Villain: Starting as a Corrupt Tycoon's Wife

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"Just playing around..."

"I'm warning you, marriage fraud is illegal! Now, send me all the information about your blind date partners."

Chapter 192 Locking the target

Soon, Erleng and his group followed the clues and brought over several of their blind date partners for Shi Cuihua to identify.

Shi Cuihua looked at the last man with some curiosity, and shook her head at Er Leng: "Big brother, the man I'm going on a blind date with isn't him!"

"Yeah, comrade, I've never been on a blind date, how could it be me!"

The man had a tangled mess of hair, a gaunt face, and looked like he hadn't showered in days. Finding him was the hardest part; it took a network of underground connections to bring him from the internet cafe.

He had no idea why the task force had contacted him. It was only after hearing Shi Cuihua speak that he learned about the "blind date" arrangement.

"How could you not know that someone registered an account using your ID?"

When questioned, the man gave an awkward laugh: "I sold my ID card on my third day of working here... Now I only do day jobs, work one day and play for three days..."

The task force sternly warned him of the consequences of buying and selling ID cards and told him to immediately apply for a replacement.

All the other blind date partners had alibis, and after a brief inquiry, they were allowed to leave.

The investigation is now focusing on the person who stole someone else's ID card to register the account.

"Why would this guy sell his ID card?"

"Exchange money." The younger group member shrugged. "These people can also be called the Sanhe Gods. They only maintain the most basic living needs. They will only look for work when they run out of money."

The trail went cold, and trying to find out who used his ID card was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Anyone who has ever been online will leave a trace."

Everyone was drawn to Erleng's words, and facing the gaze of the crowd, Erleng took out his phone.

"I'll go out and call for backup."

Inside the manor, Lingyun, who was sunbathing in the sunroom, answered the phone.

"Hey, Erleng?"

"Chairman Ling, it's me!"

Er Leng's expression became somewhat obsequious, and his voice was no longer as deep as before, as if afraid of offending the young man: "It's like this..."

After listening to Erleng's explanation, Lingyun nodded slightly: "Okay, I understand. Wait for me a moment."

Ling Yun hung up the phone and lazily lay back in his chair.

"Little Love."

【50 points! 】

“50 is 50!”

He currently has over 25,000 points, so he doesn't care about this at all.

In just a few seconds, Xiao Ai had compiled the other party's registered phone model and frequently used address.

Lingyun forwarded it to Erleng, and with these, it would be much easier for them to find the person.

"So fast?" The team member surnamed Liu was somewhat surprised, not expecting a result in less than a minute.

Erleng exclaimed with pride, "That's Chairman Ling!"

Gao Zhenping nodded. He had heard of Ling Yun's name before, but he didn't expect the other party's skills to be so superb. He even wanted to bring the young man to the task force!

But he only thought about it; even the research institute couldn't persuade Ling Yun to come, let alone his own old face.

Before long, the task force members arrived at a residential house.

The houses here are quite old and look somewhat dilapidated, with a tangled web of wires hanging outside.

Erleng stepped forward and knocked on the door. Seeing no response, he did not immediately rush in, but instead knocked on the neighbor's door next door.

"Who is it? Coming, coming!"

The door opened, and a plump middle-aged woman appeared before them.

After some communication, the task force learned the target's identity.

Yu Chen, male, 24 years old.

When he was in high school, his father got into a fight while drunk, accidentally killed the other person, and was imprisoned.

His mother remarried, and his grandparents died early, leaving him all alone in the family. He was able to finish university only thanks to the help of neighbors and local relief.

"Officers, you don't know, Old Yu is a good man, quite skilled in martial arts, and always ready to stand up for the weak. That day, after getting drunk, he saw some thugs harassing a young girl and that's why he intervened. But he was drunk and didn't know his own strength, and accidentally killed the man..."

The neighbor lady spoke vividly, and Erleng occasionally chimed in with soft agreement, making the lady more and more excited as she spoke.

"Xiao Chen is a very good kid. He often helps the neighbors with chores, and he always shares his purchases with us when he goes out to buy things... By the way, what brings you here to see him?"

After talking for a while, the woman realized that the people opposite her were police officers, and she immediately became alert.

Erleng smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be nervous, it's a good thing. Our police are planning a 'Community Safety Star' campaign and we want to find a few young people like Xiaochen who have a good reputation and are enthusiastic to be role models. The information you provided is very helpful for us in selecting candidates."

"Oh, I see!" Aunt Pang's doubts vanished instantly. "That's really unfortunate. He's out and not home."

"Where have you been?"

"He went to the capital, saying he was going there to work."

Erleng had some doubts before, but with so many conditions combined, he was basically certain that Yu Chen was most likely Ye Chen!

"Yu Chen... Ye Chen..." After getting into the car, Er Leng muttered the two names, "The pronunciation is indeed very similar."

"Tell the boss we're going to the capital tonight!"

Er Leng volunteered to go there, and now that there are no other main characters to keep watch, he's practically bored out of his mind. Upon hearing that Ling Yun's next target is Ye Chen, he immediately volunteered to join the task force.

Ling Yun prefers to take the initiative; rather than waiting for the other party to act, he prefers to strike first.

