Bang! Bang! Bang!
The cabin door was repeatedly smashed.
No matter how hard Yu Min kicked or rammed, the sealed secret compartment door remained unmoving.
He didn't know that in addition to sealing the door, the boatman had also attached a padlock to the bolt.
Although the secret compartment door was made of wood, it was reinforced with a layer of iron sheeting on the outside.
Trying to break it from the inside, unless he was a naturally strong person, was impossible.
Outside the small window, the sound of helicopters circling high above grew louder.
The red and blue police lights on the dark sea also became clearer.
"Hoo! Hoo!"
Yu Min leaned against the door, panting, a helpless smile on his face.
He slowly calmed down from his earlier tension.
Even if he broke the door, where could he go in this vast sea?
Jump into the sea?
A dead end!
He had no retreat left.
"Gao Fei, oh Gao Fei, it turns out this was all a setup by you. I should have made Old Mo shoot you and take you down with me! But it's too late, I'm finished!"
Yu Min lit a cigarette and looked at his phone, which had been wiped clean, with a self-mocking smile.
He had forgotten something. He had forgotten that Gao Fei was a young hacker praised by departments like the Ministry of State Security.
Now that the virtual phone software was gone and the text messages were simultaneously deleted, all evidence that Gao Fei had helped him escape was completely erased.
Yu Min took a deep drag from his cigarette. Under the dim yellow light, his entire person looked ashen.
From the moment he downloaded the software as per the text message's instructions, he had completely fallen into Gao Fei's meticulously crafted trap.
Now, even if he wanted to drag Gao Fei down with him, he no longer had any evidence to accuse Gao Fei.
The refrigerated truck driver? A simpleton who only spoke foreign languages could not possibly have contacted Gao Fei?
The fishing boat captain? From the moment the boat docked, these people had likely already fled.
Even if Yu Min gave them up, what good would it do?
With hundreds of countries worldwide, a group of seasoned sailors could hide anywhere and never show their faces. Who could find them? Even if they were found, would they implicate Gao Fei?
Yu Min guessed that the captain and his crew, like that simpleton, probably didn't even know who their employer was. Since Gao Fei could escape unscathed from the trap he set for him, how could he not have foreseen this possibility?
"Gao, I underestimated you!"
Ten minutes later.
The fishing boat was surrounded by several speedboats from the maritime police.
Helicopters circled overhead, their searchlights illuminating the dark fishing boat.
Under the glare of the lights, heavily armed assault teams quickly boarded the vessel.
"Control! Control!"
Clang!
A slight sound came from the cabin as the secret compartment door was pulled open from the outside.
Two black shields immediately blocked the doorway.
The assault team looked at Yu Min, who was sitting on the deck, glanced at the gun in his hand, and immediately raised their submachine guns.
"Drop your gun, put your hands on your head and come out!"
Seeing the cabin filled with people, Yu Min dropped his pistol, placed his hands on his head, and stumbled out of the secret compartment.
When the police boarded, he had considered shooting himself. But when he picked up the gun and his finger touched the trigger, he hesitated.
In movies, the powerful figures who committed suicide were just cinematic portrayals. In reality, when truly facing death, no one could muster the resolve to end their own life unless they were utterly cornered. Yu Min was no different. He was flesh and blood; stripped of his identity as a powerful figure, he was just an ordinary person, equally afraid of death.
He could foresee his own end, the judgment of the court. But he was not resigned. Even if he had reached the end, he wanted to drag some people down with him.
As he walked out of the cabin, Yu Min quickly spotted Ge Qing, wearing a bulletproof vest and an earpiece, amidst the crowd. Ge Qing was also looking at him.
"Team Leader Ge, if I expose certain individuals, will I be given a chance to atone for my crimes?" Yu Min asked, now handcuffed.
"Heh, that depends on who Mr. Yu exposes! As long as they are important enough, I'll try my best to get you life imprisonment!" Ge Qing replied cryptically.
Yu Min pondered for a moment, nodded, and said with a relieved smile, "Enough to let Team Leader Ge get promoted twice!"
Upon hearing this, Ge Qing gave him a meaningful look and said to someone beside him, "Take him to my boat. The rest, let's go!"
....
At eleven o'clock at night, at the headquarters of the Beijing Anti-Gang Special Task Force building.
When Yu Min, who was trying to escape, was arrested and brought back, warm applause erupted in the task force's office area. With the capture of the primary target, the Yu clan criminal syndicate, which had been entrenched in Beijing for over a decade, was completely dismantled. Moreover, Yu Min, as the primary target of the anti-gang special operation, his capture not only brought good luck to the operation but also served to boost morale and inspire the team.
"Alright, alright, everyone get back to work. This is just the beginning; there are still many more criminal syndicates for you to apprehend."
"Yes, Team Leader!"
As everyone dispersed, Ge Qing led his team into the task force. When Yu Min, wearing handcuffs, entered the office area and saw Gao Fei sitting in the lobby, he was first stunned, then his fury flared. He violently broke free from the hands restraining him and strode forward.
"Gao Fei, I curse your mother!" he roared, grabbing Gao Fei by the collar and shouting emotionally, "Gao, I've helped you twice with big favors, and you turn around and betray me? I curse your mother!"
As soon as he finished speaking, members of the task force who had rushed forward tackled him to the ground.
"Sir, do we know each other?"
Yu Min, pinned to the ground, yelled in exasperation, "You say you don't know me? Gao, are you blind? Listen clearly, my surname is Yu, Yu Min of Tian'an Group!"
"So it's Mr. Yu!"
Gao Fei certainly knew who Yu Min was, but he feigned a sudden realization and said, "Mr. Yu, you did help me, but it was all voluntary. Moreover, I only spoke to you twice on the phone, and you initiated contact. I never even met you."
Indeed, they had only communicated by phone before, and had never met.
Gao Fei looked down at Yu Min, his gaze subtly swept past him, and he then turned to Ge Qing behind him, saying, "I've been at the task force all day today. My SIM card was confiscated. You can ask Team Leader Ge if you don't believe me."
Yu Min turned his head to look at Ge Qing, who quietly nodded. He stared at Gao Fei in disbelief, looking bewildered, "You weren't the one directing me to escape?"
"My SIM card was confiscated, how could I direct you?"
"If not you, then who?"
Yu Min was completely dumbfounded. If Gao Fei wasn't directing him, then who had been helping him escape all this time? Yu Min was bewildered, utterly bewildered!
"It's impossible it wasn't you, impossible..."
Ge Qing waved his hand, signaling his colleagues to take the dazed Yu Min away. He also instructed that he would personally interrogate Yu Min and that no one was to see him alone without his permission.
After Yu Min was taken away, Gao Fei stretched lazily and smiled, "Team Leader Ge, Yu Min has been arrested, so I should be going back now. After all, there are many things at the company waiting for me."
"Mr. Gao, although Yu Min and Old Mo have been captured, there is still an unknown gunman at large. Do you need me to arrange for someone to protect your safety?"
"Is Team Leader Ge truly trying to protect me, or to monitor me?"
"That depends on how you interpret it!"
The two stood their ground, their gazes clashing slightly.