At midnight, the corner of the Chengmao District was quiet, yet not peaceful. Following Zhou Jinwei's "speculations," they locked onto their current location. Over a dozen police cars received orders to completely surround a three-story house in the urban village. Led by Old Cai, who had been staking out the perimeter, they charged in to arrest the suspect.

When he first arrived, Lao Cai was a little worried, saying that no one had lived here for a long time, and if such a big commotion was caused and the person was not caught, he would be criticized because he could not provide any evidence.

Zhou Jinwei doesn't care much about it. Whether he is criticized or punished, it is not a big deal.

Then the two of them walked around the residential area. It was indeed abandoned for a long time. At first glance, there was no sign of human habitation. Fortunately, the urban village was surrounded by tall buildings, and many places never saw sunlight all year round. The traces left by heavy rain lingered for a long time, and the ground was muddy. Not long ago, a short-sighted passerby waded through the mud, leaving behind a fresh trace of tire tracks.

Then they waited outside, waiting for support to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Until Zhou Jinwei heard a faint scream coming from a residential building.

Without much thought, the two rushed in. The cries for help were getting closer and closer, and the screams were getting more and more intense. Finally, Zhou Jinwei determined the location, pulled out his gun, and was so eager to save people that he shouted the classic line out of desperation: "Don't move, police!"

As soon as this line came out, the people inside reacted instantly and fled out regardless of anything.

The village in the city is not big, but the environment is complicated. Zhou Jinwei tried to chase, but lost him after a while. He didn't care because there were loud sirens outside. There were not many exits in this village in the city, and it could be easily blocked. He followed Lao Cai's cry for help and returned to the scene. He found two people lying on the ground. One was the mastermind of the kidnapping case. He had a knife in his side and was lying in a pool of blood.

The other one was a victim girl. She was disheveled and crying loudly just a few meters away from Old Wu.

…

The hostages had been rescued, the assailant taken to the hospital for emergency treatment, and they returned to the police station. There, Zhou Jinwei heard from his colleagues that the fleeing killer had gotten away. He had gotten away… In a small urban village, a dozen police cars gave chase, but they couldn't detain him; he had escaped.

Zhou Jinwei sat down on the chair, feeling as if he had heatstroke and his vision went dark.

Old Cai was so scared that he quickly supported him and wanted to send him to the hospital, but Zhou Jinwei refused. He said he was just tired and went to the reception room and set up a small bed to rest.

Then Old Cai became even more panicked. He tiptoed around indoors and outdoors for the first two hours of his sleep, fearing that Old Zhou would get angry and die suddenly inside.

In fact, Lao Zhou slept very soundly, it was a rare peaceful sleep. He slept until noon the next day and was then woken up by the alarm clock he set.

After getting up, he wiped his face roughly, and without paying attention to anything else, he immediately picked up his phone and logged into the account at the time set in the text message. Then, he accepted the latest friend request from a bunch of messy Cereal Brother ads.

The other party's nickname was left blank, and a document was sent as soon as it was approved. When I clicked on the document, there was a long description inside, which could be roughly understood as a "confession". From another perspective, it was a show of skill. It was the specific reasoning process of the other party to find out the hiding place of Lao Wu. The logical chain was complete, meticulously detailed, and so rigorous that no one could find any loopholes.

The only problem is that it contains a lot of information that is currently only known to the police, and those who know this are either the criminals or insiders.

Zhou Jinwei thought about it and responded: You are breaking the law.

He did not say what law the other party had violated. If the other party identified himself with the charges and denied murder or kidnapping, it would not be a final conclusion, but at least it would increase the suspicion. However, the person on the other end of the conversation was quite perceptive and replied: If you want to arrest me for violating privacy or stealing, maybe I will consider turning myself in.

The subtext is that if Zhou Jinwei wants to accuse him of murder and kidnapping, it is pure nonsense.

Seeing that the man was not going to fall for it, Zhou Jinwei continued with his words: The hostage has been rescued safely, and those who surrender will definitely be treated leniently.

Soon, the reply came: No need, if you can do it, just catch it yourself.

The above paragraph is an excuse specially prepared for you to explain how you know Wu Wu's exact location. You are not good at lying.

Zhou Jinwei typed calmly: I can also arrest you and make you explain.

There was silence for a while, and Zhou Jinwei took this opportunity to get up and wash up. Before he finished washing his face, his cell phone vibrated. The voice on the other end said: This time I asked the daughter of the Wang family to send you a message, next time I will ask Wang Kai to come in person.

Zhou Jinwei narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that the point was coming.

He immediately replied: Who are you?

There was no response from the other end, so he continued to ask: Why did you only send the text message to me?

Immediately, he received a reply: Because in Wanghai, you are one of the few people who dare to investigate Wang Kai without any reliable evidence.

Zhou Jinwei: Are you threatening me? Asking me to stop investigating?

The other side: On the contrary, I’m afraid you’ll back down.

It can be said that Zhou Jinwei breathed a sigh of relief. Although the other party's identity was still unknown, at least he did not have obvious malice and was hostile to Wang Kai.

Suddenly, he figured something out and asked: Is this case also related to the Wang family?

The other side did not make any comment and finally sent a message: We will have opportunities for cooperation in the future, but these two accounts are one-time use. I will contact you through other means later and hope you make the right choice.

The conversation came to an abrupt end.

Zhou Jinwei sat back on the folding bed, repeatedly reviewing the conversation on his phone. He came up with a few guesses: This person had some serious cybersleuthing skills, and they were quite skilled. Furthermore, the long lines of reasoning in the document were certainly legitimate, demonstrating their exceptional logical thinking skills. Combined with the first message he'd sent yesterday, he might also possess a certain level of compassion and empathy.

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