Chapter 62: Don't Mind the Details

Three days later.

Yu Dazhang arrived at the station early in the morning; seeing Lu Zhongxin at the window, he immediately came down from the building.

"Master, wait a moment before going in; I have something to tell you."

Finding a quiet place outside, Yu Dazhang then spoke to Lu Zhongxin in a low voice:

"I received intelligence that today, at Xiuyuan Community, someone will kidnap a young man named Liu Wenfu."

Fearing his master wouldn't believe him, he added specifically:

"The information is absolutely accurate!"

"Where did you get the information?" Lu Zhongxin asked.

He didn't doubt his disciple's words, but he was worried the source of the information might not be compliant.

Yu Dazhang had already thought this through and answered directly:

"Provided by a special informant."

"Special informant" means a confidential source.

Everyone in the country calls them that; only in Xiangjiang do they call them confidential sources.

Such people usually have normal social professions and merely report information periodically.

The "special informant fee" obtained is priced according to the importance of the information.

Yu Dazhang said this because special informants have one characteristic: high confidentiality.

As long as he doesn't want to say it, no one can force him to reveal the informant's identity.

"You already have a special informant?" Lu Zhongxin asked in surprise.

It seems I don't even have one yet; where did he develop him from?

"Master, that isn't important," Yu Dazhang said quickly:

"Between 9:30 and 10:00 this morning, that young man Liu Wenfu will be in danger; we must act one step ahead."

Lu Zhongxin nodded.

His disciple's daily work now is receiving reports and recording case details; developing a special informant during this period is normal.

The time was controlled within half an hour, and the location and person were clear; such information should not be false.

"Then I'll go tell the station first." Saying this, Lu Zhongxin was about to walk inside.

"Wait!" Yu Dazhang stopped his master and said with a troubled expression:

"Don't tell the station too many details; I'm afraid the information will leak."

Actually, he would rather not tell the station at all, but he also knew Lu Zhongxin's character; his master would not act on his own initiative.

So he could only ask his master to reveal as little information as possible to the station.

Having waited so many days, Yu Dazhang didn't want any single mistake to occur.

"Alright, I understand." After Lu Zhongxin agreed, he walked briskly toward the building.

Fearing a change of events, Yu Dazhang immediately followed closely behind.

Upon seeing Wei Qian, Lu Zhongxin only said there was an intelligence report that needed verification and said nothing else.

Within the system, he was also an old hand.

Many things didn't require lying or concealing; just changing the wording, and the other party would naturally understand.

An unverified intelligence report; asking about it is useless.

Wei Qian agreed without even hesitating for a moment.

He knew that an old detective like Lu Zhongxin acted with the most propriety, so there was no need to worry about anything.

9:30 in the morning.

Inside a black sedan opposite the main gate of Xiuyuan Community.

"Are you saying that young man named Liu Wenfu was dragged away by people at the main gate?" Lu Zhongxin, sitting in the driver's seat, asked.

Yu Dazhang sat in the seat behind Lu Zhongxin, eyes fixed tightly on the gate opposite, and said with certainty:

"That's right; that's exactly what the special informant's report said."

"This doesn't sound much like an intelligence report." Lu Zhongxin felt something was off somewhere; after thinking for a moment, he said:

"How does it sound like a prophecy? Where is there a kidnapping method that can be known in advance?"

Actually, thinking carefully, one could analyze that there were loopholes in his disciple's words; it was too obvious; Lu Zhongxin couldn't even pretend to be foolish.

It had to be dragged away, right?

Couldn't they knock him out and drag him away?

Couldn't a group of people come up and carry him off?

Your special informant is too amazing; the intelligence report is actually that detailed.

Burning newspapers at a grave... are you fooling ghosts?

Yu Dazhang also realized he had let something slip.

In the case file from his previous life, the investigation result for this disappearance case was written exactly like this; he was just repeating it word for word.

