Chapter 40: Difficult progress
The meal was eaten until the sunset, but the heat did not dissipate at all. Cao Lulu braved the steaming heat on the ground and took the initiative to bring them to Cao Guijin's house.
"Village chief, here are several leaders from the bureau who have come to learn about the arson case."
Cao Guijin didn't act as a thief, but he couldn't stop being cautious. When I saw six or seven plainclothes people coming to the door, I couldn't help but accuse Cao Lulu. "Why did you go back on your word? What did I tell you yesterday? Kindly asked you to watch the video, and you actually brought someone over? I'm telling you, if my car is scratched for this......"
"Cars? What car? What video? Liu Lei smiled coldly, "We came here to ask about the population situation in your village, but I didn't expect to pull out such a big melon, it seems that the inside story has to trouble you to talk about it." β
Cao Lulu was ready to offend the village chief, but she didn't expect Liu Lei to remove her suspicion in three or two sentences. She saw that Cao Guijin was dumb and ate coptis, so she left without accompaniment.
"This ......" Cao Guijin bit his tongue with remorse, thinking that he had made a mistake in his words. In a hurry, another layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and he didn't know how to explain, but he saw that Liu Lei had already walked to his car.
"SUV? It's still a Buick. This car ......"
"This car has a dashcam and a parking monitoring function."
Cao Guijin couldn't dodge, so he had to explain honestly.
Liu Lei and his entourage were invited into the house by him, and Xiao Chen easily exported relevant video materials from it.
On July 2, at 11:40 p.m., a man about 1.76 meters tall appeared in the video for the first time. After that, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th appeared again in succession. He did not appear on the night of the 6th and 7th, and reappeared on the 8th and 9th...... It wasn't until after the incident on the 12th that the man disappeared.
"Wearing a hat and a mask at night, it's almost like putting the word suspect on your face!" Dayong glared at Cao Guijin fiercely, "Do you know that you are already suspected of violating the law by concealing such important details?!" β
"Police...... Officer, I'm ...... I didn't mean to! I'm just afraid that I will be wronged by a good person and ...... Viciously retaliated against. I worked hard for half my life to save some money, and finally bought a car, but for the Chinese New Year, my son came back from a part-time job to marry a daughter-in-law......" Cao Guijin's legs were weak and he almost knelt on the ground.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this for now." Liu Lei saw that the heat was almost over, so he pretended to be white-faced to appease. "I can't put this box of footage with you anymore, you know? If you're afraid that someone will get your car crossed, drive into the yard. As for your passive non-cooperation this time, we will wait for the investigation of the case to be clear before making a determination. β
"Officer...... I really didn't mean to......" Cao Guijin sent them out and kept defending himself, where do you remember the banner Liu Lei played when he came.
"Shh Xihe's brain hurt from Cao Guijin's words, and he turned his head to silence him, "Don't mention this again." The province has to spread out, and it will be hated early. β
"Huh...... Eh...... "When Cao Guijin heard this, it was like a machine that had pressed the stop button, and he hurriedly silenced and closed his mouth, only the expression of loss and despair proved that he was still a living thing.
"You people, playing with other people's mindsβit's terrible!" After walking far away, after confirming that no one heard it, Qingman let out a sigh of emotion.
"How are we broken?! But just scare and scare him, and don't really treat him well! β
"That is, do you have any other better way to protect Cao Lulu and investigate the truth of the matter?"
"Why don't you say how hateful people like Cao Guijin are? For the sake of a little petty profit, the safety of the entire village is disregarded. Is a person like him who has no responsibility and action worthy of being the village head?! β
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Erduan, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yang, and Dayong spoke out one after another, and they all pointed the finger at the Qingman of "women's benevolence".
Qingman didn't say anything more, although she knew that what they said had a certain truth, but in her black-and-white world, even death and punishment were straightforward, so it was really hard to understand their kind of unbright reluctance and compromise for the ultimate goal.
She didn't bother to argue with them anymore, and walked alone with her hands in her pockets.
"Where are you going? It's time for us to go back! Liu Lei also has some opinions on Qingman's performance these days, but as a Ling director, he must restrain his subjective emotions and tolerate and adjust for the sake of the overall situation.
"Wang Fulin's family." Qingman didn't look back, and waved his hand lazily out of politeness, but what he thought in his heart was: The Tao is different, and there is no conspiracy with each other.
"Why is he like this? I dragged 2580,000 people every day, and I didn't see where the cattle went! β
"Eh, don't say that, reincarnation is a technical job! If we have the kind of evil ability like him, we want to be as willful as we are! β
"How willful you want to be? Don't you see the two clothes he wears every day?! No matter how great your ability is, you can't live well in this life! β
After leaving the village, the car drove to the asphalt road, and more than half an hour had passed, but the various criticisms and denunciations of Qingman had not ended. Liu Lei sat in the co-pilot and didn't say a word, but he also began to hesitate in his heart, whether to send Qingman back to Suiping in advance. After all, this incident has nothing to do with those mysterious forces.
When he was moving from time to time, the car rang with the bell of "Young Ambition Without Sorrow". Several people stopped talking at the same time and reached for their phones. After seeing the black screen of the mobile phone, they urged Liu Lei in unison: "Boss, answer your call!" β
Liu Lei came back to his senses, slowly took out his mobile phone, and when he saw the name on it, he couldn't help but lift his spirit.
"Hey, President Tu?"
"Got news?"
"Thank you so much! How can I tell you to break the bank again? This time, you must change me to please, and then call your women's army! β
"All go back, and there are only two of them left?! Okay, you send me the location, and Toyota Farm will be there. β
"Got eyebrows?" The four people in the back saw Liu Lei smiling like a trumpet flower, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken. But for the sake of the case, they couldn't help but want to know the specific content of the phone.
"Hmm." Liu Lei squeezed a word out of his throat with difficulty, like a helpless sigh. Although he knew that this moment was inappropriate, he still dialed Qingman's phone.
A few minutes later, on the deserted road, a Santana made a 180-degree turn at great speed, and then turned back in the same way.