Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"You little brat, stop right there!"

A loud roar came from behind; it was Wang Tiejun's voice.

An Xiaohai felt much relieved. There was no way he could stop, so he had to put on an act. An Xiaohai ran even faster.

The two chased and fled for a good 10 minutes, circling the park.

Wang Tiejun was furious. How could this kid run so fast? That's enough, if he keeps running, I won't be able to keep up.

An Xiaohai was also exhausted. This Captain Wang is not young, but his physical strength is still so good!

But there's no way around it; when you're acting, you have to go all the way.

An Xiaohai glanced back and saw Wang Tiejun still following silently behind. Just as he was thinking about whether he could slow down, he suddenly tripped over something and fell flat on his face.

An Xiaohai fell to the ground with a thud, quite hard. His knees and elbows were definitely bleeding, and his face was scraped. The box of his mobile phone flew quite a distance.

"I told you not to run away!" Wang Tiejun rushed up, grabbed An Xiaohai's hands and handcuffed him. After panting, he picked up the phone and then slowly helped An Xiaohai up.

"I mean, kid, you don't have to go this far, do you? You're putting on such a hard show for your acting."

What the hell is this acting?!

An Xiaohai was in so much pain that he was convulsing. Fortunately, Wang Tiejun had great strength in his arms and was practically carrying An Xiaohai as he walked, which made An Xiaohai feel much better.

And so, Wang Tiejun drove An Xiaohai, whose hands were cuffed, through the entire industrial zone back to the car.

"How are you? Is it serious?" Wang Tiejun noticed that An Xiaohai's condition was not right and asked with concern while helping him unlock his handcuffs.

"Hey Captain Wang, is this how you arrest people? This is so disgraceful!" An Xiaohai said while checking his scraped skin.

The journey we just took was indeed quite embarrassing.

"You think you've lost face? Next time, I'll handcuff you and leave you to dry on the side of the road for half an hour. Then you'll know what real loss of face means! What do you care about saving face after breaking the law? If you want face, don't do bad things!"

An Xiaohai secretly rolled his eyes at Wang Tiejun. To be honest, he really couldn't refute what Wang Tiejun said.

"How are you? Should I take you to the hospital to get your wound bandaged?"

"No need, it's just a minor injury," An Xiaohai finally recovered. "Captain Wang, why are you coming to see me so openly?"

"There is something I need to do. I should have come to see you sooner, but we've encountered a rather tricky situation these past two days and haven't been able to find the time."

How are things going? Anything happening on your end these past few days?

"No, I've been spending the last few days with my family," An Xiaohai shook his head, and at the same time, the other half of his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

Although Xu Tianyou was very careful, he was still seen by many villagers. Since Wang Tiejun said that, it means that he did not notice Xu Tianyou.

Then there's no problem.

"Then... has anyone come looking for you?" Wang Tiejun then asked.

"No, apart from Pan Zhuangzhuang, the couple was in the first batch." Tian Qiaoming and Song Xiaoyu were definitely within Wang Tiejun's sight, so there was no need to hide it.

"That's strange... Third Brother's men haven't come? Guo Xiangshui's men haven't shown up either?" Wang Tiejun asked, stroking his chin.

"No," An Xiaohai shook his head, "Let's get down to business first. What does Captain Wang want with me?"

"I'm only talking about serious matters!" Wang Tiejun glared at An Xiaohai. "What are your thoughts on the current situation?"

"My opinion is this..." An Xiaohai took a breath and continued, "Third Brother's people will definitely contact me. The fact that they haven't shown up yet is very likely giving me time to reunite with my family."

The situation is most likely the same for Guo Xiangshui.

"That's possible," Wang Tiejun nodded. "But if I were them, even if they didn't come in person, they would definitely send gifts. Did you receive anything from them?"

"No," An Xiaohai shook his head.

"That's a bit strange, it shouldn't be like this!" Wang Tiejun frowned.

