Although events had taken a turn that had never happened before, Zhou Yi was only a little surprised, not alarmed.
This was hardly the first unexpected development the butterfly effect had caused for him.
Strictly speaking, every major case he solved in his Crackdown on Organized Crime, taking down criminals years before they would otherwise have faced justice, was an example of the butterfly effect.
So don't panic. It's nothing serious.
"I'll send people to help with the search right away. I'll let you know as soon as we hear anything about Dou Guozhong," Zhou Yi replied calmly.
His instincts told him that Dou Guozhong's disappearance had something to do with the Shanhai Group.
Had he been kidnapped? Or had he already been killed?
Or had Dou Guozhong sensed danger and gone into hiding himself?
After speaking with Qu Hongying, he immediately ordered the Auspicious Three Treasures, Li Linsen, Yu Xiao, and Meng Shen to locate Dou Guozhong.
It was good to have enough people!
Even if he committed all six of them, he still had Deputy Commander Yan Li in reserve.
Now it all depended on what fate had in store for Dou Guozhong.
In the version of events from his previous life, Dou Guozhong hadn't died and had later testified in court as a witness. But there was no telling how things stood now!
Rong Jinxiu was ruthless enough to go after even Qu Hongying. If she wanted Dou Guozhong to disappear from this world under perfectly plausible circumstances, it would be all too easy!
Qu Hongying was deeply frustrated. Once she had identified Dou Guozhong as the suspected whistleblower, she had immediately sent Investigation Division Chief Zheng Dacheng and his people to Dou Guozhong's home to summon him for questioning.
But Dou Guozhong's wife, Cao Jia, had