when the moon whispers

Chapter 514: Rose-Seized (Part )

Case Seven Rose
19. Capture (Part 2)

A lamppost has fallen down at the garage entrance of Shengcheng International Waterfront Mansion.

The lamppost's "death" was rather tragic. It was almost completely broken at the height of the car's front bumper. The broken cross-section scraped the car's flashy paint. Fragments of the chassis and headlights were scattered in a mess beside the curbstones and speed bumps. The property security guard was standing in front of the mess with some embarrassment. He raised his arm to look at his watch and then glanced at the road. With a sad face, he endured the harsh criticism from his leader on the intercom in the courtyard for his lack of experience in handling emergencies, and waited for the insurance company's belated damage assessment quotation.

Luo Shi is considered a half-owner in Waterfront Mansion. All the girls his father keeps outside are basically kept in such a decent birdcage. Although the old man is a bit flashy, he is a very kind-hearted person. The deeds of several large river-view flats are all on Luo Shi's mind. He hopes that Luo Shi will not extend his dirty and dishonest hands to anything related to ethics and morality. This little bit of backup property is enough for Luo Shi to squander for ten or twenty years.

After half a month, Luo drove the car into the parking lot. He looked at the familiar license plates on the familiar parking spaces. He turned around and saw Liang Ming's flashy sports car with half of its bumper drooping. He slowly wiped the steering wheel and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He parked the car crookedly in front of the elevator door with a bottle of Macallan in his hand, and threw the car keys to the security guard who was waiting in the underground parking lot to welcome the owner home. Before he could touch the elevator button with his fingertips, the security guard holding the car keys hurriedly hunched over and came half a meter to Luo Shi's side, bowing so much that his head was almost buried in Luo Shi's arms: "...Sir, that...we have been trying to improve the environment of the park and ensure the property safety of the owners recently, so we have to trouble you to register--"

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"I was totally confused at the time. I've never been stopped to register in this park before... I turned around and saw that the security guard was indeed a stranger. However, the property management's on-the-job training is not up to standard. I have to complain to you. In the future, everyone who comes in and out has to call me Mr. Luo..."

Luo Shi walked to Liang Ming's wine cabinet in slippers with ease, lifted his foot to push away the empty wine bottles on the marble floor, scooped up two wine glasses and handed them to Liang Ming, who was looking at the bruises on his forehead in front of the mirror. "The extra checkpoints, checkpoints and registrations were all caused by those policemen, right? Or it must be Mr. Liang, who placed a few leaders' relatives in the community. The walls and tiles are like a copper wall and an iron wall. Flies that are afraid of the wind can't fly in, and sparrows that chirp can't fly out. The police can only worry outside, trying every way to get the news in this yard... Now you don't have a driver's license or freedom, and you dare to drive out?"

Luo Shi leaned against the French window, looking down at the police vehicles parked by the river. They looked a little shabby in this land of high value. "They were watching you so closely, how could you drive two miles? When I first came, I saw the property management waiting to deal with the accident... Did you crash into the garage door? Did the traffic police really notice you?"

"Fuck it, I'm being treated the same as someone on bail. One minute they can find an airport or a port, and the next they can put a serious arrest warrant on my face."

Liang Ming snorted coldly, gently touched the swelling on his forehead, and hissed, "What can I do if the traffic police target me? At most, I'll be locked up for a few days. Anyway, it's not much different from being in jail now... The car is almost growing hair in the basement. I just wanted to drive it out to get some fresh air, but the police downstairs were afraid that I would really cause trouble and be detained by the traffic police, so they circled around and blocked me back to the garage door... This collision - half of it was an accident, and the rest is a once in a million chance... I hope it will be useful."

When Liang Ming wasn't drunk, he would occasionally say something heartfelt, but Luo Shi didn't quite understand. He swung the glass and drank it in one gulp before he realized it and raised his eyelids belatedly: "Are you still thinking about Officer Jiang?"

"Who else should I be thinking about? That Wen Chen? He still thinks that Zhang Yibai's death has something to do with me... Who else? Gu Xing? I can't outwit that old bastard if I really compete with him." Liang Ming put down his wine glass and picked up the bottle. He poured 80% of the wine into Luo Shi's glass first, then turned around and threw himself on the sofa. He took a sip directly from the bottle. "The matter of Shengcheng Jisu won't be delayed for long. As long as the clues can be definitely pointed at me, Wen Chen will be the first to shoot me. With Zhang Yibai's matter ahead, I guess Gu Xing won't tolerate me for long. It's better to put my hope on Officer Jiang. Maybe at the critical moment, she can leave me alive."

Luo Shi frowned in confusion: "When you asked me to tell you how to contact her, I didn't quite understand. Not to mention what your case has to do with her, she's just a small-time detective who can't even make a decision. What's the point of contacting her?"

"She and Liang Ji don't get along. She's the best person to use as a scapegoat before she dies."

Liang Ming chuckled, shook the bottle and pointed it at Luo Shi from a distance, then looked at his frowning face as he tilted his head, "…What? Are you still reluctant to part with it?"

"...She is pretty, but it's a pity." Luo Shi raised the corner of his mouth stiffly, and hesitated for a few seconds before responding to Liang Ming's gesture of clinking glasses in the air. "But this Jiang Mo, I secretly passed so much information to her before, but it all went to waste. She didn't respond. The anti-drug operation now has nothing to do with her——"

"You're hanging around outside all day, but you're not as well-informed as someone like me who can only use a satellite phone."

Liang Ming turned over and lay on the back of the sofa, sneering fiercely: "The traitor has been caught. Hong Xinyu... After Fengxi and Bazhuang conducted a thorough investigation, he tried every means to retreat, and still wanted to make a fortune in silence... No way!"

"What a surprise! A Cheng Yaojin shows up halfway through..."

Luo Shi chewed his back teeth and slowly figured it out. "Is the woman who always went to him to sell her body and get goods missing or dead? I remember hearing from someone that the criminal investigation department took over the case. Is this related to Liang Ji?"

"What do you think? Hong Xinyu was very cautious. He didn't get involved in anything until now, and was only held down by the police. The goods that came out of his hands must be not that simple. He went to the Shanqian Bar as usual, but the interval between the goods was more than twice as long as before for the same amount of goods. I guess he is probably dealing in some mixed stuff. He pretended to protect me, but dared to act against the wind. I don't believe it has nothing to do with Liang Ji."

Liang Ming snorted lightly, took a big gulp of the liquor, turned around and smashed the crystal bottle away.

"He wanted to use Sheng Chengji to strangle me to death... He didn't even see what a clean place his shabby hospital is."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
“Knowing that there is no impermanence and no self, one is liberated.”