CHAPTER 913: CHAPTER 913: ZHENG GUOFENG DISAPPEARS

"However, being upright is good, but some things should be done within one’s capacity! It’s naturally good if you can achieve it, but if you can’t, don’t push too hard; quit while you’re ahead."

Glancing casually at Zheng Guofeng, Li Kangming took a sip of tea and continued, "If you stubbornly persist, something unpredictable might happen, and your family could very likely be affected! Although you might not care, you also have to consider your family..."

Hearing this, Zheng Guofeng frowned slightly with some dissatisfaction, "Old Li, why are you boosting others’ confidence and lowering your own morale? Since I am seated as the bureau chief, I will not allow any lawbreakers to act recklessly as if the law doesn’t exist."

"Moreover, some matters are not simply for you to give up because there are two heavy words weighing on them: ’responsibility’! Above responsibility, there’s something else called ’conscience’! If I compromise just because I can’t achieve it, that means I’m abandoning responsibility and conscience, something I, Zheng Guofeng, cannot do and will not compromise on! Once a person loses conscience and abandons responsibility, how are they different from a walking corpse?"

"Hehe, Old Zheng, don’t get angry. I was just saying it casually. Aren’t I just afraid that you might lose sense of proportion and get into trouble?"

Li Kangming deflected with a laugh.

Zheng Guofeng shook his head and sighed, "Old Li, actually being this bureau chief, I don’t seek great accomplishments, only to live with a clear conscience! When I leave this position one day, at least I can have a slightly clear conscience about myself, and that’s enough for me. So even though I know it’s hard to achieve, I can only keep fighting on..."

"Haha! Now that’s more like the Zheng Chief I know. Since you’ve decided how to proceed, as your brother, of course, I support you! Come, let’s keep drinking tea, let’s toast first."

Li Kangming laughed out loud, raising his teacup to gesture to Zheng Guofeng.

"Come, Old Li, let’s drink tea!"

Zheng Guofeng also smiled, feeling somewhat relieved after that intense conversation.

He raised his cup and clinked it with Li Kangming’s, sipping slowly.

After about fifteen minutes, the food was served, and Zheng Guofeng and Li Kangming began eating and chatting, and the atmosphere wasn’t dull at all.

"Ring... Ring..."

Just as they were halfway through the meal, Li Kangming’s phone suddenly rang.

He apologized briefly, then took out his phone, answered the call, and said, "Hello, honey, didn’t I say I’m having dinner with Old Zheng and I’ll be back later... What? Dou Dou has a fever? Then quickly take her to the hospital, I’ll head over right away!"

Putting down the phone, Li Kangming turned to Zheng Guofeng and said, "Old Zheng, I’m really sorry, my granddaughter is sick with a high fever, I have to make a trip to the hospital! You go ahead and eat, I won’t keep you company."

Zheng Guofeng was a bit taken aback and quickly said, "Alright, you go quickly! Don’t delay getting the child to the doctor."

"Okay, well, I’ll leave the money here, as we agreed, my treat, don’t refuse it."

As he spoke, Li Kangming took out two hundred-yuan bills from his wallet and left them on the table.

Saying a quick goodbye to Zheng Guofeng, he hurriedly left the restaurant!

Watching the departing figure, Zheng Guofeng didn’t think much of it and continued eating, drinking by himself.

About twenty minutes later, he finished eating, called the waiter to settle the bill, and packed the remaining food.

With the packed food in hand, Zheng Guofeng left the restaurant, ready to drive away.

Approaching his car parked by the roadside, he opened the door, sat in the driver’s seat, placed the food box aside, picked up the key to start the car.

However, suddenly from the open window on the left side of the driver’s seat, a spray of gas with a pungent smell hit Zheng Guofeng’s face directly!

He was slightly stunned, sniffed, and before he could figure out what kind of gas it was, his head started spinning, his eyes rolled back, and he slumped forward onto the steering wheel...

Eleven o’clock at night.

Bai Wenrou, who had just gotten home and taken a shower, was ready to put on a face mask and then go to bed!

After a tiring day, it was time to let herself relax and rest.

Ring! Ring!

Just then, an urgent phone rang, causing Bai Wenrou, who had just put on a face mask, to frown.

It’s already late, who’s calling to disturb at such an hour?

Bai Wenrou went to the living room, picked up the phone on the sofa, and found the caller was her aunt, Hu Liping.

"Hello, Aunt, what’s the matter for you to call me so late?"

Bai Wenrou answered the call and said into the phone.

"Wenrou, is your uncle with you?" Hu Liping quickly asked on the phone.

"Uncle? No, he left work even earlier than I did! Why, hasn’t Uncle come home?" Bai Wenrou asked curiously.

"No, Old Zheng still hasn’t come home!"

Hearing this, Hu Liping’s tone had a hint of worry, "I thought he was with you. That Old Zheng, who knows where he went! His phone can’t be reached, and he didn’t notify anyone about not coming home, it’s really worrying!"

"Aunt, don’t worry, maybe Uncle had to go back to the police station suddenly because of a case. Let me call the station and check." Bai Wenrou contemplated and said.

"Alright, please ask quickly! Old Zheng, at his age, is really not giving anyone peace of mind!" Hu Liping said worriedly.

After saying a few words of comfort, Bai Wenrou hung up the phone.

She promptly dialed Zheng Guofeng’s mobile number again, only to receive a message that the phone was off, causing Bai Wenrou to furrow her brows slightly.

According to logic, as the director of the Tianhe Bay sub-bureau, Zheng Guofeng’s phone shouldn’t be off without a reason, and from what she knew, he wasn’t in the habit of turning his phone off!

But now the call wasn’t going through, with the phone off all the time, and plus he hadn’t come home, it indeed raised suspicions about whether something had happened to him?

After all, Zheng Guofeng hadn’t had a day without trouble lately, being in a very dangerous period, and now, being unable to contact him only heightened concerns about whether any unlawful elements in the dark were silently targeting him.

"Could anything really have happened to Uncle?"

Bai Wenrou furrowed her brows tightly, murmuring to herself, and immediately dialed the number for the police station.

However, the result was that Zheng Guofeng had left the station long ago, but he left with the deputy director, Li Kangming, so perhaps Li Kangming knew where he went!

This gave Bai Wenrou a glimmer of hope, and she hurriedly dialed Li Kangming’s mobile number, getting straight to the point, "Deputy Director Li... Uncle Li, is my uncle with you now?"

"Old Zheng? He’s not here with me, didn’t he come home yet?" Li Kangming replied with a face full of surprise.

"My aunt called me just now, saying my uncle hasn’t come home, so I called you. I heard that he left work with you, do you know where he went?"

Bai Wenrou promptly inquired.