Tehran Grocery Store: My Intelligence is Priced Clearly

at the same time.

Building No. 3 in the family compound of the county public security bureau.

A muffled "bang" was heard.

The security door was suddenly pushed open and then hurriedly slammed shut.

Xiao hope leaned against the door, her chest heaving violently as she gasped for breath.

"Oh my, why are you back so soon?"

Hearing the noise from the security door, Xiaoxi's mother came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of freshly cut fruit. She was startled when she saw her daughter's appearance.

on the sofa.

A middle-aged man in his fifties with a buzz cut was reading a newspaper while wearing reading glasses.

Hearing the noise, he pressed the newspaper down and looked at his daughter over his glasses.

Lin Jianguo is the deputy captain of the county's National Security Brigade.

Having worked in criminal investigation and state security for nearly thirty years, his eyes are incredibly sharp.

With just one glance, he could tell that his daughter wasn't faking it; she was genuinely frightened.

"What happened?"

Lin Jianguo put down the newspaper, his voice steady.

Lin Xiaoxi kicked off her high heels without even changing into slippers, ran barefoot to the sofa, grabbed a glass of cold water from the coffee table, and gulped down more than half of it.

"Dad, Mom... who exactly is that person Aunt Zhang introduced me to?!"

Xiao hope's voice was trembling, and her eyes were red.

Upon hearing this, the mother quickly put down the fruit plate, came over, and took her daughter's hand.

"What's wrong?"

"That young man looks quite dashing. Your Aunt Zhang said he owns a large supermarket abroad and earns a lot of money every year."

"Open a supermarket?"

"Mom, have you ever seen a supermarket with hundreds of thousands of dollars piled up on its tables?!"

Xiao hope raised her voice, her emotions becoming somewhat out of control.

"What?"

Lin's mother was stunned.

Lin Jianguo frowned slightly, took off his reading glasses, and sat up straight.

"Xixi, don't rush, tell me slowly."

"What did you see?"

Xiao hope swallowed hard, the scene from the video replaying in her mind.

"We were just at Aunt Zhang's house, having a video call with him."

"His mother told him to turn the camera around and look at the shop he owned."

"Then, the scene shifts..."

Xiao hope shuddered.

"There were more than a dozen foreigners standing in his shabby shop!"

"They were all menacing-looking, burly men with faces full of scars!"

"There was this bald guy, at least 1.9 meters tall, who looked at people like he wanted to eat them alive!"

The mother listened, stunned.

"Well... it's normal to hire a few security guards when opening a shop overseas, right? I heard it's quite chaotic there."

"Mom! That wasn't a security guard at all!"

Xiao hope was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet.

"What kind of security chief carries a knife on his waist?"

"And there was another person, leaning against the doorway, holding such a long canvas bag in his arms..."

Xiao hope gestured with her hand to indicate the length.

"I don't know much about weapons, but that shape definitely makes it a gun!"

The atmosphere in the living room changed instantly after those words were spoken.

Lin's mother turned pale and instinctively grabbed Lin Xiaoxi's hand tightly.

Lin Jianguo's eyes instantly sharpened.

Hundreds of thousands of US dollars in cash.

A dozen or so burly foreign men carrying weapons.

Long, rectangular canvas bag.

These keywords, when put together, quickly conjured up an extremely dangerous scene in his mind.

"XiXi, are you sure you didn't see that wrong?"

Lin Jianguo stared at his daughter.

"Dad, I saw it clearly with both eyes!"

Xiao hope was almost in tears.

"On that table, stacks and stacks of green banknotes were piled up like small mountains!"

"Those guys were all eyeing the money; it felt like they were dividing up the spoils!"

"Dad, do you think this is a person who does business responsibly?"

Lin Jianguo stood up and paced back and forth in the living room.

His job is in state security. Although there isn’t much of a workload in the county, he still has professional ethics and his intuition is much sharper than that of the average person.

Tehran, Iran.

What is the situation there now?

The US aircraft carrier was just bombed in the Persian Gulf, and the whole Middle East is in chaos.

A young Chinese man in his twenties, in a war-torn place, had a large amount of US dollars in cash and was supporting a group of armed personnel who were suspected of being heavily armed.

This guy calls himself a supermarket owner?

You're kidding me!

In Tehran, private possession of weapons is generally prohibited, especially for foreigners.

Countless possibilities flashed through Lin Jianguo's mind.

Transnational money laundering?

Arms smuggling?

Or are they puppets controlled by certain extremist organizations?

Regardless of which one it is, this kid is definitely an extremely dangerous person!

"Old Lin, what... what should we do?"

Lin's mother was quite frightened.

"Why would Sister Zhang introduce someone like this to our daughter?!"

"Don't panic."

Lin Jianguo waved his hand.

"Your old friend probably doesn't know either; she just heard from his mother that he made a fortune doing business abroad."

He turned to look at his daughter.

"XiXi, what's that guy's name? Where is he from?"

"His name is Zhang Jian, and he's a local from our county."

Lin Xiaoxi quickly answered.

Lin Jianguo nodded, walked to the entrance, and took out his phone from his pocket.

He skillfully dialed their office phone number.

The phone was answered after ringing twice.

"Hello, this is the National Security Brigade."

The voice of the on-duty police officer came from the other end of the line.

"Xiao Liu, it's me."

"Captain Lin, what's the matter?"

Lin Jianguo lowered his voice and spoke in a serious tone.

"Get on the internal network right now and find someone for me."

"His name is Zhang Jian, he's a local resident, and he's around twenty-five or twenty-six years old."

"I am currently abroad, in Tehran, Iran."

"Focus on checking his entry and exit records, family and social relationships."

"If you have any criminal record involving foreign nationals, report it to me immediately."

The sound of typing came from the other end of the phone.

"Okay, Captain Lin, please wait a moment."

Lin Jianguo took his phone, went out onto the balcony, and lit a cigarette.

Two minutes later.

The keyboard clicks on the other end of the phone stopped.

"Found it, Captain Lin."

Xiao Liu looked at the personal information on the form and quickly read it aloud.

"Zhang Jian, 26 years old, male, graduated from the Department of Economics and Trade, went abroad three years ago."

"Family relationships are very simple."

"My father, Zhang Damin, has passed away. My mother, Huang Cuifang, is a retired employee of our county's machinery factory."

"From the information available, the social relationships are very clean."

"The information I registered last time I returned to China was that I registered a small trading company in Tehran."

"It mainly sells daily necessities; to put it bluntly, it's a general store."

"Regarding criminal records, they are all blank."

"No criminal record, no foreign-related warnings, and a good reputation."

Xiao Liu paused on the other end of the phone and asked curiously.

"Captain Lin, this guy has a clean background; he's not even someone you're closely monitoring. Why are you investigating him?"