An 80s female translator was spoiled rotten by a rough and jealous man.

Chapter 174 "I'm Taking Her Away"

A loud "bang" was the sound of a fist slamming onto the table.

The man's aura was unusually low, and even though Xiao Li had been following their battalion commander for many years, he was still quite frightened.

At this moment, she could barely speak, but she still tried her best to recount the events as clearly as possible: "I went back to Fanzhou University to ask, and the teachers there said that Translator Meng went back after class in the afternoon."

I later went to the security booth at the west gate and asked. The security guard on duty said he remembered that the new, very pretty female teacher at the school had walked into the school gate around 1 p.m.

But I didn't see her come out in the afternoon. They said it's possible that there were too many people coming and going after school and he didn't notice, or that she might have left through another school gate.

Afterwards, I searched the campus with some teachers and students who lived on campus, but we didn't see him.

After hearing this, Huo Qingshan felt a sudden, sharp pain in his chest. Xiao Li usually waited for her at the west gate, and the bus stop was also the closest to the west gate of the school. There was no reason for her to take a detour and go out through another gate. Excluding the possibility that the security guards missed her, it was highly likely that Meng Youyou encountered an accident inside the school.

Seeing Huo Qingshan's furrowed brows and silent expression, Xiao Li almost burst into tears, feeling that he had made a mistake and failed to complete the task assigned to him by their battalion commander. It was just a small matter like picking up and dropping off translator Meng, but he had still made a mistake.

Li didn't dare think any further if anything happened to translator Meng. Mustering his courage, he weakly asked, "Battalion Commander, what should we do now? Should we call the police? Or should we go back and gather the men of the Second Battalion to search for him?"

Huo Qingshan tried his best to calm himself and shook his head. Acting rashly was foolish and unacceptable. If acting impulsively resulted in nothing, that would be one thing, but if it had the opposite effect, then it would be something to regret.

It's obvious who did it, but Huo Qingshan is still guessing what their motive is.
The reason why Huo Qingshan did not participate in tonight's operation to raid the manor with Lu Feng, but instead stayed at the base camp, was because after several rounds of fighting with Xu Penggang recently, they had become familiar with each other's tactics. Every time Xu Penggang did something, it was never just a simple matter on the surface. He was best at "openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang pass" and would always leave himself a way out.

At this point in the situation, Mingxiu's plank road has become clear—allowing the protagonist, Chen Biao, to stage a seemingly low-key but actually high-profile desperate breakout.

Xu Penggang's escape route also surfaced shortly afterward. Of course... the fact that the secret passage was discovered so quickly was probably outside of Xu Penggang's plan.

So the only remaining mystery is—what was the secret operation?

Wen Cenqing's decision to target Meng Youyou at this juncture disrupted Huo Qingshan and Lu Feng's original plans.

What exactly is Wen Cenqing's identity and status within Xu Penggang's group?

Aside from the few vague details about this person in the initial intelligence released by Red Fox, they roughly deduced that the rapid product updates and iterations of Xu Penggang's gang were inextricably linked to this chemistry teacher.

But apart from that, they had no way of knowing the exact extent of his close relationship with that group.

After conducting this investigation for so many days, Wen Cenqing rarely went out and spent most of his time at the school—classrooms, laboratories, canteens, staff dormitories, a routine he followed. To outsiders, he really did seem like a competent teacher who was devoted to scientific research and teaching.

It's too deceptive.

But Huo Qingshan suddenly had a strong intuition that they might have underestimated the power of Wen Cenqing.

Previously, I had assumed that Wen Cenqing was at most a research and development expert under Xu Penggang, but now it seems that it's not certain who is the master and who is the master.

The more chaotic things get, the more you need to stay calm. There's always something unpredictable, and the one who can regain their composure first will be the ultimate winner. Huo Qingshan slowly sat down, leaning on the table. Countless clues and mysteries were intertwined, forming a tangled mess. He needed to force himself to calm down and sort out his thoughts.

……

Moonlight streamed through the window and fell on Meng Youyou's sleeping face. The room was dark, but not too dim. Wen Cenqing sat very close by, admiring the girl's sleeping face.

Ahui reported from a distance of about a meter: "It seems that Teacher Meng's family has come to the school to look for her. The school is now mobilizing some teachers and students to search for her on campus."

Wen Cenqing chuckled, a sickly smile on his face. "Let them look for it."

After much deliberation, Ahui finally voiced his doubts: "Sir, why did you kidnap...?" But as soon as he said it, he quickly changed his words, "...to invite Teacher Meng here? The whole school is looking for her. Aren't you afraid of getting yourself into trouble?"

"I'm taking her away."

Ahui was shocked: "You're taking Teacher Meng back to Mangguo with you!"

Wen Cenqing turned her head, glanced at him, and her eyes flashed with obsession. "Is it not allowed?"

Ah Hui had no grounds to refute his boss's insane decision: "..."

More importantly, he realized that their boss's mind was made up and could not be changed.

"Ring ring—" The phone rang suddenly in the quiet night. Ahui reacted quickly and went to answer the phone. After listening for only a few words, his face changed drastically and his voice rose involuntarily: "Sir, Mr. Xu did not come out from the end of the tunnel. Instead, Jiang Zheng and Li Yasong came out from inside."

Ah Hui continued, "Ah Wei said that he hid near the tunnel entrance and waited for a while, but instead of seeing Boss Xu, he unexpectedly saw the cops coming out of the tunnel. After seeing the cops, he secretly ran away and then found a nearby place to make a phone call."

"Click," the phone was abruptly disconnected. Ahui's voice was tinged with coldness, his words trembling: "Sir, Awei hung up the phone halfway through his sentence."

……

A series of hurried footsteps echoed down the second-floor corridor of the brigade, stopping only at the door of Lu Feng's office. A male comrade from the brigade's technical section excitedly shouted, "Battalion Commander Huo, the locator is working!"

This is a GPS locator that was secretly installed on Wen Cenqing's car at the auto repair shop a little over a week ago. Due to technical limitations and the need to minimize the size of the locator, the battery on the locator can only power the device for three days.

Their original plan was to track down Xu Penggang's factory address based on Wen Cenqing's vehicle trajectory, since the latest R&D solutions had to be delivered to the factory before they could be put into production.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, the car remained obediently parked at the school, motionless, just as well-behaved as Weng Cenqing's unchanging daily routine. On the fourth day, the battery ran out as expected, and the GPS device lost its signal.

The technical staff were disheartened for a while, having given up hope that the locator could still be of any use.

But now that the locator has suddenly regained its signal, there's only one reason: the car owner has inserted the key into the car's ignition switch, the ignition system has started, fuel has begun to be supplied, the locator has received external power, and has thus resumed operation.