If I had known, I would have done some artistic processing... Yu Dazhang could only grit his teeth and comfort him now:

"Don't mind these details; the special informant probably added his own speculation to the intelligence report."

How could Lu Zhongxin believe such ghost stories from him?

Is there anyone who speculates like that?

Besides, if the special informant has no brain, you're following with no brain too!

Suppressing the impulse to scold his disciple, Lu Zhongxin took out his phone and checked the time. 9:35.

It was already within the estimated time.

He also turned his gaze toward the main entrance of the residential complex:

"About how many suspects are there?"

"The intel says two." Yu Dazhang answered directly without a second thought.

Lu Zhongxin wanted to curse.

Has the intel become this accurate nowadays?

Since it's so accurate, why are we still staking out here? Shouldn't we just go arrest them?

He couldn't ask.

If he did, the answer would surely be: Don't worry about the details.

Nine fifty.

The atmosphere inside the car grew increasingly tense; both men held their breath, their eyes wide as they stared fixedly at the complex entrance.

Please... save... 6... 9... Book.... now....!

Nine fifty-five.

Lu Zhongxin opened his holster and placed his hand on the grip of his pistol.

"He's coming out!" Yu Dazhang suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in a low voice:

"The one in the light blue hoodie is Liu Wenfu."

There were several photos of Liu Wenfu in the case files of his previous life, and combined with Yu Dazhang's superhuman vision in this life, he recognized him at a glance.

Liu Wenfu, who had just emerged from the complex, stood at the main entrance looking left and right, as if waiting for someone.

The hands of the master and disciple unconsciously moved to the interior door handles of their respective cars, ready to open the doors and get out at any moment.

A while later, Liu Wenfu showed an impatient expression, then took out his phone to make a call.

"It's ten o'clock," Lu Zhongxin reminded.

Yu Dazhang said nothing, silently staring at Liu Wenfu.

He also felt something was wrong.

Could it be that the detectives investigating this case in his previous life got Liu Wenfu's exact time of disappearance wrong?

No.

Since they could narrow the time down to a half-hour window, it meant the investigators had found at least two witnesses.

Because the memory points of various witnesses would have discrepancies, they could only establish an approximate time.

Generally, investigators would expand this approximate time a bit further.

For instance, a ten-minute window between nine forty and nine fifty would be expanded to half an hour.

This effectively avoids errors in certain details.

Sometimes, pursuing accuracy in time too much is counterproductive, and it is very easy to miss the actual time of the incident.

Since the time is correct, then where exactly is the error?

Why haven't the suspects appeared?

Just as Yu Dazhang was puzzled beyond comprehension, a private car stopped in front of Liu Wenfu.

Here it comes!

He was about to get out of the car when he heard Lu Zhongxin shout in a low voice:

"Don't move yet."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang immediately released his hand from the interior door handle and looked toward that private car.

He saw the car door open, and a young woman in her early twenties stepped out from the driver's seat.

A woman?

Good thing I brought Master... Yu Dazhang secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Lu Zhongxin was observing the surrounding changes with an uncertain mindset.

So when a car approached Liu Wenfu, he would not take action immediately, but first determine whether the people in the car posed a threat to Liu Wenfu.

Yu Dazhang, however, was convinced that Liu Wenfu would be kidnapped, so the moment something happened, he subconsciously wanted to get out of the car to stop it.

This was the result of their different mindsets.

"They seem to know each other," Lu Zhongxin continued.

"Not 'seem'," Yu Dazhang said in a definite tone:

"That woman is here to pick him up."

It wasn't just his vision that was superhuman; his hearing was the same.

Inside the car, Lu Zhongxin could only hear the woman speaking to Liu Wenfu after getting out of the car, but he couldn't make out a single word of the specific content.

But Yu Dazhang could hear it all clearly.

Liu Wenfu was complaining because the woman had arrived late, while the woman had been explaining ever since she got out of the car.

Yu Dazhang glanced at the time.

Ten oh nine.

(End of this chapter)