Chapter 1 The Door Code

"The door code is 85642." Brother Qian directed Chen Hao to open the access control for Anna's building.

Wu Peng, who had already taken a few steps, suddenly had a face flash through his mind. He turned to look at the delivery guy who had just entered the building and grabbed the door handle before the electric strike door closed.

Hearing the sound of the elevator opening and closing in the blind spot around the corner inside, Wu Peng was certain that the person had taken the elevator. After hearing the elevator start moving, Wu Peng entered the building and quietly followed.

In the monitoring room, Chen Hao and Wu Peng's every move was being watched by the police.

"Attention all teams, a suspicious person in a shirt and slacks has followed the suspect into the building and is now entering the fire escape. Team One, subdue that extraneous person first to avoid startling the snake."

Wu Peng hadn't even reached the second floor when he was pinned down by two police officers who had been lying in wait at the second-floor fire escape door.

"Misunderstanding, I'm a lawyer, here to see a friend." Wu Peng immediately knew that they were on a mission and quickly explained.

"Who are you here to see?" Zhang Lin suddenly walked out and asked coldly.

"Zhang Lin?" Wu Peng was stunned for half a second, then quickly said, "You quickly tell them, they've arrested the wrong person."

Zhang Lin was expressionless. "Who exactly are you here to see?"

It turned out that in order to bring Brother Qian to justice, the police had been laying a trap for a long time. Just when it looked like a fish was finally about to take the bait, Wu Peng barged in at this moment, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

At this time, Zhang Lin heard the voice of a colleague in his earpiece, saying that the elevator had stopped one floor below Anna's apartment.

It seemed the other party was really going to make a move. He told his colleagues to handcuff Wu Peng first, and just as he was about to go up to support them, he heard Wu Peng shout at him, "You're trying to catch that delivery guy, right?"

Zhang Lin stopped.

Wu Peng continued, "I know that guy. He's the son of that Teacher Lin who went out to sea together, and he's also a doctor."

Seeing Zhang Lin's doubtful expression, Wu Peng sneered. "Believe it or not, I've been going to the Maritime Safety Administration to inquire about my grandfather's news. This man was the last to go, and it was his phone that got through to Teacher Lin's phone, so the police could find the location of the ship. If you don't believe me, then pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhang Lin had also seen photos of everyone on the ship, but he hadn't carefully investigated their families. But after hearing what Wu Peng said, he did have some impression.

While Zhang Lin was hesitating, the voice of a colleague at the front appeared in his phone again: "The suspect has opened the door to the apartment, requesting permission to arrest."

"Hold the arrest."

Zhang Lin hesitated for a few seconds and finally decided to assess the situation first.

He didn't know why this Chen Hao would pretend to be a delivery guy to pick up the carpet. Either he was in cahoots with these drug dealers, or Brother Qian was controlling him remotely to "test the waters."

All the police officers remained still, watching Chen Hao carry the long cardboard box out of the apartment. This time the box felt very heavy, and Chen Hao was sweating profusely.

"Give him the green light all the way. All teams, keep tabs on the suspect and figure out the situation outside the complex." Zhang Lin "let the tiger return to the mountain," intending to use this "pebble" used to test the waters to lead them to Brother Qian's hiding place.

After Zhang Lin gave the order, all the team members sprang into action.

Chen Hao didn't usually do this kind of physical labor, and he was also a little nervous. He carried the roll of carpet down the stairs with difficulty and walked to the security booth. The security guard who had accepted the cigarette asked Chen Hao what was in the box as a routine procedure. Chen Hao said it was a carpet in a panic. The security guard made a note of it and pressed the door opening button without hesitation.

Seeing the door open, Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly carried the carpet out the door.

Brother Qian directed Chen Hao step by step on the phone, getting him to help with his "luring the tiger away from the mountain" scheme: "Don't stop, don't make any extra movements. Cross the road to the street opposite, and take this thing to the entrance of the express delivery station. There's a three-wheeled motorcycle with a tarpaulin parked there. Drive that motorcycle and deliver this carpet to the express delivery station at the North City High-Speed Rail Station."

