Chapter 217 217 I can tell he’s a confidant
Captain Zhang left quickly and came back quickly. As soon as she stepped into the small room where she was watching the interrogation, the phone in the room started ringing one after another.
In just a minute or two, the originally crowded small room became empty, with only Captain Zhang, Guan Xia and a few others left.
"Expert Guan," Captain Zhang said, looking at Guan Xia, "Your office is ready. Please follow me."
Guan Xia was a little stunned. She felt that Captain Zhang was not only efficient but also swift and decisive. If Guan Xia remembered correctly, it only took her five minutes to go out and make a phone call. In five minutes, she not only completed the report of the new situation, but also arranged their office smoothly?
Guan Xia naturally knew why they were assigned an office, so she didn't say a word and quickly followed Captain Zhang's steps.
The temporary office prepared for them was on the third floor, just a few steps away. It was larger than the one in Shangshuang City, but it was obvious that it was prepared in a hurry. There were several cabinets in the corner that had not been moved away, and some documents were even piled messily on the ground.
Captain Zhang glanced at the somewhat messy office and spoke sheepishly, "It was an emergency. We initially thought we wouldn't need the office, so we didn't prepare anything. Who knew Expert Guan would give us such a big surprise right after his arrival? We were so rushed that we had to vacate this room. I hope Expert Guan will forgive us."
Guan Xia naturally didn't care and said casually, "As long as it works, it's fine. Captain Zhang, what about us watching the surveillance video next?"
Captain Zhang hummed, glanced at the time, and said, "Actually, we felt something was amiss when we first apprehended him. So, just to be on the safe side, Director Gao immediately retrieved all the surveillance footage from the suspect's office building, residence, and nearby areas. It was just a precaution, but who could have imagined it would be put to use so soon?"
As Captain Zhang was speaking, there was a knock on the door. Guan Xia looked up and saw a man standing at the door holding a large cardboard box. Guan Xia knew without looking that it was filled with various USB flash drives.
Sure enough, the young male police officer who came to deliver the items said, "Captain Zhang, we've got the surveillance footage. According to Director Gao's instructions, we've got footage from around the suspect's office building and residence."
Captain Zhang said very quickly: "Okay, okay, bring it over."
The young male police officer handed the cardboard box to Captain Zhang, took out a document and asked her to sign it, then turned around and left, and very considerately closed the door.
Captain Zhang carefully placed the cardboard box on his desk and looked at Guan Xia with an embarrassed smile. "Expert Guan, now that the surveillance video has arrived, I'll trouble you."
Guan Xia couldn't wait to find a place to sit down, and while flipping through the cardboard box containing the surveillance video, she said, "No trouble, no trouble, I'll start working now."
Although Guan Xia is not in the police system, she shares the same desire to capture Wu Yang as Captain Zhang. Without Captain Zhang telling her, she can't wait to start work earlier.
Guan Xia's mind was now full of thoughts of finding Wu Yang's whereabouts, so once she started to get busy, she was completely focused and didn't even notice when Captain Zhang left.
She watched for more than an hour, but Guan Xia didn't find Wu Yang. After all, she had never actually seen Wu Yang, so the intuitive reminder given by the system was useless. The reason why she suddenly stopped was because she saw a familiar figure. It looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.
Guan Xia was thinking hard, and soon the system interface was triggered. Perhaps it had been upgraded to the highest level. Unless Guan Xia asked, the system interface would not automatically pop up text. This time was no exception. As soon as the interface appeared, an automatically playing video appeared.
Judging from the sky and the clothes worn by the people in the video, it should be a summer evening, and the location is the orphanage where Guan Xia grew up.
Little Guan Xia should have just finished school and was walking home along the wide and long sidewalk outside the orphanage gate. When she was still more than ten meters away from the gate, she saw a group of people walking out from the gate from afar. In the center of the crowd was a very young woman. Even from a long distance, one could see her beautiful figure, tight skin and pretty face. Among the crowd surrounding her, in addition to the orphanage staff, even the orphanage director was among them.
Guan Xia didn't care at the time, but now when she recalled this memory, she quickly realized that this young woman was a very important person, not only to the orphanage, but also to Wu Yang.
More than ten years later, Guan Xia saw her again in the surveillance video of the main road near Wu Yang's office building.
As soon as the system interface disappeared, Guan Xia immediately called out to Xu Nian, "Xu Nian, I've discovered something."
As soon as Xu Nianyi walked up to Guan Xia, Guan Xia pointed at the woman in the video who was about to get on the car and asked, "Do you know who this woman is?"
Xu Nian leaned slightly closer to the screen, taking a few glances before speaking with certainty. "She's Wu Yang's general assistant. We've checked her out. She also came from your orphanage. She joined him shortly after graduating from university in 2005. She rose through the ranks from personal secretary to general assistant. She's considered one of his more capable assistants, and one he values the most."
Guan Xia's eyes lit up and she pressed the issue, "Have you conducted a thorough investigation into whether she has any cases similar to those involving Yao Qingyan and Lu Manqing?"
Xu Nian shook his head. "No, from the information we've gathered, this person has a very high IQ, is smart and hardworking, and has a high EQ as well. Although she was born in an orphanage, unlike most orphans, she's had a relatively smooth life. From junior high school to high school to college to graduate school, she's always been at the top of her class, the kind of student that teachers are fighting over."
Although it didn't sound suspicious, Guan Xia instinctively frowned. "Then why did such a good student end up in Wu Yang's company, and she was just a personal secretary at first? Logically, since she was being fought over by the teacher, it means she had more options than just joining Wu Yang's company. Something must have happened in between."
