"This is my parents' room!"
Guan Hongyu, blocking the door to his parents' room, looked grim and sharp-eyed at Zhou Dong and Niu Qiuling in front of him, saying coldly, "I don't want you to go in and rummage through their things. I hope Team Zhou can understand."
Zhou Dong and Niu Qiuling exchanged glances. Since he had said that, they couldn't force their way in. After all, they were here to question Guan Hongyu, and they didn't have the authority to trespass into someone's room unless they had a search warrant approved by their superiors.
"Mr. Guan, we've learned what we needed to know. We'll be going now," Zhou Dong said with a smile to Guan Hongyu, preparing to leave.
"But Team Zhou, inside..."
However, Niu Qiuling still wanted to see what was inside Guan Hongyu's parents' room. But Zhou Dong grabbed her, shot her a glare, and then smiled at Guan Hongyu, "We're leaving now."
With that, Zhou Dong pulled Niu Qiuling and the other two police officers, turning to head outside. Guan Hongyu said nothing, seeing them out of the house. Zhou Dong nodded and smiled at him, "Sorry, Mr. Guan, you don't need to see us out."
But Guan Hongyu wasn't seeing them out; he slammed the door shut fiercely, leaving Zhou Dong stunned. Niu Qiuling, standing beside him, pointed at the door and said, "Team Zhou, I'm sure this guy has something going on. He..."
"Let's go, we'll talk about it downstairs."
Zhou Dong immediately pulled the girl along, and the other two followed them downstairs and back into the car. Niu Qiuling said, "Team Zhou, why don't we go back and apply for a search warrant to search Guan Hongyu's house? I think he definitely has a problem!"
"I think he has a problem too."
The two police officers sitting in the back also nodded. One named Wu Lei raised an eyebrow and said, "His house is too strange. It's not hot today, but they have the air conditioning on so cold. Moreover, I observed that the air conditioning in their living room is just a regular one. Even at its maximum setting, it wouldn't produce such a cold temperature. It was bone-chillingly cold in his house, giving me a creepy feeling!"
"You felt that too?"
Another officer named Huang Yongxin, sitting next to Wu Lei, also said excitedly, "I felt a pervasive chill in his house, like there's something there!"
"Especially that room!"
Niu Qiuling's eyes widened. "I stood in front of that room door, and I could feel the cold air emanating from inside, which made my hair stand on end."
"I'm certain that Guan Hongyu must have some unspeakable secret, or even something he shouldn't have hidden in that room. Otherwise, his reaction wouldn't have been so extreme!"
Zhou Dong raised an eyebrow, nodding in agreement with Niu Qiuling and the others, because Guan Hongyu's reaction earlier had indeed been too strong.
"Let's not rush this. We'll go back and find a couple of people to keep an eye on Guan Hongyu and observe his every move during this period," Zhou Dong said.
"Alright."
Niu Qiuling nodded, then huffed, "Later, I'll definitely find that guy Wan Yunting and ask him clearly what his classmate does..."
"Qiuling, don't tell Yun Ting about this for now."
Zhou Dong immediately dismissed Niu Qiuling's idea. "We haven't found anything on him yet regarding the Zhao Fuyang and Fei Xiang cases. So, if you go asking Yun Ting about Guan Hongyu, it might put him in a difficult position!"
"I'll just ask him."
Niu Qiuling was dismissive, but Zhou Dong waved his hand. "We should tell Yun Ting only after we find some clues from Guan Hongyu. By the way, Wu Lei, go investigate Guan Hongyu's information and how his parents died!"
"Okay, we'll investigate later." Wu Lei, sitting in the back, nodded.
Zhou Dong raised an eyebrow, recalling what Wan Yunting had said earlier about merging the cases of Zhao Fuyang and Fei Xiang with the disappearance of the Tian Guofu family for investigation. So, he planned to try and see if there was any connection between the two...
Meanwhile, on the other side, Wan Yunting was already training at the gymnasium with Luo Zhixiang and Zhou Mian.
