The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 507 The Cunning Rare Hunting Team
"The coffee shop at No. 13 East Street..."

Qin Lang stopped in front of an elegantly styled coffee shop.

"This is it."

He glanced at the time, then looked around, and finally sat down on one of the chairs outside the café. He picked up a newspaper from the shelf next to him as a cover and then spoke in a low voice.

"Sister Tang Yu, I've arrived."

Tang Yu's voice soon came through the inconspicuous earphones he was wearing, "We've arrived at a place nearby where we can see you."

"You don't need to find our location to avoid being detected by the other party."

"From now on, we will avoid contact unless absolutely necessary."

"Okay." Qin Lang nodded, silently turned off a very delicate and small microphone, and then leaned back lazily in his chair.

The waiter at the coffee shop saw Qin Lang sit down and came over with a smile, "Excuse me, sir, what would you like to order?"

"Uh..." Qin Lang glanced at the menu, "How about a hazelnut milk coffee?"

"Okay." The waiter nodded and turned to leave.

After the waiter left, Qin Lang casually glanced at the newspaper while his eyes kept darting around.

Although Tang Yu had already analyzed the situation for him and concluded that the chances of the other party coming here were slim, he still held onto a sliver of hope, wanting to see if he could meet Meng Chang.

Meng Chang didn't arrive, but the coffee he ordered did.

The waiter placed a cup of milk coffee with a rich aroma of milk, hazelnut, and coffee in front of Qin Lang, and then smiled and spoke.

"Sir, a gentleman just asked me to give you this."

As he spoke, he handed the folded piece of paper in his other hand to Qin Lang.

Qin Lang: “!!!”

He couldn't help but glance at the waiter, who still wore a polite smile and seemed to be just responsible for passing notes.

"Okay, I understand." Qin Lang replied and took the note.

After the waiter left, Qin Lang secretly picked up the microphone and said, "Sister Tang Yu."

"I saw it. They gave you a note that should indicate the next location." Tang Yu said calmly. "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Their actions were within my expectations. You go first, and we'll find a way to follow."

The next address...

Qin Lang opened the note, and sure enough, it had a new address written on it, along with a note saying that the plan had been changed at the last minute and that they hoped Qin Lang would meet at this address.

Moreover, this address is quite a distance from where he is now, requiring a half-hour drive.

Let's set off again then.

After telling Tang Yu the address, Qin Lang hung up the phone, drank the milk coffee on the table in one gulp, paid the bill, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for the new address.

In a teahouse not far from Qin Lang's location, Tang Yu sat facing Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian on the second floor by the window.

"Sister Tang Yu, why did the other party move their location?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but ask curiously.

"To avoid being followed," Tang Yu explained softly, "If Qin Lang didn't come alone, but someone secretly followed him, it would be easy to be exposed during this relocation process."

"After all, in order to ensure timely intervention if necessary, the person in the shadows also needs to go to another place simultaneously."

“You see, the second location they gave us isn’t close to the first one. If a vehicle follows Qin Lang the whole way there, he could be seen as a stalker.”

"So that's how it is." Cao Dongdong looked enlightened.

"But how are we going to keep up with Qin Lang without arousing his suspicion?" Zhao Qian couldn't help but worry. "Sister Tang Yu, you just said you had a way. What is it?"

“Let’s take a shortcut,” Tang Yu said calmly. “We’ll take another route. Although it will reduce our visibility, it won’t give us away.” “Get in my car, we should go.”

Cao Dongdong and the other man nodded at the same time, then got up and walked down from the second floor.

Just as Tang Yu stepped out of the teahouse, he suddenly stopped and frowned as he looked at the seat Qin Lang had been sitting in. There was a suspicious person loitering near that seat.

“That doesn’t seem to be Mengchang?” Zhao Qian, who had seen Mengchang before at the cooking competition, spoke up immediately.

“Of course not.” Tang Yu shook his head. “That should be an insignificant guy, who may not even belong to the treasure hunting team.”

"He was just helping to keep an eye on Qin Lang."

At this point, Tang Yu's expression turned somewhat serious. "His appearance means that the other party may be more cautious than we imagined."
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"Master, how much longer until we reach our destination?"

After sitting in the car for a while, Qin Lang suddenly asked a question.

"Ten kilometers to go," the driver replied with a smile. "There's a bit of traffic ahead; it'll take about twenty minutes."

As they were talking, they came to a red light and the driver stopped the car.

"Okay." Qin Lang nodded and slowly closed his eyes, pretending to sleep.

Just then, a crisp "knock knock knock" sound came from the car window next to him. Qin Lang turned his head and saw a man in a black coat gently knocking on his side of the car window.

He was a tall, thin man whose high-necked coat collar obscured the lower half of his face, but the upper half of his face still looked serious and gloomy.

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Lang slowly lowered the car window.

"Qin Lang, right?" The other person quickly glanced around the car, and after confirming that Qin Lang was the only person besides the driver, he slowly spoke, "Meng Chang had an urgent matter and couldn't come, but he has already told me your general situation."

"Let's get off the bus first and talk."

"This..." Qin Lang hesitated, "But the agreed location doesn't seem to be here?"

"It's perfectly normal for the agreed location to change at the last minute." The man in black's tone was now tinged with impatience. "Do you still want to join the mutual aid organization?"

"Ok."

Qin Lang sighed, paid the driver's fare, and got out of the car.

"Come with me, let's find a place where we can talk." The man in black turned around calmly.

Qin Lang followed closely behind the other person, his steps somewhat heavy.

The opponent's actions completely disrupted his plans.

Now, right under their noses, he seems unable to contact Tang Yu and the others immediately, and can only watch as they lose track of him.

Thinking of this, Qin Lang tightened his grip on Danbao slightly.

At this point, we can only react to whatever comes our way.

However, I haven't shown anything unusual yet, so the other party shouldn't be willing to harm me immediately.

Thinking of this, Qin Lang felt a little more at ease.

Soon, he followed the man in black to a street corner.

This is a spot on the street that is less frequented, and it also seems to be a blind spot for surveillance cameras.

"Let me introduce myself," the man in black said slowly. "My surname is Long, and I am one of the liaisons of the Spirit Chef Mutual Aid Organization."

"You can call me Brother Long."

(End of this chapter)