Chapter 73 Encirclement Strategy (Revised)

Why should I tell you?

Dao Ruiliang sneered.

Gu Yiliu raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "Just because you told me, I might consider sparing your life."

Dao Ruiliang's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Gu Yiliu. She was very beautiful, with a sharp, knife-like beauty. When he thought that she was a police officer, his heart skipped a beat. In his mind, her image was more terrifying than that of a femme fatale.

He immediately refused to believe it. "I don't believe it!"

Unless, "Unless you let me leave right now!"

If you leave, you can make a comeback; if you get caught and brought back, you'll lose everything.

Gu Yiliu replied calmly, "Okay."

"Answer me first, and don't try to play tricks on me."

Before speaking, Dao Ruiliang made a request: "I can tell you, but you have to give me a set of life-saving equipment from the ship." He knew that even if he told the truth, Gu Yiliu wouldn't be able to save the person, so he was willing to tell her where he sold the person. As for his subordinates, he could also tell her some information.

His face was full of a sinister grin. People who could buy women and men were all ruthless and vicious. Although they were poor, they were fanatical and unusually united, their thinking seemingly stuck in the primitive era, barbaric and uncivilized. Even he dared not provoke them.

"Brother Dao..." the skinny man called out to Dao Ruiliang.

But Dao Ruiliang simply said casually, "Going back with them is saving yourself." Did he not want to take his men with him? He did, but he couldn't save them, he couldn't take them with him!

The skinny man looked pale and unwell.

"Can."

Gu Yiliu looked at the two men, his gaze finally settling on their guns, and told them to put them down.

She actually saw through Dao Ruiliang's thoughts.

But Dao Ruiliang clearly didn't understand her.

Gu Yiliu smiled, a hint of smug satisfaction in his expression.

Dao Ruiliang: "I have a list, a list of people I've sold off."

Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement. "How many people have you sold? How many years have you been doing this business?"

"Eight."

"I only started this year because I saw a business opportunity here." Thinking of this, Dao Ruiliang felt resentment towards Gu Yiliu. He still didn't understand why she wanted to hijack his ship!

"Have you been watching me for a long time?"

Gu Yiliu tilted his head and pointed to the inner room, asking him in return, "How long have you been illegally fishing?"

Dao Ruiliang was furious. "Answer my question first!"

“We weren’t watching you. I already said it was a routine check. You’re just unlucky to have run into us. Now, continue.”

Dao Ruiliang was annoyed by her reply, which was clearly just to fool him, but he could do nothing about it.

Little did Dao Ruiliang know that it was he who caught the white dolphin and reported it to the police, which is why he was investigated.

"I have no superior; I am the superior of my subordinates. As for my subordinates, I have two, both of whom are responsible for transferring people out."

"Two?" Gu Yiliu looked incredulous.

Dao Ruiliang nodded firmly, "There are two. I wanted to continue developing this business, but now you've arrested me, haven't you?" He was still mimicking her.

Dao Ruiliang knew she couldn't do anything to him.

Gu Yiliu said "Oh," and then said, "Give me the list, and you can leave."

“In my room.”

Gu Yiliu grunted in agreement, looked at the skinny man, and tossed him a pair of handcuffs. "Put them on yourself."

Skinny guy: "..."

He had no choice but to wear it.

Afterwards, Gu Yiliu took Dao Ruiliang to his room to get the list, and then returned to the water storage room, where Dao Ruiliang could only escape unnoticed through the water outlet.

Gu Yiliu watched as Dao Ruiliang tried to hang the gun on his body and take it away, and she snatched it away, saying, "You can only take this life-saving gear."

The so-called life-saving equipment consisted of a rubber tire and a 2-meter-long rope.

Dao Ruiliang gritted his teeth and threw down a sentence, "Fine!"

He put the rubber tire into the water and jumped in.

He looked up at Gu Yiliu and said, "Gu Yiliu, if you let me go today, then we'll meet again someday. I'll be back!" He looked smug, as if she couldn't do anything to him.

Gu Yiliu clicked his tongue. "There's something I want to tell you."

Dao Ruiliang was genuinely curious about what she would say to him: "What?"

Gu Yiliu looked down at him.

"Villains die from talking too much."

The smile on Dao Ruiliang's face shifted to Gu Yiliu's.

If we don't leave now, when will we?

Dao Ruiliang turned and left in anger, and soon disappeared into the water.

Gu Yiliu smiled. He turned and went to the inner room to watch the white dolphins.

The blood stained the entire water tank. Han Yi transferred it to another tank, which was originally meant for fresh water.

So at this moment, Han Yi was pouring buckets of seawater into the water tank.

The person who harmed the white dolphins was a young man named Huaqiao. He wanted to kill all the dolphins, since they wanted to escape, but he couldn't take them with him, and he wouldn't let anyone else have them either, so Huaqiao decided to kill them.

But fearing the gunshots would attract attention, he climbed into the water tank to kill them.

Fortunately, they weren't shot, so all six white dolphins survived.

However, all six white dolphins were injured.

Lu Tingting had a cut on her abdomen. Another dolphin had half its tail severed. The remaining dolphins all had knife wounds on their bodies, more or less.

"Eee-oh-oh-oh!" Officer Gu, Lu Shengsheng will swim very slowly from now on, and he won't be able to escape when he encounters danger!

