Chapter 28 Clue

  The days passed quickly, and before I knew it, Friday arrived.

  Tan Kai is back, bringing some valuable things. Zhang San's wife's hometown is on the other side of Da Guan Kou, but her brothers are all very decent and don't seem like the kind of people who would do that sort of thing. However, there is a cousin whose hands and feet are not too clean, and has been investigated by the Public Security Bureau of Da Guan Kou Township before.

  Tan Kai also found a clue, that Zhang Sanwa and a labor release prisoner from Pingchuan County had a very close relationship, and recently someone saw the labor release prisoner wandering around two villages at the junction of Tuling Township and Jiangmiao Town.

  Zhao Guodong reported the clues he had obtained to Qiu Yuanfeng. Although Zhang Sanwa's suspicions were rising, there was still no conclusive evidence. Labor release prisoners also have legal rights and cannot be detained for examination just because of suspicion.

  To move others, you must have conclusive evidence; otherwise, even if you bring them down, you will only release them in the end.

  "Brother Zhao, the only way is to wait for a rabbit by guarding a tree stump." Tan Kai took over the Ashima that Zhao Guotang threw over, lit a fire and took a puff.

  "Guarding the tree stump waiting for the rabbit is fine if you can guard it, but what if there's no movement after 10 or 20 days? Zhao Guocong understood that if it were an ordinary person, bringing them back and interrogating them thoroughly might yield some clues. However, these two old foxes who had been to the palace twice before had rich experience in counter-surveillance, and without any concrete evidence, it would be difficult to pry open their mouths."

  "I think it's still a bit tricky, those two villages are mountainous, and now the weather is hot, even people who come out to irrigate the fields in the second half of the night are many, if he wants to make his move, he has to avoid the crowded roads, and the only road is to go into the mountains, along that tractor path to the edge of the mountain, then through Xiaoyan Pass, you can enter Pingchuan County."

  Tan Kai is very calm and collected, if he's not sure about something, he usually doesn't say it.

  "Hmm, do you think it's feasible?" Zhao Guocong also had some misgivings.

  "Heh heh, it's hard to say, but if you don't keep a little secret, it's always a bit unsatisfying." Tan Kai smiled.

  "Alright, I'll go talk to Qiu Suo. The two of us will form a team and include me in it. We'll spend half a month trying our best." Zhao Guozhong gritted his teeth.

  "Or should we call the people from the Tuling Security Room together?" Tan Kai hesitated for a moment.

  Zhao Guotang thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, it's not that I don't trust the Tuling Public Security Bureau, but Zhang Sanwa has a wide network of connections in Tuling and is very vigilant. If he finds out that someone from the Tuling Public Security Bureau is keeping watch at night, this matter might fall through. Let's all work hard for now, if we really crack the case, I'll treat everyone to a drink."

  Xu Xiujin couldn't help but gaze lovingly at her son, who was fast asleep on the bed. She didn't know how he ended up at the police station, but it seemed like he was working even harder than when he was with the criminal police team. He would stay up all night and then sleep soundly as soon as he got home. Seeing that lunchtime was approaching, Xu Xiujin really couldn't bear to wake him up.

  Zhao Guotang's sweet dream was in full swing, with people constantly changing and whirling around him like a dizzying blur. Tang Jin, Kong Yue, Han Dong, even Tong Man... He tried to hold onto them, but they always slipped through his grasp. Just when he thought he had caught one, he realized he had only grabbed her outer clothes. She turned around, wearing just a thin undergarment, and ran off in front of him - was it Kong Yue? Zhao Guotang pounced like a tiger, pinning her down with a swift motion, but suddenly the person beneath him vanished into thin air.

  Zhao Guotong woke up with a hint of regret, stretching his waist lazily. It's great that Arab countries can marry four wives, and it's even better in some African tribes where you can marry dozens of wives as long as you can afford to raise them.

  Tang Jian hadn't called himself for several days, and Zhao Guotang was a bit uneasy. However, he had to keep watch last night, and after a whole night's vigil, he endured another day and night, but his opponent still hadn't appeared. This might be a test of endurance.

  Zhao Guotong had just eaten lunch and was thinking of going back to bed when he heard his mother's voice outside the door, calling out to someone: "Kong Yue, are you looking for Guotong? He's inside, he just finished eating, come on in."

  Zhao Guodong quickly got up and changed his clothes to come out, Kong Yue stood by the washing machine, wearing a light green long dress, with a pair of white high-heeled sandals on her feet, like a lotus flower standing elegantly. Her long hair was casually tied back, but she held a book in her hand.

  "Kong Yue, come in and sit down." Zhao Guotang looked around and saw that there was no one else around. It was a hot afternoon, so everyone was at home resting. Only his family had gone to swim in the Ningjiang River.

  "Your brother and the others aren't here?" Kong Yue walked into Zhao Guotang's room with a calm demeanor, taking a glance around.

  "Went swimming in the river, doesn't even fear getting sunburned on a day like today." Zhao Guotang turned on the electric fan, and its blades began to spin.

  "Didn't you come back last night?" Kong Yue noticed that Zhao Guotang seemed to have just gotten out of bed.

  "Yeah, something happened at the dorm last night, so I just caught up on sleep this morning."

  "Are you going to take a nap this afternoon too?" Kong Yue said with some regret.

  "Ah, the beauty has arrived, and the sleepy bug has flown away. Who can still sleep now?"

  Originally a very ordinary teasing remark after the 80s, it made Kong Yue's face blush, "Guo Dong, I found that you became more and more glib-tongued after becoming a public security officer."

  Since the trip to YunTai Mountain, Kong Yue and Han Dong would occasionally call Zhao GuoTong's home phone, making him cautious when answering calls, carefully listening to identify the caller before responding. The relationship between Kong Yue, Han Dong, and himself had become somewhat subtle, leaving Zhao GuoTong with a mix of unease and secret delight.

  "People don't have to live so gloomily, right? That's called having a sense of humor."

  "What are you going to do this afternoon?" Kong Yue put on a very casual tone and said, "Nothing, how about we go to the library and take a look at some books?"

  "Okay, is the factory library open on Sunday?" Zhao Guotang hadn't been to the factory library for a long time.

  "It's open, but basically nobody is there."

  "It's better to be quiet, just the two of us is even better." Zhao Guotang readily agreed, which made Kong Yue happy but also a little uneasy.

  The library was too quiet, except for a soon-to-retire librarian, the whole library was empty, with no readers. Zhao Guozhu and Kong Yue sat side by side, Kong Yue was reading political books, apparently preparing to take the correspondence university exam.

  Zhao Guodong suddenly remembered that when he graduated, he was also ambitious and prepared to take the self-examination, but the self-examination was too difficult. After taking a few courses, he became somewhat disheartened and lazy, so it's better to read correspondence courses, which are much easier and faster, only more money needs to be spent.

  Recently, the press has caught Zhao Guotang's attention. The stock market in Shenzhen has started to operate, and the wealth consciousness of coastal residents is gradually being tapped. However, this awareness is still relatively weak inland, where some stocks that have been issued to internal employees but not yet listed are being distributed to them, only for many employees to be unwilling to accept or forced to sell quickly at original price or even below.

  A stock certificate plus a photocopy of an ID card, and this became the back-and-forth money-making tool for those initial stock speculators at Andu Niwang Temple. If you want to join in and get a share of the profits, you first need to have the original capital investment.

  After reading the book reviews of brothers, I felt invigorated, as if I had returned to those days when I wrote Jiangshan. To be honest, these days have a bit of that feeling, striving for progress and seeking support!