Chapter 1194: Chapter 346: The Special Case Team Is Shocked
The criminal Director Pang and the lazy Gu Qing, two birds of a feather, had been spending the last couple of days going out for drinks and shows, then stumbling back to the hotel drunk, living quite the unrestrained life.
Seeing Lan Bing and his partner still hard at work, they exchanged a glance and shook their heads slightly...
In fact, they weren’t intentionally slacking off; it’s just that the case had reached a stalemate. They needed Fang Ze, their superior, to give them a definitive direction: continue the investigation, give up, or change approach — rather than each of them persisting in their own way.
This could not only convey the wrong message to the Venerable of the Peace Faction, who was paying close attention to the case, but could also place a psychological burden on Fang Ze to make a decision.
Especially since Fang Ze hadn’t appeared at the Special Case Team for two days now, with no one knowing where he was, taking matters into their own hands wasn’t the right choice.
In private discussions, they both agreed that the case might end with just catching some small fry.
Of course, this was Gu Qing and Director Pang’s personal opinion. Lan Bing and Wen Long weren’t thinking as much; they were still working simply because they had developed efficient and good habits in solving cases at the Xida State Security Bureau...
Inside the Special Case Team.
Wu Hu handed two pieces of material to Lan Bing, "Director, this is the testimony and video records of the interrogation of Prisoner No. 67 from earlier. There’s nothing particularly noteworthy, but you might want to take a look and archive them."
"Okay." Lan Bing reached out, took them, and began a detailed review.
Director Pang blinked, "Old Gu, where should we go for a drink tonight? I heard you just found a new spot? Take me there to check it out?"
Gu Qing yawned, "Sure, no problem. Let me tell you, Central State is really different from our Eastern Administrative Region."
Director Pang asked curiously, "How different?"
Gu Qing said assertively, "Expensive! What it costs to have a drink in Central Province would let me party for five nights in Emerald City; it’s outright price gouging!"
"Hello? Dad. You’re in Central State? Oh, okay. I’ll come find you after work." Bai Ling was holding a communication device, talking on the phone with her father.
At this time, while everyone was busy with their tasks in the meeting room.
Suddenly, the door to the meeting room was pushed open from the outside.
The people, engrossed in their work, turned their heads toward the door, and they saw Fang Ze, who had been missing for over two days, standing at the entrance.
Beside him stood a girl in a black cloak, petite in stature.
Seeing Fang Ze, everyone quickly put down what they were doing and greeted him.
After the greeting, the curious Bai Ling, who was most familiar with Fang Ze, stood up, tilted her head, and asked, "Fang Ze, where have you been these past two days? Everyone’s been waiting for you."
Hearing Bai Ling’s question, everyone turned to look at Fang Ze.
Fang Ze was the backbone of the entire Special Case Team; part of the reason for their recent slackness was not only the case coming to a dead end but also because their linchpin, Fang Ze, wasn’t around. So, everyone was curious about Fang Ze’s whereabouts during this critical time.
At this moment, hearing Bai Ling’s words, Fang Ze smiled and explained, "Our case was stuck, right?"
"So, I went to find someone to help."
"Find someone?" Hearing Fang Ze’s words, Gu Qing yawned and lazily asked, "A detective expert? This person here?"
At this, his drowsy eyes fell on the girl beside Fang Ze, whose body was completely hidden under the cloak.
Hearing him, Fang Ze shook his head lightly and said, "With the problems we’re facing in this case, no detective expert can make any difference, right?"
Fang Ze’s words made everyone nod in agreement.
Then they heard Fang Ze continue, "So, after thinking it through, I directly brought back the suspect of our case."
Saying this, Fang Ze reached out and removed the cloak from the Venerable Moon Rabbit.
As the cloak was taken off, the innocent-looking face of the Venerable Moon Rabbit appeared before everyone.
These past few days, the Venerable Moon Rabbit, being the top suspect of the Special Case Team, had her portrait repeatedly scrutinized by everyone.
So in an instant, everyone confirmed the identity of the girl in front of them.
At that moment, even the lazy Gu Qing jumped out of his chair in shock, staring wide-eyed at the Venerable Moon Rabbit.
As for the others, it was needless to say.
All at once, everyone in the office stood up, looking in disbelief at the Venerable Moon Rabbit and Fang Ze.
Apparently, even after considering countless ways to solve the impasse, "bringing the Venerable Moon Rabbit to the Special Case Team for investigation" had never crossed their minds.
That’s a Venerable! Can they be casually investigated?
This is terrifying!
At this moment, Director Pang, seemingly misunderstanding something, showed a look of sudden realization, then glanced around and tried to justify it for Fang Ze, "Don’t misunderstand. Since the Venerable Moon Rabbit came here with the officer, we must have been investigating in the wrong direction."
Hearing Director Pang’s words, the attendees also came to a realization.
Yes, the Venerable Moon Rabbit could be here not to be investigated, but to clear her "name" and vindicate herself.