Chapter 126: Uncooperative Wang Yu (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

  The deputy director was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table. If it weren't for the police officer next to him advising against it, he would have personally taken action and arrested them on the spot.

  "What's your name?" He suppressed his anger and asked Wang Yu again.

  "You don't even know my name, what right do you have to arrest me? Remember this clearly, I'm just cooperating with the investigation, not even a suspect, and for all the things you've said, I have alibis. Wang Yu's face was full of nonchalance, hoping that the other party would rush up and beat him up, he could be released on bail immediately, without even going through trial."

  Hai Zhenglong poured oil on the fire and said deliberately, "Wang Yu, I heard that the deputy director asked you questions, why didn't you answer properly? Even if you are innocent, not cooperating with the police will add to your crimes."

  "Come on, you know my name, just tell him and it's done, why ask so many questions?" Wang Yu looked disdainful, not arrogant or domineering, but simply uncooperative.

  He went to the Public Security Bureau, but it was one of his self-protection measures. As long as the case wasn't solved in a day, he would be safe. Who dared to frame him within the bureau? Not only would some leaders not agree, but Wang Yu himself wouldn't either. The Beiqu's Feathered Luo wasn't called that for nothing; there was a group of ruthless people willing to risk their lives for him.

  Hai Zhenglong's face turned red with rage, and he pointed at Wang Yu with a trembling finger, cursing: "Don't be arrogant, we have evidence of your crimes... look at these photos..."

  As he spoke, he pulled out a stack of photos from the yellow file bag and tossed them to Wang Yu. Like autumn leaves, they fluttered down around Wang Yu. In the photos, Wang Yu stood on the rooftop, full of vigor, with thousands of black-clad men bowing their heads in greeting. Just like a dark king accepting the homage of countless subjects. The rising sun shone brightly, but couldn't illuminate his face, he was like a born ruler of darkness, exuding an awe-inspiring aura that made people's hearts tremble.

  Wang Yu nodded slightly, the first time he saw these photos, they were taken very well, with excellent angles and distances. They were a hundred times better than the ID photos he took himself, seemingly having undergone artistic processing, so handsome that even 1,000 yuan couldn't buy such quality.

  "These are evidence, you'd better keep them well, what if they get dirty? Can you afford to compensate?" Wang Yu saw that a few photos had gotten dusty and his heart ached as if it was bleeding. He raised his head, his eyes spewing out flames of anger, staring at Hai Zhenglong.

  Director Song Chengbing cleared his throat and burst out laughing in his heart, but on the surface he was serious and solemnly said: "Deputy Director Hai, your ideological awareness is not even as good as that of a suspect! Does it live up to the party's many years of cultivation and education? Go pick up the photo."

  Hai Zhenglong's face turned red, and he stuttered, not daring to refute. Earlier, in his anger, he had indeed overreacted. Next to him, a small police officer who was close to Director Hai hastily ran over and picked up the photos from the ground. Just as he handed them back to Hai Zhenglong, he saw a hint of murderous intent in Song Chengbing's eyes, which made him shudder.

  The deputy director snatched the photo and said gloomily, "What's going on? Why didn't I know about these photos beforehand? Where did Wang Yu commit this crime? Hmm...this is..."

  Seeing Wang Yu's majestic figure commanding thousands of black-clad men, the deputy director finally understood. No wonder when he was notified to come down and handle this case earlier today, several colleagues of the same rank looked at him with such mysterious and strange eyes - it turned out that this suspect was a big shot.

  Deputy Director heard is not stupid, the national severe crackdown is correct, but just caught some small shrimp, and then hype it up, hype the small shrimp into an evil gang that can gather hundreds of people, didn't Chongqing do so before? A few small groups selling 'obscene' prostitution can do what big things, just being pushed out as scapegoats.

  People like Wang Yu who can easily gather thousands of people and wear uniforms, really cannot move, once they move, it will cause big trouble.

  "Ge Laozi was used as a gun." The newly transferred Deputy Director Wen's mind flashed with several thoughts, and his angry state disappeared strangely. Looking at Wang Yu again, his gaze is no longer as fierce as before, he now also wants to understand why he wanted to use force, and why the several bureau-level police officers next to him tried every means to dissuade him. This person cannot be touched!

  No conclusive evidence, no smoking gun, who dares to touch him?

  Song Chengbing found that Wen's hands were shaking slightly as he flipped through the photos, and a layer of sweat had appeared on his forehead.

  Hai Zhenglong didn't notice Wen's change in expression and added fuel to the fire, saying: "This is strong evidence that Wang Yu gathered a group of thugs. With just one phone call, he was able to gather over a thousand people to cause trouble. This is a serious crime! And it turns out, he gathered these thugs mainly to extort money from Fan, the head of Yino Real Estate Development Company. I heard they even physically assaulted Fan and successfully extorted 20 million yuan."

  The deputy director's eyebrows rose in surprise, and he exclaimed: "This is a serious crime, why was he only caught now?" He inferred from the details of the clothes worn by the characters in the photo that it did not happen in the last few days.

  "That's the out-of-town developer who is afraid of trouble and doesn't dare to tell Wang Yu. Now that I've heard they've caught Wang Yu, and with the nationwide crackdown, tomorrow they'll come to the police station to report the case." Hai Zhenglong said solemnly.

  "At that time, a thousand people were gathered, and the matter was so big, but no one from the police station came to investigate? Why did the developer accept Wang Yu's extortion?" Deputy Director Wen looked at Hai Zhenglong with an gaze that was no longer as gentle as before, his mouth even had a cold smile.

  "That's because..." Hai Zhenglong didn't expect Wen Deputy Director to ask this, and he suddenly couldn't find a suitable reason.

