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Ding Zeng says that his father Ding Ke quit the police because of the 一三〇 case, not for health reasons as was officially stated. Two months after the case, Chen Tianqiao reported being robbed.
Luo Fei and Mu Jianyun think that Ding Ke quit the police because he was unable to face a case he couldn’t solve. So when he disappeared 10 years earlier, it must be for the same reason. Luo Fei knows that the case in question is the 一。一二 case.
After gathering some more information Luo Fei and Jianyun conclude that Ding Zeng is workaholic who does not seem to have any sentiment and is not interested in building a family. Wu Qiong used to be his student and is in love with him, but he doesn’t seem to realise it or care. He resents his father for neglecting his family for his work, which led to his parents divorce. It’s then plausible that the two haven’t been in contact for 10 years.
Next step is to investigate Chen Tianqiao’s claim following the 1/30 case and see if the 1/12 case was really the reason behind Ding Ke’s disappearance.

Mu Jianyun tries to persuade Du Mingqiang to stay confined in police quarters instead of roaming freely, but he refuses and says that Luo Fei also doesn’t want it. Mingqiang wants the scoop, and Luo Fei wants two things: use Mingqiang as bait to catch Eumenides, and let Eumenides kill Mingqiang.
Jianyun confronts Luo Fei, accusing him of secretly approving Eumenides’ killings, and even make them possible by not obstructing Eumenides’ operations. Her proof is Deng Hua’s case, she knows Luo Fei suspected Han Hao, but he still let him control the operations, which resulted in Han Hao killing Deng Hua as Eumenides had planned. Luo Fei does not tell Jianyun the real reason why he let Han Hao do what he wanted (we know from vol.1 that Zhibang had planted a fake document on Jianyun to make Deng Hua target her, if Deng Hua had survived, he would have had Jianyun killed, so Luo Fei let Eumenides kill Deng Hua to protect her), and let her believe he secretly agrees Eumenides’ victims deserved to die. He asked her to keep this secret.
Their next step is to find Ding Ke’s son.

Zeng Rihua found the identity of the so-called journalist who interviewed Wu Yinwu: his name is Du Mingqiang. The police found a death notice at his address and he is currently being detained. The date of the execution is smeared with ink and is not visible. Du Mingqiang is pretentious and arrogant, thinks himself a genius and sees the death notice as an opportunity for a scoop rather than a threat.
The team discusses the plan to protect Mingqiang. Mu Jianyun knows that Luo Fei intentionally revealed the details of Wu Yinwu’s death to Wen Chengyu to bait him to attack the journalist. But she also thinks that Chengyu used a pre-existing smear to hide the date, because he saw through Luo Fei’s plan. He is now forcing the police to protect Mingqiang for a whole month while he can fully concentrate on finding the truth behind his father case.
For Luo Fei though, the priority is to find the two witnesses: himself and Jianyun will look for Ding Ke while Yin Jian and Rihua will look for Chen Tianqiao. Liu Song is tasked with protecting Mingqiang.