Hening City Police Bureau Director Yan Yuanliang immediately called Zhang Youwei after learning of Guo Long’s death. Zhang Youwei admitted that he had indeed used torture because Guo Long refused to confess his crimes.
Yan Yuanliang knew that torture was actually common during interrogations in the Hening Police Bureau, especially when the police were convinced of a suspect’s serious crimes.
Zhang Youwei had gone too far, but he was Yan Yuanliang’s trusted subordinate who had made significant contributions in solving and capturing many major criminal cases. Therefore, Yan Yuanliang only severely criticized Zhang Youwei over the phone.
Zhang Youwei sincerely said, “Director Yan, I was wrong. My work methods were too crude.”
I promise I will never do this again.”
Yan Yuanliang, seeing his commitment, softened his tone, “Old Zhang, don’t be too restrained. Sometimes with these scumbags, you need to use some methods, but you must pay attention to the limits, or it might affect your promotion! I’ll suppress this incident, so work with peace of mind.”
“Thank you, Director. You can rest assured.”
Just after hanging up the phone, an email alert suddenly popped up on Yan Yuanliang’s computer. He saw two emails from the “Hening City Drug Enforcement Squad” and found it strange. Opening the first email, there was no text, but a video attachment, which Yan Yuanliang opened.
Initially, the image was shaky, then stabilized, showing a small hotel room. Surprisingly, Guo Long, who had died the previous night, appeared on camera.
Chapter 55: Drug Trafficking Group (Complete)
Yan Yuanliang watched the video, his frown deepening. After watching, he opened the second email, which mentioned that after interrogating Guo Long, Zhang Youwei had made a camera’s memory card disappear, and the video was stored on that card. The gun had also vanished along with it.
The email was from an anonymous police officer in the drug enforcement squad who feared retaliation.
Yan Yuanliang realized the severity of the situation. If Sun Xingdong was indeed collaborating with Guo Long, then Guo Long’s death was not simply a result of torture.
Could Old Zhang be protecting drug lords and profiting from drug trafficking right under his nose? As the head of the drug enforcement squad, it would indeed be easier for him to engage in such activities.
Yan Yuanliang became restless. Old Zhang was his long-time comrade and subordinate. If he couldn’t trust someone like him, who could he trust? It seemed he would have to investigate the truth himself.
He accessed the evidence storage room records and surveillance footage. The monitoring showed Zhang Youwei had entered the evidence storage room, which wasn’t particularly unusual. However, the camera seized along with Guo Long’s arrest was indeed missing its memory card. An old camera without a memory card seemed very strange.
As for the police-issued gun, there was no record of it in the evidence storage room. But in Guo Long’s selfie video, the gun had appeared, with Guo Long even deliberately focusing the camera on a close-up of the weapon. If there were no bad elements within the police bureau, there would be no reason for the gun to disappear from the evidence list.
The only reasonable explanation was that Zhang Youwei had made the gun “disappear” to protect Sun Xingdong. But he lacked evidence. He needed to find that gun, and quickly.
Zhang Youwei was furious because Sun Xingdong was not careful enough.
Zhang Youwei used the pretext of investigating the Guo Long case and went to Longnan City with that troublesome gun.
Zhang Youwei met Sun Xingdong in a hotel private room and immediately erupted in anger: “You’re too careless. Have you been ruling Longnan for so long that you’ve forgotten there are people above you? How could you let him handle your own weapon?”
Sun Xingdong was puzzled by Guo Long’s “betrayal.” During yesterday’s transaction, a sudden shootout occurred, and Guo Long contacted him afterward, saying he was injured. However, shortly after the shooting incident at the clinic, Guo Long disappeared. His phone was turned off, and he couldn’t be found at any of his usual residences. Sun Xingdong initially thought Guo Long was avoiding enemies until he received Zhang Youwei’s early morning call and learned that Guo Long had gone to Hening and been exposed by the detention center.
Sun Xingdong was angry about Zhang Youwei’s direct accusations but couldn’t refute them, as he still couldn’t understand the entire situation. He had always treated Guo Long well, so how could Guo Long hate him to this extent?
However, regarding the gun matter, he had indeed been negligent.
Sun Xingdong disliked the standard-issue police gun as being too crude and with poor shooting accuracy.
As the top leader in Longnan, no one would question his choice of weapon. During their meeting, Guo Long knew about this and said he had never used a police gun, asking to borrow it for a couple of days. Sun Xingdong thought nothing would happen and agreed.
Zhang Youwei, after hearing Sun Xingdong’s explanation, was still unhappy. “Be more careful in the future. I don’t want to clean up your mess again. Take your weapon back!” He placed a bulging, rolled-up kraft paper document bag on the table.
Just as Sun Xingdong was about to reach for it, more than ten armed police officers suddenly rushed into the private room and controlled both of them: “Don’t move!”
Sun Xingdong quickly raised his hands, glaring at Zhang Youwei, wondering who had really been careless.
Zhang Youwei’s face turned pale as he raised his hands, puzzled by the unfamiliar faces of these officers. They didn’t seem to be from Hening or Longnan. Who was investigating him?
It wasn’t until entering the police car that Zhang Youwei saw Yan Yuanliang and understood that his direct superior had called in police from another city to arrest him. He sighed and closed his eyes, burying his head between his handcuffed hands.
The couple in front of them hesitated and didn’t dare to sit in the front row, so Meng Qing quickly took the first row seat. Yu Yi sat next to him and, following his example, pulled down the black overhead frame and locked it in place.
A staff member came over and checked each of their safety restraints. Once everything was ready, the roller coaster slowly started and gradually climbed to the top.
Sitting in the first row, Yu Yi could see the steep, narrow track descending before her eyes. She took a deep breath.
The roller coaster suddenly dropped, and that feeling of the body suddenly becoming light during the fall made her heart seem to leap into her throat. Sitting in the first row, Yu Yi felt as if everything on the ground was rushing towards her. The strong wind blew all her hair straight back.
She tightly pressed her lips together, trying not to scream. Behind her, many people were letting out loud screams.
Meng Qing laughed loudly, turning back to see Yu Yi’s face turning red but still not making a sound.
After sliding to the bottom of the track, the roller coaster began to climb again, gradually slowing down. Meng Qing said to Yu Yi, “Relax and let out a loud scream. It’ll feel good.”
During the next sudden drop, Yu Yi opened her mouth, feeling the violent wind rush into her open mouth. She heard Meng Qing yell “Ah—” and tried to scream herself, but this light attempt was lost among everyone else’s loud screams.
She tried to scream again, this time much louder, but the roller coaster had already started to slow down and was beginning its third climb.
During the third drop, Yu Yi screamed along with the people around her. This time, the roller coaster slid through a curved track and completely flipped over, leaving everyone upside down. Yu Yi couldn’t help but laugh and scream.
