102: Danger is imminent!

Su Meili turned her head to look at the photo out of curiosity, her brow furrowing slightly; she knew this girl.

Of course she would know her; after all, Lin Jia was in cosmetics sales and had many wealthy female friends.

However, Su Meili was not one of Lin Jia's friends; she had only met her by chance.

"Her?" She frowned, looking at Wang Lin. "Isn't she in sales for Tiancheng Group? Have we dealt with her?"

"No." Wang Lin shook his head, his face turning green. He gritted his teeth and said, "This is all because of that idiot Sun Xiangdong!"

"What? Sun Xiangdong revealed our business to her?" Su Meili became nervous again.

Wang Lin glanced at Su Meili, sighing inwardly.

Once a woman gets pregnant, her IQ and emotional intelligence plummet, so much so that the originally sensible and understanding Su Meili had now become a repulsive idiot.

Perhaps Su Meili was right before; he was attracted to her and even seduced her simply because she was his elder brother's wife.

But of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to say these words out loud.

He shook his head slightly and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, Sun Xiangdong isn't that stupid."

"Of course, he's not that smart either." His teeth clenched again.

The problem with this world is that there are too many idiots; almost everything is ruined by idiots.

It's like an old saying: geniuses make the decisions, but unfortunately, idiots carry them out.

"Sun Xiangdong won't reveal our business, will he?" Su Meili was still a bit nervous.

The only real breakthrough point for Wang Lin and Su Meili's involvement in the smuggling case was Sun Xiangdong, because Wang Lin had always controlled the entire smuggling channel through Sun Xiangdong.

"Don't worry," Wang Lin sneered through gritted teeth, "that idiot Sun Xiangdong no longer has a chance to speak."

A hint of regret crossed his face: "Originally, I planned to keep him until September so we could buy more time, but unfortunately..."

Su Meili nodded; she understood what Wang Lin meant.

From around July, international freight trade began to enter the off-season, which also meant the end of a transportation cycle. Therefore, over the next two months, everyone would use this time for trade settlement and reconciliation.

During this period, the flow of funds is extremely frequent, making it the best time for illicit funds to be transferred.

And funds are one of the main physical evidences of smuggling crimes. After the funds are transferred and the key lead, Sun Xiangdong, is eliminated, even if Police suspect the two of them, they won't be able to obtain crucial evidence.

It was just a pity that things changed too quickly, forcing Sun Xiangdong's death to be brought forward.

Moreover, Sun Xiangdong had also exposed a small loose end: Lin Jia in the photo.

"How do you plan to proceed?" Su Meili frowned, her gaze returning to Lin Jia's photo. "Do you need my help?"

This was the final operation to erase the clues. At this critical juncture, the two of them could no longer rely on others, as that would mean creating new clues.

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements for this woman, but there are still two issues and one point of doubt," Wang Lin said contemplatively.

"What issues?" Su Meili pressed.

"First, I know this woman is investigating us. The question is, how did she know we were involved with the smuggling group? She has never dealt with us, and the slip-up Sun Xiangdong made only pointed to himself."

Wang Lin's face was full of thought: "Second, just recently she was just an ordinary sales person, completely ignorant of tracking and anti-tracking techniques. But in just a few days, she's like a different person. The professional paparazzi we hired online can't even keep up with her; it's reached the point where high-tech methods must be used."

"This indicates that there must be someone behind her guiding her, and this person clearly possesses anti-tracking and even intelligence-gathering capabilities. It was he who guided Lin Jia."

"Therefore, he is at least a person who knows the truth, and he is also a huge hidden danger. It's very likely that he is also investigating us."

"What I want to know is, through what clue did this person confirm that we are also involved in the smuggling case? And how much does he know?"

This was indeed something Wang Lin had been finding strange; he was a person with extremely strong anti-reconnaissance abilities and was extremely cautious in his actions.

In other words, he was a so-called high-IQ criminal.

Although Police hadn't truly launched an operation, Wang Lin had already detected the crisis rapidly approaching from some seemingly unrelated events.

For example, the probability of goods from Chuangtong Logistics being randomly inspected suddenly increased.

For another example, people from the Municipal Bureau's Economic Crime Division suddenly showed up at Kelly Investment to audit the books, although under the guise of investigating taxes, all of this was connected by Wang Lin.

He could see Police's gradual approach towards him, which left him completely baffled.

