Tang Shiyu suddenly realized.
The little girl and Officer Lin hadn't gotten in the car yet.
But Luo Fei told her.
"Miss Tang, Officer Lin is no longer a policeman. If he appears in front of Vice Minister Zheng, it might cause so trouble."
"So I asked him to take Fangfang and catch a cab to the restaurant. We'll et them there later."
"I see."
Tang Shiyu seed to idly gaze out the window.
But in reality, her mind was filled with the scene of Luo Fei shielding her with his body the mont the explosion happened.
And the way he skillfully treated the injured, disinfecting and bandaging wounds during the rescue...
"Miss Tang, is there a flower on my face?"
Even Tang Shiyu herself hadn't noticed.
That she was staring at Luo Fei in a trance.
Upon his reminder, her face imdiately turned red.
"Ah? Officer Luo, it's nothing."
"I was just thinking, you're not only great at solving cases, but also very knowledgeable in first aid. You looked really professional when rescuing people just now."
Tang Shiyu's praise made Luo Fei smile lightly.
"Miss Tang, you're too kind. I just learned so rescue knowledge in the past."
"These are skills that co with our profession."
Saying this, Luo Fei parked the car in front of the restaurant.
Tang Shiyu got out of the car with him.
Almost simultaneously.
Luo Fei received a text ssage on his phone.
"Let's go upstairs; Liu Jingyao is already waiting for us."
As the two of them reached the second-floor Room 203.
They saw imdiately upon entering.
A young woman was already waiting there.
She sported a neat short haircut, wore a white shirt and jeans, and looked very fresh.
She exuded an energetic and scholarly aura.
"Miss, are you the one reporting about the training scam to us?"
"Yes, Officer."
Liu Jingyao was clearly nervous, her fingertips cold.
So she answered cautiously.
"But miss, judging by your appearance, you seem just over 20. How old is your child? Is he at the age for training classes?"
But just after greeting her.
Luo Fei imdiately noticed sothing unusual about her and voiced his suspicion.
Liu Jingyao quickly explained.
"Officer Luo, you misunderstood. I'm not reporting for my own child. I'm here to report on behalf of others."
She said as she took out a brown envelope containing so photos, handwritten notes, several videotapes, and a USB drive.
Seeing the contents.
Luo Fei imdiately deduced her identity.
"Miss Liu, if I'm not mistaken, you should be a journalist or in a similar profession?"
Luo Fei asked.
Liu Jingyao neither confird nor denied.
"Officer Luo, you truly have sharp eyes. You're right. I used to be a professional journalist."
"And I was specifically responsible for following up on the training scam special report."
After Liu Jingyao's explanation.
Luo Fei learned.
That she was originally a columnist for the An Yuan Daily.
She had also followed so volunteers to do interviews in the mountains.
She even worked as a war correspondent.
Survived life-and-death situations with other journalists inside embassies.
It can be said she had a wealth of experience.
"I followed this report to hope there would be fewer cases of overcharging by training centers, allowing more parents and children to avoid being deceived."
"But as the investigation deepened, I found that so matters weren't as simple as they appeared. Many tis, what's supposedly right and wrong isn't just black and white."
Liu Jingyao said as she opened her phone.
She began playing a recording.
"Editor-in-chief, I don't understand, we've been following this case for so long, how can we just drop it suddenly?!"
The voice was clearly Liu Jingyao's.
Imdiately after.
A sowhat weathered middle-aged man's voice followed.
"Xiaoliu, so things aren't as simple as they appear on the surface. If we want the newspaper to keep running, we have to make so sacrifices."
"Editor-in-chief, what do you an? Aren't we reporting the truth? If one day your child needs tutoring, do you also want to be coerced by training centers, overcharged, and forced to grovel and pay them?"
"Xiaoliu! This matter isn't as simple as you think! And haven't we already reported to the Education Bureau about so teachers overcharging, and had them investigated?"
"..."
"Xiaoliu, we live in a ti of peace. There's no need to blow this matter out of proportion. Otherwise, if it causes negative social impact, we'll all have to take responsibility!"
"Editor-in-chief, I've heard enough. I'm resigning, I'm leaving by the end of this month!"
...
The recording cut off abruptly here.
Luo Fei analyzed seriously at this point.
"Although the editor-in-chief didn't explicitly say it, his reaction suggests this matter involves a large network of interests. Many people are probably entangled in it. To put it simply, they have connections that he can't afford to cross?"
"Exactly."
Liu Jingyao affirmatively replied.
"At that ti, I was really angry. The editor-in-chief used to talk about idealism and aspirations during etings, saying we should report honestly and interview objectively as dia people."
"But with this training scam case, we followed it for just over a month, making initial progress. Now we're forced to stop."
Liu Jingyao understood all too well.
Although so claid to follow higher-ups' requests.
To reduce the burden on children, sparing them from extra lessons.
But children still had to attend training classes after school every day.
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