You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days.

Last night, the two policewomen came over, and Lingyun also saw their new identities.

The female lead/supporting character in "The Phantom Thief Ye Chen".

An Xin is the female lead, and Liang Man is the supporting female character.

The fact that these two sisters are currently in the capital city indicates that Ye Chen is about to arrive there to continue his life as a thief.

Meanwhile, Liang Man was driving and was about to take An Xin home when she received the notification.

Liang Man couldn't easily use her phone while driving, so An Xin opened Yu Chen's photo: "Is this Ye Chen?"

Liang Man glanced at it: "The possibility of disguise cannot be ruled out."

"Appearances may change, but everyone's habitual actions will not change."

An Xin opened the video from that night. Ye Chen seemed to have a problem with his cervical spine. In the short video, he twisted his neck several times, each time turning it clockwise once and then counterclockwise once.

He did this very naturally, it didn't seem like he did it on purpose.

After putting down her phone, Anxin also gave up her plan to continue her vacation.

"Sister..."

"Ugh, I know!" Liang Man rolled her eyes at her. "You're such a workaholic, and I have to suffer because of you!"

"Actually, you don't need to come with me." An Xin said a little embarrassed.

“Now that you’re the beauty that Chairman Ling has his eye on, I have to keep an eye on you to prevent you from running away.”

It's as if you're not the same...

An Xin didn't say it aloud. Looking at the scenery outside the window, the image of the young man appeared in her mind, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up slightly.

Chapter 193 Help Me Steal Something [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

Saturday has arrived.

The task force rented a factory near the Chengdong branch office for use as an office.

An Xin and Liang Man did not go over there. Firstly, because the area was full of men who ate and slept in their offices, it would be inconvenient for two female police officers to go there.

Secondly, precisely because they were women, coupled with their status as officers from the Capital Branch, the other male team members were somewhat prejudiced against them, believing that they were simply there to gain experience and would drag them down.

This made the two women very unhappy. Since they weren't being taken along, they would capture Ye Chen on their own!

Erleng also fulfilled his duty as a host by treating the members of the task force to a meal.

In the evening, An Xin and Liang Man strolled through the food street.

They are still on leave, so Director Cai allowed them to continue participating in the operation as non-staff members.

Gao Zhenping thought highly of them and secretly assigned them a task: to have them dress in plain clothes and move around the areas where Ye Chen might appear.

Nowadays, Ye Chen probably wouldn't go to those fancy restaurants for meals; instead, he'd choose more down-to-earth eateries. Judging from his previous lifestyle back in his hometown, these kinds of snack streets were his favorite places.

This is a location that Gao Zhenping deduced as a highly likely hiding place or place for Yu Chen based on his movements.

"Anxin, want some guokui?" Liang Man pointed to a stall not far away.

Anxin was also hungry, so she ordered a beef flavor.

While the two women were waiting for their food, a woman's figure came into An Xin's view.

She was a stylish and beautiful woman with short, burgundy hair, wearing a long trench coat and a silk scarf around her neck. She asked the owner next door for two skewers of grilled sausages.

As if sensing An Xin's gaze, the woman smiled at her and then turned her head away.

Seeing An Xin staring at the woman suspiciously, Liang Man also looked over curiously.

The woman turned her head away, took the sausage, and then turned and left.

Liang Man took a bite of the warm guokui (a type of flatbread) and handed the beef-flavored one to An Xin: "You don't suspect that she's Yu Chen in disguise, do you?"

That’s it for now, let’s eat first.

Anxin took the potsticker and took a big bite.

They quickly forgot about this little incident. As night fell, they checked the time and decided to head back.

Just as the two women were about to leave, a tall, thin man wearing a baseball cap walked past them.

For no apparent reason, alarm bells rang in Anxin's mind!

She stared intently at the man's back, a primal wariness making her tense. Just as he was waiting for his food and habitually twisted his neck, An Xin's pupils contracted, and she grabbed Liang Man beside her.

Liang Man immediately understood and they walked towards the man together.

The man kept his back to them. When he heard footsteps behind him, he lowered his hat brim, took the food from the owner, and hurriedly left.

This behavior made An Xin even more suspicious of the man.

The man quickened his pace and turned into a side road.

The two women exchanged a glance, and then split up into two groups.

After they left, the man emerged from the shadows.

"Looks like we've caught their attention."

He had his hands in his pockets, never expecting that the police would be able to track him down based on his false identity.

He turned around and a woman walked towards him.

He turned to the side, intending to let the other person pass first.

Unexpectedly, the woman pulled a dagger from her bosom the moment she got close to him!

A flash of cold light appeared, and the man quickly dodged. In his haste, the dagger still managed to tear his outer garment, but fortunately he was not injured.

As the old saying goes, even the best kung fu master is afraid of a kitchen knife. A military dagger with a blood groove can be quite deadly for a martial artist.

The woman moved quickly, making it difficult to discern her attack trajectory in the darkness.

His level of understanding with that of the woman was only about the same; if they went head-to-head, he wouldn't gain any advantage.

It seems that we have no choice but to use that one trick!

After dodging the woman's slash, he channeled his inner energy into his right hand.