Chapter 131 — Frustrated Qiu Lingshan
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Wei Zhao—just what was this man's background? According to what Uncle Qing had said, he was merely a follower Gu Pengzhan had hired to keep the eldest young lady company, or rather a personal bodyguard. The fact that he could bring Gu Mengyao out of the kidnappers' hands without a scratch showed that Wei Zhao had some skill—but could he help her crack the case and catch the culprits?
And why was Captain Yang so keen on recommending this man to her? What kind of ability did this man have that Captain Yang thought so highly of?
Suddenly, Qiu Lingshan thought of something strange! That day, when she had taken Wei Zhao to the police station, they had run into Yang Huaijun halfway there. Yang Huaijun had looked as if he had seen a ghost, so agitated at the sight of Wei Zhao that he kept calling him "Eagle." Though Wei Zhao had not admitted it and had given Yang Huaijun a round of cold mockery, afterward the two of them had talked for a long time in the office. When she asked Yang Huaijun about it later, he had said nothing, only that he had already released Wei Zhao...
At the time Qiu Lingshan had not thought much of it, but now, on careful reflection, Yang Huaijun's attitude had been truly abnormal. Yang Huaijun was not a rash man—just who had he mistaken Wei Zhao for, to be so agitated, so flustered in front of her?
Seen this way, there must be something questionable about Wei Zhao. It was just that she did not know, and Yang Huaijun had not told her either. Only when she ran into trouble did Yang Huaijun recommend him to her.
At the thought of Wei Zhao, a wave of bitterness rose in Qiu Lingshan's heart. Her, go beg him?
As for their relationship now, never mind whether Wei Zhao would help—she would be lucky if he did not give her a round of cold mockery! Ugh, had she known this man would be useful, why had she offended him?
Qiu Lingshan hesitated again and again, then decided she would keep stepping up her own search efforts. To go beg Wei Zhao would be the death of her; she could well imagine how he would mock her.
From the very first day she met him, Wei Zhao had never had a kind word for her, directly mocking her for getting in through the back door. To go beg him now—wouldn't he only say all the more that she was incompetent, that she had gotten in through the back door, that she could not even crack a case and had to turn to others for help?
Later, the incident at the hospital had deepened the rift between them even more. She had only wanted to teach him a lesson—who would have thought it would turn into some sordid little drama? She truly regretted it now.
Qiu Lingshan sighed. Why was she so unlucky? To think that she, the female instructor who had cut a swath through the special forces, should be brought low by a little man—it was simply too humiliating to speak of! If her former comrades-in-arms and trainees knew that the renowned Instructor Song had actually been looked down upon by someone, wouldn't they laugh their teeth out?
And that was only the least of it. What depressed Qiu Lingshan most was that she had grown up in the great courtyard, where every boy around her had been utterly compliant with her—when had she ever suffered such a loss? To go beg Wei Zhao would be to bow her head to him, and when had she ever bowed her head to anyone?
Qiu Lingshan was deeply conflicted, and so she vented her temper on her subordinates, ordering them to intensify the search day and night, and not to stop until the robbers were found.
The men under her knew full well that Qiu Lingshan had given the bureau chief her solemn pledge, so though they suffered bitterly, they all gritted their teeth and carried on. If the case was not solved within the time limit, then it would not be Song Ling alone who lost face—the whole criminal investigation unit would be shamed as well, would it not? After all, they were the ones carrying out the work.