Chapter 1 Meeting's End

The meeting concluded, and everyone left with their own thoughts. The meeting had brought about a massive upheaval to the original tone maintained in the investigation of the case.

Old Zhang took out his phone after leaving the meeting room, preparing to call Lawyer An. It seemed he wouldn’t need to appear in court for Lao Dao’s case.

Just as he took out his phone, a woman’s voice came from behind him:

“Captain Wu, thank you for the leads provided by your Tongcheng police station.”

“Officer Chen, no need to thank us. It's our duty.”

Officer Chen looked at Zhang Yanfeng and suddenly smiled.

This smile gave Zhang Yanfeng the feeling that he was being seen through completely. As an old criminal police officer, he was usually the one scrutinizing and seeing through others; how could it be his turn to be seen through?

“I’ll be staying in Tongcheng for a while longer to follow up on other details of this case. We can exchange notes then.”

“Of course, of course. Officer Chen, please go ahead and get busy.”

She was of a higher rank than him, and had more presence. In the meeting room, she had rebuked several bureau chiefs without holding back.

Even Old Zhang felt a little intimidated in front of this female police officer.

Especially her eyes; Old Zhang didn’t dare to meet her gaze.

Officer Chen left, and Zhang Yanfeng let out a long breath as he watched her departing figure.

“Captain Wu, let’s go have lunch together?” Little Cao asked, walking over at this moment.

The subversion of the case made Little Cao, who had been involved in it, feel a sense of vicarious pride.

“Uh, never mind, I have something to do,” Old Zhang declined.

“Something to do? Oh, I get it. You must be having lunch with Officer Chen, right? I heard Officer Chen is still single.”

“Are you very idle? There’s nothing like that.”

“Hmm? Isn’t there? I’ve seen Captain Wu’s resume. I remember you and Officer Chen were classmates at the police academy and were initially assigned to the same police station. You’re old acquaintances; it’s normal to have a meal together.

“Don’t worry, we won’t gossip. If Captain Wu, you can win over such a powerful female superior, we’ll feel honored too.”

Old Zhang thought to himself that this was bad.

He and that woman were classmates? And had been colleagues at the grassroots level?

Thinking again of the woman’s incisive presentation of the case on the stage and her scrutinizing gaze just now, would he be discovered?

Zhang Yanfeng had spent a great deal of effort familiarizing himself with and understanding this body’s life, but how could he remember such obscure things as old classmates and old colleagues?

Waving his hand to shoo away the gossipy Little Cao, Old Zhang walked to the parking lot and got into the car.

After starting the car, Old Zhang calmed down instead.

What was the big deal? He hadn’t done anything wrong, and this DNA and these fingerprints could be verified to prove that he was the current Captain Wu!

“Ah, xi ba.”

Old Zhang threw the cigarette in his hand away. Forget it, he should go back to the bookstore first and tell them about this.

………………

“What? Lao Dao might have the charges against him dropped?”

Zhou Ze, sitting on the sofa, seemed very surprised.

The bookstore had been so busy trying to save Lao Dao, but in the end, the plot had taken a sudden turn.

Thinking about it like that, he suddenly felt cheated.

In any case, Lao Dao wouldn’t die.

But now, after all this trouble, not only wouldn’t Lao Dao die, but he would likely be able to openly go out and continue comforting his fallen women in the future.

“In any case, it’s a good thing, right?” Lawyer An smiled, pointing at Yingying beside him, and said, “Yingying, there are still tens of thousands of yuan in that card. Take it and buy some more coffee. Remember, the same flavor as last time.

“Don’t try to fool me with inferior stuff!”

Yingying took the bank card and nodded very seriously.

At this moment, a fluffy white thing crawled out from under Zhou Ze’s feet and jumped into Zhou Ze’s arms very ingratiatingly, gently rubbing its head against Zhou Ze’s chest, and sticking out its tongue to lick him.

Zhou Ze grabbed the white fox’s neck and asked:

“Why is this foxy minx back again?”

Damn it, it was so good at flirting as just a fox. Once it turned back into a human, the average man, except for him, who could stand it?

“Wang Ke is back, so she came back with her,” Lawyer An explained.

The fox looked at Zhou Ze charmingly, with a look of pleading on its face.

She seemed to know some rumors, so this time she was particularly eager to please Zhou Ze.

In fact, after she returned with Wang Ke, she knew when she saw the monkey in the bookstore that the monkey had been supplementing a lot during her absence!

They were all demons; it wasn't fair to favor one over the other like that!

“Did you send your sauerkraut back to hell?” Zhou Ze asked.

“It’s Cuihua.”

“Yes, did you send her down?”

