Xu Qinglan could not hide her shock. Strong-willed as she was, she quickly regained her composure after a brief lapse and asked, "What happened?"
Her people had clearly intercepted all three teams of covert watchers Zhou Yi had deployed. Under those circumstances, how had Da Wu and Xiao Wu still been arrested? Where had things gone wrong?
Liao Qing hurriedly replied, "I lost contact with Da Wu and Xiao Wu just now. Later, someone from the Jincheng City Public Security Bureau called and told me that they, along with Zhang Yang and Liu Hao, had fallen into the hands of the Changning Municipal Public Security Bureau."
Half an hour earlier, Jin Xing had shaken off the vehicle tailing him and floored the accelerator toward the outskirts, meeting up with Da Wu and Xiao Wu along the way.
To throw the police off the trail, he handed the unconscious Zhang Yang and Liu Hao over to Da Wu and Xiao Wu, then doubled back along a different route in his now-empty car.
Da Wu and Xiao Wu continued toward the outskirts. Their destination was a secret hideout in the suburbs.
Once they arrived, Zhang Yang and Liu Hao would vanish without a trace.
Unless Zhou Yi could see the future, he would never find Zhang Yang and Liu Hao.
But then...
Police lights suddenly blazed ahead, followed by the shrill wail of sirens.
Several police cars emerged from the cover of darkness and surrounded their vehicle.
Watching the swarm of officers close in from all sides, Da Wu and Xiao Wu felt their hearts turn to ice. At the same time, they found themselves pondering a profound question.
Was this lying in wait, or catching turtles in a jar?
Why had these officers been waiting along the route they had