102: The Donghai City Police Force was shocked!

Li Qingyan’s cold and distant voice came from the phone.

Jiang Qianyu didn’t know how to answer when she heard this.

“Jiang Qianyu, why aren’t you speaking?”

Li Qingyan frowned and asked, “Do you know my husband’s whereabouts but don’t want to tell me?”

“How could that be?”

Jiang Qianyu didn’t want to offend Li Qingyan, but thinking of the weakness Gao Ze held over her, she was very wary.

If she were Gao Ze, she definitely wouldn’t let his wife, Li Qingyan, know he was in danger, needlessly causing Li Qingyan to worry.

Li Qingyan faintly felt Jiang Qianyu was hiding something and threatened impolitely, “Jiang Qianyu, think carefully! If you don’t tell me now, and I find out later, I won’t let you off!”

Jiang Qianyu sighed and said, “I have indeed seen your husband; he is handling the Xingsheng Bank robbery!”

“What—”

Li Qingyan’s eyelids twitched; just now, a news alert about the Xingsheng Bank robbery on Chunhua Road in Donghai City’s Jinghai District had popped up on her phone.

According to reports, this robbery was on a large scale, with at least a dozen armed robbers, who also carried explosives, prompting the Police to dispatch hundreds of officers.

“Yes, Officer Gao is deeply involved in this robbery case and has killed five of the culprits, but some culprits have escaped, and your husband, Gao Ze, is pursuing them!”

Li Qingyan’s heart trembled, and she immediately asked, “Is he injured?”

“He’s not injured yet!”

Jiang Qianyu gently advised, “Qing Yan, don’t worry, your husband is exceptionally skilled; he won’t get injured so easily!”

“Jiang Qianyu, are you at Xingsheng Bank on Chunhua Road right now?”

“Stay right there and don’t move; I’ll be there immediately!”

Li Qingyan’s mind was filled only with worry; she ignored Jiang Qianyu, hung up the phone, and called her mother, Shen Xiuyan.

“Shen Xiuyan, my husband went to deal with the Xingsheng Bank robbery; why didn’t you tell me?”

“Why didn’t you stop him?”

“Shen Xiuyan, if anything happens to my husband, I’m not done with you!”

Shen Xiuyan had just gotten home from work at this time and was scolded without even knowing what the Xingsheng Bank robbery was about.

However, she felt no blame in her heart, only heartache.

Because her daughter Li Qingyan’s voice was already choked with sobs, and her breathing was rapid, clearly indicating she had suffered immense emotional distress.

“Qing Yan, don’t rush; take a deep breath to lower your heart rate!”

“How are you feeling now? Is your chest tight or uncomfortable? I’ll contact Gao Ze’s leaders immediately about his situation and give you an explanation, so you won’t have to worry.”

“Your health is most important right now; don’t get too emotional!”

Shen Xiuyan had already heard the increasingly rapid breathing from the other end of the phone, and then the call was disconnected.

Yanxiu Group, President’s Office.

Li Qingyan’s face was pale; she clutched her chest, pulled open a drawer, quickly took out a medicine bottle, poured out two pills, and put them in her mouth.

“Stupid husband, you said you wouldn’t abandon me!”

“Bad husband, you never consider my feelings. Why would you take on such a dangerous mission?”

“Idiot, you can’t get hurt, or I’ll beat you to death!”

Tears on the beautiful girl’s face were like sparkling diamonds; drop after drop fell from Li Qingyan’s eyes onto the desk. Once her body gradually calmed down, Li Qingyan rushed out of the office without even wiping her tears.

“The President seemed to be crying just now!”

“The President looked so anxious; where is she going?”

Seeing Li Qingyan in tears, many office staff and management within the group were incredibly curious.

President Li Qingyan had always been as proud as an iceberg, never showing emotion. Why did she look like a fragile porcelain doll just now, making people feel pity?

“Perhaps there’s been a change in the President’s family!”

“Could the President be in love and just had a breakup?”

“How is that possible? What kind of man could be worthy of the President? Even those rich second-generation heirs are all show, either lacking ability or ugly and fat!”

The company employees all sparked their gossip souls, speculating on the reason for Li Qingyan’s tears.

However, what attracted everyone’s discussion in the group was still the Xingsheng Bank robbery that occurred on Chunhua Road in the afternoon.

Everyone had received news pushes on their phones.

Looking at the large-scale Police blockade photos in the news, every citizen of Donghai City was curious about the outcome of the case.

“The Xingsheng Bank robbery, they say there were over a dozen desperate robbers with guns, and the Police dispatched hundreds of officers!”

“Such a large scale, it’s almost like a Police-and-gangster blockbuster.”

“Do you think the Donghai City Police can solve it?”

