The police officers had been staking out near the Wu Family for two consecutive days, hardly getting any sleep.
Suddenly startled by a roar from Captain Liu, they were a bit dazed when they opened their eyes.
When they finally reacted and looked in the direction Captain Liu was pointing, they only saw the back of a tall woman.
"Captain, it's a girl..."
As they spoke, they yawned, and their expressions relaxed.
This made Captain Liu so angry that he gave each of them a kick. "Does your girl wear size 40-plus shoes?"
If he hadn't glanced at the shoe prints in the snow just now, he would really have let this person get away.
After saying that, he almost shouted, "Hurry up! With so many of us keeping an eye on the place, if we let him escape, isn't that a disgrace?"
Hearing this, their eyes instantly became sharp.
This wasn't just about being disgraced; it was simply impossible to stay in the police force if they let him go, okay?
Seeing that all the team members were fully awake, Captain Liu said in a solemn voice, "Dacheng, Baoguo, you two stay here. The rest of you come with me. Later, follow my instructions and be careful not to let him notice you."
"Yes, Captain!"
Those who came this time were all former military scouts who had been discharged from the army.
Moreover, there had been a light snowfall in the Capital City the night before. Wu Donglai was in a hurry and didn't have time to cover his footprints on the ground.
This provided great convenience for their tracking.
They followed at a distance, and half an hour later, they traced Wu Donglai's footprints to the front of an old - fashioned state - owned restaurant.
They saw this person queuing outside for more than ten minutes, then entering the restaurant with an oil cake and soy milk.
One of the police officers snorted angrily, "This guy is just playing with us. Running so far just to have breakfast. Clearly, he has something to hide."
"Whether he has something to hide or not, anyway, this guy is quite sly."
Captain Liu gave them a sidelong glance. "Since you know that, why don't you go check the back of the restaurant quickly? Maybe this guy is planning to pull a fast one on us."
Sure enough, as the saying goes, the older, the wiser!
It was really as Captain Liu had predicted!
Not long after they reached the back door of the restaurant, they saw Wu Donglai sneaking out of the restaurant.
After a while, he went to a shabby compound nearby.
Before entering the compound, Wu Donglai deliberately looked back several times.
After making sure there were no suspicious people following him, he walked straight in.
About five minutes later, a dim yellow light came on in the innermost house of the compound.
The police officers, who had been busy for several days, were very excited at this moment.
They were all eager and looked at Captain Liu expectantly, "Captain, when shall we take action?"
Captain Liu was also anxious, but he knew that one couldn't rush things.
He looked around. There were more than ten families living in this compound.
It was the time when people went to work, and many people had already gotten up to wash up.
Remembering Jiang Si's reminder, Captain Liu was worried that the two would act recklessly and take hostages, which would cause big trouble.
But just waiting like this wasn't an option either.
He signaled the others with his eyes. Since they often went on missions together, they had good teamwork.
Soon, they split up.
After receiving the warning, the families in the compound quickly went back into their houses and locked their doors tightly.
After all the preparations were done, Captain Liu gave the order.
Two police officers suddenly made a dash and with two sharp kicks, they kicked open the door of the innermost house.
The remaining officers grabbed their weapons and raised their guns.
"Put your hands up..."
Before the words were finished, when they saw the two naked people on the bed, the police officers were collectively stunned.
What on earth was going on?
Wasn't it supposed to be enemy spies!
At this moment, everyone felt like their eyes were soiled.
Captain Liu frowned, and his expression was also quite indescribable.
When Jiang Si and Huo Tingzhou received the news and went to the police station, Wu Donglai was recording his confession in the interrogation room.
Since Jiang Si had drawn the suspect's portrait and she had a special relationship with the victim, the police officers allowed the couple to listen outside.
Inside the interrogation room, Wu Donglai was leaning weakly on the chair, looking a bit dazed.
A police officer knocked on the table seriously. "It's already come to this. I advise you to confess honestly and don't waste everyone's time."
Wu Donglai came to his senses. "If I confess honestly, can you release the man just now?"
Hearing this, the two police officers in charge of the interrogation looked up.
They had already compared the portrait, and currently they had determined that the man who had been with Wu Donglai was not the suspect in the portrait.
Matters on the moral level were beyond their control, so they could only tell the truth.
"Whether we can release him depends on whether he was involved in this case or if he knew about it and didn't report it."
"He knows nothing. I didn't mention a single word to him." Wu Donglai said anxiously.
The police officer motioned for him to calm down. "We'll investigate this. If he really wasn't involved, he'll be released naturally."
"Tell us, what deep hatred do you have with Fang Wenjun that you wanted to kill her?"
"I never wanted her dead. The one who wanted her dead is that person."
"Who is that person?"
"I don't know. He contacted me a month ago. We met at the Xinhua Bookstore in the Capital City. There were two shelves between us, and I couldn't see his face."
Wu Donglai hugged his head with both hands and said painfully, "He has something on me. I had no choice. Originally, he wanted me to do it, but... but I just couldn't bring myself to do it."
He had never even killed a chicken before. Now asking him to kill someone, especially someone who had shown him kindness, he really couldn't do it.
"So you deliberately provoked Qiu Yashu and wanted her to be the scapegoat?"
Wu Donglai was silent for a moment and finally answered yes.
"I deliberately fell in front of Qiu Yashu and said some misleading words. Later, Qiu Yashu bought a pair of cotton shoes for Deputy Director Fang in the same way."
Everything had gone smoothly up to this point, but he didn't expect that after the meeting, Deputy Director Fang would go after Jiang Si.
He also didn't expect that at the moment when Deputy Director Fang slipped, Jiang Si would save her.
"Then was it you who leaked Fang Wenjun's whereabouts?"
Wu Donglai nodded. "That person was very dissatisfied when he learned that Deputy Director Fang had just sprained her foot. So he found me again."
"Maybe he thought I was more of a hindrance than a help. This time, he just asked about Deputy Director Fang's home address and the places she usually went to."
"After that, he asked me to draw a floor plan of the area near the Fang Family's residence."
Hearing this, Jiang Si was utterly speechless. This guy looked so honest and simple, yet he turned out to be so ruthless in his actions!
In the interrogation room, the police officers continued to press for more information.
"Think carefully again. Is there anything you've left out?"
Wu Donglai probably realized that if he didn't provide some useful information this time, he might not escape death.
After a moment of thought, he said, "This man had a strong smell of engine oil on him, and his hiding place should be in the southern suburb."
The two police officers exchanged glances. The fact that the suspect had a strong smell of engine oil also appeared in Fang Wenjun's testimony before.
So another team focused their investigation on state - owned factories engaged in engine oil production when checking the vehicles involved in the accident.
However...
"How do you know his hiding place is in the southern suburb?"
