"Here."

"You and I will investigate all the hotels and inns near Qiu Chengguang's house. This foreign assassin is very likely to stay overnight, so we need to focus on examining the accommodation situation of foreign nationals."

"Yes."

"Mao Ji, continue tracking the dark web lead, see if you can collaborate with the cyber police to dig up this dark web."

"Yes."

Finally, Li Xiang looked at Su Jiayi and said, "Coach Su, you and Zhou Man investigate Qiu Chengguang's wife. Although he says their relationship is very harmonious, could it be that his wife is the cause of the trouble?"

"Okay, I'll handle this."

With relatively sufficient manpower, Li Xiang could arrange everyone meticulously, investigating the potential whereabouts of the assassin from various aspects.

"That's all for today's meeting, everyone go about your tasks."

"Captain Li, Shen Chong and I will take the first shift and be responsible for protecting Qiu Chengguang."

After the meeting, Ding Lifan from the second team was the first to express that they would start their mission by heading to the target person's side.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work."

"Captain Li, there's still some time before tomorrow, we'd like to first understand the situation near Qiu Chengguang's house, and conduct a stakeout. After they rest at night, we'll rest too, ensuring we can replace the shift promptly the next day."

Hu Zhao from the third team also said that letting them go back to rest now would be too early. Instead, they might as well use this time to familiarize themselves with the environment around Qiu Chengguang's house, so they can be more acquainted when their shift comes.

"Alright, head back to rest early tonight."

The officers from the second and third teams, possessing remarkable competence, promptly went into action mode.

Everyone immediately began taking action as per task requirements.

Seeing Sun Zhidong, who seemed a bit dazed, Li Xiang said, "Come on, what are you daydreaming about?"

"Oh, oh, I'm coming."

The responding Sun Zhidong immediately caught up to Li Xiang and said, "Xiang, when did you become captain? You kept it under wraps so well. If I knew you were captain, I would have joined you earlier."

"Really? You're willing to join the criminal investigation now?"

"Listen to you, whether I'm willing or not, here I am. You should take good care of me in the future."

"Take care, of course, I'll take care of you."

Seeing the cunning expression on Sun Zhidong's face, how could Li Xiang not know what he was thinking? As long-time good brothers, how could he not look out for him?

If there's a dismemberment or decomposition case in the future, just wait and see how I'll take care of you.

"Li Xiang, what's with that expression? Why do I feel a chill down my spine?"

Seeing the smile hanging at the corner of Li Xiang's mouth, Sun Zhidong shivered as if touched by a cold breeze, feeling something bad was at play.

"You're overthinking. Let's go have a look at Longgang Community."

According to the investigation, Qiu Chengguang's home community is Longgang Community. Now they are preparing to inspect the inns within the community, especially those very close to Qiu Chengguang's home for suspicious individuals.

"Why are you taking my car instead of the police car?"

Sun Zhidong jumped up when he saw Li Xiang walking straight to his car.

"We're going for a covert investigation, how can we use the police car? What if we alert the enemy? Let's go back and change out of our uniforms first, and wear plain clothes for work henceforth."

As detectives, confidentiality is sometimes required during the course of an investigation, so most of the time, they are dressed in plain clothes, with their police badge serving as the proof of their identity.

"Plainclothes police, haha, I like it."

Sun Zhidong got in the car and took off his uniform. He always keeps a set of plain clothes in his car for off-duty errands, but this time, it came in handy.

The car quickly arrived at Longgang Community, and Li Xiang found Longxin Garden, where Qiu Chengguang resides, based on the address.

"Let's go check out the nearby inns first."

"Okay."

If an assassin has accepted a task, they will surely come to scout and lodge.

So, the inn's lead needs a thorough investigation.

Especially checking foreign individuals.

Li Xiang had never dealt with the dark web but had heard of it, especially those with foreign black backgrounds, so he had to be cautious.

Longxin Hotel, the closest hotel to Longxin Garden, was where Sun Zhidong parked his BMW at the entrance, and the two got off the car.

"Hello, welcome!"

"Hello, we're from the Public Security Bureau, here to investigate. Please show us the details of your guests over the past few days."

After Li Xiang showed his credentials, he received cooperation from the staff.

He went through the records of the lodge's stay over the past few days and found no foreign nationals registered.

Li Xiang didn't give up and filtered the out-of-town individuals who hadn't yet checked out, selecting them and making a record.

The dark web might dispatch local individuals, so Li Xiang didn't overlook checking the identity of out-of-town individuals.

The background and occupation need cautious verification, as valuable information often emerges from these details.

Expanding from near to far, Li Xiang and his team investigated several nearby hotels and inns. There aren't any tourism projects here, hence, the room occupancy is not high, and no foreign personnel were discovered, with very few out-of-town individuals meeting the investigation criteria.

In total, information on 9 individuals was collected.

Just as they were preparing to return to investigate these individuals' detailed information, Li Xiang suddenly received a call from Hu Zhao of the third team.

"Captain Li, we have a situation. I noticed a person behaving very suspiciously, lingering at Longxin Garden for a long time, taking many photos around as if scouting."

"Where are you? I'm coming over immediately."

Just nearby Longxin Garden, upon hearing this situation, Li Xiang rushed over immediately.

"Captain Li, you're here?"

Upon seeing Li Xiang's arrival, Hu Zhao got out of the car.

"Where's the person?"

"That, the person in the white short-sleeved shirt, slightly overweight, doesn't seem like a foreigner, but he is taking photos with a phone, and the direction of his photos is the residential area of Qiu Chengguang. I've been observing him for ten minutes and he doesn't seem like someone who's here to visit, more like scouting."

"Let me take a look."

Feigning as a resident, Li Xiang walked towards Longxin Garden, casually brushing past the man and glanced at him from the corner of his eye.

This simple look almost confirmed Li Xiang's suspicion that he was indeed the out-of-town guest Wang Wei he had just seen at Longxin Hotel.

He registered using his ID card, and during check-in, facial recognition was verified, allowing Li Xiang to confirm it was indeed him through the system.

Wang Wei, male, Han ethnicity, aged 43, registered in Xiangping.

Thus, when connecting the information, this person's suspicion increased immediately.

However, one detail didn't match the intelligence; he didn't seem like a foreign national.

Li Xiang immediately altered his strategy, withdrawing the third team's members to specifically monitor Wang Wei, ensuring he doesn't leave the police's sight.

At the same time, he contacted Mao Ji to investigate Wang Wei's identity background.

He didn't expect the suspect to appear in the police's sight so quickly.

But this was also an inevitable outcome.

As long as the assassin wants to act, they will scout the target beforehand.

As they focused on this phase, an encounter with the suspect was bound to happen.

This judgment was right; soon, they locked the suspect.

Mao Ji, in charge of investigating Wang Wei's identity, quickly found this person's background information through the household registration system after receiving Li Xiang's data.

This person has a criminal record, previously sentenced to three years for theft.

After being released, he has been an unemployed drifter without a formal job.

Reading Mao Ji's feedback, Li Xiang felt somewhat disappointed in the dark web -- was this their hired assassin?

How does it seem like a joke?

Or maybe they made a mistake, perhaps the dark web's assassin is still handling entry procedures while Wang Wei is just a coincidence, unintentionally entering the police's view?

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