Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Jia Lingyuan, Gu Zhishu, Su Yu, Zhaodi, Wang Pandi…

Qiu Ziyu had never imagined that, in the end, all these people would be connected in this way.

But he quickly realized that Jia Lingyuan might have been one of the culprits behind Gu Zhishu’s death, but he could never have been the only one. Su Yu and Zhaodi had both received requests for medical examinations before they died, which meant they also had something the other side wanted. Since Jia Lingyuan and Gu Zhishu had already been matched, the people matched with Su Yu and Zhaodi had to be someone else.

Could the Organization be some kind of human organ trafficking ring?

But that still did not make sense to him. Wisdom Biotech Company was already one of the leading companies in City A. Leaving aside the company’s enormous annual profits, as a science and technology innovation company alone, the government subsidies it could receive each year under innovation policies were already substantial.

Why would they need to risk prison for this kind of money?

Unless…

Qiu Ziyu rubbed his chin, wondering if perhaps Jia Lingyuan had no real connection to this mysterious entity, the Organization. Maybe he was only one of the clients who purchased organs through it.

Once that thought occurred to him, a terrifying possibility suddenly struck Qiu Ziyu-if Jia Lingyuan was merely one of the clients, then if his death had failed to attract the attention of the Organization, that would be one thing. But if the people in the Organization discovered that Jia Lingyuan’s death was suspicious and suspected that someone had followed the trail through him to the Organization, then the Organization would inevitably search for the real killer to ensure its own safety.

In that case…

Wang Pandi’s situation was hanging by a thread!

As Qiu Ziyu thought this through, hoping he was only overthinking things, he received a call from Nan Mu. Nan Mu said Wang Pandi had called him, and he now knew her current location. He told Qiu Ziyu to hurry over and bring her to the police station.

Qiu Ziyu did not even have time to be surprised that Wang Pandi had called Nan Mu for help. His first priority was to confirm, “So Wang Pandi… really has been targeted by the Organization?”

The feeling was unbearable, like having a carrot dangled in front of his chest-he could only keep moving in the direction someone else had set, yet could never reach the carrot.

The Organization might be extremely vast. Otherwise, how could its information network be so effective?

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Qiu Ziyu rushed as fast as he could. But when he and Fang Yue arrived at the location Nan Mu had given them, they found the room completely empty.

Fang Yue searched the place and came back. “Captain Qiu, there’s no one here. Why don’t you ask President Nan if Wang Pandi changed locations?”

Qiu Ziyu was puzzled as well. He found Nan Mu’s number in his contacts and was just about to press the call button when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

He tightened his grip on his phone and instinctively turned to look around the unusually clean motel room.

“What is it?”

Following Qiu Ziyu’s gaze, Fang Yue inexplicably took another look around the room too.

“I have a bad feeling…” Qiu Ziyu was silent for a moment. “Go ask Forensics for some Luminol solution.”

Surprise appeared on Fang Yue’s face. “Captain Qiu, you suspect this is a murder scene?”

Qiu Ziyu did not answer. “Let’s test it first and see.”

If Wang Pandi truly wanted police protection, then even if she had changed locations, she would have told Nan Mu immediately.

Qiu Ziyu understood Nan Mu. If Nan Mu had received any information, he would definitely have notified him right away. And since Nan Mu had not told him anything else, that meant Nan Mu did not know Wang Pandi was no longer here.

That was precisely why Qiu Ziyu had not called Nan Mu.

Since Nan Mu did not know, then there were only two possible explanations. First, Wang Pandi had left on her own and had not informed Nan Mu, in which case calling Nan Mu now would be useless. Second, Wang Pandi had been taken away from here, and she had not had the chance to inform Nan Mu…
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Luminol, also known as aminophthalhydrazide, is a forensic tool used to determine whether blood is present at a crime scene.

Blood contains hemoglobin, and hemoglobin contains iron. That iron catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, turning it into water and singlet oxygen. The singlet oxygen then oxidizes Luminol, causing it to emit a blue glow.

In other words, if blood has splattered at a crime scene and gotten onto any surface, no matter how it was cleaned afterward, spraying it with a Luminol solution and observing it in the dark will cause the areas that once held bloodstains to fluoresce with a blue-white glow.

Fang Yue returned quickly with people from the forensic identification department.

Qiu Ziyu drew the curtains and watched as the forensic team sprayed the Luminol solution around the room.

Soon, scattered points of blue light began to appear in the room that had looked spotless moments before.

Qiu Ziyu’s heart sank.

Wang Pandi… really had met with an accident.

The Organization had beaten them to it again. Before they could act, it had taken Wang Pandi’s… body.

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When Nan Mu learned that something had happened to Wang Pandi, his face turned grim.

Since Wang Pandi had been able to track down Jia Lingyuan and even make a move to kill him, she must have had solid evidence in her hands.

But now she was missing, and the evidence she had held had naturally vanished with her.

It wasn’t that Nan Mu had no suspects, but the police operated on evidence. Without evidence, everything was just empty talk on paper. They couldn’t openly take the investigation any further.

“What we’re facing now isn’t a lone criminal, but an organized criminal syndicate.” Qiu Ziyu thought Nan Mu was being too impulsive. “Setting everything else aside, the fact that they can receive information so quickly every time and get one step ahead of us to eliminate all leads, evidence, and witnesses… that alone proves just how vast and terrifying the Organization is. Right now, they’re in the dark while we’re out in the open. You don’t even know whether they’ve already figured out your connection to this case. What if their next target is you?”

Qiu Ziyu did not approve of Nan Mu continuing to dig deeper into the case. “And we don’t have any evidence right now. No matter how anxious you are, it won’t help. How about this? I’ll find a way to plant an undercover officer inside Wisdom Biotech Company and investigate this matter slowly. Don’t rush. Your body hasn’t even fully recovered yet…”

Nan Mu gave a bitter smile. “I am calm. This is the decision I came to after thinking it through carefully.”

Seeing that Qiu Ziyu was about to object again, Nan Mu quickly cut him off. “Hear me out first. Let me explain why I don’t think sending in an undercover officer is realistic.”

In fact, the current situation had three very clear threads.

The first was Gu Zhishu and Jia Lingyuan. According to Yu Jingtong, the person who had undergone surgery together with Gu Zhishu back then was Jia Lingyuan. Add to that Wang Pandi’s ten-year hunt for the culprit and her final decision to kill Jia Lingyuan… Although Nan Mu had never seen the chain of evidence in Wang Pandi’s possession, one thing could be believed: Gu Zhishu’s operation had to be connected to Jia Lingyuan.

The second was Gu Zhishu and Lin Zhengfeng. Lin Zhengfeng was the real killer who murdered Gu Zhishu, and Nan Mu had also found Huangfu Junsheng’s business card in Lin Zhengfeng’s home. That card was worth its weight in gold; Nan Mu did not believe Lin Zhengfeng had picked it up by chance. He was more inclined to believe it had been given to him by Huangfu Junsheng, or by someone extremely close to Huangfu Junsheng.

The third was Wen Miao and Xu Lei. Nan Mu had witnessed Xu Lei killing Wen Miao with his own eyes.

And the people these three threads pointed to-Jia Lingyuan, Huangfu Junsheng, and Xu Lei-were all people from Wisdom Biotech Company.