Chapter 734: Details Determine Success or Failure

You've thought it through quite well... Yu Dazhang didn't expect that in just a few days, Zhang Jiangke would have figured things out.

In fact, Zhang Jiangke could have concealed his identity from Zhou Jiacheng, which would have been a way to preserve a shred of dignity for himself in the end.

But from Zhou Jiacheng's perspective, it truly would have been unfair to him.

One lives but once; if you don't even know who your own biological father is, to put it bluntly, such a life is simply lived in vain.

Even in death, you'd be a confused ghost.

Besides, the bond between the two of them wasn't particularly deep; even if Zhou Jiacheng found out, he wouldn't necessarily be all that heartbroken.

But at least he would know he has a father, and that this father has been watching over him all these years.

That is enough.

For Zhou Jiacheng, his life would be complete.

"If you leave me a shred of dignity in the end, I will be very grateful."

Seeing that Yu Dazhang didn't reply immediately, Zhang Jiangke added:

"If you don't, I won't blame you. Just letting me see him once would be enough for me."

Yu Dazhang knew what Zhang Jiangke meant by "dignity"; it was nothing more than arranging a place outside for the father and son to meet.

Compared to the police station or the detention center, changing the location would at least prevent their meeting from being too awkward.

"I agree."

After some deliberation, Yu Dazhang made his decision:

"However, we must wait until this case is concluded. At that time, I will arrange for you two to meet."

He had no way to refuse such a request.

If Zhang Jiangke helped the police capture Ding Wen, then by all rights, this would count as a major meritorious service.

Yet the crimes he committed were such that, even with meritorious service, he could not escape the fate of execution by firing squad.

That's right; Zhang Jiangke couldn't even secure a suspended death sentence.

He certainly knew the outcome would be like this, which is why he proposed another request.

The next day.

Inside the hotel room.

"Has the other party not come online yet?" Yu Dazhang asked the technician standing nearby.

"No," the officer replied, shaking his head:

"After the call ended yesterday, the other party has remained offline. The last IP address was still in that residential compound."

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment and asked again:

"Can we trace his real IP through the proxy IP?"

He only had a superficial understanding of network technology, but he knew one could track someone down by following the trail.

"I have already tried."

The officer said helplessly:

"The other party is using a high-anonymity proxy, which can completely hide the user's real IP and any traces of proxy usage."

"They not only spent money on this, but they must have also hired someone proficient in network technology to handle the operation."

Money makes things easy... Yu Dazhang couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, criminals who are willing to spend money are even more difficult to deal with than those who only rely on their brains.

Because they use money to get others to do their bidding.

Afterwards, Yu Dazhang turned to look at Captain Hua standing nearby:

"Have the officers sent to the residential compound found anything?"

"We haven't discovered any valuable leads," Captain Hua replied:

"According to their report, the household in Building No. 3 has kept the curtains drawn at all times; they haven't been opened even during the day. Moreover, although the lights are on inside at night, no shadows of people moving about are seen."

"Since your order was not to approach Building No. 3, they dared not go over to listen for any sounds inside the house."

The lights are on inside? This was something Yu Dazhang hadn't expected.

Doing so was completely superfluous.

Just as Captain Hua said, those observing secretly from outside could determine whether anyone was inside simply by looking for shadows.

Furthermore, keeping the lights on continuously would actually make people think no one was inside.

Could it be that Ding Wen and the others forgot to turn off the lights when they left?

This is not something that can be resolved by speculation, so Yu Dazhang didn't dwell on it further.

That night.