Chapter 262

Just as he was about to say something more, that employee came running over with a cell phone, speaking very seriously, “Boss, I’m not joking with you, it really is your old classmate Lin Mo, and his wife are both on the wanted list!”

“They say it’s for leaking important secrets! If you can provide a clue, you’ll get 1 million directly!”

This…

Zhang Yihua was startled and instinctively looked at his phone, where the Douyin APP interface was displayed, flashing the wanted notice—it was none other than Lin Mo, who had extended a helping hand to him in his most difficult time and invested in him!

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How is this possible?

Hadn’t he just been in contact with him a couple of days ago?

Wasn’t he at home for the New Year?

“Let me see!”

Zhang Yihua snatched the phone, flipping through the other photos in the wanted notice, and indeed, Li Jinwen’s name also appeared.

The crime was leaking important information security, and there was a reward of 1 million for each member of Lin Mo’s family!

What kind of joke was this?

Lately, Lin Mo had indeed earned some money, but how could that involve important information security?

And leaking vital information security?

Zhang Yihua took out his own phone and dialed Lin Mo’s number only to get a notification that the phone was switched off.

He then called Li Jinwen, and the result was the same—the phone was switched off.

“Could it be that something big really happened?”

Zhang Yihua’s heart thumped, staring at the pitch-black sky outside the window, his brows unconsciously furrowed into a ‘川’ shape.

However,

What Zhang Yihua and his colleagues didn’t know was,

Right at that moment, above their studio, several black-clothed security personnel were intensely observing every move they made through surveillance cameras and listening devices.

If he managed to contact Lin Mo, then what awaited them was also the fate of being secretly arrested.

…

Late at night,

East Sea City, Liuhe County.

Zhangzhuang Village.

The New Year hadn’t yet concluded, but an eerie silence had descended upon the village.

Nobody was gathering to drink.

There were no groups of people playing cards and chatting like usual.

The whole village seemed to be enveloped by an invisible large bowl, oppressively suffocating.

The village chief’s house.

In the dark, Lin Xueyi peeked through the crack of the door, then quickly withdrew.

The woman standing behind him inquired, “Has everyone left?”

Lin Xueyi turned and glared at her, lowering his voice and scolding, “Keep your voice down, we’ll be in trouble if people hear you.”

The woman’s face was full of worry as she complained, “What is all this? Damn Lin Changshui, not only did he and his family do bad things outside, but he also brought disaster to our village, ruining our New Year.”

“You’re the village chief, after all, have you really heard nothing?”

“Who were those people before, and when can we get back to normal life?”

“Being watched all the time, we don’t even have freedom to come and go, this is not right!”

“And most importantly, the matter of you taking a million from him, it won’t affect you, will it?”

Lin Xueyi raised his hand, angrily saying, “I really want to slap you to death, question after question, endlessly asking, why don’t you go out and ask yourself?”

“And, what are you talking about me taking 1 million from Lin Changshui? If you can’t speak properly, then shut your damn mouth! That was money voluntarily given by his family for fireworks, for the village, what does it have to do with me?”

“I haven’t embezzled a single penny!”

“Shut your damn mouth and roll back to sleep, don’t keep bothering me with questions!”

After saying that,

Lin Xueyi stopped paying attention to the woman, moved a chair to the door, and continued to stealthily observe the outside through the crack.

The other villagers who hadn’t yet gone to sleep were in a similar situation,

Now they couldn’t even think about leaving the village, even stepping out of their homes was incredibly troublesome.

They had to undergo various checks and answer all sorts of questions.

Similarly, their previous high praise for Lin Mo’s family had turned to deep loathing!

Especially Lin Mo’s relatives, who were now all declaring their position, claiming they weren’t familiar with Lin Changshui, weren’t familiar with Lin Mo, and had long since severed ties with their family, with no communication.

Their shifting attitudes laid bare the full extent of human nature’s fickleness.

And around the village were members of Chen Shanhe’s task force, monitoring the villagers’ every move 24 hours a day, as well as all their phone calls and chat records.

Even the homes of every villager had been secretly fitted with listening devices; their private whispers were all monitored clearly!

…..

Early in the morning.

Rakshasa City, suburbs.

A van with no license plates opened its door and two people with their eyes covered were tossed out, followed by the van speeding away.

“Pah…”

“Ouch…”

“Husband, are you alright?”

“Husband?”

“Quit the nonsense and help me untie these ropes!”

“Husband, I can’t see you!”

“Fuck, don’t move, I’ll untie you.”

Liu Miao fumbled to find Li Lingling’s arm, and after much effort, managed to untie the ropes binding her hands.

Li Lingling removed her blindfold, looking around the deserted surroundings in panic, and asked, “Husband, where are we?”

“How the hell would I know, just hurry up and untie me!” Liu Miao cursed in irritation.

Liu Lingling hurriedly removed Liu Miao’s dark blindfold and helped him untie his ropes.

Afterwards, she asked, still shaken, “Husband, what do we do now? Why did they just let us go?”

They had been abruptly taken away the day before and interrogated with many questions about Lin Mo throughout the day. They had told everything they knew, but for some reason, they were released again today.