An hour and a half earlier, Li Qianfan, who had been watching the Su family's four beauties play cards, suddenly received a message from Gao Lingwang.
Upon seeing the message, he had intended to call Du Junlin to go with him.
But seeing how happy she was at the moment, Li Qianfan reconsidered and let it go.
He, a transparent figure completely ignored by the Su family's four beauties, went out and got into his car alone, then sped to the location designated by Gao Lingwang.
With a somewhat honest, hardworking, and upright personality, Gao Lingwang would have been a model worker decades ago!
Even Du Junlin had temporarily suspended her search for the assassin.
Gao Lingwang, along with the second squad of Dark Blade, adopted a "lucky dip" approach, with twelve people each taking responsibility for areas where the assassin Clown might be hiding. They rode electric scooters through the streets and alleys, searching for any trace of the assassin.
Hard work pays off—
Two hours ago, Chu Yingying, who was responsible for this area, discovered a suspicious individual.
As she passed a pharmacy, she inadvertently saw a man wearing a large mask and a black trench coat purchasing medicine for internal injuries.
If it were any other time, Chu Yingying would not have paid any attention to this scene.
But the executive deputy director of Dark Blade had been assassinated the previous night—
So, was this man buying medicine for internal injuries under the cover of night an accomplice of the assassin Clown?
After all, the assassin Clown had several ribs broken by Du Junlin's punch before escaping. If he couldn't go to the hospital but couldn't bear the pain, it was necessary to have an accomplice purchase medicine at night.
Chu Yingying noticed this covertly but did not make a sound.
First.
She could not be certain that the person buying medicine was an accomplice of the assassin.
Second.
Even if this person was an accomplice, Chu Yingying could not act rashly before tracking him down to the assassin.
Third.
Chu Yingying could not guarantee that she would be a match for him if she acted rashly!
She absolutely couldn't afford to fail to catch him and get herself caught instead.
Thus.
Chu Yingying hid in the shadows, quietly followed the person buying medicine, and confirmed he had entered an alley before immediately calling her team leader, Gao Lingwang.
Upon receiving Chu Yingying's call, Gao Lingwang, who was investigating assassin leads elsewhere, immediately messaged Li Qianfan and notified Qin Zhou and others, who were also rushing to the scene.
The matter was of great importance.
If the assassin was hiding here, they absolutely could not let him escape again!
Gao Lingwang, always a steady worker, did not immediately take action upon arriving.
Instead, he used the electronic map on his phone to understand the surrounding terrain and arrange his forces rationally.
Qin Zhou and the others guarded the key intersections around the alley, hiding in the shadows, ready to ambush any enemy who might try to flee past them.
Gao Lingwang and Li Qianfan, who was en route, would launch a frontal assault.
Li Qianfan, having crossed nearly half the city, had to slow down as he passed several "dance plazas" where "aunties" were doing square dancing by the roadside, but he finally arrived.
As soon as he saw Gao Lingwang, his phone rang.
Without confirming the assassin's identity, he didn't want to cause a fuss or alert the suspect with the phone's ring. Li Qianfan decisively rejected the call and turned off his phone.
"Are the brothers all ready?"
Li Qianfan put away his phone and asked Gao Lingwang, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"Let me confirm one more time."
Gao Lingwang took out his phone and sent a message "Ready to act" in the temporary operation group.
Soon.
Qin Zhou and the others, who had already taken their positions, replied: "Received!"
"Let's go."
Li Qianfan straightened his collar and was about to open the car door to get out when he retracted his hand.
A car was approaching from a distance, and it was moving fast.
Gao Lingwang, also about to get out, looked back at the car.
Both of them assumed it was just a passing car.
Even though it was around 10:30 PM, vehicles still passed by occasionally.
But what if this car was related to the assassin?
If Li Qianfan and Gao Lingwang were to get out of the car, they would undoubtedly attract attention and alert the suspect.
The driver of that car had no idea that Li Qianfan and Gao Lingwang were sitting in the car by the roadside.
But after the car drove past, its speed noticeably decreased.
"Could it be, really an accomplice of the assassin?"
Especially when they saw the small black car slowly stopping at the mouth of the alley, Li Qianfan and Gao Lingwang exchanged a quick glance.
The mouth of the alley was about a hundred meters away from Li Qianfan.
