Who?
Ling Chen suddenly turned around, his gaze eting a pretty face filled with a faint anger.
Uh... Ling Chen was stunned for a mont, squeezing out an awkward smile, and said, "Officer Xia, what a coincidence." Saying this, Ling Chen’s eyes darted around, checking his surroundings to prevent anyone from approaching.
Xia Mutong glared at Ling Chen and humd softly, "Stop looking. There’s no one else here, just you and . If I wanted to catch you, you would have been surrounded by now."
Hearing this, Ling Chen instantly realized. He was carrying Xia Mutong’s phone, she must have located him through the phone signal.
Seeing that Xia Mutong was alone without any subordinates, Ling Chen breathed a sigh of relief. From Xia Mutong’s deanor, it was clear she wasn’t planning to arrest him.
"What’s in this backpack?" Xia Mutong asked. As she spoke, she reached out to snatch the backpack.
Fortunately, Ling Chen was quick and clutched the backpack to his chest. Xia Mutong ended up grasping at air, and her ample chest bumped directly into Ling Chen’s arm.
Embarrassed, Ling Chen stepped back and said, "Officer Xia, we’re all friends here, help out."
"You should at least let know the reason."
"This..." Ling Chen hesitated, then confessed the truth, "Wanqing is kidnapped, this thing can trade for her life."
"Really?" Xia Mutong’s expression loosened, and frowning, she asked, "Then why didn’t you call the police?"
"If calling the police was useful, I would have done it already. Officer Xia, I’m short on ti, I have to go; I’ll co back to you after I resolve this."
Having said that, without waiting for Xia Mutong to respond, Ling Chen quickly dashed towards a taxi at the roadside and dived into it.
Watching the taxi drive away, Xia Mutong stamped her foot in frustration and muttered to herself, "I’ll see where you can escape to."
Saying this, a hint of triumph flashed in her eyes.
Sitting in the taxi, Ling Chen turned off his phone to prevent Xia Mutong from tracking his signal again.
Now labeled as a wanted criminal, his ID was certainly of no use, and he couldn’t travel by plane, car, or train. He had no choice but to drive to Changling City.
Arriving at the Old City, Ling Chen used a public phone to call Jiang Hao. Soon after, Jiang Hao arrived in a car.
"Chen."
"Give the car; you take a ride back."
Jiang Hao stepped out of the driver’s seat and seeing Ling Chen about to start the car and leave, he hurriedly said, "Chen, don’t rush off."
"You have sothing else?"
"There seems to be a problem in Hu’s office; I’ve been trying to contact you, but your phone was unreachable."
Ling Chen, puzzled, asked, "What’s the problem?"
"I’m not sure; his computer keeps showing so ssages, and I don’t understand this stuff. Hu has instructed us not to touch his computer, so I dared not ss with it. Chen, maybe you should take a look?"
Ling Chen found this strange; Hu Fei had been captured, so how could there be an issue with his computer?
After so thought, Ling Chen decided to go with Jiang Hao. Hu Fei’s office wasn’t far from there, and it wouldn’t take much ti.
At a courier company in the Old City, Ling Chen followed Jiang Hao to Hu Fei’s office. As soon as he entered, he heard a continuous ’beep’ sound from the computer.
"Chen, have a look, it has been beeping for days now."
Ling Chen nodded, walked directly to the computer screen, and imdiately, a dialog box popped up with options to accept or reject. Without a second thought, Ling Chen clicked accept.
As the dialog box disappeared, a screen popped up in the center of the monitor, displaying several flashing red dots.
"This is..."
Ling Chen looked at the images displayed on the computer screen, his eyes suddenly brightened, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
This chubby guy... had a trick up his sleeve all along!
"Jiang Hao, I’m leaving first. Keep an eye on the screen for , don’t let anyone touch it, you hear?"
"Understood, Chen."
"Don’t turn off your phone, I’ll contact you at any ti."
Leaving the courier company, Ling Chen drove alone toward the highway entrance.
A night passed.
After a journey of more than ten hours, Ling Chen finally drove into Changling City.
Having not slept for two consecutive days and nights, he was extrely exhausted at this point. However, it was crucial ti, he couldn’t afford to be tired and hurriedly rushed to the hotel to et with Sang Ji and others.
"Elder Zhou, I’ve brought the stuff."
Ling Chen set down his backpack, panting as he spoke.
Sang Ji shook his head, saying, "We mobilized a lot of intelligence resources, but the information we gathered is very limited, probably not much help to our operation."
"That’s not a problem; I know where the person is."
"You know?" Zhou Jun looked at Ling Chen in surprise and asked, "Where are they?"
Ling Chen brought over a map, spread it out in front of everyone, and then pointed to a location on it.
"Yinan Village."
Zhou Qi and others looked at each other and asked, "Are you sure?"
Ling Chen nodded firmly and said, "One hundred percent sure. Before Hu Fei was captured, he had taken precautions and carried a tracker on him. Through the tracker’s signal, we can narrow the area down to fifty ters."
Sang Ji pondered for a mont and said, "Yinan Village is located on the outskirts of Changling City, even separated by a town. Since they are detained in Yinan Village, it indicates that the place is a core area of the God Organization. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have sent the prisoners to such a far place. I will imdiately contact the Secret Society, let them mobilize all forces, and start a search in Yinan Village to see if they can find any valuable clues."
Ling Chen looked at the ti and added, "There are seven hours left until the deadline set by Wu Jun. You guys better hurry. Also, be very careful, don’t expose your tracks."
"Don’t worry, I know what to do."
Zhou Qi, seeing the exhausted look on Ling Chen’s face, couldn’t help but say, "You’ve worked hard too, take so rest first, I’ll call you when it’s ti."
"Alright, thanks."
Lying on the bed, Ling Chen closed his eyes and soon, thunderous snores began to sound.
The night deepened.
Ten o’clock.
Ling Chen took a shower in the hotel bathroom, then, carrying the backpack with HZ1, went alone to the agreed location.
It was still that sa restaurant from last ti; when Ling Chen arrived, the restaurant’s main hall was desolately empty, not a person in sight.
Ling Chen didn’t hesitate, heading straight to an upstairs private room.
Upon entering, he saw Wu Jun sitting by a round table, holding a wine glass, gently swirling the red liquid inside.
Seeing Ling Chen striding in, Wu Jun greeted him with a radiant smile, "Ling, you’re very punctual. Did you bring the goods?"
Ling Chen threw his backpack onto the table and asked, "Here’s the stuff, where’s the person I asked for?"
"Ling, I apologize, but there might be so changes to the conditions we had agreed upon previously."
Hearing this, Ling Chen’s face turned cold, and just as he was about to rebuke, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming from outside the private room.
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