Misplaced Role-playing
At the same time.
On the other side of the venue, the chief was holding a glass of champagne, sitting silently in an Unregarded corner.
The chief's hand was hidden under his clothes, gently turning the frequency tuning knob of the communicator. A slight rustling sound rang by his ear. He looked down at the time on his watch, and his brows unconsciously furrowed.
"It should be about time... Why is there no sound yet?"
Before coming, the chief had already locked his sights on Li Ruohong and the entire Beidou Consortium. In order to obtain further intelligence, he had hidden a Listening Device in the gift box he gave to Mu Chunsheng.
If Mu Chunsheng really met with those two Dusk Society members to plot something, he would be able to get the intelligence in advance... Of course, the principle of this kind of Listening Device was very ancient and simple, and the effective communication range was extremely small, so he had to find a suitable location within the venue. Clearly, this was not a good place.
Helplessly, the chief could only continue looking for other monitoring locations. Just as he was looking around, a figure caught his eye.
He saw "Li Ruohong" walking out from the path deep in the manor with his hands in his pockets. He asked a waiter for a glass of wine and stopped under the rain shelter canopy. The wine in the glass swirled casually, looking lazy and indifferent.
After a brief hesitation, he walked straight towards "Li Ruohong."
"Young Master Ruohong." The chief raised the champagne in his hand expressionlessly. "I am Wang Jincheng, Chief of the Red Dust Main City General Police Bureau. We've met once before."
"Li Ruohong" was suddenly stopped by him. First, he was a little surprised, and after clearly seeing the chief's face, his expression became somewhat subtle.
This fleeting change still couldn't escape the chief's eyes. Having been in charge of policing in the Red Dust Main City for so many years, his gaze had long been extremely sharp. At this moment, the suspicion in his heart grew even stronger.
"So it's Chief Wang." "Li Ruohong" smiled and said, "Is there something you need?"
"Nothing major, just wanted to find you for a casual chat."
The chief made his tone as amiable as possible, even carrying a trace of a smile.
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"Chat about what?"
In the Alleyway, Li Ruohong swallowed his saliva nervously.
"Chat about your Cabaret, and those 'guests' of yours." The "Chief's" face was incredibly gloomy.
These words falling into Li Ruohong's ears were no different from a bolt from the blue. His face instantly turned pale white, but he still pretended not to understand and smiled, "Guests? What guests?"
"Do you think I really know nothing?"
The "Chief" looked straight into Li Ruohong's eyes, "Business at the Cabaret has been pretty good lately, hasn't it? Quite a few people going? After all, our Police Bureau hasn't spent little in your establishment recently..."
At this moment, Li Ruohong's heartbeat almost stagnated.
Damn it!
They had their eyes on me long ago?!
I was wondering why there were quite a few guests at the Cabaret recently, but the revenue couldn't keep up... Those were all plainclothes officers he planted in the shop?
When did he notice? Exactly how much does he know??
Calm down, calm down... His disguise had been quite good lately, and the two people in the VIP Box hadn't shown any flaws either. They shouldn't be exposed. Perhaps the other party just had suspicions and came to test him.
"What does Chief Wang mean by this?" Li Ruohong's voice was a bit hoarse.
The "Chief" looked into his eyes for a long time, and sighed helplessly, "It seems you're dead set on standing on the same side as the people from the Wuji Domain? Li Ruohong, do you know that your current behavior is, in a sense, considered betraying the Red Dust?"
Li Ruohong: !!!
The "Chief's" three sentences directly destroyed Li Ruohong's psychological defense line. He looked at the "Chief" in disbelief, completely unable to understand where exactly everything had gone wrong!
"You..."
"To tell you the truth, our Police Bureau and [Floating Life Painting] have been keeping an eye on you guys for a long time." The "Chief" pointed to the sky, "Right now, this manor has already been surrounded by our people. As long as the signal is sent, whether it's you or those Wuji Domain spies, there's no escape."
