Stealth Walker Episode 14 Recap
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Lin Qiang was attacked by Tar Coal after work, who tried to strangle her. Fortunately, Shengde arrived and intervened, confronting Tar Coal, "Tar Coal, are you insane? You're gonna die the same way Lei Jie did." Lin Qiang urged Shengde to tie up Tar Coal, then discovered Chu Jiaojiao's medicine on him. Tar Coal vowed, "None of you are gonna get away."
Lin Qiang hurried to the hotel to warn Chu Jiaojiao, who was attempting to call Tiger to expose Lin Qiang as an undercover agent. Upon seeing Lin Qiang, Chu Jiaojiao panicked and tried to flee, feeling guilty. Lin Qiang pursued her, eventually catching up as Chu Jiaojiao struggled for breath. When Chu Jiaojiao reached for her medicine, Lin Qiang quickly knocked it from her hand, explaining, "Tar Coal switched your medicine. He wants you dead!
Did you take the pills in the last few days?" Chu Jiaojiao confirmed she hadn't, saying, "No. I just took it out." Lin Qiang expressed her relief and concern, "If I was a little slower, you and the baby would have been on the way to the hospital." Chu Jiaojiao, startled and scared, remembered Lin Qiang was an undercover agent, but Lin Qiang had just saved her and her baby, making her hesitate about her original plan.
Lin Qiang then comforted Chu Jiaojiao, assuring her and her baby were safe. After saving Chu Jiaojiao, Tar Coal managed to escape after injuring Shengde. Shengde was later taken to the hospital by the police. Lin Qiang then went to see Tiger, showing him Tar Coal's gun and explaining how Tar Coal had attacked them. She recounted, "Tar Coal switched your medicine. He wants you dead! And Jiaojiao too. Fortunately, we're OK, so we come to tell you.
Otherwise, you'd be the next, Tiger." Tiger reacted angrily, saying, "After Lei Jie died, that guy has been acting strange, but I didn't expect him to want to kill me, and Jiaojiao too." He then turned to Chu Jiaojiao, asking her about the urgent matter she mentioned on the phone and the 'thing' she had.
Chu Jiaojiao, having been saved by Lin Qiang and hesitant about exposing her, decided to change her story and told Tiger that she wanted to inform him about "the medicine Tar Coal switched." Tiger decided to prioritize the raw materials and the upcoming meeting. He instructed Lin Qiang, "The raw materials are on the way. Before the delivery, we need to set up a meeting with the seller. This was originally arranged for Tar Coal to handle. Now you go."
Lin Qiang agreed. Tiger added that he would handle Tar Coal and told Lin Qiang and Chu Jiaojiao not to worry about it. Back at his home, Tar Coal ignored a call from Tiger, then received an unknown call instructing him, "Open the closet and check the thing inside." He found a stack of cash. Shortly after, Tiger arrived at Tar Coal's house with his men. Tiger confronted Tar Coal, saying, "You're quite capable, huh?
Didn't run away, waiting for me to come to your door." Tar Coal pleaded, "Tiger, I was impulsive. Please give me another chance." Tiger then presented the switched medicine and ordered him to "Eat it." Tar Coal refused, instead stabbing his own hand and begging, "Tiger, spare me please." Tiger, observing his self-inflicted injury and saying it was not worth it for a dead woman, declared, "I'll spare you today. But be a smart man."
Lin Qiang visited Shengde in the hospital. Shengde assured her he was recovering and confirmed he had not revealed her involvement to the police, having claimed he was mugged. Shengde then urged Lin Qiang to stop working with Tiger, expressing his concern, but Lin Qiang insisted she couldn't leave yet but would soon be free and promised to treat him to a big meal then. Shengde then shared information about Dingding, whom Lin Qiang had asked him to investigate.
He explained that last Saturday, while fixing Dingding's TV, he met a man who appeared nervous and wore glasses. Dingding had also instructed him not to visit her on Saturday afternoons. Lin Qiang deduced this was likely Fang Lin and Dingding's regular meeting time. Lin Qiang briefed Cheng Jingsong on Shengde's discoveries, explaining her deduction that Saturday afternoons were Fang Lin and Dingding's regular meeting time at Dingding's home, which could be a lead to the drug workshop.
Lin Qiang also updated him that Zhang Xianhe now completely trusted her, requiring her signature and confirmation for all of Tiger's payments, including an advance payment to the ephedra seller. Just then, Lin Qiang received a text from Chu Jiaojiao, asking her to pick up something from her house, but Chu Jiaojiao's phone was off. Sensing something was amiss, Cheng Jingsong and Lin Qiang went to Chu Jiaojiao's apartment.
Chu Jiaojiao was not there, but they found a camera on her desk. Upon seeing the camera, which appeared to be from "Uncle Cheng," both Lin Qiang and Cheng Jingsong were greatly alarmed, realizing it contained information that could expose Lin Qiang's undercover identity. Meanwhile, Tiger discovered that Chu Jiaojiao had stolen money and a gun from his safe.
After confirming she wasn't answering her phone, he angrily dispatched his men to search for her in her hometown, Lecong, with orders to kill her if they couldn't bring her back. Cheng Jingsong reported the alarming discovery of the camera and its contents to Cao Yongming, explaining that the camera belonged to "Uncle Cheng" and contained information that jeopardized Lin Qiang's undercover identity.
