Director Zhou first received some bad news.
Despite every precaution, they had still failed to prevent Zhang Yang and Liu Hao from being murdered to silence them.
He had expected Xu Qinglan to wait until the two unlucky men had left town before looking for an opportunity to strike. He had never imagined she would choose to act on their way to the airport.
Even less had he expected that, in just a few days, Xu Qinglan could arrange for someone so utterly unafraid of death to carry out the murders flawlessly.
It was a desperate gamble forced by circumstances, but beyond pushing things to the limit, it was also a challenge to him-a mocking taunt.
Director Zhou then received some good news.
Zhang Yang and Liu Hao had left behind a backpack mystery box, whose contents might bring unexpected delight to one side and a nasty shock to the other.
In his previous life, Zhang and Liu, who had been silenced much earlier, had each left behind a mystery box as well.
The killer Xu Qinglan had sent had searched Zhang Yang's body and taken his, while Liu Hao's had been hidden somewhere secret. It was not discovered by chance and handed over to the police until about five years later, in 2012.
Why had Zhou Yi specifically instructed Yu Xiao and Meng Shen to keep a close eye on these two men's belongings? This was why!
Inside the car, Li Linsen, Yan Xiaoqing, and Zeng Yue began taking inventory of the backpack's contents, each watching the others and jointly witnessing the process.
A stack of cash, toiletries, several bags of snacks, Zhang Yang's ID card, and-a disc!
Li Linsen's expression was grim, and Yan Xiaoqing's was little better. Only Zeng Yue nearly failed to contain his urge