The most effective strategy, he concluded, was to meet their demands by presenting a guarantor of high status. This would satisfy their immediate needs and leave them with no choice but to cooperate with the investigation.
However, the challenge lay in finding such a person on such short notice. He looked helplessly at his captain. Perhaps Deputy Director He could step in? After all, the shopkeeper was Gu Zi, who was the wife of Su Shen. Wasn't Deputy Director He always trying to curry favor with Su Shen? This would be a huge favor.
But Captain He shook his head in silence. It was unheard of for a deputy director of a police station to act as a guarantor. That would be a breach of protocol.
Finally, the two officers turned to Gu Zi. Unfazed, she smiled and brought forward her close friend, Gong Xin.
