103: The real purpose is revealed!

A dial tone came from the phone, and after three rings, static noise sounded.

Su Yue didn't wait for Lin Jia to speak, and spoke first, saying, "You are in danger now, hide immediately, and if possible, go to the nearest Police Station immediately!"

A noisy sound came from the other end of the phone; it was faintly discernible as Lin Jia, but her voice was almost completely drowned out by the static. Su Yue finally managed to guess that she was asking "What".

"You are in great danger now!" Su Yue said, enunciating each word.

The static sounded again, and this time even Su Yue couldn't guess what Lin Jia had said. Before he could speak further, Lin Jia's phone had hung up.

Su Yue clenched his teeth silently. He didn't know what was wrong with Lin Jia's phone.

These days, various signal towers from communication operators have basically achieved full coverage. Not to mention in the City, even in the wilderness, it's rare for a mobile phone to have no signal or a signal so bad that you can't even hear the conversation clearly.

Could it be that Lin Jia was just in a tunnel or some underground space?

Shaking his head, Su Yue knew that now was not the time to think too much about these things.

He sent another message. Based on his understanding of Lin Jia, even if she didn't see the message, she would definitely call back once her signal recovered.

Now it just depended on whether Lin Jia would call back, and how soon.

Because Su Yue knew that Lin Jia hated any underground structures. She had rented this house with Su Yue for a full seven or eight years, but she had never been to the basement. Su Yue even suspected that she had completely forgotten about it.

This might be related to a certain type of cleanliness obsession. Lin Jia was actually a person with a cleanliness obsession. The fact that she hadn't dated a boyfriend for so many years and liked to take three showers a day were all manifestations of this obsession. It was just that she wasn't as obvious and hadn't reached a pathological level.

Therefore, the most likely reason for Lin Jia's poor signal was that she was currently passing through a certain underground tunnel or steel bridge, causing the signal to be interfered with or blocked.

If that were the case, her signal would definitely recover within two or three minutes, and she would call back.

But if she didn't call, it meant that perhaps some dangerous situation had occurred.

Su Yue didn't return to the office but waited directly in the restroom. A full five minutes passed, and his phone remained silent.

Su Yue's expression became serious.

Su Yue knew that both his identity as Su Yue and his identity as Yuan held special significance for Lin Jia.

For the former, the two had lived under the same roof for over two years. Although they superficially maintained a relationship as light as water, the inertia of that emotional connection alone was enough to give each other a special place in their hearts. If he sent a message to Lin Jia, no matter how busy she was, she would definitely reply immediately.

As for the latter, Yuan suddenly calling Lin Jia definitely represented something important, closely related to Lin Jia's safety. Lin Jia wouldn't fail to realize this.

The reason the call wasn't returned could also be that Lin Jia encountered traffic congestion while passing through the tunnel, or perhaps the area she was in just had a poor signal.

After all, there are quite a few people who change color at the mention of radiation these days. Su Yue had also seen several news reports about operators installing base stations in residential areas, only for them to be dismantled by residents on the grounds of radiation.

But not even replying to the message was clearly very problematic.

Lin Jia's location wasn't completely without signal, but merely had severely interfered signal.

This was also the reason Su Yue chose to send another message, because the data contained in a message is far less than in a call. As long as there is a signal, it can basically be received and sent.

But now Lin Jia wasn't even replying to messages. Either she had entered an area with absolutely no signal, or her phone had been taken away.

Either way, it meant danger!

Su Yue sighed softly.

Wang Lin's move greatly exceeded his expectations.

Originally, in Su Yue's view, with the crucial intelligence he provided, Police's investigation progress would definitely speed up significantly.

Not to mention directly catching Wang Lin off guard, it could at least disrupt his plan.

At this time, he

Although their relationship was not intimate, Su Yue would absolutely not stand by and watch Lin Jia encounter any danger!

To be honest, it was also difficult for Su Yue himself to define Lin Jia in his heart.

Speaking of boyfriend and girlfriend, they definitely weren't. It was even hard to consider them friends, after all, they hadn't even had the most basic sharing between friends like complaining to each other or confiding in each other.

However, Lin Jia was indeed a very important person in Su Yue's heart. Even without her identity as an intelligence officer, Su Yue would not stand by.

Su Yue didn't wait any longer; he walked directly towards the company door.

As he walked, he sent a voice message to Li Haoyang.

"Haoyang, help me ask for leave, I have an urgent matter to deal with."

Without waiting for Li Haoyang's reply, Su Yue had already left the company directly and hailed a taxi.

He hadn't seen Lin Jia at all these past few days, and Lin Jia hadn't proactively contacted Yuan either.

After all, Su Yue had originally just treated this matter as intelligence skills training for Lin Jia.

The top priority now was to find out where Lin Jia was!

...

While Su Yue was sitting in the taxi urging the driver to hurry, Lin Jia was walking into an underground cold storage.

