The Devil in the World (22)

The Seattle club raid ended successfully. There were more than a hundred people involved in the case. The police arrested all of them and took them back to await trial. The victims were specially sent a bus by the police to the hospital for examination.

The area outside Seattle was under strict lockdown. Although a large number of reporters wanted to take pictures, they could only shoot from a distance and could not capture anyone's face.

Lu He walked out of the Seattle club door, and unexpectedly, it was already sunset, with golden light roaming across the Riverside Boulevard.

The warm golden light just happened to shine on a girl's face, flowing quietly. Her pupils seemed to be soaked in the light, like bright yellow gems, which were unforgettable.

For some reason, Lu He spotted Meng Siqi bathed in golden light in the crowd. Meng Siqi also looked at him suddenly, curling her beautiful red lips.

At that moment he felt that she was particularly bright, just like that rainy night when he rushed to the bank of the Sujiang River and looked at the Sujiang Lighthouse from afar. The lighthouse illuminated the rolling waves and the shrouded darkness of the Sujiang River. She was like that lighthouse, shining into the turbulent river in his heart.

Lu He always felt that there was a memory that belonged to him and Meng Siqi. He had not yet fully remembered this memory, but it was vague and fascinating. He must get this memory back.

When Lu He looked at Meng Siqi, Meng Siqi also looked at him. Lu He was still as calm as ever, but there was the warmth of the setting sun in his eyes. Because he had solved a big case, he must have been excited at this moment. He was that kind of person, a person who would give everything to solve the case.

Meng Siqi also wanted to be such a person, so when Lu He looked at her, she naturally conveyed the joy of congratulations, and she hoped that Lu He could receive it.

But after she smiled, she suddenly found that Lu He's palm was bright red, the kind of red that was solidified blood and flesh, which made people feel painful at the sight of it.

She remembered that he chased the White Helmet today. After the operation in the basement was over, Han Changlin received a call from Luo Xiaoguo on the walkie-talkie, saying that Lu He was back, but the White Helmet escaped.

At that time, she felt very complicated. It was a pity that the suspect escaped, but she was glad that Lu He was not in any danger. But now, seeing his injured palm, she felt a little uncomfortable.

Lu He walked towards them, but he quickly put his hands in his jacket pockets, as if he was deliberately hiding them, but that was also his habit. He walked in front of the first team and said to Han Changlin: "Thank you for your hard work today, Team Han and everyone else."

"Thank you for your hard work, team leader." Han Changlin said with a smile.

"Captain Han, is your arm injured?" Lu He asked with concern.

Han Changlin said lightly: "It's nothing, just a little scrape."

In fact, Meng Siqi always felt that the Korean team had a deep wound, and a deep red shadow appeared where the clothes were cut. But he didn't take it seriously, so no one mentioned it again.

Lu He seemed to understand and said, "I heard that today's gunfight was very intense. Congratulations on your victory."

Han Changlin smiled and said, "I also heard that the road team found the location of the club through hundreds of red ropes. I admire you."

"Not bad, except that you managed to pry the club's position out of a 'dead man's' mouth."

The "dead man" that Lu He was talking about was naturally Yao Renjun, and he looked just like a dead person.

"Captain Lu," Zhao Leiting said with a delighted look, "You are right. This is all thanks to Siqi."

Lu He looked at Meng Siqi again, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, as if praising her.

Han Changlin took over Zhao Leiting's words and said, "Captain Lu, your team pushed Xiao Meng to our team two. Do you regret it now?"

Although Han Changlin's words were teasing on the surface, they contained a hint of pride. However, Lu He did not refute immediately. Instead, he showed a concerned look. It was not known whether it was intentional or not. His tone was very sure: "Yes!"

Luo Xiaoguo and Yan Chun had just walked over. Luo Xiaoguo naturally heard what Han Changlin said, and his smile fell off in an instant. After all, he was the one who rejected Meng Siqi personally, and now Lu He admitted the "mistake" in front of the second team, which was like a slap in his face. He knew Liang Yunfeng was good, but Meng Siqi was obviously better.

In fact, Meng Siqi was the most embarrassed during the whole process. Not only did they praise her in front of her, but they also brought up the old matter again. It felt like they were "roasting" her on the fire. She lowered her head slightly, her face feeling hot and she didn't dare to look them in the face. She originally wanted to ask about Lu He's injury, but now she decisively shut up.