Cao Yongming concluded that Chu Jiaojiao fled because she feared both the police and informing Tiger about Lin Qiang's true identity. He stressed the urgency of bringing her back before Tiger could find her and expose Lin Qiang. Cao Yongming then instructed Li Yan and his team to surveil Dingding's apartment to track Fang Lin, based on Lin Qiang's deduction of their regular meeting time, hoping to use this faster method to locate the drug workshop.
Additionally, the Third Squad was assigned to tail Wu Zhenfa, the Shaizhou merchant who owned Paisheng Furniture and had received an advance payment for ephedra from Tiger. He tasked Cheng Jingsong with locating and bringing back Chu Jiaojiao, while the undercover agent (Lin Qiang) would directly communicate with him (Cao Yongming), cutting out intermediate links for heightened security, as the arrest was imminent. Later, Zhang Xianhe contacted Lin Qiang, asking her to accompany him to Dingding's home the next day.
He explained his suspicion that Dingding was valuable to Tiger because of her relationship with Fang Lin, as evidenced by a small, non-salary payment from Tiger to Dingding. Zhang Xianhe revealed his true intention: to acquire Fang Lin and thereby gain control of the entire drug production chain, considering Tiger a temporary obstacle. He instructed Lin Qiang to control Dingding and prevent any mishaps while he dealt with Fang Lin.
After agreeing and ending the call, Lin Qiang immediately reported Zhang Xianhe's plans to Cao Yongming, describing Zhang Xianhe as "too difficult to deal with." The next day, as Zhang Xianhe and Lin Qiang were en route to Dingding's house, Cao Yongming's team attempted to intercept them by orchestrating a minor car accident. However, Zhang Xianhe was undeterred; he abandoned his car and swiftly hailed a taxi, leaving Lin Qiang to follow him.
Zhang Xianhe pressed on to Dingding's apartment, intending to abduct Fang Lin. When no one answered, Lin Qiang attempted to dissuade him, suggesting they reconsider, but Zhang Xianhe ignored her and insisted she pick the lock, reminding her of her skills and promising to double any money she would have earned from Tiger if she helped him. Once inside, they hid, waiting for Fang Lin and Dingding.
Lin Qiang secretly hoped to allow Fang Lin to escape so Li Yan's team could follow him to the drug workshop. However, Tiger unexpectedly arrived. Discovering Fang Lin had snuck out of his custody, Tiger brutally punished him by injecting Dingding with drugs to control Fang Lin. Fang Lin pleaded with Tiger to spare Dingding, promising, "I won't run away again. I'll do whatever you tell me, Tiger. Please let Dingding go."
Lin Qiang tried to intervene, but Zhang Xianhe held her back. Highly suspicious, Tiger ordered his men to take the drugged Dingding away, telling them to "teach her a lesson. Tell her to shut up" once she recovered. He then escaped with Fang Lin by jumping out a window into a neighboring property.
Li Yan, having been alerted to suspicious activity in the apartment and then hearing from a neighbor about men jumping from a window, quickly realized Tiger and Fang Lin had fled, losing their trail. Cao Yongming was furious with Li Yan for losing Fang Lin for a second time, emphasizing that all their efforts now rested on Lin Qiang locating the drug workshop quickly, otherwise they would have no evidence for arrest.
Compounding the situation, the Third Squad, who were tailing Wu Zhenfa, reported that Wu Zhenfa had spotted them, forcing them to detain him and bring him in. Cao Yongming personally interrogated Wu Zhenfa, confronting him with evidence of receiving a million-dollar advance from Tiger and the illegality of his ephedra trafficking, which could lead to a ten-year sentence. Wu Zhenfa, desperate, pleaded for a chance.
Cao Yongming offered him a deal: cooperate by attending the scheduled meeting with Tiger's men, accompanied by police, and then assist in capturing Tiger in exchange for leniency. Wu Zhenfa readily agreed. On the day of the meeting, Lin Qiang discovered that Hong would also be present and that she knew Wu Zhenfa, a crucial detail she immediately relayed to Cao Yongming.
At the station, Cao Yongming and Li Yan were coaching Wu Zhenfa on his role, but Wu Zhenfa proved to be uncooperative, even attempting to escape. Realizing the risk, Cao Yongming decided to personally impersonate Wu Zhenfa's cousin for the meeting at Hongyi Restaurant. Upon meeting, Hong immediately noticed that Cao Yongming was not Wu Zhenfa. Cao Yongming, playing the part, claimed, "I'm Wu Zhenfa's cousin. He owed a huge debt in gambling and took off.
So he asked me to make the delivery." Hong, unconvinced and stating that "Zhenfa never told me he had a cousin," insisted on speaking directly to Wu Zhenfa. Under pressure, Cao Yongming called Wu Zhenfa and handed the phone to Hong. With police supervising him, Wu Zhenfa reluctantly confirmed Cao Yongming's story, telling Hong, "I can't go back. Once I step on the mainland, the loan sharks will find me. You can trust my cousin. Don't worry, sweetheart."
Convinced by Wu Zhenfa's assurances, Hong agreed to proceed with the transaction. Cheng Jingsong finally located Chu Jiaojiao at a hospital in Lecong, where she was seeking treatment for breathing difficulties due to the switched medicine. He urged her to return with him, promising, "You protected Wang Qian's cover. The police will try to get you a lenient sentence." However, Chu Jiaojiao tragically revealed, "Too late. Qiu Hu's man found me just now.
I've told them Wang Qian is a cop." Alarmed, Cheng Jingsong immediately contacted Cao Yongming to inform him that Lin Qiang's undercover identity as Wang Qian had been compromised. Simultaneously, Tiger received a phone call confirming this very information, learning that "Wang Qian is a cop."
