Chapter 667: Chapter 424: Terrifying Identity Speculation

[I’m not here.]

The moment these four words appeared on the phone screen.

Suddenly.

The surroundings of Xu Liang plunged into silence, as if a cold wind was blowing around him, with countless pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness behind, staring intently at him.

Someone...

Someone is watching him!

The color of Xu Liang’s face gradually turned grim, his eyes shadowed, and he scanned the surroundings again, but no one seemed suspicious.

’A bug? Or perhaps no exchange of glances, just listening with ears and then relaying it?’

Thoughts flashed through his mind but disappeared in an instant, as he pondered deeper.

Whether it’s someone or a bug, it signifies that the other party is not ordinary.

Why?

After all, Drunken Dream KTV is full of people and noise, anyone could know about Xu Liang’s previous conversation just by asking.

But don’t forget...

Things happening within the police station are not known to just anyone!

"My conversation wasn’t loud, and it’s hard for people outside the room to eavesdrop, but it can’t be ruled out."

"If it exists at all..."

If the above is true, then it means... the other party has someone in the police station!

Are they capable of planting someone in the municipal bureau?

And what if it’s a bug?

Then the bug was likely installed long ago, as Xu Liang was not prepared in advance for taking over Zhao Jie’s case but intervened unexpectedly.

After signing the contract, he went to the police department.

This amount of time wasn’t enough for the other party to react and install a bug, so most likely...

’They were already preparing in advance, and whoever took over the case would be known.’

’The reason they sent me messages was because of my reputation?’

Xu Liang stared at his phone, various thoughts flashing through his mind.

’Reputation, plus they noticed me coming to KTV to investigate the disappearance reason, so they couldn’t sit still?’

Thinking of this.

Xu Liang’s gaze suddenly sharpened, focusing his thoughts, and then he glanced at Yang Ruoxi beside him.

He made a small gesture, signaling her to look at the phone number.

Yang Ruoxi was momentarily stunned but soon understood, memorized the number immediately, and walked towards a corner, reaching out to dial the number.

Taking advantage of this time, Xu Liang typed a few words on the keyboard.

[183xxxxx: Who are you?]

The message was sent, and a moment later, the other side replied with a message.

[15xxxx: Who I am is not important. What’s important is whether Lawyer Xu wants to establish a foothold in Upper City.]

[If you are willing, someone will willingly take over Zhao Jie’s case, you just need to terminate the contract, then I will arrange a batch of resources for you as compensation.]

Arrange resources?

What resources could they arrange!?

Xu Liang’s expression didn’t waver, he just continued typing.

[183xxxx: Are you scared?]

The other side replied with a short sentence.

[15xxx: Scared? I’m not scared, Lawyer Xu, you should be the one afraid as this case continues, not me.]

Afraid myself?

Xu Liang frowned, the other side feared him, surely because of his track record.

He wasn’t afraid of the Steel case, nor the Hunter case, so how come he’s supposed to be afraid of them!?

Moreover... Xu Liang let out a cold laugh and his fingers typed away.

[183xxxx: The corrosive injuries on Zhao Jie were man-made, right?]

[Sewer cleaning work takes at least three months to be carried out once, mostly once a year or every two years.]

[The corrosive injuries on Zhao Jie are multilayered, implying the so-called ’cleaning work’ was conducted several times in a short period, meaning you were not sure where she was and tried to dispose of her using this method on a large scale?]

[At the same time, it also means she accidentally drifted outside, captured in the river and unable to move on her own... I will continue to investigate along this river, and I will surely find clues!]

Besides that...

[Amcor City Pipe Engineering Company, tracing upwards through this company could also yield results.]

The company’s actions were instructed by others.

Just need to find the identity of the person giving the orders, then I can trace them bit by bit!

After sending the message.

For a long while, no response came from the phone.

After about a half hour.

The phone finally buzzed with a message tone.

[15xxxx: Tell Lawyer Yang not to waste any effort, as for you...]

[15xxxx: You can try.]

With those words, no more messages appeared, and Xu Liang waited there for nearly ten minutes before putting away his phone.

"Senior, what happened?"

By his side, Li Tao saw this and asked inquisitively with suspicion.

He didn’t know what was happening, only that Xu Liang inexplicably stood there for half an hour, and his expression then turned very ugly.

"Nothing."

Xu Liang glanced at him, then shook his head.

Having too much information could lead to the other side reaching a breaking point and potentially causing harm.

From a distance, Yang Ruoxi also ended her call and began walking towards them, shaking her head as she came.

"Couldn’t find anything?" Xu Liang frowned.

Yang Ruoxi nodded, sighed helplessly.

"Couldn’t find anything, it’s a disposable phone number, as for the IP... it needs real-time tracking, but it’s likely nothing will be found either."

Just as the other side mentioned, Yang Ruoxi was making futile efforts.

Regarding the phone number...

Unlike the cumbersome process of getting a phone card in later years, in 2005, there was nearly no regulatory force regarding ’real-name registration.’

Black cards were everywhere, you might even get one when buying a phone.

Trying to trace someone through a card number... nearly impossible, which also directly caused telecom fraud to be rampant during this period.

"What’s going on?" Yang Ruoxi asked impatiently.

Xu Liang didn’t speak, just showed his phone’s message to her.

Yang Ruoxi quickly scanned it, and immediately... a bewildered expression appeared on her face, she looked up at him abruptly.

"He!"

"Let’s go back to the hospital first."

Xu Liang interrupted her, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice:

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