when the moon whispers

Chapter 550: Rose-Parking Lot (Part )

Case Seven Rose
Parking lot No. 37 (lower)
It was probably the thick smoke from the two explosions two days ago that had been burning for most of the night, or it could be because there had been no cold or warm air currents moving back and forth in the past few days, making it so stuffy that even wind was rare. The gloomy sky in the evening was so foggy that it seemed as if covered by a layer of haze, and there was a dry, burnt earthy smell floating in the air, which poured into the car through the half-open window.

After the manhole corpse case, Bazhuang and Qijia villages were successively investigated and overturned because of their close collusion with Fengxi drug-related gangs. The already sparse permanent population around the towns lost one third to other provinces and cities in just over a month.

The Bazhuang branch and the local police station were thoroughly torn apart from inside to outside by the inspectors dispatched by the city, and even the local forces of people with the same surname who had been "rampant in the village" for many years were uprooted and crushed into a pile of soil that scattered with the wind.

The evil and crooked atmosphere had mostly dissipated, and there were very few young people left in the villages and towns. The market in Bazhuang Village was also deserted for several months. It was not until the beginning of spring that the nearby farmland and hills began to bloom and became lively. The leaders in the town who had planned to face the difficulties and create glory again were discouraged for more than three months. Finally, they saw some hope. They sat on pins and needles and racked their brains for several nights to think about this piece of land that could not produce results. In the end, they remembered the eternal teaching of "to get rich, you must first build roads". They hurriedly picked up the road construction and investment promotion project that had been abandoned a few years ago. They worked on the main road in Bazhuang for almost two months, and dug up the unsealed and unblocked slag on both sides of the road.

The construction vehicles for road construction and expansion were blocked by metal plates on both sides of the road, and the construction materials were almost piled up in the residential land that had not been demolished on the roadside. The curbstones were propped up on the steps of the few scattered shops on the roadside, making full use of the one and a half acres of land that could be used for road development and construction.

"This road has been built all the way to the development zone... Why is Hongjie's restaurant closing so early?"

Jiang Mo held the steering wheel and drove slowly along the main road that had been dug up and not filled. He frowned unconsciously at the dust in front of him. He rolled up the window and looked at the Hongjie Restaurant that had closed long ago due to lack of business. He squinted his eyes and thought of Li Yanhong without thinking. When he looked away, he glanced at Shao Jie's angry face. He raised his eyebrows silently and asked a question knowingly: "Is the shortcut ahead... under construction?"

Shao Jie snorted with a tense expression, holding his phone and acting as a human navigator dutifully. However, his face was still gloomy, clearly showing that he was not very happy about this trip: "The navigation reminds me that the road is closed due to construction. Don't take the shortcut to the left. Just drive forward and go around the national highway first."

Jiang Mo nodded, blinked, turned his head and looked at Shao Jie for two seconds, and smiled lightly when he was brought back to the right path by Shao Jie's scratching on his head, "...Can you let me die with understanding? Why are you still angry?"

"Shut up." Shao Jie was so shocked that he almost sewed Jiang Mo's mouth shut. He turned his head and said "Pooh" twice for her. Then he raised his eyes and looked at her rolling eyes. He couldn't get angry anymore. He squinted at Jiang Mo's raised expression and said, "Okay, you've made progress. You know I'm angry."

"I'm a policeman after all, so I have some ability to read people's expressions." Jiang Mo looked at the sand truck being dismantled in front of the road, steadied the steering wheel and slowed down the car, "I didn't sneak out without telling you this time."

"You think it makes sense to take me along as an accomplice?" Shao Jie sighed with self-awareness. "Taking me along is just a matter of knowing or not. The last time I drove here with you... you didn't remember the bloody incident at all."

"Didn't we catch someone in the charred corpse case at that time... I..." Jiang Mo calmly dug up the matter that she had almost forgotten about, and argued with her eyes: "Besides, can it be the same whether it was brought along or not?!"

"It would be fine if the case was still under investigation... Liang Ming is now a nobody, and just based on his words, he ran off to this remote mountain village without even a case..."

Shao Jie glanced at the jacket Jiang Mo put under the seat belt to prevent collision with a grudge, "Your injuries are so painful that even fastening the seat belt hurts so much, I drove and asked you to sit in the back seat but you refused-" "You drive... I'm not sure what time we can get back to the hospital, I don't want to be blocked at the door of the ward by the great Director Shao and Doctor Yu and be criticized. Besides..." Jiang Mo didn't mention the reminder that Gu Xing left for her that day, and turned around and muttered seriously, "I'm just reckless, but I cherish my life."

"…That makes sense." Shao Jie wrinkled his nose without being able to refute. His temper, which had been suppressed by her injuries, finally came out. "You just take advantage of the fact that I like you."

"Of course." Jiang Mo raised his eyebrows, wiped the steering wheel, and finally drove the car around to the national highway. "I'll do whatever you tell me to do later, and follow the leader's instructions in all actions. Do you think that's okay?"

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The terrain of the valley near the back valley of Bazhuang is low, and the Jianghua scrap car dismantling factory is almost stuck in the lowest valley. When investigating the fake license plate cars near the back alley of the mountain front bar, the road surface paved with several iron plates was also dug out by the road construction, and deep and shallow puddles were formed one after another. The water on the road surface that was flooded by thunder and rain from time to time a while ago has not dried up yet. The muddy road surface from the passing cars was stuck by the wheels, and it was almost half a mile back and forth.

On the ramp leading to the dismantling plant, there was a narrow trench for buried pipes. Jiang Mo couldn't drive in, so he had to pick a small intersection that wasn't too in the way and parked the car temporarily. He looked up at the bad road that was only about 100 to 200 meters away from the metal gate of the dismantling plant, and dragged Shao Jie, who was a little disgusted, and walked over on the messy road.

The dismantling plant was sealed off for some time because of a case of refurbishing scrapped car parts. The seal on the plant was faded a little by the wind, rain and sun due to unpaid fines, and it fell off at the slightest touch and floated on the iron gate.

The welded iron gate was locked, but the chain was loose, and the gap between the two door panels was big enough for nearly a person and a half to squeeze through.

Jiang Mo reached out and grabbed Shao Jie, who volunteered to "charge into battle" first, and looked down at the pits of varying sizes near the iron gate that looked like muddy and dry footprints. He bent down with some difficulty and reached out his hand to feel the wet and soft surface that had not yet completely dried out and had regained moisture. Then he raised his head and glanced in the direction of the surveillance camera mounted just above the gatepost, and immediately lowered his voice.

"Someone has sneaked in...it's possible that they have just been here for a short time."

Jiang Mo stood up on his knees, took out the handcuffs from his pocket and held them in his palms, turned his head to signal Shao Jie to step back, threw the car keys to him, raised his chin and tapped on his phone.

"Prepare the emergency number in advance. If there is any unexpected situation, you should get out as soon as I shout."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
"Let the sea and sky be vast, and let me fly through it."