On the fifth day of Su Qinghan's stay at the Jiang family villa, Ye Chen was already able to jog a lap around the back mountain.

It's called jogging, but it's actually similar to brisk walking for a normal person, except he doesn't stop in the middle and goes all the way down in one breath.

The ghost servant followed him twice and came back to tell Jiang Ruoxi, "This kid has a strong heart and lungs. An ordinary person injured like this would be bedridden for a month or two, but he can climb mountains in less than ten days without even breaking a sweat."

Jiang Ruoxi didn't show it on her face, but she breathed a small sigh of relief in her heart.

That morning, Su Qinghan asked Ayiguli to go to the back mountain to collect herbs.

Aygul grew up in the Western Regions and was familiar with mostly herbs from the sandy areas. When she first saw the lush green mountains of the south, she showed a rare sense of wonder as a young girl.

Su Qinghan walked ahead, using a bamboo cane to clear a path through the grass. Every now and then, she would bend down, pick a plant, smell it, and then hand it to Ayiguli.

The two of them, one teaching and the other learning, walked very slowly and leisurely.

Ye Chen did not go with them.

He spent a long time flipping through old account books in his study, and then made a phone call to Song Tiezhu.

Just after noon, Song Tiezhu drove a black SUV and parked it in front of the villa. There was a thick, tightly sealed brown paper bag on the passenger seat.

"It's all here. Qiao San had it delivered overnight. It's the testimonies of the three Blackwater agents in the provincial capital, plus what Han Dong and Ding Wanshan confessed. It all fits together."

Ye Chen opened the paper bag and looked through it, his brows furrowing more and more tightly.

He read very quickly, but he looked at each page very carefully.

When Jiang Ruoxi returned from the company, she saw him buried in a pile of papers, looking somber, so she went over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ye Chen pulled out two pages and handed them to her: "Qin Wuyi has a messenger in the provincial capital, nicknamed Iron-Mouthed Zhang. You may not be familiar with him, but he has a younger brother who works at the Jiang Group. His name is Zhang Heng, and he is the deputy head of the Information Technology Department."

Jiang Ruoxi's expression instantly turned cold.

She knew Zhang Heng.

In his early thirties, with an overseas background, he possesses strong technical skills and has been with the company for four years, participating in several core projects.

He has a low-key personality and doesn't talk much, so he's not very popular. No one would associate such a person with Blackwater.

But if Zhang Heng really is the younger brother of Tie Zui Zhang, then the company's internal information, especially Ye Chen and her schedule, is probably not a secret to Hei Shui at all.

"Last time we went to Medicine King Valley, not many people knew the specific itinerary," Ye Chen said, his voice so calm it was chilling.

"Your secretary, Lao He, Uncle Gui, Ayiguli, and the person on duty that day in the IT department who is in charge of arranging business trips was Zhang Heng."

Jiang Ruoxi's heart sank.

She sat down on the sofa and reread the document, her expression growing increasingly grim with each reading.

Zhang Heng not only knew where she went, but also used his backend privileges to access Ye Chen's vehicle location information in the provincial capital.

Han Dong confessed that the higher-ups even knew which intersection Ye Chen had stopped at in the provincial capital.

At the time, Ye Chen thought that someone from Blackwater was following him, but now it seems that something was wrong with their own company.

"This Zhang Heng cannot be allowed to live." Jiang Ruoxi slammed the materials on the coffee table, her voice as cold and hard as iron.

"But we can't alert him. Catching him is easy, but we can't cut off the trail behind him. We need to find out who he usually contacts, where he usually goes after get off work, and whether he has any unusual call records in the last three months. Ye Chen, you arrange for someone to keep an eye on him for me, 24 hours a day. Without my order, they are not allowed to make a move."

Ye Chen nodded, already guessing what she was going to do.

Jiang Ruoxi is using Zhang Heng as bait to lure out the people behind him.

Since Iron-Tongued Zhang allowed his younger brother to act as an informant in the company, it shows that this line of communication is extremely important to Blackwater.

As long as you keep a close eye on things, you'll eventually see Iron-Mouthed Cheung or his contacts show up.

"Old Song, do you have any reliable brothers over there? Send four over first, in two shifts, to keep an eye on Zhang Heng," Ye Chen said to Song Tiezhu.

Song Tiezhu nodded and immediately took out his phone to make the arrangements.

Ye Chen then called He Jianping over and sent him Zhang Heng's photo and information, instructing the security department to cooperate technically and monitor Zhang Heng's computer and internal communications discreetly.

That evening, the people from Iron Shield Logistics quietly followed Zhang Heng.

No one else in the company noticed, and even Zhang Heng himself didn't suspect anything.

After get off work, he went to a noodle shop near the company as usual, and then rode a gray electric bike back to his rented room in the west of the city.

After entering, they didn't come out again, and the lights stayed on until 11 p.m.

I went to work as usual the next morning, and even nodded and greeted a colleague on the way.

After monitoring him for three days, Zhang Heng made no unusual moves.

On the fourth night at ten o'clock, he suddenly went out.

Instead of riding a bike, I walked across two streets and entered the 24-hour convenience store at the west entrance of the street. I bought a bottle of water, walked about 200 meters, and stopped in front of a narrow alley without streetlights.

A man in a black coat walked out of the alley, and the two whispered a few words to each other.

Zhang Heng handed something over, which the other person put into their pocket and then quickly left.

The men sent by Song Tiezhu did not take action on the spot, but split into two groups. One group continued to keep an eye on Zhang Heng, while the other group followed the man in black.

Late into the night, news came back: the man in black had entered the provincial capital and met up with another group of people in the old city.

One of them was missing a little finger on his right hand.

Fang Jiuzhi.

"Well, that means the connection is now complete." Ye Chen's lips curled up upon hearing this.

He had always suspected that Qin Wuyi couldn't possibly rely on just a few useless people like Han Dong. Zhang Heng was such a hidden force. If it weren't for Su Qinghan's words that woke him up and made him re-investigate the old story of his father being poisoned, he wouldn't have followed the clues to find Tie Zui Zhang, let alone imagined that there was such a hidden threat in the company.

"We can't contact Qin Wuyi right now, but his men are still using Zhang Heng as a lead." Ye Chen looked at Jiang Ruoxi.

"When you held the last all-staff meeting, those fence-sitters couldn't sit still anymore. Zhang Heng has been going out frequently lately, which is probably related to the remaining forces of Blackwater in Jiangcheng. He's testing us to see if we've discovered him. As long as he keeps thinking he hasn't been exposed, he'll continue to send messages. What we need to do is wait for him to send them, intercept every message, and if necessary, add some false information."

Jiang Ruoxi nodded.

She walked to the window, gazing at the sea of ​​lights in the company building, her tone cold and deep: "Zhang Heng will receive a document I deliberately leaked tomorrow, regarding my trip to the provincial capital next week to attend a business forum. If Blackwater makes a move, it means the news has reached us. This time they won't show up, so I'll force them to. If they dare to touch me, they'll have to ask you, Ye Chen, and Uncle Gui for permission first."

Ye Chen walked behind her, put his arm around her waist, and rested his chin on her shoulder.

Jiang Ruoxi stiffened for a moment, but did not push him away.

"Wife, you're using yourself as bait." Ye Chen's voice was very soft, and his warm breath brushed against her ear.

"Then you should hold the fishing rod tighter." Jiang Ruoxi turned her head, her eyes glancing at his face so close to hers.

"I'm a little reluctant to part with it."

"I want you, don't let a single one of you escape."

Ye Chen chuckled softly: "Don't worry, we'll catch them one by one, and wipe out the whole flock."

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