showed no joy whatsoever; his eyes looked like he was about to stab someone!"
Zhu Yu firmly believes in her sixth sense.
“Have you ever thought that he got home right after you left the Supervision Bureau? And Lin Yuanyuan herself said that she couldn’t even contact her father.”
Shi Ru looked at Zhu Yu, hoping she would continue: "You mean, he came out specifically because he heard that his daughter was being bullied?"
Zhu Yu frowned, somewhat disbelieving this statement.
"Yes, otherwise how else can this be explained?"
Without letting Zhu Yu continue to overthink, Shi Ru started the car: "Let's go, we have a lot of things to do!"
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The monitoring room was silent. Lin Haodong, one of the suspects who had been put into the test and their superior, finally appeared in Zhu Yu's mental world. But the observers saw the truth.
Those observers who have long been observing Zhu Yu's mental world know just how bad Lin Haodong's image is in Zhu Yu's mind after just one meeting.
This is the last thing they want to see.
"Could the traitor really be Chief Lin?" someone muttered, immediately drawing angry glares from the crowd: "Don't jump to conclusions too quickly. Chief Lin's image in Comrade Zhu Yu's memory hasn't been fully revealed yet. Let's wait and see!"
"Let's unlock a bit of the memory and see if Comrade Zhu Yu will remember anything after seeing Lin Haodong."
Shi Ru gave the order.
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For convenience, Shi Ru rented a four-bedroom apartment in the residential complex opposite the commercial building where the studio was located as a dormitory for Zhu Yu and Lu Xiaoxiao.
"Two master bedrooms are perfect for each of you, and the remaining rooms can also be used as dressing rooms, music rooms, or offices, whatever you like. Let me know when you've decided, and I'll arrange the renovations."
We're saying that bosses like this deserve to make a lot of money!
After washing up, Zhu Yu was so tired that she lay down on the bed without even drying her hair, staring blankly at the feather lamp in the center of the ceiling.
Lin, Hao, Dong?
That name sounds familiar.
Supervision Bureau.
"Why don't you talk to my uncle for me and ask him to plead with my dad? I've really had enough of this wretched place!"
Lin Haodong stood under a tree in the yard, seemingly making a phone call to someone.
When Zhu Yu saw him, he had just finished reporting intelligence to the captain.
"You dare to stop me, you lowly auxiliary police officer? What's wrong with me swearing a few times? My dad might make a big deal out of it, but you're my brother!"
"Okay, okay, I got it. Just tell me if you'll help me with this!"
Listening to his information-packed conversation, Zhu Yu looked at the captain standing next to her with a puzzled expression.
"Him? I must have heard correctly, right? Someone like that can be an inspector?"
The captain sighed helplessly, realizing that the closer one gets to a high position, the clearer one can see the lingering connections within those positions.
Although the various positions seem unrelated, each one is actually interconnected and affects the whole situation.
“His father is this!” the captain gestured. Zhu Yu sighed helplessly, “You can’t just dump any trash on us, can you? A rotten apple spoils the whole bunch!”
"Stop complaining, you should go back now, so that no one notices anything is wrong."
Zhu Yu discovered a crucial clue and specially skipped work to report it today. The team leader must report it immediately after Zhu Yu leaves.
This clue is of great importance; they cannot wrong an innocent person, nor can they let a guilty person go free!
"By the way, there are a few companies in the area you work for that have shady backgrounds. Be careful not to get scammed!"
The person on the other end of Lin Haodong's phone was his brother, who grew up in the same compound as him and could be considered his older brother.
When Lin Haodong got into trouble, it was he who first gave Lin Haodong a severe beating, which resulted in Lin Haodong's father only exiling him to a remote county town instead of sending him directly to the army for reform through labor.
"Don't worry, no one can fool me!"
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