An Xiaohai felt a little guilty. In fact, he knew the reason, which was mostly because of Xu Tianyou.

"Never mind, let's wait and see. Maybe I was too impatient. I have something to tell you."

"Captain Wang, please speak."

We recently dismantled several suspected peripheral organizations of Guo Xiangshui and arrested Chen Jiashu and Peng Lei. Our aim was to disrupt their organization, so that Guo Xiangshui would definitely take action after his release from prison.

I've already told you all of this.

Now that Guo Xiangshui has been released, the situation outside has become somewhat strange. Several drug trafficking gangs that we have been monitoring for a long time have suddenly disappeared.

This situation has been going on for five or six days now. We've tried every possible method to investigate these people's movements, but to no avail.

"Does Captain Wang want me to investigate this matter?"

"No," Wang Tiejun shook his head: "I came here to ask you what you think of this matter? Based on your understanding of Guo Xiangshui, what are they doing?"

"Speak freely, let your mouth open. Sometimes I feel that our thinking is somewhat limited, and we easily get stuck in dead ends. As the saying goes, an outsider's perspective is clearer. I'd love to hear new opinions and new ideas."

"What are they doing?... " An Xiaohai bit his lip and thought for a long time.

"I think it boils down to a few things: First, investigate the undercover agents. Chen Jiashu and Peng Lei have been arrested, so we need to find out what's going on."

"Yes," Wang Tiejun nodded, "We didn't arrest Chen Jiashu and Peng Lei directly. Instead, we arrested one of his henchmen first. While we were interrogating him, we also took action at the same time."

This guy did confess in the end; we just bought him a little time. We've protected him very well, and so far, Guo Xiangshui's men shouldn't be able to get in touch with him.

"It's no use," An Xiaohai shook his head. "Captain Wang has underestimated these people."

"You're oversimplifying things?"

"Yes, as far as I know, these desperate criminals had long anticipated their arrest; it was only a matter of time. They had a plan in place for this."

For example, what to do after being arrested, how to stall the police, and how long to stall until they confess, etc.

There are contingency plans for all of these. If anyone does not follow the pre-arranged plan, the consequences will be dire. If they follow the plan, they will not be targeted for revenge afterward, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.

In this way, combined with their unique communication mechanism, if you arrest their underlings, they should know very quickly. If the others didn't escape, it means there's a problem.

Problems must be uncovered, otherwise the consequences will be dire.

"Anything else? Go on," Wang Tiejun's expression grew increasingly serious, and his brows furrowed.

"Furthermore, given Guo Xiangshui's shrewdness, he will try to take advantage of this incident to recover some of the losses, such as by raising prices."

"Yes, they did just that. Now the prices of No. 3 and No. 2 on the market are both 20% higher than before."

"That's right. This also illustrates another point," An Xiaohai paused here and looked at Wang Tiejun.

"You mean to say that the drug trafficking gangs we're targeting are at most just peripheral members, replaceable at any time, and even if these people all disappear, it won't affect their drug supply chain, right?"

"That's right," An Xiaohai nodded, "Captain Wang, I have a question."

Did the price of drugs in Shenhai City, or rather in Haidong Province, experience a significant increase around this time last year?

"That's true," Wang Tiejun nodded. "Why are you asking this? Did you hear something?"

"Did you arrest any major drug dealers around this time last year?" An Xiaohai didn't answer Wang Tiejun, but continued to press for an answer.

"No, if I catch any big drug dealers, I'll definitely let you know."

We noticed this at the time. According to other sources, it seems their transportation costs increased, which is why they raised prices. Why are you suddenly asking about this?

"I just wanted to confirm my suspicions," An Xiaohai said softly, biting his lip.

Just as I suspected! The wool comes from the sheep's back!

They invested such a large sum of money to build a so-called marine environmental observation center and even brought in expensive HDD from Country D. They have to find a way to make up for it!

"What guess? Don't play games with me!" Wang Tiejun's gaze sharpened.