Chapter 97 Xiaoqing's Connections

Given her father's current situation, it was only natural to seek out a professional in the field; this would put both her and her mother at ease.

"Daughter, you have connections like this?"

A look of surprise appeared on Uncle Wang's face. To think his daughter knew someone all the way in Luocheng—this made him look at her in a new light.

He had always been the pillar of the family; he hadn't expected his daughter to have truly grown up now.

She already knew how to build connections.

This warmed his heart.

"Then hurry up and contact them."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoqing took a deep breath. She had actually regretted it the moment the words left her mouth.

In the current situation, Xiao Liu was naturally the best candidate to help.

But how was she supposed to explain this to her father?

She didn't know; she had absolutely no idea.

"This..."

Xiaoqing looked hesitant, unable to make a decision. The room suddenly became awkward.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't know what to bring when asking for a favor?"

Seeing his daughter like this, Uncle Wang realized what was happening. There was no such thing as going empty-handed when asking for a favor.

"No, that's not what I mean."

As Xiaoqing spoke, her gaze drifted toward the door opposite them.

"Oh well!"

"Forget it!"

She said impatiently. She really didn't want to be stuck in the middle, feeling uncomfortable between her father and Xiao Liu. Better to rip the bandage off quickly!

Besides, in this situation, it was her father who needed Xiao Liu's help. It shouldn't be too bad.

"What do you mean?"

Uncle Wang blinked his eyes. He clearly sensed his daughter's strange behavior. He stood up from the sofa and looked at Xiaoqing in surprise.

But Xiaoqing didn't meet her father's eyes. She took her phone out of her pocket and pressed the call button. After saying a few words, she hung up.

"Dad, you know this person too."

As soon as Xiaoqing finished speaking, the sound of a mechanical lock opening came from the door opposite. —Knock, knock, knock. A knocking sound entered the room.

A very bad thought arose in Uncle Wang's heart. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he stared nervously at the door.

The only people who could help him were basically the police. The chance of his daughter having connections was very small, which was why he had looked at her in a new light earlier.

So, if it was a police officer, and his daughter knew them, and he knew them too! A face appeared in his mind. His palms began to sweat.

—Creak. Xiaoqing opened the door.

"Uncle Wang, long time no see."

Within seconds of receiving the call, he had changed into clean, neat clothes, used hair gel, and maintained a kindly smile the entire time, right up to this moment.

He considered his current smile to be perfectly in line with the humble attitude of a son-in-law meeting his father-in-law.

"You..."

When Uncle Wang saw Xiao Liu standing at the door, smiling at him, his whole body trembled, and his vision went black. He couldn't finish what he wanted to say and took two steps back.

A strong urge to turn and run surfaced in his heart.

"You... why are you here?"

His tone was full of disbelief, and he immediately looked at his daughter. It was one thing to be unlucky recently, but now his beloved daughter was leaking air.

"Haha, I just happened to want to come here to hang out."

Xiao Liu let out an awkward laugh, explaining unconvincingly. He quickly changed the subject, asking why he had been called over. With a few words from Xiaoqing, he understood the sequence of events.

He looked at Uncle Wang with a serious expression:

"This matter must be reported to the local police station. What is inside the suitcase should be determined by them, not by you."

In an instant, he had transformed into a criminal police officer. Seeing him like this, Xiaoqing patted him on the shoulder. They looked very intimate, which undoubtedly made Uncle Wang's heart ache even more.

"Are you interrogating a criminal? You're so serious!"

Hearing this, Xiao Liu came back to his senses and scratched his head.

"Sorry, I'm used to it."

He had been interrogating Uncle Wang every day for this period; whenever he saw his face, he couldn't help but become serious.

"My dad is at this age, after all. A detention center is full of all sorts of people. What if he gets bullied, or can't get used to living there?"

She hadn't told her mother about this yet, and didn't plan to; it wouldn't help and would only make her worry.

"Bullied, can't get used to it?"

Xiao Liu looked at Uncle Wang curiously upon hearing this. If it were anyone else, he would believe it. But Uncle Wang was someone he had personally locked up; he knew the way to the detention center better than Xiao Liu himself, even asking for his bedsheets to be aired out frequently, and he would often sleep so soundly he couldn't be woken up.

He probably didn't sleep that soundly at home, right? He immediately realized that Uncle Wang must not have told her, and it wouldn't be appropriate for him to bring it up himself; after all, saying it would only affect their relationship and offered no benefits.

From Uncle Wang's perspective, it was the same; it would only shatter the image of a good father in his daughter's eyes. After all, what kind of decent person sleeps in a detention center every day?

"What do you mean by that!"

Xiaoqing grabbed Xiao Liu's ear. "Listening to you, it sounds like my dad should be very familiar with the detention center."

She was very dissatisfied with Xiao Liu's attitude. How could she not know what her father was like? He had been honest his whole life; how could he be familiar with such a place?

"Alright!"

Uncle Wang interrupted their flirting. That's right, in his eyes, the interaction between his daughter and Xiao Liu was flirting. He couldn't watch it anymore.

"Xiao Liu, I'll only ask you one question: do you think I will be treated as a suspect this time?"

"Or rather, will I be taken in and locked up, only to be released after the case is closed?"

Uncle Wang looked nervously into Xiao Liu's eyes. He just wanted to come out and have fun for a few days to get rid of his bad luck; he didn't want to go back in again!

"Theoretically speaking, every local police station has different ways of handling cases."

"But from a practical standpoint, if there really is a body in the suitcase, then since you reported it before the police discovered the body, you will generally be released after they clarify things."

"But if the police discover the body and find clues nearby that can link you to it, then there will be trouble, and you'll have to wait until the case is closed to be released."

Xiao Liu helped analyze the current situation. The logic was simple: one was voluntarily reporting and cooperating with the police investigation, and the other was being found by the police and then cooperating. The order was different, so the degree of suspicion would naturally be different.

"Right!"

"Xiao Liu, you're right."

Uncle Wang thought about it for a moment and nodded. He then signaled that he needed to get to the police station as soon as possible to explain the situation.

"I'll take you there."

Xiao Liu volunteered. This made Uncle Wang's anxious heart freeze for a moment. Xiao Liu taking him? This scene felt familiar. The situation seemed a bit ominous.

"Dad, you don't want to walk there, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Wang gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement. He had basically figured out the situation by now. If the case was investigated by Xiao Chen and Xiao Liu took him to the detention center, then the probability of him being locked up was 100%. But in the current situation, with only Xiao Liu present, the probability was only 50%. He could still take a gamble!