69: If you have any problems, find Yuan!

Twenty minutes later, in a milk tea shop next to the downtown hospital, Lan Zijun and Liang Yuzhu sat opposite each other.

A milkshake was placed in front of Lan Zijun, while a glass of iced black tea was in front of Liang Yuzhu, but neither was in the mood to drink.

Liang Yuzhu's eyes were a little red, and she listlessly stirred the pearls at the bottom of her milk tea with a straw, remaining silent.

Lan Zijun also didn't speak first, just looked at her best friend with pity.

With Liang Yuzhu appearing here, there was actually no need to ask her why she was crying anymore.

"Wipe it," she handed over a tissue.

"No need, I'm not crying," Liang Yuzhu shook her head.

"I'm talking about your snot, look at you, a snot bubble has even come out," Lan Zijun said expressionlessly.

"Nonsense," a hint of a smile appeared on Liang Yuzhu's face, and she gave Lan Zijun a playful glare.

She sniffled and spoke seriously, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

"My colleague isn't in too much danger either," she glanced at the hospital entrance not far away, "He was just chased by thugs and fell into the water with serious injuries because his identity was exposed."

"Fortunately, he was discovered by a passerby, sent to the hospital in time, and rescued," she forced a smile.

"That's good," Lan Zijun said woodenly.

Having a best friend who is a Police Officer, and one in the criminal investigation field at that, she naturally understood a lot about undercover police work.

She knew very well that these undercover police officers would encounter many dangers. Being retaliated against and facing life-or-death situations were just very ordinary occurrences for them.

Lan Zijun knew that there was a section of unmarked gravestones in the City cemetery, belonging to these sacrificed undercover police officers; Liang Yuzhu had taken her to see them.

Many of these undercover police officers couldn't even find their bodies after their sacrifice, so only memorial tombs could be erected. Moreover, their names couldn't be left on the gravestones, and even family members were not allowed to come and pay respects.

"That's good," she repeated, looking at Liang Yuzhu, "It's good that he was rescued, don't be sad anymore."

"It's not because of that," Liang Yuzhu's eyes started to turn red again, "Besides this severely injured colleague, we also have a colleague who has been missing for nearly two weeks and still hasn't been contacted, their life or death unknown."

"This case is one I personally led, and for this case, we have already lost one colleague, one is severely injured, although rescued, there is a high probability that he will be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life!"

"Adding that missing colleague, we have already lost three people!"

"Lan Ziju," she finally couldn't hold back, and a few tears fell onto the lid of the iced black tea, "Tell me, am I an unqualified Captain?"

Lan Zijun silently watched those few tears; against the backdrop of the iced black tea, those tears appeared crystal clear, as red as blood.

"The missing one, is it Howling Wolf?" After a full ten seconds of silence, she spoke softly.

Liang Yuzhu looked at Lan Zijun in surprise, then reacted. The last time she helped Lan Zijun monitor that mysterious old man, they kept in touch, and she received a call from Police Station midway.

Clearly, at that time, Lan Zijun had heard bits and pieces.

"The one who was severely injured and rescued is Howling Wolf," Liang Yuzhu shook her head, "The missing colleague is Qing Niao."

"A female undercover?" Lan Zijun looked at Liang Yuzhu in surprise.

Liang Yuzhu didn't answer, clearly telling her a codename was the most she could do.

However, this codename already explained many things. When Lan Zijun was a child, she loved ancient mythology. She knew that Qing Niao was a divine bird under the Queen Mother of the West used for delivering messages in mythology, later referring to a messenger. Ancient people called letters 'Qing Niao letters'.

Qing Niao is female, also called Qing Luan; Hong Yan is male.

Female undercover agents are stronger in their ability to obtain intelligence than male undercover agents, but once exposed, the danger is also much greater.

"Can you tell me who exactly you are investigating?" Lan Zijun suddenly asked.

She continued expressionlessly, "You also know that I am in the business world. Many times, we can obtain certain intelligence that you Police cannot."

"After all, the business world is actually a very small and relatively closed circle. Many things are unknown to outsiders, but they are no secret to those within the circle."

"Of course, you don't have to worry about leaks," she looked into Liang Yuzhu's eyes, "Don't you police often investigate and collect evidence? Just treat me as a regular subject for investigation and evidence collection."

Liang Yuzhu looked at Lan Zijun hesitantly; honestly, she was a little tempted.

As a Police Officer, she really didn't know much about these business matters, but Lan Zijun was right, the business circle was indeed a closed circle.

Perhaps she really did have some intelligence she didn't know about?

Based on her understanding of Lan Zijun, she wasn't afraid that the other party would leak information. Moreover, even if there was a leak, it wouldn't matter because since the other party dared to act against Howling Wolf, it meant they already knew they were being watched by Police.

However, doing so would bring risk to Lan Zijun, and this risk was unknown. Since the other party dared to act even against a police undercover, if they found out that Lan Zijun was using her identity to dig for intelligence, it would be hard to guarantee what actions the other party might take.

