Chapter 556 - Fig Leaf (1/2)

Salimu was brimming with excitement.

The joy in his tone was unconcealed.

After working round the clock, the Intelligence Team finally managed to dig out that website. Salimu then cracked and snuck into the website’s system where he obtained the name list which they called it as ‘the grey list’.

“Good!” Bai Muchuan’s voice sounded excited. “Quickly go through the name list to see who these people are.”

“Yes, Sir!”

“We have no time to lose. Do make sure everyone works efficiently…”

“The Intelligence Team is working on the list now. But we have a problem…” said Salimu, “This is not a fixed list as names are being added to the list every now and then. When I entered their system now, the count in the name list is 10 people more than the data I’ve gotten earlier… I’m wondering if we should go ahead and cripple the system?”

“Don’t!”

Bai Muchuan stopped him immediately.

With this system around, at least they could monitor their activities.

Once the system was down, they would be alerted and not to forget they could still contact those people offline. They could also make use of social networking platforms to add more people into their list which meant another round of search had to take place again to find their traces and footprints.

When the police couldn’t monitor their movements effectively, it would be even more troublesome.

Bai Muchuan told Salimu, “From now on, you need not do any other work. Just keep an eye on their system and report to the team the new data from time to time…”

“Roger!”

“Get everyone to get cracking!”

…

The car then zoomed to the distance.

When they arrived at the hospital, Qi Canghai was already waiting there.

Bai Muchuan talked to him about the situation at the time of the crime and asked him and another two police officers to stay at the hospital. He rushed back to Criminal Investigation Unit and joined Quan Shaoteng. He assigned some work for Serious Crime Division One then rushed to the special police of Jin City to get some manpower in case there was an emergency.

Quan Shaoteng couldn’t understand his actions. “The Intelligence Team is currently going through the name list and we’re not the Cyber Police, not the neighborhood police nor are we from the grassroots community, what can we do?”

Bai Muchuan looked at him calmly. “A cornered beast will do something desperate! We need to be prepared for that!”

There was no doubt that Quan Shaoteng was very adept in leading the team to carry out anti-terrorism tasks. However, his many years in being in the military made him accustomed to follow orders. Moreover, all of those missions were a test of power and endurance, which were very different compared to criminal investigation. Hence, he would not think as much as Bai Muchuan and could even be quite naive.

“A cornered beast will do something desperate!”

He gave it a thought and was suddenly enlightened.

“Are you saying that they might attack the police to snatch back their goods?”

“…” Bai Muchuan looked at him.

Then he patted him on the shoulder without saying anything.

“God is indeed fair to people!”

“What do you mean?” Quan Shaoteng was bewildered. “Make it clearer, I’m not interested to guess what you’re thinking.”

“You’ve been bearing the burden of good looks,” explained Bai Muchuan, “so… it’s inevitable that you lacked intelligence.”

“D*rn! Jealousy has made you distorted beyond recognition!”

…

Although there was progress on the case, Xiang Wan stayed behind at the hospital.

She had requested this herself.

This was because her youngest aunt, mom, eldest aunt, eldest uncle-in-law and Fang Yuanyuan were also coming to the hospital. Secondly, she knew that Bai Muchuan would be very busy that night and had no time for her. She wanted to make use of this opportunity to keep her mom company, as well as find out from the homewrecker about the ‘zombie’ drug. She would be working with Qi Canghai on this aspect.

The girl who was sent to the hospital had not come round.

Xing Yuanhang’s wounds at the neck had been treated, as well as a jab to prevent infections. His wounds were not that serious.

As his presence was required to assist in the investigations, he did not leave the hospital. Instead, he was ‘caught’ by the Tan sisters and eldest uncle-in-law outside the ward of the homewrecker.