Lu He said calmly: "Actually Xiao Liang is not bad." He seemed to be proving his team members as a captain, and at the same time, Luo Xiaoguo's sudden arrival gave him some comfort.

In fact, these words helped Meng Siqi out. She didn't want to be overly praised by them. She knew that there was still a big gap between her and Lu He, as well as so many excellent colleagues in Team 2 and Team 1. She needed to continue to work hard and be more humble.

"Okay." Lu He said, "Let's pack up, Han team, we still have a lot to do tonight."

Yes, these hundreds of people are still waiting for interrogation. To turn the whole thing into a case report, the follow-up work is tedious and different from the tense search, it requires more patience and energy.

Lu He turned around to leave, and Meng Siqi blurted out the words hesitantly: "Captain Lu, is your hand okay?"

Lu He stopped, looked back at her, pursed his lips, and said lightly: "It's okay, thank you for thinking about it!"

Meng Siqi also pursed her lips and smiled slightly. She knew that Lu He would not say anything even if he was in pain. After all, this might be the way he worked.

Luo Xiaoguo followed Lu He's footsteps and urged him, "Go to the hospital and get it bandaged, Boss. If it gets inflamed, you won't be able to hold a gun anymore..."

Looking at Lu He's back, Meng Siqi was thinking again, he was alone, both of his hands were injured, and he was sweating all over today, it might not be convenient for him to take a bath at night. She also felt that she was thinking too much, so many colleagues would definitely help Lu He wipe his body today, thinking of this, she felt that she was just daydreaming.

"Siqi, what happened to Team Lu?" Zhao Leiting asked.

At this time, Han Changlin, Feng Shaomin, and Tang Xiaochuan also looked at her. They probably didn't notice the moment when Lu He's hand was briefly exposed when he left the door. Meng Siqi could only explain: "Captain Lu must have injured both hands."

Tang Xiaochuan worriedly asked, "Will it affect my gun control?"

Zhao Lei Ting said, "What are you thinking about, Old Tang? Lu He's injury must be a minor one, but I do have a question. Lu He must have had a difficult time these days, right?"

He looked at Meng Siqi. Meng Siqi didn't know why Zhao Leiting looked at her when he said this. She frowned and asked, "You ask me?"

"No, just discussing it."

Han Changlin seemed to be in a very good mood and teased Zhao Leiting: "'Chief Zhao', you have to pay attention to the life of the criminal police captain at this time. Our second team has assigned you to be Lu He's life assistant in the next few days."

Everyone laughed. Zhao Leiting ignored them as if pretending to be angry. Han Changlin said with a smile, "Let's pack up!" He opened the car door and ordered, "Xiaochuan, order more supper tonight. We have to work all night. Zhao Leiting, if you don't want to be a life assistant, take Xiao Meng home!"

Zhao Leiting sat in the back seat and said, "Captain Han, do you want me to send Siqi home now or wait until the evening?"

"You still want to go back and rest? After you're done, you have to come back for questioning."

Meng Siqi got into the car and closed the door. "Captain Han, I will also be interrogated together."

"You are sweating all over. It's not suitable. Go home first." Han Changlin ordered.

"I have clothes in the office."

Feng Shaomin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up: "Xiao Meng, the interrogation is not a quick thing. Listen to the Korean team and ensure that you have enough energy to continue the interrogation tomorrow."

Meng Siqi knew that Feng Shaomin cared about her, but she also told him the truth of the situation. There were too many people involved in the case, so the interrogation would definitely be difficult, and there were only twenty-four hours, so they had to be interrogated in rotation.

Ever since she killed a gangster today, Feng Shaomin has been immersed in a certain emotion. She could see that emotion, he was proud of her, but also accompanied by unspeakable sadness.

She remembered that when she first met Feng Shaomin, he was the kind of person who always had a look of deep hatred on his face. However, she now understood that he might have been bearing a heavy burden in his heart. Perhaps it was the special feeling that a master has for his disciple. If it was her who was shot today, then the master would definitely be heartbroken. She could understand that feeling, especially since he was almost "crazy" today.

She had said that she would listen to Master, so she wanted to listen this time too. She said, "Master, I will listen to you. I will attend the trial tomorrow when I go to work."

"Yeah." Feng Shaomin nodded, his expression seemed a little relieved.

"Captain Han, your arm will go with you to buy some medicine."

"It's just a small matter, but you keep talking about it."

