I'm only five years old, how come I've become the military region's darling?

"Shut up!" Fan Yaodong reached out and grabbed Huang Shan's collar.

"Calm down. Let me tell you, that's all in the past. As long as you and I don't say anything, no one will know. You need to understand that we're in the same boat now, and neither of us can get off first."

Huang Shan sighed, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and said, "Brother Dong, I'm just worried that someone will come back to us because of that."

Fan Yaodong had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, the scarlet end of which gleamed red.

"Don't worry, maybe they just offended someone themselves."

Huang Shan opened his mouth in a daze, hoping it was really true.

The air in the entire corridor seemed to freeze.

"Alright, go to your office and hand over your work. See you at the entrance later; we're going to the Municipal Public Security Bureau together. If we really wanted revenge, would we really be able to storm into the police station?"

Huang Shan nodded. "That's true. Then, Brother Dong, I'll go take care of my work."

Fan Yaodong walked quickly toward the office, cautiously closed the office door, drew the curtains, sat down on his stool, opened the bottom drawer, and reached his hand toward the bottom panel.

He reached out and pulled out a notebook, letting out a long sigh of relief.

He came back for this. If the police find out, he'll be finished. A smile played on his lips. What's so scary about murder? What's scary is losing this. That's when his wealth and glory will be gone.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Who is it?

"Director Fan, there are a few documents that urgently need your signature."

Upon hearing that it was someone from their own side, Fan Yaodong walked to the door and saw Xiao Zhuang from the secretariat. "Just give me those documents."

Fan Yaodong took the document and opened it; his expression changed instantly.

He rushed to the door, shouting, "Xiao Zhuang!"

Xiao Zhuang came out of the office. "What's wrong, Director Fan?"

"There's a problem with the file, could you come over here?"

Xiao Zhuang asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with the director?"

Fan Yaodong stared intently into her eyes. "Who else touched this document just now?"

"I don't know, but I just went to the restroom to check. What's wrong, Chief?"

Fan Yaodong's eyes were bloodshot, as if he wanted to devour someone. "It's alright, you can go back now. The documents are signed."

He slumped onto the stool, clutching the note in his hand. "Come to the back staircase. Don't alert the police, or your embezzlement will be exposed."

Fan Yaodong, panting heavily, bit his lower lip, got up and walked out with a smile, "Officer, I just need to use the restroom."

Just then, someone suddenly shouted, "Officer, something terrible has happened! Comrade Huang Shan has fainted!"

The two policemen took off running, and Fan Yaodong gritted his teeth and took advantage of the chaos to turn around and run towards the back stairs.

Before I could react, a sharp pain shot through the back of my head, and I fainted.

The dim light swayed from side to side, and Fan Yaodong felt drowsy. He felt as if his eyelids weighed a ton and he couldn't open them at all. Something was sliding on his skin, but he couldn't make a sound.

He struggled to open his eyes and stared at the cobweb-covered ceiling. A familiar face appeared before him.

"Mmm-mmm-mmm—"

"Director Fan, what are you afraid of? Don't move. Don't worry, my technique is very skillful, it won't hurt."

The person opposite him waved the notebook in front of his eyes, which made Fan Yaodong even more agitated.

"Don't be afraid, the police will see this soon too."

He saw the other person take out a syringe and open a medicine bottle. Fan Yaodong was terrified when he saw the medicine bottle; he completely broke down, tears and snot streaming down his face, shaking his head desperately...

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At the Tanshui City Public Security Bureau, Xing Yong is meticulously analyzing all the cases handled by the four individuals in the past.

"Wait a minute."

Wang Gaofeng walked in through the door with a grim expression.

"Director Wang, what brings you here?"

Wang Gaofeng frowned deeply as he looked at the relationship lines on the blackboard. "The Kaiping government just called to say that Huang Shan is unconscious and Fan Yaodong was found dead in the storage room."

Xing Yan was also stunned; three murders in just two days.

"The provincial leaders are very angry. The case is heinous. The murderer even dared to commit murder in a government office. It will be investigated and cleared up in three days at most."

"Bring Comrade Xiaochun along too; someone at the scene saw the suspect."

"Yes."

Police tape had been put up in front of the Kaiping government building, and the two police officers looked remorseful.

"The Criminal Investigation Team."

Xing Yong patted them on the shoulder, "Go back to the station and give your statements first."

If the murderer is capable of getting in here and killing people silently, it would be easy for him to lure them away from the mountain.

In the storage room, a corpse lay strewn about. Xing Yong was shocked the moment he pushed open the door.

Unlike before, there was a rope above the corpse with sheets of paper attached to it.

Zhang Ning looked up and said, "You'd better have the Discipline Inspection Commission come and handle these things."

Xing Yong walked in silently. The pages of paper contained... details of bribery and corruption. He gasped when he saw some of the familiar names on them.

"Call the disciplinary committee."

Zhang Ning examined the body and said, "This time the deceased was injected with anesthesia, probably to prevent him from screaming. The rest of the manner of death is the same as before: a single stab wound, and nothing below the genitals."

"We don't know what crimes these people committed that the other side hates them so much."

Need I say more?

This is clearly a retaliatory killing.

Xing Yong didn't dwell on the situation at the scene. He turned to Qin Yuezheng and Niu Qiaobao and said, "Call out all the staff of the Kaiping government and ask them one by one who they have seen since Fan Yaodong returned. Ask everyone who hasn't been sitting down."

"Understood, Criminal Investigation Team." Everyone in the entire Kaiping government hall lined up to be questioned.

Xiaochun was talking to a cleaning lady. "So, you only saw the side view?"

"Yes, I had just finished mopping the floor and was thinking of going downstairs when that person came down from the corner of the stairs. He was tall and thin, about as tall as this young man."

"I was surprised that he walked so fast; I've never seen him in this building before."

Xiaochun drew a side view with a pen. "Like this?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

If he looks like this, he's about 80% similar to the figure Xiaochun saw before.

"I'll take it to Brother Niu and the others to compare."

At this moment, Niu Qiaobao and Qin Yuezheng checked the list one by one, asking, "Who is Zhuang Li? Where is she?"

"Secretary Zhuang? Wait, she was just here. Right, she took some documents to Director Fan for his signature. Did she go to the restroom?"

"Go check the restroom."

The policewoman returned quickly and shook her head. "No one's in the restroom."

Niu Qiaobao and Qin Yuezheng exchanged a glance. This person was highly suspicious. "Do you have her home address?"

"Yes, yes, it's registered here."

Niu Qiaobao opened the address and exclaimed, "Old Qin, look, isn't this the house a few units next to where Peng Sifang's mistress lives?"