Chapter 136: Unforeseen Consequences

Chapter 136: Forced Slip-Up

Xiao Yu strolled around the company building, accompanied by Mu Qingwu.

Whether shareholders or staff, it was everyone’s first time meeting their chairman’s husband.

A police officer so handsome he could knock you out!

Everyone treated Xiao Yu with more courtesy and respect than they did Mu Qingwu.

The Retired Emperor?

Indeed.

After all, everything about Mu Qingwu was half Xiao Yu.

And then…

Xiao Yu slipped away immediately to head for the airport with his sister.

Back in Bincheng, breathing in the familiar air.

Xiao Yu was delighted.

The plain, monotonous life of the rich was clearly not for him!

“Sis, don’t you have to stay at the company?”

At home, Xiao Yu lounged on the sofa, propped against his sister’s long legs while nibbling on fruit she fed him.

“Why do bosses insist on doing everything themselves? What’s left for the employees?”

Mu Qingwu, using a “650” toothpick, picked up a chunk of melon and stuffed it into her brother’s mouth. “The internet makes things so easy— sometimes a video call is all it takes to make decisions. At my level, opportunities for me to appear in person are rare.”

It’s like in those TV dramas where bigshots personally negotiate deals—it’s all nonsense.

Spending a fortune on a crew of high-ranking managers to lounge around?

“Someone once said that women only slow a man’s sword-drawing speed.”

Mumbling between bites of fruit, Xiao Yu replied, “I don’t think so, especially not with a sister like you.”

“Thank you!” Mu Qingwu smiled softly, her eyes filled entirely with brotherly affection.

Women are naturally emotional. When a woman loves a man completely, she gives her body and soul without reservation.

“You’re welcome.” Xiao Yu got up and picked up his sister as they headed toward the bedroom.

Men can be sentimental too. When a woman gives her all, it fills a man with an overwhelming sense of accomplishment, driving him to fiercely protect her.

His sword-drawing speed would only become more rapid!

……

There were two things Xiao Yu despised in life.

First: being forced to do something he didn’t want to do.

Second: getting a phone call in the middle of the night.

Blinking open his eyes from his sister’s embrace, Xiao Yu almost wanted to smash the phone.

Just messing with me?

Do you all really not sleep at all in the middle of the night?

A hand as smooth as jade reached out. Mu Qingwu picked up her brother’s buzzing phone and answered, “Okay, he’s on his way…”

Cuddling like a little pig in his sister’s arms, Xiao Yu got up and watched as Mu Qingwu ended the call.

“Stay safe,”

Mu Qingwu kissed her brother and gently reminded him, “Come home early.”

“Alright,” Xiao Yu replied as he got up.

Sister always knew how to take care of things!

……

When Xiao Yu arrived at the Criminal Investigation Team,

he found that all his colleagues had been summoned.

This was the unmistakable prelude to a major incident… Xiao Yu was quite puzzled.

Inside the meeting room, one line from Zhao Changshan sent a ripple of shock through everyone’s faces.

“An officer from another province has fallen!”

Anger flared in the eyes of everyone, including Xiao Yu.

The word ‘fallen’ left no doubt about the outcome.

It meant he died on duty!

And dying on duty usually meant being killed by a criminal!

Still, everyone was perplexed.

Why announce an officer from another province falling with such fanfare? What did that mean for us?

We have no authority to meddle in cases from other provinces.

With a strange expression, Zhao Changshan glanced at Xiao Yu.

“Hmm?”

That look from the boss silently said, “What case?”

“Human trafficking of women and children!”

Zhou Tinghu, the boss, spoke, his eyes equally complex as he shot a glance at Xiao Yu.

“What do you mean by looking at me like that…” Xiao Yu frowned.

A human trafficking case involving women and children?

Since transferring his life, he had been on duty for a while,

but he couldn’t recall ever handling such a case.

Then, in the next moment, the boss provided the answer.

“Do you remember that suicide case at the Detention Center?”

Zhao Changshan fixed his gaze on Xiao Yu, his expression grave. “The deceased was Ren Chang’s girlfriend, Jiang Dan?”

“Jiang Dan?”

First puzzled, then Xiao Yu was stunned, “Because of her?”

It all came back to him.

Earlier, when he was investigating, it emerged that Jiang Dan had likely been trafficked as a child and raised by her adoptive parents.

Only to later learn they weren’t her biological parents. At eighteen, she left to work.

She arrived at a flower shop in Bincheng and met Ren Chang at nineteen, becoming a couple.

In the end, the greedy female boss had set the couple up.

That led to two deaths…

After the case closed, Xiao Yu hadn’t thought much of it…

But now that the human trafficking case resurfaced,

the police were determined to take it seriously. The local police in Jiang Dan’s hometown launched a thorough investigation into whether she had been trafficked.

During questioning, her adoptive parents told the truth.

Indeed, they admitted to buying Jiang Dan when she was four for twenty thousand yuan.

Be it then or now,

human trafficking of women and children is a major case.

In some instances, it even ranks as a serious special case.

It goes without saying that both the public and the state

are vehemently opposed to and disgusted by human trafficking.

No sane person could ever stand for such things!

Even if the case dates back fourteen years, it must be thoroughly pursued.

And during this investigation, an incident occurred.

An officer made the ultimate sacrifice!

So, does this case involve the Criminal Investigation Team?

Yes, because it all began with the suicide case at the Detention Center.

It triggered the fall of a colleague from another province; thus, the Criminal Investigation Team had to send someone to check it out.

Gathering everyone so late was meant to remind us that although we solved the Detention Center suicide case,

we all shared in the credit.

Yet, because of this case, someone has fallen!

“Understood,”

Xiao Yu nodded. “I’ll go take a look.”

I didn’t kill Bo Ren, yet Bo Ren died because of me?

It’s not that dramatic.

After all, he was the one who triggered it.

It’s only right to go and see for myself.

By the time the meeting ended, dawn was breaking.

Xiao Yu called Mu Qingwu to inform her he’d be out of town for a few days.

Then, the boss summoned him to the office.

“Get changed,”

Zhao Changshan handed Xiao Yu a new pair of shoulder badges.

He eyed the badges—Third-Level Police Superintendent insignia.

Xiao Yu: ???

After all, if he wanted to promote to Superintendent, it wouldn’t happen for another three to four years, maybe even longer.

Some red lines and regulations are hard to cross.

“Although a red line is hard to cross, but…”

Zhao Changshan looked at his young colleague with a complicated expression. “As a National Second-Class Merit Awardee, what rule or regulation could possibly hold you back from advancing?”

I see!

Xiao Yu took the shoulder badges with a touch of emotion.

So… I’m a Police Superintendent now?!