Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

The call was made to Pan Zhuangzhuang, and he came the next day, but it wasn't Wang Tiejun who came; it was Xia Qing.

An Xiaohai didn't bother with her at all, and didn't say a word after they met, which made Xia Qing walk away angrily.

Several more days passed before Wang Tiejun finally showed up.

"Why are you in such a hurry to see me? Oh, right, Jia Ming has already taken care of things. I'm sure you already know that. I won't say anything more; you understand."

"Captain Wang, you're such a busy man! Aren't you afraid I'm about to tell you important intelligence? You've wasted so many days; the bad guys have long since escaped!"

"Bad guy! He's gone far away! How interesting!" Wang Tiejun chuckled. "Don't worry, I know you. If you really have any important information about a case, you'll tell Xia Qing."

"You didn't say anything, which means there's no big problem, haha!" Wang Tiejun chuckled. Although he was laughing, he looked very tired, probably because he was overwhelmed with work.

"Captain Wang, that's not right. What if it's a particularly serious case? I wouldn't dare to disclose it to anyone so easily."

"Hiss~ That's certainly possible. I didn't think that through. I apologize! I'm sorry! Tell me what's wrong, and I'll do my best to help you!"

Damn it... Wang Tiejun is insisting that An Xiaohai contacted him for personal matters.

However, it is indeed a private matter.

"Captain Wang, I'd like to ask you to help me investigate two people."

"Who is it?" Wang Tiejun immediately became serious after An Xiaohai officially began.

"My dad, and my uncle."

"Your father and uncle? Why are you investigating them?" Wang Tiejun frowned. "You need to understand that although I am a police officer, we cannot arbitrarily investigate any law-abiding citizen. We must have a reasonable reason."

In our country, citizens' human rights are inviolable.

"What if they're involved in the case?"

"That's different. We must investigate, and we must get to the bottom of it! What case are they involved in? Is it related to your case?"

"No, it's Jia Lao Er's case."

"Tell me your detailed reasons. If it's just your conjecture, I can't help you. Even when we suspect someone, we need evidence."

"It's like this, Pan Zhuangzhuang overheard the old village chief mentioning that I actually have an uncle, and that he really liked my mother back then, and even got into a fight with my father because of her."

Later, he was admitted to university and left the village.

I've never known about this before. No one has ever mentioned it to me growing up. It's like this uncle doesn't exist. It's very strange! Captain Wang, don't you think so?

"This is indeed illogical... I've carefully reviewed your file, and there isn't much information about your father, only his name: An Zheran; as for your uncle, there's no record of him in your file..."

Wang Tiejun stroked his chin as he spoke.

"If the root of Jia Lao Er's case really lies with my mother, then those two brothers are highly suspected of committing the crime, and I, the uncle who has never appeared before, am even more suspicious."

Jia Lao Er harasses my mother all the time. If I, his infatuated uncle, find out, I might just kill him.

That's what I think, but unfortunately I don't have any evidence.

"Are there really people this devoted? Your uncle hasn't been in contact with you for long, has he? Interesting. But I agree with you. Your suspicions are quite reasonable, but this matter is still a bit difficult to handle."

First, Jia Lao Er's case isn't under my jurisdiction, so even if I were to inquire about it, it would be against the rules; second, we don't have any direct evidence to prove that you, his uncle, committed Jia Lao Er's crime, so I still have no reason to investigate him.

"Captain Wang, what if we put it another way? You promised your informant you'd help him find his long-lost uncle in order to get his cooperation in solving the case. Is that alright?"

"Huh?! That's a good idea! You're pretty quick-witted, aren't you?" Wang Tiejun chuckled.

"Okay, I'll go find the information. I've found your dad and uncle's information. If there are no problems with them, then we'll stop here; if there are problems, I'll continue investigating. That way, everything will make sense, right?"

"Captain Wang is truly experienced and shrewd!"

"Come on! Don't flatter me! Fine, I'll go check for you right now, bye."