"Let's forget it. You'd better not get involved in this; it's dangerous," she shook her head.

"Tell me," Lan Zijun was concise, but her gaze was extremely firm.

"Alright, just tell me what you know; don't actively go collect intelligence on the other party."

Liang Yuzhu gritted her teeth fiercely, "Sihai Shipping, do you know them?"

"A transportation company?" Lan Zijun frowned slightly.

"They are responsible for international logistics import and export transportation business. We suspect they are smuggling," Liang Yuzhu explained.

"Haven't dealt with them, our business scope is all domestic," Lan Zijun shook her head.

"Oh, that's fine," Liang Yuzhu was a little disappointed, but also somewhat relieved. She glanced at her watch, "I have to go, there's still something at the Municipal Bureau."

"By the way, you must remember not to actively inquire about this company's information. The other party is likely like a startled bird now and capable of doing anything," she reminded her uneasily.

"Okay. If I hear any news about them by chance, I'll tell you," Lan Zijun nodded.

Watching Liang Yuzhu's retreating back, a glimmer of light appeared in Lan Zijun's eyes.

She had actually lied; the business circle was definitely not as small as she said, and the flow of information within the circle was not that smooth.

But Liang Yuzhu was her best friend, and her only best friend.

She couldn't just watch Liang Yuzhu be sad and worried and remain indifferent. Just like how Liang Yuzhu, no matter how busy she was, would rush to help Lan Zijun as soon as she received her call.

Of course, she also truly had no channels to find out about that Sihai Shipping, but this wasn't a big problem.

Because Lan Zijun held a trump card.

Abyss!

She had already established a cooperative relationship with the Abyss, and Lan Zijun had long experienced the Abyss's vast power.

Since they could find out the secrets of the Lan family and Qians Group, and even get wind of and obtain evidence for Qian Boda's plan to assassinate her, asking them to help investigate this Sihai Shipping would definitely yield results!

It could even be said that if even the Municipal Bureau represented by Liang Yuzhu couldn't find anything on this Sihai Shipping, then in Lan Zijun's opinion, the only one who could get intelligence on the other party was the Abyss!

Lan Zijun didn't notice that, unconsciously, the Abyss had gained her absolute trust.

In her mind, if there was a problem, find the Abyss, and it would definitely be right!

Of course, the Abyss's fee was a bit expensive, but Lan Zijun didn't care.

She was a generous person, and helping her best friend with her worries was not something to consider money for at all.

Furthermore, it was also a way for her to fulfill her social obligations as an entrepreneur and contribute her effort to these undercover police officers!

Moreover, the Abyss was worth the price they quoted!

Lan Zijun stood up; Liang Yuzhu had already paid the bill. She walked quickly towards her car.

Now it was just a matter of waiting for the Abyss to contact her. The Abyss had said before that they would give her a way to actively contact them.

Hopefully, it would be soon.

Lan Zijun decided to go back to the company now and wait!

...

Su Yue had no idea that Lan Zijun was so eager to contact him right now, even waiting at the company.

He was currently coming out of the office of a small renovation company.

Although called a renovation company, it was actually just a contractor who subcontracted work.

These types of contractors were everywhere in the City Village; they were exactly what Su Yue needed because the volume of work this time was actually not large, and regular companies would have records and require contracts. Modifications to the courtyard and even inside the house would require the owner's signature, etc.

But contractors didn't care about these things; you gave them money, and they did the job. Although the quality might not be guaranteed, Su Yue had specifically taken leave and was there to supervise directly, so there wouldn't be any major problems.

Moreover, this project was actually extremely simple, with no difficulty at all.

Having already arranged with the contractor to visit Su Yue's home for an on-site inspection in the afternoon, Su Yue turned and walked towards the Business and Trade College.

This college was the university Lin Jia had previously attended, located on the edge of the City Village.

The contractor's office was not far from the Business and Trade College. After walking for less than five minutes, Su Yue reached the vicinity of the Business and Trade College's side gate.

He glanced around, and the next second his eyes lit up.

A public phone booth appeared before him. These public phones were rare in the City now; Su Yue estimated that they were probably only found in very few places, such as school entrances.

The reason he needed a public phone was that current mobile phones require real-name registration. Su Yue wanted to minimize the digital footprint he left behind, so using a public phone was a better option for certain sensitive calls.

Of course, public phones also leave a digital footprint because they use IC cards, but IC cards currently do not require real-name registration.

Although due to the current City-wide implementation of the all-in-one card, the phone IC card is actually a bus and subway card, if they really wanted to investigate, they could find the person by cross-referencing the IC card usage time and location with surveillance footage. However, such a complex process would not be easily used by Police unless a case occurred.

As for the person Su Yue was going to call, it would be even more impossible to trace, because the person Su Yue was calling this time was Li Haoyang.

Although Su Yue's leave this time was mainly for renovating the courtyard, or more precisely, the Intelligence Outpost, some matters also needed to be put on the agenda.

For example, recruiting Li Haoyang to join the Deep Abyss Organization!

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