Chapter 131 — Depressed Song Lingshan - Reminded by Yang Huaijun, She Truly Recalled That the Suspect Had Vanished for Months Before Being Caught and Brought to Justice

"Captain Yang, what do you mean..." Song Lingshan was not quite sure.

"This case can wait a little. When the suspects drop their guard, that will be the time." Yang Huaijun said, "Otherwise, no matter how anxious you are, it will do no good."

"Uh... Captain Yang, but I have already made a military pledge before Bureau Chief Chen..." Song Lingshan was suddenly put in a difficult spot. If she had known the case was this complicated, why would she ever have made such a pledge? Was she not just asking for trouble?

"Is that so..." Yang Huaijun was speechless after hearing that. Song Lingshan really dared to act and to answer for it, a thing even he would not have dared to do... This case was rather complicated, and the interests tangled up behind it were far more than what appeared on the surface!

Who is Gu Pengzhan? A member of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference and a star entrepreneur of the whole province. Not only does he command a vast network of his own, he is also an old family friend of the military Chen family. With a background like that, if someone still dares to move against his daughter, you can imagine the background and power of that person! For an ordinary man to touch Gu Pengzhan would be no different from courting death, and anyone who dares to touch Gu Pengzhan must belong to another, higher level. People on that level are ones even someone with my family background would not provoke lightly, so this case is truly hard to handle!

"Little Song, you made that pledge a bit too hastily." Pouring cold water now would do no good, but this cold water still had to be poured, so that Song Lingshan could be mentally prepared: "Anyone who dares to touch Gu Pengzhan's daughter, you should understand what level such a person must be on. This touches on a dispute of interests at a still higher level. Those robbers are undoubtedly nothing but pawns. They are not hard to deal with, but the ones sheltering them are hard to deal with! At least, before they lose that shelter, it will be very difficult for us to find those robbers. Once the storm blows over and those people abandon the robbers, finding them will be as easy as turning over our hand."

Song Lingshan tended to act a little impulsively, but she was not stupid. She understood what Yang Huaijun meant. She should never have gone to the bureau chief to make any pledge in the first place, but should instead have laid out these difficulties. The chief would surely not have made things hard for her.

But the pledge had already been made, and for her to say such things now would no longer be proper. No matter what, Song Lingshan could only grit her teeth and hold on.

"Captain Yang... then what should I do now..." Song Lingshan did not want to give up halfway. Even if the agreed time passed, nothing would really happen to her, and the chief would not truly do anything to her, but her standing and reputation in the bureau would fall with it...

"If you really want to crack the case, then listen to me and go ask Wei Zhao. You may get an unexpected reward." Yang Huaijun gave her a hint, but whether Wei Zhao would help her was not for Yang Huaijun to worry about.

"Wei Zhao? He can help me?" This was the second time Song Lingshan had heard Yang Huaijun say this. The first time she had not taken it much to heart, but the second time... She knew Yang Huaijun was not the kind of man to talk recklessly. He would not say things without grounds.

"Perhaps, who can say..." Yang Huaijun smiled and added one more line: "If he sincerely wants to help you."

"I understand. Thank you, Captain Yang." Yang Huaijun had already spoken plainly enough, so Song Lingshan naturally could not keep pressing him. She hung up the phone, and Song Lingshan knitted her brows slightly.

Wei Zhao, just what was this man's background? According to Uncle Qing, this man was simply a follower hired by Gu Pengzhan to keep the young lady company, or rather a close bodyguard. That he could bring Gu Mengyao out of the kidnappers' hands without a scratch showed Wei Zhao had some ability, but could he help her crack a case and catch criminals?

Besides, why was Captain Yang pushing this man on her so hard? What kind of ability did this man have to catch Captain Yang's eye?

Suddenly, Song Lingshan thought of something strange! That day when she took Wei Zhao to the police team, they ran into Yang Huaijun halfway, and Yang Huaijun looked as if he had seen a ghost. He grew excited at the sight of Wei Zhao and kept calling him "Eagle". Although Wei Zhao never admitted it and mocked Yang Huaijun roundly, afterward the two talked alone in the office for a long time. When she asked Yang Huaijun about it later, Yang Huaijun said nothing, only that he had already let Wei Zhao go...

At the time Song Lingshan had not thought much of it, but now that she savored it carefully, Yang Huaijun's attitude then had been truly abnormal. Yang Huaijun was not a reckless man. Just who had he taken Wei Zhao for, to grow so excited that he lost his composure in front of her?

Seen in this light, there had to be something unusual about Wei Zhao. It was only that she did not know it, and Yang Huaijun had never told her, recommending him to her only now that she had run into difficulty.

At the thought of Wei Zhao, a wave of bitterness rose in Song Lingshan's heart. Ask her to beg him?

Given the state of their relationship now, let alone whether Wei Zhao would help, it would already be lucky if he did not sneer at her! Alas, if she had known this man would be useful, why would she ever have offended him?

Song Lingshan hesitated again and again, and decided she would still intensify the search on her own. Asking her to beg Wei Zhao was the same as killing her. She could well imagine how Wei Zhao would mock her.

From the very first day she met him, Wei Zhao had never given her a kind word, mocking her outright as someone who got in through the back door. If she went begging to him now, would he not call her even more incompetent, a back-door case who could not even crack a case and had to ask others for help?

What happened later at the hospital only deepened the conflict between them. She had only wanted to punish him a little, yet who would have thought it would turn into a scene of ambiguity? She truly regretted it now.

Song Lingshan sighed. How could she be so unlucky? She had been a woman instructor who ruled the special forces, yet she had fallen into the hands of a little man. It was simply too shameful to speak of! If her old comrades and trainees ever learned that the great Instructor Song had actually been looked down upon, would they not laugh their teeth off?

That was only secondary. What depressed Song Lingshan most was that, having grown up in the compound, which boy around her had not obeyed her every wish? When had she ever suffered such a loss? Asking her to beg Wei Zhao was the same as bowing her head to Wei Zhao. When had she ever bowed her head to anyone?

Song Lingshan was deeply torn, so she vented her temper on her subordinates, ordering them to intensify the search day and night without rest until the robbers were found!

Her men also knew about Song Lingshan's pledge before the bureau chief, so although they were suffering unspeakably, they all gritted their teeth and held on. If the case could not be cracked within the set time, it would not only be Song Lingshan alone who lost face, the whole criminal police team would look bad as well. After all, they were the ones carrying it out.