  "Pay back the debt, it's only right." Wang Yu suddenly said, "The developer expropriated land and compensated for the land price at market value, is that extortion? Extortion your sister! Those 200 million were contracted, house demolition compensation. You dare to say that forced demolition of houses doesn't require compensation, tonight someone will demolish your two-story villa."

  Hai Zhenglong immediately shut up and didn't dare make a sound. In front of countless police officers, he was blackmailing the deputy director of the police station; if he wasn't brainless, then he must have had a lot of guts.

  The more this was the case, the less Deputy Director Wen dared to do anything to Wang Yu. In his heart, he kept telling himself: "I don't want to be a gun, I don't want to be a gun..."

  A criminal investigator from the provincial government sat at the edge of the interrogation table, still not seeing the mystery inside, and asked coldly: "What did you gather these thousands of people for? Whether it's demolition or not, illegal gathering and rioting is a crime. Based on this alone, during the current severe crackdown period, you can be locked up for several years."

  "Relocation! The building I'm standing in front of in the photo is the North District Welfare Institute, where over a hundred orphans live, including some disabled ones. Overnight, the house was demolished and the playground destroyed. If we don't relocate, there's a risk of being crushed to death by the collapsing building at any moment."

  "So you're saying you're not causing trouble, but saving people? You're moving house, which moving company are you from? Do you have a business license?" The police officer asked again.

  "It's just a rescue mission. Does moving house necessarily require a moving company? Is it like some people having brains, they will definitely think?" Wang Yu slanted his eyes, slightly dozing off, tired for the whole day, and still not allowed to sleep at night, he was a bit annoyed. When sleepy and disturbed, his temper would be more violent than usual.

  The police were about to get angry, and Song Chengbing seamlessly added a sentence: "Those black-clad men are all people with proper jobs, employees of the Butterfly Security Company, who pay our city of Linjiang tens of millions in taxes every year. And Wang Yu is a shareholder of the Butterfly Security Company, with the right to gather employees to do a day's volunteer work for the welfare home."

  The underworld gangs in Director Song's mouth have become legitimate taxpayers. Gathering crowds to make trouble and 'forcing' developers to give money has also become a volunteer activity.

  Even Director Lian is helping Wang Yu speak, even if the developer comes to sue Wang Yu tomorrow, it's useless. In the photos, there are only shots of Wang Yu gathering black-clad men and black-clad men pulling out batons, but the shot of Wang Yu using his head to knock against the developer's boss was not captured.

  No beating, nor extortion, and the man in black has a legitimate profession, insufficient evidence of crime!

  Hai Zhenglong was sweating profusely, thinking that this wasn't the expected outcome. The provincial hall's people shouldn't be so overzealous, no matter what, they should first establish Wang Yu's guilt. What's with everyone pushing a fallen wall, making this case an ironclad one? Even if Tianwang Laozi came, he wouldn't be able to overturn it. But... such strong evidence, yet it didn't even scratch Wang Yu's skin.

  "We investigated Wang Yu's phone records and found many unfamiliar numbers. After our criminal investigation team's efforts, we finally got some leads. The calls Wang Yu made were mostly to idle social people or those with a criminal record. Especially on the night of Secretary Ye's son's murder, Wang Yu had communication records with those numbers, making us suspect that Wang Yu is related to the murder." Hai Zhenglong decided to take out some substantial evidence to regain Deputy Director Wen's trust, as his solo operation was not going well.

  "Huh? Who did Wang Yu talk to that night?" Deputy Director Wen was also curious, and Deputy Director Hai checked the call records of Wang Yu for any criminal clues.

  "A barber, a fruit vendor, and a chicken breeder." Hai Zhenglong felt the mocking gaze of others, suddenly feeling short of breath, almost unable to continue speaking. Finally, he added, "All these people have had run-ins with the law, most of them have been in prison!"

  There are three people in total, most of whom have been imprisoned before, and it's unclear how many have served time. This level is almost comparable to the official data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

  "What can these prove I've committed a crime?" Wang Yu asked drowsily.

  "You're a white-collar worker, and on the same day you went shopping with your company's female leader and played at the club. Why are you making phone calls to these unrelated people? We suspect that you instructed them to commit murder and harm Ye Secretary's son, Ye An Hao." Hai Zhenglong was like a sleeping "Mori" Kogoro, extremely confident in his reasoning and case-solving abilities.

  As he spoke, he also instructed his trusted subordinates to distribute the printed conversation records to all the police officers.

  "Who knows how many calls I made that day? If you're suspicious, just catch them one by one and interrogate them, it's none of my business?" Wang Yu refused to admit anything, and even if they investigated, they wouldn't be able to find out much.

  The barber is the exclusive barber for the welfare institute in the north district, and he receives a call from them every month. On that evening, he received a call to give a haircut to Leng's fellow apprentice. Every month when there are cheap fruits available, he would call the fruit wholesaler to send some over to the children at the welfare institute. The old clothes used for the crime were also provided by him. The owner of the chicken farm delivers goods to the welfare institute's cafeteria every day, and it is easier to explain that Shi Haonan was hiding in this chicken farm.

  These people seem to have been good for a long time, but in fact they are still serving the gang in the north district. As a member of the gang, no one dares to betray the organization unless he doesn't want to live anymore and doesn't want his whole family to live either.

  "Hmph, I've already sent people to catch them." Hai Zhenglong said with a pleased expression.

  Just then, Cao Zhan, who had been called out by the Municipal Bureau, knocked on the door and came in, shouting triumphantly: "Hai Ju, I've caught all the suspects mentioned in Wang Yu's phone records. Where should we interrogate them?"