Chapter 736: You Don

Yu Dazhang then assigned local criminal investigation team officers to guard Zhang Jiangke at the hotel, while he headed to the warehouse with Hua Team.

On the way.

Hua Team, sitting in the front passenger seat, turned back to glance at Yu Dazhang in the back, and asked:

"If we arrest Gu Ding Wen, will this case be resolved?"

He had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

But at the hotel, Yu Dazhang had been busy, and other officers from different regions had been around, so he hadn't dared to voice it.

After all, he held a significant position and still had to preserve some face.

Asking this question would imply he lacked basic judgment on the case.

But he had to admit that such a complex case had exceeded his capabilities—he was no longer keeping up with Yu Dazhang's thinking.

"Hard to say. Based on current clues, Gu Ding Wen likely has someone behind him."

Yu Dazhang's answer was ambiguous—neither affirming nor denying.

But from his tone, it was clear he still had confidence in the case.

"You mean the person funding him?" Hua Team pressed.

After returning to Songhai, Yu Dazhang's team had held several joint meetings with the other two special task forces, discussing the case and analyzing the clues.

Yet even now, Hua Team still believed Gu Ding Wen was the mastermind, and the one funding him was merely investing in his business.

Do people invest in crime?

Of course they do.

And there are plenty of them.

For example, illegal fundraising, black-market car sales, money laundering…

No need to list them all.

In short, the possibilities are endless—only what you can't imagine, nothing they won't do.

In the past, who would have thought investing in movies could be used for money laundering—even tipping streamers counts as money laundering.

Thus, Hua Team believed the person funding Gu Ding Wen didn't necessarily have to be involved in the crime; they might simply want a share of the profits.

"It's still too early to say that."

Yu Dazhang clearly didn't want to dwell on this issue:

"Before we catch Gu Ding Wen, speculating is pointless—we still lack sufficient clues."

The things Hua Team was considering, he had already speculated on before.

But without evidence to support them, he couldn't reach definitive conclusions.

The information he currently held about the other party originally came from Zhang Jiangke, and Gu Ding Wen was clearly keeping Zhang Jiangke at arm's length.

Put it this way: Yu Dazhang now understands Gu Ding Wen better than Zhang Jiangke does.

Although the latter constantly called him "Old Gu," sounding familiar, he knew nothing of Gu Ding Wen's past.

Yu Dazhang had also considered the possibility that the person behind him was merely an investor.

But after learning that all those who had falsely accused Gu Ding Wen were dead, he eliminated that possibility.

About half an hour later.

They arrived at an abandoned factory on the city's outskirts.

Yu Dazhang chose this warehouse because his inspiration came entirely from Zhang Qian, the secondhand dealer.

In Xicheng, Xie Wei and Zhang Qian had met at an abandoned factory on the outskirts.

Often, you don't need to think for yourself—borrowing others' experience is enough.

Look at Lei Jun—he kept borrowing ideas, leaving countless business tycoons speechless, yet you have to admit he succeeded.

Upon arrival, Yu Dazhang called Xu Dui first:

"What's the situation?"

"No suspicious individuals have approached this area," Xu Dui replied over the phone:

"Our officers are monitoring all surrounding intersections—no matter which road they take, they'll be seen."