Hmm, the voice was male, and he looked the part too, but the tone and actions were exceptionally feminine!
Li Chonglou, however, didn't want to engage and turned to leave. He was only a Level 2 cultivator; they couldn't possibly stop him if he wanted to go.
As for the recordings in their hands, he hadn't done anything wrong, so what was there to fear?
"Hey! Trying to escape? Aren't you afraid we'll call the police?"
Li Chonglou stopped and turned around. He saw the man holding a camera, looking threatening.
"If you call the police, then I won't leave."
Li Chonglou said calmly, but the other party clearly misunderstood, showing a smug expression. "I knew it. Where in this world can you find someone stupid enough to go against the General Bureau? Just hand over some hush money."
The man suddenly covered his mouth midway through speaking and quickly changed his tune. "Apologize to this young lady immediately! Also, I suspect you've given her something unknown. How about this, you give me money, and I'll help you get her to the hospital for a check-up."
Li Chonglou raised an eyebrow and asked, "If you're sending her to the hospital, why should I give you money? Can't I send her myself?"
The man chuckled, "You? After doing something shady, you dare send her there yourself?"
Li Chonglou was stunned. How could he be so righteous, making it seem like he had actually done something!
This was quite unreasonable. Li Chonglou turned to leave again, but this time the man directly stepped forward to block him.
"Don't even think about running! You've turned her into this state, and you want to leave without compensation?"
The man pointed at the woman in the vest. She promptly staggered to the side, and the two men quickly helped her, feigning concern as they shouted.
"Xiao Hua, are you okay, Xiao Hua!"
Li Chonglou, witnessing their clumsy acting, couldn't help but ask, "You even know her name?"
The five of them froze, and the expression of the man called Fa Ge was the same.
"No, no, 'Xiao Hua' is a dialect from our area, meaning 'girl' in Mandarin."
Li Chonglou was speechless. "May I ask what dialect that is? I've traveled north and south over the years and am quite familiar with various dialects. I've never heard such a usage."
The man who spoke had a mole near his eye and stammered under Li Chonglou's questioning, afraid to speak. Fa Ge, however, seemed to take charge and spoke up.
"Stop the nonsense! Quickly compensate this young lady, and then get lost!"
Perhaps losing patience or for some other reason, the man called Fa Ge suddenly became aggressive, his Level 2 aura radiating, as if he would resort to violence at any moment.
Li Chonglou's eyes narrowed, and he also prepared to act.
As the man in front of him had said, he didn't want to waste any more words with them. There was only one Level 2 cultivator present, along with a few ordinary people, and they carried two camcorders with tapes.
As long as he made a move, he could settle everything in about a minute!
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened!
"Hey! What are you guys doing!"
As a voice rang out, a patrol officer walked into their view.
Apart from Li Chonglou's strange expression, everyone else's face changed drastically.
"Fa Ge, what do we do?"
"Run!"
The man called Fa Ge made a decisive move, and as he gave the order, the others quickly retreated in another direction.
This included the seemingly unstable, unnamed woman.
"Stop them all!"
The police officer rushed forward with a gun, but the group had already fled. Only Li Chonglou felt he needed to explain himself to the officer, so he didn't move.
However, he soon regretted it.
"Hands behind your head, squat down!"
Li Chonglou was completely stunned. "What do you mean? Officer, I'm innocent!"
"Don't talk nonsense! A murder case just happened here the day before yesterday. Those people were your accomplices, weren't they? Squat down immediately!"
Li Chonglou felt like crying but had no tears. He tried to explain again, "I was just passing by. If I were their accomplice, why wouldn't I have run away with them just now? Why would I be standing here foolishly to get caught?"
The officer paused for a second before sneering, "Heh, I've seen plenty of foolish people. Who knows what you're thinking? Perhaps you're so scared your legs have gone numb and you can't run!"
Li Chonglou had never imagined things could develop this way. Since the officer also had a recording device that transmitted directly to headquarters, he ended up being taken back to the police station.
"Come quickly, the suspect in the pedestrian bridge death case has been found!"
It was a small squad about three hundred meters away from the pedestrian bridge. As soon as the officer entered, he couldn't help but shout. In the small police station, which was only about ten square meters, four officers immediately surrounded them.
"What, they caught him so quickly? Lao Gao, you're amazing!"
Without asking any questions, everyone started praising him. Li Chonglou simply couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up, "Uh, don't celebrate too early. I was just passing by. The person you're looking for has nothing to do with me."
However, no one listened to him. The four officers immediately went to organize their files. One female officer even picked up the phone.
But without exception, all of them had excited expressions!
Li Chonglou felt a wave of melodrama. He could only focus his gaze on the officer who had brought him in.
"Didn't we agree that you'd release me after verifying my identity?"
"Heh, don't try to trick me. Look at the time. We already issued a notice yesterday telling people nearby not to approach that area. What were you doing gathered there at this time?"
"Uh, I was just passing by!"
The officer chuckled again. "Passing by? That's even more ridiculous. We even issued a notice. Who within a few kilometers doesn't know about it?"
"Brother, I'm from out of town!"
The officer's expression finally froze. From out of town? He really hadn't considered that earlier.
But at this moment, the female officer came over to brief him. "Take him to the back and lock him up for now. I've already notified the district team. They said they'll be here within ten minutes."
And so, Li Chonglou was, to his extreme speechlessness, treated as the murderer and detained, his phone even confiscated.
If he heard that someone responsible was coming to uphold justice, he feared he might not be able to resist using force to leave. He could always find Lin Qianqian to clean up the mess afterward!
The ten minutes passed quickly. Sitting alone in a small room of only two square meters, Li Chonglou suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Did you really catch someone? I remember you were only assigned the task yesterday."
Damn it, that voice... it's!
The next second, as an iron gate opened, Lin Qianqian's figure appeared before him. Their eyes met.