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The weather had become even colder with the arrival of a light drizzle. At one o'clock in the afternoon, police cars filled the streets of K City, all heading for Port Zero. Several police boats had been waiting at the harbor since midday, ready for a large-scale search and rescue operation, or rather, salvage.
Wei Mingjue and his two friends met at noon. The results of going out to sea for a whole morning were still not ideal. Until Wei Mingjue told them what happened in the morning, the three of them pursed their lips.
"Actually, this might be better, as long as we can find Xia Fan." Fu Ming sighed and looked towards Liang Shu.
Liang Shu had also grown quite a bit more mature recently. He was always at the forefront of the daily salvage operations, enduring the ravages of both seawater and sunlight. As a doctor, he wanted to save the dying and the wounded. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he longed to personally revive Xia Fan, even though he knew the chances were slim. As someone who had loved Xia Fan for many years, he wanted to see him, no matter what his condition was.
Pulling the corner of his mouth, he looked at Wei Mingjue and Fu Ming, "If Xia Fan knew that he could help, he would definitely not blame us. No matter what, we will definitely take him home, right?"
Yes, as long as they find Xia Fan, they will definitely take him home.
At 1:30 pm, the guards were fully prepared and began patrolling and salvaging. Many citizens who saw this rare scene on the shore took photos and posted them online, wondering what had happened. It soon became a hot topic and was heard by a group of people who were drinking somewhere in the black market.
"Fuck! What are they doing to salvage people? I've never seen them mobilize so many people like this before." The leader of the group, half sobered up by the news, started flipping through his phone. He panicked when he saw everyone speculating that they might be trying to salvage something or someone.
He wasn't the only one panicking; his fellow underlings and Lao Zhang were also panicking. Lao Zhang cursed, pointed at the leader's nose, and started yelling, "Fuck you! They're definitely going to find Zou Yuqing and extract his pheromones. This has happened a lot in the police station before. If they actually find him, you're fucked!"
After Lao Zhang said this, the leader tensed up. He forced a smile and looked at Lao Zhang, "Lao Zhang, you will protect me, right? No, they can't find me at all. It's been so long since we went to the deepest part of the sea, how could they possibly find me!"
Hearing the leader's words, Jiang Lu, who was sitting in the corner reading the news, suddenly laughed out loud, "Not necessarily. They have found the other one, but he's still receiving treatment. Once he recovers, he can directly identify you as the victim and sue you."
He was too calm to be an accomplice, and no one else knew this news at all. Everyone was stunned.
"Found? Another one found? When did it happen?" The group was completely panicked and asked excitedly, "How did you know?"
"Oh, I went to the hospital to visit him, but was kicked out." Jiang Lu said with a smile, "Tsk, and you recognized the wrong person from the beginning. The person you marked was not Qingqing at all. Qingqing was rescued a long time ago. Did you abandon her when you were almost at the shore? Now they are looking for Wei Mingjue's confidant, who is also very important to Wei Mingjue. In short, whether it is him or Qingqing, they are both very important to Wei Mingjue. If they really find the person, none of you will be able to escape."
The room was silent for nearly fifteen seconds. After fifteen seconds, the leader suddenly rushed towards Jiang Lu and wanted to hit him, but was stopped by Lao Zhang. "Why did you hit him? Look at what you did! Did you recognize the wrong person? You even asked someone to rescue Zou Yuqing. Damn it, it's over. Li Guang, this time we really fucking have you on our hands." After letting go of Li Guang, Lao Zhang looked at Jiang Lu. "Does your sister know about this? She, she is still in S City?"
"Well, Godfather has a business deal. She'll be here after she finishes the work in City S. But with today's incident being so serious, she'll probably come early. Godfather should have a plan. Don't worry, they haven't found the person yet." Jiang Lu then continued to look at his phone. Every photo on the screen made him laugh inexplicably. His seemingly innocent smiles gave the group a chill.
They prayed the police wouldn't salvage Xia Fan, each sitting nervously at their desks. However, within three days, the police responded to the photos recently posted online, announcing they were cracking a major case and had found the strongest evidence.
Xia Fan had been found, beneath a reef somewhere in the waters off K City—a place no one had expected, and one that was also the hardest to find. His body had been trapped by a naturally occurring reef, swollen from being soaked in seawater. It was impossible to set a net in such a place, so no matter how long they searched, it would remain uncollected.
Everyone had thought Xia Fan might sink into the sea or be eaten by marine life, but no one had expected him to be so close to shore. Perhaps the recent rain in K City had washed him here, or perhaps the heavens didn't want Xia Fan to be attacked again by marine life, so they trapped him in such a place.
