Zhang Keqi raised his head and looked at the gray-white wall above. A flying insect flew by. He didn't know whether the flying insect was himself, Li Ze sitting opposite him, or something bigger in his eyes.
He sighed quietly, then asked, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie? Or to put it another way, do you want to retreat while the going gets tough, or do you want to finish this game?"
Li Ze was silent.
This is a very metaphysical question that involves the deepest part of his heart. In fact, Li Ze has always had a button, an invisible button, just like the button in a nuclear power plant that can stop all reactions in an instant and suppress all dangers. As long as he has enough courage and spirit, and is willing to let go of all the accumulation of so many years, he can withdraw at any time, and this storm that swept Wanghai will have nothing to do with him anymore.
Even without these accumulations, he could easily live a luxurious life based on the assets he had secretly transferred over the years.
But he just couldn't bear to give it up. Li Ze believed that he was still in his prime, more ambitious and powerful. What he wanted was no longer money, but status.
He wanted to stand on a high mountain overlooking the sea, watch the drowned ghosts struggling in the deep sea water, and see the people at the foot of the mountain kneeling and praying to him.
Like he was God.
Anyone who has tasted that flavor will become addicted, obsessed, and crazy.
"What's the point of asking that?" Li Ze threw the question back and said, "If retreating at the peak of one's career was really that easy, you wouldn't be here."
Zhang Keqi was very casual, lowering his head and smiling, saying: "I lost the game, so I am qualified to ask you. There is not much I can tell you, I just want to give you a piece of advice."
Li Ze sat up straight and said seriously, "Speak."
"If you want to play to the end, no one can stop you, but you have to be careful not to follow the wrong person."
Li Ze felt that he had been fooled and was so angry that he could hardly contain himself. If it weren't for the glass in front of him, he really wanted to knock Zhang Keqi to the ground.
He wanted to say something harsh, but there were too many eyes watching him, so he just left in anger.
After saying this thought-provoking statement, Zhang Keqi went back. In his heart, he had said everything he could say and everything he could persuade.
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Li Ze went outside and looked at the tall and thick door in a daze.
Because he suddenly thought that in this storm, coming here was actually a relatively good outcome.
Don't follow the wrong person. This sentence itself may be a clear enough hint. In this family, besides Wang Kai, who else can I follow?
Prince!
This could be a hint, or it could be a misdirection. Is Wang Jinling the mysterious person who texted him? Is there a second party involved?
Li Ze felt that he had missed some very important details, but he could never grasp it.
"Dad, Zhang Keqi is not cooperating?" Li Qiushuang asked in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter. I just found out who he was passing information to." Li Ze said firmly, "Go on. Now that police officer surnamed Zhou knows too much, he must die."
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Perhaps due to the hardship of being displaced and on the run for more than half a year, Lu Chao appeared to be very alert, even more alert than an experienced criminal detective, and even a little bit pathological.
He had chosen the location for the meeting, an abandoned factory building surrounded by demolition areas. There was no surveillance, and the few cameras that did exist were isolated and practically useless. It was far from anywhere, and from any perspective, it was an extremely unsafe place.
However, this was exactly what Lu Chao wanted. As long as he stood on the only tall building nearby, he could have a clear view of all the situations nearby. This was the effect he wanted, which would allow him to shake off all pursuit and make it impossible for others to keep up.
As for Zhou Jinwei, he was even less afraid. As for the risks, Zhou Jinwei was naturally aware of them, but he had plenty of reasons to come here and sort things out with Lu Chao.
Standing on the rooftop, Zhou Jinwei looked into the distance and said, "As you said, your family's case has made some progress. My colleagues will dig up your wife's files and try again. I've also done my best for your son."
Lu Chao's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly, "Can I get away with this?"
Zhou Jinwei calmly recounted, "Impossible. The evidence is irrefutable. At this point, finding a scapegoat is incredibly difficult. The entire criminal network, from top to bottom, is pointing to your son, Lu Qing. Even if I had to sacrifice my police uniform, there's only a small chance I could save his life."
Lu Chao's expression fell. Shattered hopes were the most maddening thing. He roared, "Then what the hell did you do?! Are you kidding me? Are you? Are you?! I'm telling you, if my son can't get out, you won't get any of that information!"
Zhou Jinwei looked at him, suddenly smiled, and a hint of coldness appeared on his face.
He suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Lu Chao's collar, and used such brutal force that he briefly lifted him into the air and slammed him against the unprotected stone wall. Behind him was the seventh floor, suspended in the air, dozens of meters high.
Zhou Jinwei described the chilling truth with unusual calmness: "Do you know that I feel sick every time I say a word to you, because I have sold out my conscience, betrayed the oath I swore before, and am committing a crime.
Now I still have a bottom line and a conscience, but I have already crossed over. If I find that even after paying such a huge price, I still can't bring Wang Kai to justice, then I will be the first to make you pay the price."
"Now you have a choice. Either you hand over the information, or I'll push you over and turn you into a pile of mud. Choose."
Lu Chao's madness froze in an instant. In his impression, Zhou Jinwei should be the most law-abiding and conscientious policeman in the world.
But now he had witnessed with his own eyes a good man transformed into a hideous person, and the contrast was particularly terrifying.
"I'll fucking let you choose!"
Zhou Jinwei's roar instantly sobered him up. His legs and thighs trembled as he said in extreme fear, "Yes, yes, I have the information with me. It's a USB drive. Let me go and I'll give it to you right now."
Zhou Jinwei let go of him and straightened his collar, but the terrifying madness remained on his face, without disappearing at all.
A USB flash drive was quickly handed to him. Lu Chao had no doubt that if he had been slower, he would have become a corpse that fell to his death in an "accident" on this construction site.
Zhou Jinwei took the USB drive and was about to do something when his phone vibrated in his pocket. He took it out and saw that it was Boss Chen.
This is his backup phone. No one knows the number, and the registrant's ID card is not his own. No one knows how the powerful boss Chen knew it.
He hung up the phone, and the next call was from You Shenyu.
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