The night was deep, Lin Fan drove the Rolls-Royce down the main road, heading back to the city. Loli sat in the passenger seat, making a phone call.

A moment later, Loli hung up the phone.

"I checked on this Hong Jinmao, nothing special about him. He's fifty years old, lives in the old district of Yun City, works as a gym assistant, no criminal record, a very ordinary person?" Loli said, just from looking at Hong Jinmao's information, it was really hard to understand how he could be connected to fugitive Ye Tianyu.

Lin Fan said, "Looking at it this way, there's indeed nothing special. Luckily, I've seen him with my own eyes and know he's a martial artist; I can only say he's hiding it very well."

Everyone has secrets, some even have dual identities, with one hidden away, unknown to others.

Take Lin Fan for example; he also has secrets and a side unknown to others, and his secret is enough to shock the world.

Before they reached back into the city, Loli received another call. It turned out she had already sent people to capture Hong Jinmao. Meanwhile, colleagues responded that Hong Jinmao's gym was empty, saying Hong Jinmao didn't go to work today, and his home was also empty. Police entered Hong Jinmao's home to search but found nothing.

Loli instructed colleagues to wait at Hong Jinmao's home while they continued on their way.

Loli speculated that unless Hong Jinmao had escaped with Ye Tianyu, he would surely return home.

According to Big Fool's account, three days ago, Hong Jinmao visited the prison and asked Big Fool to convey a message to Ye Tianyu, which led to Ye Tianyu's escape.

After Ye Tianyu's escape, the prison authorities immediately contacted Yun City Police Station for assistance in investigation, but the fugitive's disappearance was not publicly announced. This meant that Hong Jinmao might not even know that Ye Tianyu had escaped.

Unless Hong Jinmao had planned ahead, escaping and hiding after delivering the message to Ye Tianyu, he should still be maintaining a normal life.

Based on what colleagues have found, three days ago, Hong Jinmao took a half-day leave from the gym to visit Big Fool in prison. He worked as usual the following two days and took another day off today.

From this, it was evident that Hong Jinmao continued to work normally after delivering the message to Ye Tianyu; he would most likely go home.

As for what he did with his day off today, it was unknown.

Lin Fan drove to the old district, found a place to park near Hong Jinmao's home, and stayed in the car on stakeout.

Hong Jinmao returned to his front door and saw a police car parked there. Fortunately, he didn't see any police officers. Alert, Hong Jinmao immediately wanted to turn around and escape while the police hadn't spotted him.

Little did he know, as soon as he appeared, Lin Fan, who had been watching, locked onto him.

Lin Fan directly came over and knocked on the car window.

Upon seeing Lin Fan suddenly, Hong Jinmao was startled for a moment. He recognized Lin Fan. Wasn't this the young man he encountered on the subway not long ago! This young man was quite skillful. Hong Jinmao thought he was a kindred spirit and had even proactively befriended Lin Fan.

However, later at the exchange meeting, Hong Jinmao didn't see Lin Fan.

Who would have thought, Lin Fan appeared at his doorstep at this very moment!

The first thought that popped into Hong Jinmao's mind was that this young man was not to be trifled with; escaping was the best option.

So he didn't open the car window but immediately started the car, intending to reverse and escape.

But then a Rolls-Royce appeared from the alley behind, directly blocking his way out.

With police cars in front and a Rolls-Royce behind, Hong Jinmao was trapped in the middle; his car couldn't possibly escape.

Hong Jinmao forced a bitter smile internally and had to give up on the thought of escaping. He then lowered the car window and revealed a deliberately calm smile, "Oh, isn't it Brother Lin? What brings you to my house, anything important?"

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Brother Hong, let's step out of the car and talk."

As he spoke, Lin Fan took a step back.

Hong Jinmao had no choice but to open the car door and step out. At this point, Loli also got out of the Rolls-Royce and walked over.

"Haha, what's going on here, even the police are here. Brother Lin, don't tell me you're with the police?" Hong Jinmao asked Lin Fan with a smile.

"Hong Jinmao, we are from the Yun City Police. It's been determined that you are connected to the escape of a prison fugitive this evening. We hope you'll cooperate with the investigation!" Loli said, coming up to Hong Jinmao.

Upon hearing this, Hong Jinmao's face changed, struggling to remain calm. According to his estimation, even if the police could trace it back to him, it would surely take a long time. By the time they got to him, it would be all over!

So he wasn't worried at all, continuing to live his normal life, thinking he had plenty of time to arrange the following matters.

Yet the police had traced it back to him so swiftly, it was terrifying. How could they have acted so quickly? It was simply unbelievable, not even half a day had passed since Ye Tianyu's escape, it wasn't even midnight!

What on earth was going on? Hong Jinmao's mind raced, trying to figure out where things had gone wrong to let the police find him so quickly.

Logically speaking, no outsider could possibly know about his connection with Ye Tianyu, as he visited Chen An, not Ye Tianyu, in prison!

And he had instructed Chen An not to get too close to Ye Tianyu in prison, maintaining just a normal prisoner's relationship. Every time a message was passed, it was done secretly, not drawing anyone's attention!

Hong Jinmao considered that once Ye Tianyu escaped, the police would definitely interrogate the inmates, and those who were close to Ye Tianyu would become key subjects for interrogation. Hong Jinmao trusted Chen An to be able to bluff his way through.

This Chen An, who acted dumb in prison, was known as Big Fool.

As long as Big Fool passed the interrogation, the police would almost certainly not trace it back to him. The only thing the police could discover was how Ye Tianyu managed to escape. Then, because Ye Tianyu was skilled, he would have erased any traces during his escape, making it impossible for the police to track him.

Eventually, the police could only announce the jailbreak and issue a bounty. But even that would be mostly useless, as by the time they got to issuing a bounty, Ye Tianyu would have been long gone without a trace.

What went wrong, really, which step had gone awry?

With hundreds of inmates in the prison, the police had to interrogate them one by one, continuously questioning them. Running through such a process ought to take at least until the next day.

How did the police manage to trace it back to him so quickly?

It was truly unimaginable.

"Haha, Miss Officer, what do you mean by that? I don't quite understand what prison escape you're talking about, what happened?" Hong Jinmao laughed, trying to feign ignorance.

Loli said coldly, "There's no need to pretend anymore. Chen An has already named you. You arranged for him to enter the prison to divert attention, making him the go-between for you and Ye Tianyu. And now you're asking me what's going on?"

Hong Jinmao was shocked, it was Chen An who exposed him. Why, why did Chen An get exposed so quickly?

He was truly amazed, unable to resist asking, "How did you trace it back to Chen An, did he actually betray me, damn it, how dare he..."

He was furious and suddenly thought, the only possibility was that Chen An had voluntarily confessed to the police. The question was, why did Chen An do this, it was truly shocking and infuriating!

Loli said, "It's not Chen An who betrayed you, it's because we have him."

"Ah?"

Hong Jinmao looked at Lin Fan in surprise.