After Meng Siqi went back to rest, Feng Shaomin was filled with emotion. He was proud of Meng Siqi's performance today, not only because Meng Siqi successfully killed the gangster today, and was smart and brave, but also because she broke through Yao Renjun's "iron fortress" today.

Yao Renjun was a cunning and treacherous man, but in the end he fell like a bereaved dog, lying on the ground and barking that Meng Siqi was a devil.

Feng Shaomin felt that Meng Siqi must have used some special method to stimulate Yao Renjun, which might be "unlawful", but Feng Shaomin decided to keep it secret for her. In the subsequent report of her achievements, he directly stated that it was through careful reasoning that Meng Siqi made Yao Renjun's disguise fall apart.

In the evening, Meng Siqi returned home and took a hot bath to wash away the fatigue and tension of the day. She thought about returning to the police station early tomorrow to take over the interrogation so that they could also get some rest.

When she was grabbing soap in the shower, it rolled to the ground. It turned out that even though several hours had passed, the aftereffects of the shooting had not dissipated for a long time, and panic still remained between her fingers.

She didn't know if she hadn't shot the criminal today, or if she had been a step late, someone from the second team would have been killed. She didn't even dare to think about it. She raised her head and let the warm water rush over her, gaining peace.

However, when she returned to the police station early the next morning, Meng Siqi received bad news. Zhao Leiting told her personally that the middle-aged man who fell from a high-rise building and was smashed to pieces yesterday afternoon was none other than Jia Longhui, the general manager of the Seattle Club.

She originally thought that the man in the white helmet who escaped was Jia Longhui, or that Jia Longhui was hiding among the people involved in the case, but the person who jumped off the building turned out to be Jia Longhui, and the case became more complicated.

Jia Longhui must be the one who knew all the secrets of the Seattle Club. Now that he is dead, can he still know the real secrets of the club?

Perhaps by interrogating these people, we can piece together an answer, but it is definitely not the answer that is closest to Jia Longhui and the most true answer.

He knew that Lu He must be troubled at the moment, but he was definitely calmer than her, and he must have a plan to deal with it.

In addition, Zhao Leiting told her an even more shocking news: Ding Yinghong and the five female textile factory workers who disappeared at the time were not among the female victims.

But Meng Siqi clearly heard the conversation between Yao Renjun and Jia Longhui on the screen, saying that the "Five Golden Flowers" of the textile factory would be given to the club, so why is there no sign of them now?

Zhao Leiting said: "Director Liu came back last night. The Seattle Club is involved in the Ruan Mengying case. Lu He will follow the follow-up matters. If the five female workers from the textile factory really went to the club, given that environment, they are likely to have suffered an accident."

Meng Siqi sighed in his heart. This was the most likely outcome. Five young lives might have been lost in the devil's transaction.

Moreover, she heard some news yesterday that the club imprisoned many young girls and organized prostitution. The club was established for more than eight years, which means that it is entirely possible that they have committed murder, otherwise how could the secrets have not been exposed for so many years? Those bullied girls may have died in the end due to various reasons.

Meng Siqi didn't dare to think about these things. Now Director Liu must let Lu He coordinate the Seattle Club case, after all, he followed it all the way, but Meng Siqi planned to follow up on this matter. She must find out the truth about the Seattle Club, and where the five golden flowers and the girls with the same fate as them will go.

In addition to the serious case of the Seattle Club, Yao Renjun is also detained in the police station. This is the top priority of Team 2. Yao Renjun pretended to have Alzheimer's disease, and now that his disguise has been torn off, some secrets of the Dandelion Textile Factory may be revealed today.

As expected, Han Changlin came over quickly and gave her instructions: "Xiao Meng, you will interrogate Yao Renjun in the morning." After he finished speaking, he yawned. His eye bags were swollen, and he probably didn't sleep all night.

"Captain Han, take a break. I will interrogate you right away."

Han Changlin tried to close his sleepy eyes, "Let Zhao Leiting accompany you to take the statement. He slept yesterday. I asked your master to go to bed in the second half of the night. His body couldn't last through the night. He should be able to come in the morning."

"Okay, Korean team, don't worry."

"I'm going to sleep for two hours." Han Changlin yawned again with his hands covering his mouth, "Xiao Meng, you've worked hard."

"It's okay, Korean team."

Han Changlin shouted in the office: "Tang Xiaochuan, go to sleep quickly, I will call you later."

Meng Siqi quickly picked up his notebook and called Zhao Leiting, who was yawning, to go to the interrogation together.

