On the way to Area 1, Su Tianyu leaned his head on Hou Guoyu's shoulder and fell asleep in a daze.
A pleasant telephone ring sounded, and Hou Guoyu nudged Su Tianyu with his shoulder: "Wake up, there's a phone call."
Su Tianyu forced his eyes open, reached out to wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth, and smoothly wiped Hou Guoyu's body, then lowered his head and answered the phone: "Hello, Dabai!"
Dabai spoke hurriedly on the phone for more than ten seconds, and then Su Tianyu suddenly woke up, raised his head and shouted, "Turn around and go back to Longcheng!"
"Ah?!" The driver was confused: "Go... go back?"
"Yes, go back, quickly!" Su Tianyu ordered without question, turned his head and ordered Hou Guoyu: "Hurry up on the intercom and tell the other cars to turn around, quickly!"
At this moment, the convoy had already left Longcheng for more than 200 kilometers, and it would take at least three hours to go back. Everyone was very tired, and even the squadron leader Fang Zheng had some complaints. But since Su Tianyu had someone above him, everyone had no choice but to listen to him.
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In the early hours of the morning, the convoy returned to Longcheng and parked in the parking lot outside Tongji Club.
"Wait a minute, I'm going in for a minute." Su Tianyu said hastily to Fang Zheng, then immediately pushed the door open, got out of the car, and ran into the union.
It was already late, but the main building of Tongji Club was still brightly lit. When Su Tianyu rushed in, Yu Mingyuan, Zhou Tonghui, Su Tianbei, Dabai and others were all there.
"Where are the people?!" Su Tianyu asked everyone.
"Here!" Fei Pingsheng's wife, A Hua, walked over from the direction of the bathroom.
Su Tianyu immediately went over and said, "Someone contacted you?!"
"Yes!" Ah Hua nodded seriously. "It's an Internet simulated number. The caller is a man with no accent."
"What did he say?" Su Tianyu asked.
"He just said that I should prepare the money in District 1 before 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, and then he would contact me." Ah Hua did not mention Lao Shen's name rashly, but just frowned and narrated: "He also said that Lao Fei encountered some troubles."
"Just this one sentence?"
"Yes, he just said one sentence, and before I could wait for his reply, he hung up." Ah Hua nodded.
Su Tianyu licked his lips and walked around the hall with his hands on his hips.
Zhou Tonghui sat on the chair and spoke first: "Did Wang Zhen arrest Lao Fei and deliberately set up this trap to lure us over?"
"Probably not." Su Tianyu responded quickly: "If it was Wang Zhen who was setting up a trap, he should have contacted me directly instead of Ah Hua."
"Yes, if Lao Fei is caught, he probably won't bite his wife out as well." Yu Mingyuan agreed: "Because the other side doesn't know about Ah Hua's existence, it would be meaningless for him to do so."
Zhou Tonghui immediately drew inferences from his experience and said, "What if it was the guy named Zhang Chao who vomited? Was he cooperating with Wang Zhen's actions?"
"Not likely." Su Tianyu shook his head again: "Look, if Wang Zhen wants to save his brother, the only way is to get me or the people in the Police Department, because the power is in our hands, and it is completely useless for him to transfer Ah Hua over. From their point of view, there is no connection between us and Ah Hua, let alone any feelings, so he can't threaten us at all. In addition, Zhang Chao was arrested first, so he has no idea that Ah Hua is with us."
Zhou Tonghui thought carefully about Su Tianyu's words: "OK, I agree with you."
Su Tianyu lowered his head and walked around the room, frowning and saying, "No matter what situation Lao Fei is in now, we have to catch up with him first."
"Wouldn't this be a waste of time?" Dabai replied, with his hands on his hips, "What if the clue Lao Fei is following has nothing to do with the human traffickers? If he was just kidnapped by a criminal gang on his way to escape and was extorted for half a million, then we'd be off the track...!"
"You mean you don't care about Lao Fei anymore?" Ah Hua turned to Da Bai, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother Da Bai, you didn't have this attitude when you talked to me alone."
"Don't talk about chatting alone..." Dabai blinked at Ah Hua and said, "We are just conducting an analysis."
Su Tianyu pondered for a while, then immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's not discuss this anymore, let's just follow this line! If Lao Fei was just kidnapped by a criminal gang, then I think there's no need for them to be so mysterious when extorting money. This is outside the district, they've caught him, they just need to ask for money, why bother saying something so ambiguous?"
Yu Mingyuan looked up at Su Tianyu and said, "Yes, I think what Liuzi is thinking is correct. Anyway, we don't have many clues right now. Since we have the letter, let's follow this line."
"He said that the money should be ready in Area 1 before six o'clock tomorrow morning, right?" Su Tianyu asked A Hua.
"Yes!" Ah Hua nodded.
Su Tianyu glanced down at his watch and immediately said to Zhou Tonghui, "Find a reliable friend and prepare 500,000 in cash in District 1. I'm going to find Director Liu now and ask him to find a way to arrange a helicopter for me. We'll fly directly to District 1 because it's too late to drive."
"Not many people can go there, right?" Dabai asked.
"Pick the elites and challengers to come with me." Su Tianyu replied.
"I'll go too... Take me with you, I won't cause you any trouble." Ah Hua immediately said to Su Tianyu, "The other party must have remembered my voice after talking to me on the phone. It will be more convenient for me to go."
Su Tianyu looked at A Hua, feeling a little hesitant.
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On the sea in the early morning.
The dilapidated cargo ship slowly docked at the shore, and the leading human trafficker on the ship led the team into the small pier.
On board.
Hu Zi took advantage of the fact that there were few people around and immediately brought up Fei Pingsheng again.
"What's wrong, brother?!" Fei Pingsheng asked while standing in the bathroom.
Hu Zi turned his head and glanced around the corridor, then carefully closed the bathroom door. He lowered his head, took out his phone, and activated the recording function: "Talk to your wife! She's going to give me money. I will take care of you. At least I won't let you suffer too much in there. I will find a chance to pick you up in the future."
When Fei Pingsheng heard this, he was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "Brother, thank you! You saved my life... !!"
"Don't say useless things, just record it." Hu Zi replied with a frown.
Hearing this, Fei Pingsheng picked up his phone and whispered into the receiver, "Ah Hua, this is Pingsheng. You quickly raise money for this Huzi brother. Not a cent less than 500,000, or I'll die! This Huzi brother saved me, he's a very good person... Tell our Brother Shen that he took the money, and when I return, I will definitely work like a slave to pay him back. Also, ask Brother Shen to find Xiao Su, the pimp in Huadu Fangyuan. He wanted to buy our house before, if you can't raise enough money, then sell it quickly...!"
"Okay, stop talking so much." Hu Zi snatched the phone, looked up at Fei Pingsheng and said, "Come, I'll record another video for you, don't let your wife think that I'm fooling her."
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In Longcheng, Su Tianyu contacted Director Liu in the city and confirmed that the helicopter had been arranged. He immediately took Hou Guoyu, Lao Hei's team, Su Tianbei, and the police officers from the Coast Guard to the boarding point.