Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Two worlds are merging? ...
When Ji Yinhe arrived at the street office, there were still more than ten minutes before the end of the working day.
She parked the Tianhong 90 on the side of the road, sat astride the seat, and her long legs touched the ground at an angle.
Just as she was hesitating whether to go in or wait for someone there, a few familiar uncles and aunts came over and greeted her.
"Hey, isn't this little Galaxy? It's grown so big!"
"I heard from your dad that you're working at the Municipal Public Security Bureau? And you were the one who solved the case at the compressor factory last time? Wow! You're really promising!"
"Are you here to see your dad? He's in the office!"
"Xiao Yinhe, were you modeling for the Montagut counter in the New Century Plaza this morning? Hahaha, why didn't you tell us? Uncle and auntie are cheering for you!"
"...Hello, uncle. Hello, auntie. Yes, it's at the Municipal Bureau... Thank you, uncle, for coming to see my dad..." Ji Yinhe's eyes widened in shock at the polite response. "Auntie, how did you know?"
The auntie smiled and said, "Your dad saw it on TV. I'd be so proud of having such an outstanding daughter!"
“…” Ji Yinhe let out an awkward giggle.
It's over! Mr. Ji and Ms. Lian must have heard about the embarrassing fashion show!
She patted her pockets. She had just rushed here directly from Feixun Dormitory and didn't have time to go back to the Municipal Bureau. The tie and polo shirt she gave to her parents were still left in the office.
Policeman Xiao Ji scratched his head in embarrassment, and amid the praises from those around him, he decided to hide in the street office for a while.
There is a universally acknowledged truth in the Heye Subdistrict Office - although Comrade Ji Jianguo, the head of the Social Affairs Management Section, is idle and lazy, his personality, popularity and luck are all first-rate, and he is quite loved by local residents.
When Ji Yinhe stepped into the office, there was a large group of old men and women inside. Old Ji was standing in the center of the crowd, explaining a set of rules and regulations to everyone with a sincere look on his face.
He spoke vividly and wittily, and from time to time he made a witty remark, which made everyone laugh.
Ji Yinhe stood in the corner and watched, remembering that her colleagues in the team always said that she had the ability to say different things to different people.
This talent might have been inherited from Old Ji!
"Oh, Chief Ji, thank you so much!" An elderly lady took Ji Jianguo's hand and thanked him profusely. "We're too old to understand, and our children are busy... We're so lucky to have someone like you who is both capable and patient enough to explain things to us! By the way, we, the elder sisters, have agreed to set up a table for you in the courtyard tonight. You must come and do us a favor!"
"Why are you being so polite to me?" Ji Jianguo, a man of great experience, calmly withdrew his hand. "It's my honor to serve you all! If you really want to do this for my own good, please don't spend any money or work too hard. If our leaders hear about this, I might even be transferred!"
"Oh my!" the old lady was shocked. "This won't do!"
"Of course!" Ji Jianguo spotted his daughter standing at the doorway, and with a smile, he gestured goodbye to the old lady and her sisters. "If you have any questions later, feel free to ask... It's almost time to get off work or school, and there will be a lot of people and cars on the road. Please walk slowly!"
The old lady was sent out of the street office in a daze.
Ji Yinhe leaned against the wall and made a face at his father.
In fact, she had been quite curious before. The family was clearly not short of money, and Ms. Lian's catering business was thriving, so why did her father still insist on working in such a grassroots unit?
Even in earlier memories, Lian Qiao and Ji Jianguo had a fierce quarrel over this.
Lian Qiao believes that Ji Jianguo does not cherish his golden finger and is only focused on clinging to his iron rice bowl, unlike others who took advantage of the reform and opening up to invest in stocks, do business and start companies.
Comrade Ji felt very aggrieved by his wife's accusations. After all, before he transmigrated into the book, the government was the biggest and most lucrative golden rice bowl in the country, and everyone was vying for a spot.
He is very clear about his own personality - he is neither as proactive and ambitious as Lian Qiao, nor as domineering and cool as the male protagonist Gong Chenggong in "River City Storm: Industry is King".
