Chapter 131 — Frustrated Qiu Lingshan
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"Captain Yang, you mean...?" Han Lingshan was a little unsure.
"This case can wait. We wait until the suspect lets his guard down—that is when we move," Yang Huaijun said. "Otherwise, no matter how anxious you are, it will do no good."
"Uh... Captain Yang, but I already gave Director Chen a military pledge..." Qiu Lingshan was suddenly in a difficult spot. Had she known the case would be this complicated, why would she have pledged herself? Wasn't she just making trouble for herself?
"Is that so..." Yang Huaijun was left somewhat speechless. Qiu Lingshan truly dared to act and take responsibility—even he would not have dared do such a thing... This case was rather complex, and the web of interests it dragged into the open was not as simple as what appeared on the surface.
Who was Gu Pengzhan? A member of the provincial Political Consultative Conference, a star entrepreneur of the province, a man who not only commanded a vast network of connections but was also a family friend of the Chen family in the military. With such a background, someone had still dared to touch his daughter—so one could well imagine the background and power of that someone. For an ordinary person to move against Gu Pengzhan would be no different from courting death; and whoever dared to move against Gu Pengzhan had reached an even higher level, a level whose people even he, given his own family background, would not carelessly provoke. So this case was indeed hard to handle.
"Xiao Song, this military pledge of yours—you made it a little too hastily." At this moment, pouring cold water was useless, but the cold water still had to be poured, to prepare Qiu Lingshan mentally. "Anyone who dares touch Gu Pengzhan's daughter—what level of person that is, you should understand. This involves a conflict of interests at an even higher tier. Those few robbers are undoubtedly nothing but pawns; they are not hard to deal with. What is hard to deal with are the people protecting them. At least, before they lose that protection, finding those robbers will be very difficult for us. Once the heat dies down and those people abandon the robbers, finding them will be as easy as turning over the palm of a hand."
Though Qiu Lingshan could be impulsive in her actions, she was not stupid. She understood what Yang Huaijun was saying—she should never have gone to the director to make that military pledge in the first place; she should have laid out these difficulties instead, and the director, she believed, would not have made things hard for her.
But the pledge had already been made, and for her to go say these things now would be inappropriate. No matter what, Qiu Lingshan could only tough it out now.
"Captain Yang... so what should I do now..." Qiu Lingshan did not want to give up halfway. She knew that even if the agreed deadline passed, it would not be much of a problem—the director would not really do anything to her—but her standing and reputation in the police force would decline accordingly...
"If you really want to crack the case, then listen to me and go ask Wei Zhao. You may reap unexpected rewards." Yang Huaijun offered her a hint—though whether Wei Zhao would help her was no longer Yang Huaijun's concern.
"Wei Zhao? He can help me?" This was the second time Qiu Lingshan had heard Yang Huaijun say this. The first time she had not taken it seriously, but the second time... she knew Yang Huaijun was not the kind of man to spout nonsense; he would not say baseless things carelessly.
"Perhaps. It's possible..." Yang Huaijun smiled and added, "If he sincerely wants to help you."
"I understand. Thank you, Captain Yang." Yang Huaijun had already spoken clearly enough, so Qiu Lingshan naturally could not press further. She hung up, and her brows knitted slightly.