At the Hua Du Police Station.
"Captain Zhou, I have a situation here that requires your assistance for investigation!"
Wu Bochao walked into the criminal investigation team's office area and spoke to Zhou Dong, who was in his office.
"Oh, what case?"
Zhou Dong was discussing a case with Niu Qiuling and Wu Lei when Captain Wu Bochao of the anti-drug brigade entered. Everyone stopped their discussion.
"Xiao Xu, bring up the files for Captain Zhou and the others to see."
Wu Bochao slid open the screen of the tablet computer in his hand and handed it to Zhou Dong. "Captain Zhou, take a look at these photos!"
Zhou Dong placed the tablet computer he received on the desk and began to look.
"What photos are these?"
Niu Qiuling and Wu Lei also came closer curiously. They watched Zhou Dong swiping the screen of the tablet computer. These were candid photos taken at a small pier. Eight tall foreigners wearing black trench coats and masks were disembarking from a small fishing boat, each carrying a black duffel bag.
"Are these the drug dealers you're tracking?" Zhou Dong asked Wu Bochao.
"You could say they are drug dealers, but that's not the crucial point!"
Wu Bochao raised his index finger and said solemnly. Then he turned to Niu Qiuling and said, "Qiuling, don't you think these foreigners' faces look familiar?"
"Let me see..."
Niu Qiuling immediately took the tablet computer and carefully examined the foreigners in the photos. Although they were candid shots, the photos were a bit blurry, and the foreigners were wearing masks.
One of them, a handsome foreign man with blonde hair and blue eyes, made Niu Qiuling's eyes widen in close observation. She immediately thought of something and exclaimed excitedly, "Aren't these the same group of foreigners who attacked us before?"
"Yes, it's them!"
Wu Bochao nodded and said, "These photos were taken at a small pier in Fengcun Village, Zhujiang. We were initially tracking an overseas drug trafficking syndicate, but unexpectedly, at eight o'clock yesterday morning, we discovered these eight foreigners disembarking from a small fishing boat at the Fengcun pier. Our people found them suspicious and took candid shots. As I looked at them, I felt they looked increasingly familiar."
"After investigating, I finally confirmed that they are the same group of foreigners who suddenly attacked us while we were escorting Chen Tao back to the bureau!"
This time, Zhou Dong frowned. He remembered that during the escort of Chen Tao back to the police station, they were suddenly attacked by a group of mysterious foreigners. At that time, all police forces were mobilized to pursue them, but they ended up abandoning their car by the Zhujiang River and vanished without a trace.
However, subsequent investigations by Wu Bochao and his team confirmed the identity of those foreigners as retired members of a Middle Eastern mercenary group. Among them, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreign man was the leader of this group of eight, named Eddie Stevenson!
"Why are they appearing in our Hua Du city again?"
Wu Lei asked in surprise, "Are they trying to traffic drugs here again?"
"No."
Wu Bochao shook his head and said, "They are likely not here to traffic drugs, but have other purposes!"
Zhou Dong, who was sitting nearby, was already frowning. This group of foreign mercenary veterans had attacked the police team with the intention of silencing Chen Tao. Later, according to investigations, when the infamous "Young Master Leng" Gao Zhe was apprehended in Singapore, Gao Zhe was shot in the head, and the perpetrator was also a group of foreigners!
Perhaps, this was the same group of people.
"If that's the case, their target is Wan Yunting!" Zhou Dong analyzed and then looked up at Wu Bochao.
Because everyone now knew that behind the Southeast Asian drug lord "Young Master Leng," there was an even more powerful drug trafficking syndicate, and these people were the killing instruments controlled by the orchestrators behind that syndicate!
"To kill him?"
This time, Niu Qiuling's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but feel nervous and worried.
"Yes, Yunting mentioned before that he encountered Fang Tai and Chen Guangyang in Macau and was threatened by them. Now, this group is risking entering our Hua Du city again, which means their sole target is to kill Yunting!" Zhou Dong stated with certainty.
"That's what I suspect too." Wu Bochao nodded.
"Does Director Pang know?" Zhou Dong asked immediately.
"Not yet. Director Pang went out for a meeting this afternoon. He's expected to return tomorrow," Wu Bochao replied.
Zhou Dong immediately stood up and said, "In that case, I'll contact Yunting first to inform him of this matter, and then I'll send a team of police officers to protect him. At the same time, we will track the location of this group with all our might, preferably apprehending them before they make their move!"
"I'll contact him."
Niu Qiuling beside him quickly took out her mobile phone, found Wan Yunting's number, and dialed it...