Li Ruohong followed the "Chief's" finger and looked towards the sky. The grayish, misty sky was empty, yet it felt like a mountain pressing down on his heart. His eyes were filled with terror.
"Of course, if possible, we don't want to harm the innocent." The "Chief's" gaze swept across the bustling venue. "Right now, the most influential group of people in the Red Dust Main City are all gathered here, and we don't wish to cause casualties either... Li Ruohong, you are still young. I believe you might have been brainwashed by the people of the Wuji Domain and are not unforgivable.
Now, I'll give you a chance to make amends. Go and persuade those two Wuji Domain spies to surrender, let them take the initiative to give up resistance. If no large-scale combat or firefight occurs, the situation will still be within controllable limits, and your crimes can also be reduced at our discretion."
Li Ruohong stared blankly at the "Chief". It took a long time before he abruptly snapped back to reality, his legs starting to tremble.
"I... I... I understand."
Li Ruohong naturally knew what the three words [Floating Life Painting] meant in the Red Dust Domain. Let alone just two spies from the Wuji Domain, even if ten more came and the entire Beidou Consortium was tied together, they could absolutely not be a match for [Floating Life Painting]!
From the moment all this was exposed, Li Ruohong knew he was finished. This was perhaps his only chance to strive for leniency.
Under the "Chief's" gaze, Li Ruohong painfully moved his almost numb feet, breaking out in a cold sweat all over as he dashed madly towards Mu Chunsheng's office!!
Only after his figure had completely disappeared did the corners of the "Chief's" mouth rise slightly. He raised a hand and tore at his chin, a face peeling off and dissipating in the wind.
Li Qingshan, wearing a cyan Theatrical Robe, glanced towards the direction of the venue and murmured:
"Brother Lin, it's up to you now."
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At the venue, under the canopy.
"I heard that a disturbance broke out at the Great World Cabaret before." The chief looked at "Li Ruohong" in front of him and said slowly, "We received a report from the public, saying someone saw you kill someone with your own hands, chopping someone away over ten meters with one strike, and that blood was still seeping down through the floorboards..."
Facing the chief's inquiry, "Li Ruohong" unexpectedly didn't show the slightest panic. Instead, he took a deep look at the chief and spoke unhurriedly,
"Those are just rumors spread by competitors to smear us. Chief Wang, you have to speak with evidence."
"Hehehe, that's natural. I just heard some rumors and casually asked."
The suspicion in the chief's heart grew even stronger. He found that he couldn't see through this Li Ruohong's thoughts at all. Not only was there no worry of his secrets being discovered, but there was even an inexplicable excitement?
The chief pondered for a moment and spoke again, "However, you have to be careful recently..."
"Careful of what?"
"I heard that a group of Dusk Society members is hiding in the Main City recently. You know the people from the Dusk Society, they're a bunch of lunatics who like to play hide-and-seek. Business at your Cabaret is good, and the people coming and going are a mixed bag. Be careful of people from the Dusk Society sneaking in." This sentence from the chief had a very obvious intention of testing the waters. He just wanted to see Li Ruohong's reaction to this matter.
"Li Ruohong" raised his brows, a half-smile on his face, "Then thank you, Chief, for the reminder."
The chief frowned slightly. He hesitated for a moment and added:
"Recently, [Floating Life Painting] is also searching everywhere for Dusk Society members. Business at your Cabaret is good, it should be a key target for investigation... If the people from [Floating Life Painting] go to search, they'll still need you to cooperate a lot."
"Is that so?"
"Li Ruohong" chuckled lightly. He glanced at the incomparably lively venue, narrowed his eyes, and leaned close to the chief's ear, lowering his voice to spit out a sentence that made the chief's hair stand on end:
"Is [Floating Life Painting]... really that impressive?"
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Li Qingshan's experience took up an entire chapter, and I felt there was too little effective content if I only did two updates. In order to make it more comfortable for everyone to read, Sanjiu is making a limited-time return!