Chapter 914: Chapter 914: Framed and Falsely Accused

Li Kangming said: “Xiao Rou, after Lao Zheng got off work, he left with me. We went to a small restaurant for dinner, but halfway through the meal, I had to leave due to some urgent matters. Later, where Lao Zheng went, I’m not sure. You’re asking me, but I really don’t know! However, you can try asking at that restaurant; maybe they know where Lao Zheng went, though it’s uncertain.”

Bai Wenrou furrowed her brows and pressed further: “Uncle Li, can you tell me the name of that restaurant and its exact location?”

“No problem, it’s called Hongye Restaurant, located over on West Road in Rongcheng. It’s a bit secluded, but you can ask someone when you get there, and it’ll be clear,” Li Kangming replied.

“Alright, I’ve got it. Thanks, Uncle Li. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now!”

After thanking Li Kangming, Bai Wenrou hung up the phone.

She peeled the facial mask off her face, wiped it with a towel, casually changed her clothes, and went out.

She got into her car downstairs, opened the door, sat inside, and drove straight to Hongye Restaurant!

Half an hour later.

Following the GPS, Bai Wenrou reached her destination, West Road in Rongcheng, searched around nearby, and finally found the location of Hongye Restaurant.

However, Hongye Restaurant was already closed by then, and Zheng Guofeng’s car wasn’t outside either, obviously having left earlier.

Having painstakingly obtained a clue only for it to break off again, Bai Wenrou felt quite displeased.

The current plan was to first visit the police station to view surveillance footage there to see where Zheng Guofeng’s car went; perhaps his whereabouts might be discovered.

She hurriedly turned the car around and drove to the nearby police station, showing her credentials to the officer on duty and stating her need to view the footage!

Upon learning of the Tianhe Bay director’s disappearance, the officer on duty did not dare to neglect, promptly taking Bai Wenrou to the surveillance room to retrieve the tapes from the vicinity of West Road in Rongcheng.

Very soon, the footage around Hongye Restaurant was retrieved, and Bai Wenrou examined it carefully.

Before long, Bai Wenrou spotted Zheng Guofeng’s vehicle in one of the surveillance videos and immediately ordered someone to zoom in on the footage.

After staring at the screen for several minutes and a round of scrutiny, she noticed Zheng Guofeng’s car was heading directly north after leaving Hongye Restaurant!

This direction was exactly opposite to the way Zheng Guofeng would normally go home, which inevitably raises suspicion about his intent.

“Why would uncle go north? Just where is he intending to go?”

Bai Wenrou furrowed her brow tightly, full of doubts and unable to figure out a clear answer.

She was eager to understand the reason, but Zheng Guofeng’s vehicle had already moved out of this police station’s surveillance coverage area; to continue tracking, it would be necessary to retrieve footage from another station.

This was quite a troublesome task, both time-consuming and painstaking, and even with her authority, she might not be able to access the footage!

If it exceeded her authority, she’d need to apply for permission from higher-ups, and now it was already late at night, when the city bureau leaders were off-duty, and even if permission were granted, it would have to wait until tomorrow. Moreover, even with permission, most of the stations were closed, making access impossible despite having it.

Thus, her pursuit had to end here!

Helplessly, Bai Wenrou could only head home, calling Hu Liping to explain Zheng Guofeng’s current situation.

Without discovering Zheng Guofeng’s whereabouts, Hu Liping was even more worried! But at this time, no matter how anxious she was for the latter, she could only wait for tomorrow’s news, and everything would have to wait until daylight.

Returning home, Bai Wenrou had no mood for sleep.

Various signs indicated that Zheng Guofeng’s disappearance was too bizarre, especially during this dangerous period, inevitably leading one to have bad speculations!

Lying on the soft bed, she tried repeatedly to call Zheng Guofeng, hoping to reach him, but his phone was continuously off.

“Damn! I hope it’s not really those people behind this. If uncle has any accident, I absolutely won’t let them off the hook!”

Bai Wenrou bit her teeth hard, her eyes emitting a cold light.

Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already two in the morning!

A wave of sleepiness gradually overwhelmed her, fatigued from the day, Bai Wenrou finally succumbed to the overwhelming drowsiness, tossing aside her phone and drifting into dreams.

…

When she woke up in the morning, it was already half-past seven.

She was startled awake by her phone ringing!

Who could it be?

Who calls so early in the morning?

Bai Wenrou had morning temper, and today was no exception.

With bleary eyes, she was about to pick up the phone and yell some curses, but suddenly remembered something.

Her spirits immediately lifted, she quickly grabbed her phone and looked at the caller ID.

However, to her disappointment, the call was not from Zheng Guofeng, but from one of her subordinates named Chen Feng!

“Chen Feng, are you nuts? Calling me this early! If you have something to say, be quick, or else Madam will deal with you harshly once at the police bureau.”

Bai Wenrou answered the call, snapping irritably.

“Bai Team, it’s bad news!” Chen Feng’s anxious voice came through the line.

“What bad news? What’s happened?”

“Bai Team, did you see today’s news?”

“I haven’t, I just got up because you called!”

Bai Wenrou furrowed her brow, asking: “By the way, what news is it?”

“The news about Director Zheng, it’s on the local headlines, you should take a look,” Chen Feng said hurriedly.

What! About the Director?

Bai Wenrou felt a pang in her heart, an ominous premonition emerging, faintly sensing something was wrong.

No mood for chatting further, she quickly hung up the phone, unlocked her phone to access the local headlines, and scrolled to the news homepage, noticing prominently the headline that Chen Feng mentioned.

This observation immediately filled Bai Wenrou’s chest with a surge of anger, nearly causing her to explode on the spot, angrily shouting:

“Nonsense! This is sheer defamation!”

The gist of the news was that in the wee hours this morning, a set of explicit photos had circulated online, and the person involved in the photos was suspected to be Zheng Guofeng, the director of Tianhe Bay police bureau, and currently the city’s disciplinary committee had initiated an investigation…

To affirm the authenticity of the event, several explicit photos were attached below the news, with key areas censored!

Judging by the appearance of the male protagonist in the photos, the person indeed resembled Zheng Guofeng, the neighboring woman in disheveled clothes reminiscent of online ‘xx door incidents’.

These photos had now spread online, instantly pinning Zheng Guofeng onto the pillar of shame!

If innocence couldn’t be proven, the consequences would be quite grave.

Zheng Guofeng wouldn’t only see his reputation completely tarnished, even his career might come to an abrupt end, with possibly facing imprisonment.

Bai Wenrou turned pale with anger; she wasn’t furious over Zheng Guofeng messing with illicit relationships, for she knew his character well, which made it absolutely impossible!

Zheng Guofeng was never a lustful person, this was clearly a frame-up.

She was angry that such villains could be so despicable and shameless, to stop Zheng Guofeng from investigating further, they resorted to such insidious fibs to defame him! Truly an unforgivable sin, inciting extreme hatred!