Chapter 42: A Big Shot from the Provincial Department! Tazhai is Not Right!

Noon arrived.

Wu Youhai returned to his office and compiled a report on the case that had occurred today.

Just at that moment, his personal phone suddenly rang.

It was not the red landline on his desk, but his own mobile phone.

Pulling it out and glancing at the caller ID, Wu Youhai’s eyes lit up. He immediately stood up respectfully, adjusted his posture, and then answered the call.

From this preparation alone, it was evident how much reverence he held for this call.

"Director Li!"

As soon as the connection was established, Wu Youhai stood at rigid attention. Although the person on the other end could not see him, he still gave a formal police salute.

"Little Wu~" A mild voice came from the other side of the line.

"Director Li, you suddenly reached out to me, i-is there something important?" Wu Youhai asked.

The identity of the person on the other end of the line was by no means ordinary!

This was clear from the title Wu Youhai used to address him: Director Li!

The "Director"!

The person in question was none other than Li Weimin, the Deputy Director of the Yunhai Provincial Public Security Department concurrently serving as the Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, a legendary figure in the anti-drug policing world!

Meanwhile, inside the Yunhai Provincial Department.

In an office.

A lean, middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses and possessing a benevolent expression held the phone in one hand while browsing through documents with the other.

He was dressed in a pristine white police uniform, and particularly on his shoulders, the police badge number "00002" was so striking that it was impossible to ignore.

Li Weimin smiled slightly and said, "I am not contacting you for official business this time; rather, I have some personal questions I would like to ask you."

Wu Youhai had actually guessed this. If it were official business, a dedicated red secure line would have been used directly.

"Director Li, please go ahead and ask whatever you need."

"Did you go to Tazhou Village today? What did you see in that village?" Li Weimin's calm voice came through.

Wu Youhai’s brow twitched, and his heart was filled with heavy suspicion. How could an impoverished village possibly draw the attention of such a high-ranking figure?

Suddenly!

His heart tightened, and a thought flashed through his mind: "Director Li is coming to me with the answer already in mind."

Earlier, he had already suspected how a village that ranked at the bottom economically just a month or two ago could undergo such a heaven-shaking transformation in such a short period.

Where did they get the money?

It was highly likely that the entire village was engaging in illegal and criminal activities!

However, lacking concrete evidence, Wu Youhai had not confronted them about it while in Tazhai, but the seed of doubt had already been planted.

Today, Li Weimin’s phone call made him feel even more astonished.

"If there were nothing wrong with Tazhou Village, how could it alert such a towering figure? Perhaps the Provincial Department has already launched an investigation into Tazhou Village!"

With this thought in mind, combined with Li Weimin's call, Wu Youhai’s intuition grew increasingly intense.

Though he had thought of many things, only a few seconds had actually passed.

"Something is wrong with this village!" Wu Youhai took a deep breath and said with a firm tone.

"Oh?" The smile on Li Weimin’s face slowly faded, turning serious as he asked, "What do you mean by something is wrong?"

"This village is... far too wealthy!" Wu Youhai recounted everything he had witnessed piece by piece.

Finally, after a brief pause, he also voiced his own lingering doubts:

"Two months ago, this village was still one of the bottom-ranked impoverished villages in our city. Yet now, merely dozens of days later, the entire village has paved cement roads! Adding up all the various facilities, it must have cost at least tens of millions!"

"Where on earth did they get so much money?"

Li Weimin frowned slightly, his eyes narrowing.

He had risen through the ranks starting as a frontline anti-drug officer, relying entirely on his merits. Throughout his life, he had lost count of how many drug traffickers he had struck down and how much narcotics he had seized!

Even the major drug lords who had fallen into his hands were too numerous to count on both hands.

Naturally rich in experience, upon learning the situation of Tazhou Village from Wu Youhai, a hypothesis instantly formed in his mind:

"It is highly probable that this Tazhou Village is operating under a collective criminal system. Could the entire village be a den of drugs?!"

At this thought, Li Weimin raised his head and looked at the computer in front of him.

The screen displayed a document titled:

[Detailed Report on the Major Drug Trafficking Case Recently Cracked in Jinghai City]

Within this report, there was a piece of crucial information.

That was, after the police arrested this gang of drug traffickers, they used technical means to trace who had been in contact with them recently.

"Tazhou Village, Lin Yaodong."

Li Weimin stared at the five characters recorded in the report, his expression darkening slightly.

Earlier today, it was he who had notified Wu Youhai that someone had reported being surrounded by over a thousand gang-affiliated members in Tazhai.

Thus, the name Tazhou Village had already imprinted itself in his mind.

When he saw the report just now, the moment he spotted the words "Tazhou Village," he immediately recalled sending Wu Youhai there.

Consequently, he had dialed Wu Youhai's number to inquire about the specific conditions of the village.

"An impoverished village where everyone struck it rich within two months." Pondering this, Li Weimin looked back at the report and suddenly realized:

The exact time Lin Yaodong first made contact with the drug trafficking gang they had just arrested was: two months ago!

"Achoo~!"

In Tazhou Village, Lin Yaodong sneezed, reached up to rub his nose, and looked up at the azure sky, murmuring to himself:

"If it weren't for that kid Lin Wendong, I probably would have already led Tazhai to...!"

At this thought, Uncle Dong suddenly recalled another matter:

"Right! That 'old friend' I contacted two months ago—we planned together for days, and just as we were about to officially cooperate, I suddenly stood him up."

Uncle Dong shook his head, a wry smile tugging at the corner of his lips: "I wonder how that fellow is doing now. If we ever meet in the future, will he harbor resentment toward me for ditching him?"

At this moment, Uncle Dong did not yet realize that this worry of his had zero possibility of ever coming true in this lifetime...

On the other side, inside Lin Wendong's house.

With the front door tightly shut and all the windows securely covered with curtains, Lin Wendong sat cross-legged on the bed and glanced at his system interface:

[Host: Lin Wendong]

[Wealth Value: Zero]

[Mall] [Lucky Draw]

[Combat Grandmaster] [Firearm Mastery] [Don't Claim You Understand Stinky Tofu] [US Dollar Manufacturing Process] [......]

"Hoo~"

Lin Wendong let out a long breath, a thought stirring in his mind: "Top up fifty thousand in wealth value!"

Gazing at the fifty thousand wealth value, his gaze shifted back to the [Lucky Draw].

"System draw!"