In the midst of a trading day, a young Chinese woman, Annie Denisova, was killed at the market. From a conversation with her husband, Loginov and Petrovskaya learned that in early childhood, in front of Annie's eyes, her father was brutally murdered. And witnesses in the market told investigators that before she died, the girl noticed someone and even chased after this person. A version appears that Annie recognized the murderer ... All the threads lead to the house where the Chinese Shu, who is engaged in the manufacture of fake certificates for the import of art objects from China, rents a room ...

During a speech on the radio, the president of the charitable foundation Nikolai Kupriyanov learns about the abduction of his mother Galina and daughter Tamara. After consulting with his brother, he decides to pay the ransom. True, Nikolai also does not refuse to contact the police. The investigation is suspicious of the criminals' detailed awareness of the fund's financial situation and the schedule of meetings of its employees. Loginov and Petrovskaya come to the conclusion that the organizer of the abduction is closely connected with someone from the Kupriyanov family.