WWY Chapter 69
by VolareChapter 69: Artifacts Recovered, Lan He Guesses Tuxi Ling Must Be Busy…
Inside the Gu Corporation warehouse, You Ba and another police officer from the station were anxiously looking out, hoping to see police lights soon, but the huge terminal distribution center only had large trucks coming and going, and they couldn’t see them.
Seeing time passing by, the two were anxious, but suddenly saw Ling running wildly towards the cargo ship while holding his phone.
They looked at each other and tacitly rushed into the rain.
“Ling, what’s wrong?”
“Received a report from the public!”
The rain was too heavy, and he was too tired to explain. He believed that You Ba was so keen, he would definitely understand what he meant.
The ship sounded its whistle again, a very long sound, which was a signal that the ship was about to leave the port. In Ya Gu’s shocked gaze, Tuxi Ling strode to the side of the ship and showed his police ID to the dispatcher.
“Received a report from the public that there are smuggled goods on the ship. Search according to law!”
The dispatcher looked blankly at the three policemen who were integrated with the heavy rain and said a few words into the walkie-talkie. Soon, the captain walked out of the ship’s cockpit and looked down.
After communication, the gangway of the 10,000-ton giant ship was finally re-erected. Ya Gu watched them board the ship, and the knuckles of her hand holding the umbrella turned blue-white.
It was a rare thing for a voyage to be called to a halt, and many crew members and dockworkers braved the rain to go to the deck to watch the excitement.
Tuxi Ling and the others found Gu’s container with the help of the staff. After identifying it, it was indeed the one just now, so they nodded to the staff: “Please open it.”
The staff removed the customs seal and went to unlock it. The rain was too heavy, and his movements were a bit slow, and Tuxi Ling’s heart was also raised high.
Suddenly, the left half of his body felt a chill, as if it was frozen. He suddenly turned his head and shouted “Be careful” to You Ba behind him. As he bent down, a bullet grazed his spine and hit the container, making a “ding” sound.
The sound of the rain blurred the gunshot, but the bullet falling at his feet was real. He pulled the staff member hard and shouted “Cover,” but saw that You Ba and his colleagues had already found cover.
Tuxi Ling took out his gun, opened the safety, and the police officers in the police station were not usually equipped with guns. This gun was the only weapon they had.
He looked in the direction of the bullet, only to see a familiar tall figure disappearing into the darkness in the huge beam of the searchlight.
It’s Qi A! He would recognize him even if he turned into ashes!
Enemies were extremely jealous when they met. He held his breath and guarded his surroundings. The shadows of the containers in all directions were heavier than dark clouds, making him unable to breathe.
The world seemed to stand still, leaving only raindrops constantly falling, hitting the containers and making continuous crisp sounds. Suddenly, in the rain curtain, the bullet shot again like a ghost from a tricky angle.
Tuxi Ling rolled to another container on the spot, quickly raised his gun and fought back. Qi A shuttled quickly between the containers, making it difficult to catch his shadow. The ping-pong gunfire during the shooting made everyone feel the pressure of death.
After the initial chaos on the deck, a group of people ran down with various tools to help. The burly sailors were not afraid of the gunmen and searched everywhere for his trace. The captain communicated with the port security with a radio. Before long, a titanium mine rose into the air with a tail flame, and the huge explosion resounded through the sea.
The rain gradually weakened as the two sides were deadlocked. Several off-road vehicles with flashing lights rushed towards the firefight, splashing water. At the same time, a speedboat broke through the waves on the sea. Tuxi Ling turned his head and saw Qi A’s figure appearing on the edge of the ship’s side, and immediately understood that the speedboat was here to pick him up.
This guy knew that he couldn’t win today and planned to run away!
Thinking of this, Tuxi Ling fired a shot without hesitation, but Qi A had already jumped off the ship with his feet down. When he fell, he hugged his arms tightly and made a standard injury-free high-altitude water entry posture.
He shouted “Don’t let him run away,” but the voice didn’t travel too far. Several port security guards in bulletproof vests were running up the gangway, running in the opposite direction to the master.
Tuxi Ling rushed to the side of the ship, just in time to see the person on the speedboat pulling Qi A’s hand and pulling him up. That person was tightly wearing a large raincoat, thin and short, and couldn’t see his face.
It wasn’t Da Sang, they really had other accomplices.
Before the speedboat started again, he squatted on the side of the ship, shooting down at Qi A. Almost at the same time, as if to demonstrate to him, Qi A returned two shots without dodging, his eyes reflected a fierce hatred by the fire of the gun.
And he stood up from the side of the bunker, and the look in his eyes as he looked at the other side was like throwing out a sharp knife. A flying bullet grazed his right cheek, and a bloodstain slowly appeared, and was quickly washed away by the rain.
Seeing this, You Ba pulled him back: “Ling, you don’t want your life!”
Tuxi Ling shook off his hand: “Can’t let him run away!”
In a moment, the speedboat’s engine sounded again. Along with the roar, Tuxi Ling heard Qi A shout a long sentence in a language he didn’t understand.
He suddenly stood up, but it was too late, the speedboat had already gone out of the range of the pistol.
Qi A stood on the side of the speedboat, staring at the direction of the shore with his shoulders drooping. Following his gaze, he saw Lan He covered in a snow-white searchlight.
One was as calm as water, the other was angry and hideous, just staring at each other’s eyes across the deep sea.
The eye contact between the two continued until the speedboat completely disappeared on the sea. Lan He was like a stone sculpture, still staring at a certain point on the sea, and Tuxi Ling tasted an extra emotion from it, which made him choked by the rain and unable to breathe normally.
The coast guard ship that received the news quickly intercepted, only a dozen seconds away from catching the suspect on the spot. Several motorboats dragged waves and chased into the dark sea, and everything finally returned to calm.