After all, not long ago, Police's undercover agent was still focusing on Sihai Shipping, which is to say, on Sun Xiangdong. How did Police manage to trace it back to Kelly Investment in just a few days?

It was one thing for Police to investigate Kelly Investment; after all, Kelly Investment was the original leading enterprise in the area, and the events of that year caused quite a stir.

Although it had been whitewashed in recent years, it was still on Police's radar and in the minds of the local people. It was normal for Kelly Investment to be the first suspect in any trouble, and even if there was nothing, they could still be given a warning.

But even an ordinary person like Lin Jia knew to target him, which was a bit strange.

Where exactly did things go wrong?

For someone who absolutely trusted their own intelligence, certain unexpected events happening made him very curious; he really wanted to know the reason behind it.

"Can you find out who this person is?" Su Meili was a bit tired; due to her pregnancy, her energy was clearly depleted, but she forced herself to ask.

"Don't worry," Wang Lin also noticed this, and he comforted Su Meili again, "This question will have an answer in a few more days if you wait patiently. I still need to make the final confirmation."

"As for this person's identity, there's no need to guess." A malicious smile appeared on his face. "Through the tracking during this period, I confirmed that although Lin Jia appears to have a wide social circle, she only has one friend she truly trusts, and that is her roommate."

He moved his finger again, and a photo of a young man riding a shared bicycle appeared on the screen.

"Su Yue!"

...

It was another ordinary workday, and Su Yue was riding a shared bicycle, heading to the company as usual.

The weather had gradually turned warmer, which resulted in Su Yue being covered in sweat by the time he arrived at the company.

Just as he arrived, Su Yue noticed that the company seemed a bit unusual.

Although it was already working hours, the colleagues were not in a hurry to start work; instead, they were chatting about something with shocked and excited expressions.

"Su Ge!" Before he could figure out what was happening, Li Haoyang came up to him, his face full of gossip.

This kid had recently been looking quite refreshed, as if good things had happened to him. Su Yue secretly speculated that his relationship with Yang Qingmei had made progress, and Yang Qingmei had given him a taste of sweetness.

And it wasn't a small taste.

"What's going on?" He put aside the inappropriate thoughts in his mind and asked suspiciously.

"Su Ge, you still don't know?" Li Haoyang asked back with a look of disdain, feigning surprise.

This was Li Haoyang's favorite moment, and Su Yue was too lazy to dampen his spirits. He honestly shook his head: "I really don't know."

"Last night, a billionaire committed suicide!" Li Haoyang said mysteriously.

"Billionaire? Who?" Su Yue's heart was completely calm.

The city was located by the sea and was a very important port city; the density of billionaires was high. Maybe you could hit one by casually throwing a brick on the street.

And it was truly common for rich people to get depressed or too enlightened and accidentally kill themselves. Anyway, this kind of thing had little to do with a grassroots person like Su Yue.

"Someone named Sun something, I heard he was in shipping." Li Haoyang frowned, starting to recall the gossip he had heard.

"Sun Xiangdong?" Su Yue's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Right, right, it's Sun Xiangdong." Li Haoyang nodded, looking at Su Yue in surprise. "Su Ge, you know about this?"

"No, I just know the person." Su Yue's face had already changed at this point.

He didn't bother to say more to Li Haoyang and ran directly towards the direction of the restroom.

Leaving Li Haoyang standing in place, looking at Su Yue with a bewildered expression.

It was just Sun Xiangdong dying, why was Su Ge in such a hurry?

Could this Sun Xiangdong be some relative of his?

...

While Li Haoyang was starting to make various associations, Su Yue was already in the restroom, taking out the phone he had purchased from the System.

While warming up his vocal cords, Su Yue dialed Lin Jia's number.

Of course, Sun Xiangdong was not any relative of Su Yue's.

But he knew one thing: Sun Xiangdong was actually a scapegoat, a target thrown out by Wang Lin's smuggling group.

At the critical moment, this scapegoat would definitely be sacrificed and bear all of Wang Lin's crimes.

Whether he lived or died, Su Yue didn't actually care.

But this meant that Lin Jia was also facing immense danger!

Because Wang Lin had decided to go all out and directly eliminate all potential threats!

If he could casually kill Sun Xiangdong, he would care even less about a small Lin Jia!

It could even be said that Lin Jia was in imminent danger!

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