Chapter 1213: Chapter 1143: Taste
Wei Shikan stayed in the restroom on the top floor for a long ti, and when he ca out, his clothes were disheveled.
Wei Shikan inadvertently avoided eye contact, feeling more embarrassed than when he brought a girl into the bathroom.
“Did you clean up?” Miao Ruixiang was also washing his hands at the basin outside.
“I think it’s clean.” Wei Shikan looked left and right absentmindedly and asked, “Shall we go back?”
“It’s this ti already; under normal circumstances, Captain Jiang would take everyone to eat.” Miao Ruixiang said.
Hearing the ntion of being treated to a al, Wei Shikan perked up a bit and imdiately said, “I have a buddy who owns a French restaurant; I’ll treat everyone.”
Miao Ruixiang couldn’t help but laugh, “Eat French snails?”
The little spirit Wei Shikan had just gathered instantly crumbled.
Miao Ruixiang, having had his fun, felt exhilarated. He had graduated only a year ago and sohow beca Jiang Yuan’s protégé, naturally becoming a senior figure to an experienced detective, easily playing around with things even the brigade chief couldn’t touch, feeling life couldn’t be smoother.
He patted Wei Shikan on the shoulder with his wet hand, then wiped it, and said, “Don’t overthink it; Captain Jiang is operating at the scene downstairs, whether we can eat today is yet uncertain.”
“No need to eat then.” Wei Shikan followed Miao Ruixiang like a walking dead, not even thinking to ask more, just following him into the elevator down, then hung up their temporary tags and walked into an area blocked off by transparent glass access control.
Finance Departnt.
Only when Wei Shikan saw this sign did he suddenly co to his senses and ask Miao Ruixiang next to him, “Are we still going to audit the accounts?”
“Captain Jiang brought the economic investigation team over and also hired an audit firm.” Miao Ruixiang replied.
“Econ-investigation? Can they co just like that?” Wei Shikan understood this too well. Criminal police and economic investigation belong to two different police departnts. Although they encounter each other often, in practice, they don’t have much interaction, much like two subsidiaries or departnts within a large corporation; cooperation is one thing, but they aren’t readily available.
Miao Ruixiang raised his chin and said, “In past cases involving fake currency, Captain Jiang has helped economic investigation a lot, and besides, this case is actually theirs to handle…”
“Incitent to suicide?”
“Not necessarily. However… the victim, with an annual salary of two to three million, plus various bonuses and reimbursents, living among beautiful people in the film city, with a life like a deity, would have no reason to commit suicide. Would he commit suicide?” Miao Ruixiang said enviously, “Anyway, if it were , I definitely wouldn’t easily commit suicide.”
Wei Shikan nodded understandingly, “Suicide to preserve money, surrender to preserve life, this finance director must have been involved in a lot, several million definitely wouldn’t be enough to make him commit suicide. Also, that junior accountant who found the body, she was about to jump off a building, right? She must be involved too.”
“She signed quite a few docunts, and there are several accounts that can’t be balanced. However, she now claims it was financial director Song Zhao who deceived and coerced her into doing it. She didn’t know and was also a victim. At that mont, she had a breakdown, but after seeing Song Zhao’s tragic end, she realized she hadn’t done too wrong, so she didn’t jump.” Miao Ruixiang said, laughing at his own words.
Wei Shikan also laughed, shifting the bla to the deceased—thinking about it, this might be why Song Zhao needed to commit suicide.
In the finance room, a group of besuited office workers were nervously cramd into several small eting rooms, their cellphones confiscated. With police watching them, they were each given pen and paper to write down their whereabouts on the day Song Zhao died.
Several mbers of the economic investigation team who arrived first had already set up camp, adopting an office-like stance in another eting room.
Jiang Yuan was also in attendance, constantly answering several questions from the economic investigation team. To Wei Shikan’s ears, these questions seed more like fan-based inquiries than case-related issues.
After listening for a while, Wei Shikan cald his restless mood.
After watching for a while, Wei Shikan muttered, “I thought the economic investigation team would co and take all the computer hosts or sothing.”
“Then how would the film city conduct its business? Creditors would eat them alive.” Miao Ruixiang shook his head, “Dai Zhi ant to maintain the normal business operations of the film city as much as possible. Arresting people is one thing, but you can’t destroy the setup.”