Although he has a script about traveling through a book, his ultimate dream in life is to eat the government's food, serve the people, get off work from nine to five, and take good care of his wife and children.
Later, Lian Qiao focused on developing delicious food every day, while his good wife Ji Jianguo took care of all the housework and took care of Ji Yinhe who was in school. She also won the lottery several times, which provided the initial capital for Lian Jie's snack bar.
This contradiction was gradually resolved.
At that time, Ji Yinhe didn't understand what "golden finger" meant, and naturally thought that Ms. Lian was referring to the fact that Mr. Ji was lucky.
Now that I think about it, maybe it has something to do with their unknown secrets?
There were footsteps in the corridor, and Old Ji had come in from outside the street office.
Business is important. Ji Yinhe quickly shook his head, suppressed the memories that just came to his mind, and closed the office door.
"Dad! I have something important to ask you!"
Just as she was hesitating whether to just ask Gong Xie for clues or reveal all her doubts, she saw Ji Jianguo raise his index finger and said in a serious voice: "Wait!"
"?"
Ji Yinhe looked bewildered, but Comrade Ji stared intently at the wall clock, his pupils moving slightly with the second hand.
“…Three, two, one!”
After Ji Jianguo finished counting down, he grabbed the cloth bag on the chair at a lightning speed, and said excitedly, "Get off work, get off work, get off work!!"
“…” Ji Yinhe stood there in a daze.
"What are you daydreaming about? Even if the question you want to ask me is as important as the sky, you can't tell it here!" Old Ji grabbed Little Ji's arm, "Go home, go home! Your mother had Western food at noon, and she wants to eat something light for dinner, so I'm in a hurry to go back and make porridge!"
Ji Yinhe staggered out and slowly came to his senses, "You two carried me out to eat good food again?"
"How could I tell you that I didn't do it? You were the one who wanted to catch the bad guys!" Ji Jianguo took the key from her hand. "Your parents wouldn't be so sneaky... They rode a motorcycle, right? I'll take you back!"
Ji Yinhe climbed onto the back seat of the Tianhong 90 with a speechless look on his face.
Five minutes later, the red motorcycle stopped at Meiqingyuan Community.
"Auntie Chen! Uncle Wu!" While Old Ji was locking the car, Ji Yinhe greeted the neighbors at the door.
"You got off work so early today, and you went home with your dad!" Chen's mother smiled, "That's great!"
Ji Yinhe chuckled and slid into the corridor.
After closing the door and changing into slippers, Ji Jianguo sat down on the sofa and asked calmly, "What big case did you encounter today? Is there anything I can help with?"
Ever since he heard that the deceased in his daughter's case was related to Gong Chenggong, he knew that sooner or later Gong Xie would be found out about drug trafficking, so he was not surprised at all.
If you want to know more about the Gong family, you will definitely ask him, the former driver.
As expected, Ji Yinhe's face turned serious. "The victim of last night's Qingyi River drowning case was a young man named Qi Hang, a full-time driver working for Feixun Transport Company. We found two overlaps between the evidence at the scene and his business at Feixun. They point to Su Yue's ex-fiancé Ding Tongguang and Gong Chenggong's son Gong Xie—"
She took a deep breath and asked tentatively, "Dad, did you find anything at the Gong family before? What kind of person is Gong Xie? Are all of Gong Chenggong's businesses legal? Is there any possibility of...drug involvement?"
The living room was quiet for two seconds, and Ji Jianguo lowered his eyes to think.
When he heard the name Qi Hang, he remembered that this was the person who transported drugs for the rich second generation Gong Xie in the second half of the original book "Jiangcheng Fengyun, Industry is King".
Although it is not explicitly stated in the book, Ji Jianguo has long escaped the fate of being a cannon fodder in his original role. It is unclear whether the subsequent story still follows the direction of the original book.
But Qi Hang’s death must be related to Gong Xie’s drug trafficking career.
But he never expected that this matter would involve Ding Tongguang.
This is the supporting actor in "The Return of the Lost Daughter of the Seventies" and he has never appeared in "River City Storm".
Apart from him and Lian Qiao, the two book travelers, this was the first time the two worlds intersected!
