Fan Meinan hesitated for a moment before reaching out and knocking on the door of the monitoring room.
"What's the matter?" An unfamiliar male voice sounded in the room, surprising Fan Meinan. She thought that Zhang Heng had killed everyone inside, but she did not expect the staff in charge of the surveillance to still be there. Fan Meinan almost thought that Zhang Heng was no longer inside.
But soon, she heard Zhang Heng's voice. "It's okay. It's my friend."
After waiting for about five seconds, the door in front of Fan Meinan opened, and a slightly chubby staff with glasses poked his head out and greeted Fan Meinan enthusiastically. "Come in."
"Ah, oh, okay." Fan Meinan was stunned for a moment before she walked in.
She saw Zhang Heng looking up at the video in front of the monitor. He saw β jumping off the platform on the screen. After that, Cheng Sihan hesitated for a moment, took out her mobile phone, typed a few words, and jumped off as well.
The bespectacled staff was also taken aback when he saw this scene. After a long while, he suddenly came to his senses and quickly grabbed the phone next to him. He wanted to inform the others, but his hand was quickly pressed down by Zhang Heng.
The bespectacled staff was taken aback.
"Leave this matter to us," Zhang Heng said. "We are here to deal with this matter. Don't worry, I promise you won't be held responsible."
However, the bespectacled staff was obviously not at ease. After all, if something really happened, he would definitely be severely punished for hiding the truth from the police.
Zhang Heng then added, "This happened twenty-five minutes ago. If something really happened, it would have happened a long time ago. Did any accidents happen on the subway recently?"
"Now that you mention it, I remember that a driver reported that he saw someone on the tracks next door, but the trains that passed by later said that they didn't see anyone, so everyone thought that the driver's eyes were playing tricks on him," the bespectacled staff said.
However, he quickly added, "But we can't leave this matter alone. Otherwise, it will be too late if someone dies."
"I know. I will take care of it," Zhang Heng said. "Anyway, if I don't come to check the surveillance, you won't notice it. So, just pretend that I'm not here."
"This …" The bespectacled staff member seemed to be in a difficult position.
After a while, he spoke again, "You're the person recommended by Director Han. Of course, we're willing to cooperate with Director Han's work, but we also have our own rules and regulations. You're making things difficult for me."
Zhang Heng did not force the bespectacled staff. Instead, he asked, "How do you usually deal with it?"
"This matter must be reported to the leader and wait for instructions from the leader. Under normal circumstances, the subway on this line will definitely be stopped," the bespectacled staff said.
"Well, let's do as you say," Zhang Heng said and let go of his hand.
After that, he did not stay in the monitoring room any longer and walked out with Mei Nan beside him. After closing the door, Mei Nan could finally ask the question that she had been suppressing for a long time.
"How did you convince him to let you watch the video? And who is that Superintendent Han? "
"I asked a friend for help, and he contacted the police station in this area," Zhang Heng said.
He found someone through Han Lu's connections, but he obviously did not expect Cheng Sihan and β to jump off the platform. According to the bespectacled staff member, the two must have found a way to leave the tunnel. Otherwise, they would have been seen by the driver.
"We need to take a look at that tunnel," Zhang Heng said. "I'll make another call. Even if we can't go down alone, we can at least follow the subway company when they stop the line for inspection."
Zhang Heng had no idea how Han Lu did it. Ten minutes later, all the subway on this line stopped running. After that, the subway company called in the inspection team, which was the most familiar with the tunnel. Their usual work usually started late at night, and when the last subway arrived at the end of the line, it was their turn. They pushed a pulley loaded with road hoists, maintenance tools, and materials along the track, inspecting the screws along the way.
Hence, they were in charge of the search this time. The leader of the inspection team, a man from the northwest named Milliped, approached Zhang Heng and Meinan. He looked to be in his early forties, and he didn't talk much. "Do you want to go with us?" he asked.
"Yes." Zhang Heng nodded.
"Well, come with me." Milliped didn't beat around the bush. He then handed Zhang Heng and Meinan a flashlight.
Zhang Heng carried the large duffel bag and followed the inspection team into the tunnel. Other than Milliped, there were two other young men. Of course, they weren't the only ones in the subway inspection team. Since they were working the night shift, most of them were still sleeping at home.
Anyway, it was only one stop's distance from this station to the next, and they were more than enough to cover it.
Without needing Milliped's instructions, the two young men had already spread out to inspect the tracks. They didn't find any problems for the time being, and soon, they came to the iron gate.
The young man in front of them shone a flashlight at the gate, and it disappeared in a flash.
Just then, Zhang Heng said, "Wait."
"What's wrong?" Milliped stopped in his tracks.
"Is the lock usually unlocked?" Zhang Heng asked Milliped.
The latter moved the flashlight to the Iron Gate Mountain and was taken aback. "Here? It's been locked since I started working here."
"Is that so?" Zhang Heng looked at the dust on the gate. It had indeed been there for a long time, but there were signs that it had been opened not long ago. There were even fingerprints on it. If he was right, it was Cheng Sihan and β who opened the gate. So, Zhang Heng continued to ask, "What's down there?"
The two younger inspectors looked at each other, confused. Milliped, on the other hand, had been working here for the longest time, so he knew a little. "I've never been down there before, but I heard from some of the older employees that there's a subway line down there."
"Subway line? I used to take the subway all the time, but I've never heard of it. It's not on the map either, "Meinan said.
"That's because the subway line was abandoned before it was even built. It's said that the higher-ups changed the construction plan," Milliped said. "Do you think they ran down here?" Milliped asked. He looked at Heng and asked, "Do you think they ran down here?"
"From the looks of it, it's very likely," Zhang Heng said. "But I don't suggest you go down there. You can continue to check other places along this road. Let us do the rest. That way, you can resume your operations earlier."
Milliped, however, was obviously a very responsible person. Without any hesitation, he said, "I'll go down with you."
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