Ding.
The call ended. Cheng Ye stood there in a daze for a long while before he could process the flood of information.
A military armored vehicle?
Why would something like that be left behind after Cheng Long's unexpected death?
No.
The tangled clues raced through Cheng Ye's mind, and he gradually realized something.
Cheng Long's death probably wasn't just an ordinary "accident," as Liu Bi had claimed.
Otherwise, there would have been no need to wait until after his first field assignment to tell him part of the truth.
Field assignment.
Being sent on a field assignment meant he had already established himself at the Checkpoint.
But Ding Yishan had wanted to send him to the Quick Checkpoint to die before he'd even gone on one. Now, however, he'd suddenly changed his mind and told Liu Bi to come back and protect him.
Recalling Liu Bi's reaction at the time, Cheng Ye began to suspect something.
Cheng Long's death might have had something to do with the Checkpoint, but Ding Yishan definitely hadn't been pulling strings behind the scenes.
Otherwise, with Liu Bi's hot temper, he wouldn't have continued following Ding Yishan's orders. He would've raised hell long ago.
"Brother B wants me to secure my position as an inspector, but Ding Yishan insists on doing the opposite."
"Back then, Brother B told me to ask him for help so I could stay, instead of simply disobeying orders and staying anyway. That means... Brother B probably knows why Ding Yishan sent me there. It definitely wasn't just because my position was shaky, or because Dongren's younger generation was too weak and needed someone new."
"Damn, how did I not realize that at the time?"
"Could Brother B and I have misunderstood each other? Did he think I already knew