"Don't cry, there will always be a way."

Tears welled in Lu Tingting's eyes. She lay on her back in the tank, her cries filled with uncertainty, "Eee-oh?" Really?

Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement, then glanced at Lu Shengsheng, whose tail fin had been severed. Its mind was still malfunctioning, and it was currently comforting Lu Tingting.

As their names suggest, these two dolphins are brothers. Lu Tingting sought her help because her brother had been arrested.

"What is your relationship with Dao Ruiliang?" Gu Yiliu asked Hua Qiao as he squatted down.

He had been beaten up by Han Yi, and now his face was bruised and swollen, making him unrecognizable. But Gu Yiliu had no intention of showing him any pity. She asked Han Yi to give her a bucket of seawater.

She fell directly onto Huaqiao.

"Aaaaaah!"

The man, bound together on the ground, writhed and screamed in agony.

Seawater seeped into his bleeding wound, causing him to tremble and shake in pain.

"Huaqiao, right? Answer my questions, or I'll give you another bath."

Huaqiao nodded with tears in her eyes.

"Among your group of over one hundred people, who is Dao Ruiliang closest to?"

“My brother… Liu Hua.”

"He often ordered Liu Hua to do things?"

Huaqiao nodded.

Will Liu Hua take you with him?

Huaqiao nodded again.

Gu Yiliu: "Do you know how many people you sold?"

Hua Qiao nodded, "Eight."

That's exactly what Dao Ruiliang said.

How many downlines do you have?

"3 items."

Gu Yiliu raised an eyebrow; Dao Ruiliang had indeed lied.

"You know all the informants on all three lines?"

"I have seen...it".

After asking the questions he wanted to ask, Gu Yiliu went to Liu Hua and asked the exact same questions as Hua Qiao.

The answers obtained were the same.

What are the names of the informants on all three lines?

"Two of them are brothers, and the other is Brother Dao's girlfriend. Brother Dao wouldn't easily let her do these things."

"So it's been done? How many times?"

"……twice."

"She's sold eight people, that must be eight times already. And you've told her twice not to do these things so easily?"

"Is their relationship a normal one?"

"...They are boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Your brother Dao isn't married?"

"It's settled, why are you asking this?"

Gu Yiliu suddenly realized, "So they're having an affair. What kind of girlfriend do you use to describe her? You should use 'mistress' or 'second wife' instead."

Liu Hua was taken aback, finding Gu Yiliu's words harsh, and turned his head to the side.

Then Gu Yiliu asked him, "What do you usually call your brother Dao's mistress?"

"...Second Sister-in-law".

Gu Yili sighed, "Isn't that just a mistress?"

"..." Liu Hua fell silent; he was almost driven to despair by Gu Yiliu's sharp retorts.

After learning what she needed to know, Gu Yiliu went up to the deck and met up with Xiao Qiang and the others.

Xiao Qiang: "I didn't find Dao Ruiliang on our ship."

“I’ve found him,” Gu Yiliu said. “Let’s set sail now and bring him back.”

Xiao Qiang was confused.

Gu Yiliu told Xiao Qiang what had happened at the water storage room.

Upon hearing that Gu Yiliu had released Dao Ruiliang himself, Xiao Qiang's expression was indescribable; he didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, we can catch him." Gu Yiliu took out the clothes she had taken from Dao Ruiliang's room and handed them to a white dolphin named Caiyue.

The dolphin, Caiyue, sniffed the air, nodded at Gu Yiliu, and then swam forward.

This was because they followed Dao Ruiliang's scent.

Gu Yiliu noticed that Caiyue had gone in a slightly different direction from where they had come from.

That's normal; Dao Ruiliang wanted to avoid them. He was adrift at sea alone and couldn't go very far.

Xiao Qiang clicked his tongue in astonishment: "You're taking too much of a risk."

Gu Yiliu: "Dolphins are very intelligent."

The two ships followed the dolphin Caiyue's movements and sailed forward.

About two minutes later, Gu Yiliu heard Caiyue's cry.

"Eee ...

Gu Yiliu asked someone for a telescope and sure enough, he saw a person in the distance holding a rubber tire and floating in the water.

Gu Yiliu handed the binoculars to Xiao Qiang.

Xiao Qiang smiled.

The two ships surrounded the people at sea.

Dao Ruiliang looked at the two ships, his face darkening.

His face darkened even more when he saw Gu Yiliu on the ship.

"Gu Yiliu, what do you mean?" he roared.

"You said you would let me go!" he reminded her.

Gu Yiliu looked innocent. "I promised you, and I kept my word. Didn't I let you leave? But you left anyway."

Dao Ruiliang wished he could tear Gu Yiliu to pieces.

She was absolutely right, but he was fooled by her!

"You tricked me! You lied to me!" Dao Ruiliang was furious! He had just been dreaming of escaping and making a comeback. Now…

"That's called strategy. You took the bait yourself, so you can only blame yourself for being too naive. I didn't trick you!"

Dao Ruiliang was so angry he felt like vomiting blood.

He glanced at his predicament: two boats surrounded him. If they were any closer, he wouldn't even need to escape; he would die under their oars.

Xiao Qiang led his men into the water and pulled Dao Ruiliang ashore.

When they got back to shore, someone was already waiting for them.

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Author's Note: Here it comes.