"You personally sent my father to his death. You must have been quite disappointed that you didn't send me in with him then," Wei Yanan looked at him, her eyes filled with hatred and disdain. "Now it's perfect, exactly as you wished. Just slap a charge on me and finish me off completely, then you can be a good cop without any worries!"
Su Kangxi threw the bag of items in front of her and said with a pained expression, "Your father broke the law and did heinous things. It was my duty to bring him to justice. But I... I never intended to harm you. You are not like your father; you haven't done those things. At that time, I was conflicted and guilty, thinking every day about how to ensure you... you suffered the least harm. But I never expected that after I couldn't find you anywhere, you would be doing this..."
"Hypocrite!" Wei Yanan's hatred for him was extreme as she remembered how he had used her, infiltrated her father's company, and approached her father. "You killed my only family, left me with nothing, and you still expect me to support myself! In your eyes, these illegal and dirty deeds are what I'm best at. Now that you've caught me, I have nothing to say. Just lock me up. Sentence me to whatever years you want. From beginning to end, my father and I are not good people. I've been to jail before."
Su Kangxi turned his back to her and said, "Do you have to be like this? Do you have to ensure my heart can never find peace? Can't you be reasonable? I told you, in my heart, you are you, and your father is your father..."
Before he could finish, Wei Yanan burst into laughter, tears almost streaming down her face. "Su Kangxi... are you kidding me? After using me, what else do you want from me? For me to be grateful, to give you a banner, and say you're a good cop who punishes the wicked? That way your conscience will be clear, but what about me? What do you take me for? You know, the 'bad guy' you keep talking about, the one who does 'heinous things,' that's my father, the father who has always loved me the most!"
Hearing her laughter turn into uncontrolled crying, Su Kangxi took a deep breath and said, "Alright, you explain this matter to the female officer. If you didn't do it, don't confess. If you did, I can only handle it according to the law." He didn't look back again, turned on the monitor, opened the door to the interrogation room, and walked out with heavy steps.
The female officer who had gone out was waiting outside with a cup of coffee. During the interrogation, she had noticed that Captain Su knew the woman, so she hadn't entered when Captain Su called her, showing discretion.
"Captain Su, the coffee is ready."
"You continue the interrogation. I have something else to attend to," Su Kangxi said, lowering his head, trying to control his turbulent emotions.
The female officer stopped him at the doorway and said, "A small-time thug just came to surrender himself. He said he had a grudge against Wei Yanan and deliberately put this bag of pills in her bag."
Su Kangxi stopped in his tracks, feeling a slight relief. He asked, "So, he's also the one who reported that someone was selling pills at that club?"
"It should be. Other colleagues are interrogating him."
"Okay, which interrogation room is he in? I'll go take a look."
"The one at the very end," the female officer added, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for that Wei Yanan."
Su Kangxi changed direction and walked towards the interrogation room furthest inside the police station.
In truth, he had been tormented by his conscience all along, unsure if what he had done back then was right.
Although he had resumed his police identity and constantly reassured himself that everything he did was to catch criminals and eliminate evil for the people, only those who had gone undercover knew that people were not made of stone and how painful it was to be caught between love and the law.
Back when he was an intern, he had received a complaint and witnessed the sacrifice of a colleague, which made him want to give up on the profession. In a moment of clarity, he realized that protecting justice was not as easy as he had imagined.
Even during his internship, he understood the dangers of this profession, that it might not be understood by others, and that he might even face grievances and unfair treatment.
At that time, he was somewhat disheartened and had indeed submitted his resignation to his superior. However, his superior did not approve his resignation. Instead, he assigned him an undercover mission, hoping that he would seriously consider it and not let a small setback make him forget the vows he made when he graduated from the police academy.
Later, he learned that this undercover mission was recommended by his mentor, Deng Rui.
Deng Rui believed he had potential and would surely become a good police officer with a little tempering.
Su Kangxi hesitated for several days. Deep down, he still loved the profession, and it was his childhood dream. With Deng Rui's encouragement, he accepted the undercover mission.
Once he accepted the mission, he couldn't tell anyone, not even his closest family. So, he told everyone that he had been fired and then found a way to infiltrate Boss Wei's organization.
However, Wei's criminal organization was tightly structured, and it was impossible for someone without any prior experience as a thug to infiltrate it so easily.
At that time, he frequented the bars where many of Boss Wei's subordinates went, but he was still at a loss, even thinking it was an impossible mission.
Until he met the meddlesome Wei Yanan. He and Wei Yanan had known each other before through Sister Susu, but neither had a good impression of the other.
On a few occasions, when he got drunk at the bar, Wei Yanan didn't let him lie on the street, claiming it was out of respect for Sister Susu.
At that time, he didn't know that Wei Yanan was Boss Wei's daughter. It wasn't until one time when he was half-drunk at a bar that he heard Boss Wei's subordinates call her "Miss" and obey her every word, that he learned her true identity.
He admitted that he later intentionally approached her, wanting to find an opportunity to infiltrate Boss Wei's company through her.
But the closer he got to her, the more he realized that she was actually completely unaware of what Boss Wei was doing. She was just making some pocket money by selling fake goods under Boss Wei's name.
She had never been involved in Boss Wei's core business. After he became her boyfriend, he finally caught Boss Wei's attention, and then Boss Wei tacitly allowed him to work in his company.
Boss Wei had also observed him secretly for a long time. And seeing how much his daughter loved him, he began to consider him as his future son-in-law, but he also tested him through various means.
After all, his past experience as a police officer made Boss Wei and his subordinates very wary of him.
That time, they had originally agreed to see Brother Sijie off with Sister Susu. But that night, Boss Wei's subordinates happened to catch a policeman trying to infiltrate their warehouse.
And this policeman was none other than his mentor, Deng Rui. Su Kangxi was stunned at the time, not knowing why Deng Rui would suddenly try to infiltrate the warehouse.