Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

The corridor of the evidence room was brightly lit, but strangely, no one was on duty in the evidence room today. All the lights inside were off, and looking through the dark windows, the evidence room looked like a dangerous beast's lair.

Xiao Gu circled around the entrance of the evidence room for a while, then walked to the corner of the corridor and looked around again.

There was no one there; the entire office building was quiet. At this time, apart from a few security guards on duty, most of the police officers were waiting in their cars.

Xiao Gu returned to the door of the evidence room, gritted his teeth, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, and actually used one of the keys to open the door of the evidence room.

Xiao Gu slipped inside, quickly closing the door behind him as he entered. His movements were so light that he made no sound.

Xiao Gu took a few deep breaths; the extreme tension had put him in a state of morbid excitement.

The evidence room isn't just one room; Xiao Gu only entered the first one, the one with the handover window.

There is a corridor in the corner of this house that connects to seven other rooms, which are where the evidence is stored.

The evidence collected by the anti-drug squad is stored in the two innermost rooms. The package of goods should have already been handed over to the anti-drug squad.

Xiao Gu took another deep breath, quickly walked to the second-to-last room, opened the door with the key, and searched the room for two minutes before slipping out.

If the package of drugs isn't in this room, then it can only be in the last room.

Xiao Gu took out the key again, found a key, and opened the last door. But as soon as he entered the room, he was stopped by two pistols.

slap~

The room lights were turned on, and Xiao Gu could see clearly that the people pointing guns at him were Wang Tiejun, who was full of anger, and Cao Yingying, whose face was icy cold.

"Ah!" Xiao Gu exclaimed in surprise, and subconsciously turned around to run away, but before he could take a step, Cao Yingying, who was quick-witted and agile, twisted his arm and pressed him to the ground.

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In the interrogation room, a panicked Xiao Gu was handcuffed to the interrogation chair.

Normally, when he saw prisoners handcuffed to the interrogation chair, Xiao Gu didn't feel much. But when he was handcuffed there himself, he realized how cold the chair was, and how terrifying and despairing it was.

There was no one else in the interrogation room; Wang Tiejun and Cao Yingying were sitting in the observation room.

Wang Tiejun stared intently at Xiao Gu, his eyes almost spitting fire, his clenched fists turning white at the knuckles; Cao Yingying was also staring intently at Xiao Gu, but there was no trace of anger on her face, her eyes were full of deep doubt.

It took Wang Tiejun quite a while to calm down completely after receiving that phone call.

After calming down, Wang Tiejun immediately changed his plan. Instead of rushing to Zhou Meng's side, he pulled Cao Yingying along to stay in the evidence room.

Once Wang Tiejun calmed down, he realized that if there really was a traitor in the police force, the best time for that traitor to get access to the package was tonight.

Everything is in chaos tonight, and everyone is waiting in the car, making it the perfect time to take advantage of the situation.

Moreover, it's uncertain whether this package will even remain in the evidence room after today, so we need to act quickly!

Wang Tiejun and Cao Yingying had been guarding the evidence room for more than two hours and were about to give up when someone actually rushed in.

Xiao Gu, Gu Chunxiao, 28 years old, joined the Municipal Public Security Bureau after graduating from police academy.

Gu Chunxiao worked for Cao Yingying for a while at the beginning, and then she was taken over by Qian Bin, the captain of the second anti-drug team. She has been working in the second anti-drug team for 4 years now.

Gu Chunxiao usually seemed diligent and conscientious, with no bad habits. He was one of the few non-smokers in the anti-drug team. Wang Tiejun never expected that the person he was waiting for today would be him.

"Tiejun, how about I go and interrogate him?" Cao Yingying exhaled and looked at Wang Tiejun.

Wang Tiejun did not respond; his gaze remained fixed on Gu Chunxiao.

Just then, the door to the observation room was suddenly pushed open, and Zhou Zhengguo walked in. This time he wasn't carrying a thermos, but he was followed by Tong Dapeng.

Tong Dapeng is the deputy director of the Shenhai City Public Security Bureau and Zhou Zhengguo's long-time partner. Over the years, he has lived like Zhou Zhengguo's shadow. On weekdays, Deputy Director Tong Dapeng has a very low profile in the Public Security Bureau.

Just as Cao Yingying was about to speak, Zhou Zhengguo made a shushing gesture.

"Captain Cao, Captain Wang, you two be quiet and come with me; Lao Tong, this is your responsibility."