Wei Shikan thought it through, “True, the film city is such a large venture involving so many people, stopping it would be catastrophic; the impact would be enormous.”
“Exactly. Just having so many extras out of work would take half the life out of the local police, um… I an like you guys, local security would definitely deteriorate rapidly.” Miao Ruixiang spoke earnestly.
Wei Shikan was a bit surprised, “Captain Jiang is quite politically savvy.”
“This is called the Ningtai experience. The goal of fighting cri is to prevent it, using high-intensity criminal crackdowns to deter cri.” Miao Ruixiang said proudly, “Currently, within Ningtai County, the security level is almost at the point where people don’t lock their doors at night. At Zoumadao Police Station, there are often safety weeks—where no criminal cases occur the whole week. And the standards are quite relaxed. Qinghe City is also seeing an increase in governnt investnt invitations.”
“Then you’re all able to go out.” Wei Shikan comnted.
“Safe surroundings also benefit local safety. Cri can be exported, so combating cri naturally ans exporting it,” Miao Ruixiang explained using experiences summarized by Huang Qiangmin.
As a mber of the Criminal Police Brigade, for a mont, Wei Shikan couldn’t tell who was local.
The economic investigation team moved quickly, and more people kept coming.
The provincial city’s economic investigation team generally only handles big cases, so they operate on a large-scale mode—arriving in groups and starting work with just a brief discussion with Jiang Yuan.
It didn’t take long for the finances in the eting rooms to be called out one by one.
The finances that were called out hadn’t returned yet, causing those not called yet to beco increasingly restless. Later, each finance person called out would let out a startled exclamation, so voices were shrill, so were low, and others made a ‘pop’ sound like a maggot being squished.
Wei Shikan watched for a while, feeling gradually liberated from the dread of maggots, then moved closer to Jiang Yuan’s side, smiling, “Captain Jiang, is there anything I can help with?”
“I’m looking at the images Director Xu sent over, can you order takeout for everyone? Use the special task force’s budget, don’t foot the bill yourself.” Jiang Yuan looked at the computer and gave instructions.
Wei Shikan felt pleased, although ordering takeout was sothing for the team’s newest mber, it showed he was one of them.
Wei Shikan took out his phone and smiled, “I have a knack for ordering takeout; I know many brothers in the dining industry, does Captain Jiang prefer Western food or Japanese? How about Italian? Pizza, pasta, atballs… I know a place that set up a pizza oven, with bricks imported from Italy…”
“Chinese food.” Jiang Yuan said.
Wei Shikan hesitated for two seconds, recalling urban legends, and asked, “Then how about hot pot?”
“No need. In soone else’s office building, keep it simple.”
“Oh oh. Let see…” Wei Shikan thought and said, “How about Min cuisine? Min cuisine’s soup can be brought in large cans, and it won’t lose its taste in takeout. Just order the most traditional chicken soup with clam shavings. My brother’s shop sells several cans daily, cutting live clams into thin slices, the chicken soup cooked with a bit of beef and tenderloin, scald the clam slices, delicious and satisfying, and then a few pots of Eight Min delicacies…”
Jiang Yuan raised his head and said, “For Min cuisine… a dish of Tongan sealed pork, lychee pork, sa cha lion head will be good. Plus a tomato scrambled egg, stir-fried beef, stir-fried pork with peppers, with several large pots of rice.”
Wei Shikan listened and beca instantly hopeless, wasn’t this just still over rice?
“Captain Jiang, you can eat better, Dai Zhi certainly wouldn’t mind.” Wei Shikan comnted.
Jiang Yuan gave him a surprised look, “I think it’s pretty good…”
“Alright.” Wei Shikan sighed, slightly doubting Jiang Yuan’s taste…
“By the way.” Jiang Yuan suddenly rembered and turned back to Wei Shikan, “After wrapping up this case, it will be essentially over. Dai Zhi said your interrogation of Yue Hongxu was ritorious and wants to award you with a second-class rit. As for your internal affairs at Lanyue City Bureau, I can’t comnt, but Dai Zhi took the initiative to suggest shipping you over… sending you over for a while, said you’re good at communicating with various departnts and familiar with the province’s internal and external situations, what’s your opinion?”
Wei Shikan was thrilled, mouth agape like ready to swallow a gun, he patted his chest and said, “Captain Jiang, I enthusiastically request to join Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team. You have great taste!”
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