Out of caution, Lu Lingxi and his team quickly returned to the workstation.
The staff inside were a little surprised, "Why are you back so soon?"
Wang Chaoliang had already heard Yan Yue's story on the way, and he repeated it briefly. He had seen how smart Dahei and Xiaohei were, and he believed in the little monkey Yan Yue mentioned that was smart enough to give them warnings. He was worried that the other two staff members would not believe him, but after he finished speaking, one of the staff members thought for a moment and smiled, "I know which little monkey you are talking about. It's a very smart little guy, and it occasionally comes to the workstation. But it is very vigilant and rarely takes the initiative to interact with people. It's really rare that it can give you a warning this time."
There are many monkey groups living in the rainforest of Kunnan. These monkey groups are far away from human gathering places and rarely appear in front of humans. The staff of the workstation have occasionally seen them a few times when they go out. The little monkey mentioned by Yan Yue is the most lively and bold one among them. Last time, he even used a flower to exchange the bread in their hands, but he also observed them for a long time to make sure that there was no danger. The situation mentioned by Yan Yue really rarely happens.
The topic of discussion soon turned to the little monkey. Although Yan Yue found it interesting, he had to interrupt them and ask a question he had been thinking about all the way. "What would the little monkey see as a warning?"
The staff on the scene didn't know about this. But based on their understanding of the little monkey, there must be some danger ahead. Either a human or a large dangerous animal. One of the staff members preferred it to be a human. Because this rainforest borders other countries, there are many illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. Fortunately, the rainforest is too dangerous, and the border police are strict, so nothing has happened here. However, some time ago, the anti-drug police in Kunnan destroyed a large overseas drug smuggling group, and several of the main leaders escaped. I'm afraid they have fled to this area.
It would have been better if he didn't say it. After he finished speaking, not to mention Yan Yue, even Lu Lingxi realized the seriousness of the problem.
The staff member smiled and explained: "Don't worry, because of the unique environment in the rainforest, vision is limited. Except for monkeys who stand high, ordinary people can't see very far. Besides, there are border guards patrolling regularly nearby, so nothing will happen."
Yan Yue couldn't say anything more after hearing what the other party said. However, he and Lu Lingxi were very conscious in the remaining time, and controlled their activities within a few hundred meters near the workstation, not daring to go too far.
Not far behind them, the tall and strong man who had followed them all the way climbed up the tree by climbing the hanging vines, and looked in the direction of Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue with a small telescope. He recognized the workstation of the botanical garden and guessed that Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue were probably new employees here. It seemed that the two of them probably didn't see anything, otherwise they wouldn't stay here. As a result, the tall and strong man hesitated, whether to listen to the boss and take action when they were alone.
As he hesitated, Yan Yue keenly sensed something and looked in the direction of the man thoughtfully. Although he could not see anything, Yan Yue felt that something was wrong. He took Xiao Hei out from his wrist and whispered something, and then heard Xiao Hei hissing in agreement and then burrowed into the bushes. After a while, several brightly colored venomous snakes swam out of the bushes and were driven by Xiao Hei to swim in the direction of the man.
The man didn't react at first, but soon realized something was wrong. A small green snake suddenly jumped out from under him and bit him. The man reacted very quickly and jumped off the tree to avoid the attack of the small snake. He was just rejoicing in his heart when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his ankle. When he lowered his head, another small green snake was hanging on his shoe and was biting him hard with its mouth. The man recognized this kind of snake, which was a common poisonous snake in the rainforest. He hurriedly took out the antidote he always had in his bag, applied it to the wound, and left here in a hurry. The man left in such a hurry that he didn't even notice that the binoculars on his body had been dropped on the ground.
As soon as he left, Yan Yue heard the noise and rushed over. Seeing the telescope on the ground, his face looked a little grim.
Lu Lingxi also saw the telescope and asked nervously, "Is there any danger?"
Yan Yue frowned slightly and whispered, "I'm afraid so." At this time, he couldn't help but miss Dahei. In terms of vigilance and chasing, Dahei is a hundred blocks ahead of Xiaohei. Yan Yue sighed, "It would be great if Dahei or Fang Lei were here."
Lu Lingxi thought about this idea seriously and privately felt that Dahei was more reliable than Fang Lei.
Fang Lei, who was far away in Kunnan City, didn't know that Yan Yue was thinking about him, and he sneezed several times in a row. "Strange, could it be that Xiao Hui missed me?" Fang Lei muttered to himself. It was inconvenient for him to bring Xiao Hui with him on this business trip, so he entrusted Xiao Hui to his colleagues like last time. In order to prevent Xiao Hui from making trouble, he also specifically told his colleagues not to feed Xiao Hui cat canned food all the time. Xiao Hui prefers to eat dried fish, and occasionally he should improve Xiao Hui's life.
Thinking about it, Fang Lei felt that he really missed Xiao Hui. He didn't know if Xiao Hui was obedient during his absence, whether he ate well, and whether his colleagues bought dried fish for Xiao Hui. He looked up and saw a snack stand on the roadside selling Kunnan's specialty, crispy dried fish. Fang Lei's heart moved, and he went over to ask the boss to weigh half a pound of dried fish for his midnight snack.