"Don't worry!" Tong Dapeng nodded and sat down on the row of seats at the back of the observation room.

Wang Tiejun and Cao Yingying exchanged a glance, then immediately got up and followed Zhou Zhengguo. They knew Zhou Zhengguo all too well; this Director Zhou was usually all smiles and laughter, but whenever he addressed them by their official titles, it meant they had a mission.

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"Captain Qian, what exactly happened? Why are we all locked up here?! And why are the Criminal Investigation Team members watching us? They even confiscated our guns! What does this mean?!"

"A narcotics officer asked angrily."

Qian Bin is the captain of the Second Narcotics Enforcement Team of the Shenhai Public Security Bureau, and Gu Chunxiao is his apprentice.

"Don't ask anymore, something serious must have happened..." Qian Bin stubbed out his cigarette and was about to say something more when the door was pushed open and Xiao Liu from the criminal investigation team walked in carrying a large pile of takeout.

"Come on, everyone must be hungry, right? I've bought you some late-night snacks, eat them while they're hot."

"Xiao Liu, what happened? Nobody's in the mood for late-night snacks right now. Can you tell us?"

"This..." Xiao Liu looked back at the door.

The criminal investigation team members guarding the room were also having a late-night snack and didn't notice what was happening. Since they were all colleagues and would see each other all the time, the criminal investigation team naturally wouldn't go too far.

"Something really happened!" Xiao Liu said in a low voice, "Gu Chunxiao from your team just sneaked into the evidence room and was caught red-handed by our Captain Cao and your Captain Wang! They're interrogating her now, and Director Zhou and Director Tong are here."

"What?! Xiao Gu sneaked into the evidence room? And got caught!" The officers of the Second Narcotics Control Team were in an uproar.

"Shh! Guys, stop yelling! Let's hurry up and eat some midnight snacks. I doubt any of us will be able to get home tonight, so let's fill our stomachs first."

The officers of the Second Narcotics Enforcement Team exchanged glances, dejectedly grabbed their late-night snacks, and went to eat. They were all veterans of the team; after what had happened, they knew exactly what was going to happen next and what they needed to do.

"Xiao Liu, you shouldn't have told everyone these things," Qian Bin said, pursing his lips.

"Captain Qian, what's this about 'should' or 'shouldn't'? Everyone'll find out about this sooner or later. We can't just stop trusting everyone because one person has a problem, can we?"

"Sneaking into the evidence room... this could be a big deal or a small deal, Xiao Liu, you'd better not talk about it."

"It's nothing!" Xiao Liu shrugged indifferently.

"Our team leader Cao has already confessed. If Xiao Gu has problems, that's his problem. Without evidence, we can't easily suspect other colleagues. Keeping everyone here is just to reduce interference and prevent accidents."

Team Leader Cao also told me to take good care of everyone and not to upset them. She didn't tell me I couldn't tell anyone about this!

"Alright, thanks. You go ahead and get back to work. We'll take care of ourselves."

"Okay, I'm leaving now. If you need anything, just tell the guys at the door."

"OK, thanks!"

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At 4:30 a.m., everyone was asleep, even the criminal investigation team officers guarding the door were asleep in their chairs.

Qian Bin got up from the folding bed and stood by the window to smoke a cigarette.

The entire police station was quiet, except for the main entrance, the lobby, and a window on the fourth floor where the lights were still on.

Qian Bin knew very well that the window with the light on on the fourth floor was an interrogation room, and it seemed that the interrogation of Xiao Gu was still ongoing.

Looking back at my other colleagues, they were all sleeping soundly. So many things had happened today, and we didn't get to sleep until after 2 a.m. Everyone was exhausted.

The same was true for the criminal investigation team officers at the entrance.

Chen Bin threw away his cigarette butt, gritted his teeth, and tiptoed out of the room.

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Click

The door to the innermost evidence room opened again. Qian Bin gritted his teeth and gently closed the door, then skillfully found the light switch and pressed it.

This evidence room has no windows, and even with the lights on, no one can see it.

But when Qian Bin turned around, he immediately froze on the spot.

There are three people in the evidence room.

Zhou Zhengguo took a chair and sat in the middle, with Cao Yingying and Wang Tiejun holding guns on either side of the door.

"Xiao Qian, I really don't want to see you come in like this..." Zhou Zhengguo said, then let out a long sigh.