Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 539 Run?
It was around eleven o'clock at night on the 14th, in the Wuxuan District Government Staff Quarters.

Du Zhengyi, who had already gone to bed, tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. In order not to disturb his wife, he quietly got up and went to the study, without turning on the light, and sat behind the desk in the dark.

He lit himself a cigarette, drew aside the study curtains, and sat there looking out the window.

His right eyelid had been twitching from time to time since noon, making him feel upset.

In the afternoon, he used the public phone outside the post office and tried to contact Rouhuai.

But maybe it was because today was the weekend or something, he couldn't contact any of the people he wanted to contact.

This made the ominous premonition in his heart become more serious.

Then, he thought of the other side of the arrangement, Jiang Yong's side.

I don’t know whether the guy named Jiang has carried out the actions according to the original plan.

He has the leverage over that kid. Once this leverage falls into the hands of the police, it will be enough to make Jiang a target twice.

Therefore, in order to survive, Jiang Yong had to listen to Du Zhengyi.

After he came back last year, he started a half-open door business and gave most of the money he earned to Du Zhengyi.

Mr. Du didn't know whether the path he had taken was right or not. When he learned that his team in Rouhuai had been wiped out by the newly appointed deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he no longer had time to consider anything else.

However, after sitting here late at night and thinking carefully, he suddenly regretted his action.

We should think of other ways to solve the problem instead of creating a new one.

Doing so will only let others know that the situation in Rouhuai is very serious, and they will put more energy into investigating it.

But now that it has happened, how can we remedy it?
Du Zhengyi sighed a little irritably and raised his right hand to scratch his hair twice.

He didn't know that not long after he left in the morning, Jiang Yong took the initiative to give up executing the order.

It’s a pity that he couldn’t escape and was caught in the mountain house.

Not only was he arrested, but he also confessed everything he had done over the years, including, of course, the illegal and disorderly things he had done for Du Zhengyi.

The reason why we were able to keep it secret this time was that after we learned about the incident yesterday, we became more vigilant towards the Wuxuan Branch, and no big noise was made there today, otherwise, the news of Jiang Yong's arrest would have spread long ago.

If that were the case, Du Zhengyi would have no chance of staying here any longer and would have been in big trouble.

He thought of his old leader again. Mr. Du knew very well that if his old leader was willing to help him, he could basically get through this hurdle.

But the problem was, he knew his old leader very well and there was no way he could help him in this matter.

Moreover, if the old leader knew what he had done, let alone helping him, it would be considered a good thing if he didn't punish him directly.

Du Zhengyi sat in his home, unable to sleep due to worry. Several police officers from the Criminal Investigation Team who were responsible for keeping an eye on him could not even sleep.

The Wuxuan District Government Staff Quarters has two gates, front and back. The police officers responsible for surveillance were divided into two groups. Fortunately, the temperature at night was not low, and they felt quite comfortable sitting in the car, but they were constantly bothered by the sleepiness.

There was no other way, they could only smoke non-stop to stay awake.

"Hurry up and smoke. It's only a little after eleven. Don't finish your cigarettes too early, or you'll have a hard time in the second half of the night."

The old policeman sitting in the driver's seat turned his head to look at the young man sitting in the passenger seat and gave some helpless instructions.

The young police officer sitting in the passenger seat is a veteran. He was assigned here at the beginning of this year and this is his first time to participate in this kind of surveillance work.

When the initial novelty wears off, all that's left is boredom.

From around ten o'clock, the young police officer began to smoke non-stop, almost one cigarette after another. In his own words, he had to smoke. He usually went to bed around nine o'clock. Even when he was on duty, he would just sleep in the dormitory if there was nothing to do.

Today, I couldn’t hold on any longer after my usual bedtime and could only rely on cigarettes to keep me awake.

There is no problem with smoking, the key is that he has no experience. The most difficult time is not now, but when it is almost dawn. He smokes a lot now, and if he runs out of cigarettes at the most difficult time, it will be really uncomfortable.

"Brother Guo, we already got the confession, can't we just arrest him? Why do we have to wait there?"

The young police officer was very confused about today's surveillance and surveillance mission. In previous cases, as long as they got the confession of the witness or accomplice, they would definitely take them back directly, unless they couldn't find the person.

"Du Zhengyi is someone we can't just take away whenever we want. According to normal procedures, we are not allowed to follow him today.

This is because Director Li gave the order, otherwise who would dare to do this."

"According to the confessions given by those people, Du has indeed committed a crime, and his guilt is not light. Why can't we take him back for investigation based on his confession?"

"It's mainly because of Du Zhengyi's identity. He is not just..."

Taking this opportunity, the veteran police officer explained to the young police officer why Du Zhengyi could not be taken away directly.

"There is such a thing!" The young police officer seemed very surprised after hearing it.

"Brother Guo, what if they don't approve it? Are we just going to watch him get away with it?"

"The situation you are talking about basically won't happen."

