After breakfast, Xiao Feng headed to the police station with Di Junxiong.
Returning to this familiar place and seeing those familiar faces, Xiao Feng suddenly felt as if only a day had passed.
He rembered how, back when he didn't have much money, Song Keren and Shi Jiaxin paid just a few hundred thousand to bring him here as a consultant.
But now, a few hundred thousand was just a drop in the ocean for him.
The police station was still the sa, but he was no longer the broke person he used to be.
Although his intentions remained unchanged, ti was forever lost.
"Brother Feng!"
Wang Qiang, who was walking out while looking at so docunts, called out in surprise when he saw Xiao Feng: "Co and see, Brother Feng is here!"
"..." Xiao Feng.
For so reason, hearing Wang Qiang's shout, Xiao Feng couldn't shake the feeling that he was being treated like a sideshow attraction.
In no ti, Xiao Feng was surrounded by a dozen people.
Many of these people had benefited from carrying out missions with Xiao Feng back in the day, so naturally, they were all very enthusiastic upon seeing him.
Di Junxiong looked proud, but he didn't foolishly blurt out, "He's my ntor."
Even though he knew that even if he clarified the relationship, Xiao Feng wouldn't mind, Di Junxiong didn't want to rely on soone else's glory.
Just like when he was in Jiuyou Town, few people aside from Ma Qiang knew about his background.
After a while, Di Junxiong spoke up: "Everyone, let's save the chat for after work, the director is waiting."
Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang and the others reluctantly returned to their posts, even as they couldn't stop speculating about why the new chief was looking for Xiao Feng.
Could it be... they wanted to hire Xiao Feng as a consultant again?
At this thought, everyone couldn't help but feel a rush of excitent.
Because they all knew, if Xiao Feng were at the station, their career paths would beco much smoother.
Like upgrading from a bicycle to a horse-drawn carriage, or even a car, with imasurable speed improvents.
At this mont, soone suddenly said: "Do you think the new guy, Di, has so special connection with Brother Feng, or maybe Director Shi?"
This comnt imdiately made soone else brighten with realization, saying: "I think it's possible; otherwise, why would Director Shi specifically send him to invite Brother Feng?"
"Listening to you two, it seems we should build a connection with the new Di. Better to believe it and be wrong than to miss out."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Seeing this scene, Wang Qiang felt like he had returned to when Xiao Feng first joined the police station.
Back then, it was the sa; whenever Xiao Feng did sothing, it beca a topic of discussion.
If there were soone destined never to be ordinary in this world, Wang Qiang believed Xiao Feng was definitely one of them.
anwhile, Xiao Feng t with Shi Yong in the office.
Short of stature, with a crew cut and hair mostly white, looking over fifty, with thick eyebrows and expressive eyes.
"Xiao Feng, right?" Shi Yong stood up and ca out from behind his desk, reaching out to shake Xiao Feng's hand with a very friendly smile.
"Yes, that's ." Xiao Feng replied lightly, smiling just enough to seem neither overly familiar nor distant, perfectly asured.
After sitting down, Shi Yong personally poured Xiao Feng a glass of water, saying: "I called you over for a couple of reasons.
First, I wanted to see what kind of person could earn such high regard from everyone here.
Second, having heard you helped solve several major cases for the station, I hope we could collaborate long-term as well.
If you're willing, you could co back as a consultant, and I can offer you a separate salary."
Xiao Feng smiled: "It was just luck, I'm not as great as everyone says. As for coming back as a consultant, I'd rather not."
To be honest, Xiao Feng appreciated Shi Yong's straightforward attitude and his candid conversation.
At least it wasn't tiring, and he didn't have to strain to figure out Shi Yong's intentions.
Straightforward and direct, it was refreshing!
Shi Yong nodded and laughed heartily: "Good, you're direct. We really click!
I've heard you have a good relationship with Zhao Xingfeng in the station. To be frank, like him, I also co from a background in anti-drug operations.
It's just that as I get older, my body can't handle it anymore, so I had to step down."
Xiao Feng's eyebrows suddenly knitted tightly together.
From his mannerisms, it was not hard to see that Shi Yong was the kind of big-hearted, forthright guy who leaned a bit macho.
But despite being bold and forthright, given his age, it seed unlikely he'd lay all his cards on the table in a first eting.
Therefore, since he brought up anti-drug efforts and Zhao Xingfeng, it was almost certain the conversation would turn to this topic.
Sure enough, Shi Yong got up, took an envelope from a desk drawer, and placed it on the table in front of Xiao Feng after pulling out the letter.
Looking down, Xiao Feng saw a line of scraggly writing on the letter, straining to make out its aning: The killer is Liu Ermazi, under Jie Long.
"What does this an?" Xiao Feng asked, puzzled.
Shi Yong pointed to the envelope beside it: "Take a look at this one."
Xiao Feng picked it up and saw it was addressed to: Zhao Xingfeng.
The handwriting was as scraggly, even worse than a child learning to write.
Recognition dawned in Xiao Feng's eyes.
He recalled when drinking with Zhao Xingfeng, how his companion had ntioned an old comrade told him that clues to his wife and daughter's murder could be found in Jiangcheng.
This was also Zhao Xingfeng's main reason for trying so hard to get transferred to Jiangcheng.
Now thinking about it, the person who wrote the letter was likely the sa comrade who tipped him off.
"Judging by the handwriting, it's clear the letter-writer didn't want us to determine their identity through the script." Shi Yong analyzed adeptly: "At the sa ti, it suggests Zhao Xingfeng must know this person."
"When was this letter discovered?" Xiao Feng asked.
Shi Yong replied without hesitation: "Yesterday, I found it in the mailbox outside. I had soone examine it, but there were no fingerprints on the envelope or the letter.
Later, I checked Zhao Xingfeng's file and learned that he too, ca from an anti-drug background, and that both his wife and daughter were killed."
"Does Zhao Xingfeng know about this?" Xiao Feng continued probing.
"I haven't told him yet, which is why I called you here. Can you help find this Liu Ermazi?" Shi Yong asked solemnly.
Xiao Feng was montarily stunned, sowhat surprised by Shi Yong's stance on the matter, and asked: "Aren't you afraid of retaliation?"
"Hahahahaha!" Shi Yong laughed heartily, waving a big hand dismissively: "A real man stands tall and unyielding, how can he be scared of those scumbags?
I have no children and am estranged from relatives, they can co for if they dare!"
These words were truly spirited, but what Xiao Feng didn't know was that Shi Yong's own parents had been killed in a drug lord's retaliatory attack…
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