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After finishing all this, Qiu Tu stamped the documents twice more with a "slap! slap!" and handed them to Tan Huimin, saying directly, "It's all taken care of. You can use these to release your ex-husband."
Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tan Huimin accepted the document with tears in her eyes, then bowed deeply to Qiu Tu, saying, "Thank you, sir! Thank you!"
"Don't worry, once Ah Tao has safely left the New Territories, I will definitely wash myself clean and lie obediently in your bed."
After saying these embarrassing words, she blushed and turned to leave the office to release Zheng Tao.
Just then, Qiu Tu suddenly spoke up, "Stop."
Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tan Huimin stiffened, then slowly turned her head, somewhat "puzzled" as to why Qiu Tu had called her back.
Then she saw Qiu Tu stand up expressionlessly, walk to her side, and then pull her into his arms.
Tan Huimin tried to struggle, then lowered her voice and pleaded softly, "Sir, no... not here."
Qiu Tu acted as if he hadn't heard, and reached his hand directly into Tan Huimin's clothes.
Tan Huimin reached out and grabbed Qiu Tu's hand, her face filled with humiliation and indignation.
But Qiu Tu ruthlessly shook off her hand and then reached inside.
The next second, Qiu Tu pulled a small tape recorder out of Tan Huimin's short skirt.
The tape in the small tape recorder was still spinning, clearly still on.
The moment Tan Huimin saw the small tape recorder, her face turned deathly pale. All the grief and humiliation on her face vanished.
Qiu Tu looked at her coldly.
Then, with a "smash!", the small tape recorder was smashed to the ground and shattered into pieces!
Disheveled and with her clothes in disarray, Tan Huimin had completely lost the courage to speak. All she could do was desperately try to hide the documents in her hands behind her back.
Qiu Tu looked at her expressionlessly and said coldly, "Kneel down."
Upon hearing this, Tan Huimin, though filled with grief and indignation, ultimately knelt down in humiliation.
Seeing this, Qiu Tu bent down, reached out and touched her fair face, and asked with a puzzled look, "Huimin, why do you always like to create trouble at the last minute?"
Tan Huimin knelt on the ground, frantically explaining, "No, no..."
"I...I just..."
Before she could finish speaking, Qiu Tu interrupted, "Just want to have a backup plan? To leave me with something to use against you?"
"To prevent me from actually demanding payment from you, is there anything that can restrain me? Or... if someone investigates this case, can I be implicated?"
Qiu Tu had clearly touched on Tan Huimin's secret. Her face flushed red, and she shook her head repeatedly.
But at this point, Qiu Tu no longer wanted to hear Tan Huimin's explanation.
Qiu Tu released her hand, glanced at her with an ambiguous look, and then turned and walked back to his desk.
Seeing that Qiu Tu had let her go, Tan Huimin finally breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly got up and turned to walk outside.
But just as she stepped out of the office, Qiu Tu called her back, "Huimin."
Tan Huimin was genuinely afraid to hear those two words at that moment.
But Qiu Tu called to her, and she had no choice but to listen, so she could only stand there.
Qiu Tu said expressionlessly, "Wait for me under my desk tomorrow morning."
Tan Huimin's face turned bright red, and her hands clenched tightly.
But in the end, he just grunted an "Mmm" and quickly walked out of the office.
After the office doors slowly closed, Qiu Tu stood quietly for a while before walking to the broken tape recorder. He picked up the wreckage, took out the cassette tape, tore it up, and threw it into the trash can.
After finishing all this, Qiu Tu returned to his desk and pondered what had just happened.
In truth, given his personality, he wouldn't normally let Tan Huimin off so easily. But the bigger picture is more important now; he and Qin Shuman still need Zheng Tao to track down La Riluo.
Thinking this, Qiu Tu gazed at the office door and murmured to himself,
'No rush... this piece of meat should be eaten slowly.'
.....
With the order signed by Qiu Tu, Zheng Tao was quickly released.
Because their relationship was not public, Tam Wai-man did not appear particularly excited; she simply looked at him with slightly red eyes.
For some reason, Zheng Tao seemed preoccupied, keeping his head down and avoiding eye contact with Tan Huimin...
After watching Zheng Tao leave the Investigation Bureau, Tan Huimin finally seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and put her mind at ease.
She turned and went back to the investigation department, resuming her busy work...
However, what she didn't know was...
Zheng Tao hadn't gone far from the investigation department when several security officers in military uniforms found him.
They showed Zheng Tao the arrest warrant signed by Dai Yukang, and before Zheng Tao could even react, several security personnel handcuffed him and put him in the car.
However, as if Zheng Tao had expected it, he offered almost no resistance or struggle and was calmly taken away by the security personnel.
.....
An afternoon passed in the blink of an eye.
This afternoon was eerily calm.
Liu Xiong Yuan did not advance to the fourth rank, Yan Chen did not retaliate against Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei, and Ye Mingfeng and his group did not launch a large-scale search for La Ri Luo...
Several bigwigs sat down for a proper talk and redistributed the shares of Moonlight Lake.
Finally, the distribution of profits was renegotiated at a ratio of 3:2.5:2.5:2.
The most noteworthy development is that the New Territories City Exploration Department's share has increased from 2% to 3%.
The New Territories Military Command and the East City Detective Department each contributed 0.5% to him.
The reason for giving up the benefits was, of course, that Tang Feifei's heroic efforts saved Moonlight Lake.
But only those at the top knew that this was actually a form of compensation and concession.