They were scheduled to play a match against a professional team from Wanguan City starting at 7:30 PM. Spectators would also be present, as it was a professional match, which made Wan Yunting a little excited. After all, during his college days, he had dreamed of one day playing professional matches.
The afternoon training was relaxed, without any high-intensity drills. Moreover, Wan Yunting and Luo Zhixiang had already developed excellent chemistry in their coordination, so there was no need to waste energy now. Feng Biao was standing in front of a small blackboard, analyzing the information of the Wanguan players for Wan Yunting and the others.
"The starting lineup for Wanguan City this time includes Wang Feng, Lin Jianghua, and Wu Chuanjiang, Zhang Qingshan, as well as their newly recruited young player Song Hui, who will be playing as a small forward tonight. His strength should not be underestimated, so we might have a tough game tonight."
Feng Biao looked at Luo Zhixiang, Zhou Mian, Zhu Li, Cao Jinghua, and Yang Zaiyu, who were the five players starting the game tonight.
As for Wan Yunting, he was a foreign aid player for the team and would be participating as a substitute. Whether he would play depended on the situation during the game.
"Don't worry, Coach Feng. With Brother Wan here, it won't be a tough game,"
Zhou Mian gestured to Wan Yunting sitting beside him. Luo Zhixiang and the others also smiled and nodded in agreement. With Wan Yunting's addition, they had immense confidence in winning against Wanguan City's professional basketball team.
Feng Biao and Zhang Ying also smiled and nodded at Wan Yunting. Wan Yunting indeed boosted everyone's confidence. "However, everyone must not let their guard down and must take this game seriously. Remember, Wanguan City is the strongest team in our Lingnan region."
"Even nationally, they are ranked third among strong opponents. So, only by defeating the Wanguan City professional team tonight can we strive for a spot in the national professional league!"
"Understood..."
Luo Zhixiang, Zhou Mian, and the others put away their arrogant attitudes, all getting ready to face the challenge.
"It's getting late. Let's have dinner first."
Zhang Ying, standing nearby, saw that it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. Feng Biao nodded, "Let's go eat. After eating, we'll come back to prepare. The Wanguan City professional team will arrive at 7 PM."
Wan Yunting and Luo Zhixiang nodded, and all of them got up to leave the conference room with Feng Biao and Zhang Ying. As they walked towards the gymnasium, they saw many people setting up the venue for tonight's match, as well as advertising signs.
Even the television crew from the local sports channel had arrived early to set up their equipment. The person in charge of the gymnasium was directing the work. Seeing Feng Biao leading the players out with Wan Yunting, he immediately went up to them, "Old Feng, dinner is ready. You guys should go eat quickly."
"Okay."
Feng Biao nodded to his friend Xiang Yingwei. Luo Zhixiang and Zhou Mian and the others all said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiang..."
"Good luck tonight, beat the Wanguan City professional team."
Xiang Yingwei smiled and cheered them on. When he saw Wan Yunting, he was slightly surprised, "Mr. Wan, how, how are you here?"
Wan Yunting naturally didn't know Xiang Yingwei, but the latter recognized him.
Xiang Yingwei had been present at the reception hosted by Chaoting Group last time, but he could only watch Wan Yunting from afar and didn't have the status to toast him or anything.
"Old Feng, don't tell me the foreign aid player you invited is Mr. Wan?" Xiang Yingwei asked with wide eyes, in disbelief.
"Yes." Feng Biao smiled and nodded.
"What, you..."
Xiang Yingwei was shocked. Feng Biao had told him earlier that he had invited a foreign aid player to the team, but he never expected that the player Feng Biao had invited would be the anti-drug hero of Huadu City, and a prominent figure who stood on equal footing with business magnates like Kang Hongwen. How could this not shock Xiang Yingwei and make him find it hard to believe?
"I'll take them to eat first, and I'll tell you about this later."
Feng Biao smiled, patted the stunned Xiang Yingwei on the shoulder, and then took Wan Yunting and the others out to eat.
Wan Yunting also politely nodded to Xiang Yingwei and went out with Cao Jinghua and the others to eat at a restaurant next to the gymnasium. Since they had a match tonight, they had to have dinner early...