"Can we really complete the mission by following Manager Ji? I'm not questioning his ability. I just think he's too capable, so capable that..."
"Forget that. Focus on what's in front of us. Our employer is the Cheng Family, and what the dead man's parents asked us to bring back is too vague. What do you think?"
"With so many eyes watching, the murderer didn't take the deceased's organs. Nothing was missing..."
Fortunately, the Fourth Branch's vehicle recorder had dual cameras and captured the entire process from Fang Shao getting into the car to his death.
In the presidential suite of a hotel downtown, Wei Guang gripped a wet wipe, wiping his palms as he repeatedly watched the footage.
He had already watched the replay more than a dozen times, always in slow motion. The images jerked along, the speech stopped and started, and it all sounded incredibly strange.
Over the course of half an hour, the number of people watching the replay dropped from seven to five, then finally to three.
Other than Wei Guang, Shi Man and Hu Nuannuan were the only ones who persisted in reviewing the footage over and over.
After more than a dozen viewings, the three of them had memorized every word Shi Man and Fang Shao had exchanged. Once they heard one line, they knew what came next.
Shi Man rubbed her eyes hard, staring blankly at the video as she murmured,
"I don't think there'll be any more clues. He really did die suddenly."
Neither Wei Guang nor Hu Nuannuan spoke. Both continued watching the replay intently, even though they already knew every scene that flashed past the car window.
From the relatively remote Chengxiang Port to Guiyuan Residential Area near downtown, the route reached its end again after exactly twenty