Chapter 57 The Dust Settles (Part 4)
On the rooftop, Shen Yunfei was pointing a gun at Zhou Mingwei with an unsightly look on his face. During the stalemate, hurried footsteps were heard in the corridor. Turning around, he saw Gao Bochuan coming up with his men.
He breathed a sigh of relief, "Boss"
When Gao Bochuan came over, he said in a calm voice: "Boss, there are still a few people who ran away. Monkey and the others have already chased them."
Gao Bochuan had no expression on his face. Since he went upstairs, his eyes had been on Zhou Mingwei. Looking at the Type 64 pistol at his waist, he reached out and tugged at his collar.
"Director Zhou, did you fire the shot that hit Zhou Xun?"
Zhou Mingwei straightened his clothes impatiently, "No, the person who killed him has already escaped. What are you doing here? Hurry up and take a few people to seal off the scene, and then notify the police to send someone immediately, and you too..."
He pointed at Shen Yunfei and said sternly: "Why are you chasing me instead of chasing the murderer? You are such a loser! Okay, they go chase the murderer, you stay here"
Shen Yunfei stood still, approached Gao Bochuan, and said in a low voice:
"Boss, when we rushed in, Zhou Xun was hung up and tortured beyond recognition. Director Zhou was trying to pry open his right hand, but when they couldn't, he hit his wrist with a stone, trying to chop off his hand. Fortunately, we arrived in time."
Thinking of the scene just now, Shen Yunfei broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, still feeling frightened. Zhou Mingwei was about to get angry when he saw that they did not take any action, but Gao Bochuan suddenly said:
'Look at him'
Leaving only these three words, Gao Bochuan took out his cell phone from his pocket, walked aside, and made a call.
Zhou Mingwei frowned, looking a little uneasy. He turned around and was about to leave, but Gao Bochuan had already hung up the phone and was walking towards him.
"Director Zhou, please hand over your gun"
Zhou Mingwei was stunned, and his expression changed instantly, "What did you say?"
Gao Bochuan said: "Please hand over your gun! This is the decision of the bureau!"
After he finished speaking in a cold voice, he put his hand on the handle of the gun at his waist. Seeing this, Shen Yunfei and Yang Lin immediately took two steps forward with their men and surrounded Zhou Mingwei with guns raised.
During the stalemate, Zhou Mingwei looked around. No one listened to him. Everyone was following Gao Bochuan's instructions. He wanted to get angry, but he held it back. Under Gao Bochuan's increasingly sharp gaze, he pulled out his gun and handed it over.
Almost at the same time, Yang Lin took the handcuffs handed to him by the policeman next to him, walked over swiftly, and handcuffed Zhou Mingwei's hands with two clicks.
The cold texture and pain on his wrist made Zhou Mingwei resist instinctively. Gao Bochuan approached him and lowered his voice and said:
"Director Zhou, for so many years, you have been looking for the child your first love gave birth to, right? I found this child."
He looked at the surprise that gradually emerged on Zhou Mingwei's face, and slowly moved the corners of his lips, "This child is Zhou Xun..."
Zhou Mingwei's eyes widened instantly, staring at him blankly, then he seemed to come to his senses, his face gradually turned pale, the muscles on his face began to tense, and his teeth chattered.
"Impossible! You lied to me!"
Gao Bochuan stopped explaining and waved his hand to have him taken away. Yang Lin waited until he was far away before scratching his hair in confusion.
"Boss, isn't the child dead? Why did you lie to him?"
At first, the boss suspected Zhou Xun's identity and asked him to investigate secretly. Unexpectedly, he really uncovered a secret: Zhou Xun was actually Director Zhou's adopted child.
During the investigation, they did not find Zhou Xun's biological parents, but unexpectedly discovered that Director Zhou had a biological son.
He abandoned his old love for his new one. When they broke up, his first love was already pregnant. After being abandoned, his first love went far away and gave birth to a son. However, when the child was seven years old, the mother and son died in an accident.
Gao Bochuan took out a cigarette from his pocket, licked his dry lips, took a deep puff of the smoke and then blew it out.
"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, as long as Zhou Mingwei thinks it's true."
Yang Lin was stunned for half a minute, then saw Gao Bochuan walking towards the corridor and quickly chased after him.
It is better to destroy the heart than to kill someone. Director Zhou had been looking for his son for so many years, but in the end he suddenly found out that his biological son, whom he had been looking for for so many years, had died in his own hands...
"Boss, will he believe it?"
"It doesn't matter whether he believes it or not, just make him believe it."
"Fake...oh, I see."
Yun City, Criminal Police Brigade, interrogation room.
Zhou Mingwei smoked one cigarette after another, and the ashtray on the table was already full.
Gao Bochuan and Dong Zhan sat opposite each other. Gao Bochuan didn't say anything. Dong Zhan looked at the face opposite him, which looked a little old and haggard, with deep shadows under the eye sockets, and felt familiar yet strange.
"When you used despicable means to snatch Xia Yuan away from me, I told myself that one day I would surpass you, but you rose too fast. I thought I was inferior to you in skills, but I didn't expect you to be a beast. No, you are worse than a beast."
Zhou Mingwei looked up, saw the anger and hatred on his face, sneered, and there seemed to be contempt between his brows.
"Beast? Yes, I am a beast, but am I wrong? For so many years, my crime-solving rate has been the highest in the entire southeast region. Even after becoming the director, my crime-solving rate is still the highest in my jurisdiction. I serve the public and the people, and I am fair and just. I believe I have never made a mistake in judging a case. What about you? You can only flatter and suck up to people. What can you compare with me?"
