Her heart raced involuntarily, and her hand holding the phone tightened unconsciously.
If the call goes through, it will prove that my guess is correct.
In this way, she might have a chance to escape without having to go through the WD Investigation Bureau!
However, just as Chuanliu heard the first ring of the dial tone, the office door was suddenly opened.
Chuanliu instantly suppressed the joy on his face.
She hung up the phone as if nothing had happened and said to the caller very naturally, "What a coincidence, Sister Qiao, I thought you were out running errands."
Wang Qiao wasn't annoyed by Chuan Liu's little actions. As if she had expected it, she chuckled and said, "I knew you would guess from Wu Lide's words that there was a problem on the 14th floor."
Caught red-handed, Chuanliu remained calm and asked, "Aren't you angry with me?"
"Why are you angry?" Wang Qiao stepped forward, gently lifted the former's chin with her finger, and then let go. "My little ally is so smart, I'm overjoyed."
Chuanliu understood that Wang Qiao wasn't lacking in vigilance, but rather that she was confident that with the strength of the WD Investigation Bureau, no force would be allowed to enter the waters around Paradise Island.
Then, Wang Qiao walked gracefully to the desk, gently pressed a few buttons on the landline, and saw the phone call that Chuan Liu had just made.
Then, she glanced at Chuanliu and laughed, "You little fox, you just randomly dialed a number to test the signal. I thought you were going to call someone you knew."
Chuanliu rubbed his nose. "I thought you were going to just cancel the external routes altogether."
Wang Qiao admired her fingernails and said, "I don't know what Wu Lide did to this. Let WD's technicians investigate it themselves and fix the vulnerability while they're at it."
She paused, then looked at Chuanliu. "Forget about it. Don't forget you still have a mission. I won't let you sneak away without finding the 'Joker'."
Chuanliu chuckled twice, glanced at the landline next to Wang Qiao, and suddenly said, "I do have an idea."
Wang Qiao raised an eyebrow. "What are your thoughts?"
"An idea that could lead to the 'Joker'."
...
The main city of Plum Blossom will be fully open for three days. During this period, residents of all flower types can bring people to inspect all floors of the main city of Plum Blossom to determine whether all items related to the manufacture of drugs, including instruments, equipment, materials, and finished products, have been completely eliminated.
During the inspection, visitors will be accommodated on the 10th floor.
Because the senior members of Plum Blossom were going to various places to follow up on the handling of the corpses, the visiting group was received by Su Feng, the current "Plum Blossom 10".
The third day of full reopening.
night.
The lights on the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th floors of the main building in Meihua City were not on because the upper floors were out. Only moonlight shone through the windows, illuminating a limited space.
The 14th floor was quiet and still; even the servants were asleep, and the corridors were deserted.
Inside the office, the landline phone still sat there quietly, as if nothing had changed.
In the stillness of the night, a shadowy figure glides silently by under the cover of the silvery light, like the most secretive visitor in the darkness.
The figure was shrouded in a large black garment, with the brim of the hat hanging low, completely obscuring the contours of the face. The person even wore a pair of rubber gloves, indicating thorough preparation.
In the darkness, every movement of a cheetah is meticulously calculated, its sharp eyes quickly scanning its surroundings as it glances left and right.
After confirming that everything was alright, she deftly opened the office door a crack, allowing just one person to squeeze in sideways. In that instant, she transformed into a wisp of smoke, silently seeping into the quiet space without making a sound.
Inside, the light was dim and dappled, with shadows moving about.
Finally, the hands wearing rubber gloves landed steadily on the desktop phone on the desk.
His fingers moved so fast they almost left afterimages. After pressing a few numbers, the man held the receiver to his ear and waited anxiously.
Just then, all the lights in the room suddenly turned on, as if it were daytime, making people squint.
The same was true for the man in black.
When the man in black realized something was wrong and tried to escape, it was too late.
More than ten guards swarmed over and surrounded him.
The man tried to resist, but he was no match for the many hands he had, and he was quickly tied up.
The man in black's eyes were filled with resentment as he was practically carried away to an empty conference room.
A dozen guards rudely threw him onto the chair, then bowed to the person sitting in the main seat and withdrew automatically.
Wang Qiao's soft voice reached the man in black's ears, "Quan You, help me take off his hat and mask."
Li Quanyou was sitting to Wang Qiao's left. Upon hearing the woman's words, he immediately stood up and walked over.
The man in black kept his head down, struggling to lift it, but with his hands tied behind his back, he couldn't stop Li Quanyou's movements at all.
The hat and mask were roughly pulled off, revealing a handsome face.
However, the appearance of this face completely surprised everyone present.
"How could it be you?"
Wang Qiao stood up in surprise and took a few quick steps to look the fully armed man up and down.
After a while, she looked at the man in front of her with a flirtatious expression, as if she were laughing at herself, and also as if she were laughing at him.
"Heh, hehehehe."
The woman touched her forehead and waved to Li Quanyou behind her.
The latter immediately followed like a lapdog, offering his arm for Wang Qiao to support.
The woman snapped out of her daze and said mockingly, "I never expected this, I never expected this..."
The fourth person in the room, Chuanliu, was also shocked when he saw the man's face.
She ignored the man's gaze and said in a deep voice, "I'll give you a chance. We have all the evidence and witnesses. You'd better admit your identity and not force us to take any other measures."
The man stared intently at Chuanliu, his voice icy, "I never expected you to side with Wang Qiao!"
Wang Qiao blocked the man's view with her body, and put on an interested expression. "Hey, don't be so fierce. Chuanliu and I are kindred spirits, what's with all this talk about siding with each other... But you, if it weren't for Chuanliu, I probably wouldn't have known when we would find out that you were the person we were looking for."
Wu Lide publicly revealed information about contacting the outside world. To the ordinary residents of Paradise Island, it was the ramblings of a desperate Wu Lide.
But Wang Qiao, Chuan Liu, and "Joker," who had tried to contact the outside world through Chuan Liu's contact information with WD, knew that Wu Lide's words were not unfounded. Moreover, given "Joker's" intelligence, he should have suspected the 14th floor as well.
Therefore, if he had the chance to get "Joker" into the 14th floor of the main city, especially when all the high-ranking members of the Plum Blossoms were away, he would be willing to take a gamble.
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