Seeing Crime Scenes in My Sleep

"Captain Zhao, we’ve located Shi Anno’s phone watch. It’s in the suburbs. We suspect it’s a kidnapping."

Zhao Shuo immediately walked over upon hearing the news and looked at the red dot on the screen.

"This location?" Zhao Shuo looked at the spot, then turned to Lu Xingye. "Xingye, come take a look. Isn’t this where we lost the trail last time?"

Lu Xingye got up and came over. "Yes. Looks like we need to move fast. It’ll be a problem if they cross the border."

Zhao Shuo nodded and quickly contacted the criminal investigation team to head over immediately. If this was the group they’d been tracking, Shi Anno likely wasn’t the only one.

Jiang Li stood in the back, watching. ’We couldn’t track them before. Why is it so easy this time?’

’Could a phone watch be more hidden than a concealed camera?’

Zhao Shuo and Lu Xingye exchanged a look.

"Whatever their plan is, we have to go." Even if it was a trap, they couldn’t abandon the captured civilians.

"All units, emergency meeting, now!" Zhao Shuo said into his radio.

In the conference room, a dense network of clues covered the entire screen.

Zhao Shuo went over it once. "The enemy’s intentions are unclear. Everyone, stay alert and be careful. Cooperate with the criminal investigators. Our main objective this time is to rescue the hostages."

"Yes, sir!"

After speaking, Zhao Shuo looked at Zhou Tiancheng. "Brother Zhou, this is a good opportunity to have our people infiltrate their ranks."

Zhou Tiancheng thought for a few seconds and nodded. "Mm, I’ll make the call."

Lu Xingye was looking over the clues he had organized when he suddenly noticed a common thread.

Chen Jianqiang, the scapegoat Cheng Jiasuo, Qiao Siyuan, and Jiang Sheng... they had all been to the same place.

The KTV that was shut down during the arrest of a wanted fugitive!

"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhao, look at this. Chen Jianqiang and Wang Batian, and later Cheng Jiasuo’s father, Qiao Siyuan, and Jiang Sheng—they all visited this KTV.

This KTV was a den of criminal activity from the start."

Zhou Tiancheng nodded. All of them had been caught. ’Could there be a loose end we missed?’

Lu Xingye pulled up the information he had found on Shi Xingchao. "Shi Xingchao also went there twice. One time he met with Chen Jianqiang and Wang Batian, and the other time with Jiang Sheng.

Could Shi Xingchao be connected to them? Was he also involved in this trafficking ring?"

Zhao Shuo nodded in agreement. "Let’s make a bold assumption. Shi Xingchao’s real estate business isn’t as diversified as Chen Jianqiang’s or Jiang Sheng’s.

They had an internal conflict, so they kidnapped Shi Xingchao’s daughter?"

The men looked at each other. No matter what the conspiracy was, they had to save the hostages.

Soon, a message came back from the criminal investigators who had rushed over to scout the area.

"There’s a room inside with seven or eight people locked up. We’ve identified three men, one woman, and a child, who is Shi Anno. They don’t look like they’re in good shape."

Hearing the message over the radio, Zhou Tiancheng looked at Zhao Shuo. "Zhao Shuo, you notify Shi Xingchao and probe him for information indirectly. I’ll take a team to assist."

Zhao Shuo had Tan Qing call Shi Xingchao.

Tan Qing was still upset about Lu Xingye replacing someone. ’And why me instead of Tang Wen? Isn’t Tang Wen supposed to be so capable?’

"Tan Qing, you’re a police officer. If you can’t even manage your own emotions, how can you expect the public to trust you?"

Zhao Shuo looked at the slightly sulking Tan Qing and spoke gently, trying to guide her. ’She’s still young, after all.’

"I feel like nobody here likes me," Tan Qing said quietly, feeling wronged. She and Tang Wen had arrived at the same time.

But she felt that everyone liked Tang Wen more.

"How could that be? Everyone is just busy with their own work. We just hope that at critical moments, you won’t get confused.

Don’t overthink it. It’s not like that. Go make the call now."

After speaking, Zhao Shuo sat down nearby and stared at the red dot of the tracker.

Shi Xingchao rushed over as soon as he received the call.

"Officer, do you have news about my daughter? Where is my daughter now?"

"Mr. Shi, please rest assured. We’ve located your daughter’s phone watch, and our colleagues are already on their way."

Zhao Shuo observed Shi Xingchao impassively. According to the teachers and students at Shi Anno’s school, Shi Xingchao was a very good father who was personally involved in almost every aspect of her life.

"No matter what, I’m begging you, please bring my daughter back safely."

As Shi Xingchao spoke, he sat down nearby. His gaze flickered as he looked at Jiang Li and Miao Anji, who were sitting not far away.

’They didn’t go with the others?’

Miao Anji sensed something as Shi Xingchao walked in. The Gu Worm was still on him.

Shi Xingchao waited at the police station for news. Meanwhile, Zhou Tiancheng and his team rushed to the scene.

"What’s the situation now?"

"Fifteen men, all armed. Four downstairs, four guarding the hostages. There are eleven hostages. The rest are patrolling inside.

Snipers are in position. The plan is to circle around to the back and rescue the hostages."

Zhou Tiancheng nodded and took the binoculars to observe the activity inside. His men began their approach according to plan. They neutralized the four guards downstairs and continued to close in.

Zhou Tiancheng continued to observe the hostages. The four guards with them were drinking and playing cards.

Suddenly, the four men at the table shot to their feet.

"Wait, I think they’ve been spotted."

Hearing the commotion, the criminal investigation team also looked over.

The next second, a voice blared through a megaphone.

"Hey, hey, hey! All of you outside! I know you’re listening! Goddammit, can’t even get a moment’s peace."

As the man spoke, one of his buddies stepped forward, grabbed a female hostage, and pressed a gun directly to her head. The other three did the same with other hostages.

Everyone watching the scene tensed up, holding their breath.

Zhou Tiancheng tightened his grip on the binoculars. ’Based on our team’s movements, there’s no way they were spotted.’

’It seems Xingye’s guess was right. Their goal was to lure us here.’

"No! I don’t want to die! SOB SOB SOB..."

"Boss, I have money! As long as you let me go, I can give you any amount!"

The gunman kicked him. "Ptooey! Who gives a damn about your stinking money?"

’A single job for us nets hundreds of thousands, even millions. Who’d care about that paltry sum?’

Zhou Tiancheng turned and contacted Lu Xingye back at the station.

"Xingye, they knew our movements, just as we suspected. What’s the situation at the station?"

Lu Xingye looked at Shi Xingchao, who was pacing anxiously around the station. "Shi Xingchao hasn’t looked at his phone since he got here.

It’s possible someone else tipped them off."

As he spoke, Lu Xingye checked the surveillance footage of Shi Xingchao arriving at the station entrance. He had walked straight in from his car without a moment’s pause.

Zhou Tiancheng frowned. ’Dammit, it’s happening again. Every time we get a lead, we get played.’

’Is our entire approach wrong?’

Zhou Tiancheng clenched his fists, staring at the incredibly arrogant group across the way.

"Hey! Are you listening?! I said I want to see Jiang Li!

Damn it, that son of a bitch Jiang Li sent my brother Jiang Sheng to prison! I want him to pay with his life!

And get your people the hell out of here!"

The voice was so loud that Lu Xingye could also hear it on his end.

"If I don’t see Jiang Li in half an hour, they all die!"

Lu Xingye frowned as he listened. ’They’re after Jiang Li?’

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