I slept with my sister's classmate, and she turned out to be my boss.

Wednesday afternoon, 3:17 PM.

On the monitoring screen of the technical department, the light spot representing Wei Yuan's mobile phone signal disappeared.

The technician in charge of monitoring blinked and checked the screen again—

The light spot did not reappear, nor did it move to the coverage area of ​​other base stations.

He picked up the landline and dialed Hu Yuheng's number:

"Director Hu, Wei Yuan's signal is lost."

The last known location was near the East Third Ring Road; no signal was detected after that.

Hu Yuheng held the microphone without speaking for a few seconds before finally opening his mouth:

Send me the coordinates of the last location.

In addition, his activity trajectory for the week before his disappearance was retrieved, marking the locations where he spent the most time each day.

The technician responded and hung up the phone.

A few minutes later.

A dataset with coordinates and activity trajectory marked was sent to Hu Yuheng's dedicated terminal.

She sat behind her desk and went through the data from beginning to end.

Wei Yuan's movements over the past week have not followed a fixed pattern.

Sometimes I stay in Chaoyang District for an hour or two.

It sometimes appears briefly in Haidian District.

However, about every other day, it would return to the coverage area of ​​the base station near Zeng Zhiyuan's residence.

The last location was near the East Third Ring Road, less than ten kilometers from the entrance to the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway.

She picked up her phone and dialed Chen Yuanda's number.

The phone rang twice before being answered.

"Director Chen, Wei Yuan's signal disappeared this afternoon."

The last location was near the East Third Ring Road, not far from the entrance to the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway.

I suspect he has already left Beijing, and his destination is probably Tianjin.

Chen Yuanda's voice was steady: "Do you think he'll travel by land or sea?"

"The land route is more likely. If it's by sea, he'll stay in Tianjin Port longer, and the risk of exposure will be higher."

He could transfer multiple times by land, but Tianjin was a place he had to pass through.

There is a seaport there, as well as passageways leading in other directions.

"I instructed the technical department to immediately provide Wei Yuan's physical characteristics and send them to Tianjin for assistance. At the same time, I coordinated with the Coast Guard to monitor maritime activity around the port."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone.

Hu Yuheng printed out Wei Yuan's recent activities and placed them on the corner of the table.

She sat in the chair, her gaze fixed on the trajectory map.

Connect those scattered location points into an irregular line.

In my mind, I put this line together with the route between Beijing and Tianjin.

……

6:40 PM.

News came from Tianjin:

A surveillance camera near the exit of the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway.

At 5:12 PM, a dark-colored sedan was photographed, and the passenger in the front passenger seat closely matched Wei Yuan's physical characteristics.

The license plate number has been recorded, and the vehicle lost surveillance coverage in the development zone area after entering Tianjin city.

Hu Yuheng did not immediately draw a conclusion after receiving the news.

She first confirmed the clarity of the surveillance screenshot, and then compared it with the facial features in Wei Yuan's ID photo, confirming that details such as facial contours, hairline, and shoulder width were highly consistent with Wei Yuan himself.

"Continue to track the vehicle's whereabouts and pay attention to surveillance footage in the area surrounding Tianjin Port."

It's 11 p.m.

There has been new progress in the investigation in Tianjin.

The dark-colored sedan was found in a parking lot near Tianjin Port.

The car was empty, but a jacket and some personal belongings were found in the trunk.

Based on the time on a convenience store receipt found in his coat pocket, Tianjin police deduced that Wei Yuan may have been active near the port for some time.

We are looking for channels to go global.

At one o'clock in the morning, Chen Dapeng was woken up by a phone call.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was Hu Yuheng.

He answered the call, and Hu Yuheng got straight to the point:

News came from Tianjin Port that the coast guard intercepted a speedboat that was heading out to sea in the waters outside the port.

There was one passenger on board who had identification, but the facial recognition result did not match the identification.

Preliminary assessment indicates that the passenger is Wei Yuan.

Get ready, I'm coming to Tianjin with you first thing tomorrow morning.

Chen Dapeng sat on the edge of the bed, put his phone on the bedside table, and then lay back down.

The detail of "having identification but not matching facial recognition" kept running through his mind.

Wei Yuan would not make such a basic mistake regarding his documents.

That document was either forged or a pre-prepared identity.

But he was still arrested.

This indicates that the vessel was intercepted at Tianjin Port and did not have time to enter international waters.

……

Early the next morning.

Chen Dapeng and Hu Yuheng set off for Tianjin together.

When they arrived at the Coast Guard detachment, Wei Yuan had already been taken into a temporary detention room.

He was wearing a dark coat, his hair was longer than in his ID photo, and he looked somewhat tired, but there was no obvious panic in his expression.

He glanced at the person who came in, but said nothing.

Hu Yuheng sat down opposite him and asked:

"Wei Yuan, where were you planning to go last night?"

Wei Yuan paused for a moment, then spoke:

"You've caught me, so I don't care what I say."

His tone carried a weary calmness, as if he were stating a fact.

Hu Yuheng didn't respond to that sentence, but changed his approach:

"Your contact in the provincial capital, Qian Yongming, has already confessed."

He admitted to maintaining contact with you through Liu Guixiang and receiving your instructions to arrange for Zhou Haibo to join the task force.

He admitted quite a bit about your situation.

Wei Yuan didn't speak, looking down at his hands resting on his knees.

Hu Yuheng waited for a while and then didn't ask any more questions.

She stood up: "You don't have to talk. But Zhou Haibo, Qian Yongming, and Liu Guixiang have already confessed. Even if you don't, what they say will still be effective."

She turned and took two steps toward the door.

Wei Yuan's voice came from behind, a little lower than before:

"Zeng Zhiyuan has never contacted me directly."

He relayed all the messages through other means, and I then arranged for people to carry them out.

Hu Yuheng stopped and turned to look at him.

Wei Yuan raised his head and met her gaze: "I will say what I need to say, but it will take time."

"You'll have plenty of time once you return to the provincial capital."

After Hu Yuheng finished speaking, he turned around, pushed open the door, and walked out.

That afternoon, Wei Yuan was escorted to the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province.

As Chen Dapeng passed by the temporary detention room in the corridor of the provincial discipline inspection commission's detention area, he saw Wei Yuan sitting on the edge of the bed, looking down at the ground, through the observation window on the door.

His posture was no longer as upright as it was in Tianjin; his shoulders slumped slightly.

But there was still no obvious panic, as if they were waiting for some inevitable outcome.

After returning to the task force office.

Chen Dapeng compiled a briefing on the circumstances surrounding Wei Yuan's arrest, adding a note at the end:

"Wei Yuan's willingness to confess has begun to emerge, but no specific time has been given, and further contact is needed to confirm it."

He locked the briefing in the filing cabinet and returned to his seat to continue organizing other materials.

……

at the same time.

The notification that Qian Yongming has been officially removed from his position as director of the case management office has been issued.

As Chen Dapeng walked down the corridor, he saw that Qian Yongming's office door was sealed off.

He slowed down, glanced at it, and then continued walking.

A preliminary investigation within the provincial discipline inspection commission is also underway.

All three personnel from the case management office who participated in Zhou Haibo's approval process have been preliminarily questioned.

Only Cai Qiguang seemed slightly slow to respond when answering questions related to Zhou Haibo…

Hu Yuheng wrote a line in his notebook:

"Tsai Chi-kuang – His response has been slow; we will continue to monitor him."