It was already past five when they left the hotel, Zeng Li was glowing with a faint smile constantly on her face.

They got into the car and headed for the reserved restaurant.

When they arrived, Zeng Li received a call from Wu Qiangwei; she had something come up at the last minute and couldn't make it.

Song Guanchao was a bit disappointed, but Zeng Li was very happy.

With Wu Qiangwei not coming, she could continue to enjoy her alone time with Song Guanchao.

After dinner, Song Guanchao asked, "Where is Secretary staying tonight?"

"I don't know, she didn't tell me."

"Let me ask." Song Guanchao dialed her number, and it took a while before it was connected.

"What's up?"

"Secretary, we've had dinner, where are you? I'll bring you the keys."

Wu Qiangwei was silent for a moment, seemingly hesitating whether to let him come over.

"I'll send you the address later."

After the call ended, Wu Qiangwei sent the address, which was a French restaurant.

They arrived at the restaurant, and Song Guanchao handed the keys to Zeng Li: "You go give the keys to Secretary."

In no time, Zeng Li came down.

She mysteriously said, "Guess who Sister Weiwei is having dinner with?"

"Secretary Gao?"

"How could it be?"

"Secretary Gao wouldn't come to a place like this."

"Then who?"

"I don't know."

"…" Song Guanchao was left speechless, what kind of answer was that.

Zeng Li said, "He's quite handsome, with a great presence, probably Sister Weiwei's blind date."

Song Guanchao immediately became alert.

She's on a blind date again?

He looked up at the glass wall on the second floor of the restaurant.

"Let's go back." Zeng Li said, "I booked a suite with a bathtub; we can take a bath together later. I haven't tried it in a bathtub yet."

As she spoke, her face turned red.

There were still many things she hadn't tried with Song Guanchao. Every time she fantasized about them, she would blush, but couldn't help daydreaming.

Song Guanchao suddenly lost interest but didn't show it.

The next day was a rare weekend when Song Guanchao could sleep in.

After spending the morning with Zeng Li at the hotel, Song Guanchao was preoccupied with the undercover operative, and Zeng Li noticed it, so she didn't cling to him further.

Leaving the hotel, Song Guanchao first called Lu Feng, asking them to temporarily stop monitoring the few deputy directors.

Then he called Liang Jianfeng.

The city bureau was busy with work, and Liang Jianfeng almost never took a day off.

Weekends didn't exist for him, truly out of place.

In the office with Liang Jianfeng, Song Guanchao directly relayed Zeng Li's analysis.

Liang Jianfeng's face turned grave as he pondered and recalled, "Besides Chen Peng that day, the other deputy directors were all at the municipal bureau."

Four deputy directors?

In other words, only Chen Peng was excluded.

Song Guanchao asked, "Are there installations of surveillance in their offices?"

"Yes, but nothing was found."

Liang Jianfeng shook his head and suddenly said, "There's a way to draw out this undercover."

"What method?"

"Crackdown on gangs!"

Liang Jianfeng said, "But the prerequisite is, you need to redevelop an informant in Lei Group. I'll disclose different dates of the crackdown plan to the deputy directors separately and see which date Lei Group receives. That'll basically pinpoint who the undercover is."

Song Guanchao's eyes lit up.

This strategy, brilliant!

The Lei Group used this very tactic to find a traitor back then.

But the issue is, that traitor has already fled.

So it's unknown whether Tan Xiang still has other informants inside Lei Group.

"I'll ask."

He decided to ask Tan Xiang later.

"Mr. Liang, do you have any suspects in mind?"

The intuition of such an experienced officer is quite terrifying; he wanted to know Liang Jianfeng's suspect.

Liang Jianfeng shook his head: "I've only had short interactions with them, sometimes not even seeing them a few times a week."

Song Guanchao sighed. Had Liang Jianfeng had a suspect, Song could focus his investigation on that person, possibly achieving surprising results.

Back in the car, he called Tan Xiang.

"Chairman Tan, is there still an informant in Lei Group?"

"No."

"Can one be developed?"

"It takes time."

"How long?"

"Can't say for sure," Tan Xiang said, "Not everyone would betray for money, and those close to senior management aren't short on money."

"Plus, there was just a traitor, and Lei Group is scrutinizing everyone strictly. Even trusted aides probably won't be involved in major dealings now."

Disappointed, Song Guanchao hung up the call.

The enemy is out in the open while we are in the shadows; capturing the undercover is as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

If this undercover decides to stay hidden, then indeed there's no way to catch them.

For now, we can only wait.

And wait patiently.

To see if this undercover will truly, as Zeng Li speculated, push a deputy director forward as a scapegoat.

He stood by the car door, silently smoking.

Suddenly, a car came by and stopped.

The car door opened, and Wen Ru stepped out.

"District Chief Song." Wen Ru nodded at him with a smile.

"Political Commissioner Wen." Song Guanchao squeezed out a smile, and while admiring her back, a few scenes suddenly flashed through his mind.

He suddenly remembered, the day he saw Liang Jianfeng, he had run into Wen Ru several times.

As for the other deputy directors, he hadn't even seen what they looked like.

Although there were four deputy directors in the office that day, the municipal bureau was so big, each director's office was independent, and some directors weren't even on the same floor.

Was it her?

Suddenly, this question popped into Song Guanchao's mind.

"Political Commissioner Wen."

"What?"

Wen Ru paused, turned around to look at him.

Song Guanchao threw down the cigarette butt, walked over to her, and finally stopped half a meter away, staring straight into her eyes, and suddenly said, "You're following me."

Wen Ru's heart fluttered slightly, immediately realizing he was testing her!

She instinctively wanted to avoid his gaze, but years in the police force allowed her to control her emotional fluctuations well.

She timely showed a slight confusion: "What?"

This reaction… quite normal.

Song Guanchao smiled slightly: "A few days ago, someone was driving behind me the whole time, and from the rearview mirror, that person looked a lot like Political Commissioner Wen."

Wen Ru squinted her eyes, her gaze turning colder: "I'm not interested in men younger than me."

With that, she turned and left.

Song Guanchao rubbed his chin, muttering, "Overthinking?"

Her reaction was very normal, and his question was so sudden, even if she were mentally prepared, her instinctive reaction would have shown some flaws.

However, the only person who had seen him at the municipal bureau that day was Wen Ru.

After she left, Song Guanchao smoked two more cigarettes on the spot. When he caught sight of some movement in Wen Ru's office upstairs, he quickly looked around and then came over to Wen Ru's car.

Then, he crouched down and reached under the car chassis, seemingly installing something.

After doing that, he quickly stood up and swiftly drove away.

And all of his actions were seen by Wen Ru.

"He still suspects me."

Wen Ru's eyes flickered slightly, turning cold.

She thought the earlier probing would have been enough to dispel his inner doubts.

Never thought this guy's suspicion was so strong.

"I must find a way to eliminate him!"

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