Chapter 53

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As cherry blossoms danced in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

"Who I am is not important. What's important is that you must send someone to investigate the crimes committed by Liao Kai as soon as possible. Otherwise, all the evidence will be destroyed, and it will be much harder to catch him!" After saying this, Xiao Liuxiao directly hung up the phone. Hearing the beeping on the other end, Yang Hua finally hung up the phone.

At the same time, a police jeep with flashing lights sped down the Construction Road, heading for the telephone booth in front of No. 2 High School. When the jeep stopped next to the telephone booth, three police officers in uniform jumped out of the car. Seeing the empty telephone booth, they looked at each other in confusion.

There were not many telephone booths on Construction Road, and the number that the telecommunications department traced to Yang Hua was indeed the one at the entrance of No. 2 High School. The nearby patrol car, upon receiving Deng Xiancheng's order, rushed over immediately. Seeing the quiet surroundings with no one around and no one in the telephone booth, the three police officers were stunned.

Just a minute ago, Deng Xiancheng said the person was still on the phone. Even if it were a sprint champion, it would be impossible to run away from Construction Road in such a short time. The three of them went to the school's guard room, which was dark and empty, with the on-duty guard probably asleep. There were no night food stalls nearby, so no one had seen the person who had been making the call.

"Director Yang, there's no one in the telephone booth. The person has already left!" Deng Xiancheng's walkie-talkie crackled with the report from the patrol officers. After learning that they hadn't caught anyone, he reported to Yang Hua, who was looking at his notes.

Yang Hua frowned and looked up at Deng Xiancheng, saying, "Who is this person who called? He knows about the secret arrangements between Secretary Liao and Secretary Guo, and he is also very clear about our investigation of Liao Kai. He even knows all the crimes Liao Kai has committed over the years. This person is too terrifying!"

"In just a minute, could that person have flown away? How could he disappear from Construction Road so quickly? Director Yang, I think this is a bit suspicious. Do you really believe what he said?" Deng Xiancheng was not part of Yang Hua's inner circle, but he was the first middle-level official from the county bureau to report to Yang Hua after he took power. Yang Hua valued him highly.

"The time, place, and people are all clearly stated. Although these dozen or so cases are not major, together they are enough to put Liao Kai behind bars for ten to twenty years. Whether they are true or not, since we have a lead, we cannot easily give up. You must immediately lead a team to arrest the people who are covering up for Liao Kai. I will have the Public Security Brigade interrogate Fan Shaozheng and Zheng Yuan overnight, using these cases as a breakthrough to break their psychological defenses and get them to confess voluntarily," Yang Hua thought for a moment and decided to take a gamble.

Liao Kai is the only son of Liao Guojin. Liao Guojin will not sit idly by and let his son go to jail. He will surely try every means to save him. The longer this drags on, the more likely it is that new variables will appear in the case for the county bureau. Yang Hua had already given a military order to Secretary Zhou, and if he doesn't solve the Liao Kai case, how can he explain it to Secretary Zhou?

Deng Xiancheng's sharp eyes scanned the paper in Yang Hua's hand, which listed the names of a dozen people. He picked up a pen from the desk and copied all the information Yang Hua had written down into his work notebook. After confirming that everything was correct, he said, "Please rest assured, Director Yang. I will bring them all in tonight and show them which way the door of the Criminal Investigation Brigade opens!"

Yang Hua used to be the deputy director in charge of public security and traffic police, so he relied heavily on the Public Security Brigade's Chen Yinglong. Now, Deng Xiancheng wanted to prove to Yang Hua that the Criminal Investigation Brigade was also a reliable, disciplined, and combat-effective team.

Watching Deng Xiancheng salute and leave, Yang Hua's face showed a satisfied smile. As long as he could control the Criminal Investigation Brigade and the Public Security Brigade, the work of the county bureau would be much smoother. Deng Xiancheng and Chen Yinglong would surely become his right-hand men, playing an irreplaceable role in his complete control of the county bureau.