The old police officer waved his hand and said, "Applications that can be submitted usually have sufficient witness testimonies and evidence. After seeing them, the leaders will organize people from relevant departments to discuss. If they are rejected, there is only one possibility, that is, the evidence is not sufficient, or there are other doubts."

At this point, the old police officer paused, thought for a moment and then continued, "Besides, we still have Director Li. The application submitted by Director Li will definitely be treated seriously by those people."

The sentence he added later successfully piqued the interest of the young police officer.

"Brother Guo, what do you mean by this? Shouldn't the application be submitted in the name of the bureau? What does it have to do with Director Li? Director Li is at most the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation. He has Director Dai and Director Gao above him."

"Haha, Xiao Dong, how old is our Director Li this year?"

The veteran police officer did not answer Xiao Dong's question, but instead asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"Uh……"

His sudden question made the young police officer stunned for a moment before he answered: "Our Director Li does look quite young, about thirty years old?"

After Xiao Dong said this age, he suddenly showed a look of enlightenment on his face: "I understand what you mean, Brother Guo, you mean that it is because our Director Li is young and has a bright future that those people have to give him face, right?"

"What the hell is going on!" The old police officer shook his head and laughed, "Xiao Dong, don't talk nonsense like this in front of others."

"Uh..." Seeing the old police officer say this, Xiao Dong couldn't help but smile a little embarrassedly: "Haha, Brother Guo, why is that?"

"First of all, Director Li is not as young as you say. He and CEO Jin are probably about the same age, almost 40 years old. They are childhood friends, grew up together, and are even relatives."

"Director Li and President Jin have such a good relationship. No wonder I felt that Director Li didn't seem to have any airs in front of President Jin when I was in the team this afternoon."

"Director Li never puts on airs in front of anyone!"

"It's different." The young police officer shook his head and said, "He may not be arrogant, but you can still tell how close or distant he is when he speaks."

"Hey, you are quite observant."

"Hey, this is the first time I saw Director Li today, so I looked at him a few more times. Brother Guo, have you dealt with Director Li before?"

"To say that we have dealt with each other is flattering me. Before Director Li was transferred here, he did help us a few times when we were still in the Criminal Investigation Department. At that time, Director Li was still working in the Social Affairs Bureau. Before the Social Affairs Bureau headquarters was established, he had been working in the Municipal Social Affairs Bureau. The Social Affairs Bureau was different from us. At that time, the Beijing Municipal Social Affairs Bureau almost took on the responsibilities of the headquarters. When I first met Director Li, he was still the director of the archives room and was also an interrogation expert hired by our headquarters..."

"Director Li is actually an interrogation expert?"

The young police officer interrupted Lao Guo in surprise.

"What do you think?" Old Guo squinted his eyes and glanced at Xiao Dong who was sitting in the passenger seat. "Do you think Director Li can sit in a high position at such a young age without any skills? You are kidding. I am telling you, Xiao Dong, Director Li's interrogation methods are second to none in the country. No one can keep silent under his command.

Moreover, Director Li’s medical skills are extremely advanced. I remember that year there was a tough case that we hadn’t solved for a week, and the deadline for solving the case set by our superiors was approaching. We had no choice but to write a report and invite Director Li, who was then the deputy secretary-general of the General Office of the Social Affairs Bureau headquarters.

As a result, before Director Li even arrived, the criminal was sent to the hospital due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. He was already in a coma. After being sent to the hospital, the doctors said there was no hope for him. Even the experts invited from the military headquarters said that even if he could be rescued, it was another matter whether he could wake up.

When he heard that the man was a very important criminal and his confession could play a key role, the expert suggested that Director Li, who was then Deputy Secretary-General, be called in. The expert said that if anyone could possibly revive the man and make him wake up, Director Li was the only and most likely one.

That day happened to be Sunday, and Director Li lived very close to our bureau's hospital, just a few minutes' walk away.

When Director Gao heard that Director Li might be able to save the man, he ran all the way to Director Li's house and invited him to our hospital. Director Li is truly an expert and can tell whether the man can be saved with just one look.

It didn't take Director Li long to arrive at the hospital and rescue the man in no time. He also got the confession we wanted.

Director Gao wanted to invite Director Li to dinner, saying that it was too much trouble for him on Sunday, but Director Li declined, saying that he had to go home to cook for his children, and then he left. It took no more than half an hour from the time he arrived to the time he left.

In that incident, Lao Guo was at the scene from beginning to end. He was the one driving the car when the criminal was sent to the hospital. He also witnessed Li Yancheng's rescue and interrogation.

If there is any feeling, there is only one, and that is worship.

The young police officer was stunned by what he heard. He didn't expect that the newly appointed deputy director and captain was actually an all-round talent.

Just when he was about to say something, Lao Guo suddenly said "hmm" and stared at the rearview mirror, looking at something.

Seeing this, the young police officer quickly turned his head and looked back. He was also stunned to see a jeep without headlights slowly driving not far behind their car.

