Chapter 734 - 444: Changing the Strategy, Danger Approaches

Chapter 734: Chapter 444: Changing the Strategy, Danger Approaches

「Inside an Urban Village slated for imminent demolition.」

Brilliant golden sunlight streamed through the window as Wang Hao and Chen Xiaoyan ate breakfast in the dining room, chatting idly.

RING RING RING...

The phone in her pocket suddenly rang. Chen Xiaoyan put down her chopsticks, pulled out her phone, and glanced at the screen. It was a call from Zhu Daqi.

They had agreed that any movement from the target must be reported immediately, so when Chen Xiaoyan saw Zhu Daqi’s name, she frowned and quickly answered the call.

"Hello."

"Yan."

Zhu Daqi’s voice came through the phone, sounding somewhat dejected.

"What is it? What happened?" Chen Xiaoyan asked calmly.

"That guy, Lin Li, drove out to the wilderness early this morning to hunt Mutant Beasts again."

"I followed him. Just like yesterday, I kept a good distance to avoid being spotted and used the tracking app on my phone. But..."

"But what?"

"Sigh..." Zhu Daqi heaved a heavy sigh. "Well..."

"The target vanished, just like yesterday. The little red dot representing him on the tracking app disappeared. The tracker we placed under his car lost its connection and isn’t sending back any data..."

"..."

Hearing Zhu Daqi’s report, Chen Xiaoyan’s expression grew grim. She was still in her nightgown.

’For this to happen yesterday, then go back to normal, only for the same thing to occur again today... It’s hard not to suspect the target has noticed something and is doing this on purpose.’

When Zhu Daqi finished his report, there was only silence from the other end. Thinking he’d been disconnected, he pulled the phone away from his ear to check the screen. The call was still active. He brought it back to his ear and asked...

"Yan, should I continue tailing this Lin Li guy?"

Chen Xiaoyan considered his question. Drawing on her years of mission experience, she told him,

"Continue the surveillance. For now, go back to his residential complex and lie in wait for him, just like yesterday. If things play out the same way, give me a call."

Having received his instructions, Zhu Daqi nodded. After a few seconds of thought, he said, "Okay, Yan. I’ll head back to the area near his complex now."

After hanging up with Zhu Daqi, Chen Xiaoyan looked up at Wang Hao, who was sitting across from her. He was already watching her.

Before Wang Hao could ask, Chen Xiaoyan told him what Zhu Daqi had just reported.

Unlike Chen Xiaoyan, Wang Hao’s expression remained unchanged as he listened. He calmly told her,

"It doesn’t matter if he knows he’s being followed. I just need one more day to fully recover. We can pay him a visit by tomorrow evening."

Chen Xiaoyan nodded but then offered a different opinion.

"If he’s already figured out he’s being tailed and manages to catch Zhu Daqi, things will get complicated."

"He might go into hiding, and then finding him again to ask about Liu Menglong will be a real pain."

Wang Hao put down his chopsticks and rubbed his chin. "That’s a good point. How about this? Call Zhu Daqi back. Tell him to pull off the surveillance."

"Even if he’s found the tracker, as long as he doesn’t know who planted it, he’ll likely stay home for the time being instead of running off."

Chen Xiaoyan disagreed with pulling Zhu Daqi off the surveillance. Instead, she proposed a new plan she’d been mulling over for the last two days.

"We don’t actually have to go to his place to grab him. Instead of going to him, why don’t we make him come to us?"

"Hm?" Wang Hao’s eyes showed his confusion. "And how would you make him come to us?"

"According to our intel, he has a girlfriend. We kidnap her, send him a message, and he’ll definitely come to us."

As she spoke, an image of the beautiful woman she’d seen before surfaced in her mind—a woman whose figure and face were far superior to her own.

"Well..." Wang Hao considered it for a moment, then nodded. "Kidnapping his girlfriend to make him cooperate... that’s a very effective method."

"But wouldn’t it take a lot of time to gather intel on his girlfriend?"

A smile spread across Chen Xiaoyan’s face. She took out her phone, opened a file she’d received, and a personal profile appeared on the screen.

"I already had someone look into it. Take a look."

Wang Hao took her phone and quickly scanned the file.

"Su Yue, a music teacher at Rongxi Primary School, lives at..."

"The target’s girlfriend is just an ordinary person, a music teacher at a primary school," Chen Xiaoyan said as Wang Hao read Su Yue’s file. "Kidnapping her will be very easy."

"Alright, we’ll do it your way," Wang Hao said, handing the phone back to Chen Xiaoyan.

Seeing her proposal accepted, Chen Xiaoyan beamed. She took back her phone just as Wang Hao added, "Let’s do it today."