Chapter 2147 - 1176: Cafeteria_3

"Now we have basically determined the identity of this Ghost; it’s Zhou Wenqing, who died in a fire in an abandoned house nine years ago."

"Chen Qiaoyun and I have reviewed the case files, and many parts don’t add up. This is most likely an unjust case."

"Zhou Wenqing died wrongfully. The real culprit behind those two attacks on female workers nine years ago was someone else. He was made a scapegoat and silenced by murder." Yang Xiao shared some of the clues he had gathered.

"No wonder this guy has such deep resentment. If it were me, I’d be unwilling to let it go too," Zhang Xiaomin said through gritted teeth.

"Everyone, don’t be scared. The situation is now favorable to us. From Chief Zhou’s tone, the higher-ups have a lot of trust in us, and Chief Zhou said he’ll fully cooperate with us."

Handling Chief Zhou’s issues also brought a sigh of relief to Yang Xiao; otherwise, fighting on two fronts would be too passive.

Chief Zhou has promised him to immediately question the factory’s security team members who were involved in the case back then, striving to restore the truth.

Some members are still at the factory, and Chief Zhou has received authorization from the higher department to take extraordinary measures if deemed necessary, due to the severe impact of the enemy face stripping case, but attention must be paid to the impacts.

At the same time, Yang Xiao was not idle. He questioned Guo Tiejun and Liu Hongwei again, asking them to carefully recall if anything strange happened before Feng Xiaoyan and Wang Yong disappeared.

But after asking around, it was all trivial, unrelated matters, and Yang Xiao and Ye Zheng couldn’t summarize any valuable clues from it.

The main breakthrough now still lies with "Zhou Wenqing." Yang Xiao and his team urgently need to find out the Ghost’s methods of murder and any taboos leading to its murderous actions.

Yang Xiao had already started guessing where Feng Xiaoyan’s body might appear tonight.

The most likely place is still the Cultural Palace; I wonder if it will be in the cinema, which is the worker’s auditorium.

Since it’s unclear when Chief Zhou will contact them, Yang Xiao has arranged for someone to watch over the storeroom, Hu Weimin and Ma Jing.

The choice of these two was also after some thought, as Hu Weimin had interacted with Chief Zhou before and has some background in tasks, being a reliable person.

In the evening, Yang Xiao left the canteen after dinner and returned to the Cultural Palace.

On the way, he saw people wearing security department armbands, but they were unfamiliar faces, each with a somber expression, guessing they were underlings of former Director Zhai from the factory.

"The atmosphere seems a bit off," Ye Zheng observed and whispered.

"It’s strange if the atmosphere isn’t tense. Two people have disappeared in two days, and one body has been found. They’re under a lot of pressure," Yang Xiao said without turning his head.

Returning to the storeroom, Hu Weimin reported that no one had come, and there were no phone calls. Yang Xiao told them to go eat first.

By now, it was almost completely dark. Yang Xiao urged them to return quickly because tonight they had to continue guarding the Cultural Palace.

If nothing unexpected happens, tonight they’ll find Feng Xiaoyan’s body, and there will be new team members missing, dead.

Yang Xiao didn’t call to urge Chief Zhou about the case inquiries, knowing that by now Chief Zhou and the security department must be fully operational.

Regarding the severity of these cases, if not handled well in the end, stripping off clothes and walking away would be the lightest punishment.

From the Cultural Palace to the canteen is quite a distance; Hu Weimin and Ma Jing walked side by side but weren’t alone.

Along the way, they saw hurriedly passing off-duty workers heading to the Cultural Palace, many of whom were rushing to line up at the cinema for a good spot.

The cinema sign was put up in the afternoon; whether intentional or not, the movie’s name is quite fitting, "The Invisible Frontline."

Next to the movie name, there’s a painted poster, albeit just sketched with white chalk, showing a man’s profile.

The man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a firm look, serious expression, very fitting for the male lead’s aesthetic of this era.

Hu Weimin and Ma Jing chatted as they walked, arrived at the canteen, grabbed a few dishes, and found a less crowded spot to eat.

It’s clear they weren’t very hungry, given what’s happened lately. Wang Yong was dead, Feng Xiaoyan went missing, and no one knows who’s next.

"Don’t worry too much. Maintain your strength, eat a bit more," Hu Weimin put down his chopsticks and softly advised, "I believe Yang... Captain Ma is a very capable person, I can tell."

Hearing this, Ma Jing nodded cooperatively, but her brows still frowned with worry. She’s still young, just married, has a happy family, a loving husband, a future... a future with their children, but all is premised on her leaving alive from this incident.

She regretted several times, wanting to confess her experiences to her husband, but each time she held back, because she worried... worried about losing the man who loves her.

This is indeed selfish, she knew, but she... couldn’t do it.

Thinking of this, Ma Jing’s eyes welled slightly. To hide her emotional fluctuation, she immediately bowed her head and took two big bites of her meal.

All of this was seen by Hu Weimin, who also sighed secretly. The comforting words were just lies, but he couldn’t fool himself. Whether they could survive this time, he didn’t know either.