"By the way, stop bullying Xia Qing all the time. She's my apprentice, after all. Can't you give her some face?"

"You should have said you were my apprentice earlier!" An Xiaohai rolled his eyes. "Being an apprentice is different. But Captain Wang, wait a moment, there's something else I want to tell you."

"What is it?" This time, Wang Tiejun's expression was much more serious. The personal matters had already been discussed; An Xiaohai's next topic should be official business.

"We still need to investigate two people."

Which two?

"Gui Liu and Guo Xiangshui."

"Gui Liu and Guo Xiangshui?" Wang Tiejun frowned deeply. "Didn't you already tell me to investigate Gui Liu? Why do you need to investigate him again? And what's the deal with this Guo Xiangshui?"

"Has Captain Wang found out anything about Ghost Six?"

"No!" Wang Tiejun shook his head: "Gui Liu was exposed by one of his underlings. Although I participated in the arrest, I wasn't a key player that time."

As you know, I'm from the city's anti-drug squad. Each of our branches also has an anti-drug team, and the people in charge of this line are our colleagues in the branch.

When Gui Liu was arrested, he was caught red-handed, but the amount of evidence was not too large, so the sentence was not too heavy, only ten years.

Gui Liu's supplier was a gang in Hong Kong. Several years ago, this gang was taken down by the Hong Kong police. He didn't seem to have any connection with Hai Yaozi.

You said Xu Tianyou had a grudge against him, but I think it's very likely that it was just a personal feud between them.

I found these things and told you about them back then.

"I know, but I still feel that there are serious problems with him, and his grudge with Xu Tianyou can't possibly be as simple as a personal feud. So, it would be best to investigate him thoroughly again."

"Okay, I understand. What about Guo Xiangshui?"

"I think he's more suspicious than Gui Liu, but I don't have any evidence, it's just a strong intuition."

"Understood!" Wang Tiejun nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me. I will do my best to investigate. Thank you!"

"Why is Captain Wang being so polite?" An Xiaohai was a little surprised. Wang Tiejun often said thank you, but this was the first time he had said thank you in this tone!

"Because I am very pleased."

"Relieved?"

"Yes, I'm relieved!" Wang Tiejun took a deep breath: "In the past, you would only tell me specific clues, but you would never easily reveal your thoughts."

This is the first time you've shared your thoughts with me, talked about the people you doubt, and the direction of your doubts! This shows that you're increasingly accepting and trusting me. I'm very happy and gratified!

"Really? Is that so?" An Xiaohai asked in a somewhat exaggerated manner.

"That's right!" Wang Tiejun maintained his smile, but his eyes were very serious: "I know that what you've been through makes it hard for you to trust anyone anymore, but please believe me, I, Wang Tiejun, will definitely not let you down!"

I'm really happy to see you trust me more and more; it shows that my efforts haven't been in vain.

Alright, is there anything else you want to tell me? If not, I have to go now. We've been keeping an eye on a very important lead lately, and I really can't leave.

Also, I should have come to thank you about Jia Ming a long time ago, but I haven't had the time. I'm sorry! But you've already helped so much, I don't think just saying thank you is very meaningful, so it doesn't matter. Let's see what you do. I hope you understand!

"I understand. I have nothing more to say. Captain Wang, go ahead and get back to work."

Wang Tiejun left, and An Xiaohai, sitting alone in the interrogation room, felt a mix of emotions.

As they got to know each other better, more and more facets of Wang Tiejun gradually came to An Xiaohai’s attention.

An Xiaohai suddenly realized that his previous understanding of Wang Tiejun was really incomplete, and his judgment was also very arbitrary. The reason he thought Wang Tiejun was too sentimental and kind before was simply because Wang Tiejun was completely unguarded towards him.

After these encounters, An Xiaohai gradually corrected his mistaken views. A narcotics squad leader who struck fear into the hearts of drug lords throughout the province could not possibly be as simple as he appeared on the surface.

"Looks like I'll have to be even more focused from now on... I hope your investigation will yield results soon..." An Xiaohai thought absentmindedly.