iled to realize that it was the seventy-year-old Elder Li who was actually dealing with him."Mingfeng, do you know Over-admiring someone often leads to one's doom." Elder Li glared at Zhao Mingfeng. "...Chapter 832: He Has the Authority

"Summer" A somewhat surprised voice came from Hu Tu; he clearly hadn't expected Summer to be here.

"Director Hu, Summer has something she wants to talk about with Cai Pengcheng. Can you make an exception" Leng Bingbing asked in a low tone.

Hu Tu glanced around and lowered his voice as well: "Little Cold, I have no issues here, but you know that although this is a joint investigation, the initiative still lies with the Ministry of Public Security. This matter might need Director Gao's approval."

"Director Hu, I feel like Director Gao seems to be protecting Cai Pengcheng. He probably won't let Summer meet with him." Leng Bingbing frowned slightly, "Is there any other way"

"Sister Policewoman, who is this Director Gao you're talking about" Summer couldn't help but ask.

"He's a director from the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. His name is Gao Peng. This investigation of Cai Pengcheng was actually under his charge. Although his rank isn't as high as Director Hu’s, he represents the Ministry of Public Security, so if he opposes it, even Director Hu can’t do anything about it." Leng Bingbing explained softly.

Summer was quite annoyed: "If he dares to disagree with me, I'll beat him up! Otherwise, I’ll just take that idiot Cai Pengcheng away."

Cold Ice found this rather helpless; she knew Summer wasn’t bluffing and would really do such a thing.

"How about this: in a moment, Little Cold, you go inside to conduct the interrogation. Summer, you come too—I’ll say that you’re an interrogator from the provincial department whom I’ve specially invited over. This should work fine," Hutu said after some thought. Although this approach wasn’t entirely proper, Summer had helped him out many times before; moreover, he actually believed that Summer might just do what he’d mentioned earlier. Therefore, it was better to have Summer inside the interrogation room rather than causing a commotion outside.

"This indeed is an option. Then I’ll trouble Director Hutu," Cold Ice had always been polite towards Hutu, which gave him quite a good impression of her.

"Little Cold, wait for a moment with Summer. I’ll first talk to Chief Gao," nodded Hutu before entering the interrogation room.

About two minutes later, Hutu walked out and nodded at Cold Ice: "Little Cold, you can go in now."

Cold Ice and Summer entered the interrogation room together, while the three individuals inside came out at the same time. As their groups passed each other, a middle-aged man suddenly frowned and called out softly: "Wait!"

"Director Gao, is there something" Ling Bing asked. She was quite familiar with this group of people and knew that the speaker was Director Gao Peng.

Gao Peng ignored Ling Bing and turned to look at Hu Tu, asking somewhat displeased: "Director Hu, is this the interrogation expert you mentioned"

While asking, Gao Peng glanced at Xia Tian once, clearly expressing his doubts.

"Yes, Director Gao, he is the interrogation expert we specially invited." Hu Tu nodded but did not introduce Xia Tian's identity. It was clear that he didn’t want this Director Gao to know who Xia Tian was.

Even though Hu Tu had just fabricated the term 'interrogation expert', Ling Bing felt it fitting for Xia Tian, as he really could be called one. Of course, strictly speaking, he was an expert in extracting confessions through torture.

"Is that so" Gao Peng gave a cold laugh: "But to my knowledge, he is not any kind of interrogation expert, nor even a police officer!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Tu felt something amiss. Did Director Gao actually know Xia Tian

"Director Gao, he is indeed not a police officer, but he is certainly an interrogation expert," Hu Tu spoke bluntly, after all, he had never said that Xia Tian was a police officer before. From this point alone, Gao Peng couldn't find anything to pin on him.

"Director Hu, I don't care if he's an interrogation expert or not, but since he is not a police officer, he cannot be involved in this case," Gao Peng said firmly with his tone hardening. "Moreover, I am quite puzzled by your approach and will report this matter to the bureau!"

The moment Gao Peng finished speaking, he noticed that Xia Tian had already pulled Leng Bingbing inside, so he shouted sternly again: "Stop! What are you doing"

Xia Tian paid no heed to Gao Peng; he had spotted Cai Pengcheng. At the moment, Cai Pengcheng was handcuffed and shackled with leg irons, clearly being treated as an extremely dangerous criminal. However, this guy looked rather calm and composed, showing no signs of fatigue whatsoever.

"This idiot seems to be doing pretty well here!" Xia Tian muttered to himself.

"He can eat and sleep soundly, not a bit nervous. In fact, he's quite like an ordinary person," Leng Bingbing explained beside him. Indeed, Cai Pengcheng was quite an extraordinary character; even during interrogations, he could fall asleep.

"Xia Tian, get out here now!" Gao Peng shouted sternly once more, clearly knowing Xia Tian's identity well by then.

"Don't bother me!" Xia Tian glared不滿地瞪了Gao Peng一眼,"Or I'll beat you up!"

"You!" Gao Peng was so angry that his face turned pitch black, "What are you going to do"

"I want to ask this idiot Cai Pengcheng a few questions. You'd better not bother me!" Xia Tian glared不滿地瞪著Gao Peng again,"Right now I'm in a bad mood and at any moment I might kill you!"

Even Hu Tu, standing by the side, was speechless. He had little direct dealings with Xia Tian, but he had heard many rumors about him, all of them saying that the guy was quite arrogant. Now, seeing this firsthand, he understood why people said so; even an inspector from the Ministry of Public Security wasn't safe from Xia Tian's open threats!

"Xia Tian, you're not a police officer! You have no authority to interrogate Cai Pengcheng!" Gao Peng was extremely angry,"This is lawless behavior!"

"You're wrong. He does have the right to do this." A cold yet incredibly appealing voice suddenly rang out.

As the alluring voice sounded, a woman dressed entirely in black leather clothing appeared at the door of the interrogation room. Even though she wore overly large sunglasses that hid her face, her extremely graceful figure still caused every man present to lose their composure.

The first one to react was Xia Tian. He quickly moved beside the black-clad beauty and tried to embrace her, shouting at the same time, "Wife Meier, how did you get here"

Standing by the door was indeed Meier. She nimbly avoided Xia Tian's arms and took out an ID card from her body to hand it over to Gao Peng. Her tone remained cold as she said, "Starting now, Cai Pengcheng will be under our care!"

After glancing at the ID card, Gao Peng’s expression immediately changed drastically: "You, you are a member of the Dark..."

"Knowing is enough." Meier interrupted Gao Peng and simultaneously reclaimed her ID card. "Now I need to take Cai Pengcheng away. Do you have any objections"

Gao Peng's expression shifted several times, then he suddenly said, "Wait a moment! I do have an objection!"

"If you have objections, keep them in your heart! Speaking out won't help at all!" Meier replied coldly.

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