Chapter 311: Chapter 311: The Threatening Letter with Bullets
"Hmph!"
"Screech!"
"Watch out!"
"Bang!"
"Crash——"
"Lin Wan?" Lu Zheng frowned and asked, "What’s going on?"
"I’m fine!"
Lin Wan hurriedly said over the phone, "A car went out of control and drove onto the sidewalk. I dodged it, and then the car crashed into a tree by the road. The people inside might be hurt. I’ll hang up now, talk later!"
Then Lin Wan hung up the phone.
Lu Zheng shrugged, not too concerned. After all, Lin Wan had already mastered Martial Dao, so car accidents were things that seemed distant to her now.
Also, Lu Zheng didn’t think much of it since car accidents are quite common. Most people think they’re far from them because they rarely encounter them and only hear about major incidents on the news.
If you ask an insurance company, you’ll know they deal with various car accident cases daily. Fatalities and disabilities are commonplace; it’s just that these incidents are too ordinary to make the news.
Lu Zheng estimated that Lin Wan wouldn’t call back anytime soon, so he didn’t plan to return to the ancient time. Instead, he turned on the TV and casually picked a series to watch for leisure.
"Indeed, people need social interactions!"
Lu Zheng looked at his silent phone and felt a bit bored.
Ever since he acquired the Jade Seal and could travel between two worlds, his social interactions in the modern world have noticeably decreased. He even rarely checks in with his closest roommates anymore.
It felt like his relationships in the modern world were reduced to just his parents and Lin Wan.
In contrast, in the ancient Great Jing Dynasty...
The sect, City God Temple, Guangyue, Lu River God’s Mansion, Five Beauties Manor, Du Yuru’s family...
Of course, this was mainly because Lu Zheng was exceptionally gifted and had profound Dao Practice. If he exposed his identity and revealed miracles in the modern world, his relationships could probably reach the heavens.
So...
Lu Zheng couldn’t help but shrug, "Might as well stay home, this is nice."
If not necessary, Lu Zheng didn’t want to display divinity in front of modern people. Even if something mysterious happened, he couldn’t let people’s attention focus on him, or else there would be no peace.
"Who cares about royal authority and wealth—afraid of rules and regulations—"
"Hey? All done?"
"All done," Lin Wan said, "The injured have been taken to the hospital, and the local police have taken over. Where were we?"
"We were talking about me visiting you," Lu Zheng turned the TV volume down a notch.
"Oh, right." Lin Wan nodded, then thought for a moment, "Actually, our business trips aren’t that different from undercover missions. We don’t have weekends, and although there’s rest time, we have to be on call at any moment."
"Then I’ll just treat it as a vacation," Lu Zheng said nonchalantly.
Lin Wan, "..."
Although Lin Wan was happy that Lu Zheng wanted to visit her, she couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable thinking that while she was working hard on a business trip, he was coming for a vacation.
"Alright, come over," Lin Wan said, "But it’s just a prefecture-level city here, not much to play with."
"Okay." Lu Zheng nodded more.
"Alright, I’ll hang up now! I have a short meeting to attend soon," Lin Wan said, about to hang up the phone.
"Wait!" Lu Zheng quickly stopped her.
"What’s up?" Lin Wan asked.
"I do! Please tell me where you actually are! You never mentioned it!" Lu Zheng said exasperatedly.
Lin Wan, "..."
...
Weizhi City, a prefecture-level city in Jiangnan Province.
Although it is a prefecture-level city, being located in the southeastern coastal area, its economic development is not lacking; it’s expansive and populous, vibrant and flourishing.
At this time, being noon, Lin Wan’s progress had been steadily advancing and there was no emergency, allowing her to take some time to have lunch with Lu Zheng.
"Weizhi City is quite well-known, truly rather bustling," Lu Zheng said.
"But since the government level isn’t high here and it’s quite advantageous in finance and foreign trade, it inevitably breeds some gray industries."
Lin Wan explained to Lu Zheng, "That group set up their base in Hua Country at Weizhi."
"Oh." Lu Zheng nodded, "You were here last time as well? Didn’t you catch all the suspects?"
"Caught the leader." Lin Wan shook her head, "If Japan proceeds smoothly, this side will naturally become disorganized. Once the news from over there is consolidated, we’ll continue to arrest more people here.
But the evidence was stolen, and the suspects there were bailed out. Naturally, this side’s group was reorganized again. No matter who is put in charge here, it’s all up to a word from Japan."
"So weak!" Lu Zheng couldn’t help but comment sarcastically.
"Hmph! Making money off Japanese, don’t you have to let them lead you by the nose?" Lin Wan also had a disdainful expression.
"I was talking about your Interpol, getting evidence stolen that easily," Lu Zheng said.
Lin Wan, "..."
"The evidence here was handed to Mingmei just before boarding the plane, and someone was to pick it up over in Japan. Mingmei’s itinerary was confidential, and who could have thought..."
"So there’s an insider?" Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow.
"Not sure." Lin Wan shook her head, frowned, and said, "The Japan branch has already started an internal examination, but it might also be technical means."
"Really complicated." Lu Zheng shook his head, "It always feels like your cases take so long to solve, and with so many of them, when will they all be closed?"
"This is a major cross-national case!" Lin Wan tapped the table, highlighting, "And it involves deaths too!"
"Ah, right, right, right!" Lu Zheng nodded repeatedly.
"Big sister! Are you a cop?"
At this moment, a boy and a girl walked in from outside and came up to the two.
"An uncle just now asked us to give you this letter!"
"Hmm?"
Lin Wan’s eyes narrowed, and Lu Zheng immediately looked towards the outside of the restaurant but found nothing.
Lin Wan gently asked, "Where’s the uncle who asked you to deliver the letter?"
"Left already." The little boy said hastily.
"The uncle told us the letter could help you catch the bad guys, is that true?" The little girl said clearly, her eyes filled with expectation.
Lin Wan’s eyes flickered, she reached out to take the envelope, nodded at the little girl, and then smiled, "Of course, thank you!"
"You’re welcome! It’s what we should do!" The little girl was very happy to hear this and left cheerfully with the other boy.
Lin Wan squeezed the envelope in her hand, her expression changed slightly.
"What’s wrong?" Lu Zheng asked.
Lin Wan chuckled, "It’s even got the Hong Kong movie plots in it."
Casually tearing open the envelope, Lin Wan pulled out a sheet of paper from it, then turned the envelope upside down, and a bullet fell into Lin Wan’s hand.
"A bullet?" Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow.
Lin Wan nodded, then unfolded the paper in her hand, "I thought someone from the other side wanted to come over to the good side, but it turned out to be a trick to get kids to deliver a threatening letter to me."
With a quick glance, Lin Wan shook her head and stuffed the letter back. She apologized to Lu Zheng, "I have to go back. This letter needs to undergo an examination."
Lu Zheng blinked, "I’ve already captured the Qi from the envelope."
Lin Wan, "..."