Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Upon entering the interrogation room, An Xiaohai was taken aback. Instead of Wang Tiejun, he was greeted by a young policewoman he had never seen before.

The young policewoman was very beautiful, with short, ear-length hair, an oval face, big eyes, and straight, flat eyebrows. She had a heroic and spirited air, as well as a strong sense of aloofness.

Her figure was very well-proportioned, possessing both the graceful curves of a woman and the athleticism and competence of a soldier. All of these combined to create her unique and captivating charm.

An Xiaohai frowned. Could it be that I've made a mistake?

After securing An Xiaohai to the interrogation chair, the prison guard left, closing the door behind him. An Xiaohai glanced at the camera behind the young policewoman; its light was off, indicating it wasn't working.

The young policewoman was also observing An Xiaohai, but she couldn't glean much information from his expression.

"I'm Xia Qing, an officer from the city's anti-drug squad. I'll be your contact person from now on. If you've heard anything recently, feel free to tell me."

After a long pause, Xia Qing spoke. Xia Qing's voice perfectly matched her image, cool yet with a touch of gentleness.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about," An Xiaohai began to feign ignorance.

joke!

This prison is fraught with danger, and there's an unseen hand manipulating everything from behind the scenes. How could Xia Qing possibly convince An Xiaohai with just her words?!

"You don't need to be so cautious. Captain Wang sent me, and he came with me. They're interrogating Hu Jianming right now. The reason he sent me to liaise with you is to avoid arousing suspicion. Wasn't that your own request?"

"Did I ask for that? I didn't know that. I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about."

"..."

Xia Qing was clearly confused by An Xiaohai and didn't know what to do for a moment.

An Xiaohai's heart sank.

The young policewoman in front of him was indeed very pretty, but her abilities were simply too poor! If Wang Tiejun had really asked her to be his contact person, An Xiaohai would absolutely not have agreed!

The two remained at an impasse. No matter what questions Xia Qing asked, An Xiaohai always said he didn't know and simply refused to communicate with her.

After a while, Xia Qing had no choice but to get up, open the door, and leave, having no other option but to do so.

An Xiaohai also let out a long sigh of relief. Xia Qing's beauty was a bit too breathtaking. To be honest, it was hard to remain calm under her gaze!

However, An Xiaohai had no other feelings for Xia Qing. There was no doubt that An Xiaohai only had Lin Xuan'er in his heart.

Xia Qing was gone for more than half an hour, but An Xiaohai was not impatient at all. His mind was full of things, and even if he sat here all day, he would not feel bored.

Finally, the interrogation room door opened again, and this time Wang Tiejun entered.

"What's wrong? You're not satisfied with Xia Qing?" Wang Tiejun asked as he closed the door, took off his hat and threw it on the table.

"There's nothing to be satisfied or dissatisfied with. She's too inexperienced, and I don't trust her."

"He is indeed a bit inexperienced, having just graduated."

Do you know that a large part of the reason I brought her to the anti-drug squad is because of you? I wanted her to be your contact person.

"She's not suitable," An Xiaohai replied crisply.

Why?

"She's so beautiful, so eye-catching, that she's easy to remember."

"What you said makes some sense, but I have my reasons for contacting her."

"Please speak."

"Here's the thing, Xia Qing is your senior, she just graduated from the National University of Defense Technology, she's excellent in both character and academics, and has outstanding abilities. Her dream is to become a police officer, so she took the police force's recruitment exam."

Because Xia Qing is your senior, she is a suitable person to be your contact.

The cover identity is your girlfriend.

You met during a school activity, and you both had feelings for each other. So, after she graduated, she came to Shenzhen to find you. It was only natural that you started contacting and communicating with each other, and it wouldn't easily arouse suspicion from outsiders.

She's older than me.

"Does it matter? Xia Qing is a great beauty. A beautiful woman often makes people overlook her age. Besides, she's not much older than you, only two years older. You, on the other hand, seem much more mature than her."

I actually think the two of you look quite good together.

"I told you, it's not suitable!"

Xia Qing is not only too eye-catching, but also too young. I'm afraid she'll ruin my career if I work with her!

"Also, Captain Wang, have you thought about what the consequences would be if Xuan'er found out about this?"

"What will be the consequences?"

"Xuan'er will tear her apart. Don't cause me any trouble, especially not this kind of big trouble."

"..."

Wang Tiejun remained silent for a long time before finally speaking again:

"An Xiaohai, I know why you came to find me. On one hand, you want me to protect you in secret so that you can get through these years of imprisonment smoothly. On the other hand, you are also making plans for after you are released from prison, right?"

You want to use me, to perform meritorious service, to erase your criminal history, or at least to prevent it from becoming an obstacle in your life, am I right?

An Xiaohai, you are really smart. This is indeed a very good choice.

However, I must remind you that our work is dangerous!

"If you really want to be my informant, I advise you to break things off with Lin Xuan'er first, otherwise you'll be harming her. We've learned this the hard way!"

"I'm sorry, I can't do that. I have to be with Lin Xuan'er. Xuan'er is one of my greatest sources of strength to live and fight on."

I can't give up on Xuan'er unless she gives up on me.

"But this will give you a huge weakness!"

"Everyone has weaknesses, and of course I do, more than one. Captain Wang, don't you have any weaknesses either?"

Wang Tiejun fell silent again.

Yes, he has weaknesses too; his wife, children, and parents are all his weaknesses. But, for the sake of his work, should he give them all up?