“Not yet, aren’t we waiting for her?” Lawyer An pointed at the white fox Zhou Ze was holding.

The white fox glanced at Lawyer An in a very flattering manner.

Lawyer An returned a knowing look, like an experienced driver.

In Zhou Ze’s opinion, these shameless dogs had reached an extremely dirty transaction through just one look!

“I think the furry look is better, more unique. Turning back into a human is less special.”

The white fox looked at Zhou Ze in horror.

For them demons, cultivation was already difficult. Being reduced to their original form was a great torment and pain, like a rich man suddenly becoming destitute and having to beg for food. This huge sense of loss was enough to drive someone crazy.

Then, Zhou Ze smiled again, put the white fox on the coffee table, and pointed at Lawyer An:

“Go find Cuihua and take care of it.”

Lawyer An nodded, picked up the white fox, and went upstairs.

Zhou Ze picked up his teacup, took a sip, and asked Bai Yingying beside him, "Where's Old Zhang? Wasn't he just here?"

"He seemed to have received a call and went out again."

"He's really busy."

Zhou Ze took out a cigarette, and Bai Yingying immediately helped him light it.

"Boss, many people say that smoking is bad for your health."

"So, what do you want to say?"

"Yingying will buy you more expensive cigarettes."

"Okay, good."

"Boss, Boss!!!"

At this moment, a huge figure ran past the glass window, the heavy shaking, the unfathomable cleavage, brought not a dazzling beauty, but a kind of fearful panic.

"Bang!"

The door of the bookstore was pushed open, and Fangfang, a mountain of flesh, stood at the door.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Ze asked.

Fangfang was wearing black stockings under her generous white nurse uniform today, a scene that was a bit hard on the eyes.

"Boss, a patient fainted on Pedestrian Street. The security guards nearby sent them to our pharmacy."

"Fainted, heatstroke?"

"Looks like it."

"Then give them some Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid and an IV drip of saline."

Zhou Ze was a little strange. Wasn't there also two small doctors arranged in the pharmacy? Although their level was not very good, otherwise they would not be willing to take a slightly higher salary and run to this pharmacy to "retire in advance," but they should have no problem dealing with this little thing, so why was Fangfang so flustered?

"No, no." Fangfang shook her head and continued, "When doing an examination for that patient, it was discovered that the patient, the patient had many injuries on their body."

"Construction workers nearby?" Zhou Ze asked.

It was normal for construction workers to have injuries on their bodies. Many people had bruises all over their bodies after a project, so they said they were earning their hard-earned money.

"No... No!"

Fangfang continued to shake her head, finally calming down and shouting:

"It's a child, an eight-year-old girl!"

…………

When Zhou Ze saw this little girl, he was initially attracted by the little girl's exquisite appearance, not the so-called nonsense of "three years minimum, a death sentence is worth it."

But simply a kind of closeness to a cute little girl.

However, when Zhou Ze signaled the two doctors to step aside a little, and he opened the girl's coat, what he saw were the girl's appalling wounds.

Bruises all over, cigarette burns, boiling water burns, sharp weapon cuts, and even needle and thread piercing remnants.

It was clearly an angelic face, but hidden under the clothes, it was a shocking darkness.

"Boss, touch here." A doctor reminded Zhou Ze to touch the girl's arm.

Zhou Ze reached out and touched it, his expression suddenly changing.

"Flashlight."

The doctor next to him immediately brought the flashlight.

Carefully shining the flashlight, under the girl's arm skin, there were needles hidden!

It was the kind of small needle used at home.

Zhou Ze signaled the nurse who was as thin as a pole to help him change his clothes, and said:

"Let's do an operation first to treat the girl's wounds and take out the needles. Also, tell Fangfang to call the police and look for her family."

The clothes worn by this girl were all brand names, she should not be a trafficked child. This most likely involved family abuse.

When Zhou Ze was a doctor in his previous life, he had received an emergency, a little boy was sent to the hospital with four or five stab wounds. The rescue was ineffective, and the child still passed away. After leaving the operating room, Zhou Ze heard his colleagues talking about the incident, and Zhou Ze realized that the murderer who stabbed the child was none other than the child's mother.

The mother later went to a mental hospital.

The operation was not difficult. Zhou Ze was responsible for removing the needles, and the other two doctors were responsible for treating the other wounds, so no anesthesia was injected.

Eight needles were taken out of both arms.

Taking out the last needle, Zhou Ze just looked up, ready to drink a glass of water, when he suddenly found that the child had already woken up at some unknown time.

Opening her eyes, looking at him.

"It's okay, the needles have been taken out."

Zhou Ze gave the child a smile.

The girl turned her head away, answering in a very numb voice:

"Dad will put them back in again."