Seeing Cheng Jiangbo, who the police had approached once more, felt an immediate sense of foreboding. In the next second, he saw Li Xiang holding a summons, and his legs went weak; he immediately collapsed to the ground.

With vacant eyes, he muttered to himself, "It's over, it's over."

"Take him away!"

Two detectives stood on either side, lifting him by his armpits, then bundled him into the police car, while at the same time, officers from the technical department started sealing off his mahjong parlor.

Later, both the mahjong parlor and his home would be subjected to on-site forensic examination by the police to gather more material evidence.

Cheng Jiangbo was not only suspected of hiring someone to murder but also of organizing gambling and other crimes.

Sitting on the chair in the interrogation room, Cheng Jiangbo composed himself, as Li Xiang and the others began questioning him:

"Hao Lianshan and Mu Xingjuan have already divorced. Why did you hire Ma Yongwei to kill Hao Lianshan and dismember the body?"

"I didn't tell him to dismember the body; that was his own doing," Cheng Jiangbo first defended himself, then continued, "Even though they've divorced, I suspect they're still messing around behind my back. I gave her money to open a shop, yet she still hangs around Hao Lianshan. Does she even care about me? She never considers my feelings, nor does her daughter, who doesn't even look me in the eye. They eat what I provide, live in what I've given them—why do they treat me this way?"

"What does any of this have to do with Hao Lianshan?"

"How could it not? All of this is because of him. If he wasn't around, what right would they have to act so arrogantly in front of me?"

At this moment, Cheng Jiangbo's thoughts were rather extreme. After being arrested, he was incredibly flustered and began complaining to the police about the various conflicts between him and Mu Xingjuan.

He had spent a lot of money on Mu Xingjuan and her daughter, but she continued to have an unclear relationship with her ex-husband, often taking her daughter to see him, which he couldn't bear internally. Moreover, her daughter had grown up and did not accept him as a stepfather, treating him with disdain.

He believed it was because Hao Lianshan still existed that the mother and daughter acted so audaciously, which led to the birth of this tragedy.

The case was finally clear, the mastermind and the hitman both caught, and the system's reward instantly appeared on Li Xiang's phone:

[Ding, mission completed, reward: Experience +500, Diamonds +2500]

After ten days, the dismemberment case, which started with a find from a police dog, was finally solved, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Xiang."

Just as Li Xiang was looking at his phone, he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling him from behind.

"Feng Da?"

Li Xiang turned around and saw it was Feng Yonglin, whom he hadn't seen in many days. During this period, he had also been quite busy and rarely visited their first criminal investigation team.

"Come to my office."

"Sure, coming."

Seeing Feng Yonglin call for him, Li Xiang put his phone in his pocket and followed along.

He followed all the way to Feng Da's office.

"Have a seat. I've seen that over this period, you've basically blended into the life of the criminal investigation team. How do you feel about it?"

"Very good; this is the life I want."

Initially, Li Xiang thought Feng Yonglin had something important to discuss with him. Now it seemed he just wanted to understand his work and psychological state since joining the criminal investigation team.

Many people find it hard to adapt to the high-intensity work and psychological endurance required to face various murder cases in the criminal investigation team.

Not everyone who wants to be a police officer aspires to be a detective; working as an officer in a precinct is also quite good.

"That's good. I was talking with your captain about you, and he had high praise. Initially, we only knew you were quite capable physically, but we didn't expect you also to have a knack for drawing. If it weren't for your precise drawing of the suspect's portrait, it wouldn't have been so easy to catch them. Our criminal investigation team really found a gem, someone both literate and physically capable."

Although Feng Yonglin hadn't participated in the April 11 dismemberment case, he had read through all the case files.

The criminal suspects frequently interacted with the police and had very strong anti-detection capabilities.

If it weren't for a chance opportunity that led to finding the severed finger, who knows how long the deceased would have lain in that stinking ditch before seeing daylight again.

It can be said that solving this case was not easy and was filled with elements of chance.

"Don't say that, Feng Da. Solving the case was everyone's merit; I just happened to be at the right place at the right time."

"No need to be modest. I've seen the case files; many of the key pieces of evidence were discovered and provided by you. I want to verify something with you. The dog you keep, called Meg, was it trained as a police dog? I noticed it's highly sensitive to scents. This time it found the severed finger and even located the dumping site—quite remarkable."

"Meg has had some training. I discovered its exceptional sense of smell when it was very young, so I trained it in scent detection at home when I had free time."

Feng Yonglin nodded: "No wonder. I didn't expect you to have a talent for training police dogs. With this case solved, both you and Meg have significant merit. I intend to specially recruit Meg into the Jinghai Public Security as a police dog. What do you think?"

"What? Can Meg even get a position?"

Li Xiang was momentarily stunned. He realized that the ultimate goal was to have a position, not only for himself but also for the dog he raised.

"Why not? In finding the dumping site, Meg outperformed three police dogs from the Fourth Team. Its ability speaks for itself. Since it has the ability, we can recruit it specifically, and after recruitment, it will receive special police dog allowances."

"But Meg only listens to me; it doesn't acknowledge anyone else. Even if I were willing, the trainers at your Fourth Team probably wouldn't know what to do with it."

Meg was a pet identified by his system, which made it nearly impossible to change owners. Even if ownership changed in practice, Meg would become emotionally downcast and despondent, and continuing training would be out of the question.

This is also a drawback of the system's binding: other people cannot command police dogs trained by the system.

"After special recruitment, Meg will stay by your side and continue to be trained by you. When there's a mission, I'll notify you in advance, and its special allowance will also be directly handed to you for allocation."

"So, its salary will be directly paid to me?" Hearing Feng Yonglin, Li Xiang felt a wave of joy; if so, Meg could earn money for him.

"Something like that, but don't refer to it as a salary. After all, it's an animal, so money has no use for it because it can't spend it. The money given to you is more like a food allowance." Feng Yonglin chuckled, clearly aware of Li Xiang's inner thoughts.

"That's still not bad; at least I won't have to pay for its dog food anymore." In reality, he hadn't bought much dog food for Meg. Initially, he hadn't even planned to have a dog, but later it was Sun Zhidong who suggested he keep one. A significant part of Meg's expenses were covered by Sun Zhidong, some by Lin Feifei, and lastly by himself, though his contribution was minimal.

"So, does that mean you agree?"

"Agree, why wouldn't I? It's a government position; many people want to get in but can't, let alone a dog. So, how much will it receive as a food allowance?"

"Currently, the food allowance for police dogs is 45 yuan a day. Meg, like the others, will enjoy the same benefits, which will increase if it achieves any meritorious deeds in the future."

At 45 yuan a day, that's about thirteen to fourteen hundred a month—not bad at all.

Li Xiang calculated inwardly, finding the deal worthwhile.

"Then, on behalf of Meg, I report to you, Feng Da." Li Xiang stood up and saluted Feng Da.

Feng Da was indirectly giving him a pay raise. Although this money was for Meg's food allowance, he would still have to spend money on Meg anyway. But with the allowance, he could save that part of his expenses. In a way, it essentially equated to a salary increase.

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