Chapter 175: Damn, I have offended more than a hundred million people
Hou Wendong tried hard to search through the fragments of his memory, trying to piece together a complete picture as much as possible, but he discovered in despair that what he saw and heard at the time was too little, and he hardly captured any useful information.
“Damn it!!!” Hou Wendong’s emotions were almost out of control. His fists were clenched tightly and veins were prominent on his temples.
The pain in his body forced him to calm down. He changed his mind and began to examine himself. "Okay, I have to be more rational. Who did I offend recently? Who would be so bold as to kidnap me?"
He began to review recent events one by one, as if he was untangling a tangled web: "Yesterday, I exposed the scandal of Councillor Li; the day before yesterday, I bribed a researcher from Shengguang Pharmaceuticals; not long ago, I was working for Councillor Wang, and ended up having a conflict with the law firm..."
Hou Wendong's thoughts shuttled back and forth on the timeline. He continued to recall: "Four days ago, I..."
"Five days ago..."
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"Ten days ago, I arranged for a thief to sneak into Ma Bin's office and try to find the account book left by Zheng Si. Although nothing was found, Ma Bin should not have noticed my little move..."
"Before that, I also sent people to the police station to investigate the details of the disappearance of Zheng Si's son Zheng Hang..."
"Going back further, last month I used a newspaper reporter to spread rumors online in an attempt to discredit Governor Dong..."
In Hou Wendong's mind, a series of events replayed one by one like high-definition movie shots. He had an extraordinary memory and could recall most of the details.
As he reviewed these events, familiar or unfamiliar faces appeared in his mind one after another, like a fast slide show, switching frequently and quickly.
In this memory scroll, Ma Bin's hypocritical face wearing gold-rimmed glasses is also interspersed, but this face does not appear frequently.
Generally speaking, Hou Wendong felt that Ma Bin's suspicion was not high. In his memory, the new leader of the Green Wolf Gang, Ma Bin, was much more sensible and obedient than the previous Zheng Si.
The latter gave him the impression of a cautious and shrewd character, unlikely to do such a rash and crazy thing.
The more Hou Wendong recalled, the more complicated his thoughts became, and a deep sense of despair gradually enveloped his heart.
Because he suddenly realized that he had made too many enemies, except for a few minor characters like Ma Bin who could be ruled out as suspects.
But apart from this small number, most other influential figures have sufficient motivation and courage to retaliate against themselves, or to stir up a storm to strike at the big men behind them.
This realization gave Hou Wendong a chill, as if he were on a sampan in a sea full of reefs. No matter which way he drifted, he would be doomed to fail.
"Is Xiuwan in trouble?" Hou Wendong suddenly remembered the noodle shop owner who looked like his deceased wife.
On the one hand, he was concerned, as he was really attracted to this woman, and on the other hand... "If Xiuwan was fine, she should have reported the case." Hou Wendong's mind was in a mess, and at this moment he didn't even know whether he was subconsciously more inclined to believe that Li Xiuwan had reported the case.
"If Xiuwan has already reported the case, then Councillor Wang should have known that I was kidnapped. What action will he take? Will he spare no effort to rescue me, or does he have ulterior motives..."
Hou Wendong's heart was filled with worries. He painfully realized that those friends whom he carefully maintained on weekdays might not be willing to lend a helping hand at this critical moment.
Their current mentality may be that they want to die more urgently than those who kidnapped them.
"In life, one must have one or two true friends who can share hardships with you. Otherwise, once you pass away, you won't even know who to entrust the secret evidence in your hands to detonate it."
Hou Wendong thought miserably in his heart, and he swore that if he could escape this time, he would "exchange sincerity for sincerity" and at least develop and maintain a true friend.
At the warehouse door.
Three true friends who have accomplished great things together and have tied their lives together, took off their hoods, revealed their most sincere faces and looked at each other.
Li Shang patted Ma Bin and Chang Erbing's shoulders affectionately, and said in a heavy and firm tone: "You two took risks to help me, and I, Li Shang, will remember this friendship in my heart. I will not say any more words of gratitude. From now on, you two are my brothers who will depend on each other for life and death."
Chang Erbing's cheeks flushed, and he responded excitedly:
"Captain Li, even if this hadn't happened, I, Chang Erbing, would have already decided to follow you. I wouldn't accept anyone else in the patrol room being the captain, but I admire you, Captain Li, from the bottom of my heart."
Ma Bin gently pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, his face also showing excitement, he echoed:
"Once you, Captain Li, have successfully overcome this difficulty and solved the problem of the special commissioner, you will be promoted to the official captain in no time."
Li Shang laughed out loud twice. The excitement made the five finger marks that had originally faded away on his face turn a bright red again, which looked particularly glaring.
He enthusiastically stretched out his arms, hugged Chang Erbing and Ma Bin on the left and right, and said heroically:
"From now on, you should call me 'Captain Li' when there are outsiders around. In private, we are just brothers by blood, so call me 'Big Brother'."
Chang Erbing immediately responded loudly: "Big brother."
Ma Bin pursed his lips slightly and called out shyly, "Big Brother."
"Good! Good! Good!"
Li Shang smiled with satisfaction, and then he whispered to Ma Bin, "The next thing will be left to you to handle. Er Bing and I must return to the police station as soon as possible to prepare to receive instructions from above."
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Before he finished speaking, Li Shang heard the buzzing sound of a cell phone vibrating in his pocket.
He quickly picked up the phone, and immediately heard a hurried voice in his ear: "Captain Li, where are you? Come back quickly, there's a big case in the district, it's urgent!"
Li Shang cast a look at Ma Bin and Chang Erbing, and they immediately fell silent.
Li Shang then responded in a deep voice: "I am outside tracking down clues about [Mask], and the special commissioner is pressing me hard, almost every day. Humph, what kind of case can be more important than the task assigned by the special commissioner?"
The person on the other end of the phone raised his voice: "Captain Li, this is really urgent! An important secretary of the Executive Yuan has been kidnapped, and the situation is serious. The Executive Yuan said that they will send someone over later to directly guide the work of the patrol station."
"Got it. I'll be back right away." Li Shang hung up the phone briefly and turned to Ma Bin and said, "Next, we'll act separately according to your plan."
After saying that, Li Shang took Chang Erbing and walked out quickly.
Ma Bin stood there, looking at their backs, and said with concern: "Brother, you must keep this case firmly in your hands."
Li Shang turned around and waved his fist, then got into a second-hand car with a brand new license plate, drove a long distance, changed back to the blue and white car, made a circle, and finally drove back to the police station.
Ma Bin waited until the sound of the car completely disappeared in the distance before he slowly took out his cell phone, which had been set to silent mode, from his pocket.
A missed call notification appeared on the screen.
Ma Bin took a deep breath, pinched his throat, imitated the hoarse voice of someone just waking up from a dream, and pressed the redial button:
"Secretary Du, I'm sorry, I was in a deep sleep just now. What? Oh, okay, I got it. I will send all the brothers of the Green Wolf Gang out."
"The police station? I've dealt with them a few times and I'm quite familiar with Captain Li Shang. He's, well, a bit greedy, but he's pretty reliable."
"I don't know much about Captain Li's ability to investigate cases, but it should be okay. Um, yes, Boss Zheng was shot dead by Captain Li. Um, I didn't tell him anything. Um, okay, I understand."
"Please ask Secretary Du to tell the leader that we, the Green Wolf Gang, will do our best to help the leader share his worries."
(End of this chapter)
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