There was always a way out. Now we had a direction again.
The Seventh Master was going to see his friend later to get medicine for Xiao Qing.
Song Xiaotian and I split up to find ways to get the surveillance footage.
Song Xiaotian would naturally use his own methods, while I planned to see Brother Liu.
At three that afternoon, Meng Yifan would have been detained for a full forty-eight hours and would be temporarily released. We also had to pick him up.
So we had no time for lunch. We had to race against the clock to get that footage.
Getting the footage would be the same as getting Meng Yifan a reprieve from death.
But if the footage had been destroyed, although that would also work in Meng Yifan's favor, the final verdict might not.
I called Brother Liu directly and arranged to meet him near his workplace.
I met Brother Liu in that same little alley.
His expression soured a little as soon as he saw me, because if I came looking for him, I must need his help with something again.
"Brother, it's not that I won't help you. Let me be straight with you: there's no saving your friend this time."
Brother Liu was blunt. "Two lives lost-that makes this a major case. Not to mention one of the victims was the boss of the Jiangling Group. They'll have to find a way to close this case. Your friend's under so much suspicion that whether he did it or not, he'll end up being the murderer."
I was just as blunt. "We already saw the victims last night. The killer wasn't Meng Yifan. It was Du Yunting."
The hand holding Brother Liu's cigarette trembled. He stared at me with wide eyes, but soon understood