What do you mean?
The two looked at each other. Although they didn't speak, their expressions said it all. They were completely confused by Li Chonglou's words.
Li Chonglou ignored them and continued, "You see, I'm just an ordinary person. I deal with you seniors every day, and I can't help much. It's better for me to go back to the grassroots and do some work."
At this, Su Qi couldn't help but nod. "That's right. In the General Bureau, the weakest are at least from special forces, unless it's administrative logistics."
"No, even logistics require training to apply."
Tian You corrected him, and Li Chonglou's helplessness intensified.
"So you know how much I want to leave the General Bureau. Outside, if I do well, I can at least climb up. Here, even if I work my whole life, I'll be in the same position!"
Li Chonglou paused, then leaned closer to the two and whispered, "And what you don't know is that Old Tie has many enemies. I'm by his side every day, and I'm always afraid of implicating myself!"
A gleam flashed in their eyes.
"Brother Lou, who are you referring to as enemies?"
"Of course, they are our own people in the General Bureau. If they were outsiders, they wouldn't dare to cause trouble in the General Bureau."
After saying that, Li Chonglou's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly changed the subject.
"Alright, let's not talk about this. Let's discuss how to deal with Du Tian."
"Anyway, what you just said won't work, and I don't dare to try it."
The conversation had come full circle, and the two felt that everything Li Chonglou had said was just an excuse for this.
Su Qi nodded thoughtfully. "That's right, solving Du Tian's issue is the priority. We've both been stuck here long enough, haven't we?"
Su Qi finally nudged Tian You, who responded, "Exactly. If it wasn't for the mission, who would want to stay in such a desolate place!"
Although Wushan Town's air had improved and the environment was relatively quiet, calling it a desolate place was not an exaggeration.
Perhaps due to its latitude, the soil here was not fertile. Those in Wushan Town who engaged in agriculture could barely make ends meet. Some better-off individuals might be able to save a little money.
But becoming rich through this was almost a pipe dream.
Therefore, the economy here was extremely sluggish. The houses in the town were all supported by government subsidies. For example, Uncle Qiu Wan's house, with hundreds of square meters of land, had only a few dozen square meters of living space.
In fact, like Uncle Qiu Wan's situation, this was the norm in Wushan Town!
There were no large shopping malls or investors here. Compared to other places in Shangjing, Tian You's description of it as a desolate place was not unreasonable.
However, whether this was their true feeling was debatable.
Li Chonglou did not join the conversation, feigning a troubled expression.
Just then, Su Qi suddenly clapped his hands.
"Right, I suddenly remembered someone who might have something on Du Tian!"
Tian You, standing beside him, also had a look of realization. "Yes, Qiu Bai! His old mother used to clean for Du Tian!"
"What's going on?"
Li Chonglou looked at them with a confused expression. It was only when Su Qi explained that he understood.
It turned out that after finding out that Du Yun's path was a dead end, the two did not give up. They began to investigate Du Tian's elders in the town in secret.
They did find some information, which was about Qiu Bai, a young man in his early twenties, whose mother used to clean Du Tian's residence.
As he said this, Su Qi also explained, "I heard that Du Tian has had a habit of using ordinary people to clean for many years. Since Qiu Bai's mother disappeared, he hasn't hired anyone else!"
"Disappeared?"
Li Chonglou caught the most crucial word.
"Yes, disappeared, or you could say went missing. She still hasn't been found!"
Li Chonglou didn't know where he got the information from, and whether it was true didn't matter. What was important was that he couldn't quite understand something.
"If that's the case, why do you think Qiu Bai has something on Du Tian?"
Su Qi explained, "Others might not know this, but we found out by chance."
It turned out that Qiu Bai was also a habitual drunkard. Although he was young, he was almost never without alcohol.
When the two first found him, they were just going through the motions of asking about his mother, but they happened to catch him in a drunken stupor.
As soon as he was asked, Qiu Bai instinctively replied that he didn't know anything.
This immediately caught the attention of the two old hands. It was Tian You who used some small tactics to provoke him, which eventually led him to reveal that his mother had been killed by Du Tian.
After hearing this, Li Chonglou stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"So, he's afraid of Du Tian and dare not reveal this, keeping it all bottled up."
"Yes, but after he sobered up, he refused to say anything no matter how much we asked."
Su Qi sighed at this point.
"As you know, we are people in the system, and we can't act against ordinary people. So, we can only keep dragging this out and can't resolve it."
Li Chonglou finally understood what they meant. "So you want me to handle him?"
Su Qi suddenly leaned over and placed his hand on Li Chonglou's shoulder. "Brother Lou, only you can handle this. With your status and position, you can interrogate him with confidence!"
In the General Bureau, besides the law enforcement teams on missions, there was a special team.
They would periodically visit the locations of previous missions carried out by the law enforcement teams. Their main purpose was to investigate whether they had used improper means.
It's important to know that when they go on missions, they use the reputation of the General Bureau. If they resort to any means to complete their missions, their image in the eyes of the public would surely be greatly diminished!
Therefore, this special team was like the provost marshal when they were soldiers; seeing them meant having to detour!
And it was because of their existence that most people on external missions dared not act recklessly. The things the two of them had done while staying here were all out of fear of being investigated, weren't they?
Because of this, the two also dared not use minor tactics to force Qiu Bai to comply.
Li Chonglou didn't know this at first, but after Su Qi explained again, he suddenly realized.
"So you want me to use my General Bureau identity to ask him to cooperate?"
Su Qi nodded repeatedly. "Yes! You are also an ordinary person. Even if you take action, you can report first that he provoked you. The General Bureau will definitely believe its own people first!"