Zhao Leiting said aggrievedly: "I'm afraid I can't take notes. I can't muster the energy."

Meng Siqi felt that he must be very sleepy, but there was no one else around and there were at least two people present for the interrogation, so she could only urge him: "But the Korean team said you slept yesterday."

"I slept for two hours on and off," Zhao Leiting held up three fingers, "My eyes are still blurry now. I don't recognize these people at all. I have no problem with the interrogation, but I'm afraid I won't be able to remember the transcript well."

"Then I'll take notes while I ask." Meng Siqi felt that this was the only way.

"There is a way." Zhao Leiting said, "Let's call her Lin Minjia. She types fast and writes fast too."

"Hey, Zhao Leiting, you and Lin Mingjia are quite familiar with each other."

Zhao Leiting yawned, leaned close to her ear and said, "It was her who took the initiative to get to know me."

"Come on, Zhao Leiting." Meng Siqi felt embarrassed for him. She smiled jokingly and said, "I'll ask her later."

Zhao Lei Ting seemed to wake up all of a sudden, "Hey, Siqi, do we have anything in common?"

Meng Siqi seemed to vaguely sense Zhao Leiting's feelings for Lin Mingjia, and smiled: "Yes, yes, especially yes. I will definitely take more care of Sister Lin in the future."

Zhao Leiting: “…”

At the door of the interrogation room, Meng Siqi met Lin Mingjia. Lin Mingjia had two ponytails, black hair, big eyes, and a slightly chubby face. She looked young and cute.

In fact, Lin Minjia came to the bureau a year earlier than Meng Siqi. Maybe because she started school earlier than the average person, she is a month younger than Meng Siqi. Lin Minjia is young and looks young, so she calls everyone "sister". At this time, she sweetly called "Sister Siqi". They knew each other before, but they were not that familiar.

A girl like this makes people like her at first sight, and Lin Minjia is also a top student majoring in computer science. Computers are an emerging industry in this era, so it doesn't matter who is older to be good at it. The younger and more promising people are, the more they know.

Meng Siqi smiled and said, "Minjia, we are short of people today, so I asked you to come and help. Thank you for your hard work. I will treat you to dinner later."

Lin Minjia showed two dimples when she smiled: "It's okay, Siqi sister, let's have dinner together later."

During this process, Meng Siqi found that Zhao Leiting was always looking at Lin Mingjia with a smile on his face. She felt that the two people looked quite similar and both looked younger than they actually were.

However, Meng Siqi has never been interested in the love affairs between men and women in the bureau, but as for Zhao Leiting, she still hopes that he can find someone he likes as soon as possible. Although Zhao Leiting always has such a sunny smile to everyone, including her, she hopes that Zhao Leiting's smile will be different at this time.

When the door of the interrogation room was pushed open, the three people's expressions changed almost in a second. Their smiles seemed to be plucked away by invisible hands. Even Lin Mingjia's face, which was not easy to be serious, became serious.

Everyone knows what kind of person is sitting in the interrogation room at this moment. He is calm, selfish, and cold-blooded. He has been able to stay out of the big wave of the textile factory and even gained a good reputation. However, during the bankruptcy period when the textile factory needed human care the most, he used all means to destroy the bodies and lives of female workers for personal gain.

In order to escape legal sanctions, he did not hesitate to "harden his mind and toil his muscles" when he was very old, pretending to have severe Alzheimer's disease. Such perseverance is not something that ordinary people can do.

But after entering the interrogation room, Meng Siqi saw a different Yao Renjun. He thought he would be like in the nursing home, confident and calm in dealing with all dangers.

But at this moment he was obviously much older. He was in no spirits, his hair was no longer neat and even stuck to his eyebrows in a messy way. His wrinkled face looked as if it had been rubbed hard by someone and was now wrinkled.

His eyes are empty, which is different from the dullness of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's patients have amnesia in their eyes, but his empty eyes make people see his despair, the kind of despair that comes from being old and helpless, looking back on a "glorious" life but unfortunately falling into prison.

Meng Siqi also determined why Yao Renjun took great pains to pretend to have Alzheimer's disease. He just wanted to preserve the fame he had won until the end.

But the moment he saw Meng Siqi, his empty eyes were filled with panic. He felt as if his whole body was twitched, his face suddenly twitched, and a few pale words came out of the corner of his mouth: "Devil, you are a devil..."