"Hmm..." After considering for a few seconds, Ji Jianguo decided to speak the truth with some reservations:
"When I was driving for Mr. Gong, Gong Xie was still a little brat wearing open-crotch pants. He definitely didn't do anything illegal like this. As for whether he grew up in a crooked way, I don't know..."
"..." Ji Yinhe was a little disappointed, "What about Gong Chenggong? Is his business all clean?"
"How many people who started from scratch in this day and age can truly say they've never been involved in anything illegal?" Ji Jianguo said with a wry smile. "But I can assure you that President Gong is a man of integrity. He would never cross the line of breaking the law or committing a crime."
"...Okay." Ji Yinhe sighed softly.
——She was actually very worried. If she told Old Ji honestly that she had heard the words "a certain point Long Ao Tianwen", "Green River Era", "drug trafficking rich second generation", and "human trafficking" a few months ago, would it be like opening Pandora's box... and ruin her current warm and beautiful life?
But in order to solve the case as quickly as possible, we can no longer play dumb.
If there are any problems, the whole family can face them together! Comrade Xiao Ji firmly believes that his parents are still very aware!
Just as she was about to blurt out the answer, Ji Jianguo suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "Oh no! I left something important in the office!"
"Ah?" Ji Yinhe wondered, "Do you need it urgently tonight? I have to go to work tomorrow anyway, so can't I get it then?"
Ji Jianguo hurriedly grabbed his keys, changed his shoes, and rushed out like a tornado, "No! No! I have to go back! Remember to make the porridge your mother wants!"
“…”
Comrade Xiao Ji, who was standing in the living room, was dumbfounded.
She dragged her feet to the kitchen to stew century egg and lean meat porridge, then returned to the living room to play with the five-fold paper in a daze.
I don't know how Tang Ci and the others are doing with their investigation. Besides Gong Xie, Ding Tongguang's suspicion cannot be ignored...
If only she had a clone, she wants to follow both suspects personally. She doesn't believe that she can't find enough evidence to apply for a search warrant!
Don’t be impatient, don’t be impatient! Ji Yinhe felt his head buzzing. He took a few deep breaths, calmed himself down, and slowly sorted out the clues that were flying around in his mind like little pieces of paper.
However, as she slowly fell into deep thought, there was a bang on the door.
"Who is this?" Old Ji and Ms. Lian both had keys. Ji Yinhe stood up and walked towards the door.
"Registered mail! Please take it!"
Ji Yinhe made a busy sound, opened the door, lowered his head and quickly signed the courier's notebook, then raised his eyebrows at the envelope.
It was sent to her, from the Royal Academy of Arts in Europe, and signed by Moon Su.
“…Su Yue?”
Ji Yinhe tore open the seal with a puzzled look and took out the letter.
A photo slid out.
Ji Yinhe read the letter quickly, bent down to pick up the photo on the ground, glanced at it, and put it on the dining table.
Su Yue said in the letter: She thanked Ji Yinhe for helping to keep the secret, she had successfully enrolled in school, and asked Ji Yinhe not to tell anyone her contact address - she was living an ideal life and did not want to receive greetings or disturbances from Su Hechuman and Ding Tongguang.
Ji Yinhe sighed, folded the letter and stuffed it back into the envelope.
“Ding-ling-ling—”
The telephone on the coffee table in the living room rang suddenly.
She walked quickly over to answer the phone. Lu Zheng said in a clear and pleasant voice, "We just received an anonymous call reporting Gong Xie selling and transporting drugs through Feixun Company driver Qi Hang. We hope we can investigate."
"ha???"
The clues she tried every possible way to pry out from Old Ji were actually reported by someone!
This anonymous call came at the perfect time, didn't it?
Ji Yinhe held the receiver with wide eyes, and looked towards the entrance with suspicion, which fell on the coat that Old Ji had not had time to put on before he hurried out.
If she shifted her sight a few inches to the side, she would have noticed that in the photo she had just casually thrown on the dining table—
Su Yue stood in front of a large picture frame, smiling quietly at the camera.
On the coffee table next to her was the Dupont L1 series gold-plated lighter that she brought all the way from Jiangtan to Europe.
