Episode 2 recap: Su Xing and others are investigating the killer who murdered Tu Zhe.
After completing his work in the laboratory, Tong Sheng returned home to find his father in an unhappy mood due to visitors. Meanwhile, Su Xing reveals to Zhou Yamming the reason for the breakdown of his master-disciple relationship with Tong Jiangnan. Years ago at Shanghai Zhendandaxue, Su Xing and Tong Sheng met and fell in love, but because Su Xing had to secretly infiltrate an organization, he had to painfully break up with her, losing Tong Jiangnan's trust ever since.
Su Xing originally hoped to take this opportunity to clear up past misunderstandings, but the situation is far more complicated than he expected. Su Xing speculates that Tu Zhe's murder was an attempt by the enemy to sever their connection with Tong Jiangnan, and if they can capture the killer, they can prove their identity. With only half a month left before the organization's planned withdrawal, Su Xing knows he cannot delay any further, so he immediately leads his team to Tu Zhe's residence to carefully examine the scene and collect clues.
Coincidentally, Su Xing encounters the shrimp boy he had previously saved, and learns unexpectedly that he is Tu Zhe's adopted son. The shrimp boy understands Su Xing's purpose and recounts everything he witnessed. On the day of the incident, Tu Zhe planned to buy the shrimp boy a new pair of cloth shoes and told him to come to the house in the evening to get them, but unfortunately the shoes had not yet been delivered to the shrimp boy when Tu Zhe met with misfortune.
The shrimp boy reveals that the killer had the smell of roast goose, which is an extremely important clue for Su Xing. To ensure the safety of the liaison station, Su Xing does not take the shrimp boy to see Zhou Yamming, but waits until the next day to bring Xiaojing and Zhou Yamming to the slum, and based on the shrimp boy's description, they draw a portrait of the fat man.
Meanwhile, Abiao and others continue to keep watch across from the Tong family, and Dang Xunqi and Luo Guanying come to inquire about the situation, learning that someone from Haijiang University has visited. Although the investigation into the case is progressing slowly, Li Wenbo has a new speculation - he suspects that Tu Zhe's death is closely linked to the Kuomintang.
At this time, in the Tong family, democratic activists have gathered, and Tong Jiangnan reveals to them that Tu Zhe was most likely a liaison for the Communist Party, and that the Kuomintang forces have already infiltrated Hong Kong. In addition, Tong Jiangnan also mentions people like Luo Guanying, and believes that until their identities are clarified, they can only watch and see.
The democratic activists present are concerned about their own safety, and there are differences of opinion within the group: one side advocates temporarily shelving the plan to go north, while the other insists on immediately returning to the country.
Li Ru Chen said that he could contact his friends in mainland China to help everyone leave Hong Kong by cargo ship. On the other hand, Xiao Jing found Wang Da Long at the pier and took him to meet Su Xing.
The long-lost good friends reunited and were overjoyed to see each other. Zhou Ya Ming emphasized the importance of this mission to Wang Da Long and reminded him to fully cooperate with Su Xing's actions in Hong Kong to ensure his safety. Li Wen Bo and Cha Liang Jie came to the Tong family and discreetly warned Tong Jiang Nan to be careful of the Kuomintang, putting Tong Jiang Nan and the others in a complex predicament. The Kuomintang's assassination of Tu Zhe further complicated the situation.
At the same time, the Hong Kong British government also began to pay attention to their actions. These series of events made them feel that they were facing great difficulties. Su Xing and the others split up, carrying the fat man's portrait, carefully searching the streets and alleys. Even Xia Zai mobilized his partners to take action.
After Cha Liang Jie followed Li Wen Bo back to the police station, they began to analyze the Tu Zhe murder case in depth. Cha Liang Jie observed that Tong Jiang Nan's behavior in the case was quite abnormal, and he suspected that Tong Jiang Nan might be hiding something.
Li Wen Bo agreed with Cha Liang Jie's conjecture, believing that they might have overlooked some important steps in the investigation, and decided to shift the focus of the investigation to the Kuomintang side. At present, Tong Sheng's experiment is still ongoing, and due to the tight time frame, they have not yet mastered the full details, causing Tong Jiang Nan to feel very anxious.
Tong Jiang Nan told Tong Sheng to try to complete this project in Hong Kong, otherwise it would be too late once they got to the mainland. And if the experiment is successful, it will greatly improve the thermal efficiency of oil, which will be of great significance to the industrialization process of New China. Tong Sheng expressed understanding of her father's anxiety, but she was also worried that the Hong Kong British government would obstruct them from taking away the experimental results.
For this reason, Tong Jiang Nan reminded his daughter to make a backup of the data, just in case. While they were discussing, the Hong Kong Governor's assistant An Ni suddenly visited the school and offered Tong Jiang Nan 50,000 pounds in funding from the British government to support their research, but the condition was that Tong Jiang Nan and the research results must remain in Hong Kong.
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