31: Chapter 31 This has to be done by poking the previous one and the next!

In the early morning, Su Ye opened his eyes with a sleepy look, sat up from the bed, and leaned against the backrest.

After dazing for two minutes, he finally came to his senses.

Following his usual routine, he went to the gym after a brief wash-up and cleanup, and didn't finish his nutritious meal and return home until after 12:30 PM.

After taking a five-minute shower, he looked at his physique in the mirror, which rivaled an ancient Greek sculpture, and narcissistically remarked: "I truly wonder which girl will be the lucky one."

With his hair still slightly damp, Su Ye changed into the clothes he bought yesterday—a pure white T-shirt on top and khaki cargo pants on the bottom.

He casually chose a pair of white sneakers and headed out.

The day after tomorrow is when Yan Zheng will heroically sacrifice himself.

He definitely needs to scout the location today; otherwise, Su Ye is afraid that if he doesn't understand the situation on-site, he might get himself caught in it too.

Fortunately, it wasn't during morning or evening rush hour.

Su Ye drove right at the speed limit the whole way and finally arrived at the Xinmalu Road indicated by the system at 2:00 PM.

Looking at the surroundings, Su Ye thought: "No wonder the criminals would run this way. Xinmalu Road is now an abandoned construction site with no people and no surveillance. Plus, with so many sturdy ruins, hiding two people is just too easy. If it were me, I'd run here too."

Immediately, Su Ye started scratching his head.

In such a large area, heaven knows where Yan Zheng had his incident.

In this group of building ruins overgrown with weeds, you couldn't even see a person if they were twenty or thirty meters away.

Suddenly, while Su Ye was looking around, a red virtual arrow appeared on his retina.

Su Ye was stunned for a moment before a look of pleasant surprise appeared on his face: "System, you are my grandpa, my own grandpa."

Su Ye immediately followed the system's prompt and ran deep into the ruins.

After about ten minutes, he climbed to the third floor of a ruined building.

The ceiling height on the third floor was a full ten meters or so.

It was empty all around with no railings, and exposed steel bars were everywhere.

If you weren't careful with your footing, it was very likely you could step into an empty space and fall straight down.

The arrow finally stopped at an edge.

Su Ye cautiously leaned out to look down, only to feel his legs go weak, and he muttered: "Good heavens."

It wasn't because he was afraid of heights, but because below this gap was a large, irregular concrete block mixed with steel bars.

A dozen or so rusty steel bars were exposed like that.

If someone fell, there would be no need for rescue; you could just start the funeral banquet directly.

It would absolutely skewer a person like a hornet's nest.

Looking left and right, Su Ye noticed there was a wide load-bearing pillar on his left side.

If you weren't standing behind it, you couldn't see a person hiding behind it at all.

If Yan Zheng were forced by some situation to stand in this empty spot, the person hiding behind the pillar would only need to give him a push.

Wouldn't he be skewered, one bar here and one bar there, once he went down?

As for whether the drug dealers had firearms, Su Ye wasn't very worried.

After all, Chengdu wasn't on the border, and with the state's strict control over firearms, if it were just drug trafficking, it would most likely be the police handling it, and the drug dealers might still have a chance to escape.

If they were found to be harboring firearms, then it would likely be the Armed Police Force taking action.

One is a police arrest, the other is an armed police counter-terrorism operation; anyone would know the difference in severity.

Su Ye continued to observe the surroundings, and in his heart, he had an idea of what to do the day after tomorrow.

Afterward, he walked back to his car, prepared to buy some gifts, and visit Cao Ye's home.

After all, Cao Ye had called him three times this morning.

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At 5:00 PM, the sun was still hanging high in the sky, constantly casting down light, but most of it was blocked by the clouds in the sky over Chengdu.

The moisture permeating the air clung to the skin of everyone not in an air-conditioned room.

Perhaps the reason Chengdu people have good skin is because they don't get much sun, combined with the fact that they are always doing spa treatments.

Cao Ye's home was in Huajin Mansion, a high-end residential complex in the new district.

They had only moved in two years ago when the units were handed over.

According to Cao Ye, the unit price was over 30,000 per square meter when he bought it, and it went up to around 50,000 at its peak.

Now it had dropped a bit to just over 40,000.

After registering his visit, Su Ye parked his car in the underground parking lot and then arrived at the door of Cao Ye's home according to the address Cao Ye had given him.

Su Ye didn't buy anything too expensive, but of course, it wouldn't be cheap either.

There were only three people in Cao Ye's family: Cao Ye, his wife, and a little princess who was almost four years old.

So, Su Ye bought a gift box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates, a Chanel set worth over two thousand, and a gift box of Dayi 7542 tea.

He rang the doorbell.

After more than ten seconds, the door slowly opened.

Su Ye saw that his line of sight was empty in front of him, and he was confused for a moment.

Just then, a soft, sweet voice came from below: "Uncle, are you Uncle Su?"

A little girl wearing a puffy skirt, with two small buns tied on her head, was looking up at him.

One chubby little hand was still resting on the doorknob.

Her big, black-grape-like eyes were watery, and the baby fat on both sides of her cheeks made her rosy little mouth pout.

At this moment, Su Ye felt his heart was about to melt.

He quickly crouched down and said: "That's right, I am Uncle Su. Are you little friend Cao Mengmeng?"

Seeing Su Ye crouch down to look at her, Cao Mengmeng pursed her little mouth shyly and nodded heavily: "I am Mengmeng, Uncle Su, how did you know my name?"

At this moment, Cao Ye's appearance appeared in Su Ye's mind.

He looked carefully at Cao Mengmeng's face again.

Su Ye could be quite certain that Cao Ye's wife must be very beautiful, and Cao Mengmeng took after her mother.

Sure enough, a gentle voice came from inside the house: "Mengmeng, haven't you opened the door yet?"

Appearing with the voice was a beautiful young woman who looked to be about thirty years old.

Her appearance had the unique gentleness of a woman from the Jiangnan water towns.

Seeing Su Ye crouching on the ground, a smile appeared on her face: "You must be Little Su.

I'm sorry, your Brother Cao is cooking.

I was just helping him chop vegetables and couldn't get away, so I let Mengmeng open the door."

"Come in, come in, no need to change your shoes."

Su Ye smiled and said: "It's fine, Sister-in-law.

I'm not a fussy person; there's no need to be so polite with me."

After seeing Su Ye, Cao Mengmeng wasn't shy at all.

Once she confirmed it was Su Ye, she tilted her little head, looked at Su Ye, spread out her two chubby little hands, and shouted: "Uncle Su, hug."

Su Ye hurriedly moved all the gifts to his right hand, then crouched down, wrapped his large hands around Cao Mengmeng, and lifted her into his arms before standing up.

At this moment, Cao Ye's voice also came from the kitchen on the right: "Little Su, make yourself at home.

Wife, pour Little Su a glass of water."