Song Guanchao pinched his brow and exhaled deeply.

Just as things settled down with Wen Ru, there was a new problem with Tan Xiang.

"No, I have to figure something out."

"Her focus isn't on the undercover cops, but on the archives!"

"As long as she can find the archives, she can come back."

"Yes, that's it."

Song Guanchao sorted his thoughts and faced difficulties again.

The items left by the captain of the criminal police team, he already had in hand.

But the USB was full of case-related information, except for the undercover archives.

He searched the house thoroughly, but there were no archives found.

Suddenly, inspiration struck Song Guanchao.

He searched for Wen Ru's number and dialed.

"What's up?"

"Where are you?"

"At home."

Song Guanchao hung up the phone and headed straight to Wen Ru's house.

The moment he knocked twice, the door opened.

Wen Ru changed into casual home clothes, with her smooth long hair resting on her shoulders, looking very gentle.

Song Guanchao took off his shoes and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"I have."

Wen Ru took a bottle of soda from the fridge and handed it to him, then in front of him, she started unbuttoning her shirt.

Song Guanchao was stunned: "What are you doing?"

Wen Ru said nothing, only looked at him with puzzled eyes.

From her expression, Song Guanchao knew she had misunderstood.

He couldn't help but complain: "So in your eyes, I'm just looking for you for that sort of thing?"

Wen Ru retorted: "Isn't it?"

"..."

"Of course not."

Song Guanchao pulled her to sit down and asked, "Who did Lin Bin hand over things to before he died?"

"Me."

"Did he leave any undercover archives?"

"No."

"Really none?"

Facing his scrutinizing gaze, Wen Ru remained calm, without evasion.

Even though he guessed it, getting a definite answer, Song Guanchao couldn't help but sigh.

At the same time, he also felt puzzled.

How could there be none?

Lin Bin, as the captain of the criminal police squad, must have had Tan Xiang's archives in hand.

But he had searched that house and found none.

He had a handover with Wen Ru before his death but never mentioned the undercover archives.

It's very strange!

Could he have taken the archives to the grave?

That's absolutely impossible!

Wen Ru asked: "Did that undercover contact you?"

Song Guanchao didn't answer.

But from his reaction, Wen Ru knew that the undercover definitely contacted him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly ask her about these things.

"Can you tell me about it?"

Wen Ru said, "Maybe I can offer some advice."

Song Guanchao shook his head without speaking.

"It's okay if you don't say, I can roughly guess."

"That undercover must have found out that you've gotten involved with me, right?"

Song Guanchao suddenly raised his head.

"Don't look at me like that, it's easy to analyze this."

"That undercover being able to plant a mole in the Lei Group shows his identity is unusual."

"Given that, my actions in cleaning up the Lei Group's higher-ups can't be hidden from him."

"I cleaned up the Lei Group's higher-ups, and you showed no response. As long as the undercover isn't stupid, he can guess that you and I are involved together."

Song Guanchao was silent, Wen Ru said, "Tell me, what did he want from you? Maybe I can help."

"You help me?" Song Guanchao shook his head: "You can't help."

"Why can't I help? Don't forget, I am also undercover. Undercover knows best what undercover wants."

This remark struck a chord with Song Guanchao.

He didn't want to tell her mainly because he didn't want her to know too much about Tan Xiang.

But on second thought, it seemed he had no need to deliberately hide it.

Just as she had said before, if she wanted, she could completely find out the undercover's specific identity.

There wasn't much meaning in hiding it.

Thus, Song Guanchao recounted the conversation and attitude of his meeting with Tan Xiang that night.

After listening, Wen Ru directly asked: "Do you think his purpose is the archives?"

"What do you mean?"

Wen Ru didn't answer but continued asking: "Why does he need to know my identity?"

"What significance does knowing my identity have to him?"

"There's no intersection between him and me, even though you and I have reached an agreement, you're not pursuing me anymore, but these seem unrelated to him, right?"

"But he's still been asking and even gave you a two-day deadline threateningly, making you decide. Don't you think that's odd?"

Song Guanchao froze for two seconds, then let out a surprised "hmm."

Wen Ru didn't mention it, but he really hadn't thought it through.

Indeed, why does Tan Xiang definitely need to know the undercover's identity?

This is completely unrelated to her.

"Back to the previous question, do you really think his purpose is the archives?"

Wen Ru asked herself and answered: "I think he doesn't want to continue being a police officer at all. The only reason he wants to know my identity is that he's worried you've been turned against me. He's worried that because of his interests, you'd reveal his undercover identity to me, this undercover."

"That way, his identity becomes unsafe."

"So he's in a rush to know my identity."

"Once he knows I'm undercover, he'll immediately silence me."

"Furthermore, once he silences me, the next one will be you."

This conjecture caused Song Guanchao's brow to jump, instinctively denying: "Impossible! She wouldn't do that!"

Wen Ru said: "You're a bit agitated."

"Are you two really close?"

"Logically, you haven't interacted with her for long, you shouldn't care that much. Or… oh, I get it, this undercover is a woman, and a beautiful one at that. You slept with her?"

"…" Song Guanchao's mouth twitched, this woman's observations were keen enough.

"Don't talk nonsense."

"Haha."

Wen Ru was only saying it casually, not pressing further.

Song Guanchao said: "These are just your guesses. Although I haven't known her for long, I'm confident my judgment of character is reliable; she's not like that."

"Is that so?"

Wen Ru smiled and said: "To really understand what she's thinking is quite simple."

"I have a way, it's just a matter of whether you're willing to test it."

Song Guanchao pondered for three seconds and asked: "What way?"

Wen Ru said: "You tell her that her undercover archive has been found."

"And then ask her how she'd choose."

"Whether to end her undercover career and return to being a police officer, or abandon her identity as a cop and continue being a mob boss in the crime world."

"Think this through because her choice might be contrary to your expectations."

This is indeed a good method.

But Song Guanchao hesitated a bit.

Just as Wen Ru said, what if Tan Xiang's choice contradicts mine, what then?

Do I have to take Tan Xiang in?

At this point, Wen Ru added: "I suggest you test her out."

"If she's willing to continue being a cop, then tell her my identity."

"If she hesitates, then it's pretty clear her true purpose isn't the archives but to eliminate everyone who knows her identity."

"Moreover, let me remind you, the reason you're not finding her undercover archive might not be because Lin Bin didn't leave it; more likely, he gave the archive to her before he died."

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