A madman in France? How come he's always at crime scenes!

Zhang Ze chased after him from the alley entrance, and stumbled upon hearing this.

"What did you touch?"

Wang Zhibiao was almost in tears.

"Well, that girl! She said two hundred, so I gave her two hundred. But she insisted that I touched too many places and wanted more money. I said, 'Why should I?' and she started yelling that she was going to call the police to arrest me."

The more she talked, the more aggrieved she felt.

"I thought this woman was just trying to scare us, but who knew you'd actually show up today!"

Seeing him like this, Zhang Ze didn't even know where to begin his tirade.

"Are you out of your mind? The police are asking you questions, and you're going to jump off a building?"

Wang Zhibiao knelt on the ground, his forehead covered in sweat.

"Officer, I really don't know why you're here! There's just one thing I haven't been doing right now."

Meng Jiang put the gun away.

"Take it away."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhibiao's whole body went limp.

"Officer, officer! Even administrative detention doesn't warrant handcuffing, does it? I'll cooperate, I'll cooperate fully!"

Zhang Ze picked the person up.

"You'd fucking jump off the second floor to cooperate?!"

……

Municipal Bureau.

Wu Liangzheng was sitting on a bench in the corridor writing a lawyer's opinion.

If the arrest warrant is sent before 9 a.m. tomorrow, and nothing is delivered tonight, the framework of the Cao Yang case will be easily sealed off tomorrow.

I had just written the sentence, "This case should not be judged solely on the basis of an individual's extreme violent crime," when I heard a wailing and howling coming from the other end of the corridor.

"Officer, I really didn't solicit anyone! It's a misunderstanding!!! It's really a misunderstanding!!!"

Wu Liang looked up.

Meng Jiang walked ahead with a dark expression.

Zhang Ze was escorting a man in his forties, whose hair was a mess and who was missing a shoe. He howled with every step he took.

Everyone in the corridor looked over.

"Shut up!"

"Shut up, officer!" Wang Zhibiao cried, his face contorted with misery. "I have to make myself clear, or my wife will chop me up with a kitchen knife!"

Wu Liang put down his pen and glanced at Wang Zhibiao's face.

There is an old scar below my left eyebrow, in a very noticeable position.

Wang Scarzi.

Looks like we didn't arrest the wrong person.

Meng Jiang walked up to Wu Liang, hesitated for a long time, and only managed to utter one sentence.

"Damn it, let Zhang Ze talk to you."

Wu Liang nodded:

"At least their attitude is quite positive."

Zhang Ze shoved the man into the interrogation room; if it weren't for the surveillance cameras, he would have kicked him.

"Be proactive my ass! He jumped from the second floor and got chased by Captain Meng, who even pulled out his gun."

Wang Zhibiao was still explaining.

"Officer, I'm just scared! Your attitude was terrifying, calling me 'police' right off the bat. I was worried about that woman..."

Meng Jiang turned around and shouted angrily:

"If you mention that woman again, I'll have your wife come pick her up right now!"

Wang Zhibiao fell silent instantly.

The results were outstanding.

……

Inquiry room.

Within two minutes of sitting down, Wang Zhibiao had already confessed almost everything he had done in the past two weeks.

Zhang Ze's face turned green upon hearing this.

"stop."

Wang Zhibiao immediately shut up.

Did I ask you that?

Wang Zhibiao glanced at him cautiously.

"So... what does the officer want to ask?"

Meng Jiang threw the case file onto the table.

"Cao Yang, do you remember him?"

Wang Zhibiao was stunned for a moment, and the blankness in his eyes seemed genuine.

"Who?"

Zhang Ze looked up.

"The one who sent you to the ICU ten years ago."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhibiao subconsciously touched his left rib and muttered something under his breath.

"That madman..."

Tell me about it.

"What else is there to say? Wasn't it all judged back then?" Wang Zhibiao shrugged. "I just exchanged a few words with him, and this bastard... this guy grabbed a steel pipe and started hitting me. I broke three of my ribs! Officer, I'm the victim here."

Zhang Ze glared at him, and Wang Zhibiao choked on the profanity he was about to utter.

