Late at night, the door to Song Keren's office opened slightly. The person outside glanced at the sofa, walked in to tuck in the blanket for Lin Jiaxuan, then closed the door and left.

"Sister Wang, you really treat Lin Jiaxuan like your own daughter, huh?" a patrolling officer passing by remarked, holding a water cup and smiling.

Wang Yanmin replied indignantly, "Just mind your own duties. This little girl is quite pitiful, what's wrong with taking extra care of her?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The officer quickly responded and hurried away, afraid that if he stayed any longer, Wang Yanmin would start chatting with him about life.

Just then, Wang Yanmin's phone rang. Upon seeing who it was, she realized it was Song Keren calling.

This made her a bit puzzled. Wasn't Director Song supposed to be monitoring the crime syndicate? Why was he calling her?

"Director Song, what's up?" Wang Yanmin asked after answering the call.

"You need to interrogate Zhao Chen immediately. The intelligence was wrong, the crime syndicate hasn't shown up, only some guys stealing scrap metal have appeared. I've already sent people to follow them." Song Keren instructed, "Continue the interrogation and make sure the intelligence is genuine."

"Understood!" Wang Yanmin replied and immediately acted according to Song Keren's instructions.

Inside the interrogation room, Zhao Chen was yawning and swearing nonstop. Being woken up in the middle of the night, no one would be in a good mood.

However, seeing Wang Yanmin pushing the door open and entering, Zhao Chen shuddered, and his sleepiness vanished instantly.

"Why, why are you here again?" Zhao Chen asked tearfully.

Nowadays, he feared two people the most, one was Xiao Feng, and the other was Wang Yanmin.

His fear for Wang Yanmin was even greater than for Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng typically didn't have time to bother with him, whereas Wang Yanmin would chat with him about life and dreams every few days.

"You're very dishonest!" Wang Yanmin slammed her water cup on the table, "Daring to deceive me with fake intelligence, it seems my previous efforts were in vain."

"What fake intelligence?" Zhao Chen responded agitatedly, "Everything I said is true."

Wang Yanmin sneered, "Really? You told me someone would be on the outskirts tonight, but no one has shown up. Isn't this fake intelligence?"

Zhao Chen felt wronged like Dou E in the legend and quickly explained, "What I said is absolutely true. As for why no one has shown up, how should I know?"

"Don't worry, I didn't call you here to blame you." Wang Yanmin smiled, "Where did we leave off in our last chat? You must have forgotten, right? It's okay, we'll start over. When I was in kindergarten…"

Zhao Chen was going insane. He wasn't given any chance to speak. Finally, when there was a gap, Zhao Chen hurriedly said, "No, no, I remember, officer. Last time we talked about how you met your husband on a blind date."

"Oh, right, right, right. Look at my memory." Wang Yanmin patted her head and continued, "This is infuriating. You have no idea how he changed after we got married, becoming as lazy as a pig, leaving everything to me…"

Half an hour later, Wang Yanmin left the interrogation room with an empty cup, while Zhao Chen lay limp on the chair, realizing that mental torture was far more unbearable than physical pain.

Wang Yanmin immediately called Song Keren: "Director Song, the intelligence is likely accurate, but whether the crime syndicate changed their plans while Zhao Chen was in our custody is uncertain."

After hanging up, Song Keren let out a sigh, feeling a bit unfair.

Why was it that Xiao Feng needed no preparation to catch a big fish like Zhao Chen, whereas all her meticulous preparations might end up being wasted?

"Director Song, should we keep waiting?" someone asked over the communication channel, "It's already three o'clock, and in a few hours, it'll be dawn."

The implication was clear: if the crime syndicate intended to come, they would have shown up by now, which probably means they won't be coming.

Just then, the phone rang again. After answering, Song Keren's expression turned noticeably serious.

"What's wrong, Director Song?" an officer nearby asked.

Song Keren replied, "The Xinwen City police received a report of a murder case at an auto repair shop near our border, involving nine deaths. There were hunting rifles at the scene, but no shots fired."

"Additionally, over thirty children were found in the vehicles at the scene. It is initially determined to be a child trafficking gang that got into internal conflict. They've asked us to send people to assist in the investigation."

Wang Qiang exclaimed in surprise, "Over thirty children, this matches what Zhao Chen reported!"

Song Keren took a deep breath, "Exactly, we've been played. Notify the team tracking the single-file vehicles to make an arrest."

After speaking, Song Keren selected a few elite officers and immediately set out for the auto repair shop.

In the car, Song Keren took out her phone, found Xiao Feng's number, but hesitated for a long time and didn't dial.

It wasn't that she feared Xiao Feng wouldn't come; rather, Song Keren suddenly realized she had unknowingly developed a reliance on him.

It was like now, facing a crisis, the first person she thought of was him, as if with him around, there wouldn't be any problems left unsolved.

But Song Keren had to consider, what if one day, Xiao Feng wasn't at the bureau anymore?

Lost in thoughts, the vehicle arrived at the auto repair shop at the city border.

But upon getting out, everyone was stunned. The person in white gloves examining the bodies was Xiao Feng?!

"Why are you here?" Song Keren quickly approached and asked.

Xiao Feng turned around, frowned, and said, "Step back. Your sense of preserving the crime scene is terrible."

At this moment, a woman approached and handed Song Keren gloves and shoe covers.

Song Keren was taken aback, realizing it was Miao Yueqian, whom she had seen just yesterday.

"Director Song is here. Advisor Xiao is here to help at my request. The situation was urgent, and I didn't have time to inform you. You're not upset, are you?" Miao Yueqian said with a smile.

After putting on the shoe covers and gloves, Song Keren smiled back, "He doesn't have an official position, so it's only fair if he doesn't follow my orders. But, I admire Captain Miao for summoning him with just one call."

As she spoke, she gave Xiao Feng a fierce glare.

Wang Qiang and the others kept their eyes down, thinking it was better not to speak at this moment.

Meanwhile, Xiao Feng ordered the bodies to be moved and, after taking off his gloves, looked at Song Keren and said, "Who told you I came for free? Captain Miao paid a substantial amount to invite me."

Hearing Xiao Feng wasn't helping for free, Song Keren felt a bit relieved, while Miao Yueqian felt slightly awkward, not expecting Xiao Feng to be so straightforward about it.

"Where is Shi Jiaxin?" Xiao Feng glanced at Wang Qiang and the others, "She didn't come for such a good learning opportunity."

Just as Song Keren was starting to feel better, her mood soured again. She was standing right in front of him, yet he didn't show any concern for her.

"Brother Feng," Wang Qiang explained, "we just came from the suburbs and didn't have a chance to inform Forensic Shi."

At this time, Xinwen City Police Chief Dai Ziqiang approached. After greeting Song Keren and the others, he turned his attention to Xiao Feng and said politely, "I've never seen Yueqian praise anyone like this, Mr. Xiao must have made some discovery."

Dai Ziqiang looked about fifty years old, and the reason for his manner of addressing Miao Yueqian was because her father was his former partner, with whom he had a good relationship.

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