On the fifth day after Mu Zhouyi was arrested, many of Xie Yang's private fan groups were bombed, and all the accounts suspected of inciting private fans to do extreme things were locked down and monitored by the police. Many scalpers who had business dealings with private fans were also dug out by the police.
Afterwards, the police followed the clues and cleared out a large number of "thugs" who were paid to do things based on the scalpers' network of relationships. Based on the "thugs'" recent financial transaction details, they caught several "drug seedlings" who had the intention of taking action.
At the same time, Yangxing and Rongding launched a secret internal review of new employee information. All employees who had recently joined the company and whose information was problematic were interviewed by the Human Resources Department or directly dismissed.
On the seventh day after Mu Zhouyi was arrested, the property management department of Dingsheng Garden conducted a comprehensive inspection of all surveillance equipment in the community on the grounds of year-end rectification, checked the backgrounds of the property management department’s employees, reorganized the security team, and checked the owners and occupancy status of the community.
On the other hand, Tao Yang's father Tao Huazhang cooperated with the police to conduct a detailed and in-depth screening of Tao Yang's assets, accounts, and registered contact information.
Secretly, the people sent by Qiu Xing began to dig up Tao Yang's social circle before he went into hiding. Tao Yang's former teachers and classmates, places he had lived in China and abroad, people he had business dealings with, places he frequently visited, and even places he had traveled to were all cleared out.
In city B, another team is searching for all related buildings based on keywords such as "12", "yd", "Adam", and "Flying Bird", and is investigating them one by one...
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Almost every day, new information about Tao Yang would be found and sent to Qiu Xing's desk. A net that Tao Yang had spent who knows how long setting up was now being revealed and destroyed bit by bit, and the countless protective shells that Tao Yang had put on his body were also being shattered layer by layer.
Under Qiu Xing's "strong anti-virus" search of almost every inch of City B and the people around him, Xie Yang's life quickly became stable, and he never encountered any trouble from illegitimate fans when attending various activities.
At the end of January, Feng Qinglin brought good news. He found the account where Feng Dian secretly sent "cooperation funds" to Tao Yang.
Qiu Xing asked Feng Qinglin to report the account to the police. The police immediately contacted the bank to freeze the account and the corresponding receiving account, and began to investigate the account opening information and fund flow of the receiving account.
Xie Yang came back from a business trip and heard the news. He smiled and said, "It seems that the cooperation between Feng Dian and Tao Yang is not reliable. They don't trust each other very much. The money is transferred every Monday."
"This is Tao Yang's eighth account that we have found so far."
"The eighth? So many?"
Qiu Xing nodded, frowning, "Tao Yang is truly a cunning man who has three burrows. He uses fake investments, house sales, loans, and other methods to borrow the identities of teachers, students, partners, and even fake studios to set up multiple accounts and obtain money from various sources. The money is transferred to him in batches and on a regular basis, and he can change the account number at any time. This way, even if the police find one of his accounts and freeze it, he will not be afraid of being without money."
Xie Yang sighed: "If he wasn't a pervert, with his ability, he could definitely start a Rong Ding from scratch."
"It's a pity that he took the wrong path."
Xie Yang looked at Qiu Xing's expression, stood up and walked over, holding Qiu Xing's face and pulling the corner of his mouth: "This is not your fault, you didn't lead him astray, he was the one who wanted to go down this path, don't think too much."
His thoughts were guessed, and Qiu Xing's frown relaxed. He pulled down Jie Yang's hand and held it, then simply pulled Jie Yang into his arms and hugged him, tightening his arms.
Xie Yang relaxed his body and leaned against Qiu Xing's arms. He reached out to flip through the various investigation materials on the desk and said, "I guess Tao Yang is going to be out of money. No matter how many accounts he has, he can't stand you checking him like this."
“Not enough.”
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You've done a great job..." Xie Yang suddenly stopped talking and picked up a survey result sheet he had just found. Looking at the names of several of Tao Yang's classmates from the time he studied design, he thought of something and looked back at Qiu Xing. "It seems we missed something."
Qiu Xing immediately became serious: "Where?"
"Mu Zhouyi said that Tao Yang designed a clothing series for us. This proves that Tao Yang never stopped his design activities even when he was hiding. Designing clothes requires a variety of tools and materials, such as basic ones such as paper, pens, paints, and cloth, and large ones such as sewing tools. Paper, pens, and cloth are all consumables and need to be replenished regularly. Large items and clothes are difficult to carry, so a car is needed, preferably a larger one."
Qiu Xing reacted, took out his phone and said, "I'll contact the police right away and ask them to check all the major fabric markets in City B. The used car market should also be checked again."
Xie Yang added: "Don't forget to shop online and pay more attention to logistics."
Qiu Xing kissed Jie Yang hard in response.
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Two days later, the police investigation made progress.
