38: Amazing! How did you manage to pick them up so well!

Tazhai Village Committee Courtyard.

Village Director stubbornly denied everything.

Officer Hong was troubled.

Indeed.

The video footage was unclear, and judging solely by a few sentences of audio, the evidence was not strong enough.

Furthermore, given Village Director's extremely high seniority and status in Tazhai Village, taking him back to the Police Bureau for interrogation was practically impossible.

What could be done now?

While he pondered.

Xu Tianlong, the SWAT Team captain who had remained silent, stepped forward a few paces.

"Village Director, if there's a dispute, then resolve the dispute."

"Currently, our police suspect Tazhai Village of manufacturing and selling rock sugar."

"Whether it exists, whether there was murder to silence witnesses, we will investigate and search house by house!"

"Is there a problem?"

"..."

One sentence.

Agreement meant there was still room for negotiation.

Disagreement meant both sides could only handle it forcefully.

As his words fell.

The Tazhai Village villagers all jumped up to refute.

"Uncle Dong, our Tazhai Village ancestors have a rule: outsiders cannot enter freely!"

"What's this about searching house by house?"

"It's an invasion of privacy! I've studied law for two and a half years; this is trespassing!"

"Oh, Officer, what are you doing!"

The villagers' reactions were very intense.

Village Director's gaze swept over everyone.

Unexpectedly.

He nodded, agreeing.

"Good!"

"Since the police suspect, then we will let you investigate."

"However..."

"You know, our Tazhai Village has rules left by our ancestors."

"You want to investigate, I will cooperate."

"You must also agree to my conditions..."

Village Director chuckled.

He was probably the first to dare to set conditions with the police, right?

Officer Hong didn't agree directly, asking, "Tell me about it."

"It's very simple..."

"If you don't find any rock sugar or bodies, you must publicly apologize to our Tazhai Village!"

"And, within one year, you are not allowed to appear in our Tazhai Village for any reason whatsoever!"

What a cunning move.

While Officer Hong was bewildered.

Su Yun had already seen through everything.

Village Director was setting conditions... he was, taking this opportunity, to buy Tazhai Village some breathing room.

Advancing by retreating!

This guy really understood Sun Tzu's Art of War inside and out.

"Good!"

"Your conditions can be agreed to."

"But, the premise is that no major illegal cases occur in Tazhai Village!"

Officer Hong had his principles.

Hearing this, Village Director readily agreed.

He said, "It's too late tonight."

"It's also inconvenient for you to search."

"How about tomorrow?"

"I will have all the villagers ready; you can search freely!"

"Alright..."

Officer Hong compromised.

The villagers in the village committee courtyard dispersed and went home.

Only the police and Su Yun remained standing there.

"What now, Old Hong?"

"Really search tomorrow?"

Xu Tianlong frowned.

Police work emphasizes speed.

There's no logic in discovering a case at night and handling it the next day.

"Then... how about we be careful?"

"Search around?"

Officer Hong was undecided for a moment.

Tazhai Village was densely covered with cameras in every street and alley.

It would be difficult for them to search stealthily... but it wasn't entirely impossible.

After a detailed discussion.

SWAT Team Captain Xu Tianlong decided to personally lead a few SWAT Team members to sneak into the village and take a look.

In such a large Tazhai Village.

Finding just a tiny clue would be enough to bring Village Director to justice!

Just like that.

To facilitate the official entry into the village to search for physical evidence.

Officer Hong decided to stay overnight at the entrance of Tazhai Village!

Several police cars uniformly blocked all exits.

To prevent Village Director from making any small moves.

Sitting in the police car.

Officer Hong handed Su Yun and Wang Fan two bowls of instant noodles soaked in cold water.

He said, "Make do with this."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Officer Hong looked at Su Yun deeply a few times.

He then said, "You two are lucky to be alive, daring to come to Tazhai Village."

"Haven't you heard that Tazhai Village is very hostile towards outsiders?"

Su Yun ate with his head down.

Shaking his head as he ate.

The two of them, a pair of unlucky brothers, scavengers, went wherever they pleased.

They couldn't afford to worry about so much.

"Officer Hong, do you have any leads on the Heaven on Earth rock sugar case?"

Su Yun asked casually.

Officer Hong hung his head and shook it.

"No leads whatsoever..."

"Heaven on Earth is a place with too much customer traffic."

"We've investigated everyone who entered that private room, besides you, all the comings and goings."

"No suspicious points..."

In other words, they hadn't found it yet.

After all, there were too many uncertain factors.

"Take your time, you'll find it eventually."

"I believe there are no secrets that can be kept forever..."

Su Yun comforted him with a smile.

Woof woof woof... Just then.

A fierce dog barking sound rang out from the village not far away.

Soon after.

SWAT Team Captain Xu Tianlong and his team ran back, panting.

"How was it, Old Xu? Any situation?" Officer Hong asked nervously.

Xu Tianlong waved his hand and chugged a bottle of mineral water.

"Don't even mention it..."

"We brought special equipment, and after shielding the cameras, we searched near the courtyards of over a dozen villagers' homes."

"Didn't find a single trace of rock sugar..."

Logically.

Wherever rock sugar is made, there must be problems.

But surprisingly, they found no abnormalities.

For a moment.

The group of SWAT Team members, who had been determined to win, were greatly disappointed.

Xu Tianlong couldn't understand.

He looked at Su Yun: "Brother, I want to ask, how did you find that memory card?"

Eh? Right!

At these words, Officer Hong also looked over.

The video on the memory card was of great importance.

Observing Village Director's change in expression at the time, it was almost certainly true.

Such an important item.

How did Su Yun get it?

"This..."

Speaking of which, Su Yun scratched his head: "Two captains, I forgot to mention."

"We were actually arranged by Village Director to work at their brewery in Tazhai Village before."

"As for the memory card, I really didn't find it."

"Then who did?" The two captains were hooked.

Their police investigation had no clues whatsoever.

Why could a scavenger like him find these things?

"Uh..."

"Speaking of which, the two captains might not believe it."

"This memory card, I picked it up!"

Su Yun said with a serious face.

Picked it up!?

Hearing this.

The two veteran captains of the Longhai City Police Bureau, lauded as Bureau Chief Chen's right-hand men.

Were stunned!

They had been police officers for at least ten years.

They had solved countless cases, big and small... What strange situations hadn't they encountered?

Finding clues and evidence was often the most headache-inducing task... Today.

Su Yun's phrase "picked it up" once again refreshed their understanding!

Finding a body could be understood.

But!

Evidence, this thing, could also be picked up!?

The two captains' eyes widened like light bulbs.

After so many years in the police force.

How come they couldn't pick up such important evidence?

How are you so good at picking things up?