novelhk Chapter 15: The Ultimate Goal, Kai Tak Airport?
Chapter 15: The Ultimate Goal, Kai Tak Airport?
At 10 p.m., Shen Shaofeng returned to his rented room in Sham Shui Po.
These past two days I've been shuttling between the Wan Chai Police Headquarters and the Yau Ma Tei branch of the Lao Wan Police Station, and I also have to secretly contact three undercover brothers. I'm extremely busy.
The key point is that you also have to find ways to secretly "reveal" Li Wenbin's information to Cai Yuanqi from time to time without revealing any flaws, which is quite exhausting both physically and mentally.
Incidentally, many of the officers in the B, C, and D teams of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau have been released by the Internal Investigation Department, but the entire A team is still being detained.
This is very likely Cai Yuanqi's way of secretly pressuring and manipulating Li Wenbin.
Dragging his weary body, Shen Shaofeng took out his keys to open the door, but suddenly frowned.
Not right.
A small piece of paper that I had deliberately stuck in the door crack when I left home this morning has now fallen to the ground.
Someone has been inside!
Shen Shaofeng's eyes cleared instantly, and his fatigue vanished.
With a creak, he pulled out his .38 revolver and gently pushed the door open.
The moment the door opened, Shen Shaofeng had already slipped to the outside of the door frame, raised his gun, and quickly swept the muzzle across the interior of the rented room.
"come out!"
no respond.
"One last time, raise your hands and slowly walk out! I'm a police officer!"
"Relax, Inspector Shen. It's us."
A slightly mocking male voice came from the inner bedroom, and then two people came out one after the other.
Leading the way was Robert, a senior detective from the Political Department, followed by Yang Jinrong.
Shen Shaofeng looked at the two coldly: "So, people from the Political Department now like trespassing on private property?"
And they did it more than once!
Robert sat down on the sofa and crossed his legs. "Shen, don't be so formal. We just came to see you and, incidentally, to point out that your progress is too slow."
Yang Jinrong's tone was relatively mild: "Sir Shen, we mean no harm. It's just that the higher-ups are pressing us hard on Huang Jiahui's case. You promised to provide clues, but in the past few days, we haven't received anything of value."
Shen Shaofeng holstered his gun, pulled up a dining chair, and sat down. "I've been investigating desperately every day, but are leads so easy to obtain? Your political department has been investigating for so long, and you haven't found anything either!"
Robert's face darkened: "Shen Shaofeng, watch your attitude! We're not your Organized Crime and Triad colleagues, you can't just fob us off! Now those robbers are dead, and Huang Jiahui is missing. What exactly is the Organized Crime and Triad doing?"
"I'm just being perfunctory?" Shen Shaofeng suddenly laughed.
"Is your political department really looking for Huang Jia Hui, or are you looking for something else?"
Yang Jinrong's eyes flickered slightly: "What do you mean?"
Shen Shaofeng didn't answer. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and, under the watchful eyes of the two men, dialed Henry's private number and put it on speakerphone.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Henry, I am Shen Shaofeng."
"I'm sorry to bother you so late, but there's something I feel I must report immediately."
"Speak," Henry said succinctly.
"I've worked hard for several days and found some new information about Huang Jiahui."
"There are indications that the group that killed the kidnapper and then abducted Huang Jiahui acted very professionally. The scene was cleaned up very well, and they seem to have quite sophisticated counter-surveillance techniques. It cannot be ruled out that they have military or police backgrounds."
Shen Shaofeng deduced all of this from the truth, since he had no access to the relevant files.
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone: "Shen, what do you mean?"
"As far as I know, Huang Jiahui's family has not received any more extortion calls for the time being..."
"I suspect there may be some international factors involved."
"Some forces may not want Huang Jia Hui to return, or they may want to use him to make certain deals. Mr. Henry, do you think this is related to long-term arrangements in London?"
These words were half true and half false, a test, a way of passing the buck back to Henry, and a warning to the two political officers present.
I know the waters run very deep, perhaps so deep that even your political department might not dare to touch them.
Henry remained silent for a longer time on the phone; clearly, Shen Shaofeng's words had touched a nerve with him.
"Shen," Henry's tone carried a hint of warning, "your task is to find out the whereabouts of Wong Ka-fai and related clues in Hong Kong."
"As for the international level, that's not something you should be concerned with, understand?"
"Understood, Mr. Henry. I will continue the investigation."
"Good, stay in touch." Henry said, then hung up the phone.
Shen Shaofeng put away his mobile phone and looked at Robert and Yang Jinrong.
Robert's face darkened. That damned Shen Shaofeng...
Yang Jinrong nodded to Shen Shaofeng: "I'm sorry, we misunderstood, Officer Shen. It seems you are indeed working on it. However, please let us know promptly if there is any progress next time."
Shen Shaofeng nodded, giving them the order to leave: "Well then, officers, I need to rest now, please."
Robert snorted, stood up, and walked straight out the door.
Yang Jinrong shook hands with Shen Shaofeng and said in a low voice, "Shen Sir, it's my duty. I personally admire you very much and hope to have more opportunities to communicate."
After the two left, Shen Shaofeng locked the door from the inside and carefully checked the room, but found no eavesdropping devices.
He sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and began to ponder.
Based on the intelligence gathered during this period, and judging from the relationship between the top leader Hsu Huai-han and the Political Department, it is clear that Tsai Yuan-chi and the Political Department are not on the same page.
Should he reveal to Henry that Cai Yuanqi was the mastermind, and use the Political Department to...?
No way! Not to mention that if the Political Department really gets rid of Cai Yuanqi, they might very well take the opportunity to eliminate us as well.
Speaking of his current strategy, to some extent, his interests are tied to Cai Yuanqi. If Cai Yuanqi doesn't take over as the leader, he won't be able to hold onto his coattails securely.
For now, let's wait and see. The core of everything still lies with Huang Jiahui, the key hostage.
……
The following evening, at a pier in Tuen Mun.
"Sir Shen, I've heard that some Indian guys have booked a big plane tonight to transport goods. Hey, that's the one."
Inside a Mazda sedan, Chen Zhikun yawned and pointed to a speedboat in the distance that was surrounded by a group of smugglers.
The term "big flying boat" refers to a speedboat that has multiple high-powered outboard engines illegally installed on the outside of its stern.
Li Wenbin and four others split into two groups, one keeping an eye on the smuggling docks in Tuen Mun and the other in Sai Kung. Chen Zhikun and Shen Shaofeng were in charge of the Tuen Mun side.
The two chatted for half an hour, and then a group of South Asians arrived at the pier in a van.
Shen Shaofeng took out his binoculars and stared at the "goods" they were pulling out.
result……
"Damn, it really is cargo, a shipment of smuggled seafood!"
He tossed the binoculars onto the back seat of the car and exchanged a glance with Chen Zhikun—this was already the Nth time they had "gone empty-handed" in the past few days.
Suddenly, Shen Shaofeng had a flash of inspiration: Had they been walking into a dead end lately?
If I were Tsai Yuan-chi, would I really use human smuggling to transport Huang Jia-hui?
He's the second-in-command of the police force; he could easily arrange legal means, like... a plane?
With that in mind, he immediately called Li Wenbin: "Boss, I have an idea..."
……
Ten minutes later, the cell phone rang: "Shaofeng, come to Kai Tak Airport immediately. I checked with a friend at the airport, and there's a flight to XX tonight."
"The other air parcel was sent from the West Kowloon Regional Headquarters!"