The leader left not only without showing any signs of relief, but was even more worried than when he arrived.
Li Chu had no choice; he was just telling the truth.
I can't just spout nonsense to put him at ease.
After watching the car leave, he turned around to walk towards the office building, only to see Zhao Zhijun running out, gesturing to him as he ran, indicating that he had a phone call to answer, and pointing to the sky.
Seeing his gesture, Li Chu, who had been moving slowly, immediately started running.
In his office, he finally let out a long sigh of relief after hanging up the phone.
Just now on the phone, that person praised him a lot and said that no matter whether the investment comes to fruition or not, he would be credited for it, since it was his medical skills that created this possibility.
She also comforted him over the phone, telling him not to overthink it and that his departure had nothing to do with him.
In fact, Li Chu didn't take it to heart at all, but he still tried his best to look dejected, so that the person on the other end of the phone could tell that he was in a very bad mood.
He sat down in the chair, first picked up the mug and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, then leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and seemed to be thinking about something.
When he heard footsteps outside and opened his eyes, Zhao Zhijun had already reached the door and was about to knock.
"Director, there's a guy named Sun Jianjun downstairs looking for you."
"Jianjun? Oh, let him come up here."
Within minutes, Zhao Zhijun arrived with his men. To Li Chu's surprise, another man who looked to be in his fifties was also with him.
"Brother Chu, let me introduce you. This is Deputy Director Zeng, who is in charge of our investigation department. Deputy Director Zeng, and this is Director Li."
"Snap!" Deputy Director Zeng stood at attention and saluted in a very formal manner.
"Hello, Director Li."
"Director Zeng, please don't stand on ceremony, have a seat! Zhijun, make two cups of tea."
"Brother Chu, your office is commensurate with your rank. Look at your old office, it was too small. It wasn't even as big as my office, which is only for a junior manager."
"You mean I should report this to the supervisory committee and say that your office setup does not meet the requirements?"
"That's no fun, Brother Chu."
Li Chu understood the meaning behind Sun Jianjun's joke; he was simply telling him that Deputy Director Zeng was one of their own, and there was no need to be too formal.
After Zhao Zhijun finished brewing the tea, left the office, and closed the door, Sun Jianjun immediately got to the point.
"Brother Chu, I came here with my boss today, it's about the same thing I mentioned last time."
"Okay, go on, is there anything I can help you with?" Li Chu nodded, looking at the two of them.
"It's like this, Director Li. Jianjun told me about your guess the other day. We've reinvestigated it these past few days, but there hasn't been much progress. So we're thinking of using the method you suggested to see if they're actually related by blood. If not, then it's very possible that this person is an imposter."
"This person has lived on the farm for so many years, didn't you ask the people on the farm to identify him?"
"We searched, how could we not? But the suspect's current situation is very different from when he first came back from the farm. People only say that his eyes and eyebrows are similar, but they can't say for sure that it's the same person."
"How could things have changed so much?"
"That's right. According to the people at the farm, when he left there, he was very thin and dark-skinned, about 1.72 meters tall, and weighed less than 100 kilograms. Now, although his height hasn't changed much, his weight has increased to over 180 kilograms."
"You've gained so much weight? That's quite a change. Hey~ didn't you let anyone from the farm try it out?"
“We didn’t dare, because at that time, they were the only family that went to that farm in Beijing. I was worried that if we tried it, we would startle them and then go completely undercover, which would be a big problem.”
"So you mean to do a kinship test between him and his uncle now?"
"Brother Chu, not only his uncle, but we also found his aunt."
"And a younger aunt? Why wasn't she on his file back then?"
"Hey, we only found out after we sent someone to Shanxi Province to find his uncle. His aunt was adopted out right after she was born, so there's no record of her in the files."
"You've already brought his uncle to Beijing?"
"Yes, his uncle and his aunt are both there."
"We can do a kinship test, but can you get the suspect's blood?"
"That's why we rushed here to find you today."
Sun Jianjun took out a file folder from his backpack, opened it, and showed it to Li Chu.
The file folder contained a wad of gauze with bloodstains on it, and it didn't look very dry.
"The suspect accidentally cut his arm while working at the factory yesterday. He just had it bandaged up at the factory's infirmary. This is the gauze he took off when he went to the hospital to change his dressing this morning after get off work."
Li Chu was a bit dumbfounded when he saw this; he didn't know if this thing would even work.
He had only ever seen things made from freshly drawn blood and hair before.
"Wait a minute, let me call and ask. I don't know if the blood on this gauze is usable. Did you also draw blood from the other two people?"
“They’re all here.” Sun Jianjun patted his bag.
"Okay, you guys have a seat first, I'll go make a phone call."
Li Chu got up, walked to his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed a number.
"Hey Wenhui? Why are you answering the phone? Where's your director?"
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"Oh, then I'll ask you the same thing: do you know if blood on gauze can be used for DNA testing?"
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"Okay, tell your director to wait for me outside the lab building. I'll bring him something."
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Okay, bye-bye.
He had just hung up the phone when Sun Jianjun let out a strange cry.
"Brother Chu, who did you just call? Wenhui? Where is she?"
"She's in our hospital too, what happened?"
"No, I remember she shouldn't have graduated yet, right?"
“He really didn’t graduate. Now he’s following the same path as Wenxuan.”
"You're something else, your whole family joined the army."
“Who said we’re all family? My daughter-in-law isn’t in the military, and neither is my son-in-law.”
"Yes, you're right."
"Alright, stop joking around. Let's go take care of your business first. I forgot to mention, this assessment costs money, but you should go back and get a letter of introduction, since you're already in the military."
"Director Li, getting a letter of introduction is no problem. I'll get it done when I get back. But we'll be reassigned soon too."
“Let’s talk as we walk. I’ve heard that this is a necessity due to the current situation; there are layoffs everywhere. You don’t really care, since you’re directly managed anyway.”
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