Although Li Lei was a soldier, he wasn't a reckless person. PS pondered for a moment and quickly devised a plan, then gave Zhou Xuan a final instruction: "...Don't let them have a chance to send a message to the mastermind. Strike decisively; only in this way can we seize the initiative...This opponent is no simple matter!"
Zhou Xuan agreed, and then pretended to take a walk. He went out of the main gate and walked more than ten meters to the spot where the van was parked. When he was about 190 meters away, his supernatural ability detected it clearly.
The van was filled with listening devices. On the wall-mounted monitor, four lenses displayed four images, showing the room in Zhou Xuan's house where they had installed cameras. The sound of Jin Xiumei and Fu Ying talking could also be heard from inside. However, the conversation between Zhou Xuan and Sisi did not contain the information they wanted.
Besides the driver who was on standby, there were three people operating the monitoring system inside the van—two men and one woman. When Zhou Xuan had walked about ten meters in their direction, the driver said alertly, "The person being monitored is coming this way. It looks like they've been updated and don't seem to have noticed us. Should we move the car away from this position?"
Their leader was clearly one of the three people being monitored inside, but before he could speak, Zhou Xuan used his special ability to freeze all four of them, rendering them incapable of any action or speech. "We can't give them any chance," Zhou Xuan thought, because he wasn't sure if they were still in contact with headquarters. If they were, a single word from them could expose them, so he needed to completely control all four of them.
Then Zhou Xuan slowly walked over, looking around as he went to see if there were any other monitors nearby. After walking for a while, about fifty or sixty meters, Zhou Xuan was basically certain that there were only the four of them and their car, and no other monitors were around.
After all, deploying police forces also incurs expenses. "Police manpower is already scarce, and drawing people out to investigate and monitor Zhou Xuan" would not be an abuse of manpower. Moreover, although Zhou Xuan is important, he is by no means someone who is hostile to society or the country, so there is no need for so many people to monitor him.
After confirming that no one else was there, Zhou Xuan quickly walked over to the van, reached out, opened the door, got in, and closed it.
Zhou Xuan had already clearly assessed the situation inside the car, so he plopped down in a seat on the side and stared at the three people with a cold, sneer.
Two men and one woman, along with the man in the driver's seat, stared at Zhou Xuan in utter astonishment, but he was completely unable to move, including speak.
Zhou Xuan sat in the car and first checked to see if any communicators were on. After thinking about it, he realized he didn't understand them and couldn't just destroy the equipment in the car blindly. If Li Lei wanted to use them as evidence later, it would be troublesome if he destroyed them. So he stayed silent and waited for Li Lei's people to arrive before making any plans.
About twenty minutes later, Zhou Xuan's phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number, but Zhou Xuan guessed it was someone sent by Li Lei. He immediately got out of the car and waited more than ten meters away before pressing the answer button.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Xuan. Who are you?"
"Mr. Zhou, this is Jiang Jin. I'm near your home. Where are you located?"
Upon hearing that it was Jiang Jin, Zhou Xuan was overjoyed. Back when Jiang Jin first came to the South with him, Li Lei had sent him and Zheng Bing to protect him. The two were extremely skilled and were the ace of the special forces in the army. Li Lei sending him here clearly showed that he valued him highly.
Zhou Xuan immediately told Jiang Jin his location and waited there. Less than a minute later, Jiang Jin and his men arrived in two black Volkswagen sedans. As soon as they got close, the cars stopped, and six people got out. They were all in plain clothes, but their capable expressions showed that they were all ruthless characters.
Jiang Jin was among the six people. Zhou Xuan stepped forward, shook hands with him tightly, hugged him, and then said in a low voice, "It's that car. I've already taken control of them. I'll lift the restrictions after you arrive and hand it over to you to deal with. I don't understand the surveillance equipment inside. They installed four sets of surveillance equipment in our house. How are we going to deal with this?"
“Leave it to us!” Jiang Jin nodded immediately, then said, “Xiao Chen, Xiao Jiang, you two come with me to Mr. Zhou’s house to remove the surveillance equipment. The rest of you are responsible for taking this car and the people inside back to headquarters to carry out orders!” The group responded softly with “Yes” and then quickly dispersed to do their respective tasks.
Jiang Jin then took two subordinates and followed Zhou Xuan back to the villa. In the living room, Zhou Xuan said to Jin Xiumei, "Mom, I'll have the community management office come and inspect again to see which areas need to be reinforced, such as fireproofing and waterproofing. If you're going to inspect, you have to inspect thoroughly!"
Jin Xiumei nodded, not finding it particularly strange, and continued chatting with Aunt Liu and Fu Ying. Fu Ying, however, remained somewhat wary, because Jiang Jin and his group seemed unusual. "How could an ordinary worker walk with such a steady gait? They must have practiced martial arts."
However, Fu Ying would definitely not say it in front of Jin Xiumei, but when Zhou Xuan led Jiang Jin and the other two into the room to inspect and dismantle the structure, she followed along. When they were upstairs, she quietly asked Zhou Xuan, "Zhou Xuan, what... are they doing?"
Zhou Xuan's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Yingying, someone secretly installed cameras and listening devices in our house. I asked Li Wei's father's men to come and remove them, and I also took control of the people who were monitoring us and handed them over to them to take away."
Fu Ying was taken aback. She couldn't help but be surprised. "Everything is under someone else's control"—that was the most infuriating and unbearable thing. "It's a taboo thing even abroad."
