Chapter 547: The Unseen Rules Everywhere

It shouldn't be like this.

Yu Dazhang couldn't help but freeze.

These three habitual offenders shouldn't have such a侥幸 mentality.

Even if they didn't escape, they would know it's hard to hide after escaping.

What made them resolutely choose to escape?

And looking at their expressions, they were even excited.

What was there to be excited about?

Most importantly, prison life had long become routine for these three habitual offenders.

So from every perspective, they had no reason to escape.

Unless…

Something extraordinarily tempting awaited them outside.

A woman?

No.

Even if it were a woman, she couldn't have lured all three out.

One versus three—it's obviously impossible.

Yu Dazhang ran through the files of these three individuals in his mind again.

Keep looking for commonalities…

Besides being habitual offenders, their family backgrounds were also very similar.

All of them dropped out of school early; none had even completed junior high.

The reason was lack of family education.

With no supervision and poor family conditions, it was natural for them to drift into the ranks of street thugs.

From the crimes they committed afterward, most were tied to money.

Robbery, theft, working as hired muscle—even fights and brawls were mostly over money.

Thus, they had another common trait: an extreme craving for money.

For money, they were willing to take desperate risks and break the law.

And this time, their decision to escape was very likely also due to money.

At this point in his deduction, Yu Dazhang paused.

He could think of all this, and the Criminal Investigation Task Force could too—but they found no leads afterward.

This means following this line won't yield substantive progress in the case.

Looks like I need a new approach… Yu Dazhang stared at the surveillance screen, thought for a moment, then stood up:

"Go to the duty room."

Since the surveillance footage revealed nothing, he'd go to the crime scene—maybe he'd find a breakthrough.

The four quickly arrived at the duty room adjacent to the cell block.

Yu Dazhang stood inside and scanned the room, finding nothing unusual.

A Yimingguan Sect officer was still inside; seeing them arrive, he automatically stepped to the wall and stood at attention.

"Can the suspects here borrow your phones to contact the outside world?"

As Yu Dazhang asked, his eyes fixed on the officer, his tone cold.

"Of course not."

The officer denied:

"Even contact with family requires prior application; we could never lend our phones to suspects."

Though he said this, his expression betrayed nervousness, lacking conviction.

Damned—it's a widespread phenomenon… This was exactly what Yu Dazhang least wanted to see.

It meant there were unwritten rules inside the detention center.

Precisely because these unwritten rules existed, the three escapees found a loophole.

But when it came to contraband, the detention center still performed its duty well.

Earlier, the surveillance footage clearly showed the three suspects had no weapons.

If the detention center were truly rotten to the core, they could have easily obtained sharp tools.

Normally, Yu Dazhang would follow existing leads slowly, meticulously.

But now he couldn't—Director Liu had given him only 24 hours.

"Take us to the cells of those three." Yu Dazhang told the officer.

The officer thought he'd keep asking questions; he didn't expect him to move straight to the next step.

Though surprised, for the officer it was also a relief.

"Alright." He grabbed his keys and led the way.