My Perfect Female CEO

Chapter 1525: Surfacing

"Should we deploy some personnel to monitor Han Zizhen and Shang Xiaoran? It would also offer protection at critical moments," Zhang Lu inquired.She felt disappointed. After listening to Ye Fan’s analysis, a clear pattern emerged in her mind. It seemed that one of the couple, Shang Xiaoran or Han Zizhen, indeed had issues, which filled her with resentment.

She never imagined that the problems within the organization would be so significant and the enemy’s infiltration so strong.

The mere thought of it sent shivers down her spine. No matter how much one hoped, the facts laid bare were painful.

"Have Zhang Kui secretly follow up, focusing on monitoring Han Zizhen, while Shang Xiaoran will be protected," Ye Fan thought seriously for a moment and made this judgment.

This was after his analysis and speculation, indicating that the likelihood of problems with Han Zizhen was high, while Shang Xiaoran likely had no major issues.

"What’s your basis for judgment?" Zhang Lu asked in surprise.

"Han Zizhen and Shang Xiaoran gave inconsistent accounts about whether Liu Anping left first or they rested first. According to Shang Xiaoran, the key was in the safe, with dual passwords, consisting of fingerprint and numerical passwords. If what Shang Xiaoran said is accurate, then Han Zizhen has problems. Liu Anping couldn’t have known such confidential passwords. By this calculation, the suspicion towards Han Zizhen is much greater," Ye Fan stated calmly. "Moreover, Liu Anping contacted Han Zizhen before his death, which is also a direction for suspicion. Overall, Han Zizhen should be the main suspect."

Zhang Lu quickly conveyed Ye Fan’s arrangement to Zhang Kui.

Ye Fan fell into deep thought. The current situation showed that the enemy had long formed a large net enveloping them, restricting their actions and keeping them a step behind the enemy.

The reason for this scenario was that the enemy had planned ahead and stayed hidden, making it hard to guard against.

To break this net, seize the initiative, and take a proactive stance is not an easy task.

Everything needs long-term planning to find a breakthrough point in this net, which is crucial.

When he joined this mission, Ye Fan didn’t find it so challenging, but now, he felt powerless, like punching a cotton wall, weak and without any sense of achievement.

Facing the enemy, always a step ahead of the action group, it’s impossible not to feel anxious.

But Ye Fan had to remain calm to find a way to break this net.

If he got flustered, it would be a blunder.

"What are you thinking?" Zhang Lu, having conveyed the arrangement to Zhang Kui, curiously interrupted when she saw Ye Fan pondering.

"The enemy lurks among us. Both the action group and the research institute have issues. That’s the crux of the problem, making our every action lag a step behind the enemy. If we don’t reverse this disadvantageous situation, we’ll be very passive, and whatever we do will seem futile," Ye Fan explained.

"Who would have thought the enemy’s infiltration was this severe?" Zhang Lu was both helpless and furious.

She harbored deep hatred for the traitors, gritting her teeth with anger.

Zhang Lu looked seriously at Ye Fan and said, "The immediate priority is to eliminate the traitors right under our noses. As long as we ensure the action team is clean, future actions will be stable and secure, preventing any leak of our whereabouts."

"It’s time for a powerful counterattack. After removing this traitor, we can deal with others," Ye Fan resolved.

"You’ve already formulated a plan?" Zhang Lu looked at him with excitement and anticipation.

"It’s confidential," Ye Fan smiled without explaining.

"Why keep it secret?" Zhang Lu rolled her eyes at Ye Fan, feeling quite innocent.

Though she was highly curious about the specific plan, Ye Fan didn’t disclose it, and she didn’t press further.

Actually, she could guess roughly. When leaving the action group, Ye Fan had Li Tong make some tweaks to the phones of the staff in the action group, likely using this to locate the traitor, right?

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In the action group, Ye Fan urgently gathered everyone to issue new instructions and tasks.

"According to reliable intelligence, Wu Dayong has entered our field of vision. Our personnel outside are monitoring him. In this operation, we mustn’t let Wu Dayong escape," Ye Fan said solemnly to everyone. "Now, I’ll announce the task: I’m leading one team, Zhang Lu another, and Li Tong another. Seal off all the routes from this area to the outside world, preventing the enemy from escaping under our noses again."

"As this area is a blind spot for surveillance, the relevant intelligence was gathered by our personnel. Everyone must be extremely cautious. If we capture Wu Dayong at his residence, that’s good. If he escapes, we must catch him and not let him get away," Ye Fan said as he displayed all relevant intelligence on the screen.

This intelligence was, of course, prepared in advance.

"This Wu Dayong, who has exposed himself to us more than once, must be captured. We should be able to extract some useful information from him," Zhang Lu emphasized.

"Everyone understands my point, right?" Ye Fan asked seriously.

"Understood," everyone replied in unison.

"Good, let’s move," Ye Fan commanded immediately.

With this command given, the personnel responsible for the operation sprang into action.

Three vehicles from the action group sped out towards the destination.

In the action group, only Niu Ben and Yang Yan remained to oversee command and support.

"Mobilizing such a large force, it seems Wu Dayong is about to be caught," Yang Yan said, nervous but without relaxing.

Two minutes later, a message was transmitted from the action group: Wu Dayong has been exposed, transfer quickly.

The secret small action group led by Shen Yaqing and Qiu Wen intercepted this message promptly. Shen Yaqing typed rapidly for a while before her face gradually relaxed.

The traitor has been identified.

All the serious reports about Wu Dayong being exposed were fabricated by Shen Yaqing and Qiu Wen.

The purpose was to lure out this traitor.

All the efforts were finally not in vain.

Ye Fan, Zhang Lu, and Li Tong sat in one of the cars while other companions occupied the other cars. The three cars for the urgent operation acted as if it were the real thing, leaving no loopholes.

Originally, others thought they were going to capture Wu Dayong for real, their fighting spirit was high, and naturally, they wouldn’t play pretend.

Only Ye Fan, Zhang Lu, and Li Tong knew the insider situation.

Ye Fan received a message from Qiu Wen with the name of the traitor.

"How could it be him?" Zhang Lu was extremely surprised by this answer.

"He was our eyes?" Li Tong was filled with rage.