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âGot it!â Bai Muchuan took a deep breath and commanded Quan Shaoteng. âTake your men to continue to search. Send another team of people to chase after the direction of where the car tracks lead to. Do report if thereâs anything!â
Quan Shaoteng could not feel his emotion and was slightly worried. âRogerâŠâ After a pause, he added, âLittle Bai, we need not lose heart. Weâre hot on that fellowâs heels, thatâs also a victory, right?â
Bai Muchuan said, âWho told you that Iâve lost heart?â
Quan Shaoteng replied, â⊠No one.â
Bai Muchuan said, âThen speed up!â
When Quan Shaoteng heard that his tone sounded relaxed, he made fun of him. âAye, Iâm already faster than you. Why are you chasing me? Donât be unreasonableâŠâ
He hadnât even replied and Bai Muchuan had already ended the call.
The mood was heavy. He was not trying to crack a joke at all.
There seemed to be a huge boulder pressing on him. As long as they werenât found, he wouldnât be able to relax.
It was no surprise that Ye Lun would play hide-and-seek with them. If a cunning hare had three caves, Ye Lun would be the crafty fox that had eight or ten cavesâŠ
For a long time, no one spoke inside the car. The atmosphere was dead silent.
A while later, Quan Shaoteng sent a set of coordinates and said that he had found the spotâŠ
A pity though, there really was no one there.
When Bai Muchuan arrived at the location, he already saw Quan Shaotengâs car which was parked outside.
Bai Muchuan got off the car and entered the place, gun in hand.
A figure appeared from the shadows. âIâm here!â
Bai Muchuan took a look at him. âGo guard outside.â
Quan Shaoteng was puzzled. âWhy?â
Bai Muchuan said, âI need to check out the scene and youâll pay attention in case the enemy decides to counterattack!â
D*rn! He really treated him as the security guard?
Quan Shaoteng frowned at him and went out.
When he saw Lu Jianming, he turned for a glance at Bai MuchuanâŠ
That was Ye Lunâs secret hideout. He had been hiding in a village on a mountain which was rather far away. With the city now covered with electronic surveillance cameras, remote mountain villages were the easiest places to hide. In places like this, the adults were mostly working in the cities, leaving only the elderly and children staying behind at the village. This was one of the most defenseless groups in the country. With poor traffic and poor supervision of government officials, it was fertile ground for criminals to hide.
There was hardly anyone living in that village. The houses could be separated by two or three miles. The land was deserted and the houses were vacant. One could rent them from the villagers with little money.
Ye Lun rented a two-storey house with five to six rooms. From outside, it was no different from the ordinary farmhouses.
Bai Muchuan wore his gloves and went upstairs. In no time, he saw the tiny dark room which was used to lock Xiang Wan up.
It was damp, dark and without a window. The condition was so bad, it could send chills to anyone who saw itâŠ
He just stood there, took a deep breath, his head seemed to hurt and he felt that his heart had gone cold.
He didnât dare to think how Xiang Wan had survived for the past few days.
He didnât want to think about it.
For if he did, he might collapse!
Bai Muchuan coughed and gritted his teeth. âDing Yifan!â
Ding Yifan quickly came in. âCaptain Bai, Iâm here.â
âAsk them to search carefully!â Bai Muchuan said, âI donât believe that he didnât leave anything behindâŠâ
They had been staying there for days. It was impossible for them to not leave behind any trace.
Moreover, Ye Lun had brought Xiang Wan and Cheng Zheng along when he left in a hurry!
After a careful search, besides finding the traces that Xiang Wan and Cheng Zheng had been there, they also found the traces of Ye Lun and his men. They found the surveillance equipment that Ye Lun used to monitor Xiang Wan. There were some leftover images. They did not know if it was because they had no time to destroy that or had intentionally left them for Bai Muchuan. The leftover footage consisted of some intermittent scenes without beginning or end. There was no sound and showed several scenes of Ye Lun and Xiang Wan together which they didnât know how that might have endedâŠ
Also, there were some scenes that showed Xiang Wan and Cheng Zheng talking in the tiny dark room.
Salimu was shocked and worried so he quickly stopped the device.
âLetâs not look at them anymore.â
âJust continue!â Bai Muchuan grunted. âHe left it here deliberately for me. Why shouldnât I watch it?â
Salimu turned for a glance to check if there was any outsider before heaving in relief as there was no one else there.
âDonât take it to heart. That b*stard left all these behind to anger you⊠Heâs up to no good.â
Bai Muchuan was expressionless.
No matter what, at the very least, he saw Xiang Wan and Cheng Zheng.
âCaptain Bai!â Ding Yifan walked into the room. âDirector Lu is here.â
When Bai Muchuan heard that, he stopped the device and turned around. âDirector Lu.â
Lu Jianming was an alert man. He had seen the device in one look. âAny findings?â
Bai Muchuan coughed gently and shook his head. âNope.â
Lu Jianming pointed at the device. âThereâs nothing inside?â
Bai Muchuan shook his head. âItâs of no use. When he left, he must have meddled with it.â
After that, he instructed Salimu, âTake it back as evidence!â
âYes, sir!â Salimu quickly packed it away in an evidence bag.
Lu Jianmingâs eyes shifted slightly, but he didnât continue asking. Instead, he walked around the room where they assumed that Ye Lun had been staying. âThis fellow left so fast as if he knew weâre after him. Itâs too strangeâŠâ
Bai Muchuan seemed grim. âBe rest assured Director Lu, no matter where he goes, Iâll get him!â
Lu Jianming nodded his head as he looked at him with a smile and nodded again.
Salimu wasnât able to understand that. âBoss, Iâll go back with this to see if I can recover itâŠâ
âMm!â Bai Muchuan waved his hand.
At this time, Quan Shaoteng came in and took a glance at Lu Jianming. âThereâs news from our men,â he said in a low tone.
Bai Muchuan looked up. âWhat did they say?â
âThey followed the tire tracks and found that there is only one way out of the mountain, which is the Shile Expressway. The Intelligence team got in touch with the Traffic department and found two suspicious cars that got off the highway at the first exit of Shile Expressway. They continued driving on the road. At the moment, the Intelligence Team is still searching for them and has asked for assistance from any police officers who might be along the wayâŠâ
Bai Muchuan pointed at the entrance.
âGather everyone and chase after them!â
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