Chapter 495: Chapter 492
As soon as these words were spoken, the director’s body jolted in shock.
It seemed that he had never expected such words to be uttered so suddenly.
He glanced down at his cigarette, then slowly asked, “Captain Lu… what do you mean by this?”
Lu Xiao didn’t beat around the bush and said directly:
“There are people in your department who have improper conduct, colluding with criminals. Director Ouyang, you wouldn’t want to be implicated in this, would you?”
Upon hearing this, Director Ouyang was instantly stunned, “What, what? Are you saying there’s a… mole?”
For the last two words, he looked outside and immediately lowered his voice subconsciously, changing to lip movements.
Lu Xiao didn’t respond but simply handed over a USB drive: “This contains a vast amount of criminal evidence on a company executive, including his inhumane plundering of cultural relics and wildlife in the West. He’s currently in the West, and I need your cooperation.”
The director, half-skeptical, then sat down again, inserted the USB drive into the USB port, and began to look through the information.
As he was looking, he pondered for a moment and then said, “Captain Lu, I understand what you mean, this matter does seem to be very serious from your point of view, but if needed, you guys shouldn’t intervene anymore. I’ll take over this case thoroughly.”
What a joke, if this matter was as he said, taking down such a criminal would surely be a great achievement for him.
A promotion or transfer would be unquestionable, and this Lu fellow even suggested there was a mole among his people. He knew some might be dirty, but who specifically, he did not know, yet it seemed that Captain Lu did.
If he let him get involved in this matter, and there turned out to be a mole among his people, once it came out, wouldn’t he suffer the consequences as well?
Just as he was mentally calculating, he suddenly heard a faint chuckle.
It seemed to contain a hint of mockery.
He immediately looked up to see Lu Xiao’s expression unchanged, but his eyes were especially piercing and profound as he stared at him:
“Director Ouyang, if you are a smart man, you wouldn’t do such a thing. I have a thorough understanding of everything behind this, and only I can catch him, once and for all.”
With those words, the director seemed to become somewhat offended.
He slammed the table, “Nonsense, Captain Lu, we are the police force, and you guys are just the local rescue team. You just need to stick to your own turf! Don’t overstep!”
After these words were spoken, Lu Xiao’s face turned a few degrees colder.
Assisting the police in apprehending criminals happens often, so how could this be overstepping?
When he spoke again, he scoffed, “Rules are rigid, but people are flexible. Shouldn’t our task be to apprehend criminals sooner? Why focus so much on the issue of identity!?”
“Hmm? What about me?” Lu Xiao leaned forward, hands braced on the surface of his desk.
Intimidated by his gaze and questioned this way, the middle-aged director’s momentum was forcefully suppressed.
At last, he had to look away, his voice lacking force as he said, “Regardless of what you say, we will resolve it ourselves.”
Lu Xiao stared at him, “Resolve it how, by covering for each other?”
Lu Xiao didn’t waste any more words with him, and simply turned and left.
The middle-aged director was left fuming with anger, his temper visibly rising.
As Lu Xiao came out, he saw—