"High-Speed Rail Station?"

Chen Hao didn't dare to delay and did as Brother Qian instructed.

He didn't know what Brother Qian was up to. He had already gotten the thing, so why did he still want him to ride a three-wheeled motorcycle across half the city?

Zhang Lin and several colleagues drove, following Chen Hao closely but not too closely. They left only one colleague to continue guarding the remaining carpets and keep in touch with him at all times.

Wu Peng, in order to know if the suspect could be caught, insisted on squeezing into the car with Zhang Lin.

"Brother Lin, the suspect is heading towards Xixian Road." A colleague in another car said to Zhang Lin through the walkie-talkie.

"Follow closely, report at any time, and be careful of being counter-surveilled. The other party is cunning, so switch people to follow in stages."

Zhang Lin hung up the phone, and Wu Peng suddenly said, "This Chen Hao only took one roll of carpet and left, and there's still a lot left in the apartment. Is that drug dealer going to take it in batches? Don't they know that it's very risky to pick up the goods here? Why not take it all at once?"

After hearing this, Zhang Lin suddenly slammed on the brakes. "Damn it, a feint!"

Before Wu Peng could react, Zhang Lin had already made a U-turn and drove back towards the complex.

At this time, Wu Peng also understood: "That Chen Hao is just bait. The real drug dealers will only come to pick up the goods after you leave. There are only two of us plus the brother guarding there. Can we do it?"

"You don't need to come with me." After Zhang Lin finished speaking, he gave new instructions through the walkie-talkie.

Wu Peng rolled up his sleeves. "Don't! You wouldn't have forgotten, would you? In our band, the best fighter besides you is me."

Zhang Lin's face darkened. "I'm not kidding with you. Drug dealers carry weapons. Get out when the car stops."

The car took another route back to the complex. Seeing Zhang Lin speeding, Wu Peng, who liked to drive fast, couldn't help but grab the car handle.

Chen Hao drove out of the complex, and Brother Qian saw several cars following behind. Watching those plainclothes police officers slowly disappear at the end of the road behind Chen Hao, he sneered.

"Wow, Brother Qian, you're really a genius! There really was an ambush there." The man next to him admired him wholeheartedly. "Now that all the police have followed that coward, what do we do next?"

"Move the goods!"

"You got it!"

The two men walked out of a convenience store next to the express delivery station. One of them took a bottle of water, and they walked unhurriedly into the junkyard, removing the garbage tarpaulin from the top of a truck. After the two men got into the truck, it drove towards the east gate of the complex.

The truck stopped at the east gate of Ludao Complex, and the security guard came over with a registration book to ask, "What are you here for?"

Brother Qian gave the security guard a pack of cigarettes and showed him the building and door number, saying, "The owner asked us to move some goods."

Seeing how generous the other party was, the security guard instantly became much more enthusiastic.

After registering the license plate number, the security guard asked another security guard who was secretly playing with his phone to take his place, turned back, and waved to Brother Qian. "You drive and follow me, and I'll take you there."

With a wave of the security guard's hand, the gate opened, and Brother Qian's car drove in, following behind the security guard all the way to the building where Anna lived.

"Thank you for your trouble, brother." Brother Qian, wearing a moving company uniform, got out of the car and quickly thanked him.

"You're welcome. It's not easy for anyone. You guys work hard too." The security guard exchanged a few pleasantries and left.

Brother Qian looked around and said to his subordinate, "Let's go."

The two men took the hand truck and went straight into the lobby.

"Brother Lin, the target is entering the building with a hand truck."

The team member in the monitoring room reported the other party's whereabouts to Zhang Lin, who had arrived ahead of time and was already lying in wait.

"Roger that." Zhang Lin snorted coldly. "You lure the tiger away from the mountain, then I'll wait for the rabbit to come to me!"