"Alright, let's put this issue aside for now. If you don't accept my proposal, then what is yours?"

"Pan Zhuangzhuang".

"That's the kid who threw me the note that night."

"Yes, that's him."

"But I think he seems a little dim-witted."

"They don't need to be too smart, just reliable."

"Are you sure you want to drag him into this too?"

"There's nothing I can do. He's my best friend. He was already in the water from the beginning. There was no way he could escape."

"Well... okay, what are you planning to do?"

"Pan Zhuangzhuang is currently working at an electronics company in Guoqiang South. The receptionist there has a phone number."

I have one chance a week to call my family and friends, and I will pass the message on to him over the phone. You can just go to his place to pick it up regularly.

If there's anything particularly urgent, I'll have him deliver it to you.

"Alright then..." Wang Tiejun tapped the table with his fingertips. "Could I go talk to Pan Zhuangzhuang and discuss with him how to pass messages?"

"No need for that. Just give him your pager number, and he'll send the password to your pager."

"password?"

"Yes, the password, let's use a codebook, page number, line number, word number, three numbers per group."

"You even know about this?"

"Captain Wang has forgotten that I used to be a student at the National University of Defense Technology."

"Yes, you were once a student at the National University of Defense Technology, and you were among the top 10 in the college entrance examination in Haidong Province! I admit, I underestimated you. What kind of book did you use for your codebook?"

"Let's use the 87 edition of The Count of Monte Cristo, published by Shenhai City Press."

"Is this book available in the reading room?"

"Yes."

"Sure, but there's still a problem. What if there's an emergency and you don't have a chance to go to the reading room to look up a book?"

"I'll figure something out; there's no need to worry about Captain Wang."

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now. If I have any emergency and need to contact you, I'll still send Xia Qing over. It's too conspicuous for me to come by myself all the time."

"In what capacity did she come?" An Xiaohai frowned deeply, it seemed that Wang Tiejun was still unwilling to give up on Xia Qing.

"Your senior sister, your secret admirer, is that alright now?"

"But she's already shown her face here in her police uniform."

"Don't worry about that. She was wearing a mask when she came, so no one has seen her face. As long as she puts on casual clothes and some makeup, no one should recognize her."

Don't worry, this is just a backup plan in case of unexpected events, and we may not even need to use it.

"Alright, it's almost time. Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"have."

"Oh? What news?"

"It's news unrelated to drug dealers, Captain Wang, do you want to hear it?"

"Of course!" Wang Tiejun's expression turned serious. "I am a police officer. Any criminal is a target of my crackdown. Drug enforcement is just my main job. You can tell me any information you have."

"Alright, I overheard some news that someone bought weapons and is planning to rob the Deepsea Precision Instrument Factory."

"Do you know who it is? Do you know the time?" Wang Tiejun immediately took it seriously and even took out a notebook and pen to record it.

Shenhai Precision Instrument Factory is no small factory, Wang Tiejun knew. They usually kept a large amount of cash in their finance office. If they were to be robbed by criminals, it would be a major case that would shock the entire city of Shenhai!

"We don't know who they are, but we can roughly determine the time. It should be this month. They plan to make their move before the precision instrument factory pays its employees."

"Understood!" Wang Tiejun immediately wrote down this information.

"Any further news?"

"there is none left."

"Alright, I have to go now. As far as I know, the precision instrument factory pays salaries the day after tomorrow, so I need to hurry back and make arrangements with the relevant departments."

You'd better remember this.

Wang Tiejun wrote down his pager number in a small notebook, tore off a piece of paper, and handed it to An Xiaohai.

An Xiaohai took the note, tried his best to pretend to memorize it carefully, and then returned it to Wang Tiejun. He knew that keeping this thing on his person would only do him harm.

"You remembered that already?" Wang Tiejun frowned, An Xiaohai seemed a bit too casual.

"Got it, don't worry..." An Xiaohai repeated Wang Tiejun's pager number: "Like I said, it's best if you don't make a big fuss about your operation, the fewer people who know about it, the better."

"I understand," Wang Tiejun nodded, his expression somewhat grave. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Yes!" An Xiaohai nodded, "I need money."

Captain Wang, you know my family lost a lot of money because of my case. The food in prison isn't very good, and I'm still growing, so I need to supplement my protein intake.

Besides, making phone calls costs money.

An Xiaohai had long realized the importance of health and planned to use his spare time to exercise. It was difficult to maintain comprehensive nutrition with just the food in prison, so he had to find other ways to supplement it.

There's a convenience store in the prison, but the prices are much higher than outside. An Xiaohai definitely wouldn't want his mother to pay for these things, so he figured he could just squeeze some money out of Wang Tiejun. He figured he might as well squeeze some money out of him.

Wang Tiejun was taken aback, but immediately nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll give the money to Pan Zhuangzhuang and have him bring it to you."

"Thank you, Captain Wang."

"It's nothing," Wang Tiejun waved his hand. "I'm leaving. Be careful."

Watching Wang Tiejun leave in a hurry, An Xiaohai shook his head with a smile. This Captain Wang, sometimes he's actually quite endearing; he actually brought a beautiful woman to be his liaison officer—how unreliable!

Wearing a mask means no one can recognize her? That's too simplistic. Let alone wearing a mask, even if Xia Qing covered her entire head, An Xiaohai could easily recognize her!

At the same time, Wang Tiejun shook his head with a wry smile: "This An Xiaohai is a bit difficult to deal with... The Count of Monte Cristo, is this kid planning to escape? Probably not..."