Having said this, he paused, and a trace of fatigue flashed across Fang Huan's proud face.
"Yes, I did some unscrupulous means, but I did it to better serve the people. I am right."
Dong Zhan laughed angrily, gritting his teeth, "Your fucking brain was kicked by a donkey. I am just flattering you. So what if I am a dog? At least I am a good dog. I have never done anything against the law."
Dong Zhan used to be always suppressed by him, and he hated him so much but had to bow and scrape to him. Now that he finally got the chance, the more he scolded him, the angrier he became, and all the grudges from the past came out of his mouth.
"Famous general? Bah! You don't deserve it! Twenty years ago, you destroyed Xia Yuan's family, and now you're hurting her again. The thing I regret most in my life is that I didn't kill you back then! You beast!"
He stood up by supporting himself on the table, looking ferocious as if he was going to eat him, but Gao Bochuan pulled him back in time.
"Director Dong, let me talk to him."
Dong Zhan glanced at him, suppressed his anger, kicked the stool away, slammed the door and walked out.
Gao Bochuan and Zhou Mingwei were the only ones left in the interrogation room. Zhou Mingwei rubbed his swollen temples, blew out a puff of smoke, and said in a cold voice:
"Unless you have evidence, I can't say anything."
Gao Bochuan pushed the ashtray towards him and said, "Zhou Xun already got the recording of Fu Wei."
Zhou Mingwei was stunned. "Impossible. If he had obtained the recording a long time ago, he would have given it to Beibei. That guy has wanted to betray me a long time ago. Now that he has evidence, he will not let me go."
Hearing this, Gao Bochuan's eyes became sharp.
"You are thinking of betrayal, but Zhou Xun is considering whether Beibei can bear the truth. If Beibei knew that the person who killed the Xia family was her most respected uncle, and that it was her most beloved aunt who let the wolf into the house, the result would be her life."
Zhou Mingwei's face twisted for a moment. He lowered his head, then quickly raised it again, with a complex fire in his eyes. He fiddled with his hair and said in a self-deprecating tone:
"I regretted it, do you believe it?"
Gao Bochuan shook his head, his eyes clear, "I don't believe it"
Zhou Mingwei laughed miserably and took a few deep puffs of his cigarette. A large cloud of smoke filled his eyes and he squinted in the smoke.
"When Xia Yuan went crazy, I regretted it. I never thought that someone like me would fall in love with a woman, but I did fall in love with her. It's just that things have already happened and I can't turn back. She went crazy because she knew the truth. In order to keep her, I can only find someone to hypnotize her."
"If you want to blame someone, blame Beibei's grandfather. If he had given me the potion earlier, none of this would have happened."
Having said that, he stared at Gao Bochuan for a few seconds, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, and then he said dryly and sarcastically:
"Everyone has desires, I just didn't control them. People like you who are born without having to struggle for yourself won't understand. At least, I have come to my current position, I have never made a mistake in my position, and my abilities are outstanding, which are obvious to all."
His voice suddenly became louder, he straightened his body, and his face looked a little ferocious, as if he was resentful of the world's lack of understanding.
"In everyone's eyes, I am your role model. Because I have this perfect personality, I will not allow anyone or anything to destroy it. You built me up to be this perfect personality. How can you blame me for doing something crazy in order to protect this personality?"
Gao Bochuan clenched his fists, trying to calm himself down, and said word by word: "You are indeed hopeless."
After saying this, he began to pack up and prepare to leave. Zhou Mingwei stared at his movements and suddenly spoke before he stood up.
"Xia Yuan...are you okay?"
This was the most cautious question he had asked since he came in nearly an hour ago, and Gao Bochuan could clearly hear his nervousness.
"She's fine? Yes, she's fine now. You just knocked her out and tied her up. Now she's lying in the hospital. Her life is in danger. What if she wakes up? You hypnotized her with great difficulty back then. If she knew the truth now, it would be a double injury. Do you think she can bear it? I'm afraid she will go crazy if she doesn't die."
Zhou Mingwei lowered his head and slowly squeezed out a sentence from his mouth, "No, Beibei won't let her know."
Having said this, he suddenly remembered something and looked up at Gao Bochuan's back which had already walked to the door.
"What about Beibei? Doesn't she want to come and ask me in person?"
Gao Bochuan paused and was silent for a while before saying, "Zhou Xun is dead. If she sees you, she will kill you without hesitation."
Zhou Mingwei's wrist trembled, and a long piece of cigarette ash fell on his pants. He slapped it away in panic and subconsciously looked up, his eyes already bloodshot.
"Zhou Xun he...he..."
Gao Bochuan turned around and took out a piece of paper from the notebook. It was a paternity test report. He placed the report on the table in front of Zhou Mingwei.
"He's dead. He is indeed your biological son, Zhou Mingwei. You drove the woman you loved most crazy, killed your child, and drove your niece crazy, causing her to be haunted by nightmares for the rest of her life. Now, you killed your only son with your own hands."
"You dared to let Zhou Xun go, you dared to kill him, you must have left yourself a way out, right? Yes, you can keep your perfect personality, but is this the ending you want? For a false name, your family is broken up, your wife and children are separated, and you have no descendants."
Gao Bochuan stared at his deathly pale face with a terrifying and aggressive light in his eyes.
"Zhou Mingwei, with your ability, there are thousands of ways to get to where you are today, but you chose a path of no return."
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