Although there are street lights on the road, the light is still very dim. Almost no one would choose to drive without turning on the lights in the middle of the night, and this has nothing to do with saving electricity.

Unless the headlights are broken.

"Guo..."

"Shh, don't talk, keep your body down, don't let people outside see us."

Xiao Dong had just said one word when Lao Guo interrupted him. He gave instructions in a low voice and at the same time shrank his body as much as possible.

Seeing him like that, Xiao Dong followed suit and shrunk his body as much as possible, almost squeezing into the space in front of the co-pilot seat.

The two of them were in such a state that they couldn't see the condition of the car behind them, so they could only rely on listening.

First the engine stalled, followed by two loud bangs of a car door closing. It sounded like two people got out of the car.

Immediately afterwards, the two men seemed to have said something, but because the place where they parked was still some distance away from Lao Guo and his friends' car, the two men deliberately spoke in low voices, so even though the night was very quiet, the content that came through was intermittent.

It basically means that this is the Wuxuan District Government Staff Quarters, and the person they are looking for lives here. There is also something like Building Number, Floor, and Household Number at the back, which should be it.

You are here to look for someone in the middle of the night, so why not? The place where they parked is 20 to 30 meters away from the gate of the district government staff housing compound, and the car behind is parked even farther away. It is not convenient to park in front of someone else's gate during the day, and no one will say anything at night, so why park so far away?
Another point is, why not go through the front door but go around to the back door?
Hearing the footsteps passing by the car outside, Lao Guo raised his head and looked out through the windshield. This sight made his eyes unconsciously freeze.

"Is that... Du Zhengyi's secretary?"

"Who?" Hearing Lao Guo's words, Xiao Dong hurriedly leaned out to look, but all he saw were the backs of two people.

Judging from the back, both of them are not very old, probably in their twenties or thirties.

"Brother Guo, are you talking about the one walking on the right?"

Knowing that they had to follow Du Zhengyi, they had already obtained photos of Du Zhengyi, his wife, children, and close associates through various channels before coming here. Xiao Dong had also seen them.

The man walking on the left was short and a little fat, and obviously did not look like the man in the photo he had seen.

"It's him. Although I only saw his profile, I definitely won't make a mistake. He is Du Zhengyi's secretary. He must be here to see his leader. Who is the other person? Why is he here at this time?"

"Uh..." Xiao Dong didn't know how to answer this question.

Lao Guo asked that question just out of habit and he didn't expect to get any answer. While Xiao Dong was stunned, he had already reached out to turn on the walkie-talkie in the car and started contacting the team, intending to report the matter.

……

On the other side, Luo Min, who had washed herself again, lay down on the bed, her face flushed with pleasure. She turned sideways and looked at her husband, who was lying beside her and snoring, with some displeasure.

What a stubborn guy! Even when he was so sleepy, he still didn't forget to torment her.

Even though she cursed in her heart, the unconcealable satisfaction on her face revealed her true thoughts.

Then, a look of heartache appeared in her eyes again, and she reached out and gently stroked her man's handsome cheek.

Her man is good in every way except that he sometimes works too hard, which really gives her a headache.

On the one hand, she was proud to marry such a man and to have children for him. On the other hand, every time she went on a business trip, especially one that required confidentiality, she would be worried and unable to sleep at night.

After eleven years of marriage, she had long understood the meaning of what Su Xiaotong's wife Qu Xiaoshan had said to her before she came back to get married.

It is good to marry a man chosen by the country, but you must be mentally prepared because he does not completely belong to you or to your family.

These men have long been prepared to sacrifice at any time in order to achieve success and are proud of it.

Marrying such a person, apart from enjoying the glory brought by the halo around them, the rest is only endless worries.

Luo Min knew very well that compared to other men, her husband had done well enough for her, the children and the family.

All she wants now is peace, and that her whole family is safe and sound.

Now that her man has stepped into a serious leadership position, she hopes that in the future, there will be fewer and fewer confidentiality tasks that worry her.

Ugh……

After sighing leisurely, she leaned over and turned off the lamp on the bedside table. In the darkness, she shrank her body and snuggled into the arms of her sleeping husband. She found a position that made herself comfortable. Just as she closed her eyes, the phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.

In the quiet night, the ringing of the phone seems so harsh.

Li Yancheng, who had fallen into a deep sleep, jumped up as if he was a soldier in the army hearing an emergency assembly call when he heard the phone ringing.

In the darkness, he stretched out one arm to grab the telephone receiver, and with the other arm he gently hugged his wife, his hand gently patting her smooth back, as if to tell her not to be afraid, that he was there. These were completely subconscious actions on his part.

"Hey……"

"Director Li, I'm Wan Changyou. I just received a message from the person in charge of keeping watch on Du Zhengyi. The old guy might be trying to escape."

The content coming from the phone receiver made Li Yancheng, who had kept his eyes closed, open his eyes instantly.

"Why do the comrades in charge of the surveillance think so?"

"The specific situation is this, Director Li, half an hour ago..."

(End of this chapter)