Zhou Diao was not good at thinking through overly complicated problems, but his intuition had always been sharp. If even he felt something was off, then there really had to be a problem.
Su Yuqing closed the office door and hesitated. "I'm not sure... but for now, it really does seem like an order from above."
Zhou Diao's eyes widened. "What does the higher-ups want? Set up a target like Sister Ye before? This fire is burning way too fiercely!"
"That's possible..." Su Yuqing frowned, his tone uncertain. "Or perhaps something is happening soon, and they want to divert attention."
Zhou Diao asked impatiently, "Can't you look into what's happening soon? With all your clones, isn't even one of them in the know?"
Su Yuqing frowned at him. "No matter how many clones I have, their positions aren't high enough."
Zhou Diao immediately deflated.
Su Yuqing's rank looked high, but he was not actually a core figure in the surveillance system. Ye Zheng was closer to the core than he was.
The proof was that, though both were Surveillance Team captains, Ye Zheng was responsible for the most important economic metropolis, while Su Yuqing was only in charge of a second-tier city.
"Tomorrow, I'll ask Director Mei about it." Su Yuqing sighed. "But I doubt she'll talk easily. After all, she and I aren't close."
"You mean Mei Junyu?" Zhou Diao was intimidated by her and said nervously, "Maybe don't! She's incredibly shrewd. What if she figures out from your words and actions that Sister Ye is still alive? Wouldn't that cause huge trouble?! With Mei Junyu's iron-fisted style, she'd definitely throw Sister Ye into the Gas Chamber!"
Su Yuqing shared that concern. He no longer corrected Zhou Diao about the Gas Chamber actually being the Observation Room and said