When the Possessive Omega Fell for Me - Chapter 39

It had been just over twenty hours since the official investigation began, and the situation surrounding Zhao Qin’s unexpected fall into the river had already changed several times.

First, news came from the police station that the investigation had stalled. Reportedly, they were unable to find any new clues, and all known leads had dead-ended during further investigation, resulting in a deadlock with no way to move forward.

On the other hand, the Third District Supervisory Bureau, which had been very active when the incident first occurred, became vague when it came time to actually investigate. They made the rounds from the mayor’s office to various government departments, but didn’t come up with any useful information.

With the police investigation stalled, the judicial system watching from the sidelines, the Rocklair Group’s feedback full of excuses and deflections, and private investigation efforts sinking like a stone, the Zhao family was facing difficulties on all fronts.

In the unnaturally quiet top floor of the private hospital, Old Man Zhao sat in the secluded VIP special care suite, handing a document to Zhao Qingru:

“This is the new report sent by the police station. You’ve already seen it, right?”

“I have,” Zhao Qingru replied, but still took the document from Old Man Zhao’s hand and quietly flipped through it.

Old Man Zhao didn’t speak for a long time, furrowing his graying brows in thought as he rubbed his cane in silence. After a while, he finally spoke: “What do you think of the results given by the Third District Police Station?”

Zhao Qingru’s gaze lingered for a moment on the conclusion ‘No suspect traces found yet’ on the last page of the report. She pondered before saying:

“I’m not familiar with the Third District Police Station, we haven’t had much interaction before. But from past experience, the police have always been inefficient, handling investigations perfunctorily and incompetently. Back then we had our own actions, and we could barely say they weren’t hindering us, but now they’ve become this useless.  It’s hard to say if there’s someone giving them instructions behind the scenes.”

Zhao Qingru paused and looked up at Old Man Zhao: “Father, the family could pressure the Third District now to force them to take action quickly, but that’s not the most important thing.”

Old Man Zhao raised his eyes to look at Zhao Qingru: “What do you mean?”

“The most important thing right now is to quickly find who harmed Xiao Qin. The Sky Eye was disabled for nearly twenty minutes, and the core components of the damaged terminal still haven’t been found. This is definitely not a simple matter,”

Zhao Qingru frowned slightly, her gaze towards Old Man Zhao finally showing some sharpness, “No matter how unruly Xiao Qin was, she was still a younger generation member the family was focusing on cultivating. If her terminal is cracked and the information leaked, it could involve our family’s core business. At that point, it won’t just be one or two lives at stake.”

“The family still needs to take action,” Old Man Zhao said softly. “We can’t let this matter go lightly.”

“Yes,” Zhao Qingru understood Old Man Zhao’s meaning and immediately stood up. “I’ll make arrangements right away. I’ll continue to pressure the Third District to divert others’ attention, and the family’s personnel will begin action immediately.”

“Good, arrange it that way,” Old Man Zhao agreed.

As Zhao Qingru turned to leave, Old Man Zhao suddenly called out from the back of the room: “Qingru.”

Zhao Qingru paused and turned back to look at her elderly father.

“Be careful of Yi Jing,” Old Man Zhao said softly.

“Her?”

Zhao Qingru frowned slightly, understanding in her eyes: “That child’s personality is indeed a bit troublesome, but Yi Jing is after all a security officer. The possibility that she actually planned what happened to Xiao Qin is low. Do we still need to keep an eye on her?”

Old Man Zhao slowly walked over, gently patting Zhao Qingru’s shoulder. He showed a hint of the fatigue and age he never displayed in external meetings:

“I’m not talking about Xiao Qin’s matter. Yi Jing may truly not have been involved in what happened to Xiao Qin, but that’s only because she couldn’t make it in time.

That child’s ambition is far beyond this. Look at her path from her teens until now – has she made a single misstep?

With such careful calculation at every turn, who knows what she might do next. I originally thought she just had some ambition, wanting to compete for the Yi family’s assets, but now it seems. Heh, even if it’s the Yi family, she may not listen. If we truly let her wings grow strong, she’ll surely cause great trouble in the future. I’m afraid she’ll ruin generations of the family’s work.”

Zhao Qingru frowned slightly: “You mean?”

“It’s better to let the family settle down early,” Old Man Zhao sighed lightly, turning to look out the hospital window with a hint of sadness:

“We’ve lost a child, the Yi family should also lose a child. That’s what’s fair. We’re all in the same boat, the Yi family shouldn’t be allowed to get too far ahead of us.”

Zhao Qingru lowered her gaze to consider for a moment, then softly replied: “I understand.”

Meanwhile, Yi Jing was still at the accident scene, keeping an eye on the Third District Police Station’s investigation progress.

Outside the Yi family’s private car, the Third District’s police force was still working hard to examine the scene.

Separated by a window, Yi Jing sat in the car with the window slightly lowered, listening to the Third District Criminal Investigation Team Leader and several officers reporting their findings to the Third District Police Chief.