Xu Nian said, "The task force also speculated this way. They suspected that Wu Yang had noticed this woman a long time ago, perhaps when she was still very young. They must have had some private contact, which would explain why she was brought along by Wu Yang right after graduation."
Pang Le poked his head out to look at Guan Xia's computer screen and said, "High IQ, smart and hardworking, high EQ, these sound very familiar. Isn't this the female version of Wu Yang? I think some of her personality traits are highly similar to Wu Yang's, which is why Wu Yang trusts her so much."
Pang Le thought for a few seconds and added, "Do you think there is a possibility that last night's attack and retaliation were not just the work of Wu Yang alone?"
Qi Bai also stood up from the opposite side and listened to their discussion. He glanced at Pang Le and said, "You mean, this woman is also involved?"
Pang Le nodded and said, "It's obvious. A chief assistant. In feudal society, that would be the emperor's closest eunuch. He's definitely a confidant. And since Wu Yang values her so much, it's clear she's similar to him in some ways. So, isn't it normal for someone so similar to Wu Yang to participate in this kind of operation?"
Ji An stood behind Guan Xia, having listened silently until now. Now he suddenly asked, "When was the time of the surveillance video?"
Guan Xia subconsciously looked, but Pang Le was faster and said quickly: "4:13 in the morning."
Guan Xia thought of something, turned to look at Xu Nian and asked, "Where was the fake Wu Yang caught, at the company or at home?"
Xu Nian quickly replied, "Company."
Guan Xia didn't say anything after hearing this, but quickly started to rewind the progress bar of the surveillance video. He didn't press the pause button until he got to the moment when the car that General Assistant Wu Yang was riding in just came out of the basement and was closest to the camera.
Guan Xia stared intently at the surveillance video, which showed most of the car's interior through the front window. After a few seconds, she spoke up, "What do you think? Is it possible that besides the driver, there's also a real Wu Yang hiding in this car? From this angle, it looks like there's no one in the car, but we can't see the trunk."
The others weren't surprised to hear this. Pang Le even said, "I was saying that the boss didn't leave work, but the general assistant did. Even though I haven't worked much, I knew something was wrong. So that's how it is. It seems like what I said before was right. Last night's retaliation was indeed a diversion, but they were more prepared. In addition to the retaliation, there was also a fake that was indistinguishable from the real thing."
Everyone was startled, and Xu Nian said, "I'm going to contact Captain Zhang now to see if there's anything wrong with the surveillance video in Wu Yang Company's basement. If there is, then our suspicions are correct."
Xu Nian walked aside to make a phone call. Zhong Xiaoyu sighed, "This organization is indeed more rigorous than the one in Shangshuang City. If Guan Xia hadn't recognized the man as a fake shortly after he was captured, even if she had discovered him later, this long period of time would have been enough for Wu Yang to escape."
Ji An said, "It seems that the organization had anticipated this day long ago, otherwise they wouldn't have such a similar substitute. Although we have a large population, it's inevitable that there will be two people who look alike, but it's not easy to find someone in such a short time."
"The most amazing thing is his behavior and expressions," Jiang Yingyao said. "So far, no one has noticed anything wrong with this fake Wu Yang. This means that at least this fake Wu Yang had the opportunity to observe and imitate the real Wu Yang."
Wang Yu calculated the time. "If Guan Xia's guess is correct, it's 1:49 PM now. Nearly ten hours have passed since 4:13 AM. It may not seem like a long time, but for someone who wants to escape, it's enough time to run quite far."
As soon as Wang Yu finished speaking, Xu Nian came back and looked at Guan Xia and said, "Captain Zhang has asked the technical team to look at it. She said she will call me back in half an hour at most."
Half an hour seemed like a short time, but Guan Xia shook her head and said, "We can't wait any longer. If our guess is correct, Wu Yang might have already run out of the province. We need to find out which direction he's going as soon as possible."
Guan Xia simply opened several surveillance videos from adjacent sections of the road and turned them up to high speed, hoping to quickly determine the whereabouts of the vehicle suspected to be carrying the real Wu Yang.
Half an hour was only enough for Guan Xia and the others to find out that the car left Wu Yang's office building and went through Yunlin Road and Yongqing Road to the Jinyuan Elevated Road. Then Xu Nian's cell phone rang in the temporary office.
Everyone paused their actions and looked up in unison, watching Xu Nian answer the phone, mumbling and humming for a few seconds before hanging up and looking at Guan Xia. "After inspection by the technical team, the surveillance footage from around 4:10 AM was indeed tampered with."
Pang Le waved his fist and said, "It seems our speculation is correct. This bastard really ran away around 4:00 in the morning."
Xu Nian said, "I sent the license plate number of the car that Wu Yang's assistant, Lin Jinnan, was riding in to Captain Zhang. She has organized a large number of people and will be able to find out the whereabouts of that car very quickly."
Guan Xia nodded after listening. At four o'clock in the morning, no one, including Guan Xia, knew that Wu Yang had escaped. So according to normal logic, Lin Jinnan and the others would not focus on confusing the public, but would race against time to send Wu Yang away as soon as possible.
Sure enough, the car that Guan Xia discovered through the surveillance video never stopped and its direction never changed, it was always heading southeast.
More than half an hour passed and Guan Xia and the others had no new discoveries, but Captain Zhang called first.
Xu Nian sensed something and immediately switched on the hands-free modem. Guan Xia then heard Captain Zhang's resounding voice on the phone: "Captain Xu, we've confirmed that the car's last stop was Longbei Mountain. We're planning to go there now. Do you want to come with us?"
Guan Xia and the others of course wanted to go together, and immediately responded to Captain Zhang, "Okay, let's go downstairs now."
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