"If the demise of Shen Weimin's team was purely because they were investigating the missing persons case, there's uncertainty concerning the timeline. The timeline of the child kidnappings shows that this underground trafficking ring has been operating for five years already.
Shen Weimin started the investigation five years ago. If they wanted to eliminate him for it, they would have acted much earlier. Why now? Unless…"
"Unless it became necessary to take out Shen Weimin, unless Shen Weimin had become a threat to them," Li Yan added quickly as Wang Lan's words settled.
"Exactly. There must have been a trigger at this point, a reason that forced the mastermind to act… And yet, Mr. and Mrs. Lu Shicheng were killed around the same time. Lu Shicheng and Shen Weimin had contact before their deaths; the answer is almost within reach."
