Song Guanchao had woken up.
He had indeed been feigning unconsciousness.
But he had indeed been shot.
Even though he had slightly modified the bullet, when the handgun exploded, the bullet still ejected from the barrel.
Moreover, the handgun had been pressed against his abdomen when fired. This update ıs available on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝔫𝔢𝔱
At such a close range, the exploded bullet had penetrated his stomach.
Luckily, the impact was not severe, and since his physical condition was strong, the bullet lodged in his muscle without entering his abdominal cavity and without damaging any organs.
In the hospital room, only Song Guanchao was present.
Outside the room, reporters crowded.
Two special police officers stood guard at the door, strictly forbidding outsiders from entering.
Song Guanchao leaned against the headboard, scrolling through his phone.
The incident tonight was significant, but fortunately, the publicity department had responded timely, and currently, there was no related news on the internet.
This case was too significant and, without control, even a well-handled case could be twisted negatively by those with ulterior motives.
"I’ve spoken with Director Liang, and he agreed to let me interview you."
A woman’s voice sounded from outside, and Song Guanchao found it somewhat familiar.
When the door opened, he saw Zhou Qian enter.
Still in jeans and a T-shirt, her large eyes were spirited and exceptionally innocent.
Song Guanchao recognized her professional competency but somewhat disdained the woman’s condescending attitude.
"Secretary Song, we have met before," Zhou Qian approached and pulled up a chair to sit by the bed.
"Hello," Song Guanchao responded curtly.
Zhou Qian said, "I would like to conduct a brief interview with you."
Zhou Qian took out her phone, chose a suitable position, adjusted the angle, and set it up. Then she returned to sit beside the bed.
"Secretary Song, you took the hostage’s place voluntarily at the time. Were you afraid?"
Zhou Qian paused for a moment.
This answer was not what she had expected.
She thought Song Guanchao would say he wasn’t afraid and would utter some noble and righteous words.
Yet, he said he was afraid?
Zhou Qian composed herself and continued to ask, "Then why did you still choose to do it?"
Song Guanchao said, "No special reason, maybe it was a spur of the moment, maybe I wanted to play the hero. After all, someone had to step forward. Director Liang and Secretary Wu had already been involved, if someone else had to, it had to be me, and only me."
This response surprised her.
Yet, Zhou Qian felt that Song Guanchao was very sincere.
He hadn’t uttered any pretentious grandiloquence.
Such plain speech and heartfelt answer were, rather, more likely to win the audience’s favor.
Zhou Qian asked, "Could you briefly describe what happened at that moment?"
Song Guanchao said, "I had a handgun tucked at my lower back..."
He gave a brief account of the whole process.
After finishing, Zhou Qian asked, "When you rushed forward, did you consider that the other party might shoot?"
"I didn’t think much at the time," Song Guanchao shook his head, "I only knew that it was the best opportunity, and if I didn’t act then, there would be no chance."
Zhou Qian asked a few more questions, then left.
Before leaving, she took a deep look at this man.
He was too calm during the interview.
And even upon learning that the robber he had hit had his throat broken and had been declared dead, he remained just as calm and composed.
Ordinary people let alone, even professionally trained police officers need psychological counseling after killing criminals. But look at him, it was as if he had just stepped on an ant, completely unaffected.
Suddenly Zhou Qian had an intuition that this man had an extraordinary background.
She developed a great interest in this mysterious man and wanted to understand him!
Liang Jianfeng and Wu Xinan unlocked their handcuffs and immediately started on subsequent tasks.
After confirming the death of the robber, they arranged for the police to investigate the robber’s identity.
At the same time, he investigated all the available information on their cell phones.
Liang Jianfeng also received a call from the hospital.
"Okay, I know, tell Secretary Song to rest well."
After hanging up the phone, Wu Xinan asked quietly, "He really got shot?"
"Didn’t he tamper with something?"
"It was too close." Liang Jianfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "After the gun exploded, the bullet lodged into his body, but it’s stuck in the muscle, it’s not serious."
Wu Xinan was somewhat astonished but then smiled.
They had dared to agree to Guan Chao because he had told them that he had tampered with the bullets.
If the hijackers dared to fire, the gun would definitely explode!
Indeed, the gun had exploded.
A series of rapid footsteps.
Captain Hu burst into the office, his tone solemn, "Mr. Liang, Secretary Wu, we’ve found something!"
"What have you found?"
Both men frowned; the hijacker had already been killed, and the missing handgun had been retrieved.
What else could there be?
Could it be, these three men really had accomplices?
"Mr. Liang, Secretary Wu, come with me."
They went to the next room where the police from the evidence department were examining the relevant items.
Seeing the two men arrive, a police officer handed them a cell phone, "Mr. Liang, Secretary Wu, take a look at this."
Director Liang took it, it was the SMS page.
As they read the message content, their faces slowly grew stern.
"Brother Zhou, thanks for the gun, I’ve received it, apologize to your little brother for me, I was a bit harsh."
"When are you making your move?"
"Hehe, don’t worry about that, just wait for your money."
After reading the messages, Director Liang’s heart skipped a beat.
The hijacker’s gun, was it deliberately arranged?
Was it someone from the police force?
He remembered clearly, the robbed gun belonged to a public security police officer.
The person could arrange for public security and even had the surname Zhou...
The two men glanced at each other, both realizing, this thing was huge!
Director Liang looked at the police officer, "Did you check the number?"
"It’s an unregistered number."
"Who else knows about this besides you?"
"No one else knows." the police officer said, "We notified Captain Hu immediately after we found it."
Director Liang said, "Everyone hand over your cell phones!"
The policemen knew Director Liang was doing this to prevent anyone from tipping off others.
They honestly handed over their phones.
Director Liang shouted outside, "Zhao Jiajin, Lin Fei, come in!"
Two police officers came in immediately, "Mr. Liang."
"From now on, you stand watch here, keep an eye on them. Without my permission, they are not to leave this office!"
The two officers looked puzzled and baffled, but the evidence department police showed no dissatisfaction, this was standard procedure.
"Understood!" the two officers stood at attention.
Director Liang walked out while dialing Wu Qiangwei’s number.
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