We managed to find an old DVD player in the house. As soon as we played the tape, blurry silver lines flashed across the screen and then a video popped out.

The location of the video appeared to be a secret room. Mr. Mu was sitting on the couch. "Have you disposed of it?" he asked.

"Don't worry,” assured another man. “I called you here today to discuss it." Though the man didn't appear in the video, his voice was one I was familiar with. Song Xingchen and I exchanged a knowing look. "It's him!"

This other man in the video was Yang Xingdong who called himself the Crazy Six Tao Chef.

"The police are still investigating me. You'd better clean it up or we'll both be implicated," came Mr. Mu’s impatient reply.

"Mr. Mu, in fact, I’m not a professional...