Chapter 75

Liu Zhiguo felt a buzz in his brain.

He raised his hand and picked up the phone.

He ordered the police to connect directly with the Donghai City Orphanage.

Then, Director Liu Zhiguo spoke personally.

The orphanage reported.

This morning, an orphan named Little Jiujiu was indeed taken away by her older sister and brother-in-law.

The transfer procedures were completed; from now on, Little Jiujiu will be raised by her older sister and brother-in-law.

The orphanage staff said that Little Jiujiu's brother-in-law claimed to be Li Feng.

At the municipal bureau.

Everyone heard the orphanage staff's words coming through the director's phone.

Instantly.

A chill ran down their spines.

Yesterday, wasn't Ning Chen still in the north?

In just one day and one night.

He had actually, actually returned to Donghai?

He...

"At present, it seems Ning Chen is indeed planning something."

"He used the same method as last night to completely win the trust of that woman named Hearing He He."

"He made that woman fall in love with him, leaving her with no defenses against him whatsoever."

"But what exactly is his purpose?"

Director Liu Zhiguo looked at everyone.

"Could it be that he simply learned of this matter and therefore just wanted to meet the child that Si Shiya once saved at the cost of her own life?"

"After all, in the vast sea of people, this could be considered a kind of fate... Saying it that way, it seems plausible?"

Someone guessed as much.

Director Liu Zhiguo said, "If it is only that, then it would be good, and we would not need to worry too much."

"But..." the director slowly shook his head, "the photograph in his hands, and his stubborn insistence on that photograph—do you think he would really be so simple? Merely to meet that child once?"

"Is it really just that and nothing more?"

"Because his deceased beloved once saved that child's life, so he just wants to see that child? With no other plans whatsoever?"

"Just that and nothing more?"

Director Liu Zhiguo kept asking questions.

In truth, it was because he himself had no clear idea either.

He truly hoped it really was just that and nothing more.

"Zhao Mengmeng, you were the first to notice this matter; what do you think?"

Zhao Mengmeng was still immersed in jealousy.

Hearing the director speak like that, she spoke plainly.

"If there is another purpose, then we can simply reason backwards from now."

"How do we reason backwards?"

"Suppose Ning Chen's purpose is to find the killer who killed Si Shiya."

"Then, at this moment, what connection does that purpose have with him going to meet that child?"

After Zhao Mengmeng finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

Because of the asymmetry of information.

For a moment, everyone lost their train of thought.

Suddenly, Zhao Mengmeng snapped out of it.

"His purpose... could it be that he wants to find that child's father?!"

Upon hearing these words, everyone was stunned.

Director Liu Zhiguo thought for a moment, "It was indeed mentioned before that the child's father, who was also the adoptive father of that woman named Hearing He He back then, was a gambler who was also addicted to drugs; due to disputes over interests, he offended a criminal group and fled, thus implicating his wife."

"The ones who killed Si Shiya and the ones who killed that woman are the same group."

"This is indeed a train of thought."

"But... how can Ning Chen be sure he can find that person through a child?"

Suddenly, Director Liu Zhiguo opened his mouth, "But... if it really is like this, what method would he use?"

"If it really is like this... would he not hesitate to commit a crime to achieve his purpose?"

In everyone's hearts, a chill ran through them!

Director Liu Zhiguo suddenly turned around.

"Quick! He is currently in Donghai City, at this hotel... have the Technical Division analyze the scene outside the hotel window just now and provide a precise location!"

"Everyone else! Prepare to move out!"

"No matter what he plans to do! We must find him before he acts!"

"We must stop him before he commits any criminal act! Otherwise! Once he commits a crime! His entire life will be completely ruined!"

Suddenly, a voice spoke up, "It seems he is preparing to go out?"

Everyone looked at the live broadcast screen.

On the screen, Ning Chen stood up and positioned himself at the window's long-distance viewing spot.

Using the Thousand-Mile Eye, he watched something outside the window.

Then, he turned around and left the hotel.

Immediately after, the live broadcast screen went black.

【The streamer has gone offline】

Not long after.

Several police cars rushed out of the Municipal Bureau.

……

The hotel parking lot.

Ning Chen got into the rented Jeep Cherokee.

Then, he did not start the car.

Instead, he put on a black face mask and sunglasses.

Then, he sat quietly.

His gaze turned toward the street across the road.

Across the street was the residential compound where He He lived.

At this moment, at the entrance of the compound.

The same Little Jiujiu girl from before.

Just happened to come out of the compound entrance.

She looked around left and right.

Then, she crossed the street.

Ning Chen's car started.

It followed slowly.

Thus, they went for about ten minutes.

The girl entered a KFC.

Although the distance was far, through the glass door, Ning Chen saw.

She sat at a table.

Across the table, a man wearing a baseball cap raised his hand, lifted her onto his lap, and stuffed a hamburger into Little Jiujiu's hand.

It appeared that Little Jiujiu and that man were very intimate.

Ning Chen parked his car at a distance of one hundred meters from the KFC.

He rolled down the car window a crack.

Waiting.