Chapter 138: The murderous look on General Wen’s face was so fierce, so dashing!

"Your younger sister? Oh, right, you mentioned before that you actually have a sister working as a police officer here in Hangzhou."

Chen Rui thought for a moment, recalling that Su Qiang had mentioned her family connections.

"Yes, my sister is two years younger than me. She attended the police academy and was later assigned here to Hangzhou."

"That’s perfect. Then I’ll have to trouble you, Manager Su, to contact her for us. We need to go over and get to the bottom of this situation, especially regarding Tang Xiwei. Please have Captain Su look into her specifically."

Wen Wan noticed the complex look in Chen Luo’s eyes. She took his hand and held it tightly, hoping to soothe his agitation. In truth, Wen Wan had her own connections within the police department—and high-ranking ones at that—but since there was a direct contact available, there was no need to owe another favor.

"Of course, of course, I’ll call her right away."

To Su Qiang, an order from Wen Wan was more powerful than an imperial decree. She immediately picked up her phone and called her sister. The situation wasn’t overly complicated, and after a brief explanation, Su Qing confirmed they could come over.

"It’s settled, President Wen. My sister says we can head straight to their station to look into the matter."

"Good." Wen Wan glanced at Chen Luo. His hand was trembling slightly, and his eyes burned with a chilling, murderous intent. It was not a feigned emotion; one could see that Chen Luo was filled with both hatred and profound grief. Perhaps even Wen Wan didn't fully realize why the harm Tang Xiwei had caused Chen Luo was so deep—it had almost reached the level of psychological trauma.

At that thought, a fierce, icy murderous aura erupted from Wen Wan. *Tang Xiwei, no matter who is backing you now—even if it’s the Jade Emperor himself—I will grind your bones to dust!*

Su Qiang, who had been about to continue chatting with Wen Wan, caught the cold, ruthless look in her eyes and instinctively fell silent, even wrapping her arms around herself. *President Wen looks so terrifying right now. But... my god, she looks so cool, so dashing! (Heart-eyes + Star-eyes!)*

...

Hangzhou Public Security Bureau, Economic Crime Investigation Detachment, Deputy Captain's Office.

"What? You want me to release everyone?"

"The investigation isn't even finished, and you’re telling me to let them go?"

Su Qing roared at her captain, Lin Jian, right in front of her. The entire office shook, and the officers outside quickly scurried away from the door.

"Yes, those are the orders from above. Besides, we don't have enough evidence to press charges."

Lin Jian knew that his deputy was a hardworking, righteous woman who couldn't tolerate any wrongdoing. However, the people arrested this time had virtually no criminal records, and no evidence had been found at the scene. Given the current circumstances, it could only be classified as standard commercial competition. Coupled with the pressure from above, releasing them was the expected course of action, both procedurally and by order of superiors.

"No evidence! We can interrogate them!"

"I can tell just by looking at them that these people aren't simple. If we interrogate them, we might catch a big fish!"

"Captain Lin! Give me 24 hours! I promise I'll pull a big catch out of this!"

Lin Jian shook his head and sighed helplessly. "Su Qing, you know it's not that I won't give you a chance; it's that the people above won't give us the time."

"My experience tells me that these waters are too deep. This isn't something at our level that we can afford to touch. For the sake of your future, let them go."

Lin Jian spoke with earnest concern. Su Qing sat down, defeated. Lin Jian was her mentor; he had given her her start and treated her like his own daughter. She had to consider his advice.

"Alright, Master. I’ll listen to you. Let them go."

She signed the document on her desk and had an officer take it out immediately to process the release.

"Good. I won't bother you anymore. Go get some rest; you've been exhausted lately."

Lin Jian walked out and went to the detention room to personally release Tang Xiwei and her group.

As Tang Xiwei walked out of the station, she looked disheveled. Her clothes were wrinkled, her face covered in dust, and the pain in her body was still sharp.

"Damn it, I might have a hairline fracture. I need to get to a hospital immediately. Assistant Bao, get a car!"

Assistant Bao retrieved Tang Xiwei's phone and noticed several missed calls. When she opened them, her hand suddenly trembled.

"Didn't you hear me? Make the call! You useless thing!" Tang Xiwei’s attitude was atrocious, and she began berating her assistant.

"Manager Tang, it's a missed call from the Young Master."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiwei snatched the phone and called back immediately.

"Hello, Young Master."

"Tang Xiwei, you really are capable, aren't you? Getting yourself locked up in a police station on your first attempt?"

"No, Young Master, this isn't my fault. It’s all because my subordinates were incompetent."

As soon as these words left her mouth, everyone, including Assistant Bao, looked at Tang Xiwei with murderous glares. *Damn it! Even now, this woman is still shifting the blame! Does she think we aren't even human?*

"Now, find a place to hide immediately. I have already erased all traces of you."

"I have a new task for you tomorrow. If you fail this time..."

The calm tone sounded like a death sentence to Tang Xiwei’s ears.

"Yes! Yes! I definitely won't disappoint you this time, Young Master!"

"I’ll send someone to help you this time. You will follow her orders."

"And let me remind you again: do not get exposed. If that woman Wen Wan finds out, you can just kill yourself."

*Beep, beep, beep.*

The line went dead. Tang Xiwei broke out into a cold sweat, her face pale with terror as she lowered the phone. When the car arrived, she climbed in, looking like a ghost, and left the police station with her group, heading out of Hangzhou.

...

Ten minutes later, at the entrance of the police station.

"Hey, Su Qing, we're here. Where are you?"

As soon as Su Qiang got out of the car, she called her sister. Su Qing soon emerged, dressed in her police uniform.

"Come here, let me introduce you. This is Manager Chen from our company, and this is Manager Chen from our partner firm."

"And this is the one I told you about—the one I admire the most, President Wen!"

"Hello."

Su Qing didn't seem very high-spirited; she could only manage a forced smile.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Wen Wan didn't have time to worry about her mood and spoke up immediately.

"Deputy Captain Su, could you shed some light on this case for us?"

Su Qing didn't take offense to Wen Wan’s urgency and gestured for them to follow.

"Of course. Everyone, let's talk in my office."