Su Yue hadn't guessed wrong; Lin Jia had indeed been busy collecting intelligence these past few days.

She was a very independent person. Although she even looked a bit soft and cute on the outside, especially when not wearing professional attire, she generally wouldn't rely on others for things she could do herself.

It was just that due to her high emotional intelligence, this independent personality wasn't as aggressive as some other girls'.

Over this period, Lin Jia had also been reviewing her interactions with Sun Xiangdong. She roughly guessed that being targeted might be related to a minor incident about a month and a half ago.

At that time, Sun Xiangdong's Sihai Shipping delivered a stack of customs declarations to Tiancheng International, where Lin Jia worked.

Originally, this kind of matter was handled by the company's specialized department. As Sales Director, Lin Jia was only responsible for sales-related work.

But Sun Xiangdong specifically requested her by name, so Lin Jia had no choice.

After all, shipping schedules and the like are very important for international trade. Having a shipping company with established channels responsible for communication can save a lot of trouble.

Anyway, it was just casually handling these tasks. Although Sun Xiangdong's ambition towards Lin Jia was obvious, Lin Jia had long been accustomed to such gazes, so it wasn't a big deal.

This batch of customs declarations were the customs documents for Tiancheng International's shipments to the European and American markets. As the shipper, Tiancheng International only needed to verify them and then stamp them with the official seal.

However, during Lin Jia's verification process, she discovered an extra customs declaration among them. It was shipped from Japan to the mainland, and the consignee was a local Water Products Company, but the cargo content was listed as Tiancheng International raw materials.

At that time, Lin Jia felt confused. Tiancheng International generally shipped overseas. It wasn't unheard of for overseas to ship back to Tiancheng International, and it was indeed mostly raw materials.

But Tiancheng International's raw materials had fixed origins, and Lin Jia didn't recall Japan being one of them.

Of course, sometimes there would be stagnant sales and returns/exchanges in overseas markets. Some of these cosmetics might be directly handled locally, and a small portion would indeed be shipped back to Tiancheng International for processing. There had indeed been a batch of such returned/exchanged goods recently.

But what did it mean that the consignee was a Water Products Company?

At that time, Lin Jia immediately called to inquire, and Sihai Shipping's reply was that there was a data entry error.

This was also a very reasonable explanation. After all, most customs declarations are now downloaded and printed directly from the customs website online, filled out, stamped, and then submitted to customs. These import and export goods are numerous and varied, so a small error is also normal.

Therefore, Lin Jia didn't take it to heart at all. She didn't even remember the name of that Water Products Company.

However, with the occurrence of a series of events that followed, Lin Jia realized that being targeted was very likely related to that Water Products Company!

And the part of business interaction between Japan and local Water Products Companies that was most frequent, Lin Jia knew without even checking.

It must be seafood!

Moreover, cosmetic raw materials and seafood indeed have one commonality.

That is, some valuable raw materials for cosmetics also need to use specialized refrigerated containers, just like aquatic products!

This was what Lin Jia had been busy with these past few days. She started investigating those local Water Products Companies.

She had no other means, but she knew that the smuggling crime syndicate likely used the opportunity of Tiancheng International's returns and exchanges to engage in false declarations, impersonation, concealment, and other operations.

This meant that these smuggled goods were likely shipped together with Tiancheng International's goods, and the containers had the same series of customs codes!

This was the reason Lin Jia appeared in this underground cold storage.

The surroundings were filled with a pungent fishy smell, and sewage flowed across the ground. Lin Jia felt her scalp tingle, with a strong urge to turn around and escape.

Fortunately, this underground cold storage was renovated from disused underground civil defense facilities. There was a period last century when the international situation was tense. As a coastal city, the local area started extensively building civil defense facilities, excavating many large-scale air-raid shelters. This included residents digging their own hiding spots at home.

The underground cold storage before her was converted from a large-scale underground bunker. The space was very large, and walking inside just felt a little quiet, without the narrow, oppressive feeling of ordinary underground spaces.

This allowed Lin Jia to still have enough courage to continue walking in.

The only problem was that the mobile phone signal was not very good underground.

Lin Jia took out her phone and glanced at it. The phone showed a call record.

This number was exactly Yuan's.

Lin Jia didn't know why Yuan suddenly called her. Because she was at the entrance of the underground air-raid shelter, she hadn't heard anything clearly just now. And wanting to call back, the area she was in had completely lost signal.

However, she could guess that Yuan definitely had some important intelligence to tell her.

Shaking her head slightly, Lin Jia put away her phone.

She had only managed to muster the courage to enter here with great difficulty. If she returned now, she didn't know if she would still have the courage to come in again.

It's better to wait until she finds what she's looking for, and then return to the surface.

Lin Jia looked around. She had now reached the core area of the cold storage, and in front of her were several refrigerated containers.

Just as she was about to walk forward, a voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"You're finally here!"

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