novelraw Chapter 658 : This Guy Really Goes All Out
Chapter 658 : This Guy Really Goes All Out
Chapter 658: This Guy Really Goes All Out
"Dead?"
Chen Fan was a bit stunned after receiving Pang Longhai's call.
"Zhao Longqi is dead?"
"That's right. When we were clearing the scene with the fire department, Zhao Longqi was already dead."
"This guy was having that kind of party in a private room with some rich kids and four girls. There were all sorts of drugs at the scene."
"When we went in, this guy wasn't wearing pants, was foaming at the mouth, and was clearly not going to make it."
Pang Longhai continued to explain: "We found two of the rich kids and those girls who had run out of the private room. We interrogated them separately, and their testimonies matched up completely. It shouldn't be false."
"According to these people, when the fire broke out, Zhao Longqi was already high. Those two rich kids tried to drag him out, but with the thick smoke everywhere, they got scared and left Zhao Longqi behind to escape on their own."
"Although the medical examiner hasn't done the autopsy yet, I estimate that this guy probably died from inhaling too much smoke after overdosing."
Chen Fan was a bit dazed.
Zhao Longqi had died just like that.
Originally, according to his plan, he was going to send Zhao Longqi to prison and then find someone to torture him slowly in there.
But this guy ended up dying.
It was too easy on him.
"That's really too unfortunate."
Pang Longhai's tone became serious, "Chen Fan, be honest with me, does this incident have anything to do with you?"
"Of course not."
"Chen Fan!"
Pang Longhai's tone became a bit agitated.
"Let me tell you, this case has blown up. An entire nightclub on fire, with casualties, this kind of case will definitely be taken seriously by the higher-ups."
"You need to tell me the truth, does it have anything to do with you or not?"
As a police officer, Pang Longhai naturally didn't want Chen Fan to be involved in this incident.
The fact that he could ask such a question now was already very considerate.
Chen Fan calmly shook his head.
"Brother Pang, don't worry, it really has nothing to do with me."
"I admit, I called you to go to the nightclub because I wanted you to catch Zhao Longqi doing drugs."
"I have a grudge against him, he's tried to have me killed several times, so of course when I found out he was breaking the law, I wanted to send him to prison. But are you saying that to deal with Zhao Longqi, I would have someone kill and set fires? Is that possible?"
"Zhao Longqi isn't worth me doing all that. And I'm not stupid, am I?"
Chen Fan decisively used the information about Zhao Longqi doing drugs that Pang Longhai had just mentioned to find a perfect excuse for himself.
"As long as it wasn't you, that's good."
Pang Longhai let out a long sigh of relief.
To be honest, thinking about it carefully, he also felt it couldn't have been Chen Fan's doing.
Chen Fan was too smart a person to do something like this.
To deal with Zhao Longqi, have someone kill and set fires, and then rely on smoke to suffocate Zhao Longqi to death?
Wouldn't it be much better to just hire a hitman to kill Zhao Longqi directly?
And it wouldn't leave so many loose ends.
The more Pang Longhai thought about it, the more he felt it couldn't have been Chen Fan's doing.
Pang Longhai thought for a moment and then cautioned: "Don't talk about tonight's incident with anyone."
"Remember, anyone."
"Also, if someone investigates you, just say you didn't talk to me on the phone tonight. I'll figure out how to explain my presence at the nightclub."
"You have a grudge with the Zhao family, so you must stay 100% uninvolved in this matter. Otherwise, I'm worried someone might use this incident to target you."
Although he knew the Zhao family couldn't possibly target him anymore,
Chen Fan was still touched that Pang Longhai would say this at this time.
"Brother Pang, thank you. I know what to do."
"Alright. I still have some things to hand over to my colleagues in the district, so I won't chat anymore."
After hanging up the phone, Pang Longhai turned to look at the chaotic scene behind him.
People who had escaped from the nightclub were standing on the street, still in shock, with police officers taking care of them while questioning and verifying their identities.
At the entrance, several fire trucks were parked, and firefighters had already rushed in to rescue people.
Seeing a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby build walking towards him, Pang Longhai quickly adjusted his mood and strode forward to meet him.
"Chief Ma, how's the situation?"
This man was the police chief of the district where the Rainbow Nightclub was located.
Chief Ma shook hands with Pang Longhai.
"Old Pang, no need to say more, we're really grateful for your help this time, thank you, thank you."
"By the way, how did you happen to be..."
Pang Longhai smiled bitterly: "Tonight was purely coincidental. One of my informants called me tonight saying he discovered someone doing drugs here secretly."
"I originally planned to bring people over to make arrests, but when we arrived at the scene, we didn't expect there to be a fire."
Chief Ma suddenly understood: "I see."
"What a mess. By the way, did you find that drug addict?"
Pang Longhai made an exaggerated expression and cursed, then leaned in and said in a low voice.
"Don't mention it. We caught three. But one died inside."
"Chief Ma, do you know who the dead one is?"
"Who?"
"Zhao Longqi, the youngest son of Zhao Wentian from the Zhao family."
Chief Ma's eyes widened instantly.
"Is this true?"
Pang Longhai shook his head: "The Zhao family has a lot of influence in Yunhai, if I had known earlier that my informant was reporting on Zhao Longqi, I wouldn't have come tonight..."
Chief Ma thought Pang Longhai was afraid of retaliation from the Zhao family afterwards, so he laughed and comforted him, then leaned in and said softly.
"Don't worry. Let me tell you a secret. Just tonight, we received inside information from above."
"Someone up there is going to make a move against the Zhao family."
"I have a brother-in-law who works as a driver for a leader in the provincial capital. According to what he told me, just now, the deputy director in charge of economic affairs in the province has been taken away for questioning."
"This deputy provincial governor is the Zhao family's backer in the province."
"I heard that an investigation team will be sent down soon to investigate the Zhao family's affairs."
Now Pang Longhai was truly shocked.
"Are... are you telling the truth?"
"Absolutely true. However, the news hasn't spread yet, so keep it to yourself."
Pang Longhai nodded, "I understand."
Chief Ma offered Pang Longhai a cigarette: "Did you see the online expose about the Zhao family tonight?"
"expose? What expose?"
Pang Longhai was a bit confused.
"There's new material that came out tonight too?"
"What exactly happened? Chief Ma, tell me the details."
Pang Longhai gave a look, and then the two of them walked to the side, coming to a quiet corner.
Pang Longhai said in a low voice.
"I've been in meetings all night, I don't know anything about what happened."
"I know there have been exposes about the Zhao family these past few days, but weren't they all suppressed?"
"I figured it must have been the Zhao family's backers who stepped in, right?"
Chief Ma looked at Pang Longhai.
"Old Pang, I see you don't understand anything at all."
"Let me tell you..."