On the other end of the phone, Ji Yinhe retracted his gaze, pressed his brows, and asked, "Is the other party a man or a woman? Did they say anything else?"
"Male, no."
"What are the characteristics of his speech?" Ji Yinhe thought about Ji Jianguo's slightly lazy voice. "What's his approximate age? Does he have a catchphrase?"
Lu Zheng on the other end paused.
...Why did Ji Yinhe ask this?
Did she suspect the call was from someone she knew?
He lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and replied softly, "The call quality wasn't very good. It was noisy on the informant's end, with something rustling constantly. He only said one sentence before hanging up, so I couldn't tell his age or his accent... But the other person's voice was muffled, as if there was phlegm stuck in his throat. It took some effort to understand."
Ji Yinhe: "...Okay, I understand."
The voice was muffled and there was phlegm in the throat - that shouldn't be Old Ji.
But apart from Ji Jianguo, who else knew that Gong Xie was selling drugs?
She felt confused, but fortunately she had a clear clue, so she didn't need to continue to ask Old Ji.
And even if Lao Ji was willing to tell her, this oral evidence would most likely not be accepted by the Municipal Bureau because of her direct family relationship with Lao Ji.
Her ruddy fingertips tapped on her knees, and Ji Yinhe asked, "Teacher Lu, do you need me to go back to the Municipal Bureau now?"
"No need." Lu Zheng said calmly, "Just focus on your work. Tang Ci and the others are still in the Feixun dormitory. I'll report to Director Rao tomorrow... I'm afraid we'll have to start surveillance."
*
At the same time, at the public telephone booth opposite Lian Jie Snack Shop.
Ji Jianguo looked at Lian Qiao, speechless.
"My dear wife, why did you hang up on me?" He blinked in grievance, "I was pretending pretty well just now!"
"..." Lian Qiao rolled her eyes at her man.
"Now that there's no Skynet surveillance, the police often receive calls from concerned citizens offering clues... Who would have known it was me who called this time?"
Lian Qiao sneered, "But the person who answered the phone was Mr. Lu! He's much smarter than you think. If he just asks the Communications Bureau, he can find out that the address of this public phone booth is right across from my snack bar. Do you think they will suspect us?"
"My voice has changed!" Ji Jianguo straightened his back and patted his chest muscles. "No matter how talented the handsome boy is, he won't be able to tell!"
"...How do I change my voice?" Lian Qiao was confused. "Are you Conan? Do you have a bow-tie voice changer?"
Ji Jianguo folded his arms and said, "Wife, have you ever seen a TV series called "Red"? "
"..." Lian Qiao narrowed her eyes. "I've heard of it. After all, it was already 2030 when I traveled through the book. Isn't this drama very old?"
Comrade Ji, struck by age, covered his chest. "It's just a spy drama, and the hero is incredibly powerful. In the first episode, he does something big, and then tips off his revolutionary comrades... To hide his identity, he created a makeshift voice changer."
He pulled a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, took off the receiver, and demonstrated, "Cover the phone with the newspaper, rub it gently with your fingers, and speak in a low voice. This will significantly change the tone of your voice!"
"Is it really that powerful? I don't believe it." Ms. Lian Qiao looked skeptical and then shook her head. "Forget it, you've already made your call. It's no use talking now. Let's just go home..."
The two pushed their bicycles and walked side by side towards Meiqingyuan.
There were several advertising workers on the roadside, painting the newly erected billboards.
There was a huge slogan on it that read "Successful people use successful porcelain."
Ji Jianguo took a look and sighed, "Actually, I feel quite guilty about Gong Xie... If I had been able to prevent Wu Tianxin's death, Gong Chenggong wouldn't have met his second wife, Wei Manli. In this way, Gong Xie wouldn't exist, and Gong He wouldn't have become a cripple—"
Lian Qiao sneered, "Come on, with Gong Chenggong's stud personality, even if there wasn't Wei Manli, there would still be Zhang Manli and Wang Manli... Of the protagonists in your book, I always felt that Wu Tianxin was the most unlucky. With such a good background, he was taken advantage of by Gong Chenggong, a Phoenix man, and ended up losing his life in the end!"
