Yan Ju had already sat in the driver's seat. Lu Sheng let Lin Xi sit in the passenger seat while he took the remaining rear seat.
Having already sat in the Huangzhou police car, and seeing the serious situation in police uniforms, Lin Xi finally felt relieved. She asked the question first, and this question tortured Lin Xi all night.
"In the archives, did you tell me something about my brother?"
"Yes, we now suspect that Lin Xi's death was not an accident."
Yan Ju turned to Lin Xi and what he said further deepened Lin Xi's suspicion about the real cause of his brother's death.
Lin Xi just listened to Yan Ju's words. She didn't speak, but continued to look at Yan Ju.
To Lin Xi's surprise, Yan Ju didn't say anything. He just started the car, drove out of the emergency lane, and continued to drive forward.
Lu Sheng, who was sitting in the back row, continued what they said:
"The death of a police officer is unusual. Sometimes, the information released by the official will be, you know, more..."
Lu Sheng's words were not complete, and Yan Ju just sat in front and listened silently. There were some words that he, as the director, could not say out loud, so he had no choice but to accept this universal fact.
Lin Xi did not worry about the authenticity of the official information, nor did she plan to ask Yan Ju and Lu Sheng why the Meizhou Police Department did not tell her the truth. She was just concerned now and just wanted to know the real cause of Lin Xi's death.
"Then my brother..." Lin Xi deliberately omitted some words and asked directly, "What is the real reason?"
Lin Xi did not say the word death. She had accepted the reality of Lin Xi's death, but she was still unwilling to associate the word death with Lin Xi from her own mouth.
"Actually, we don't have any substantial evidence yet. We are still at the preliminary stage of suspicion..."
Lin Xi turned around and looked angrily at Lu Sheng, who was sitting behind her. She tried her best to suppress the dissatisfaction and sadness in her heart.
"I drove hundreds of kilometers overnight, and you first told me that my brother did not die in an accident, and now you actually tell me that there is no evidence?"
"Lin Xi, I understand how you feel, and I hope you can calm down and think about it carefully. I guess you feel something is wrong, so I'll just say it."
Lu Sheng adjusted his mood and continued, "I actually want to ask you, what you said last night, what does it mean that Meizhou is not convenient for meetings?"
Lin Xi was still glaring at Lu Sheng, but her anger had eased. She just wanted to find an outlet to vent her anger. Without thinking for a longer time, she decided to tell what happened last night.
"I have always felt that regarding my brother, the accident may not be the real cause, and then I decided to look for you. On the way to find you, I found someone following me. That's why I didn't go directly, so I called you.
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"Is someone following you? Did you get rid of the person before you got on the highway?"
As Lu Sheng spoke, he unconsciously looked outside the car. The traffic on the opposite side of the highway was about to see the rear of the crowded convoy.
"I don't know, I should have dumped him."
"Is this the first time you noticed someone was following you last night?"
"Yes."
Lu Sheng recalled the scene in the corridor of the archives room at that time. He was not sure whether Zhang Mao was alert at that time, and he was not sure what information Zhang Mao reported to Director Zhuang. But one thing is certain, he and Xiao Zhu were in Meizhou
The appearance of Lin Xi completely broke the balance between the enemy and ourselves. The fact that they sent people to follow Lin Xi was the most obvious proof.
The vehicle had arrived at the nearest highway exit. Yan Ju continued to drive the car and passed the highway exit. Lu Sheng looked outside the car and the car drove back onto the county road back to Huangzhou in the morning.
"Now it is certain that what happened should be related to some cases that Lin Xi had handled before."
"You work in the archives, so you must understand the destruction process of case files."
Hearing Lu Sheng mention the file, Lin Xi's heart beat suddenly. What Lin Xi expected before his death was about to happen.
"I'm the one responsible for handling this work."
After hearing Lin Xi's words, Yan Ju looked at Lu Sheng excitedly through the rearview mirror. Lu Sheng also felt that he saw some hope, so he continued to ask:
"There was a traffic accident file ten years ago that has been destroyed by you. Do you still remember it?"
"Remember."
Lin Xi didn't know the reason why she believed the two strangers in front of her without reservation. Maybe it was because of what Lin Xi said before she died, or maybe she had discovered Director Zhuang's deliberate concealment.
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Lu Sheng stared at Lin Xi in surprise, but Lin Xi did not look back at this moment.
"You have worked for so long and you should have destroyed many files. I haven't given more details yet. How do you know which file I am talking about?"
"Because, because the destruction process is actually not compliant."
"When you say non-compliance, you mean that the destruction period has not yet been reached, right?"
"Yes!" Both parties now know exactly which case file it is.
The road began to become bumpy again, and the bumpy vehicles did not dampen Lu Sheng's excitement. A smooth straight line of clues seemed to be right in front of him.
The car was driving along the same road he had walked in the morning. Lu Sheng looked out the window and saw a familiar scene before his eyes.
Did something happen here? Lu Sheng thought to himself, and his excitement was instantly replaced by sudden doubts. He shook his head, tried his best to focus his attention, and continued to ask Lin Xi, his eyes still stuck on
Outside the window.
"You dare to do this, aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
Just as Lu Sheng finished asking, and before Lin Xi could answer, Yan Ju asked again, "Was the director at that time Director Zhuang?"
"Yes, it's Director Zhuang." Lin Xi's heart began to beat hard again. She took a deep breath and continued, "My brother asked me to destroy it, and this matter was caused by Director Zhuang.
My brother told me to do it."
Director Yan asked, "Can you still recall some details in that file?"
"I haven't looked at it at all."
Lin Xi was experiencing a strong ideological struggle in her heart at the moment. She suddenly hesitated whether to tell the story about the USB disk.
The current suspicion is clearly aimed at Director Zhuang, but apart from that, they still have no evidence and have no idea of Director Zhuang's real motive for doing this.
"You will definitely find out the truth, right?"
"Yes…"
The car passed the car scrapping plant again, and distant memory images began to vaguely emerge. Although it did not bring clear memories, the familiar feeling began to frequently touch Lu Sheng's heart.
The sound of the conversation between Yan Ju and Lin Xi became weaker and weaker, and Lu Sheng actually became suspicious. He didn't know whether the sound came from around him or from his mind.