At this moment, in the office of the Lingnan Chinese Medicine Association, in the conference room, Gu Yuanbai, Jiang Yichun, Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, and other members were seated around the conference table. They were discussing donating to the reconstruction efforts in the disaster-stricken areas.
After some discussion, Shen Tonghe of the Shen family, the Huang family, and the Dai family from Shanghai agreed to sponsor the association and donate fifty million yuan to the disaster areas in the name of the Lingnan Chinese Medicine Association.
"Chairman Gu, I'd like to contribute some more to our association's fund," Wan Yunting said immediately.
"No need, Xiao Wan."
Gu Yuanbai waved his hand and smiled, "You've already contributed a sum of money to our association before, for supporting medical work in rural towns and donating so much medical supplies to the disaster areas. All of that was from your money, so you don't need to donate now. Let's all contribute together."
"Yes."
Jiang Yichun nodded and smiled, "Although our donation of fifty million yuan cannot compare to the wealth of the Beijing Chinese Medicine Association, this is the sincere intention of all members of the Lingnan Chinese Medicine Association for the people in the disaster areas."
"Indeed..."
Others also nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Wan Yunting didn't say anything further. After all, he had already discussed with Sister Han and the others about donating to the disaster areas.
At this moment, his mobile phone in his pocket rang, displaying Niu Qiuling's name. This made Wan Yunting raise an eyebrow, wondering why this girl was calling him. However, he still stood up and said, "Excuse me, I'm going out to take a call. Chairman Gu, please continue."
"Go ahead."
Gu Yuanbai waved his hand and continued chatting with Jiang Yichun and the others about the donation to the disaster areas.
Wan Yunting took his phone and stepped out of the conference room to answer it. Immediately, Niu Qiuling's voice came through, "Hello, scumbag, where are you?"
Zhou Dong and Wu Bochao on the other end heard "scumbag" and immediately turned to look at Niu Qiuling with shocked expressions.
"Calling me scumbag one after another, am I your scumbag?"
Hearing the girl call him scumbag right off the bat, Wan Yunting was speechless and said, "Say it, what do you need me for?"
"Can't you understand human language? I'm asking you where you are now." Niu Qiuling was worried about him but didn't spare him with her words.
"I'm in a meeting at our Chinese Medicine Association office," Wan Yunting said, then chuckled, "What? Is your mother here in Hua Du again, treating us to tiger-head bee medicinal wine?"
"Bah, who would treat you to tiger-head bee medicinal wine?"
Mentioned of the previous incident by the man made Niu Qiuling's cheeks flush. However, her words made Zhou Dong, Wu Bochao, and Wu Lei look at each other with interesting expressions. It seemed like this girl had some history with Wan Yunting.
"Stop the nonsense, you need to come to our police station right away. We have something important to tell you." Niu Qiuling, remembering that she hadn't called him for this scoundrel to tease her, quickly got to the point.
"What important matter is it?"
Wan Yunting looked at the time, which was 6:40 PM, and said, "But my meeting hasn't ended yet."
"Ah, it's about your life, you need to come to me immediately," Niu Qiuling shouted in exasperation.
"Qiuling, let me talk to him."
Seeing that the girl couldn't get to the point, Zhou Dong took her phone and said seriously to Wan Yunting, "Yunting, this morning I didn't realize that a group of foreigners, who were the same group that attacked our police car and killed Chen Tao, and also the ones who killed Gao Zhe in Singapore!"
"Therefore, we now suspect that these people are being directed by the forces behind Gao Zhe's drug syndicate, have infiltrated our Hua Du city, and their target might be you!"
Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow. He understood, "So, these foreigners are acting under the orders of Fang Tai and Chen Guangyang?"
"Yes."
Zhou Dong nodded.
This now explains why Wan Yunting was pursued by the two people from the Sky Eye Divine Cult in the cave in the disaster area; it wasn't Fang Tai and Chen Guangyang ordering them to kill him, but someone else!
"Okay, I'll come to the police station after the meeting." Wan Yunting said.
"Alright, come over quickly."
After Zhou Dong finished speaking, they hung up. However, Zhou Dong was still worried and said to Niu Qiuling, "Qiuling, you and Wu Lei and a few others go find Yunting now. He is in danger. It's best to send someone to protect him right away."
"Okay."
Niu Qiuling nodded and immediately left with Wu Lei and the others to find Wan Yunting.
He was standing outside the conference room door, his eyebrows raised. Now he could confirm that the two people from the Sky Eye Divine Cult he encountered in the cave were not sent by Fang Tai and Chen Guangyang to kill him. Therefore, those two might very well have been sent by the Sima family!
The Sima family being related to the Sky Eye Divine Cult was something Wan Yunting hadn't expected!