Animal Detective

Chapter 538: Chapter 442: Counter-surveillance

Zhu Kun ran a vegetable delivery company in Lianjiang.

The company wasn’t very big. It had eight Jinbei vans that drove all over the county, delivering vegetables to restaurants, company kitchens, and the like.

He wasn’t from Lianjiang; his registered residence was in Fushan, Kang Province.

His parents were still alive, and he wasn’t married.

But that wasn’t necessarily true.

His wife and kids might be abroad.

Since he had a legitimate identity in the country, he wouldn’t dare to recklessly spend drug money.

Only when he was abroad would he dare to spend money without restraint.

He’d been with that man surnamed Cai for years and must have accumulated an incredible amount of wealth. He probably had luxury cars and villas overseas.

The company was located just outside the Zhenying Agricultural Wholesale Market, on the outskirts of the county seat.

At a little past four in the morning, before the sun was up, his place was already bustling with activity.

By the roadside, Shen Xin was hunkered down in Pan Wenhai’s car.

In a cage on the back seat, Er Long was resting.

From across the road, they could see Zhu Kun bustling about, directing his employees as they loaded vegetables, non-staple foods, and other items onto the Jinbei vans according to the orders.

This area was in the tropics, and the June weather was hot and dry.

He was wearing a tank top and shorts, without a single tattoo on his arms. He didn’t look like a drug dealer at all.

Speaking of which, Pan Wenhai said, "Well, the small-time junkies, or the guys who deal to support their own habit, you can spot them a mile away."

"But people like that Cai are usually abroad, posing as big bosses and running all sorts of businesses as a cover."

"As for guys like Zhu Kun, they’re even more discreet. Many of them are unassuming. Unless an investigation leads directly to them, you’d never guess they were drug dealers."

"They’re just in it for the money, so they do their best to hide their identities. Once they’ve made enough, they flee the country."

"I remember a few years ago, back in the two-thousands, some drug traffickers had someone set up a breakfast stall right outside the main gate of Wang Feng’s city bureau. They were probably trying to monitor when the bureau was planning an operation."

"All I can say is, these bastards really rack their brains when it comes to trafficking drugs."

With that, Pan Wenhai told Shen Xin to get some sleep. There was no telling how long this stakeout would last.

Shen Xin hesitated for a moment, then reclined his seat and lay down to rest.

When he woke up again, the sky was already bright.

He’d been shaken awake by Pan Wenhai.

Shen Xin shot up and quickly looked across the street.

The whole row of shops across the street was in the wholesale business.

In front of Zhu Kun’s shop, several of the Jinbei vans had already returned.

Zhu Kun came out of the shop and got into his own black Highlander. He was heading out.

Shen Xin glanced at his watch.

It was almost nine in the morning.

Pan Wenhai hadn’t woken him, letting him sleep for a good few hours.

He turned his head to look at Er Long, who was doing just fine in his cage.

"Did anything happen while I was out?" Shen Xin asked.

Pan Wenhai shook his head and said no.

In the distance, Zhu Kun had already started his car and driven off.

Only after he was a hundred meters down the road did another car on the roadside start up and follow.

Pan Wenhai didn’t hesitate, starting the car to follow them.

Zhu Kun went home.

In the afternoon, he set out again, going to a hotel on the east side of the county.

He was probably out drumming up business.

You had to admit, Zhu Kun had put a lot of effort into hiding his identity.

Throughout the day, Zhu Kun lived a normal life. It seemed he didn’t cook at home, as he ate dinner at a restaurant.

After dinner, he went to a supermarket near his home and bought a few things.

The Lianjiang team had also employed technical measures, like remote listening devices, to monitor his phone number and home internet.

He hadn’t made any unusual calls or sent any strange messages.

However, Wang Feng and his team did notice something unusual.

He had bought toothpaste, some ready-to-eat food, beer, and other drinks at the supermarket.

That in itself wasn’t strange.

But after returning home, he wasn’t seen carrying these items upstairs.

He left them in the car.

Wang Feng and the others couldn’t help but speculate: were these supplies intended for Cai?

Sure enough.

The next morning, Zhu Kun went to his company as usual and arranged the day’s deliveries.

But after all the delivery vans had returned and the day’s work was done, he drove off, but he didn’t take the road home.

Zhu Kun was being tracked using a combination of tailing cars and traffic cameras.

At that moment, in the county public security bureau’s digital command center, Huang Delin immediately contacted Wang Feng to inform him of the situation.

"He’s making his move."

Sitting in his car, Wang Feng’s spirits lifted.

He immediately pulled over, flagged down Pan Wenhai’s car, and relayed the information.

Shen Xin and the others had already discussed this. They figured the suspect would most likely leave the city, so they planned to release Er Long to track him once he was outside the city limits.

Now, they just needed to confirm Zhu Kun’s direction, and they would immediately find a place to prepare for action.

「Inside the command center.」

Huang Delin monitored Zhu Kun’s movements while reporting on the situation.

This operation was a first of its kind.

So it wasn’t just Chen Ruidong who wanted to watch; the team in Lianjiang, and even the Dehong City Bureau, were all paying attention.

The entire tracking process would be transmitted via a live video feed directly back to the digital command center.

From there, it would be relayed to Simao.

The Dehong City Bureau was also in Simao, and the bureau chief wanted to see it.

When he received the news, Chen Ruidong was in a meeting. He immediately stopped it and headed for the digital command center.

Wang Feng and Huang Delin had thought this operation would, at most, attract the attention of the Dehong City Bureau.

What they didn’t know was that far away in Spring City, Lu Chunze, the director of the provincial Anti-Narcotics Division, had also received the news simultaneously.

The Dehong City Bureau had submitted a report.

In Lu Chunze’s eyes, this was essentially a dress rehearsal for the upcoming operation.

He was also very curious whether these "police birds" could really be effective.

Moreover, he knew that even the Ministry was quite curious.

Therefore, if this operation went smoothly, he would have to report back to the Ministry.

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