Li Liwen and his entourage were no longer in the mood for leisurely strolling to the restaurant, and quickly walked to the location of their private car.
The special car sent by the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department had been waiting for a while.
The driver, Xiao Gao, had been standing at the escalator entrance of the second parking lot. He had spoken to the special investigation team from Kyoto on the phone after they got off the high-speed train. They should have arrived in about ten minutes, but he had been waiting for more than twenty minutes and they were still nowhere to be seen.
Surely the special investigation team wouldn't get lost at the high-speed rail station?
Just as Xiao Gao was about to call and ask where Li Liwen and the others were, he finally saw Li Liwen and his group of seven.
They're carrying those briefcases at this hour, and there are seven of them; they must be the investigation team.
Xiao Gao waved and called out to them.
"Team Leader Li, Team Leader He, is that you?"
Li Liwen raised his hand to signal to the van not far away.
"It's us."
The seven quickened their pace and soon arrived at the van.
Xiao Gao greeted him warmly.
"Hello, hello, I'm Gao Fei, a specialist from the reception office of the Provincial Public Security Department. Just call me Gao."
Li Liwen politely introduced everyone's names to Xiao Gao, and then let his team members get on the bus.
When Xiao Gao reached out to take the briefcases from the four special operations team members behind him, they stopped him.
"No need, we'll carry them ourselves."
Sun Cheng said with a smile, and the others had the same expression.
Xiao Gao was a little embarrassed, and quickly said, "Everyone, get on the bus, get on the bus."
Once everyone was seated in the car, Li Liwen spoke directly to the driver, Xiao Gao.
"Go directly to the traffic monitoring center."
Xiao Gao, who was backing the car out, paused for a moment.
"Team Leader Li, it's already dinnertime, aren't you going to eat?"
"No need, we'll order takeout. Please hurry, it's an urgent mission."
Hearing this, Gao Fei stopped talking and drove out of the parking lot, stepping on the gas and heading towards the traffic monitoring center.
All he knew was that this was an important investigation team from the capital. He didn't know exactly what they were investigating, but the good relationship was always there. Since small talk and pleasantries weren't working, he decided to get back to his serious work ethic.
The van drove very fast but didn't run any red lights, at most it was a little speeding. It has to be said that Gao Fei's driving skills are very good. In addition, he is familiar with the roads and takes shortcuts to avoid the evening rush hour congestion. Before long, he parked the car steadily at the location of the Municipal Traffic Police Headquarters.
On the way, Li Liwen made several phone calls. He now had the authority to get the monitoring center to cooperate.
Because the emergency had been explained over the phone, once inside, we went straight to the monitoring hall under the guidance of Captain Lu, who was on duty.
Li Liwen and his team stood in front of the large screen, looking at the numerous surveillance cameras, while the staff below searched for the locations of each camera.
The license plate number was sent to Captain Lu via text message while the car was still on the road.
Lu Xingfeng had just finished making a takeout call, put down his phone, and walked over to Li Liwen. Coincidentally, a staff member on the nearby computer had already found some information.
"Captain Lu, we've found the vehicle owner's information!"
Hearing the sound, Lu Xingfeng and Li Liwen and the others gathered around.
"License plate number: Zhejiang A5x3... The registration date is March 2013. The first owner was a local named Hua Liren. However, the car was sold twice on a used car website. In May 2016, it was bought by a local named Shi Xiaolu. In November of this year, it was resold again. The current owner is Hong Quan, a local from Qiantang."
Li Liwen immediately asked a question.
"What about Hong Quan's file?"
Upon hearing this, the staff looked at Lu Xingfeng, and only after the latter nodded did they start operating the system. Soon, Hong Quan's information was displayed on the screen.
"Hong Quan, male, Han ethnicity, 43 years old, orphan, background unknown..."
The owner's information was read out one by one.
Although Lu Xingfeng and others were unaware of the key, Li Liwen and the other members of the five special agents, except for expert Du Xiaobing, all grasped the key.
Hong Quan's photo shows the middle-aged man seen in the first parking lot of the high-speed rail station.
He Zhongze served as a police officer for more than ten years after retiring from the military, always working on the front line of crime investigation. He whispered his analysis to his team members.
“Hong Quan’s resume is very simple, or rather, plain. He has never attended university after graduating from high school, nor has he ever been abroad. He only started a bakery with a partner in October of this year. Before that, he did odd jobs and his social security contributions were scattered, which shows that he was not a full-time employee paid monthly by a company.”
"So here's the question: how could such a hardworking person have a good foreign friend and feel comfortable letting his daughter travel alone to China to visit him?"
The others also had knowing expressions.
Li Liwen and his companions certainly did not mean to look down on Hong Quan. It is also possible that Hong Quan met foreign tourists in China in his past work and life and formed deep friendships with them, but logically speaking, this possibility is relatively small.
Apart from Du Xiaobing, the other six members of the investigation team were all elite military and police personnel. After analyzing the situation together and considering the current circumstances, they basically concluded that Hong Quan was involved in a problem.
Li Liwen continued the conversation.
"Two possibilities. First: Hong Quan did indeed know foreign tourists in the past, and they had a close relationship. Second..."
Li Liwen paused for a moment.
"The second possibility is that Hong Quan doesn't actually have any close friends abroad, and he might not even know the little girl named Windsor well. His identity is fake, or rather, it's just a cover. He may have another identity, and this identity is what led Windsor to choose to find Hong Quan when she came to China!"
The group failed to avoid Lu Xingfeng, leading him to instinctively ask, "Foreign spies?"
Li Liwen's brow twitched, but he didn't explain.
"Captain Lu, please don't make a fuss about this!"
Lu Xingfeng was a little embarrassed because he had spoken a bit too loudly. He said he would be more careful. It was the first time in his life that he had encountered a spy case, and he felt it was very high-level.
At this point, the staff responsible for monitoring and surveillance also made a discovery.
"Captain Lu, we've found the car!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Xingfeng immediately resumed his work.
"Turn the surveillance footage to the big screen and zoom in!"
On the big screen, the Buick was driving on Hongxing Road, and whenever it disappeared from a surveillance camera, the staff would quickly find a new trace and display it on the big screen.
"It's gone!"
Everyone's hearts tightened. After the Buick drove out of a monitored area, it did not appear on the surveillance cameras at the next intersection.
"They must have stopped. What's on that long stretch of road?"
The large screen quickly switched to a map and zoomed in.
"Two hotels, a hardware store, a small supermarket, and a restaurant..."
Li Liwen made a decisive decision.
"We can't wait any longer. The 'long line fishing' approach is best not used here. Lao He, you stay here. Contact me immediately if anything happens. Sun Cheng and Wang Peng, come with me."
"yes"
"yes"
After greeting Lu Xingfeng, Li Liwen set off with two team members, not even bothering to eat the takeout that had just arrived.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com