Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 626 Extra-legal Favors

Xiao Wei said, "This afternoon we found a lead and went to Damin Town overnight to find Qin Aihua. He's stable and didn't resist. He's on his way back with us and has already entered the city. Yang Xuemei is with him too. There's something going on here. I wanted to ask you if I could take them back to the station and hand them over to the department tomorrow morning."

Director Liu asked, "What's going on?"

Xiao Wei said, "Strictly speaking, Yang Xuemei is also a victim in this matter, and she was deeply hurt. Qin Aihua did this because he liked Yang Xuemei, and he wanted to avenge her. Now he is emotionally stable and his attitude of admitting his guilt is quite good. He just wants to spend a little more time with Yang Xuemei. To be honest, Uncle Liu, if this happened to me, I might have done the same thing."

Director Liu seemed to consider it for a moment, and perhaps also glanced at the time, before saying, "Take him back to the station and keep a close watch on him. I'll come to pick him up first thing tomorrow morning. Can you guarantee nothing will go wrong?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, I guarantee it. Qin Aihua is a veteran who served in the battlefield and made meritorious contributions. I believe in him."

Liu Ting said, "Alright, I'll let you be willful this once. I'll come personally at six o'clock tomorrow morning. Jixian Institute, right?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, it's the Jixian Police Station in Heping District. Thank you, Uncle Liu."

Director Liu said, "Everyone has a heart, and the law can't supersede human sentiment. You decide what to do. I'm hanging up now. I can finally get a good night's sleep. You've done a great job, and you'll be richly rewarded." He then hung up the phone.

Xiao Wei handed the phone to Hao Dawei and said, "Director Liu agreed. Take him back to the station. Director Liu will come to pick him up personally at six o'clock tomorrow morning. He said that everyone has a heart, and the law is no greater than human sentiment."

Huang slapped his thigh, and Qin Aihua said, "Thank you, Xiaowei."

Xiao Wei said, "Let's go to the pharmaceutical factory dormitory, Sister Xiao Mei. I don't know the way, how do I get there?"

When the car arrived at the pharmaceutical factory dormitory, Xiaowei accompanied Yang Xuemei upstairs to pack her things and then they went straight back to the police station.

In Northeast China, the only place to take a shower right now is a hot water dispenser with no adjustable temperature, so the water temperature fluctuates between hot and cold. Yang Xuemei didn't care at all. She took a thorough shower, changed into clean clothes, carefully dried her hair, and even applied some cosmetics. She stood smiling in front of Qin Aihua, Xiaowei, and Huang Suo. Hao Dawei's mouth was agape, wide enough to swallow a fist.

Beautiful, so beautiful. Standing there with a smile, she looks like she stepped out of a painting.

Xiao Wei now fully understood Qin Aihua. If he were in her shoes, he would definitely choose to kill her too, and all malice towards her should be destroyed.

Huang patted Qin Aihua heavily on the shoulder, didn't say anything, stood up and said, "Xiaowei, take Xiao Yang's statement, I'll take Xiao Qin's. Let's hurry up, they can spend a little more time together."

Xiao Wei stood up and ran out to get the statement paper and pen. The four of them split up to take statements, which took about half an hour. After signing and fingerprinting, Chief Huang unlocked Qin Aihua's handcuffs, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's 5:45. You can talk for a bit."

The three people went outside, and Director Huang locked the office door from the inside.

Huang said, "Xiao Hao, right? Go to sleep. There's room in the back dorm. Be careful, if the door is locked, someone's there. If you can push it open, go in and sleep." Hao Dawei nodded and went to the back. Xiao Wei and Huang moved some stools and sat in the corridor. Xiao Wei took out a cigarette and lit it for Huang. Huang took a puff, shook his head, and said, "Man, fate."

……

the other side.

Lu and Xiao Liu were eating and talking in the dark car when they heard a loud engine noise from the side and rear. They looked out the window and saw two headlights shining on the road, bouncing with the car's movements. The car was going very fast.

Lu said, "Jeep, if we don't separate from Xiaowei, we'll definitely be caught up. This car of ours isn't fast. He's floored the gas pedal, he's really let out a huge burst of gas, hahaha."

Looking at the flickering headlights, Xiao Liu asked, "Did you anticipate they could catch up?"

Lu shook his head and said, "No, I only realized it after I hid here. It was Qin Aihua who reminded me. What a pity about that person."

Xiao Liu said, "There's another one behind us. Both jeeps are chasing us. It looks like if we get caught, we might have to fight, and they might arrest us all."

Lu said, "That's for sure. They have a lot of people, while we only have three. Xiao Wei and that Xiao Hao don't count. Come to think of it, if this happened to us, we'd be just as angry. We'd definitely chase after them too, and if we did, we'd still have a chance. Unfortunately, this isn't the time to be magnanimous. We're lucky to have a 'lucky star' in our ranks, haha."

Xiao Liu laughed and said, "Xiao Wei's luck is really something else, no doubt about it."

Lu said, "Xiao Wei is the biggest contributor to this, you guys don't have any objections, right?"

Xiao Liu said, "Of course, what's the problem? They're only staying here for a year, they're not blocking anyone's way. Besides, neither you nor Huang are those kinds of people, so there's no point in saying this."

Lu said, "That's the right way to think. I was just worried you might have some thoughts about it. Alright, we've seen the excitement, let's just get some sleep for a bit, and head back at dawn tomorrow."

Xiao Liu said, "They've already gone over there, can't we just go back?"

Lu shook his head and said, "No way, I'll have to come back in a bit, I definitely will. You'll see in a minute. I'm going to sleep now."

Lu climbed to the back and lay down in the back seat, saying, "You'll have to work hard, just make do in the front. Stretch your legs over to the driver's side and lie down for a bit."

Xiao Liu said, "You go to sleep, I'm not sleepy yet, I'll keep watch for you."

Lu closed his eyes, shifted his body to make himself more comfortable, and said, "Don't smoke in the car. If you want to smoke, go outside. The space in the car is too small." A few minutes later, snoring started.

Xiao Liu sat alone in front, staring wide-eyed at everything around him. He was really excited tonight and not sleepy at all. Mainly, he was young and in good health.

……

Inside the police station, Chief Huang was sitting on a stool, leaning against the wall, dozing off. Xiao Wei said softly, "Chief Huang, why don't you go and get some sleep? I can keep watch by myself."

Chief Huang shook his head with his eyes closed, held up two fingers to indicate that there couldn't be fewer than two people on duty, and at the moment it was just the two of them. The officers on duty had already gone to sleep in the duty room before they returned, and Chief Huang didn't wake them.

The locked office was quiet. Besides, neither of them was specifically listening; they were both pitiful people, what was there to listen to? If the two of them really committed suicide inside, Chief Huang would accept it, and so would Xiao Wei. Although they didn't say they both understood each other's meaning. It was worth it.

(End of this chapter)