106: The storm is coming!

Su Yue knew that as a coastal City, there weren't many places in the City without a signal.

And places where the phone call was so bad you couldn't even hear the sound were basically nonexistent.

After all, the communication operators have been constantly upgrading equipment and building base stations everywhere. There's signal even in the wilderness, let alone the City.

That could only mean the signal was being blocked or interfered with by the environment.

With a special environment and also being a Water Products Company, on the entire map, there was only one place that met these two conditions: Hehe Aquatic Product Wholesale Market.

Moreover, it wasn't just about meeting the conditions.

The City originally started with the fishing industry. Although with economic development, it gradually became an international metropolis, leading to the relocation of the less economically efficient fishing industry, traditional fishing still left deep roots in the City.

For example, most of the seafood markets are concentrated in the southeast direction, where the land price is cheap, and the coastline is gentle. It's located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the coast is a sandy beach formed by alluvial deposits.

Due to the confluence of the huge freshwater river, the Yangtze River, the nutrients in the freshwater are actually higher than in seawater because there is a lot of domestic waste and various domestic sewage.

Therefore, fish schools basically gather in this area, leading to fishermen also gathering in this area.

They established countless small fishing transaction points here, and these small markets developed into today's various seafood markets.

Furthermore, being near the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is inland river transportation to the interior and an international terminal nearby to the overseas, making transportation convenient for both purchasing and selling.

However, Hehe Aquatic Product Wholesale Market is different. It is isolated in the northeast direction of the City. Although it is also by the sea, the coastline is relatively steep, feeling a bit jagged, and there are many reefs on the sea.

This uneven rocky beach area is very dangerous for ships during strong winds or poor visibility. One carelessness can lead to hitting a reef, resulting in the destruction of the ship and loss of life.

Moreover, its transportation is not very convenient because there is only one highway nearby, which was also abandoned by the government due to foundation settlement.

Of course, there are also advantages here, such as cheap land prices. After all, this is one of the few mountainous areas in the City, far from the City center, and the land has little utilization value.

But as a wholesale market, being far away from the most densely populated areas simply because of cheap land prices is clearly a case of putting the cart before the horse.

However, if this seafood market does not rely on seafood wholesale to make money, these disadvantages will once again turn into advantages.

Being far from the City means it is rarely visited, and won't be accidentally discovered by others.

The nearby sea is full of hidden reefs, and the coastline is rugged and steep, which means other ships won't come here, including the anti-smuggling team's law enforcement vessels, which won't come here for no reason.

This is clearly a very suitable location for a smuggling warehouse.

Considering that Lin Jia Miss was investigating these seafood markets, and her sudden loss of signal, Su Yue was almost certain that Lin Jia Miss was indeed in this Hehe Aquatic Product Wholesale Market.

Although he was eighty to ninety percent sure, to be cautious, Su Yue still took out his phone and started dialing.

The call was quickly connected, and a sweet voice rang out: "Hello, Tiancheng International!"

Yes, what Su Yue dialed was the front desk number of Lin Jia Miss's company. The phone number was just searched on the internet.

"Hello," Su Yue said with a slightly anxious tone, "May I ask if your company's Sales Director, Lin Jia Miss, is in the company now?"

"May I ask who you are? What do you need to see Director Lin about?" The front desk lady's voice was still sweet.

"I'm her neighbor, named Su Yue," Su Yue replied anxiously. "Someone came to her door just now, saying something about something happening in her hometown."

"Hmm," the front desk lady was stunned, and spoke hesitantly, "Why don't you call her directly? Don't you have her mobile number?"

"I do, 158..." Su Yue quickly reported Lin Jia Miss's mobile number, "But for some reason, her phone can't be reached."

"Please help me ask if she is in the company now, and if not, where I can find her," he continued.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

A dialing tone sounded, and then the front desk lady's voice faintly came: "Manager Wang, is Director Lin in?"

"Oh, her neighbor, a Mr. Su, says he has something urgent to see her about."

"Her phone can't be reached. Do you know where she is now?"

"Oh, okay, thank you."

The phone was picked up again, and the front desk lady's voice rang out: "Mr. Su, I just asked the Sales Department's Manager, and the answer I got is that Director Lin is not in the company."

