Feeling the Eagle's movement, Qiu Tu was slightly taken aback.
Because... this wasn't his arrangement; he wouldn't have the Eagle pass him a message at such a sensitive time.
However, compared to Ah-Tai's reckless affection, the Eagle and Ah-Kun were always more steady in their work.
Therefore... Qiu Tu believed there must be some important intelligence that the Eagle needed to convey to him, which is why at such a sensitive time, he played this hand.
Thinking this, Qiu Tu nonchalantly brushed past the Eagle.
As their figures crossed, when he looked back again, one was already in the elevator, and the other had walked to the corner of the corridor.
Watching the Eagle take the elevator slowly down, Qiu Tu went to the Investigation Bureau's temporary office as if nothing had happened.
Since today was the weekend and yesterday's tasks had all been completed, the office of the investigation team was empty.
Qiu Tu entered the office, locked the door behind him, went to the window, opened it, and then took out the wad of paper the Eagle had given him.
He smoothed out the wrinkled paper and what met Qiu Tu's eyes was the Eagle's untidy scrawl.
In the wasteland after the Cataclysm, being able to read and write was an extraordinary skill for the common people at the bottom of society — clearly, the Eagle didn't possess it.
Thus, the letter was obviously copied or transcribed from someone else.
And... that person had to be someone the Eagle knew and trusted; otherwise, he wouldn't take such a big risk to pass it on to Qiu Tu.
In that instant, the image of a person appeared in Qiu Tu's mind: Secretary Bai.
The relationship between Qiu Tu and Secretary Bai wasn't a secret among the small group of Qiu Tu, Ah-Tai, and the Eagle.
After all, when Qiu Tu had brought the severely injured Secretary Bai home and taken care of him for so long, both the Eagle and Ah-Tai had seen him.
Later, when Secretary Bai had recruited Qiu Tu into the Investigation Bureau, bringing everyone up with him, which brother didn't praise Secretary Bai while drinking?
Like other people who might pass information to Qiu Tu, such as Qin Shuman and Tang Feifei, the Eagle didn't know them and certainly wouldn't easily trust their identities to pass on intelligence for them.
Having cleared up the identity of the letter writer, Qiu Tu then began to read the letter seriously from start to finish.
After reading the letter, a smile couldn't help but appear on Qiu Tu's face.
He had guessed right; the letter was indeed written by Secretary Bai.
The reason was that Secretary Bai knew Qiu Tu would want to be aware of the movements of the Investigation Bureau's higher-ups and Yan Chen's attitude towards the whole incident yesterday.
That's why he wrote this letter, taking a risk after meeting with Yan Chen, and came to Old Alley Street in the middle of the night to find the Eagle, asking him to forward it to Qiu Tu.
And to ensure that his identity wasn't revealed, he had also instructed the Eagle to transcribe the letter before passing it on.
Looking through the entire letter with its scribbles and distorted handwriting, one could imagine how desperate the Eagle, who was illiterate, must have felt receiving this task late at night...
Even... because he couldn't read, he transcribed many words incorrectly. Fortunately, the rough strokes were still there, so Qiu Tu, by guessing and inferring, also managed to understand the contents of Secretary Bai's letter.
According to what Secretary Bai said in the letter.
Last night, after Qiu Tu left, Yan Chen had a small meeting with him and Ji Chen.
In the meeting, Yan Chen went into detail about everything that had happened yesterday, emphasized the theft of the safe and the Qin Family being taken down by the Security Department, then asked for their opinions and suspicions.
Ji Chen was the first to suspect Qiu Tu.
After all, there were many peculiarities in Qiu Tu's actions throughout the whole incident.
Even if all those peculiarities had reasonable explanations from Qiu Tu... Ji Chen still felt that too many coincidences happening to one person definitely couldn't be coincidental.
But faced with Ji Chen's questioning, Yan Chen didn't agree.
He even refuted Ji Chen's views directly without waiting for Secretary Bai to speak.
In the letter, Secretary Bai vividly described the scene at the time.
Back then, Yan Chen sat in the executive chair, the dim light casting shadows over him as he smoked, frowning deeply while explaining to Ji Chen...
"There are a few reasons why I don't suspect Qiu Tu," he said.
"First, the safe is placed in the rest area of my office. When storing the evidence, I did not allow Qiu Tu to follow me inside."
"Instead, I had Secretary Bai and him wait outside."
"Therefore, he had no idea where I placed the evidence, nor did he know the combination to the safe."
"So, he was unable to steal the evidence I stored."
"Second, even if he had a 'Cataclysmic treasure' that could move items without needing location data,"
"But... since yesterday noon, he has been by my side the whole time, hardly ever leaving my sight, nor interacting with anyone else."
"... He simply had no time to carry out the crime."
"If we assume it was a group crime, then... the whole case becomes extremely complicated. Because anyone could avoid suspicion through the method of group crime."
"And even if we suppose he did commit the crime as part of a group, it doesn't add up."
"Because... he has no motive."
Speaking of this, Yan Chen narrowed his eyes, casually tapped in the air with the hand holding his cigarette, and said seriously, "Aside from random crimes, all criminals need a motive."
"Qiu Tu is someone I personally promoted. I've been quite fair to him, and his position is low, with plenty of room to rise."
"Following me, his advancement shouldn't be an issue."