Liang Feng paused for a moment, then immediately replied, "Okay, I'll take one and send it to you now."

"Beep, beep!" Lao Hei hung up the phone directly.

About two minutes later, Xu Er gathered Liang Feng's family together and had him take a family photo to prove he was at home.

After the photo was taken, Liang Feng sent it to Lao Hei, who only replied briefly, "Okay, don't turn off your phone. I'll come find you in the next few days."

Looking at Lao Hei's reply, Xu Er frowned and cursed, "He's quite the sly one! He doesn't say when he's coming, or whether he'll even take the job."

"He's been leading teams for a long time, he's an old hand," Liang Feng replied.

"Alright, then we'll wait!" Xu Er nodded.

...

Dragon City, inside a police car.

Lao Yang made a silencing gesture and answered the phone, "Hello?"

"It's already the first day of the new year, when are you coming home?" his wife's voice rang out.

"Tomorrow, I have some things to do tonight," Lao Yang replied, loosening his collar.

"Lao Yang, aren't you going a bit too far?!" his wife suddenly roared angrily, "It's one thing if you don't come home normally, but now it's the New Year and we can't even see you? Can this marriage even continue?!"

"I told you, there's a case that came up temporarily, I have to keep an eye on it..."

"Keep an eye on my ass! Would the police department collapse without you? Do you know that my dad is still in the hospital this year? On New Year's Eve, I have to take care of the kids and go to the hospital, can you even consider my feelings...?!"

"Stop arguing, I'm already annoyed enough. I'm telling you, if something goes wrong with this case, I'll lose my job and end up in jail. I understand you, but who understands me?!" Lao Yang said, his eyes red with anger, and hung up the phone directly.

In these three days, Lao Yang hadn't even had time to go home. On the one hand, he had to deal with the higher-ups, and on the other hand, he had to find a way to catch the person. He was actually very scared because Da Xiong, this mentally challenged suspect, was different from ordinary people. He had no social circle, no money, and the possibility of him committing another crime while on the run was too high. Once something big happened, the previous case would be brought up, and he would be completely finished.

But now it was the New Year holiday, and the City Police Department and District Police Division were implementing a rotating holiday policy. There were very few police officers left in the unit. And even if the department issued a notice for assistance, the various district units said they were willing to cooperate, but people had their own lives, how many people would go out on the streets to catch people during the New Year?

Frustration, extreme frustration, weighed on Lao Yang's heart. He drove with a grim face to find Tang Baiqing.

...

Around nine o'clock in the evening, Tang Baiqing, smelling of alcohol, walked down from an apartment building in the Zha Nan district and stood on the side of the road waiting.

"Squeak!"

An SUV stopped at the side of the road, and Lao Yang waved his hand and shouted, "Get in!"

Hearing this, Tang Baiqing pulled open the car door, bent over and sat in. Besides Lao Yang, there were three other police officers in the car.

"Did you talk to the Wu family?" Lao Yang asked directly.

"We talked, but the Wu family swore that Wu Shixiong had absolutely not contacted them," Tang Baiqing shook his head and replied.

"Are they lying?" one of the police officers said with some disbelief, "This kid is mentally challenged and doesn't have any money. If his family doesn't help hide him, where can he go?"

"Wu Shixiong definitely didn't go home," Tang Baiqing replied with certainty, "His dad is even more anxious than we are. They're just a bunch of people from the bottom of society, their thinking is very simple. His family is now afraid that we'll ask for the money back, and they're afraid that Wu Shixiong will get a heavier sentence, so they want to find him immediately and send him back."

Lao Yang took a drag of his cigarette, "This is really fucking annoying!"

"I'm even more annoyed! The way my dad looks at me now could kill someone," Tang Baiqing sniffed. "You said that even though this kid didn't go home, could he be secretly observing his family? Otherwise... I'll find someone from the underworld to cut up his dad, or his older brother, and force him to come out."

Lao Yang narrowed his eyes, "I think it's feasible. No matter how much of an animal this kid is, he can't just abandon his parents, right? There's no other good way now, otherwise..."

"Ding-a-ling!"

Just as the two were discussing countermeasures, Lao Yang's phone suddenly rang. He took out his phone, glanced at the caller ID, and immediately pressed the answer button, "What's up, Lao Du?"

"Hey, Lao Yang, I've found a clue about that escaped suspect."

"What clue?!" Lao Yang instantly perked up.

"Didn't the department issue a notice for assistance? You also called me, so I asked the police officers below to divide the area and notify the streets, entertainment venues, and other possible hiding places," the other party said, clearly trying to gain favor. "You know what, there really is some news."

"Tell me."

"You know Haiyan Pit, right?"

"I know it!"

"There's a waste disposal site on Sanlin Street in Haiyan Pit, and there are also many scrap recycling points nearby," the other party replied in a low voice. "A watchman there reported to the local patrol point that something was a bit unusual these days, it seems like something was lost..."

"Just these few days?"

"Yes, just these two days."

"Have the people from the patrol point already gone?"

"No, it's the New Year, they're all visiting relatives and friends, there are only two people on duty at the patrol point," the other party replied with a smile. "I'm also at my in-law's house, I only found out after receiving the call."

"Give me the address and contact information, I'll go over now," Lao Yang said urgently.

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."

"Alright, thank you, Lao Du."

After speaking, the two ended the call, and Lao Yang started the car directly, "Let's go to Haiyan Pit."

"Found him?!" Tang Baiqing asked.

"No, just a clue, let's go take a look," Lao Yang replied.

At the same time, on a certain seashore, a man carrying a simple luggage bag walked down the steps and came to an old diesel fishing boat.

Inside the boat, a boatman greeted him and said familiarly, "Are you leaving on the first day of the new year?"

"Hehe, the new year has passed, the festival has passed, I have to go out and earn money," the man stepped onto the boat, took out two packs of good cigarettes and a stack of cash from his bag, and handed them to the boatman, "Let's go."

"Alright!" The boatman took the money without even counting it, carefully put it away, and went to untie the ropes holding the boat.

The male passenger lay in the cabin, squinted his eyes, opened his phone, and looked at a photo in the album.

...

At about ten past ten in the evening, an SUV stopped on Sanlin Street in Haiyan Pit. After Tang Baiqing got out of the car, he turned his head and saw a three-story building standing next to him.

This three-story building was all too familiar, wasn't it the scene of the crime where he beat Xiao Ying to death?

"Let's go!"

Lao Yang got out of the car and led the four of them towards the garbage dump.