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Chapter 26 Spatial Exploration

In the fifth meeting room, Sun Tiemei projected the materials sent by the intelligence department onto the screen.

"The surveillance cameras around the park captured the person tailing Fang Youli, but they lost him after he turned into a back alley. The surveillance cameras in the old town are all old machines from decades ago, with very low resolution, so you can't see faces clearly. Whether this person eventually hid in the alley or changed clothes and slipped out, the intelligence department can't give a definite answer right now."

She switched the footage to records from a few days ago. "In the previous videos, this person came to the park almost every day, but never had any contact with Fang Youli. He just stood at a distance and took notes."

Sun Tiemei tapped the table: "But after I discovered him yesterday, he hasn't shown up today. He must have been startled."

Chen Shi raised his hand and asked, "Team leader, has the lead gone cold?"

Before Sun Tiemei could answer, the office landline rang.

The gatekeeper called, his voice particularly loud; Chen Shi, sitting opposite him, could hear him: "A woman is looking for Chen Shi, her name is Zhou Yaping. Should I let her in or not?"

The fat man went down and brought the person up. When Zhou Yaping came in, she was carrying a plastic bag with a few apples in it. She looked rather reserved. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Chen Shi, and then stared at the cane he was leaning on by the table.

"Hey buddy, what happened to your foot?"

"I twisted my ankle a little, but it's nothing."

"How careless of you!" She put the apple on the table.

Chen Shi asked Zhou Yaping to sit down and poured her some water, but Zhou Yaping quickly waved her hand and said no.

After pouring her some water, Chen Shi sat down and asked Zhou Yaping how she was doing lately.

She talked about some trivial things at the supermarket, but Chen Shi felt that she was acting a little strange today, with a hesitant expression on her face as she spoke.

Chen Shi focused his mind and then noticed a grayish-purple spectrum above her head. Chen Shi was startled. In the past, he had to push himself to the brink to see this spectrum, imagining all sorts of tragic and messy things, and only when his emotions were suppressed to the lowest point could it be triggered.

But just now, he only focused his mind, and that grayish-purple color surfaced on its own. Chen Shi vaguely felt that it was related to the lottery station incident last time, so he decided to consult Zhuang Wen again when he had time.

The spectrum of colors above Zhou Yaping's head was somewhat similar to the two security guards in the mall, but while those two were more nervous, Chen Shi sensed a feeling of fear in Zhou's eyes.

"Big sister," he pushed the water glass toward her, "what exactly happened?"

Zhou Yaping stammered, but since Chen Shi had noticed her emotions, he naturally wanted to get to the bottom of it.

She kept her head down, stammering, and turned the cup from side to side with both hands. After a while, she finally said that it was nothing, she just felt like someone was watching her lately.

While stocking shelves at the supermarket during work hours, she caught a glimpse of someone standing outside the door. She looked up, and the person looked down, rummaging through plastic bags. Later that evening, walking home from get off work, she occasionally felt footsteps behind her, neither too close nor too far, but when she turned around, there was no one there.

She said she didn't want to bother him. She thought that if she stood on the street looking like this, who would dare to touch her? Besides, she had no evidence and her suspicions were just her being paranoid.

But last night, when she got home from get off work and was taking out her keys in the hallway, she heard footsteps downstairs stopping at the corner of her floor. They stopped for about ten seconds, and by the time she looked down, the person was gone.

"I'm afraid I'm just scaring myself. I don't dare call the police. When the police asked me for evidence, I didn't have any. After thinking for a long time, I realized that you're the only person I know." Her voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, and she even chuckled at the end. With her appearance—broad shoulders, thick waist, and a face full of menace—most men would avoid her. But this time, something felt very off, and she couldn't help but think about it.

Sun Tiemei, who had been listening for a while, chimed in, "It's not that I'm overthinking it. There might really be someone watching you, but I can't tell you the reason yet. However, if you're willing to cooperate, we can send someone to follow you for a few days. We'll keep quiet, you can go to get off work as usual, and we won't interfere with your life."

Zhou Yaping rubbed her hands together, then looked at Chen Shi: "Alright, I have no objection. Do whatever you think is best."

Sun Tiemei turned to Su Xiaohe: "These next few days, you'll act as a relative of this Ms. Zhou. From now on, follow her around. Go to work at the supermarket with her as usual. Don't try to avoid surveillance cameras or look for people tailing you. Just do what you're supposed to do and stay alert."

Su Xiaohe closed the notebook: "Yes, team leader."

She turned to look at Zhou Yaping: "Sister, I'll go with you in a bit. You'll be the same as usual, just pretend I don't exist. If anyone's watching you, I'll be able to sense it."

Zhou Yaping nodded in agreement.

Sun Tiemei instructed Fatty to wait in the car outside the supermarket for the next two days, while she herself remained nearby. Chen Shi, who had difficulty walking, stayed in the car to handle communications.

Nothing happened on the first day. Zhou Yaping went to work as usual, while Su Xiaohe spent the whole day squatting in the supermarket and even helped Zhou Yaping straighten all the crooked cans on the shelves.

The next night after get off work, the two went to a late-night snack shop behind the supermarket for dinner. Su Xiaohe was eating her rice bowl when suddenly, her senses were triggered. A picture of living things within a 30-meter radius instantly formed in her mind. There was a red dot moving slowly along the wall outside the fast food restaurant. It wasn't a passerby; pedestrians don't walk close to walls, and they certainly don't stop every few steps.

Without looking up, she swallowed the food in her mouth, picked up her phone, and sent a message to Sun Tiemei: "Something's up."

Sun Tiemei replied instantly: "Keep an eye on it, we're coming right away."

Su Xiaohe ate a few mouthfuls of rice, then suddenly stood up and walked to the cashier to chat with the cashier for a few words. She could clearly sense that the person by the wall hadn't moved.

This shows that the person was watching Zhou Yaping, and Su Xiaohe's sudden movement did not alert him.

Sun Tiemei and Fatty slipped into the side alley one after the other. As they approached the shop, Fatty stepped on a tile, which shattered with a dull thud.

At the same time, in Su Xiaohe's mind map, the red dot began to move, and at a very fast speed.

She didn't have time to send a message, so she dialed Sun Tiemei's number directly: "Team leader, that person has escaped. I'll come out and meet you."

She told Zhou Yaping to continue eating in the shop, then ran outside and saw Sun Tiemei and the other person running towards her.

"He ran into the passage on the left."

Sun Tiemei: "Keep up, we can't let him get away this time no matter what."

Su Xiaohe ran very fast. In her mind, the red dot ran along the left alley for about 50 meters before disappearing into a half-open iron gate at the corner. He ran extremely fast, without even looking back to see who was coming, and went straight through the dark alley behind the iron gate towards the old building. He didn't hesitate; it was a road he had walked countless times.

The fat man was in good physical condition, but he was also panting: "This kid's physical condition is useless, he's exhausted me."

Su Xiaohe chuckled and pointed to an old building next to her: "Brother Daqiang, you don't need to run anymore, he's up there."