Shooting Stars Episode 12 Recap
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The panic-stricken looks of the pawnshop clerks exposed their secret. Just as Hua Zhen and Chen Hao were about to question them about who gave them the photos, the pawnshop owner took advantage of the moment and immediately called his superior. Shortly after, a sergeant arrived at the pawnshop with a group of subordinates.
They were arrogant and overbearing, thinking Hua Zhen was just from a small police unit, and even pulled out their guns, warning Hua Zhen to know when to quit. When Hua Zhen heard that the other party was from the Songhu Garrison Headquarters and that his classmate An Yin was also there, he called the headquarters directly. The call was fortunately answered by An Yin. Hearing that his classmate was in trouble, An Yin immediately sent people to help.
Chen Hao was once again surprised to see that Hua Zhen had connections at the Songhu Garrison Headquarters. An Yin was at the intersection, so Hua Zhen went to greet him. Chen Hao, out of curiosity, also went over and overheard the conversation between Hua Zhen and An Yin. An Yin and Hua Zhen attended the same school and had a good relationship.
Hearing that Hua Zhen had been searching for news about the murder of the Meng couple, he kindly warned him not to get involved with the Communist Party and asked him if the investigation had anything to do with Deng Mingyuan. Hua Zhen clearly told him that the investigation of this case had nothing to do with his teacher.
An Yin was from the KMT-controlled area, and he expressed his concern that if Hua Zhen ever really became involved with the Communist Party, they should no longer contact each other in the future. After An Yin left, Chen Hao treated Hua Zhen to a meal. Having worked together for a while, Chen Hao asked him about his relationship with Deng Mingyuan. Upon hearing that Hua Zhen was Deng Mingyuan's student, Chen Hao was very excited.
This was a student taught by the senior he admired. Chen Hao respected Deng Mingyuan's high moral standing and reputation, and he never expected to meet one of his students someday. Indeed, he possessed an extraordinary demeanor, truly worthy of being his teacher's student. Chen Hao was born into a poor peasant family and had been secretly involved in underground party liaison work.
He was not highly educated but had a fervent revolutionary passion and was an ambitious and promising young man. He had always hoped to join the Communist Party. Section Chief Feng found the address of the apartment Hua Zhen had previously rented. He saw that Meng Duo Ci's name was not listed in the tenant register kept by the apartment owner, and the apartment staff claimed to know nothing.
His subordinate then reported that Hua Zhen and Chen Hao had gone to see the pawnshop owner again during the day. He was very angry, feeling that he had been constantly "cleaning up after" Chen Hao and Hua Zhen, and that they consistently ignored his advice and continued to investigate the case stubbornly. He couldn't afford to offend either side.
Section Chief Feng was frustrated and had nowhere to vent his anger when the phone in Hua Zhen's apartment room suddenly rang. Section Chief Feng alertly answered the phone. The call was from Hua Zhen's brother. When Section Chief Feng heard the other party introduce himself as the Second Secretary of the Aide-de-camp Office, he was so angry that he threw the phone away. He thought the other party was a fraud, not realizing he had missed an important clue.
A comrade from the underground party who had secretly protected Meng Duo Ci while living in the apartment building had sacrificed himself during torture. When Wei Daiqing searched his belongings, he found a belt. This belt was very expensive, and it was said to be used to bind wounds. Wei Daiqing ordered his subordinates to go to Nanjing to investigate who had purchased this kind of belt. Chen Hao took Hua Zhen to stay at his home.
Walking through a bustling alley, the neighbors were all very familiar with Chen Hao. After a while, local patrol police came to Chen Hao's house to register Hua Zhen's identity card. Hua Zhen showed them the identity card belonging to "Xiang Yuansheng". Chen Hao knew it was fake and immediately made up an excuse to send the patrol police away. Hua Zhen asked Chen Hao when he had discovered that he was using a fake identity.
Chen Hao frankly admitted that he had known for a long time and stated that Xiang Yuansheng himself had been declared missing three years ago. This person had no direct relatives, and only the landlord knew about this matter.
When Hua Zhen asked about Chen Hao's relationship with Deng Mingyuan, Chen Hao also chose to conceal it to protect him: he did not know Deng Mingyuan, but had only met someone by chance who told him that he would be a very good police officer in the future, and he had chosen that mission. Section Chief Feng secretly summoned Zhou Chang, the captain of the field action team, and gave him a photo of Hua Zhen, instructing him to quietly kill this person.
