WWY Chapter 81
by VolareChapter 81: Dragnet: Everyone Rushes to Renchao Village.
Thinking of Man Qin, Lan He felt a sudden pang of sorrow.
Could it all be because of him?
Da Sang was indeed such a fanatic. He always regarded his children as his own property, not tolerating the slightest disobedience. Lan He had thought he was special to him, he had thought that with the sound legal system in the country, he wouldn’t dare come. It turned out it was just not the right time.
Da Sang looked at him leisurely, a smile always on his face: “I’ve told you what you want to know, now it’s my turn?”
Lan He didn’t understand: “What?”
“Hand it over.”
“What?”
“You’ve been a clever little devil since you were a child.” Da Sang stood up, walked over, and affectionately ruffled his hair. “Dad hit you last time because he was angry. Don’t be stubborn, take it out.”
Lan He still shook his head: “What thing? I really don’t know.”
Da Sang silently looked at him for a while, then smiled helplessly: “You, you have to force me to be ruthless.”
Lan He’s heart jumped: “I…”
Suddenly, his phone rang twice.
Qi A glanced down and saw a WeChat notification named “Ling Bun,” his cheeks instantly tightened.
He forcibly pointed the phone at Lan He’s face, successfully unlocked it, swiped open, and saw the two people’s conversation, instantly bursting into flames.
[Ling Bun: Sorry, I was in a meeting just now.]
[Ling Bun: I’ll be very busy these next two days, so I won’t be back to keep you company. Eat well, don’t stay up late.]
He looked at Lan He and sarcastically read out Tuxi Ling’s message, then asked, “What, living together?”
Lan He raised one side of his mouth, revealing a “so what?” expression.
Da Sang glanced at the screen, thought for a moment, and ordered: “Call that Detective Ling and tell him to bring the thing here.”
Now Lan He was anxious: “What thing are you after! He doesn’t know anything at all, even I don’t know, how would he know!”
Qi A also said, “Dad, how can you be sure it’s in Detective Ling’s hands?”
Da Sang reached for the phone and said, “Otherwise, how do you think the police discovered the Yuan Village factory? He must have gotten it already!”
“The police must have received a report and conducted a normal search. How could they not have discovered it?” Lan He stood up excitedly, but was pressed back by Qi A.
“Then explain, if there were no clues, how would they have run to the factory next door when searching the black workshop?”
“…”
Lan He didn’t know. Tuxi Ling hadn’t told him the details, and he hadn’t asked. He didn’t even know there was any factory at all. He was just guessing just now.
Da Sang found Tuxi Ling’s number in Lan He’s phone and directly called him.
“Hello, Lan He?”
“Officer Ling, good afternoon.”
“…Who is this?”
“Da Sang.”
“Where’s Lan He?”
“I’ll send you the location right away. You have one hour to give me what Weiyu He left behind, come alone. If I find a second person appearing, I’ll kill him immediately. You wouldn’t doubt my ability to monitor the situation, would you?”
“What thing are you talking about? I’m asking you, where’s Lan He!”
“Don’t play dumb. If I don’t see it within an hour, he’s dead.”
“Don’t…”
“Not even a minute late.”
“Wait!”
Da Sang hung up the phone without saying another word, looked at Lan He with a smile, and sent the current location to the WeChat of “Ling Bun.”
Lan He nervously licked his lips. Da Sang said, “Be honest, don’t think I won’t kill you.”
He said to Qi A, “Tie him up and gag his mouth.”
Sweat oozed from Qi A’s forehead: “Dad…”
Da Sang’s eyes narrowed, and he quickly lowered his head: “Okay.”
He found a rope, tied Lan He up with his hands behind his back, not too tightly, and then got a piece of cloth to cover his mouth, kneading his shoulder.
He whispered in Lan He’s ear, “It’s better for you to be obedient, so I can smoothly kill him in front of you!”
The cloth was also tied loosely, not doing anything to silence him. He heard Lan He’s muffled roar of “I’ll kill you,” and a triumphant smile bloomed on his face.
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14:31, the technical team threw out bait to lure the opponent’s hacker to make defensive moves. After several minutes of evidence submission, the local police immediately arrested him. The hacker named Crinum broke his leg while trying to escape and was taken into custody.
14:49, through the road surveillance analysis of the past two days, the activity range of Da Sang’s group was locked in the Renchao Village area. The Renchao Village police station cooperated in sorting out clues, confirming that their hiding place should be near Dafeng Reef on the north-facing hillside.
14:51, provincial leaders issued instructions to immediately encircle and suppress Da Sang and his group.
15:35, the sea and land routes around Renchao Village were completely blocked, and a temporary command center was established. Leaders of the Public Security Bureau, Special Police, and National Security sat together to coordinate cross-regional resources at any time. The GIS system was connected, police helicopters were on standby, and special police and armed police were ready.
15:39, everyone rushed to Renchao Village.
16:05, Tuxi Ling’s phone received a call: Lan He was kidnapped.
He calmed down and immediately called Director Liu.
“Director Liu, Lan He has been kidnapped by Da Sang!”
“What?” Director Liu, at the command center, peeked at the two city leaders next door and loudly asked, “Ling, is the news accurate?”
“Accurate, the suspect used Lan He’s phone to call me and shared the location, right at Dafeng Reef, where we predicted. Director Liu, Lan He is in danger, I request a postponement of the operation!”
