Continuing his observation, he noticed another clue.

The man walking in the middle of the group had a green lizard tattoo on his wrist; although this discovery wasn't useful at the current stage, at least it marked a distinct feature of one of the culprits. If that person could be found, this would serve as the best evidence to prove his involvement in the crime.

Next, Lin Yifan continued to retrieve video recordings from cameras at various locations in the factory, hoping to catch sight of the gang of perpetrators.

After meticulously filtering through the footage, he failed to spot the criminals—it was as if they had appeared and vanished into thin air.

"Could they possibly know Qinggong? Impossible. A cultivator capable of flight must be powerful, and An Gang, that ordinary old man, couldn't afford to hire such a person for the job; therefore, I must have overlooked some details."

After muttering to himself, Lin Yifan went back to review the surveillance footage from all the cameras. Finally, he spotted a suspicious vehicle on a camera not far from Warehouse No. 1.

It was a large cargo truck parked not far from the warehouse; soon after the gang of perpetrators left the warehouse, the truck drove away. Timewise, it matched perfectly; it was very likely that the criminals had boarded this truck and left the factory without anyone noticing.

However, while watching the video, he didn't notice any suspicious individuals getting into the cargo truck—because the camera only captured the front of the truck, not the cargo hold or the rear.

Afterward, Lin Yifan retrieved surveillance videos from various sections of the factory, trying to find the license plate information and the driver's appearance of the cargo truck.

As a result, he found the license plate information and the face of the driver in the surveillance footage recorded by the factory gate camera.

Thereupon, he summoned the factory manager to see if the driver's identity could be recognized.

However, the factory manager, a senior executive, was mostly unaware of the lower-level staff; thus, they could only call over the transportation department manager for identification.

After being summoned, the head of the Inventory Control Department immediately recognized the man sitting in the driver's seat of the cargo truck from the surveillance video, but he claimed he didn't know the man; moreover, the license plate was unfamiliar, and their factory did not have a cargo truck with that license plate.

"If he's not a factory employee and the license plate doesn't match, how did you let him in?" Lin Yifan asked angrily.

For vehicles entering the factory, especially large cargo trucks, the gatekeepers are generally very strict; so how could an external vehicle have entered the factory?

The factory manager and the head of the Inventory Control Department were too frightened to utter a word; they knew of Lin Yifan's reputation more or less. To them, someone who dared to confront the former factory manager, An Huaixing, would naturally not consider them important.

After a while, once Lin Yifan's anger had subsided, the factory manager dared to speak, "Mr. Lin, external vehicles must go through procedures and get a permit before they can enter the factory. Moreover, the cargo trucks inside the factory must also submit a release form for the gatekeepers to inspect before leaving. So, I think either the gatekeeper at the entrance was negligent or bribed, or there was an inside job in the factory, allowing the cargo truck to move in and out."

After hearing the factory manager's explanation, Lin Yifan found it very reasonable; so he immediately went to the gate to search for the paperwork handled by last night's suspicious cargo truck during entry and exit.

With the cooperation of the gatekeeper, they soon found the paperwork for the cargo truck from last night; this proved that the gatekeeper hadn't been bought off or negligent.

Looking at the remarks on the form, Lin Yifan was super speechless; those guys from last night really were unscrupulous, actually using the marriage dissolution agreement that An Qi had signed and stamped for Zhao Ritian as a document again; but this time, it was not a notice, but a permit proof.

The gatekeeper said that at the time, seeing the permit slip signed and stamped by the general manager, he didn't think twice and let the cargo truck in. The driver took the permit slip inside, claiming it was for picking up goods from the factory manager.

"Picking up goods? Are you stupid? We decide how much merchandise goes out; the driver just transports it." Lin Yifan was livid.

However, one couldn't completely blame the gatekeeper, after all, he wasn't highly educated, and the signature and stamp on the permit slip were authentic; so he believed it was real.

"Who signed this release form? Do you know?" Lin Yifan asked the others present.

All cargo trucks leaving the factory had to submit a release form before they could be released—this was a factory rule; one reason why the perpetrators didn't take away the signed and stamped slip from An Qi for further use after the crime.

The Inventory Control Department manager leaned over to check the form and immediately recognized the signature; although it was scribbled, he saw it often and recognized it at a glance.

He then replied, "I know who signed it!"

"Who is it?" Lin Yifan asked curiously.

"It's signed by one of my subordinates; his name is Yan Xiaotong," the Inventory Control Department manager answered.

"Get his personal information!" Lin Yifan commanded.

This Yan Xiaotong must be An Gang's spy left in the factory. Finding this man could potentially solve the case.

"Okay! Just a moment," said the factory manager, who contacted the HR department staff, ordering them to quickly retrieve Yan Xiaotong's personal information and send it to his phone.

After a while, Yan Xiaotong's personal information was relayed to the factory manager's phone.

Lin Yifan reviewed it and discovered that this Yan Xiaotong, like Wang Xiaolin, was also an orphan without parents.

Then, he couldn't help but curse under his breath, "Damn it!"

Parentless, an orphan with no fixed abode, what a needle in a haystack.

Nevertheless, Lin Yifan didn't get discouraged; he collected these pieces of evidence, then made a call to report the crime, asking the police to re-investigate the case.

The physical evidence and the sneaky actions of last night's perpetrators, along with the bulging backpack, were enough to suggest something significant.

Upon receiving the report, the police arrived quickly.

By then, Lin Yifan had turned over all the collected evidence and video materials to the police for them to crack the case.

Reviewing the evidence, the police were shocked and hadn't expected such an outcome, so they immediately filed the case.

The case was likely one of framing and entrapment, and the People's Police could not wrongfully accuse any innocent person or let the guilty go unpunished.

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