Lawless Gangster

Chapter 43

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"He can't be released from custody due to a pending investigation?" Li Shi Qing coldly repeated.

"After a urination inspection, it was concluded that Xiao Li was not taking the drugs, but there are suspicions that he was dealing and trafficking it." The person speaking was a highly experience lawyer name Wang Wen Si who has been working together with the gang for quite a long time now. "Individuals who are under a pending investigation are not permitted to be release until further notice."

"Have you met with him yet?"

"Mr. Zhou, our other lawyer, met with him this morning," replied Wang Wei Si as he pushed his eyeglasses up. He then gave Li Shi Qing a glance and said, "For the past two years, the neighboring provinces has been extremely strict in their control on drugs trafficking. Anyone caught with or smuggling drugs has been relentlessly pursued and taken down. The authority figures would do their best to get to the heart of the matter and would attempt to capture all the dealers and traffickers in one go. From the look of it, the days ahead for Xiao Li doesn't look too good.

Li Shi Qing snorted, "What did he say?"

"He said he received it from Lin Yong and didn't have enough time to handle it properly but at that time, he thought that it wasn't going to be problem. Who'd imagined that during his ride back on the expressway, he was pulled over and interrogated." Wang Si Wen paused then went on to say, "But during his interrogation, he insisted that it was purchased in that province and not here. Aside from that, he has absolutely no idea of what's going on. Hearing it, he was interrogated quite harshly to the point of exhaustion."

When Li Shi Qing did not say anything, Wang Wen Si gave Yan Ming, who was standing to the side, a glance before continuing to speak. "If we were to take the normal legal procedures, I should be able to fight it so that he would only have to serve three years or less of imprisonment. But in drugs related crimes, the chances of getting a probation is slim to none." After speaking, he looked at Li Shi Qing whose silence seemed to make him felt a bit weak. Slowly, he said, "I'll try my best to do what I can. What's more, Qing Ye, not only do you have a tremendous amount of power in this region, good karma is also on your side, so even if we don't follow the normal legal procedures, I assumed that it shouldn't be a huge problem."

Li Shi Qing nodded his head, "I know. I'll be troubling you this time. Yan Ming, help me see Mr. Wang out."

Once Yan Ming properly led Wang Wen Si out, he returned to find Li Shi Qing standing beside the windows, with his brows screwed tightly together as if lost in his own thoughts. He then said, "Uncle, Lin Zi is still kneeling outside, how should I handle this?"

"It doesn't have anything to do with him." Li Shi Qing said coldly, "It's Xiao Li's own stupidity."

Yan Ming's smirk grew into the sound of laughter, "Oh! Uncle, you actually realized this."

He walked out, told Lin Zi that there was no need to kneel anymore and that he should return home. But thinking that he had made a huge mistake, Lin Zi dared not get up and continued to rest his knee on the floor. Looking at his tough and stocky build yet timid and gutless appearance, Yan Ming laughed to the point that it caused him to give Lin Zi a kick to drive him away. It was only after that did he returned to the room.

Li Shi Qing nevertheless remained in the same position. Noting this, Yan Ming strutted towards the sofa and leaned back against it before leisurely saying, "I've truly underestimated him. This bastard brought Han Jia back and sent his younger brother away. With that done, there's nothing else for him to worry about. He can start to knock down and destroy all the bridges that he had crossed to get this far. The drugs, the territory under Lu Wu's control...tsk. Uncle, tell me, how long do you think he's been planning all of this?"