"Director Shen, why did you only call me over?"
After arriving at the Beitai City Administration, Chen Miao asked the question outright.
Shen Mo smiled and said:
"There are sections of your file in our bureau that even I don't have clearance to access."
"If you could take part in a mission that even a Grade-B Investigator can't access, I imagine your abilities go beyond what your file says."
"So I thought you should know about this too. Afterward, I'll link you to this incident in our records. If any related missions come up, the bureau will contact you."
Only then did Chen Miao understand.
So he was looking for some muscle.
"Can I refuse?"
Chen Miao looked at Shen Mo as he asked.
"Of course, but in that case, I won't be able to tell you the specifics of this incident."
"If any related incidents occur later, we won't notify you either. However, you may be questioned again if necessary."
Chen Miao nodded, then said, "Go ahead."
Shen Mo was very pleased with Chen Miao's choice.
Of course, Chen Miao was very pleased too.
He had been worrying about having nothing to do. Anything connected to this incident probably wouldn't be simple, so naturally, he wasn't going to pass it up.
Over the conversation that followed, Chen Miao learned a truth from Shen Mo that left him stunned.
Only then did Chen Miao realize that Hua Jianming's earlier guesses had all been wrong!
Over the past two days, Shen Mo and his colleagues had dug up a whole host of information about the Xiong Family.
They had even brought Xiong Jie's great-aunt, his grandfather's younger sister, back to Beitai City from the distant province where she was spending her retirement.
Together with the information the Administration had uncovered, her