A mysterious tacit understanding between Alex and Dong

Hearing this answer, Director Lu finally smiles a little, "Okay, then I'll wait for your good news."

After the meeting, Chen still has a serious expression. Yang is very puzzled when he sees this scene.

"Leader Chen, what are you worried about? Don't you have a plan now?"

Chen frowns and asks, "Yang, do you no longer doubt Alex now?"

"How is it possible? There is definitely something wrong with him." Yang vows.

Chen sighs,

"Yes, this is why I am worried. He has some problems obviously and we suspect that he is a serial killer. Will such a person panic when facing Dong? Will he show flaws?

If our suspicion is correct, Dong is simply too childish compared to him."

"This..." Yang also thinks of the problem, he tries to ask, "Chen, do you suspect that Alex was deliberately exposed?"

Chen nods and says,

"It must be, think about our experience with Alex , has he ever panicked when facing us? Never, with such a psychological quality, even if he is not a serial killer, he should not show flaws at all."

Yang nods solemnly and asks, "What does he want to do exactly?"

"I don't know." Chen shakes his head, exhales, and then jokes, "Of course, it may also be because of his amnesia, which made him lose his composure."

Yang shakes his head directly, "Amnesia? I don't believe it, I believe that he certainly has some purpose."

"Okay, let's go to work." Chen waves his hand.

After Yang leaves, Chen looks at Alex 's photo seriously and murmurs,

"What is your purpose exactly?"

After being discharged from the hospital, Alex does not rush to implement his plan, but exercises first. After lying in the hospital for a month, he feels that he is almost rusted.

After the morning run, he returns to the store. His mother meant not to open the store recently and let him continue to recuperate for a while, but he refused on the grounds of regaining his memory.

Until noon, Dong goes to the fast food restaurant again. This time he sits by the window, which was where Alice had sat.

Alex sees his movements. The two are far apart. He could only see a figure and could not see his expression clearly, but he knows that Dong must be staring at him fiercely now, like a hungry jackal.

Alex smiles and nods in the direction of Dong.

This lasts for a week. As if the two has agreed, Dong would appear at the fast food restaurant on time every noon, and Alex would sit by the window.

The two did not touch each other, but each knew that the other knew of their existence.

Alex feels an inexplicable sense of pleasure in his heart. He feels that there is indeed a mysterious tacit understanding between him and Dong, which makes him very happy and he really enjoys it.

Alex enjoys it, but the policemen who are watching outside are extremely miserable. The two of them did not take any action, which makes them look stupid.

Yang looks at the state of the two people. He gets a little impatient and asks,

"Leader Chen, what do they mean? It's been already a week."

Chen couldn't figure out the key point either, frowns and says, "Maybe they are waiting for something?"

"Waiting for what?"

"I don't know."

Yang sighs, "Chen, they can wait, but we really can't. I feel that Director Lu is about to explode very soon."

Chen thinks of Director Lu's anger, and he knows that what Yang said is right. Since that meeting, Director Lu's anger has accumulated every day. Now it has been a week, and it is almost time to explode.

Alex is sitting in the store when his phone suddenly rings. He picks up the phone and sees that it is a weather warning, which shows that there would be heavy fog in the silver market the day after tomorrow.

Alex narrows his eyes. He knows that the matter between him and Dong would come to an end on that day, and he believes that Dong would never miss this opportunity either.

…

At night, Chen leads his men back to the police station. On the way, everyone looks tired. Tailing indeed is a hard job, but what really makes them tired is that they didn't find anything.

They are used to physical fatigue, but they couldn't get used to this kind of mental fatigue. After a week of stalking, there is no discovery at all, which makes them doubt whether their previous inference was right or wrong.

When they arrive at the police station, Chen hasn't gotten out of the car yet, and a policeman comes running over and says,

"Captain Chen, Director Lu asks you to go to the office now."

Everyone in the car looks at each other, and the fatigue on their faces is swept away in an instant. They all know that Captain Chen is probably going to be criticized again. If they all looked depressed at this time, wouldn't that make Lu more angry?

Chen looks back at everyone, says nothing, and gets out of the car directly.

