Chapter 104: No, Wrong

The arrested suspect was indeed the foreigner who disposed of the body, Grandi. 

While the police might hesitate because of his foreign status, national security didn’t. Half an hour later, Shao Jiafu walked out of the interrogation room with a cold expression. 

“He killed Lu Jia to deliberately lure us here. His identity is indeed a spy, a commercial spy. The others ran away, and we don’t know where they are hiding. Their purpose for coming here was for some software, but the specifics are unknown. He is just a minor player, and so is his companion. The operation was commanded by Yang Zhichao.”

‘As expected, it was not far from what I guessed,’ Xiao Yu’s face was so cold it could scrape off ice chips.

With their methods, the trail went cold.

Fortunately, they arrested one suspect. At least Bincheng’s police system could give an explanation to the provincial department. Because the jailbreak case wasn’t just a simple escape. It involved spies.

Yun Xiangguo, the director of the Municipal Bureau, exclaimed “Fuck!” after hearing Xiao Yu’s report.

If anyone was investigating a case and suddenly found out it had turned into a spy case, it would probably feel like a thunderstorm in their head.

Just as Xiao Yu thought, new discoveries in the case provided a temporary explanation for the jailbreak. 

After reporting to the Provincial Department, they would definitely not make things difficult for the Municipal Bureau and would cancel the seven-day investigation deadline. They ordered the Municipal Bureau’s police force to fully cooperate with the National Security Bureau in investigating this case.

Cooperate with the National Security Bureau?

Yun Xiangguo’s expression was a bit strange.

Upon hearing his subordinate’s report, he learned that the group of national security personnel was following Xiao Yu around. It seemed they were cooperating and assisting this young man, right?

It was just as the rumors said.

Xiao Yu did have the ability to command national security.

Yun Xiangguo’s heart was very complicated. Anyone who had such talent under their command would have mixed feelings.

Although his position was low, he was playing at the high end. This kid was definitely destined for greatness.

No, he had already become a great man.

Otherwise, how could one say that others are powerful? It was all conjured up in their own minds.

Yun Xiangguo was indeed a smart man. But smart people always tend to overthink.

Could Xiao Yu command national security?

Wishful thinking.

But at this moment, the national security personnel were indeed gathered around him. There were also the heads of the major case-handling units in Bencheng.

If a few days ago, in the Municipal Bureau meeting room, there was dissatisfaction, doubt, and even resistance to Yun Xiangguo’s announcement of Xiao Yu as the chief commander, those sentiments had changed.

Over the past few days, armed police, special police, criminal police… all kinds of police had cooperated fully.

Xiao Yu not only commanded in an orderly manner but also arrested a suspect. Everyone was convinced.

What was this?

Ability!

They all felt that it was only a matter of time before Xiao Yu would soar to great heights. Just look at the people from the National Security Bureau. They were all polite to him. This respect was earned through strength and ability.

Now, when facing Xiao Yu, they were also polite.

They could no longer treat Xiao Yu as a minor police inspector. The world is quite real. What makes people look down on you is always your strength. But Xiao Yu didn’t have much time left. The system task deadline was nine days.

***

The clues were completely broken.

Ma Hexuan, Yang Zhichao, and a Chinese spy named Joey were on the run. Xiao Yu sat on the curb, blankly looking at the sky, with a cigarette in his mouth.

How could he find clues again?

There had to be a way.

Bencheng had been sealed off for six days. Continuing like this was not an option. The most important point was that he was a trustworthy man who had promised his wife he would come home early.

In this life, it was not easy to be normal. He was trying hard to be a normal person. He was also a young man with a vigorous face and stars in his eyes.

But… Xiao Yu smiled bitterly. ‘Then, let’s go big.’

“If I were Yang Zhichao!”

“What would my purpose be?”

“The mobile hard disk?”

“Yu Hongmei was my pawn because she was the best friend of my target’s girlfriend!”

“Then, I made her my woman? Used her to seduce Ma Hexuan because I wanted the software Ma Hexuan was developing. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.”

“I had Yu Hongmei approach Ma Hexuan again. Did Ma Hexuan stab Yu Hongmei?”

“Did I arrange it in such a way… Then it wasn’t Ma Hexuan who intentionally stabbed Yu Hongmei, but Yu Hongmei who stabbed herself? The purpose was to get Ma Hexuan into the detention center?”

“No, no, it was indeed Ma Hexuan who hurt Yu Hongmei, because ordinary people wouldn’t have the courage to injure themselves like that. So, Ma Hexuan intentionally stabbed Yu Hongmei? What was he trying to do?”

“I get it now, he wanted to hide in jail. Was it at that time that I had already started threatening him, demanding he hand over the software?”

“So, Ma Hexuan wanted to hide, and the prison seemed like the safest place, right? That’s why he confessed?”

“But I also entered the detention center, found Ma Hexuan, and threatened him again?”

“Ma Hexuan refused to compromise? Then, I found Lu Jia? How could I make Lu Jia work for me? Threats, bribes… For a spy, there are many methods.”

“Did I plan to jailbreak them? No, no, I just wanted Lu Jia to find out where the hard drive was?”

“Yes, that should be the case. Then, why did the plan change and end up as a jailbreak?”

“There was a problem. Yu Hongmei threatened Shen Qi and got the hard drive, but didn’t have the password?”

“Or was it a strange kind of password that only the owner could unlock?”

“Even so, we could just wait until Ma Hexuan was released from prison. Why jailbreak?”

“This is a change, a change that necessitated letting Ma Hexuan out before serving his full sentence to solve the problem.”

“What could it be? Wait, why would the portable hard drive be password-protected? What if there’s no password? Perhaps I’ve already obtained the software, but there’s an issue that only Ma Hexuan can resolve. If he doesn’t appear, will the software be set to self-destruct and clear, like a smartphone?”

“So, my plan changed, and I had to get Ma Hexuan out earlier than scheduled?”

“It’s impossible for a sentenced person to be released early unless they serve their full term. So a prison break.”

“I used some methods to threaten Ma Hexuan and Lu Jia again?”

“No… then why did Yu Hongmei die, and die so miserably?”

Xiao Yu suddenly raised his head.

Wrong!

Was Ma Hexuan really the one who was threatened?

He thought of the surveillance footage from the detention center. Because he was in a bad mood at the time, he overlooked a detail. When Ma Hexuan killed the prison guard, he hesitated at first. Later, he stabbed continuously at a very fast speed, without hesitation. When killing the second prison guard, he didn’t even hesitate.

Xiao Yu’s eyes flashed with coldness and ferocity.

‘So, you wanted to escape too? And Yu Hongmei, you were indeed the one who killed her.’