A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 981 Investigating the Place Where Chen Zhongyu and Xu Jing are Imprisoned

In terms of popularity within the police station, Long Xing was far superior to Ouyang Bao. He was more senior than Ouyang Bao and was more tactful, never resorting to violence unless absolutely necessary. He was also quite conscientious in his work. Although it was common for police officers to take bribes in this day and age, he only accepted them when offered and never forced anyone to do so.

In this respect, Ouyang Bao was the complete opposite of him. Since becoming a detective, Ouyang Bao had been finding ways to make money, so he made more money than Long Xing. He had bribed everyone, so many people liked to follow him, thinking they could benefit from it. Of course, some people with a conscience preferred to follow Long Xing, thinking that Long Xing wouldn't be too ruthless and that he would do everything a policeman should do.

Although the two were rivals in the police station, Longxing had always used a roundabout and evasive approach to maintain a friendly facade, and their subordinates also interacted privately.

This time, Long Xing wanted to investigate where Xu Jing and Chen Zhongyu were being held, so he sent his men to find out information from Ouyang Bao's men.

As his capable subordinate, Xiao Huang was naturally entrusted with this task.

When it was time to leave work, he deliberately lingered at the corner of the stairs, and the people in Ouyang Bao's office on the third floor who passed by on their way home all greeted him with smiles. There was absolutely no indication that the two had any past grievances.

He waited until a police officer in a suit, of medium build, with slicked-back hair, walked past him before he seemed to remember something and greeted him, "Ah Gen, how's your mother doing lately? I saw her go into a pharmacy on the street the other day. Did her rheumatism flare up again?"

The man stopped and said, "No, she's much better now. My wife and I have been married for over a year without having children, but she recently got pregnant. She went to the pharmacy to get some medicine to help her have the pregnancy."

"Oh my, congratulations! You've finally gotten over your hardships."

The man called A'gen smiled shyly and said, "Brother Huang, it's all thanks to you for bringing me in as a policeman." He craned his neck to look at the other colleagues who came down from the third floor. They had all gone far away before he turned back to Huang and said, "Come on, come on, come on, I'll treat you to dinner."

The two men were rivals, and they usually avoided each other. But today, Xiao Huang didn't refuse. The two of them walked one after the other, with half a meter between them, to a small bar across the street.

A'gen ordered a few snacks to go with the drinks, two bottles of Yubing Shao liquor, and a stir-fried beef noodle soup.

Xiao Huang quickly said, "That's enough. That's enough, you don't need to call so many."

Argen poured a glass of wine for the two of them, and they clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

“Brother Huang, I really thank you. You brought me into the police force back then, and my mother's illness was finally treated. I got married within two years. I plan to buy a house and settle down after the baby is born.”

"That's great. You've done a lot of work for Brother Leopard, haven't you?"

A'gen paused for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Are you looking down on me? I came here with you at first, but ended up working for Brother Leopard. But I had no choice. I couldn't take that meager salary, and there wasn't much profit to be made with Brother Xing. It wasn't even enough to pay for my mother's medical treatment. What could I do?"

"No, no, you're overthinking it. I was just asking out of concern."

“I know what you’re all thinking, Brother Leopard. This guy does sometimes… do whatever makes money quickly. But I have my own principles. Don’t worry, I haven’t done anything immoral.”

"Ah Gen, I know what kind of person you are, that's why I came to find you. It's like this, there's something I need to tell you. It seems that Brother Leopard has arrested a professor and a bookstore owner. Do you know where they're being held?"

Upon hearing this, A'gen immediately stopped eating and put down his chopsticks. He glanced at Xiao Huang and said, "Brother Huang, so this is why you came to see me today? If I tell you, how am I supposed to explain to Brother Leopard? Don't make things difficult for me."

Xiao Huang paused for a moment, then quickly poured A'gen a glass of wine and said, "A'gen, we're from the same hometown, which is why I introduced you to the police station back then. I won't harm you, but things have really gotten serious lately, you know? Xing Ge was almost killed today. The guy we caught said that Leopard ordered them to do it. Are you aware of this?"

Upon hearing this, A'gen opened his mouth in surprise, unable to utter a word for a long time. After a while, he finally reacted, realizing the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "This, this has nothing to do with me. I have absolutely no idea about this. Although we work for Brother Leopard, because I came in with you before, he doesn't particularly trust me. He never entrusts me with some very important matters. I really don't know anything about this from beginning to end."

After he finished speaking, he realized he had spoken a bit too loudly, so he quickly shut his mouth, glanced around, and said, "Is this true? It's confirmed that it was Brother Leopard's men who did it. How come I haven't heard anything about it?"

Xiao Huang's reaction was actually within his expectations. A'gen was originally someone he brought into the police station. Although he wanted to earn more money and went to follow Ouyang Bao, he had come from Long Xing's side after all. Ouyang Bao had always been wary of him and would not tell him about the harm he had done to Long Xing.

He laughed and said, "It's better that you don't know, so this matter won't involve you. But it seems that these two at the top have reached a point of life and death. Be careful."

Upon hearing this, A'gen quickly grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Huang, you know me, I would never harm Brother Xing. I only followed Brother Leopard to earn more money. Life has only just started to get a little better, and my mother is still waiting to hold her grandson, this..."

Seeing that things had gone well enough, Xiao Huang said, "Actually, Brother Xing didn't want to cause so much trouble. But Brother Leopard is always one to push his luck, you know that. Over the years, Brother Xing has always been very lenient with him. This time, he actually joked about Brother Xin's life and fortune, how could he not be angry? No matter what, he has to fight back, otherwise he'll lose his life. We people working below him can't help but get involved. If Brother Xing loses to him, I might have to ask you for help."

"Oh dear, don't scare me, Brother Huang. What should we do? I became a policeman just to make a living and have no one to bully me. I can't control how the higher-ups fight. I don't want to get involved, and I don't want to hurt my own brothers."