Yi Jing’s expression remained indifferent, showing neither satisfaction nor dissatisfaction. Only her fingertips tapping lightly on the armrest beside her indicated she hadn’t truly zoned out and was still listening to the conversation of the officers outside.

In fact, the investigation had reached an impasse, and even the report was full of useless information. Yi Jing could tell, but she still didn’t stop them, preferring to waste time here rather than leave.

The Third District Police Chief, with his back to Yi Jing’s car, was also somewhat helpless.

Originally, reaching the position of Police Chief meant he didn’t need to easily appear at scenes anymore. But he had no say when it came to matters involving officials at the level of the Deputy Director of the Supervisory Institute. He could only obediently cooperate and was forced to stay at the investigation scene.

If this could solve the problem it would be fine, but even with him here it was of no use. Yet the security officer behind him just wouldn’t let them wrap up. He had almost moved his office to the department vehicle, but that security officer still showed no signs of backing down.

But weren’t there also people from the judicial system among those who initially wanted the Third District Police to keep quiet?

The Third District Police Chief tried hard to recall those who had called him, feeling that Yi Jing didn’t seem to want the Zhao Qin case truly resolved either, but now she was stubbornly staying in the Third District and refusing to leave. Was she just putting on a show?

After the subordinate officers finished their long, fruitless report that seemed equally like a performance, the very frustrated Third District Police Chief had nothing to do for the moment. After hesitating for a while, he still turned and knocked on Yi Jing’s car window.

The car parked behind him had an understated exterior but a conspicuous presence, making the Police Chief feel on edge. He really didn’t want to keep dragging things out with this person.

Hearing the Police Chief knock on the window, the dark glass slowly lowered, revealing the same cold detachment as the security officer sitting inside.

“What is it?” came a cool, indifferent young woman’s voice.

The Third District Police Chief hesitated for a moment before asking softly: “Security Officer Yi, it must have been tiring for you to supervise the Third District Police’s work these past few days. However, the investigation here is temporarily unlikely to make any breakthroughs, and the Thirteenth District is known for its heavy workload. Would you consider returning to the core district to await news?”

Hearing the Third District Police Chief’s words, Yi Jing glanced aside slightly without answering.

If she could leave, she would have left long ago. Why would she still be wasting time here?

She just couldn’t leave, that’s why she hadn’t gone.

Everything she was doing now was just to give Old Man Zhao and Old Man Yi nothing to say, and to wear down the patience of this Third District Police Chief. Private struggles were private struggles, but no one would be stupid enough to truly bring things out into the open.

However, Yi Jing estimated that the time for her departure was approaching.

Subjectively, it wasn’t convenient for her to show that she didn’t want to deal with the Zhao family’s affairs at all, but the backlog of work at the Supervisory Institute and her original work arrangements could still help her achieve the goal of shaking off this mess and leaving.

The weekend was already over, and she would have to return to the Thirteenth District for official business sooner or later.

That’s when the real power struggle between the various parties would begin.

“Chief Du,” Yi Jing raised her eyes slightly to look at the mountains and river stretching outside the car, and began to ‘have a heart-to-heart’ with her subordinate at a leisurely pace, “I remember you’ve been in the position of Police Chief for almost ten years now. You must have handled quite a few cases similar to this river fall case, right?”

The Police Chief was taken aback, feeling vaguely uneasy inside.

There was nothing wrong with discussing this case, but he couldn’t figure out what Yi Jing really wanted.

Not understanding his superior’s intentions would make him appear passive when facing questions from higher-ups.

Heaven knows, he usually worked diligently to solve cases in his position as Police Chief, only avoiding getting involved in the affairs of these powerful figures. Yet this time, he just couldn’t avoid it!

It was truly annoying him to death.

“Speaking of similar suspicious cases… there have indeed been some. However, as time has passed and investigation methods have improved, many have been solved.” the Police Chief carefully chose his words as he began to speak.

“That’s not what I’m referring to,” Yi Jing casually interrupted, cutting off the Police Chief’s words in a seemingly gentle but actually unyielding manner.

The Police Chief was stunned for half a second before his gaze shifted, suddenly realizing something: “Are you referring to cases where the victim’s identity was ‘special’? That…”

Even if there were such cases, it wouldn’t be good to speak of them.

The Zhao family, Yi family, and Supervisory Institute couldn’t be offended, but were other people pushovers?

What shouldn’t be mentioned shouldn’t be mentioned. Even if the Director of the Supervisory Institute came to ask him now, he couldn’t directly sell people out.

“You and I both work within the government, encountering such thorny cases is inevitable, and how to handle them always makes one hesitate.  Accidentally running into such cases is truly headache-inducing, right?” Yi Jing smiled lightly and turned to look at the Third District Police Chief.

The Police Chief’s heart sank.

The more considerate superiors appeared towards subordinates like him, the more alarmed he became, because whenever this situation occurred, it usually meant the superiors were planning to arrange some difficult tasks for subordinates like them to carry out.

He didn’t want to be used as a pawn.

But the current situation was indeed tricky.

If he didn’t quickly pick a side, he would likely offend everyone by not standing with any party.

So, who should he choose?