“Postponement of the operation?” Director Liu’s words attracted the attention of others. They stopped discussing and looked at him. “Do you know how big of a deal this is? Postponement of the operation? Who’s responsible if the suspect escapes?”
Tuxi Ling was so anxious he was sweating. He was willing to take responsibility with his life, but his level was really not high enough.
“Director Liu, we can’t ignore the safety of the hostage, right? Da Sang said, within an hour, I have to go alone. He wants something, wants me to bring it to him, otherwise he’ll kill Lan He.”
“Something? What thing?”
“I don’t know, he said it was left by Weiyu He. It should be something very important to them, otherwise they wouldn’t take the risk. I think this thing is equally important to us! Director Liu, while they haven’t realized we’ve started the operation, I want to go there as he said. First, to test the waters and see what they want, and second, the safety of the hostage can be guaranteed. The last time Si’nian He died, the public uproar was so bad, it had a very bad impact on our public security system. If Lan He has another accident…”
Director Liu had already turned on the speakerphone, and the leaders of the province, city, and various units heard these words. After more than ten minutes of careful research and discussion, it was decided that everyone else would temporarily stay in a safe area, snipers would be ambushed at the high points, and Tuxi Ling would go alone, waiting for an opportunity to cooperate in rescuing the hostage and then close the net.
Under the dragnet, this time they would never have a chance to escape again.
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Da Sang went out, leaving Qi A to guard Lan He.
The empty house was filled with the smell of secondhand smoke, and Lan He wrinkled his nose. The cloth under his nose rubbed upwards, causing him to sneeze.
He was annoyed: “Can’t you open the window for ventilation? You living chimneys!”
Opening the window was not possible, but Qi A helped him pull the cloth down a bit: “Can’t you just apologize to Dad? Do you know how much he cares about you?”
Lan He twisted his body and used his bound hands to express mockery: “This is how he cares about me?”
“Wasn’t that because you made him angry?” Qi A helped him wiggle the rope outwards a bit. “You’re just spoiled by Dad, really. Do you know why he chose Purple Jade Sea View?”
Lan He thought for a long time before remembering that Purple Jade Sea View was where they stayed when they killed Man Qin. He didn’t care, but couldn’t help being curious about what kind of crap this guy could spew, so he asked, “Why?”
“Dad knew you didn’t want to see him, but he wanted to see you. He’s been worried about your heart these past few years, just not saying it on the surface. He specially chose a place close to the police and the hospital, because after Weiyu He died, you might go to the Public Security Bureau, or you might be stimulated to go to the hospital. He specifically checked, that hospital has many of your medical records. At the time, his idea was, it would be good just to see you from afar.”
“Get real, weren’t you just planning to catch me back?”
“Before you got involved in the case, Dad didn’t have that idea.”
Lan He turned his face away, silent. He knew Qi A wouldn’t lie to him.
Qi A excitedly grabbed his arm: “Come with us this time, okay? Your little bit of family property, Dad can give you ten times as much!”
Lan He shook his head.
Qi A knew he wouldn’t go because of that Detective Ling, and a fierce light appeared in his eyes: “Do you think that if you buy back all the cultural relics, they won’t pursue you? That Detective Ling won’t be able to protect you then!”
“My affairs are none of your business!” Lan He straightened his neck. “I’m willing to take responsibility for the mistakes I made!”
Qi A angrily pushed his arm away: “What magic spell did he cast on you?”
Lan He firmly said: “Even without him, I wouldn’t go back with you! I’ve had enough!”
The door was pushed open, and Da Sang stood at the door, coldly looking at Lan He.
He had heard what he said just now, and his expression was even colder than before, just like a heartbroken old father.
“Qi A, I can’t contact Crinum all of a sudden, there must be a problem. I’ve already told them to prepare the boat in advance, we’ll leave as soon as we get the thing.”
“Understood, Dad!”
“The Ling guy said he’s almost here, kill him before we leave.”
“What if he’s bluffing?”
“Then just kill him.” Da Sang said grimly, “We probably don’t have much time left.”
After he left, Qi A cracked his knuckles, then put Lan He’s rope loop on the back of the wooden chair.
Lan He struggled and cursed, Qi A looked outside and hissed, “Don’t show your face, and don’t make a sound, you better pray Dad forgets about you!”
Lan He bit his lip, staring at him, and suddenly shouted, “Tuxi Ling, don’t worry about me, they’re going to run! Tuxi Ling—”
Qi A was taken aback and quickly went up to cover his mouth: “Are you crazy!”
He wasn’t afraid of Tuxi Ling, he was afraid that Da Sang would hear him and shoot him dead.
Lan He kept shouting, even with his mouth covered, he was still making muffled calls, his unyielding appearance almost driving him crazy.
He picked up the ashtray on the table, weighed it, thought it was too heavy, put it down, and then drew a leather whip from his waist and quickly wrapped it around his neck: “If you don’t shut up, I’ll kill you!”
Lan He kicked him and glared at him: “You better kill me quickly! You bastard, you should have rotted in the ruins!”
Qi A gritted his teeth and pulled the leather whip upwards, tightening it across the cloth over his mouth, successfully silencing him this time.
He went out with murderous intent, just in time to see Tuxi Ling jumping from the rocks to the sandy shore, alone.
With just one look, both sides simultaneously locked onto each other, and they walked towards each other with the same stride.