Carrying the weighed dried fish, Fang Lei strolled back to his residence. Because they were expected to stay in Kunnan for a long time, Fang Lei and his two colleagues did not stay in a hotel to save money, but stayed in an old house in Kunnan where a colleague did not often live.
When he came back, the two colleagues who were with him were not at home. Fang Lei was about to open the door, but suddenly stopped. The feeling of being watched in the morning came back. He turned around suddenly and glanced around vigilantly. There was nothing suspicious around. Fang Lei's face sank. His intuition from many years of work made him believe that it was not an illusion just now. There was really someone watching him. Could it be related to this case? Did the people who ran away come back to tip him off?
When Fang Lei was suspicious, he suddenly heard a cat's cry. A yellow tabby cat jumped to the wall of the alley, and its green eyes looked straight at him, making him feel like he was being stared at. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a cat. He was a little too nervous. Fang Lei was relieved. After thinking for a while, he poured out some of the dried fish in his hand and put it in the corner against the wall, motioning the tabby cat to come over and eat the dried fish.
The tabby cat didn't move at first, and Fang Lei didn't care. Cats are always wary of people, and when he's gone, the tabby cat will probably dare to come over and eat. He thought about opening the door, but before he could enter the house, a gray figure suddenly pounced on him and scratched his face unceremoniously. Almost as a conditioned reflex, Fang Lei took a step back very quickly, and took advantage of the little thing in front of him to slow down and grabbed it.
"Xiao Hui!" Fang Lei said in shock.
The one he caught in his hand was Xiao Hui, who should have stayed in Fengcheng obediently. Xiao Hui waved his claws angrily, and his fur stood up in anger. Unfortunately, Fang Lei had accumulated a lot of experience in fighting with Xiao Hui during his interactions with him, so he held Xiao Hui at a distance where Xiao Hui couldn't scratch his face.
"Xiao Hui, why are you here? How did you get here?" Fang Lei asked curiously.
The little Hui in front of him looked clean and tidy, not like he had traveled a long way to Kunnan. Fang Lei really didn't believe that Xiao Hui could have run all the way from Fengcheng to Kunnan by himself.
Little Gray meowed twice angrily.
Fang Lei didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. He found a small plate, poured out the dried fish from it, and placed it in front of Xiao Hui, coaxing him, "I bought these dried fish for you. Just now, I was outside and thought that Xiao Hui liked to eat dried fish, so I shared some with other cats."
Xiao Hui listened and barked twice again.
Fang Lei stroked its fur with amusement and promised: "Okay, from now on, all the dried fish will be Xiao Hui's, and no other cats will eat them."
Xiao Hui seemed satisfied with Fang Lei's assurance. He squatted in front of the small plate and started eating the dried fish.
Fang Lei was still curious about how Xiao Hui got here, but unfortunately Xiao Hui refused to answer the question. However, Fang Lei knew that the tabby cat outside was Xiao Hui's younger brother, who was responsible for watching his whereabouts when he went out. There were several other younger brothers like him, distributed in different places in the alley. If Xiao Hui hadn't been so angry that he gave the tabby cat some dried fish, Xiao Hui wouldn't have jumped out to settle the score with him.
Fang Lei smiled and shook his head, rubbing Xiao Hui's bulging belly. Xiao Hui lay with his belly facing the sky in comfort, meowing from time to time.
The atmosphere was just right for the man and the cat, and Fang Lei's cell phone rang in his pocket. As soon as he picked up the phone, his colleague said anxiously: "The border police just found the whereabouts of the drug traffickers who escaped in the border rainforest. The local police have sent people there, and we have to follow them quickly."
Before his colleague finished speaking, Fang Lei grabbed the car keys and walked out the door. As soon as he left, Xiao Hui followed closely behind him and jumped into the car. Fang Lei didn't have time to say anything more to Xiao Hui at this time. He tilted his head and held the phone while driving and said, "I will meet you at the police station soon. Tell me what happened first? How did you find the traces? Are you sure it was that group of people?"
My colleague said, "It is only 80% confirmed now, but the telescope found at the scene is commonly used by that group. You know that their stuff is all bought abroad, and it is retired military stuff. There is nothing in China, so it is very likely that they found it. As for how it was found, I heard that it was found by two tourists in the rainforest, and they also called the police and contacted the border armed police."
"There are still tourists in the rain forest?" Fang Lei asked in surprise, "Don't all tourists go to the Kunnan Nature Reserve? Are there still tourists going to the wild forest?"
My colleague laughed and said, "Some tourists are brave and don't want to go to the protected area. They just like to wander around outside. Besides, the two tourists didn't go there alone. There is a field station in the botanical garden in that rainforest. They went there with the staff of the station."
Botanical garden, staff, two tourists, these words combined gave Fang Lei a bad feeling. He remembered calling Yan Yue in the morning, and Yan Yue said that he was going to stroll around the botanical garden with a friend. Could it be such a coincidence?