“I doubt it. Reality isn’t a movie after all. A dozen armed robbers, plus explosives, it’s hard not to cause casualties. Now it just depends on whether the Donghai City Police are effective and can minimize the death toll.”

“I live near Chunhua Road, and now that I’m off work, I don’t dare to walk there!”

“There have been quite a few major cases in Donghai City recently. Yesterday, the Police didn’t solve the serial murder case of young girls, and now there are over a dozen robbers. If the Police let even a few armed robbers escape, who in Donghai City could sleep soundly? People probably wouldn’t even dare to walk at night.”

“They must give us an explanation. If cases can’t even be solved, what guarantees do we citizens have for our safety?”

“I agree. Now we’ll just have to see how many casualties there are from the Xingsheng Bank robbery and how the Police resolve the case!”

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Chunhua Road, Xingsheng Bank.

With citizens outside the cordon filming and live-streaming, the Xingsheng Bank robbery incident had already spread to various online video platforms.

Huge public criticism poured in.

After scrolling through a few mobile videos, Shen Gang, Liu Wenzhong, and other detective captains felt heavy pressure on their shoulders.

“Director Zhao, how do we handle these online criticisms now?”

Liu Wenzhong suggested, “We have already rescued the bank hostages. Should we let the city’s propaganda department disclose the success of the hostage rescue?”

“If we disclose it now, do you think the bank robbery is over?”

“There are still at least three or four robbers who successfully escaped. If they aren’t caught, do you think our citizens in Donghai City will feel safe? Can they sleep soundly at night?”

Zhao Mingsheng retorted, “They have firearms and explosives!”

“Unless all are arrested and brought to justice, the citizens will not feel at ease, and this case will not be over!”

“But we don’t know where the other robbers escaped to!”

Liu Wenzhong sighed and said, “The bomb disposal team went into that bank passage. The exit of that passage is in the underground subway tunnel. Through the subway tunnel, the robbers can escape in many directions.”

“Gao Ze has already found clues about the other robbers.”

Zhao Mingsheng said, “Gao Ze just called me and said he caught an inside robber from the bank and learned that the other robbers fled to Anshun Urban Village.

I have already dispatched the Jinghai District detective captain to the address Gao Ze gave me to receive that robber.”

“How did Gao Ze know there was an inside robber in the bank?”

Liu Wenzhong asked in surprise, “Is Gao Ze heading to the other robbers’ escape destination now? Will he be in danger?”

“How Gao Ze knew, I’m not sure, but I trust his ability; the intelligence should not be false!”

Zhao Mingsheng said, “As for the danger, it is indeed dangerous.”

“Those few escaped robbers are elite leaders, and they still have firearms and explosives. I have already dispatched armed Police and snipers to support Gao Ze!”

Zhao Mingsheng’s troubled expression was hard to dispel, and he had a vague bad premonition.

Perhaps pursuing the robbers would be even more dangerous than being inside the bank, because Gao Ze had observed and studied Xingsheng Bank, but that robber stronghold was an unfamiliar environment to him.

He somewhat regretted that when Gao Ze came out of the bank, he should have taken care of him immediately, even if he had clues about the robbers, he should have kept him back.

Otherwise, if Gao Ze sacrificed himself, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

The bank hostages had been successfully rescued. For him, Gao Ze had practically saved his political career. If Gao Ze weren’t already married, he would have even wanted to marry his niece to him.

“Director Zhao, I just saw a video circulating online about the bank robbery, and I also saw a video of Gao Ze.”

Shen Gang, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, handed his phone to Zhao Mingsheng.

“What video?”

“Did a hostage record Gao Ze killing robbers inside the bank?”

Zhao Mingsheng didn’t understand what he meant. He took the phone and discovered that Gao Ze in the video was confronting a middle-aged woman in her fifties forcefully.

The woman was slumped on the ground, cursing Gao Ze for having no justice and falsely accusing her son of being the serial killer of young girls.

Below the video, many uninformed viewers with foreign IPs were either being sarcastic or directly attacking Gao Ze or the Police.

“Nonsense, this video has been maliciously edited.”

Zhao Mingsheng looked at the comments and bullet screen on the video, and his heart instantly flared with anger.

This brief video of over ten seconds was clearly clipped at the beginning and end, leading to Gao Ze being maliciously attacked.

“Gao Ze has already solved the serial murder case of young girls, and the thin man in the video is the serial killer of young girls, Li Chunsheng!”

As soon as the words fell, apart from a few captains like Liu Wenzhong and Shen Gang, the leaders and captains of various sub-bureaus in Donghai City were startled and almost cried out in inquiry.

They still didn’t know that the serial murder case of young girls that happened yesterday had already been solved.

And the person who solved the case was Gao Ze.