The tense atmosphere was broken first by Gao Fei.
"Since Group Leader Ge wants to protect me, then send someone to follow me!"
Ge Qing watched him, then shouted without turning his head, "Team Two, that unapprehended gunman hasn't been caught, so keep following Mr. Gao. Do you hear me?"
"Yes!"
"Please, Mr. Gao!"
A moment later, a group of people arrived at the special investigation team's building.
Ge Qing, with his hands behind his back, gestured for Team Two behind him to stop, then walked out of the building alongside Gao Fei.
Looking at the myriad of lights outside, he stood in front of the building, lit a cigarette, and said, "Xiao Gao, don't you have anything to say to me?"
Gao Fei didn't reply immediately. Instead, he took the cigarette case from Ge Qing, took out a cigarette, and lit it, taking a deep drag.
"We're even!"
He exhaled a faint plume of smoke.
Ge Qing, standing to the side, smoked his cigarette silently without replying.
The so-called "even" referred to his previous help in Gao Fei's investigation of the entrepreneurship competition and the downfall of Kong Liwei, who had been causing trouble.
Now that Yu Min was arrested, Old Mo surrendered, and Xiang Nan and others had all confessed, all the charges against the Yu family criminal group were confirmed.
Therefore, they were even!
Ge Qing took a deep drag of his cigarette, gazed at the lights ahead, and frankly said, "Yu Min fled, the gunman signaled, and the pawns confessed.
This whole process has indeed accelerated the confirmation of the Yu family criminal group's numerous crimes.
But have you considered that by interfering, although you're helping the police solve the case quickly, you're also indirectly committing a crime?
After all, you instructed Yu Min to escape!"
"Director Ge, I've been at the special investigation team all day, how could I have instructed Yu Min to escape?"
How could Gao Fei fall into a linguistic trap? He exhaled smoke and chuckled, "As long as you have evidence to prove I instructed Yu Min to escape, I will surrender immediately."
Ge Qing looked quite helpless.
He indeed had no direct evidence to prove that Gao Fei had instructed Yu Min to abscond.
In the end, he could only sigh and instruct, "Yu Min has been apprehended. You should focus on making movies and doing business from now on, and don't get entangled in unnecessary disputes."
"I promise!"
Gao Fei casually agreed and walked out of the building.
He hadn't taken two steps when he suddenly turned back, glanced at the action team behind him, and said, "Group Leader Ge, I have another big gift for you. This gift is to celebrate your promotion in advance."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll know soon!"
With that, Gao Fei started walking down the steps.
Ge Qing wanted to reach out and stop the action team from following, but after a two-second hesitation, for safety reasons, he let them follow Gao Fei.
Although Gao Fei hadn't explicitly stated what the "big gift" was, Ge Qing understood that Gao Fei's gift was definitely related to that unknown gunman.
By the time he returned to the special investigation team alone, a member of the team hurried over.
"Group Leader, the investigation team just sent word that Guo Yue has been at the headquarters of Beehive Station all day and hasn't left.
Guo Yue made five phone calls and sent seven text messages today. After verification by the communications company, these contacts have no relation to Yu Min or his associates.
Should we continue the surveillance and investigation?"
"Tell Old Wu and the others to come back. Since Yu Min has been arrested, there's no point in following them anymore!"
As soon as Ge Qing finished speaking, a colleague from the information department rushed over with a laptop.
"Group Leader, we just received an email containing six photos and an address."
"Photos?"
The member of the information department opened the email on the laptop.
After buffering, it started with an address in the suburbs of the capital, followed by six photos that gradually appeared.
The images were taken during surveillance. The first two shots were of a black sedan, with two people vaguely visible inside.
The third image was clearer. The black sedan had stopped, and the camera was aimed at the driver's and passenger's seats, making the two people inside roughly discernible.
Upon seeing the man in the passenger seat, Ge Qing leaned forward, carefully examining the photo.
The passenger was Old Mo!
Since he was traveling with Old Mo, the man in the driver's seat must be the unknown gunman hiding in the shadows, still at large!
Ge Qing quickly moved the mouse to the next three photos.
One of them was of the unknown gunman before Old Mo surrendered.
The subsequent two shots captured the unknown gunman's full face.
The man appeared to be twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, with a round face, curly hair, darkish skin, and a green scorpion tattoo from his neck to his face.
After looking at the photos, Ge Qing immediately printed the full-face picture and asked his colleague to verify the identity.
At the same time, he asked the information department colleague, "Where is the IP address of the sender's account?"
"After our tracking, the account's IP address is overseas, and we cannot determine which country it is from at the moment."
Ge Qing knew that only Gao Fei could have this kind of capability.
As they spoke, a colleague from the interrogation team approached, holding the printed photograph.
"Group Leader, after comparing it with our database, there is no identity information for this man. He's likely an illegal immigrant without proper documentation.
However, Old Mo and Xiang Nan's confirmations have verified that this man is indeed the unknown gunman."
With the identity confirmed, Ge Qing wasted no more time and ordered the investigation team to proceed to the address provided in the email.
At 11:40 PM.
The reconnaissance work was completed, and the investigation team confirmed the authenticity of the address in the email.
The unapprehended gunman was hiding in a village in the southern suburbs of the capital.
Upon receiving the news from the investigation team, Ge Qing didn't delay and immediately applied to his superiors for an arrest warrant.
At 12:30 AM.
With the cooperation of special police, criminal police, and the special investigation team, the unknown gunman, who was from Myanmar on the southwest border, was apprehended.
During the arrest, the gunman exhibited his bandit-like nature, engaging in a fierce gun battle for six minutes.
Only when the gunman ran out of ammunition did he completely cease resistance and surrender.
With the apprehension of the last member of the Yu family criminal group, the criminal group led by Yu Min was completely eradicated.
That night, the special investigation team began intensive interrogations.
Previously, Xiang Nan and the others had all shifted the blame to Yu Min because Yu Min was about to escape.
Now that Yu Min was apprehended, he began to confess his crimes truthfully.
The previous statements, testimonies, and other records from Xiang Nan's group were re-examined.
At 1:40 AM.
Zheng Changlian, the leader of this special operation, was attending a meeting out of town. Upon learning of Yu Min's arrest and his exposure of his connections, he immediately drove back to the capital overnight.
Upon arriving at the special investigation team's office, he directly summoned Ge Qing and others to inquire about the latest work progress.
After listening to the report, he only said one sentence: "Break the net, eliminate all connections that provided cover for criminal forces."
The people in the conference room dispersed, leaving only Ge Qing behind.
Zheng Changlian drank his hot tea and looked at his apprentice, who seemed to want to speak but hesitated, and said with a smile, "Are you thinking about how to deal with Gao Fei in Yu Min's case?"