"The glands were damaged and infected by seawater immersion," and "they died of shock due to excessive blood loss," were the forensic doctor's verdict. Because the body was completely intact, he would hand it over to Wei Mingjue after the autopsy.
Before the autopsy, Wei Mingjue brought Xu Wang over. When this Beta saw his quiet and pale lover, he couldn't help but break down and cry again. The sorrow that had been buried with great difficulty vanished in an instant and turned into the most painful cry in the world.
After seeing the body, they finally accepted the fact that Xia Fan was dead.
*
The forensic doctor extracted pheromones from Xia Fan's glands and quickly identified a person named "Li Guang" through database comparison. The police quickly went to the address they found with an arrest warrant and caught Li Guang and others who were trying to escape on the cross-river bridge. They began to interrogate them in batches.
"Li Guang, you violently beat Xia Fan and Zou Yuqing while transporting the cargo, forcibly marked Xia Fan, and ultimately abandoned them in the sea, correct?"
Wei Mingjue stood outside the interrogation room, looking at the interrogation scene inside, his lips tightly pursed. The others were arranged to sit in the lounge, but he was approved and stood here.
"I, I didn't!" Even though he had done such terrible things countless times, this was the first time Li Guang sat in an interrogation room and looked very nervous.
"No? Then why did we extract your DNA from Xia Fan's glands? I tell you, Li Guang, you'd better tell the truth!" The police officer slammed the table, scaring Li Guang.
Sweat dripped down the Alpha's forehead, but perhaps he thought his superiors would protect him, so he said stubbornly, "He asked me to mark him! He's...his susceptible period has arrived, officer. Some Alphas just like Alphas, as you must know. So he asked me to mark him. I, I'm helping him!"
Hearing this, Wei Mingjue's eyes turned red. What kind of person could say such dirty words? Anger filled his body, and vodka pheromones unconsciously emanated from him.
"Mr. Wei! Calm down!" The police officer with Wei Mingjue stood up immediately, and the interrogation room seemed to be affected by this high-level pheromone. Li Guang's face became painful.
The police officer inside opened the door and walked over to Wei Mingjue. He suppressed his discomfort and patted the furious Alpha's shoulder. "Boss Wei, I know you're very angry now, and so are we, but please put away your pheromones. If something like this happens again, you can't stay here."
“…Okay, sorry.” Trying hard to be patient, Wei Mingjue put away his pheromones and stared at Li Guang on the other side of the glass.
The officer returned to the room, slamming the materials onto the table with a loud bang. He then said, "If you keep making this up, you'll be in jail for a few more years. Your subordinates next door have all confessed, as have your superiors. Do you think they'll protect you? Just for you?"
"Confess... What are you confessing? They threw the person away! It's none of my business!" Li Guang roared, extremely emotional. "Where's Uncle Zhang? He must be outside now. I'm the person he trusts the most!"
"It's a pity that no one is here to bail you out. Everyone in the interrogation room next door has confessed, so I guess they will be sentenced to less time. As for you, since you don't want to say anything, forget it." After saying that, the police officer pretended to pick up the documents and prepared to go out.
Li Guang was truly anxious now. Uncle Zhang hadn't shown up, and his younger brothers had all betrayed him. He suddenly felt like a discarded chess piece, and indeed, that was the case. He slumped down in his chair, a vicious grin on his face. "Alright, alright... I forced them to be marked, but I didn't throw those two people away."
This type of people share a common trait: a fear of death. They have little trust in one another, and even the slightest incident can lead to disunity and hostility. The police exploited this fact during interrogation. Although they didn't know what was happening in the other interrogation rooms, the officers, having mastered their psychology, were able to elicit information that was largely accurate.
"Where are the goods? Where are the goods you transport?" the police officer took the opportunity to ask.
But Li Guang remained silent. He shook his head, with a hint of fear in his eyes. "I don't know."
"You are responsible for the goods, don't you know?"
"I've said everything I need to say! I still want to live, officer, please spare me!"
Li Guang's reaction surprised everyone. At that moment, the police officer outside the glass received a call from the interrogation room next door. After hanging up, he immediately ran in and said, "Interrogation Room 3 said that the cargo is transferred to cruise ships or lifeboats before entering the waters of K City. As long as there is cargo, they will arrange for people to board the cruise ships and lifeboats in advance."
The voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for Li Guang to hear. The Alpha fell completely silent, as if awaiting trial. After the officer left, he collapsed in his chair and laughed again, "Sentence me to death, officer. Otherwise, my godfather will kill me when I get out..."
Wei Mingjue didn't listen to the rest of the conversation. He walked out of the interrogation room with a heavy heart. Seeing Wei Mingjue come out, Liang Shu, Fu Ming, and Xu Wang all gathered around him. He nodded, said "I admit it all", and his eyes reddened again.
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