Ignoring Jiang Feiyang's teasing, Ye Ruozai stared at the screen for a long time before pondering, "I can't see his face clearly from this angle. Are there any other video angles?"

"No, there's only this angle!" Qiu Shaomin replied regretfully.

"Shangxing, send this footage back to headquarters so they can liaise with the locals to see if they can find a clearer image of this person from nearby surveillance cameras," Ye Ruozai said to Shangxing behind him, maintaining respect by still addressing Shangxing as Team Leader in private as he was once the captain of most of this team.

Shangxing nodded and sent the captured image back to headquarters to start the communication. After giving these instructions, Ye Ruozai patted Qiu Shaomin's shoulder and smiled, "Okay, we'll take over here for now. You can return to headquarters. Someone will talk to you when you get back. Just tell them the truth. Xiaojiang, escort Xiaoqiu back!"

Leaning against the wall, Jiang Feiyang got up and made a gesture of invitation. Qiu Shaomin, realizing the importance of this mission from the room full of people, didn't dare ask more questions and started packing up her belongings to follow Jiang Feiyang downstairs.

"Pei Yan showing up here can't be a coincidence. Did headquarters say anything about this Shi Jinglun?" After Qiu Shaomin left, Ye Ruozai sat in the computer chair and looked around as he asked.

Zheng Jia Ru, who had finished communicating with headquarters, exchanged a glance with Shangxing, and they both shook their heads. Shangxing said helplessly, "No, it's the same as what we know so far. All we know is that he comes from the Daoist Plane and exhibits strange behavior. His specific information has been classified as top secret by Investigation Division. I just sent inquiries to Gu Chu and Director Mei, and the response was to continue tracking without getting too close to startle the target. As for his detailed background, they refuse to disclose it."

Xiaoyu opened the fridge, took out the sodas, and handed them to the people present, chuckling, "I hadn't noticed this person before, just thought he was weird. But now that we see how much attention Pei Yan gets from the division without them revealing any information about this person, his true identity is intriguing."

"No matter who he is, we must do our job and keep an eye on Pei Yan! Leave the rest to the authorities!" Ye Ruozai said as he raised his hand to check his watch and instructed, "Old Zheng, if Pei Yan is still in the mahjong parlor an hour from now, you and I will go down to replace Wang Wenze in the car. Shangxing, you and Jiang Feiyang replace us an hour later, and Xiaoyu, Zhao Yuanhu, you're up next."

"Okay!"

"Understood!"

That evening, after taking turns during the three shifts, a small team squeezed into the cramped apartment, eating take-out. Wang Wenze, standing by the window with stir-fried noodles, feeling the cool breeze as he ate, suddenly exclaimed, "He's out! He's out, hey!"

Hearing this, everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, some went to check the cameras, while others crowded by the window to look down. They saw Shi Jinglun and Pei Yan leaving the mahjong parlor one after the other. However, the two went separate ways, with Shi Jinglun going to the Sichuan restaurant by the roadside as usual, while Pei Yan, after glancing upstairs intentionally or unintentionally, started wandering aimlessly.

"Xiaoyu, Zhao Yuanhu, follow him but not too closely to avoid being discovered!" Ye Ruozai ordered over the intercom. Soon, the two of them in the roadside business car got out and slowly followed Pei Yan.

Then Ye Ruozai called back to Ye Jiumu, "Stop eating. You and Xiaowang get down there, have a meal, and keep an eye on Shi Jinglun for any unusual reactions."

Ye Jiumu nodded, wiped his mouth, put down the barely-touched lunchbox, and went downstairs with Wang Wenze. Ye Ruozai then turned to Shangxing and said, "Leader Shang, follow the two girls to assist them in case anything unexpected happens."

"Alright!"

Thus, for the next hour, Ye Ruozai, stationed at the center, was synchronously listening to the intelligence transmitted back by the two teams. Until he saw the drunken Shi Jinglun stagger out of the Sichuan restaurant and return home. Shortly after, the door behind him sounded, and Ye Jiumu and the others returned to the apartment.

"How was it?" Jiang Feiyang asked as he took the packed meals from them.

"How else? Same as before, he ordered three dishes, drank alone, and didn't interact with anyone or say anything during the meal," Wang Wenze said as he lay on the bed, stretching lazily.

Hearing Wang Wenze's report, Ye Ruozai, who was talking to Xiaoyu, asked, "How's your side?"

"All good, just wandering around the night market. Lin Junzhao sure knows how to enjoy and eat. She's going through every food stall one by one. I wonder if Pei Yan will be stuffed when he returns to his body—doesn't this count as self-harm? It should be against the rules, right?" Xiaoyu teased on the other end of the call.

"Just keep tracking from a distance and maintain visual contact without getting too close!"

"Got it!"

The time ticked by in the group's anxious wait. Half an hour later, the female form of Shi Jinglun, Yu Meiren, appeared at the door of his shabby storefront. With a cigarette in hand and leaning against the wall, he looked toward the street as if waiting for someone.

"Well, he's out hooking again!" Jiang Feiyang leaned against the window, grinning wickedly.

At this moment, Xiaoyu's voice came through the phone, "Heads up, Pei Yan is coming back and almost at the old mahjong parlor!" Hearing this news, everyone in the room immediately perked up, focusing their attention on observing both ends of the street. Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, Pei Yan appeared at one end of the street and soon stood by Miss Shi.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! This is exciting!" Jiang Feiyang widened his eyes, looking downstairs, almost laughing but holding it in, as the two people started flirting openly on the roadside.

"My goodness, lucky that Pei Yan's sister isn't around, or she'd rip apart not just this street but this woman too!" Wang Wenze watched as Pei Yan's hand slipped down Yu Meiren's waist and slowly headed toward the other person's butt, and the two lingered as they walked into the storefront.

Keeping Pei Yan's sister out of the observation action was his own request. First, he worried that if Lin Junzhao did something outrageous while occupying his body, his sister might struggle to control her emotions. Secondly, he still didn't trust Lin Junzhao's promise not to take over his sister's body again.

With this in mind, Wang Wenze turned to the people inside the room, astonished, "Do you think Pei Yan anticipated this scenario and that's why he didn't want his sister to be here?"

"No way, Pei Yan might have imagined many bad scenarios, but I bet he never expected this!" Ye Jiumu scratched his head, looking at Ye Ruozai with difficulty as he asked, "Bro, what do we do now?"

Seeing Ye Ruozai staring at the now-closed door where the two had entered, Wang Wenze chimed in, "We have to come up with a plan, we can't just watch like this!"

"Come up with what plan? What's there to be worried about? It's Pei Yan who's benefiting, maybe this kid's getting lucky for the first time," Jiang Feiyang finally couldn't hold it in and leaned against the bed, laughing uncontrollably.

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