Let them offer their loyalty!

Immersed in the game, Song Qing obviously didn't understand Wang Xi's hint.

She cutely uttered, "Huh?" and then, while continuing to play the game with a naive face, asked without looking up, "What's wrong?"

Wang Xi, who was sitting beside her, pointed at the empty Investigation Bureau office and said in a low voice, "Don't you feel... like we've been left behind again?"

"Brother Biao, Feng Ge, and the others have been gone for two days. Little Liu, Huo Yan, and the rest were called away this afternoon."

"Even Sister Liu hasn't shown up for the past two days."

"It's just us, with no other tasks, just sitting in the office killing time."

Hearing Wang Xi's words, Song Qing looked up from her Communicator, surveyed the office, and then revealed a dumbfounded expression, "Right!"

As if she had just realized, she stopped playing the game, stood up abruptly, swept her gaze around the office, and then exclaimed in surprise,

"It really is just us who have been left behind!"

"Why is that!"

"Did they go on a mission? Then why didn't they take us?"

"It's not the weekend, nor are we off work, so it's not overtime, right?"

Hearing Song Qing's barrage of questions, Wang Xi's gaze involuntarily grew heavier. He thought of a possibility...

So, with a slight turn of his eyes and an idea in his mind, he looked at the naive Song Qing and said with a smile, "Song Qing, why don't you... call Sister Liu? See what's going on?"

"Maybe they just went out to party and didn't invite us?"

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Song Qing glanced down at Wang Xi and said with annoyance, "That would make me feel even more excluded."

After speaking, she sat back down with a huff and slumped back onto the table. Her recently developed curves pressed against the desk, forming a "one".

Pouting her lips, she said, "I'm not going to ask. I'll wait until the mission is over, then I'll ask the chief! See if he really considers me one of his own."

Seeing that Song Qing had not taken the bait, Wang Xi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "If you don't want to ask, then don't."

"I'm going to the bathroom."

Song Qing took out her Communicator to continue playing Tetris, pouting her mouth indifferently, "Go ahead."

Wang Xi muttered an "Okay" and then got up and left the office.

But what he didn't notice was... the moment he left, the naive expression on Song Qing's face immediately disappeared.

She cautiously peeked after Wang Xi's retreating back, and once sure he had gone, she hurriedly turned off the game and sent a brief message through the Communicator, "Target left the office, appears to be signaling."

After sending the message, she returned to her previous relaxed state and continued to sprawl on the table playing the game as if nothing had happened.

As she played, she muttered softly, "They didn't leave me behind. They gave me a more important mission."

"So... the only one isolated is you, Wang Xi... hee hee..."

The next second, her eyes lit up, she dropped a "T" shaped block, clearing three consecutive lines...

...

At the same time.

Liu Fuping, who had received Song Qing's message, also quietly approached Qiu Tu and said in a low voice, "Wang Xi seems to have realized something's wrong and is preparing to spill the beans."

Qiu Tu nodded upon hearing this.

Checking the time, he smiled, "It seems he's not too slow after all, discovering the problem now."

With that, Qiu Tu said firmly, "Wait another thirty seconds, then start the operation."

Liu Fuping saluted, "Yes!"

Quickly, as orders were given out, investigators from the Political Department dispersed around the area to prevent Suit Man from escaping.

Meanwhile, specialists from the Security Department, following Lin Zuo's signal, approached and knocked on the villa's front door.

Inside the villa at the time, Suit Man was embracing a young woman wearing only a sheer nightgown, holding a phone receiver to his ear.

Through the receiver, Wang Xi's anxious voice could be heard, "Boss, something's wrong. You need to get out of there fast!"

"I suspect our chief is on his way to catch you right now!"

Hearing Wang Xi's words, Suit Man's rascal-looking face was filled with arrogance and confidence, "Oh? It's okay."

"Let them come then."

Wang Xi, on the other end of the phone, was noticeably baffled.

He uttered a "Huh?" and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to start.

At that moment, however, Suit Man confidently smiled, "Don't worry, it's the divine decree of the God... "

Simultaneously, the villa's front door was knocked on heavily from the outside.

Wang Xi on the phone clearly felt his brain was overloaded. He hesitated and said, "Is it... like that? Then..."

But before he could finish his sentence, a stern male voice suddenly came from beside him, "Wang Xi. What are you doing? Give me your Communicator for inspection."

Upon hearing that voice, Wang Xi turned sharply and saw the Political Department Investigator, known as Eagle, one of Qiu Tu's confidants, standing right behind him, looking at him expressionlessly.

And beside Eagle stood Ah-Kun, as well as another man who was nearly two meters tall, holding a small hammer, looming like a tower — Ah-Tai.