When he comes to the office, Director Lu is not as angry as he imagined, but very calm, which makes Chen's heart lift instantly. To be honest, he is not afraid of Lu's anger, but he is afraid that Director Lu would be calm like this.

Sure enough, the first sentence Director Lu says makes Chen fully stunned.

"You're back? I have something to tell you. Let's disband the task force and transfer the case to the local area police station."

Chen gets stunned for a moment and then immediately retorts,

"Director Lu, we can't withdraw. Wait a little longer, and we will find something soon."

Director Lu looks at Chen and says calmly,

"Immediately, how long is immediately? A week? A month? Or a year?"

"Director Lu, we..."

"Okay, don't say anymore." Director Lu interrupts with a wave of his hand, and then says, "Just like that, do as I say."

"Director Lu..."

"Get out!"

Chen sees Director Lu's determination and knows that he couldn't change Lu's decision with words alone. He sighs disappointedly and turns to leave.

After leaving the office, everyone looks at Chen in confusion. They has been listening to the movement in the office, but unlike what they expected, there was no roar, but it was very quiet. They didn't hear anything, only the last suppressed voice of Director Lu "get out".

Chen looks at everyone with some dismay and says with difficulty,

"The task force has been disbanded, and the case has been transferred to the local police station."

"This..."

Everyone gets stunned, and then begins to complain. Yang says loudly immediately,

"Chen, isn't it a bad idea to withdraw the task force now? If so, won't everything we did before be in vain?"

"Yes, Captain Chen, are we just giving up like this?"

"Captain Chen, we really can't give up."

"..."

Chen is also very upset when he hears what everyone says, "I can't change what the Director Lu decided."

Everyone quiets down. They also know that no one could change the decision of the Director Lu, but they just couldn't accept it for a while, after all, they have spent too much time on this case.

"Of course, it's not that there is no way at all." Chen looks at everyone seriously and says suddenly.

Hearing Chen's words, everyone looks at him together, their eyes full of hope,

"Captain Chen, what is the way?"

"The task force will not be withdrawn until tomorrow morning, which means we still have one night. Before the Director Lu announces his decision tomorrow morning, if we can find any new clues, I believe the he will change his mind then."

When everyone hears Chen's answer, they are instantly full of energy. They know that the method Chen says is extremely difficult, but they are police officers and they have encountered more difficult things.

They are not afraid of difficulties, but they are afraid of not having opportunities.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd, Chen smiles with relief. He is really proud of having these awesome colleagues.

"Humph!" Director Lu walks past him and snorts coldly, saying, "You are not very good at solving cases, but you are really good at playing with people's hearts."

Chen looks at Director Lu,

"Hey? Director Lu, I am here to boost morale, why do you say it is playing with people's hearts? You use this word as if you have never been to school."

Director Lu glares at him and says unhappily,

"Don't talk nonsense with me, hurry up and solve the case. As you said, if there is no new clue before tomorrow morning, I will absolutely still withdraw the task force."

Chen nods and his expression becomes serious. He knows that this method is actually difficult. Didn't they work hard enough before?

No, they worked very hard before, but they just didn't find any clues. Will they find new clues in just one night? He doesn't have much hope for this, but he still has to do it.

Because Chen is unwilling and he knows that no one is willing, including Director Lu who proposed to withdraw the task force. He knows that Director Lu actually has no other choice.

Reality is like this. It is impossible for them to spend countless time and energy to deal with one case. What about other cases? No matter? How is it possible?

The next morning, Director Lu comes to the police station and gets choked as soon as he enters the door, since the conference room is full of smoke. He covers his nose and waves his hand, and then he could see the appearance of everyone. Everyone's face is full of fatigue and disappointment.

When everyone sees him come in, their expressions collapses instantly, and they are dejected. No one speaks.

Director Lu looks at their appearance and already knows the answer. He feels a little reluctant in his heart. He knows that this is a bit cruel to them, but the same sentence, there is no way, reality is like this, and it would not always change because of their efforts.

Director Lu doesn't speak at the beginning, walks to the window and opens the window, and then turns on the exhaust fan. After a long time, until the smoke dissipates, he slowly speaks,

"It's time to disband."