"Don't bother with the detention center? Why!"
At daybreak, Officer Ma and Zhou Yusheng arrived at Director Liu's office and heard their superior's orders.
Ma Houde immediately grew agitated. He slammed both hands onto the desk, making Director Liu's heart pound. The director hurriedly wiped away his sweat with a handkerchief and said, "Because this matter has already been handed over to someone else for investigation. As for you and Zhou Yusheng, your main task now is still the dismemberment case. That's what the people know about and care about."
Ma Houde frowned... Someone had ignored all the guards and committed murder in a place like that. That was the real danger—not that the cases outside weren't important.
"We understand, Director Liu. We'll solve the dismemberment case as soon as possible." Seeing that Ma Houde still wanted to say something, Zhou Yusheng quickly cut in and pulled him out of Director Liu's office.
Officer Ma was displeased. "Zhou Yusheng, what do you mean?"
"Someone from above has intervened. Director Liu called us over first thing in the morning to tell us this, which proves there's no room for negotiation." Zhou Yusheng frowned. "There's no need to argue with Director Liu here... Everyone knows his temperament. Didn't he take responsibility for you the last time something happened? Since he doesn't want us investigating this time, it's probably because he can't cover for us anymore."
Officer Ma said nothing. He smoked one cigarette after another. Only after several cigarettes did he helplessly follow Zhou Yusheng back to the special-case team.
The detention-center investigation had reached a dead end, but on the dismemberment case, they had already narrowed down several suspects.
One was Wu Rong, whose affair with Wang Liang had exposed the fact that he had been involved with several women. The