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Chapter 381: Chapter 309: Punishment (Please subscribe!)_1
Hung up the phone.
Tang Qing continued to enjoy the breeze on the playground.
Standing under the shade of a tree, the warm spring wind brushed against his face, which felt especially comfortable.
How he wished he could grab a chair, sit down, and have a good squint, but that would be too presumptuous. Who knows what the school authorities might say.
Three minutes later.
The end-of-class bell rang.
Tang Qing sauntered back to the classroom, waiting for news.
Meanwhile.
At Tang Qing’s command, a soldier had started following Shen Mei. This soldier was specially assigned to Tang Qing for covert protection and dealing with contingencies. The team comprised of six individuals working in staggered shifts. Two soldiers were stationed at his usual hangouts, and one soldier always kept close.
Ready to rush in at any moment.
When that soldier left, another stepped in to take his place.
Though the measures might seem excessive, caution is always advisable.
Shen Mei, who was pedaling her bike, was of course unaware that she was being followed. She was only anxious to get to the main city’s business street as quickly as possible.
Upon reaching her destination, she saw a woman anxiously standing at the entrance of the street. It was her good friend’s cousin, whom Shen Mei knew. The woman immediately approached Shen Mei as she arrived and said, "Mei, you’re here. We’ve searched the nearby streets. Why don’t you search down the Red Tassel Road, and I’ll go in the opposite direction. The others are also searching street by street.
Here, this is a picture of Qu’r taken the day before yesterday. Show it around and ask questions. The police are also checking surveillance footage, but it’s a bit troublesome since the surveillance system isn’t yet fully developed. Many areas aren’t covered, and some footages are unclear. It’s a bit challenging. We’ll have to rely on ourselves."
"Okay, Sister Sun, I’m going now." Shen Mei accepted the photo and gave it a glance. She recognized Qu’r, an energetic and adorable little girl.
After saying this, Shen Mei rode her bicycle towards Red Tassel Road.
Many people watched these two whispering to each other. Given that some time had passed since the incident, many were aware a child had gone missing. They vehemently condemned child kidnappers. Parents empathized deeply, imagining their own distress if it were their child missing, with some already berating out loud.
Just as Shen Mei looked at the photo.
The following soldier already relayed back the image to the Command Room. The next second, all surveillance feeds from Qingyan City and nearby transport routes were patched into the Command Room. Internet traffic from the operator’s equipment showed a sudden surge in bandwidth usage, though this wasn’t much noticed. The compressed videos’ small size didn’t significantly impact internet speed.
In less than three seconds.
Little Two completed his analysis of surveillance in the area. Luckily, they found the target, but there was no definitive video evidence. The villains chose an area without surveillance to act, quickly moved to a minivan parked nearby after succeeding, and no trace of the child was seen in the surveillance video.
However, the Command Room’s behavior analysis model indicated a ninety percent chance that this minivan was indeed the vehicle that had taken Qu’r.
Tracking the minivan’s movement using surveillance, the Command Room was able to pinpoint its last known location.
It had last appeared at a junction in the suburbs leading to a village, the only one in that area.
With the task Tang Qing had assigned, the Command Room had to devise a means to complete it.
The next moment, this soldier’s task was over, and he returned to continue protecting Tang Qing.
Soon after, two soldiers equipped with vehicles started making their way toward the village.
The eight household village.
The Gan family’s house.
A white minivan was parked in the courtyard.
The Gan family had two brothers, the elder Gan Han, and the younger Gan Lin. Their parents had passed away early, and they were always loafing around, slowly making money over the past two years. On the surface, they seemed involved in transportation work, but in reality, they were involved in child kidnapping. Houses were built within two years, but neither had found wives because they planned on doing this for a few more years then living a legitimate life. Otherwise, any wife would surely leave them.
Such heinous acts.
The successful brothers were now having lunch and enjoying some alcohol. The wine popped and hissed, and they appeared enthusiastic.
They ended a phone call.
"Brother, the clients have been confirmed, the offered price is this much," Gan Lin chuckled as he held up two fingers.
"Haha, there’s nothing quite like fast cash," Gan Han laughed heartily.
Gan Lin agreed, nodding his head. He took a sip of his alcohol, and the alcohol went to his head. He muttered, "Yeah, I don’t fancy giving this up."
"It’s all right. We can still dabble in it occasionally, after all, it’s hard to resist," Gan Han said.
"Yeah, you’re right, we can always say we’re off to work. It’s smart thinking, brother. Let’s deliver it after we eat, to avoid any issues that might crop up at night," Gan Lin got excited thinking about getting married.
"It’s a good thing surveillance is limited at the moment, or we’d be in trouble," Gan Han said, his laughter fading. They had spent quite a few days examining the place before deciding where to commit their crime, to avoid getting caught on camera. He believed they were impervious to any risk.
Gan Lin replied, "Exactly, they should be providing for us instead of wasting money on installing surveillance. If we had money, we wouldn’t need to do all this."
"Yeah, I heard that conditions are better in Western Countries. It would be nice if we were born there."
"For that, you’ll have to be reborn, haha."
"Exactly, I want to be a big boss in my next life. I want to immigrate."
"Dream on, we should focus on making money diligently first."
"Brother is always right, here’s to that."
After a few drinks, the brothers, their heads full of nonsense, started boasting.
Just then.
