Immediately.

Within an hour, Ma Hui received calls from various departments.

That night, few people in Sunzhou slept peacefully.

Until...

"Why is Hanhai City holding us accountable?"

After dialing a call, Ma Hui was ready to be scolded, but never expected the other party to ask him a question in a serious tone.

He looked at the caller ID: Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei was very confused now.

He was just investigating properly, and suddenly, someone from Hanhai City contacted him privately overnight.

He subconsciously thought, was the case completely unsuppressable and about to explode, but on second thought, shouldn't it explode during the day?

Then he received several more calls in succession.

In the end, Zhang Fei turned his gaze to Ma Hui.

"Don't mention it..."

Ma Hui sighed and began to vent his frustration.

A short time later, after explaining the ins and outs, Zhang Fei didn't know what to say.

His lips moved for a moment, and finally, he sighed deeply.

Immediately, there was a long silence.

Until Zhang Fei suddenly spoke:

"This time we've managed to backfire."

"The province likely noticed the issue in Sunzhou..."

Ma Hui paused.

Protective detention for Xu Liang... Lin Fuqiang would definitely sense something wrong.

After all, if it were a minor case, wouldn't the police just arrest the suspect? What's the need for protection!?

But if it's a major case and difficult to arrest, then... why hasn't there been any news about it?

"How's the investigation on Jin Bo's case going!?"

Ma Hui asked anxiously.

"Still not clear, it happened a long time ago, only know it's related to a batch of scrap steel from 17 years ago." Zhang Fei replied.

17 years ago... that's indeed hard to investigate.

But...

"Check with the traders?" Ma Hui frowned.

"Can't do it either, the steel was imported from a Western Country by an overseas shell company." Zhang Fei explained.

Upon hearing, Ma Hui was silent.

Steel from 17 years ago.

Steel that's been forged and smelted!

Even involving overseas traders, investigating it is indeed complicated...

"It's not feasible to trace it." Zhang Fei said.

"The case might explode soon, and the province will definitely dispatch people."

"It's likely that by then, all resources will only be allocated to investigate 'environmental pollution', and improve the environment, while the steel issue... will be put on hold for months at least."

Unable to seize the opportunity to thoroughly investigate Luo Jun's fundamental issue...

It can only lead to fining Luo Jun some money.

Upon hearing.

Ma Hui showed a bitter smile.

Since it's impossible to investigate the steel...

"What should we do now..." Ma Hui cautiously asked.

Zhang Fei remained silent, then reluctantly said:

"Get in touch with Luo Jun, at least, to ensure he doesn't go on another killing spree!"

Ma Hui paused.

If the authorities won't investigate the steel, then Ma Hui will cooperate with the emission investigation, and if the opponent doesn't care about this matter, he will most likely give up the idea of eliminating Xu Liang.

Currently, halting the investigation and starting to improve the environment is enough trouble for them.

Not to mention...

If anything happens to Xu Liang...

"Okay." Ma Hui nodded, agreeing, and hung up the phone.

Immediately, he dialed the number for the Jinyang Steel Plant, Luo Jun's number.

"Beep~"

...

...

Two o'clock in the morning.

Sunzhou Suburbs.

"Damn it, Shorty, where's the body!?"

"Why is the body missing?"

"I'm asking you, why are you asking me again? What's going on!?"

"I don't know either!"

"..."

In the woods of the suburbs.

Shorty and Tall Guy were staring at each other, then looked at the van parked in the distance.

Just in the early morning...

They both moved the body to a place for disposal, but who would have thought the last step went wrong!

The body... was gone!

"Did you see that person clearly?" Tall Guy asked Shorty.

He was flabbergasted, completely dumbstruck.

They got ten grand to steal a body, finally managed to steal it, and then...

"Couldn't see clearly!"

"So our stolen body was stolen? Was it deliberate or what?" Shorty whispered.

Tall Guy couldn't figure it out either.

"Could it be that at the funeral home, someone noticed this van, originally intended to steal it, but we stole the body quickly."

"Before they could drive off, we loaded the body into the van, and then drove away with them in the dust..."

"Eventually found the key in the car and planned to drive away, but thought it was too conspicuous, and figured our stolen body worth something, finally carried it along?"

Tall Guy hesitated to speculate.

Logically, it made sense.

Just...

"What should we do now!?" Shorty's face showed anxiousness.

If the person really wanted money... then they discovered the body bag contained a corpse instead of cash, surely they'd call the police!

"No worries, he's a car thief, got a record, wouldn't dare call the police." Tall Guy said to comfort, finally making Shorty breathe a sigh of relief.

"Then with Lawyer Liu...?" Shorty worried again.

Hearing this, Tall Guy clicked his tongue.

The two stared at each other.

The task was to steal the body.

They managed to steal the body, but then it got stolen, so...

Does this count as mission accomplished?

"No nonsense, it's ten grand!" Tall Guy said.

Lawyer Liu only stipulated stealing and destroying the body, not preventing others from stealing and destroying it again!

Shorty's face showed fear, and he earnestly advised.

"Do we lack professional ethics here, won't too many misdeeds cause self-destruction?"

Tall Guy glared and tapped him on the head.

"Do you want ethics or money?"

Shorty quickly replied "Money!"

It's ten grand after all!

Hearing this.

Tall Guy stopped talking.

He turned and walked a short distance, then took out his phone.