Who else was in the alley that night?

Wang Zhibiao's eyes flashed.

Wu Liang sat in the back, observing silently, and then spoke up.

"Don't even think about making it up; it won't do you any good."

"Well, there's no one else."

Zhang Ze said coldly, "Wang Zhibiao!"

"There's a woman!"

Wang Zhibiao immediately changed his story, blurting out everything.

"The girls in Jinwan! Are they called A-Lian or Xiao-Lian? The names in that place are a mess. Today they're called A-Shuang, tomorrow Xing-Er, the day after Xiao-Fen. Who knows their real names?!"

Meng Jiang turned his head to look at Wu Liang, and they nodded to each other.

Right.

"Cao Yang hit you because of her?"

"How should I know!"

Wang Zhibiao slapped his thigh, about to cry out for justice, but seeing Zhang Ze's dark, charcoal-like face, he swallowed his saliva.

"That woman owed money to the store and tried to run away. I was just the bouncer; if I didn't bring her back, the boss would dock my pay. Then that guy surnamed Cao suddenly appeared out of nowhere, acting like a mad dog."

Wu Liang slowly turned a page.

"Wang Zhibiao, this name wasn't in your statement at the time."

"Well... that girl wasn't fighting, why bring her up?"

Wang Zhibiao chuckled twice to cover his embarrassment. Meng Jiang knew that this guy had done such despicable things back then, and he couldn't dig out any useful information now, so he changed the subject.

"Who gave you the settlement money?"

"At Cao Yang's house."

Zhang Ze was amused.

"His parents died a long time ago, so they burned paper money for you?"

"...How would I know? Anyway, someone brought me money and said I'd sign a letter of understanding, and that was the end of it. I had just come out of the hospital at the time, and I was afraid Cao Yang would come back and come after me. Who wouldn't take the money if they could?"

"Who took the money?"

Wang Zhibiao remained silent.

Zhang Ze raised his eyebrows.

Wang Zhibiao immediately exclaimed, "Brother Diao! It's Brother Diao!"

Upon hearing this name, the room quieted down a bit.

Full name.

"I don't know," Wang Zhibiao quickly waved his hand. "I really don't know. Everyone calls him Brother Diao, and even the boss in Jinwan treats him very politely. He brought two people to the hospital, put a big bag of money directly on the bedside table, and was extremely courteous in his speech!"

"What happened to A-Lian afterward?"

Wang Zhibiao shook his head rapidly.

"I don't know, I really don't know. I haven't even dared to go to Jinwan since I was discharged from the hospital. I really don't know where that woman went!"

……

The three of them came out of the interrogation room.

The door had just closed when Wang Zhibiao was still shouting from inside.

"Officer! Could you please not notify my wife? I'll definitely cooperate with your investigation!"

Zhang Ze looked back.

"Don't worry, he's definitely not leaving tonight. Just the mess he spilled over earlier is enough to keep him locked up for a while. He might be involved in loan sharking, prostitution, and extortion. Keep him locked up for now, so he doesn't disappear tomorrow."

Meng Jiang nodded.

Sending out someone like Wang Zhibiao is like sending a message to the enemy; they might even lose their lives.

"but……"

Zhang Ze sighed.

"Since we've brought up Diao Wei, we've gotten ourselves into another troublesome situation."

"The person is gone?" Wu Liang had a rough idea.

"It's not certain whether he's dead or not, but we can't find him anywhere. He vanished after being released from prison, and what's even more disgusting is that Tam Wing-yan cut all ties with him."

Meng Jiang added a sentence.

"The key evidence that led to Diao Wei's conviction for organized crime was provided by Tan Yongren."

"And you're even putting on a show of sacrificing family for the greater good?"

After listening, Wu Liang roughly understood and turned to look at Meng Jiang.

"I'm going to see Cao Yang again."

"Have you got an idea?"

Wu Liang nodded and took out the unfinished materials from his briefcase.

"If Wang Bazi can remember Diao Wei, how could Cao Yang not? Besides, this clue about A-Lian is probably correct."

"What if he still doesn't tell?"

Wu Liang smiled.

"Then we'll bluff."