“I usually work in the Thirteenth District, situated in that complex environment of the core district. It’s usually more appropriate to mind my own business when it comes to matters unrelated to me.

The Third District is relatively more peaceful, but not without its waves, so you understand this principle too, right, Chief Du?” Yi Jing smiled enigmatically as she withdrew her gaze.

“Actually, this matter originally had nothing to do with you either, right? Wouldn’t it be better to hand it over to someone more skilled at handling such things?”

The Third District Police Chief fell silent, not speaking. He was somewhat temptingly swayed.

Originally, when Zhao Qin died in the Third District, he felt it was an unexpected calamity and hoped these big shots would quickly return to the Thirteenth District to fight it out. His small temple couldn’t accommodate so many deities; only if they all returned to the top level to probe each other could things settle down here.

However, now the situation was like muddy waters, and it was impossible to see clearly which forces had entered the fray. Wouldn’t it be too risky to rashly side with Yi Jing like this.

“Oh right, I remember Team Leader Qi from the City Police Station seems to have contacted you too?” Yi Jing casually spoke up again, raising the stakes, “How was it, did you receive the communication?”

Third District Police Chief: “!!”

So that call was also Yi Jing’s intention!

The Supervisory Institute of the judicial system was indeed his superior, but it was still separated by a layer and not considered part of the security system. But the City Police Station was the direct superior unit above the district police stations.

Since his own superiors had already picked sides, what was he still hesitating for? The answer was to simply follow orders from above. What special considerations could he have?

The Third District Police Chief quickly compromised, promptly revealing the smooth demeanor unique to facing high-level officials: “I understand. As expected of a security officer, what you say makes a lot of sense. This case has indeed exceeded the scope of what the Third District can handle and should be handed over to those more skilled at resolving such issues.”

Yi Jing smiled lightly without saying anything more, raising her hand slightly to signal the driver to raise the car window.

The golden period for case investigation is 48 hours after the incident occurs. Generally, all intuitive and obvious clues would be discovered within this time, and the basic investigation direction would also be determined within these two days.

Yi Jing had been at the investigation scene for these two days, and she now had a complete grasp of the Third District’s current investigation progress and the general direction of future investigation. There wouldn’t be any surprises, so Yi Jing’s next step would be to consider how to deal with the Zhao family based on the Third District’s movements.

The Zhao family, they shouldn’t be too idle, but also not too busy. Yi Jing leaned back in the car, absentmindedly turning the terminal on her wrist as she pondered the possible moves of the Zhao family.

Targeting her was bound to happen, and there would certainly be private investigations.

The Zhao family had been entrenched in the Thirteenth District for decades, with the Yi family’s help in between. The information and resources they could access were completely beyond her comparison. Once the Zhao family began private investigations, she would definitely not be able to keep up.

So rather than passively waiting, it was better to keep control of the rhythm and force the Zhao family to turn their attention back to her.

As for the real culprit who harmed Zhao Qin.

Yi Jing lightly touched the terminal on her wrist, planning not to immediately confront those hiding behind the scenes who had plotted murder and accidentally splashed dirty water on her.

These people’s stance was unclear. Currently, they were just stirring up trouble like sewer rats hiding in the shadows. Later, who knows who they might bite. It was better to set this aside for now and see who these fellows would bring a ‘plague’ to.

Perhaps their reckless actions could even help her.

As she was considering this, the terminal under her palm suddenly vibrated. Yi Jing moved her palm to take a look and saw a message from her secretary:

[Security Officer, this is your schedule for the entire day tomorrow. Because many documents and work have been postponed until tomorrow, the time will be quite tight.

There’s also a banquet arrangement for tonight, which is the retirement banquet for the former mayor. High-level officials from the judicial, political, and security systems will all attend. Please make sure to attend.

Additionally, there are these matters in the Supervisory Institute that need your review.]

Yi Jing briefly scanned the message sent by her secretary. The latter part was all routine work, nothing unusual. Only the mayor’s retirement banquet that evening was worth noting.

She knew it was about time for her to leave, but before going, she still needed to inform the Yi family.

“Set off, return to the city district to see the old man.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the understated car that had been stationary for a long time started silently, departing from behind the Third District Police Chief and heading onto the road towards the city district.

“?”

The Police Chief, who had just finished talking to Yi Jing a moment ago, was stunned. He turned his head to look at the departing car, unable to help but inwardly gasp.

After all that, was this superior just waiting for a gesture of allegiance from the Third District Police Station? Then he had reacted too slowly.

Perhaps the conflicts among those big shots in the core district were deeper than he imagined, otherwise there would be no need to go to such lengths. But these things had nothing to do with him anymore. He hoped those big shots would quickly return to their core district to fight it out and stop plaguing his small place.

“Chief, did that Deputy Director from the Supervisory Institute just leave like that? Should we continue investigating or not?” The Third District Criminal Investigation Team Leader poked his head out to look in the direction of the road, asking uncertainly.

“Nonsense! She’s from the judicial system, are you? In this position, if you don’t investigate, what will you report to those who are watching? What will you use to give an account?”

“Oh, oh, oh!”

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