Fang Lei was nervous all the way, and even when he met up with his colleagues at the police station and they teased him about bringing a cat with him, he didn't have much energy to respond. He turned his head to look at the mighty and domineering cat squatting on the passenger seat, and smiled bitterly in his heart. If it was Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi, it would be convenient, and he could just entrust Xiao Hui to them.
The few of them drove quickly and soon arrived at the small village on the border. The nearby armed border police were stationed here, and the local police station was also set up in this small village. Fang Lei saw Yan Yue as soon as he got out of the car. His colleague went to ask about the details and asked Fang Lei to wait in the car first. Fang Lei took advantage of the moment and ran to Yan Yue, looking him up and down: "Are you okay?"
Yan Yue was surprised, "Fang Lei, why are you here?"
Fang Lei whispered, "Do you remember the incident at the beginning of the year when someone tried to frame Little Tibet for drug abuse?"
Yan Yue nodded.
"It's that case. We followed the clues and dug deeper, and directly uncovered a drug trafficking group outside the country. Now we have arrested many drug dealers. During the last arrest, several big fish escaped. I guess they are the ones you met." At this point, Fang Lei changed the subject, "Where is Xiaoxi? How did you meet that group of people? My colleague on the phone didn't say it clearly."
Yan Yue's expression was a little serious. "Xiaoxi and a few friends were resting in there. As for the encounter, it was not us who encountered them, they came looking for us." He started with the warning from the little monkey, and kept talking about how he felt something was wrong and ordered Xiao Hei to drive away the poisonous snake to investigate. As a result, they found a telescope that someone had left behind, and finally they left the rain forest and called the police.
Fang Lei was stunned when he heard this and immediately lowered his voice, "You're not going to tell the police like this, are you?" This sounded too much like a made-up story, with monkeys giving warnings and directing poisonous snakes or something like that.
Yan Yue chuckled, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."
But apart from the part about Xiao Hei, Yan Yue did not hide the rest. He honestly told the little monkey about the warning. He suspected that it was from there that he and Xiao Xi were being targeted.
Fang Lei thought so too. "That group of people was probably nearby at the time. If it weren't for the little monkey's warning, you would have met them. It's a good thing you left early, otherwise it would have been dangerous. They were a group of desperate criminals. They followed me later because they thought you had discovered them. They wanted to check the situation and take action when you were alone, so as not to reveal your whereabouts."
Yan Yue nodded. This was what he was worried about, so after seeing the telescope, he immediately left the rainforest with two staff members in the workstation, returned to the village, and called the police immediately.
Fang Lei reminded, "They have already targeted you and Xiaoxi. You and Xiaoxi should stay in the village for the time being and don't go back to Kunnan. It would be troublesome if there are still their accomplices over there. After this operation is over, I will go back with you."
Yan Yue hummed and agreed. While the two were talking, Xiao Hui had already jumped out of the car window like an arrow and found Lu Lingxi by following the smell.
"Xiao Hui?" Lu Lingxi blinked, wondering if he had seen it wrong.
Xiao Hui jumped lightly into Lu Lingxi's arms, climbed onto Lu Lingxi's arm with his furry paws, and meowed affectionately.
As they got closer, Lu Lingxi recognized that it was really Xiao Hui. He was not mistaken. He hugged Xiao Hui in shock, a little bit unbelieving, "Is it Brother Fang who is here? But that's not right. Brother Fang is here on a business trip this time. How can he bring you, Xiao Hui, with him?"
Xiao Hui raised his head proudly, biting Lu Lingxi's sleeve to signal him to follow him out. Lu Lingxi said something to Wang Chaoliang, carried Xiao Hui out of the door, and followed Xiao Hui all the way to Fang Lei's car. Fang Lei and his friends came to Kunnan this time, unlike Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue who flew here, but several colleagues took turns driving all the way from Fengcheng to Kunnan. Xiao Hui jumped from Lu Lingxi's arms to the trunk nimbly, patted his paws gently, and squatted there without moving.
Lu Lingxi suddenly realized, "Did Xiao Hui hide here and follow us?"
Little Gray licked his paw and meowed, which was considered an acknowledgement.
Lu Lingxi simply didn't know what to say.
"Xiaoxi."
After Yan Yue finished talking to Fang Lei, he saw Lu Lingxi standing alone behind Fang Lei's car, looking at something. The two walked over, and Yan Yue was also surprised to see Xiao Hui. Compared to Yan Yue's surprise that Fang Lei brought Xiao Hui with him on a business trip, Fang Lei guessed something from Xiao Hui squatting on the trunk, and asked in a strange tone: "Xiao Hui, you were in the car all the way?"
Xiao Hui jumped into Lu Lingxi's arms and refused to pay attention to Fang Lei. Fang Lei laughed, stretched out his hand to take Xiao Hui out, and patted its head, "Just be thankful that this car is so broken that the trunk is not closed tightly, otherwise it would be a disaster."
Meow. Xiao Hui angrily scratched Fang Lei with his paw.
Fang Lei had no choice but to stuff Xiao Hui back into Lu Lingxi's arms, which made Xiao Hui even angrier.
Meow.
Fang Lei: “…”
What a cat uncle.
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