In the light of the streetlights, Li Qianfan saw from a distance someone get out of the car and look around.
This action was a instinctive reaction of vigilance!
Due to the distance, the night, and the fact that the person was wearing a hat, a trench coat, and a mask,
It was impossible to see the person's face clearly, let alone determine their gender.
But as the person started walking—
Li Qianfan and Gao Lingwang said in unison: "That's a woman!"
Yes.
Although the person was wearing a trench coat, the way her waist swayed as she walked was something a man could not replicate.
From the way the woman walked, Li Qianfan and Gao Lingwang deduced that she was no older than forty but no younger than twenty.
Generally speaking—
Women over forty, except for special cases like Sister Wujiang or certain empresses, would have their figures change.
And women whose figures had changed could not walk with such a graceful posture, even in a trench coat.
Soon.
The woman entered the alley.
Just as her back was about to disappear from Li Qianfan's sight, he suddenly felt the silhouette was somewhat familiar.
Or rather, the way this woman's waist swayed as she walked felt familiar.
But who was she?
In an instant.
Ziyu's wife, Sister Hongti, the Guanyin girl, Su Maomao.
President Jiao San, Chu Yazhi—
The images of women Li Qianfan was familiar with, and even those he was not familiar with like Helian Tingmei and Luohuayin, flashed through his mind like a movie.
But none of their backs matched this woman.
As Li Qianfan shook his head, a flash of inspiration struck him!
"So it was—"
Just as Li Qianfan was about to capture the woman in his memory whose back resembled this one, Gao Lingwang patted his arm: "Get out."
With that pat from Old Gao, the inspiration that flashed in Li Qianfan's mind instantly extinguished.
The image of the woman also disappeared like a bee flying into a garden, never to be seen again.
There was nothing he could do.
Who told Li Qianfan's memory to store so many beautiful women?
Damn it—
Li Qianfan cursed inwardly, unable to recall her, and could only open the door and get out.
"The electronic map shows there are seventeen households in the alley."
Gao Lingwang had no idea that his pat had dispelled Li Qianfan's inspiration.
He walked forward quickly, using the shadows of the roadside trees for cover, and said, "According to Tie Yuan, who pretended to be a delivery man and observed carefully while passing through the alley half an hour ago, households numbered 605 and 609 in area [XX] are the most suspicious. This is because other households have children, or dogs coming in and out or playing at the door. Only these two households have their gates tightly shut. Moreover, it is very quiet inside, yet the lights are on."
Sijiu Alley has three main characteristics.
First, it is narrow.
Second, it has many households.
Third, there are many small alleys that are all interconnected.
It was already quite good that Gao Lingwang and his team could accurately identify households 606 and 609.
"If Bai Ziyan were here, it would be great. She could help screen everyone in the alley and investigate thoroughly to find out where the woman with the familiar back came from."
Li Qianfan, inexplicably thinking of Bai Ziyan again, deeply felt the importance of a super hacker to him.
Suddenly—
Li Qianfan, who was about to reach the mouth of the alley, turned back abruptly.
His sudden abnormal action immediately drew Gao Lingwang's attention, who quickly turned back: "What, did you find something wrong?"
"My intuition tells me that a pair of eyes are staring at my back."
Li Qianfan scanned the street behind them, which showed no signs of anything suspicious, and said softly, "Perhaps my intuition is wrong. But no matter what, we need to speed up our actions."
"Sometimes, intuition is quite accurate."
Gao Lingwang quickened his pace: "Let's go to 609 first! Tie Yuan said that household is the most suspicious."
In a certain alley, number 609.
La Mato had just applied a topical medicine to her companion Varkada, who had severely broken ribs. The originally locked door was suddenly pushed open.
Bang!
La Mato's heart leaped, and she put her right hand on her waist, turning around abruptly: "Who!?"
"It's me."
A woman in a beige trench coat and a mask, wearing brown Martin boots, walked in.
You are—
La Mato was about to draw her gun when the woman removed her mask.
Revealing a face of exquisite beauty.
Upon seeing this face, La Mato's tense nerves immediately relaxed.
But he dared not meet the gaze of those alluring eyes, which seemed like silk even if they were blinded.
He hurriedly lowered his head: "Director Dai, what brings you here?"