Sheriff Uncle, open the door quickly! I've come to solve a case!

She dared not cry because she was afraid that if she cried, her uncle would abandon her.

But which child wouldn't be frightened by something like this?

So Bai Zhizhi cried while tightly gripping Qin Qingzhou's clothes, afraid that he would abandon her.

Qin Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat.

To be honest, he's really bad at comforting people.

He tried to pat Bai Zhizhi on the back to comfort her, but Bai Zhizhi twisted her hand away, refusing to let him touch her.

"Who said I don't want you anymore?" Qin Qingzhou chuckled.

"Zhi Zhi has only made things worse..." Bai Zhi Zhi's voice came from her chest, muffled.

"Without Zhizhi's bite, I wouldn't have been able to catch the bad guy. Isn't that thanks to you?"

"Or are you saying this on purpose just to get me to praise you?" Qin Qingzhou rarely joked.

It's just that the way he jokes with such a serious expression is so ridiculous.

Bai Zhizhi weakly revealed her swollen, tear-filled eyes: "Zhizhi isn't..."

Taking the opportunity, Qin Qingzhou ruffled her hair: "Hmm, good job."

Bai Zhizhi, with her messy hair, didn't understand what Qin Qingzhou meant.

……

A pig-butchering scam gang in City A was completely busted.

Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg; there is still much darkness to be cleared away.

After receiving treatment, Wang Dahong was taken back to the police station for questioning.

His hands and feet were handcuffed to a special chair, and he was in a very bad mental state, but he still didn't look very happy.

Qin Qingzhou and Li Ku were in charge of the interrogation.

Qin Qingzhou: "We found a list on the factory's computers containing all the women you've cheated on, right?"

Wang Dahong said impatiently, "Why ask again when you already know?"

"You only need to answer my questions." Qin Qingzhou's voice was unusually cold.

"Hmm, right, so what?" Wang Dahong raised an eyebrow.

It's hard to believe that someone who looks so respectable could be so wicked.

"The abandoned factory hideout, the back-end of the fake investment platform, the list of 27 victims' identities, all the electronic data, and the confessions of gang members all point to you."

"You admit that you orchestrated and led the entire scam from beginning to end, from organizing script training and unified collection of payments for money laundering to arranging for salespeople to use emotional manipulation."

Wang Dahong scoffed, leaning back in his chair. "It's just about making money. They're soft-hearted and willingly put their money in. What does it have to do with me?"

Li Ku, who had been quietly standing to the side without saying a word, suddenly slammed his hand on the table and stood up angrily.

"It has nothing to do with you?"

"Wang Dahong, when you talk about those girls who willingly loved you, don't you feel even a little bit guilty?"

Qin Qingzhou remained silent, then calmly raised his hand and turned off the video recorder on the table.

Li Ku stared at him, gritting his teeth: "Do you still remember Ye Xiao?"

"Ye Xiao?" Wang Dahong frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly realized, "Ah, the one who writes folklore magazines."

"You almost killed her, but you don't even remember who she is. I should have caught you sooner. You beast, you'll cause trouble every day you're out there."

"Pfft!" Wang Dahong burst out laughing.

He smirked dismissively: "What does her poor mental fortitude have to do with me? I've seen plenty in this line of work; she's not the only one threatening suicide."

Bang!

Li Ku punched him in the face.

Wang Dahong's head was knocked to one side after being hit, and blood soon began to seep from the corner of his mouth.

Qin Qingzhou didn't stop him earlier or later, but waited until he finished hitting him before pretending to reach out and stop him.

"According to the Criminal Law, if fraud causes the victim to have suicidal thoughts or suffer mental instability, it is considered an aggravating circumstance for telecommunications and online fraud. On the night of your arrest, you violently resisted and injured a law enforcement officer, which constitutes the crime of assaulting a police officer alone. Both crimes will be punished concurrently. Your voluntary confession of all your crimes and disclosure of the location of the stolen money is your only chance for a lighter sentence."

……

Li Ku came out of the interrogation room.

To be precise, he was kicked out by Qin Qingzhou.

When Li Ku was kicked out, he was still very angry and wished he could go back in and punch Wang Dahong a couple more times.

Upon entering the lobby, he found Ye Xiao sitting alone on a bench.

They agreed to bring the person to her once they caught him, but seeing Wang Dahong's unrepentant attitude... there was really no way to bring him.

No one knows how long Ye Xiao has been waiting here.

"Sister Xiaoxiao," Li Ku said with an awkward smile as he walked over to greet her.

When Ye Xiao saw Li Ku, she inexplicably sat up straighter and stared intently at him.

"Um, Wang Da... An Linhai is still being interrogated by our Captain Qin. I don't know how long the interrogation will last. Why don't you go back and rest first? He can ask you to come see him before the trial starts?"

Ye Xiao's gaze darted away: "I didn't come to see him."

"Huh?" Li Ku scratched his face with his fingertip. "Oh, you're here to see Sister He, right? She's busy with data too, so we won't see her for a while."

"No, I came to see you."

Li Ku was dumbfounded: "?"

Ye Xiao stood up, and Li Ku then noticed that she was wearing a white dress, looking quite innocent, and her demeanor was very different from a few days ago.

She nervously clutched her bag strap: "When do you get off work? Can I treat you to dinner?"

"I'll be off work soon... You really aren't seeing An Linhai?"

"He's gone. I've thought it through. There's no need to hang myself on one crooked tree. It's time to see other people." Ye Xiao patiently asked again, "Can I treat you to dinner?"

"Are you thanking me for helping you catch An Linhai? Hahaha, no need to be so polite~"

Li Ku scratched his head sheepishly: "There's no reason for a girl to treat me to a meal. I'll treat you later."

Why is he such a blockhead? Ye Xiao wondered.

However, it's also nice to be clueless.

Ye Xiao lowered her head and chuckled softly, "Okay, I'll wait for you to get off work."

……

When Lin Yuhe went to submit her documents, she found Qin Qingzhou sitting alone in the smoking area.

He didn't smoke; he just sat there leaning against the wall, lost in thought.

As Anjing approached, she heard him sigh softly.

She had known Qin Qingzhou for so many years, and this was the first time she had ever seen him with such a melancholy expression.

"Captain Qin." Lin Yuhe walked over and sat down next to him.

"Shouldn't you be happy that the case is solved? Why the expression?"

"It's something else," Qin Qingzhou sighed again.

"Is it because you know it?" Lin Yuhe asked.

Qin Qingzhou nodded.

"I injured Bai Zhizhi during this mission, which is undoubtedly a warning to me that if she continues to stay by my side, there will be all sorts of dangers."

"She's just a child, but I want to depend on her."

"This is the first time I've felt so overwhelmed. This time it's because of an injury, but what about next time?"

"Perhaps it was a mistake for her to stay with me."

Qin Qingzhou muttered to himself, his usual calm and rational demeanor replaced by a hint of the confusion that comes with his age.

He turned his head slightly to look at Lin Yuhe: "Sister He, I want to send Bai Zhizhi away."

Behind the wall leading from the corridor to the smoking area, a small figure was hiding.

He heard every single word Qin Qingzhou said...