"Someone is watching me?"
This wasn’t the first time Lin Beichen had felt this way. From the moment he left the school gate to arriving at the shopping center, he had noticed this feeling at least three times.
And this time...
The feeling was exceptionally strong!
He instinctively turned his head.
Since it was early and a weekday, there weren’t many people at the shopping center.
Within his line of sight.
There were only about a dozen people.
He scanned through these dozen people quickly.
Suddenly!
His gaze subtly fixed on a man.
This man appeared to be in his late twenties, wearing casual clothes and a baseball cap, not even looking at Lin Beichen, but observing the shops around him.
Among all these people, his demeanor seemed the most natural, just like any passerby shopping at the mall.
Lin Beichen didn’t know this man, but he recognized him.
Every time he felt watched before, he had discreetly observed his surroundings.
This man...
He remembered him.
He had seen him once when leaving the school gate, once when he got off the car and walked to the shopping center, and now this was the third time.
"Is he following me?"
Lin Beichen’s first reaction was that the police might have sent someone to protect him again, but then he thought, the human trafficker ring had already been completely caught, there was no need to protect him anymore.
Since all the traffickers were already caught...
It couldn’t be them following him.
Then who could it be?
He couldn’t figure it out.
"Could it be..."
"A coincidence??"
Lin Beichen thought he might be more sensitive now because he knew the police had previously assigned someone to protect him secretly. Perhaps he was overthinking.
He stopped thinking too much.
He continued walking towards the Apple store.
After he walked quite a distance...
The seemingly carefree man suddenly turned to look at Lin Beichen’s fading figure, his eyes sharpened with a strong sense of confusion.
This kid could sense my presence?
How is that possible?
Seeing that Lin Beichen was about to disappear from his sight completely, he stopped thinking about it, his eyes flashing with a hint of ferocity, quickly followed, muttering, "I have to be more careful, cannot truly be discovered!"
...
...
At the same time.
A police car from the Municipal Bureau sped from a distance and came to a screeching halt in front of Xiaomen Police Station.
Qian Yi was the first to get out from the passenger seat, followed closely by three officers from the General Bureau.
Qian Yi’s physique was strong and burly, but not very tall, with a stern face that revealed nothing of his feelings.
Zhang Zheng received the news from the General Bureau early on and was already standing at the entrance with Wang Kai, waiting. Seeing him get out, they hurried to meet him.
"Captain Qian."
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
Qian Yi shook hands with the two of them and after a brief exchange, got straight to the point, following Wang Kai into the office.
"Captain Qian, this is all the data related to the case, please take a look first."
"Okay, thank you."
Qian Yi quickly flipped through the information.
A few minutes later, he finished reading everything, a puzzled expression appearing on his face.
Wang Kai had been watching him. Seeing this, he immediately asked, "Captain Qian, have you noticed any problems?"
"The case is clearly organized, and the investigation direction is very systematic, there’s no issue there."
Qian Yi first affirmed Wang Kai’s work but then expressed his confusion, "But there’s something I find strange. Was it really just bad luck that this gang of human traffickers got struck by lightning? Also, in the surviving traffickers’ statements, they all mentioned Lin Beichen, saying it was his doing. What’s that about? Who is Lin Beichen?"
"Lin Beichen is a student at Imperial Capital University."
Wang Kai explained, "This case initially started because Lin Beichen accidentally disrupted the trafficker gang’s child trafficking operation..."
He succinctly explained Lin Beichen’s involvement in the case.
Then added, "At first, we didn’t take the traffickers’ claims about Lin Beichen seriously, considering they had no direct contact with him at Wuling Mountain, their timelines didn’t match. But as the investigation deepened, we noticed the traffickers’ deaths were too bizarre, suggesting there might be hidden truths, possibly related to Lin Beichen’s scientific research. So, we’ve had the university convey to him to visit us at the station if he can, to see if we can uncover anything."
Qian Yi pondered for a moment, then nodded.
The main direction of this investigation was to find the "boss" and uproot the entire external organization.
Lin Beichen was not related to this main direction.
So, regarding Lin Beichen...
He remembered him clearly but did not pay too much attention, just urging, "Although Lin Beichen is not a suspect and unrelated to the following investigations, I think it’s necessary to resolve this aspect promptly, leaving no loose ends..."
"Knock knock knock—"
At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted Qian Yi, followed by an officer saying from outside, "Team Leader, Lin Beichen is here."