Chapter 637 — Give Them a Warning
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Even if something had already happened between Gu Mengyao and Wei Zhao, he would still bring her home, even if only to set her there and visit her every day — he would make her his own! Of course, if Gu Mengyao were still untouched, An Liwen would let bygones be bygones.
"Wei Zhao, how would you like to die?" A cold, sinister smile flickered at the corner of An Liwen's mouth — the smile he always wore before doing something wicked. "Since you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for being unkind. Your kidney is mine as well."
When Qiu Lingshan's transmitter signal vanished, Liu Wangli and the others knew at once that something was wrong. Without hesitation they dispatched men to the spot where her signal had disappeared — a stretch of barren countryside, with an abandoned factory not far off the empty highway.
But after Liu Wangli's men surrounded the factory, they came up empty! There was not a soul inside. Yet the occupants had clearly left in a hurry, and not long ago at that!
The light bulbs were still warm to the touch, proof that they had been burning until recently. Instant-noodle wrappers and other food trash lay scattered across the floor, along with some ragged lengths of rope.
Plainly, the other side had been on their guard! And precisely because of that, Liu Wangli grew all the more anxious: it meant the enemy had seen through Qiu Lingshan's identity and fled in panic — and the signal transmitter on her person had no doubt been found and destroyed.
At the thought, Liu Wangli was seized with alarm. After a moment's hesitation, he dialed the number of Yang Huaijun, the bureau chief in charge.
"Chief Yang, this is Liu Wangli of the criminal investigation unit. Were you asleep?" It was already past midnight, and Liu Wangli feared Yang Huaijun had gone to bed.
"Just fell asleep — what is it?" Yang Huaijun's internal injuries had clearly been improving ever since he began taking the Chinese medicine Wei Zhao had prepared for him. The pain was gone entirely now; he could sleep soundly without any need for painkillers, and so being woken by the phone brought him no particular discomfort.
"Chief Yang, something seems to have happened to Captain Song..." Liu Wangli said cautiously.
"Happened? What happened? Give me the details!" The moment Yang Huaijun heard that Qiu Lingshan was in trouble, every trace of drowsiness vanished. He sat up and pressed for answers.
"It's like this — Captain Song located the gang's base of operations, and so..." Liu Wangli then laid out the whole affair of Qiu Lingshan's undercover work for Yang Huaijun in detail.
"Who authorized her to go? Why was no permission requested beforehand?" Hearing Liu Wangli out, Yang Huaijun was beside himself with fury.
"Captain Song decided it herself. I assumed she had already cleared it with you..." Liu Wangli broke into a cold sweat. He was only the squadron leader; the final decision on this matter had been reported by Qiu Lingshan directly to Yang Huaijun. How could he have gone over her head to report it himself?
"Stay where you are — I'm on my way to the bureau!" Yang Huaijun was truly at his wit's end, angry and worried in equal measure. Qiu Lingshan and her reckless heroics — what business did she have going undercover? Did she think she was some kind of tough nut now? RO