Zhou Xuan waved his hand again, saying, "Yingying, don't worry, this was installed by a genius. I found it and checked it. Don't worry, there's no problem. We'll be more careful in the future and not let strangers in casually. For example, those people who said they were doing security checks today weren't from the community, and they installed the equipment. As long as we're careful, there won't be any problems. I have some things to take care of, and then we'll leave!" Fu Ying was relieved. Jiang Jin and the other two were taken directly to their destination by Zhou Xuan to dismantle the equipment. "We didn't take any detours, and they didn't need to do any detection or searching." Jiang Jin and the other two quickly dismantled the equipment and then asked Zhou Xuan, "Should we check it again?" Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "No need. There are only four monitors in that van with the surveillance cameras; there won't be any more. I've confirmed that!"
Jiang Jin nodded, picked up the dismantled items, and left with his two subordinates. Zhou Xuan saw them off at the door and watched them leave. He would then have to wait for news from Li Lei.
To be honest, Zhou Xuan was still somewhat worried. These people were actually police officers. If they lost contact with headquarters like this, it would definitely cause trouble. There was only a short period of time. If Li Lei couldn't get these people to reveal the truth within that time, he would have to release them, which would definitely alert the enemy. However, if those people weren't involved in anything important, it would be difficult to make any substantial progress. It all depended on whether any of them knew too many details.
It depends on luck. It depends on whether any of the four people who were arrested have a high-ranking position or connections with high-level figures behind the scenes. Only people with very high positions are likely to have deep connections.
Three or four hours passed, but Zhou Xuan still hadn't received any news from Li Lei. It seemed that he hadn't made much progress with these people. But the problem was that Li Lei hadn't contacted him, so Zhou Xuan still had a glimmer of hope. If he confirmed that he wouldn't get any information, Li Lei would tell him or release those people. But so far, neither of them had been released, nor had he received any news. It was possible that one of these people knew a lot of information but was not willing to reveal it. Li Lei was still trying to figure out a way.
However, Zhou Xuan couldn't wait. Four hours after the people monitoring him lost contact with headquarters, the headquarters couldn't reach the team and had completely lost contact with them. They immediately panicked. The branch office sent seven plainclothes officers to search. They found Zhou Xuan at his villa and that he hadn't gone anywhere else. However, their people had disappeared, including the surveillance vehicle. They searched everywhere again but couldn't find them. They quickly reported back.
The person behind the scenes quickly reported to the higher authorities, and then held an emergency meeting. They decided to temporarily bring Zhou Xuan back to the branch office to assist in the investigation, and they had to find the missing person no matter what!
Zhou Xuan stayed in the garden outside the gate. He was worried that Li Lei's news hadn't arrived yet, and the people monitoring him hadn't returned or reported the news. He thought that the people behind the scenes would be anxious to search for him, which would then alarm his family. That's what Zhou Xuan was worried about, so he stayed outside the gate alone. If anyone came, he would stop them at the gate.
There were seven people who came this time, all in plainclothes. Their superiors didn't want to make the matter public and cause it to get out of control, as that would be bad for everyone.
Zhou Xuan stopped the seven people at the intersection of Huayuan Road, about a hundred meters from his house, and asked, "What do you want?"
"Are you Zhou Xuan?" one of the men asked.
"That's me!" Zhou Xuan didn't deny it and answered directly.
The man immediately waved his hand, and several of his men came over and surrounded Zhou Xuan, intending to handcuff him.
Zhou Xuan sneered, "What law have I broken? You want to arrest me? I won't go with you if you don't have evidence!"
The seven men almost all chuckled. Perhaps it was because Zhou Xuan's words were too arrogant and presumptuous that they laughed.
"You're not coming with us? That's up to you, hehe. You're going to leave now, whether you want to or not..." He then turned to his subordinates and said, "Xiao Wu, arrest them!"
Zhou Xuan coldly replied, "Hehehe, let me tell you, I can leave whenever I want, and no one can take me away if I don't want to. But I'm willing to go with you now, so be polite and don't provoke me!"
Knowing that they weren't exactly powerful, Zhou Xuan didn't hold back and figured, "So what if I offended them? Anyway, I was planning to leave the capital soon!"
The seven men were clearly taken aback, quite surprised by Zhou Xuan's toughness. But then they realized that perhaps because they hadn't revealed their identities, Zhou Xuan might have assumed they were kidnappers or gangsters, which was why he dared to be so bold.
Because this was a secret operation, they didn't reveal their identities. But having done so many things in the past, they were acting on behalf of the bureau and for the country, so they weren't afraid of any consequences. However, Zhou Xuan wasn't cooperating at all, which put them in a bit of a predicament.
Volume 1, Chapter 630: Please give my regards to Secretary Huang
But these people are used to being arrogant, at least when they're investigating cases. They use absolute force against suspects, and Zhou Xuan's fearless defiance immediately enraged them.
Three or four people rushed forward to knock Zhou Xuan down. Some grabbed his hands, some pressed his back, and some stepped on his legs. Their movements were very professional and swift. However, as soon as they started to move, they suddenly froze, motionless like puppets. The three people behind them were startled and quickly went forward to call for their companions.
Zhou Xuan knew that making a scene wouldn't be good for the time being, and he could only wait for Li Lei's message. After thinking for a moment, he walked to the three cars that had driven over a dozen meters away and turned around to say, "Let's go!"
After Zhou Xuan said the word "go," the four people who had been frozen suddenly regained their mobility. The feeling they had just experienced was like being startled by a nightmare and unable to wake up. Once they were able to move, they were panting heavily, their faces covered in cold sweat. They were speechless in response to the greetings from their classmates. They truly did not know what had happened and could not explain it, because they could not and were unable to explain it!
Since Zhou Xuan didn't move at all, with two people in front of him and two others behind him, it's certain that Zhou Xuan didn't make a move, but why couldn't he move?
The seven people were surprised and puzzled when they saw Zhou Xuan walk over and get into their car on his own initiative. They couldn't figure out what Zhou Xuan meant, and they were also confused and even a little scared about what had just happened.