After checking all major fabric markets in City B without any results, they compared the number of fabric express deliveries at various logistics outlets in each month and found that the number of fabric express deliveries at several delivery points had an abnormal increase within a certain period of time. They then retrieved the surveillance footage of each delivery point and its surrounding areas and locked in on several suspicious figures.
Xie Yang and Qiu Xing rushed to the police station specifically for this purpose.
The police showed Jie Yang and Qiu Xing the figures captured by the surveillance cameras. Jie Yang and Qiu Xing identified them carefully, then one shook his head and the other frowned.
Xie Yang said: "Neither of them is Tao Yang."
The policeman confirmed: "Neither?"
“Neither.”
The policeman frowned and checked the surveillance video, then sighed regretfully, thanked Li Yang and Qiu Xing for their cooperation, and then personally escorted them out of the police station.
On the way home, Qiu Xing looked thoughtful and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Xie Yang held Qiu Xing's anxious fingers that were tapping on his knees and comforted him, "Don't worry, the police's investigation direction should be correct, but Tao Yang is too cautious, so we need to dig deeper."
"I hope so." Qiu Xing held Jie Yang's hand in his, "I will put pressure on Tao Yang in other places."
Two days later, February arrived. By this time, basically all the places where Tao Yang could be checked by Qiu Xing had been checked by Qiu Xing, and most of the retreat routes that Tao Yang had arranged in advance had also been dug out and destroyed by Qiu Xing.
But Tao Yang was still nowhere to be seen.
Just when Qiu Xing was becoming increasingly anxious, the police brought good news.
"We verified the identities of the suspicious figures in the surveillance video one by one and found that three of them were collecting money to pick up parcels for others."
The policeman led Qiu Xing and Jie Yang into the police station, and said with a sense of relief: "Then we brought those people in for questioning, and found that they were all idle hooligans with no fixed place to live, and they found their courier jobs online. We further searched the channels through which they got their jobs, the places where the couriers were sent, the information on the courier slips... In short, we investigated all the way and finally locked in another suspicious person."
The police walked to the computer and said while checking the surveillance: "The three people delivered the packages to different places, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are all very remote village houses. They have the keys to the village houses, and they just put the packages in after receiving them. The people who hired them will take the packages away later and will not meet them. But it doesn’t matter if they have never seen it. As long as the person who took the package appeared in these places, his image must have been left in the surrounding surveillance. Look at this, is he Tao Yang?"
A surveillance video was enlarged on the screen, showing a silver van. The police paused the footage and zoomed in on the person in the driver's seat.
"I think the figure is somewhat similar, but I'm not sure. You can take a look."
Xie Yang and Qiu Xing observed carefully, and then Xie Yang spoke first: "It's not Tao Yang."
"Not again?" The policeman was confused.
Qiu Xing also looked towards Jie Yang.
The police confirmed again: "Really?"
"Really not. I'm sure he just looks like Tao Yang. But I think your investigation direction is right, officer. Once you confirm the identity of this person, you should be able to find out Tao Yang's whereabouts."
The police stared at the person on the screen, then suddenly slammed the table hard and said angrily, "I don't believe I can't find you! Come again!"
This time, just one day later, the police sent new information.
The driver was found. He was a disabled outsider from the suburbs of City B. He could not speak or read, and had an elderly mother at home. He had met Tao Yang and had been working for Tao Yang for some time. He had even been to the warehouse with a special number. However, more than half a month ago, Tao Yang fired him on the grounds that he was leaving City B.
The policeman looked like he was going crazy: "Could it be that Tao Yang had already escaped before Mu Zhouyi was arrested?"
"No, he's still in City B." Qiu Xing was the first to speak this time, and he said with certainty, "With me as the bait who needs a 'second surgery', he won't leave City B."
Xie Yang agreed with Qiu Xing's point of view: "I also think he is still there. Officer, has the gentleman who works for Tao Yang revealed any other hiding places of Tao Yang?"
"Yes, my colleagues have already gone to investigate."
Xie Yang nodded to show that he understood, then turned his head to look at Qiu Xing: "We are very close to Tao Yang. He has no money, no helpers, no connections, and is being pressed by the police. He is in a desperate situation."
Qiu Xing understood what Yang meant and said, "It's time to lay the last bait."
The police were confused: "What bait? Don't do anything impulsive."
"I'm not impulsive." Xie Yang looked at the police and smiled, "I was just planning to leak some false information."
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A week before the New Year, not long after the Rongding annual meeting ended, a rumor suddenly leaked that Qiu Xing had not completely defeated cancer after his last surgery. The tumor in his brain was not completely removed and he needed a second surgery, which was scheduled for the 29th day of the New Year.
The news was very real. Many paparazzi went to the hospital to stake out and found that Qiu Xing had actually been hospitalized again. In addition, the foreign experts who had performed surgery on Qiu Xing before also flew to City B during this period.
For a time, all walks of life were once again filled with speculation about Qiu Xing's physical health.
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