Seeing the Iron Triangle standing in front of him, Wang Xi's heart fluttered for a moment.

He was no fool; the moment he saw the three of them appear together by his side, he had pieced together everything that had happened tonight...

Qiu Tu had long suspected him, discovered that he was up to no good! So... he had deliberately set a trap to catch a thief with the stolen goods in hand!

At that moment, Wang Xi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar...

Meanwhile.

The Suit Man inside the villa had also heard about the incident at Wang Xi's side.

He smiled indifferently, then snapped the receiver back onto the telephone.

After hanging up the phone, he listened to the increasingly urgent knocking at the villa's door without any rush.
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He reached out and played with the hair of the beautiful young woman in his arms, smiling, "My beauty. I won't be able to indulge you for the next two days."

"But... don't worry. Just wait for me patiently for two days, and soon I will come out to find you..."

As he spoke these words, the villa's front door was violently kicked open by two Security Department commissioners and a squad of Political Department investigators, fully armed and storming in.

Upon finding the Suit Man, more than a dozen guns were swiftly pointed at him.

The Suit Man, as if he had anticipated this, raised his hands high with his back to the crowd, then slowly stood up and turned around.

Facing everyone, he said with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Why so agitated, honored officers?"

"I haven't resisted..."

Seeing his carefree demeanor, the commissioners and investigators on the scene did not dare to take things lightly.

The two Security Department commissioners exchanged a look, and one of them stepped forward with handcuffs, twisted the Suit Man's hands behind his back, and cuffed him!

The Suit Man actually didn't resist at all, and was simply taken away from the villa by the squad of commissioners and investigators.

After they left, Liu Fuping led another team of Investigation Bureau agents to the villa, searching for the location of the captive family members.

But... in the entire villa, besides the young woman who had just been held in the Suit Man's arms, there was no sign of anyone else...

Thus, the whole arrest operation ended in a strangely perfect curtain call.

But... the aftermath of the entire incident began to spread slowly through the night like an undercurrent...

...

At the City Center Garden villa.

Yan Chen was strolling in the garden with his daughter, Yanyan.

The blue moonlight poured down, casting a layer of azure luster on the petals of the various precious flowers in the garden.

The night breeze blew, gently swaying the flowers as if whispering spirits, emitting a faint fragrance.

"Yanyan. You've been cooped up in the villa these past few days, not going anywhere. Are you a bit bored?"

"Do you need me to find someone to accompany you for a walk?"

In front of Yanyan, even Yan Chen's face, as withered as a dead tree, eased into a smile. He looked at his daughter with the loving gaze of an ordinary father.

However, Yanyan was wrapping her arms around Yan Chen's arm, her laughter pure and innocent, "It's okay, father. I know you've been busy with work lately, so I'm fine staying in the villa."

"As long as I can walk with you in the garden at night, I'm very happy."

She was naturally exquisitely beautiful, pure as a sprite. Her smile outshone even the moon's glow.

And hearing Yanyan's considerate words, Yan Chen gently patted her hand with a tender look in his eyes, clearly deeply loving his daughter.

While in the midst of their affectionate father-daughter moment, suddenly, Ji Chen hurriedly approached from outside the garden.

Yan Chen had clearly instructed his subordinates not to disturb him, so when he saw Ji Chen coming his way, his eyebrows furrowed slightly and he seemed slightly displeased.

But he also knew that Ji Chen, a man of steady character, would never defy his orders unless something urgent or significant had occurred.

So, after a soft grunt, he still slowly stopped walking and waited for Ji Chen to approach.

Seeing Yan Chen stop, Yanyan, hand in hand with him, also stopped, curiously following Yan Chen's gaze.

Ji Chen arrived breathlessly in front of the two.

He first nodded slightly to Yanyan, greeting her with a "Miss Yanyan."

Then he spoke in a low voice to Yan Chen, "Bureau Chief. There's been an incident."

Yan Chen hummed calmly, then with an indifferent gaze, he looked at his confidant and said, "What happened?"

Ji Chen didn't respond immediately but instead glanced at Yanyan, apparently feeling that the topic wasn't suitable for her to hear.

But Yanyan did not voluntarily leave, and instead still clung to Yan Chen's arm.

Seeing this, Yan Chen didn't mind. His eyelids drooping slightly, he spoke in a hoarse voice to Ji Chen, "It's fine, go ahead."

"Yes!" Ji Chen responded, then finally spoke softly, "Half an hour ago, Qiu Tu solved the '8.16 Pharmacy Robbery Case.'

"But... it seems this case is tied to some more complicated issues."

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