You Ba poked the dazed Tuxi Ling with a finger: “Container, still checking?”
Tuxi Ling retracted his gaze and nodded.
You Ba asked curiously: “Who is A Lan?”
Tuxi Ling was stunned, staring at him as if he hadn’t heard clearly and asked, “What?”
“The gunman just shouted a sentence, in Arabic.” You Ba translated, “He said: A Lan, can you really wash away what you have done?”
Tuxi Ling’s heart trembled violently, he opened his mouth, and quickly returned to normal, while walking towards the container of Gu Trading, he asked casually: “You also know Arabic?”
You Ba followed him with a little pride: “Ling, I know a lot, I started to admire you, can you be my master?”
Was this still the aloof and serious little policeman?
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A cold rain in autumn, and this rain lasted for a whole day and night.
Many places have experienced floods, and the news channel is rolling out the front-line disaster relief situation, interspersed with a “Overseas patriotic people anonymously sent eight cultural relics back to the country, two of which can be traced back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties, which are of great academic significance.”
When eating breakfast, Lan He transferred some money to the Aerospace Charity Foundation and asked them to donate it to the disaster area. He also started calling Tuxi Ling, again and again, but it was always turned off.
The child who was addicted to the phone aroused Aunt Long’s dissatisfaction. She knocked on the table: “Young Master Lan, don’t look at your phone while eating, it’s not good for digestion!”
Lan He put down his phone and smiled at her mischievously: “Aunt Long, you are really strict, no wonder Uncle Ni doesn’t eat with us!”
“The health-preserving public account said it, it’s scientifically based, listen to it!”
“…”
Lan He surrendered and concentrated on dealing with the chicken breast salad on the plate.
Aunt Long was very satisfied: “Are you going out today?”
“Yes.” Lan He forked half a small tomato, “Go to the hospital to see Jiu Ya.”
“Didn’t you go the day before yesterday?”
“Go again!”
Aunt Long nodded: “Then he’s probably going to be moved to tears.”
Lan He laughed.
He didn’t really want to see Jiu Ya, but to see Shengbo Xia. Tuxi Ling didn’t answer the phone all day today. He didn’t know if he was too busy. He wanted to find Shengbo Xia to find out.
Yesterday, more than 20 cultural relics disguised as handicrafts were found in the container of Gu Trading, including the ones lost from the museum and the ones robbed from the Zijinghua Villa, and several others were of unknown origin.
Ya Gu and the relevant person in charge of the customs were arrested together, and the case is still under interrogation, but it is certain that Ya Gu colluded with the Da Sang criminal group. Jiaan Gu stayed in the Public Security Bureau with a lawyer, always thinking about being able to find an opportunity, but Tian Kun from the Provincial Department didn’t accept his tricks at all.
Lan He guessed that Tuxi Ling must be very busy and couldn’t be invited out, but he would have a chance to have lunch, right?
The birthday the day before yesterday ended unhappily. He reflected while eating his birthday dinner, and felt that he was at least 70% at fault.
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Under Aunt Long’s forced request, he wore a thin cashmere coat before going out, white. He looked at himself in the mirror and felt that he was too ostentatious, but when he thought about it, although it was a bit greasy, it was still good-looking. It would be more beneficial than harmful for Tuxi Ling to see himself like this, for himself who had lost his trump card.
Thinking this way, he grabbed a few more handfuls of hairspray on his hair.
When he arrived at the hospital, Shengbo Xia was playing games alone in the hospital bed.
Lan He put a large box of freshly baked cookies on his bedside and looked at his phone screen. He smiled.
Traditional classics, elimination.
“Click this! Wrong! Eliminate these few on this side first! Stupid!”
Lan He gave a random command, and as a result, the person died. What was even more excessive was that he shirked the blame on the victim. Shengbo Xia, who had exhausted his stamina, threw his phone aside in anger, but he didn’t care for the sake of the cookies.
Lan He put his hands in his pockets and sat on the stool next to the hospital bed: “Officer Xia, have you had breakfast?”
“I ate, Wu Li’s mother made dumplings for me early in the morning!” Shengbo Xia grinned, revealing the chives stuck to his teeth.
“Oh–” Lan He deliberately dragged out a long tone, “Not bad!”
Shengbo Xia shook his head proudly.
“How is the recovery?”
“It’s okay, I can turn over freely, I can be discharged from the hospital in three to five days!”
“So fast?”
“The team is short of people, and there’s another gun case… hiccup!”
“Gun case?”
Shengbo Xia knew that he had said something wrong, and covered his mouth hard, indicating that he hadn’t said anything.
Lan He wasn’t interested in the case, so he cut to the point: “Why can’t I contact Officer Ling? Is he busy?”
“Ling, he has a bad cold from the rain. He had a fever of 39.7 degrees in the middle of the night yesterday. He almost fell in the toilet. He was sent to the hospital for an IV drip. He refused to be hospitalized and was carried home.”
The word “carried” made Lan He’s heart hang up. Thinking that the temperature was only ten degrees yesterday morning, he had been in the rain for so long…
He subconsciously thought that he was made of iron, but with such tossing, even iron would not be able to withstand it.
“Why can’t his phone get through?”
“He was in the rain for so long, his phone was completely broken after being soaked in water, and he hasn’t had time to buy a new one yet!”
Lan He stood up: “I’ll go see him.”
“Ah?” Shengbo Xia thought he didn’t understand, “He went home, he’s not in the team!”
“I know.”
“Then do you know his home?”
“I know.”
“?”
Lan He originally wanted to go to Jiu Ya to pretend, but now he didn’t have the heart, anyway, he had a caregiver to take care of him, there was nothing to worry about, so he left the hospital directly and went to Tuxi Ling’s house.