"This doesn't seem right." Liu Jinghui frowned: "If Li Dianzhong was such an important source of intelligence, even if he was in danger, they wouldn't have disposed of him so easily. Was the mimeograph factory still operational at that time?"
Qi Changye's eyebrows knitted as well: "Yes, it was. The mimeograph factory struggled to survive for over two years after Li Dianzhong's death, with its scale shrinking more and more. Eventually, it was shut down along with the third-party company."
"Exactly. With this in mind, it doesn't make sense. If the intent was to order Li Dianzhong to kill Zhang Xiaoming to preserve the mimeograph factory, that would be to protect the intelligence source. But what's the point of keeping the mimeograph factory after Li Dianzhong's death? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Unless..."