"As for her specific location, we don't know either. However, according to her phone report this morning, she checked into the Emperor Hotel located in the east of the City, near the East Second Ring Overpass, last night."

"We don't know where she is specifically now. Perhaps you can wait a moment for her phone signal to recover."

"As for the person who came to see her, if it's convenient, you can have him come to our company, and our company will help Director Lin receive him well."

"Okay, thank you. I'll call the Emperor Hotel and ask again."

"You're welcome."

After hanging up the phone, Su Yue nodded slightly.

He knew the Emperor Hotel. It was not far from Hehe Aquatic Product Wholesale Market. Clearly, Lin Jia Miss had already made preparations yesterday.

Of course, this might be a coincidence.

But Su Yue is in intelligence, and people in intelligence never believe in coincidences. There aren't that many coincidental things in this world.

Even if his guess was wrong and Lin Jia Miss was not in this seafood market, Su Yue could be one hundred percent sure that this seafood market was related to the smuggling group.

And smuggling groups are actually exclusive. There was already a Wang Lin smuggling group in the City, so there would basically not be a second one. After all, smuggling mainly relies on channels, and there aren't many channels that are difficult for Police to investigate.

Therefore, even if Lin Jia Miss was not there, following this clue could still lead to Lin Jia Miss's location.

Taking a deep breath, Su Yue frowned.

Now, the target was basically confirmed.

So the next question was, how should he rescue Lin Jia Miss?

Call Police?

No!

Su Yue shook his head.

First of all, Police are relatively cautious about missing adult cases. Generally speaking, they will only accept the report after the person has been missing for more than forty-eight hours.

Unless there is evidence to prove that the missing person is indeed in danger.

And Su Yue could not prove this.

Furthermore, Lin Jia Miss was not just missing, she was very likely kidnapped by criminals.

If Police did not directly follow the hostage rescue plan and instead carried out the regular missing person search procedure, it would likely have the opposite effect.

Not only would they not be able to rescue Lin Jia Miss, but they might even push her into a more dangerous situation.

Unless Su Yue could prove that Lin Jia Miss was indeed kidnapped.

This, Su Yue could not prove even more.

Then, go alone?

Su Yue again rejected this idea.

Although he was already considered professional in intelligence, he had not learned any fighting skills so far.

Although he could purchase weapons through the System, as someone who had never undergone any training, even if he was given a gun, he might not know how to use it.

And his opponent was the leader of a smuggling group, a heinous person. Su Yue did not believe that such a person would not have a few subordinates with murder records.

He had to find a professional. Su Yue's gaze fell on his phone again.

A professional, he really did know one.

It was Lan Zijun's best friend, Liang Yuzhu!

...

In the Municipal Bureau, Liang Yuzhu was sitting in an office.

This was a small case discussion meeting, and the participants were Director Zhang, Liang Yuzhu, and a group of members from the Criminal Investigation Team.

"Latest news, Sun Xiangdong was found dead in his suburban residence this morning."

The speaker was a man with a scar on his face. He was Howling Wolf, who was in the car accident last time. As his injuries were relatively minor, he was discharged from the hospital in just a few days and immediately insisted on returning to his work post.

Although he was physically weak and couldn't go out to investigate cases, he could still sort out information and so on.

Moreover, as a police officer who had been undercover in a criminal group for a period of time, this work was most suitable for him. Perhaps some information that others couldn't find any clues from, he could correlate with certain things.

"From the scene, it looks like suicide," he continued meaningfully.

"He couldn't possibly commit suicide. We all know that," Liang Yuzhu sighed. "Clearly, our analysis last time was not wrong. Wang Lin is probably going to retire after finishing this last deal."

"Even, I suspect," she looked at Director Zhang, "Wang Lin will actually not participate in this last wave of smuggling at all. The reason he ordered Sun Xiangdong and others to continue executing the last wave of smuggling was actually just to divert our attention."

Director Zhang nodded slightly, his face also showing a look of sighing: "It's difficult now."

"Sun Xiangdong was our important breakthrough point and the key person to testify against Wang Lin. Now that he has been silenced, it will be difficult for us to find evidence against Wang Lin."

Liang Yuzhu also had a gray face. Just as she was about to speak, her phone suddenly rang.

She picked up her phone casually, took a look, and was suddenly stunned.

Yuan?

Why was he calling her at this critical moment?

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