"Yeah..." Ji Jianguo sighed and emotionally took his wife's hand. "Don't worry, honey. I will be a good husband and a good wife! I wholeheartedly support you in making Lianjie Snack Shop bigger and stronger!"
Lian Qiao looked around and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, proudly patted her husband's abdominal muscles, which were still very elastic even in his middle age.
The evening breeze, mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus in October this autumn, makes people squint their eyes comfortably.
Some memories came to my mind.
Lian Qiao gazed at the orange-pink sunset in the sky and sighed, "It was so difficult for us to complete the mission and escape unscathed! To be able to do this now is already very worthy of the protagonists of the original book."
Ji Jianguo nodded, "It's all the system's fault!"
Lian Qiao agreed, "Yes! It's all the system's fault!"
Ji Jianguo turned his head and looked at his wife's pretty face immersed in the sunset, then grabbed her hand, passed his fingers through her fingers and held it tightly.
Lian Qiao's cheeks flushed, "What are you doing, you old married couple?"
Ji Jianguo's lips curved into a sweet smile, but he said nothing.
The tenderness of his lover distracted him for a moment, and he unconsciously remembered what Ji Yinhe had just said.
——Ding Tongguang, like Gong Xie, became one of the suspects.
If the former is indeed involved in this case, does it mean that... the two worlds of "River City Storm: Industry is King" and "The Lost Daughter of the Seventies is Back" are undergoing some unknown fusion?
Ji Jianguo lowered his eyes silently.
His wife is obsessed with her career and works very hard, and he doesn't want her to be distracted and worried about it.
He decided to put the matter aside for the time being and find an opportunity to go to Ding Tongguang to test his opinion.
*
Jiangtan Municipal Bureau, Director’s Office.
Rao was leaning against the window, drinking tea and listening to Lu Zheng's report.
"The timing of this anonymous tip is bizarre." The director frowned, his facial wrinkles deepening. "But if it's true, we must report it to the provincial department and set up an expert group."
Lu Zheng nodded calmly.
Rao Zhenghao murmured thoughtfully: "I didn't expect that Xiao Ji's guess was actually quite reasonable..."
Lu Zheng raised his eyes and asked, "What did Comrade Ji Yinhe tell you?"
"It's the human trafficking case." Rao had just returned to his desk and put down the large porcelain jar. "One of the pieces of evidence was the drink you found at the nightclub. It was laced with a small amount of benzodiazepines."
"I remember." Lu Zheng frowned slightly, "...She was already worried that there was a drug trafficking organization in Jiangtan?"
"Yes," Rao Zhenghao said succinctly. "The third team responsible for drug control has checked the criminal files of Jiangtan in recent years, and this is the only case involving banned drugs... I thought Xiao Ji was just too eager for quick success, but I didn't expect it was actually her keen sense of criminals. She sensed this undercurrent early on!"
"Comrade Ji Yinhe is indeed outstanding." Lu Zheng's eyes flashed with a smile, and he asked, "Should we investigate this anonymous call?"
Rao Zhenghao shook his head, "No, at least not for now. I'll tell Tang Ci when he comes back. You just need to verify the accuracy of the clue first."
Lu Zheng hesitated for a second before nodding and saying yes.
"...Xiao Lu," Rao Zhenghao said earnestly, "You come from the provincial department, so you might not understand the grassroots. There are many honest and kind comrades among the masses. They might have taken great risks to tip us off... We can't betray their trust."
Lu Zheng replied seriously: "I have remembered all your teachings."
Rao Zhenghao nodded, "Notify the branch and police station and have them send plainclothes officers to keep a close eye on Gong Xie's whereabouts! I'll leave this lead to you and Xiao Ji. It would be best if you could find the drug traffickers and their connections and bust them all in one fell swoop!"
"yes!"
However, just as Lu Zheng turned and walked out of the office, he saw the director behind the desk said meaningfully:
"This matter must be kept confidential... There are so many people in the bureau saying so many things, I'm worried."
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The author has something to say: The controversial plot of the first two chapters has been modified. I hope everyone will not leave, don’t leave... [burst into tears]
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