Chapter 198: Do You Agree?
Li Yifei and Lin Qiong had resolved a previous minor grudge, and Lin Qiong began to tell Li Yifei about the case.
Some time ago, Lin Qiong had inadvertently discovered someone wearing an expensive watch, the normal price of which was over one hundred thousand, but the person had purchased it for just over thirty thousand. Moreover, to show off, the person had a certificate of authenticity, proving the watch was definitely genuine.
The perceptive Lin Qiong immediately felt that something was amiss, but she didn’t inquire right away. Instead, she quietly began an investigation, and quickly followed the trail to the person selling the watches. She promptly arrested the seller with a team.
However, just a few days later, the person was released. When she questioned the police station chief, he said the matter was not within their jurisdiction but under the city’s, and he also told Lin Qiong not to intervene any further, as the role of their police station was just to maintain the security of their area.
Lin Qiong was very angry at the time, but with the station chief not supporting the initiative, she couldn’t mobilize anyone else from the station to work on it. Nevertheless, she didn’t give up and continued to investigate in secret.
What she uncovered from her investigation startled her; this was not just a small smuggling ring but a large smuggling conglomerate, involved in many items and an unimaginable amount of money. The number of people entangled was staggering as well.
Yet Lin Qiong was only one person and didn’t have concrete evidence in hand. Moreover, she sensed that what she knew might just be the tip of the iceberg, and she dared not act rashly.
Feeling her capabilities alone were too weak, she longed to mobilize others to help. However, she couldn’t move anyone from the station and she didn’t even consider approaching anyone from the city level. Although the Municipal Bureau Chief had once encouraged her to go ahead, she felt that even he might not be able to extricate himself from this case. If she were to proceed, she would undoubtedly face various obstructions and potentially alert the suspects, making further investigation impossible.
Therefore, she could only seek help from friends around her, and eventually, she thought of Li Yifei.
After explaining all of this, Lin Qiong sighed and said, "What I’ve found so far is just this much, but they are essentially just clues and don’t form any concrete evidence. I’ve come to you now to help me turn these clues into evidence."