Lin Haitang stared blankly at ng Lang.
So... those things were used for...
"Mr. ng, if it's convenient, could you tell the purpose of installing... this kind of equipnt?"
Wang Zhao Ping hesitated for a mont before asking in the most diplomatic tone possible.
Strictly speaking, this kind of equipnt bordered on being illegal, nudging against legal boundaries, but in light of his professional ethics as a detective, Wang Zhao Ping did not jump to conclusions prematurely.
"It's convenient, though if it's convenient for you, I would also hope you could answer a question for ," ng Lang offered.
Wang Zhao Ping was obviously taken aback by ng Lang's sudden role reversal.
"Please, go ahead."
"I just overheard by chance that you seem to know this criminal, right?"
"Uh... yes, that's right!" Wang Zhao Ping's complexion turned sowhat unnatural.
Even though Yuan Li was no longer a mber of the criminal police force, it was, after all, an internal disgrace.
"Yuan Li held a key position in our criminal police team three years ago; he was our colleague. It's just that later, due to his own corruption, he was sent to prison for three years and has only recently been released."
All the uninford people hearing this news widened their eyes in shock.
"I was saying, this criminal seed quite skilled; now it turns out he was indeed trained," Yan Weiwei realized with sudden clarity.
"To be honest, Yuan Li was once the runner-up in the provincial combat competition, so I am also quite surprised that he would be defeated... by both of you."
"Hmm! Got it!" ng Lang nodded his head while stroking his chin, then casually added as if it were an afterthought.
"Ah, by the way, Lawyer Lin, I rember there seems to be sothing like a 'conflict of interest avoidance' provision in the law, right?"
Lin Haitang was taken aback for a mont, but catching ng Lang's aningful look, her mind raced, and she quickly understood.
"Indeed! There is such an 'avoidance system' in the law!"
"The so-called 'avoidance system' refers to administrative law enforcent officers having to follow principles of fairness and transparency during the enforcent process.
If a law enforcent officer discovers in the course of their duties a conflict of interest or a familial relationship with the involved parties, they should actively submit a withdrawal application to avoid affecting the enforcent of laws fairly and impartially.
Additionally, law enforcent officers should inform the parties involved, during the initial collection or retrieval of evidence, of their right to apply for the officer's withdrawal. This is to ensure parties who may be unaware of this right due to a lack of legal awareness can protect their own interests."
As Lin Haitang finished, if Wang Zhao Ping still could not read between the lines, then he really would have wasted his ti in the police system.
Clearly, since Yuan Li was a forr mber of the criminal investigation system, was there a possibility among these present officers that soone, due to past acquaintanceship, could show favoritism or bias in enforcent?
This possibility could not be said to be nonexistent.
"Uh... I'm sorry, this was indeed an oversight on my part!"
Embarrassnt flickered across Wang Zhao Ping's face.
He turned to look at one of the male officers present.
"Lin Wei!"
"Yes!" Lin Wei stood up, his face displaying a hint of discomfort.
From the way the captain called him by his full na, rather than his usual 'Xiao Wei,' he knew what was about to happen...
As expected, with a serious expression, Wang Zhao Ping announced, "Given that Lin Wei and the suspect have a past superior-subordinate relationship, in accordance with the avoidance principle, Lin Wei is hereby removed from this case's criminal investigation team.
During the investigation period, until the investigation concludes, no one is allowed to disclose any investigative details to him. Does everyone understand?"
"Yes!" The crowd responded, their expressions varied.
Lin Wei's face seed to turn ugly. He gave ng Lang one last look, then saluted Wang Zhao Ping and turned to leave the eting room.
"Mr. ng, Lawyer Lin, I can assure you that everyone present now is unrelated to the suspect.
I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but when Yuan Li's incident happened, it implicated many people and the criminal team was almost completely restructured.
Apart from the just-removed Lin Wei, most of us, including myself, were actually transferred here from various other places and, at most, had a nodding acquaintance with Yuan Li — you can definitely feel at ease," Wang Zhao Ping confessed to everyone, yet his gaze remained fixed on ng Lang.
This 'avoidance system' was quite subtle, and unless the family relationship was blatantly obvious, most people involved in cases wouldn't think of, let alone use, this right.
Even Wang Zhao Ping himself had subconsciously overlooked the "internal hazard" Yuan Li's identity posed.
The fact that an outsider had to remind him of this made Wang Zhao Ping feel sowhat embarrassed, while he couldn't help but develop a asure of respect for this young man nad ng Lang.
