The criminal investigators tracking Yang Mingshan and Su Di were a step too late after all. When they learned the two had boarded their flight half an hour earlier, they stamped their feet in frustration, then reported the situation to Criminal Investigation Corps Chief Yan Li.
Without hesitation, Yan Li passed the report on to the Provincial Party Committee.
On the plane, just as Yang Mingshan and Su Di exchanged smiles over their champagne, a gentle, pleasant voice came over the cabin speakers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, due to a suspected rat sighting in the cabin, and considering that rats pose a hygiene risk and may chew through the aircraft's lines, seriously endangering flight safety, we have decided to return to the airport..."
Yang Mingshan and Su Di were instantly dumbfounded.
Wh-what was going on?
In all their lives, they had never heard such an absurd reason for turning a plane around!
A rat sighting? So they were turning back?
Quit fucking lying. I don't believe it!
But whether they believed it or not, the plane's return was beyond their control. Half an hour later, the airliner landed at Chuanhai Airport, and all passengers were instructed to disembark.
The Provincial Public Security Department's criminal investigators and airport police had been waiting for some time. The moment they spotted their targets, they rushed forward, pinned Yang Mingshan and Su Di to the ground, and handcuffed them.
Yang Mingshan and Su Di turned ashen. In the end, the best-laid plans were no match for fate. They had been so close to breathing that uniquely sweet air across the ocean, only for fate to play a cruel joke and send them flying back to square one with a spinning kick.
Inside the Special Care Ward, Municipal Party Secretary Shen Zhendong and Mayor Su