Chapter 811 The Prodigal Grandfather
Xiao Shiqiu sat up straight. "Uncle, I believe these cases are indeed related. I've found through my own channels that there's definitely something fishy going on with the Lu family." He paused. "Of course, what's most important to me is Mengmeng's safety. If it weren't for Mengmeng, I wouldn't have invested so much money and effort in this matter."
Chief Qiu raised his hand to interrupt him. "I understand your concerns," he sighed. "I thought you were a good candidate for the police force, but your father insisted you return to inherit the family fortune. It was a waste of your talent."
I looked at Xiao Shiqiu in surprise. There was actually such a thing.
However, in Xiao Zhengning's eyes, he would probably feel that if he hadn't argued for his son, it would be a waste of his son's talent to become a policeman.
At this time, Qiu Binjie turned to Wen Congwu and said, "Xiao Wen, please submit the application for joint investigation as usual. I will arrange for someone to follow up and handle special matters promptly to simplify the process.
But you have to understand that it’s impossible to skip the process.”
Wen Congwu nodded rapidly, "Understood, Director Qiu! As long as we can handle the case together as per the investigation direction, we'll have a better chance of success."
Director Qiu looked at me again, his eyes softening a little: "Xiao Xia, this is the first time I've seen Xiao Qiu protect someone like this."
He smiled, and the wrinkles around his eyes smoothed out. "You have to trust the people's police. They will definitely ensure your safety."
He stood up and straightened his police uniform: "Xiao Qiu, if you have any good things in your R&D center, don't hide them. Give them to Xiao Wen and the others."
As he reached the door, he turned back and added, "Although the police are prepared to sacrifice themselves, they also have families. Remember the original intention of your grandfather to establish that institute."
After Director Qiu left, the atmosphere in the office became noticeably more relaxed.
Wen Congwu breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the sofa: "It's done! With Director Qiu's words, the case can move forward twice as fast."
"What's going on with the research institute?" I asked curiously. "I haven't heard you mention it before."
Xiao Shiqiu took my hand and said, "I'll tell you on the way."
After getting in the car, Xiao Shiqiu told me that the R&D center was originally established under the leadership of his grandfather Qiu Zhixu.
The Qiu family was a big capitalist before the founding of the People's Republic of China. They had only one son, Qiu Zhixu, who was sent abroad to study during the war.
After returning, Qiu Zhixu plunged into the research and development of military technology, specializing in the development of military equipment, and was determined to make China a technological power.
At that time, the country was still poor and short of funds, so Qiu Zhixu paid for it out of his own pocket.
He wasn't good at running a business, and after liberation, the family businesses were handed over to the state. Fortunately, the family fortune left by his ancestors was quite substantial, enough for him to run for a long time. Later, his son Qiu Binjie became a policeman, and the Qiu family moved further and further away from the path of business.
However, when the Xiao family married Xiao Shiqiu's mother, they still gave a large betrothal gift according to the previous rules. Although Qiu Zhixu squandered most of the family property, fortunately, Xiao Shiqiu's grandmother kept a separate dowry for her daughter.
Later, after Xiao Shiqiu's father passed away, his mother took over the research institute according to the old man's will. Due to funding issues, she merged the institute into the Xiao family business.
The condition is that the funding for the research institute will be provided by the Xiao family. While researching police equipment, it will also develop some civilian equipment, which is equivalent to self-sufficiency.
After Xiao Shiqiu took over, he had no shortage of money, so he invested more.
"So those 'black technologies'..." It suddenly dawned on me, no wonder there were some novel and weird gadgets there.
"Are they still researching weapons there?"
Xiao Shiqiu laughed, "What are you thinking about? Anyone can make that thing? I only develop security, self-defense, and spy things here. The original intention of the research institute was to protect frontline fighters." Xiao Shiqiu raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Wen Congwu interjected, "Come on, of all the good stuff your center produces, we at the grassroots level can only use less than one-tenth of it."
Xiao Shiqiu rolled his eyes at him. "You're paying for it? I don't make money from this, but I can't provide it all for free."
To prevent the two from bickering again, I quickly asked, "Where are we going next?"
Xiao Shiqiu put away his joking expression and said, "R&D center, let's go see what new gadgets are available now."
"I'll go with you~" Wen Congwu completely ignored Lao Xiao's rolling eyes and was about to follow us into the car.
"So you're just going to leave your car here?" I clearly saw that he drove here by himself.
"I didn't take out the key to my car. I'll look back and see if anyone is free and ask him to come and drive away." Wen Congwu said casually.
"Are you police officers so confident about the public security in City A?" Foreigners always say that our country has good public security. I didn't expect it to be this bad.
Wen Congwu's mouth twitched, "It depends on the location. Forget about my broken car. Even Lao Xiao's car won't get lost if it's left here.
How blind must the thief be to steal a car in the compound of the Ministry of Public Security?"
I glanced at the police car that hadn't been washed in who knows how long, and felt that what he said seemed to make sense.
But I still kindly reminded him, "At the beginning of the year, there was a rumor online that a police car was stolen. Wasn't it from City A?"
Wen Congwu's expression froze. This matter was quite popular on the Internet, and he must have heard of it.
"Uh, it's okay. The security in City A is not comparable to that of a small place."
Although he said that, he still secretly took out his cell phone and sent a message.
The car drove all the way to the suburbs. Since Wen Congwu was in the car, Xiao Shiqiu looked too lazy to pay attention to him. He held my hand and closed his eyes to rest.
Wen Congwu, on the other hand, was quite open-minded. He looked around in the car and made a few "tsk tsk" sounds from time to time. "You capitalists really know how to enjoy life. This is the first time I've ridden in such an expensive car."
"Hey, what does this button do? Try pressing it, it shouldn't break anything."
"AUV~ There's a partition that can be raised in the middle~ How's the soundproofing?"
He listened to him chattering excitedly all the way, and Xiao Shiqiu closed his eyes and responded intermittently.
As I drove, I felt that the road seemed different. I vaguely remembered that the place we went to last time didn't seem to be in this direction.
I looked at the navigation and saw that we were just outside the Fifth Ring Road.
"Where are we going?" I turned to ask Xiao Shiqiu, "Isn't the R&D center near the North Fifth Ring Road?"
"That was just a small base, built with a friend who had just returned from abroad. We didn't invest much money, and he wasn't short of money. We did it purely for fun.
The R&D center my uncle mentioned was founded by my grandfather, and not many people know about that place.”
Wen Congwu's eyes were filled with unconcealable excitement: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, Lao Xiao and I have known each other for so many years, and this is only the second time I've been there."
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