After just having escaped a brush with death, ng Lang was still able to calmly notice a detail that most ordinary people would overlook.
Furthermore, although he was the one who had spotted the issue, he deliberately had Lawyer Lin voice the relevant legal provisions.
It likely wasn't without the intention of highlighting Lawyer Lin's identity as a warning to handle things properly...
When it ca to manipulating legal regulations, these lawyers were often more skilled than the police, always proving to be a headache.
Upon further reflection, Wang Zhao Ping felt increasingly that there was more to ng Lang than t the eye!
This guy... was definitely not the ordinary person he appeared to be.
In Wang Zhao Ping's eyes, ng Lang had already been tagged with mysterious labels such as "ticulously thoughtful," "leakproof," "low-key," and "playing the pig to eat the tiger"!
Hmm! That makes sense. How could an ordinary insurance salesman possibly cause a character like Yuan Li to et his downfall?
Of course, ng Lang was unaware of Wang Zhao Ping's inner thoughts.
The reason he reminded everyone was solely because Lin Haitang had spent ten years helping him with his case investigation, which subtly ntioned problems within the other party.
As a result, even Lin Haitang looked at him with admiration...
It was clearly a case of plagiarism, yet the original author had his face shown up by himself, this feeling...
So undeserved, so undeserved!
"Captain Wang, don't mind , I don't have many faults, it's just that I feel too insecure, I'm ridiculous, truly ridiculous."
There it was! That omnipresent sense of insecurity!
Wang Zhao Ping's mouth twitched, "Mr. ng, can you now answer the question I asked earlier?"
"Yes! Of course, I can!" ng Lang's expression turned serious again.
"First of all, please don't get wrong, I'm definitely a decent person. The reason I installed this device was entirely because I sensed danger."
"Sensed danger? What danger?" Wang Zhao Ping asked, puzzled.
Then, ng Lang began his performance.
"It all started the day that I and Xiao Yu had an unexpected encounter. By sheer coincidence, I discovered that soone was following us in the neighborhood.
I haven't been in Su City for a long ti, so my social circle is pretty simple, and the chance of provoking enemies is not high. So at that ti, I was wondering if they were after Xiao Yu.
But I wasn't too sure at that point.
However, over the next few days, I always had a strange feeling that I was being watched.
As you know, people who lack a sense of security are very sensitive to others' malice.
So I went to the mall and bought these devices.
The thought was straightforward at the ti, just for self-protection, after all, as a boy out and about... cough!
But who would have thought, just by coincidence!
I had just finished installing the devices when, a few days later, I discovered soone had sneakily entered my room.
Captain Wang, did you see what the person did in my room from the video just now?"
What did he do? Wang Zhao Ping was stunned for a mont.
He was so amazed that he hadn't focused on that.
"Xiao Ru, play the video again," he said.
"Okay, Captain!"
This ti, everyone started to rewatch the video.
Although it was from a pinhole cara, the resolution was very high, showing that the equipnt ng Lang bought was of good quality.
On screen, one could clearly see Yuan Li entering the room and looking around before walking around ng Lang's bed as if carefully searching for sothing.
Soon after, he bent down, apparently picking up sothing from the pillow.
The person then opened ng Lang's wardrobe and took out a jacket, followed by a pair of shoes from the shoe cabinet, and then took sothing from a pile of kitchen utensils.
After packing these items into his backpack, he took out so bottles and jars from the backpack and fiddled with a bunch of tableware for a while.
After all this, Yuan Li took a thorough look around the room, seemingly to confirm that no one would detect anything unusual, and then he left, opening the door behind him.
Due to the fixed cara angle, so of Yuan Li's actions were not captured because he was facing away, leaving it to the people's guesses.
But just the behavior exhibited by the person at this point was puzzling enough.
"Captain, you should be able to tell, right? The person didn't co for money!" ng Lang said to Wang Zhao Ping.
Without waiting for a response, ng Lang continued.
"This guy was very careful, not only trying to restore any disturbed items to their original state, but also the few things he stole were items I rarely use.
Even if these items were lost, I wouldn't notice for a while, or even if I did notice, I wouldn't care.
If it weren't for this video, I wouldn't even realize soone had broken in and taken a few things, at least not for a short while.
Later, I checked and found the missing items included a jacket, a pair of shoes, and... a fruit knife."
"Hmm?"
A fruit knife?! The sensitive nerves of everyone were imdiately pricked.
"That's right! If I'm not mistaken, the weapon Yuan Li had tonight... should be mine!
To be more precise, it's what I use to peel apples..."
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