Yan Chen was already in a terrible state, almost barefoot; and Liu Xiong Yuan and the other two killed La Ri Luo by stepping on his shoulders; if Yan Chen wasn't given some compensation, he would probably really flip the table.
And so, the division of interests around Moonlight Lake came to an end.
After work, Qiu Tu didn't have his driver take him; instead, he secretly drove himself to the security office and met Qin Shuman.
Qin Shuman also demonstrated to Qiu Tu how to use Zheng Tao, a follower of the evil god, to track down La Riluo.
That was a catastrophic artifact called the "Same Origin Compass".
The function of this cataclysmic artifact is simple: it allows the user to select a power, and then the "Compass of Shared Origin" will point out the direction of the power of the same origin.
These cataclysmic artifacts are usually used to find mineral veins and rare cataclysmic materials. However, they can also be surprisingly effective in finding evil gods.
Therefore, the Security Department's search team used the Tongyuan compass to carry Zheng Tao and began searching from the central area of the New Territories to both sides.
This kind of search using Cataclysmic Artifacts is a tedious and monotonous task.
Every 1.5 hours, the search team uses the Homogeneous Compass and then begins to reduce Lariro's range by half.
However, because the New Territories is so large, it took a whole night to shrink the area to only 1/32th of its original size.
But don't forget, the total area of the New Territories is a whopping 11200 square kilometers. One-thirtieth of that area is 350 square kilometers.
If this search continues, who knows when it will take?
Qiu Tu found it really boring, so he didn't continue. He said goodbye to Qin Shuman and left the security office.
We drove towards Longshan Road.
After several rounds of security checks, Qiu Tu entered Longshan Road.
I checked the time; it was already 11 p.m.
Qiu Tu hesitated for a moment, but in the end he couldn't bear to disturb Shen Lingshuang, so he turned the car around and headed towards the villa he shared with Fang Tangtang.
We arrived at the villa's courtyard and parked the car.
Several bodyguards came to greet them.
Upon seeing Qiu Tu, they quickly spoke a few words into the walkie-talkie and then hurriedly retreated into the darkness.
Qiu Tu didn't pay any attention and stepped into the villa.
At this point, all the lights on the first floor of the villa were off. Only a faint light remained on the second floor.
Qiu Tu hesitated before walking up the stairs, and then he noticed that the light was coming from the study on the second floor.
Qiu Tu tiptoed toward the study. The door to the study was not closed tightly, leaving a crack about the thickness of a fist.
Peeking through the crack in the door, Qiu Tu saw Fang Tangtang wearing a silk nightgown, sitting at the desk in the study reading a book, which was unusual for her.
However, she was clearly not cut out for reading, so she rested her chin on her hand and her little head was nodding off, as if she would fall asleep at any moment.
'What is this little girl suffering from? She clearly doesn't want to watch, so why is she forcing herself to watch?'
Thinking this, Qiu Tu gently knocked on the study door, then pushed it open and went inside.
Hearing the knock on the door, Fang Tangtang groggily raised her head and saw Qiu Tu walk in.
At that moment, she was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes were filled with surprise.
However, meeting Qiu Tu in person and sending him text messages are two different things.
So Fang Tangtang wasn't as bold as she appeared in the text message; instead, her face flushed red.
Then she stood up, head down, and said somewhat nervously, "Qiu Tu, you, you're back?"
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In the dim light of the study, Fang Tangtang, with her head down, looked especially endearing.
Her small, oval face was lightly made up. The makeup wasn't mature; instead, it added a touch of alluring, almost sinful, youthful innocence to her eyes and brows.
She was not tall, only about 1.6 meters, and because she was wearing a silk nightgown, the shadow on her chest perfectly showcased her slender yet shapely figure.
Looking at the natural beauty before him, a hint of admiration flashed in Qiu Tu's eyes.
He asked softly, "Still not asleep?"
Fang Tangtang lowered her head, clutching the hem of her nightgown, then nodded timidly, "I can't sleep."
Qiu Tu said "Oh?" and asked, "Why can't you sleep?"
Fang Tangtang looked up somewhat blankly, but quickly looked away when her eyes met Qiu Tu's.
Her ears were a little red, and her voice was barely audible, "I...I'm just not used to you not being around."
Standing at the study door, Qiu Tu smiled and asked, feigning innocence, "I wasn't around before, so how were you able to sleep?"
Fang Tangtang blushed upon hearing this.
She lowered her head and argued softly, "Can one person and two people be the same?"
"There are two of us now."
Hearing Fang Tangtang's confession, Qiu Tu was not particularly moved.
After all, he was long past the age of believing in love, but he still smiled, walked over, and took the girl's hand.
Sitting down in a chair, Qiu Tu pulled Fang Tangtang onto his lap, wrapped his arms around her slender waist, and whispered sweet nothings, "So, here I am, aren't I?"
After saying that, Qiu Tu looked at the book on the table and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Perhaps Qiu Tu's rare sweet words eased Fang Tangtang's tension. She relaxed, leaned against Qiu Tu's chest, and then looked at the book on the table, whispering, "It's the book you read last night, I think it's called 'Existence'."
"I want to read more of the books you like and learn more about the things you enjoy. That way, we'll have more to talk about in the future."
The girl's voice was soft and sweet, gently spreading through the quiet night; it was very pleasant to listen to.
"I've been reading this book ever since I finished eating."
“But…” Fang Tangtang wrinkled her little nose slightly and said, “I think I’m a little too stupid. I can’t understand it at all.”