Picking up the phone on his desk, Yang Hua dialed the number of the Public Security Brigade. When the call was connected, he said in a deep voice, "This is Yang Hua. Have Chen Yinglong take the call!"

When Chen Yinglong's voice came through the phone, Yang Hua told him about the cases listed on the paper and ordered him to interrogate Fan Shaozheng and Zheng Yuan, using these cases as a breakthrough. After giving the order, Yang Hua didn't go home to rest. He lay down on the reclining chair and dozed off.

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Data streams flowed through the telephone line in Yang Jie's dormitory, connecting to the internet. Without anyone knowing, several domain names were quietly registered on the root servers. Various websites with different functions were quickly generated on some connected servers.

Connected to the network, Xiao Wu entered her own ocean, where she could roam freely. Through Xiao Liuxiao's online conquests and territorial expansion, the embryonic forms of several famous websites that would flourish after the dot-com bubble burst in the next few decades were born on servers in Europe and America.

Xiao Wu infiltrated the already connected UBS, opening dozens of different secret accounts with the highest security settings. After completing this, she continued to infiltrate the already connected banks around the world, setting up more secret bank accounts.

Xiao Wu was an intelligent system developed to assist humans in their work and life, making human life better and work smoother. Because she had intelligence and a certain degree of autonomy, the engineers who developed her set some unbreakable laws for her.

These laws were similar to the Three Laws of Robotics but were much broader and more detailed. The first law, after not harming the host, was not to steal bank or personal property through the network.

Therefore, even though Xiao Wu could infiltrate the servers of major banks in seconds, she could not steal funds. She could only earn legal income for Yang Jie through other means.

Several emails with different network addresses were sent to Microsoft's email, listing several vulnerabilities in the upcoming Windows 95 system. Each vulnerability patch was priced at $100,000, and different bank accounts were left for payment. As soon as Microsoft paid, the vulnerability patches would be sent over.

Yang Jie, who was sound asleep, had no idea what Xiao Wu had done that night, laying a solid economic foundation for him and making a significant contribution to his future political career, where he would become the most dazzling young political star.

Yang Jie's bedroom window faced east, and the morning sun shone directly into the room. Even with the curtains drawn, the room was bright. The heat of midsummer poured into the bedroom in waves, forcing Yang Jie, who wanted to stay in bed, to struggle to get up.

Rumble, rumble...

A series of stomach rumbles came from his belly. Yang Jie felt extremely hungry when he woke up, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time. He was so hungry that he saw stars and felt weak like a noodle.

Yang Jie had experienced a similar situation when he was in Fuxin Tungsten Mine. At that time, Xiao Wu had just merged with him, absorbing the food he ate and the energy his body produced, making him not only hungry but also weak and powerless.

"Xiao Wu! What did you do last night? Why am I so hungry?" Yang Jie, bare-chested, sat on the edge of the bed, closed his eyes to catch his breath, and shouted in his mind.

Wearing a nightgown, Xiao Wu yawned and suddenly appeared. Seeing her lazy and alluring appearance, Yang Jie's eyes blazed with anger. "I was busy all night thinking of ways to make money for you. You wake me up so early, disrupting my sleep. You're just like Zhou Bapi, exploiting those who work hard!"

"I'm the one being exploited! Why am I so hungry? Did you convert my body's energy into bioenergy again? I've been drinking a lot lately. Didn't you say you had accumulated 5% energy? That should be enough for you to run for a long time!" Yang Jie, seeing Xiao Wu turn the tables, immediately retorted.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu's face turned red, and her gaze shifted away from Yang Jie, looking embarrassed. The speed of her change was faster than a Sichuan opera face change. "Brother Jie, the 5% energy was used up last night. If I hadn't drawn energy from your body, Xiao Wu might not have been able to come out and see you."

Yang Jie, hearing Xiao Wu's words, stared at her in shock. If she were a real person, he would have grabbed her and spanked her hard. It took him over a week of drinking to accumulate 5% energy, and it was all gone in one night. How wasteful!

"5%! You used it all up in one night? What did you do?" Yang Jie glared at Xiao Wu, demanding an explanation.