Although Su Ran was confused about the truth of certain things, he was determined to continue investigating until the truth came out.

When night fell, Wang Zhibin went straight to Su Ran's grandfather's house after get off work as promised.

"Wang Suo, you are here."

A black Volkswagen was parked quietly outside the yard, and Su Ran warmly welcomed Wang Zhibin who had just got out of the car.

Wang Zhibin, who was dressed in casual clothes, subconsciously looked around before stepping into the threshold out of professional instinct, and only entered after confirming that there was no one.

Su Ran sat next to the drawer and pointed casually at the bed: "Sit on the bed, there are not enough chairs."

"Ok."

As soon as Wang Zhibin sat down, a furry little creature climbed onto his back.

It turned out to be the giant panda Panda.

Panda rubbed Wang Zhibin's body with his head.

The little darling seemed particularly fond of the police officer.

"It's you again. I haven't seen you for a while. You seem to have become rounder." Wang Zhibin reached out and gently stroked Panda's head.

The giant panda makes coquettish sounds, as if expressing affection.

Then, Panda took out a police hat from under the pillow and put it on his head.

That was the gift Wang Zhibin had given it before.

"I didn't expect you still kept it." Wang Zhibin looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile with emotion.

Finally, Wang Zhibin, who had calmed down, couldn't help but look at Su Ran: "Stationmaster Su, is there something urgent that you called me over for?"

On the phone, Wang Zhibin had always been curious about what clues Su Ran had discovered. Now that she was finally in front of him, he had to get to the bottom of the matter.

Su Ran raised her hand calmly, signaling Wang Zhibin not to be impatient. Then she slowly opened the drawer, carefully took out a heavy piece of gold, and handed it to Wang Zhibin personally.

Wang Zhibin took the gold nugget and felt its weight. He opened his mouth in surprise, forming a perfect circle. "This piece of gold is really heavy. It can be sold for at least hundreds of thousands."

Su Ran smiled slightly, nodded, and said affirmatively: "Yes, I weighed it, it's exactly 500 grams, no more, no less. According to the current market price, it's worth about 300,000 yuan."

People outside said that Su Ran had made a lot of money by relying on the mountain and had saved several million. Now Wang Zhibin saw it with his own eyes and believed it very much.

Most people can't afford a gold nugget this big.

Wang Zhibin was already a little envious of Su Ran.

"Although I am a police officer and I eat a government salary, my monthly salary is only more than 4,000 yuan. Counting various bonuses and benefits, I only make 200,000 yuan a year."

The salaries of basic units in small places are actually not that high. Although Wang Zhibin is a civil servant, his overall salary is far lower than that of county-level and municipal-level units.

Because of the hard work, even with various subsidies and benefits, I can barely earn 200,000 yuan.

But even so, he was reluctant to spend money to let others make a gold bar.

"Did you misunderstand something?"

Su Ran stared at Wang Zhibin suspiciously and said, "I didn't make this gold nugget myself. I picked it up in the forest."

"Picked it up?!"

Wang Zhibin screamed in shock, scaring the Saker Falcon on the roof so much that it screamed out.

He covered his mouth, his face full of disbelief, and asked Su Ran in a low voice, "Did you really pick this up in the forest? This is not an ordinary gold bar. It must not have been left behind by villagers or tourists in the mountains. You didn't tell anyone else about this news, did you?" Wang Zhibin knew very well what kind of troublesome consequences would arise if this news was leaked.

Su Ran shook his head and said, "Don't worry, now only you and I know about this. You can see that this is not an ordinary gold bar, right? Look at the bottom. It should have been stamped before, but it was deliberately worn away."

Most of the gold bars circulating in the market are stamped with a steel stamp.

This is also the commonly heard "pressing words".

It is a symbol of the origin, quality, and fineness of gold bars.

The general gold bar stamp includes some key information such as manufacturer name, trademark, origin, purity, etc.

Moreover, its existence is also to protect the rights and interests of consumers and facilitate transactions.

As a policeman, Wang Zhibin is always able to keenly capture some special situations and clues. This time, he was faced with a gold nugget with the words deliberately erased, which made him suspicious.

"I think this gold nugget must have been obtained illegally." Wang Zhibin said in a deep voice, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

It is his responsibility to pursue such leads that may involve illegal activities.

Afraid that Su Ran would misunderstand, he looked at him again and explained, "Of course, I'm not talking about you." There was a hint of apology in his voice, and he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble to Su Ran.

Su Ran waved his hand to show his understanding. "I know, go on." Su Ran was calm and firm, not disturbed by Wang Zhibin's words.

Just then, Mantou jumped onto Su Ran's legs, rested his little head on his front paws, and took a leisurely rest.

Mantou seemed to have no interest in the conversation between the two and was only concerned about his own comfort.

Wang Zhibin couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he watched this scene.

"Sometimes, the truth isn't so easy to find. I wish I could be as leisurely as Mantou."

"As for this gold nugget, I don't have an accurate conclusion yet, but when I return, I will have someone collect some clues to see if there are any similar gold nuggets circulating in the market."

Su Ran nodded and reminded: "We should also pay more attention to whether there are any gold thefts in various places."

This woke Wang Zhibin up, "You're right, I'll make a note of this."

Su Ran and Wang Zhibin almost reached a consensus that the gold nuggets in Lin Hai were definitely involved in a big case.

Wang Zhibin was not sure whether this matter had anything to do with poachers. Fortunately, Su Ran told him that those poachers seemed to be outsiders as well.

"That is to say, in addition to these poachers, we now have to focus on the gold case."

Wang Zhibin did not think that this would make the case more troublesome, but instead became even more excited.

As long as he can handle this case and solve it successfully, it will be the best political achievement in his career.

That night, Wang Zhibin did not go home directly, but went back to the institute to start investigating.

Didn't sleep the whole night.

Su Ran was also keeping a close eye on the movements of the poachers.

However, because he was too sleepy, he took a nap for a few hours. When he opened his eyes again and turned on the screen, he saw that Xiao Hei had sneaked into the poachers' warehouse at some point.

This small warehouse built in the forest is not big and is basically made of wood.

In addition to some poaching tools such as traps, there are also a lot of food and dried meat.

This is undoubtedly heaven for the mouse Xiao Hei. (End of this chapter)