when the moon whispers

Chapter 198 Friends - Meeting

case five friends
four meet
Jiang Mo crossed his arms and walked past the rumbling broadcast trucks and backup generator trucks in the VIP parking space at the West Plaza of the Convention and Exhibition Center. He was dazed by the heat wave of exhaust gas mixed with the smell of gasoline. He yawned and came face to face halfway. I choked on the cool breeze and felt dizzy with one breath. I coughed messily for a long time.

She lowered her head and kicked open the half-melted snow and ice that had piled up on the stone slab. She turned around and picked a corner that could get sunlight, and sat down on the steps of the eaves outside the stadium.

At 14:35 on the day when the ransom was delivered, I had just checked the clock before pushing out the door from the command room.

The joint security for large-scale events at the venue has just completed the first round of upgrade deployment. After more than a day of negotiation, the ransom delivery and arrest operation has finally moved from verbal red light to actual approval. The on-site dispatch was extremely formal to Gu Xingni, who was fully responsible for the investigation. A few carrots who were in charge of the overall situation were brought out of the pit, and people from the serious crime team were involved in tracking the whole process.

Jiang Mo pulled off one side of the intercom headset and looked quietly at the security booth at the entrance to the West Square roundabout parking lot. He paused slightly while twisting the silicone cap, and then rubbed hard behind his ears that were buzzing vaguely.

Sheng'an International Exhibition Center, which occupies a prime location on Huizhan Road in Anhe District but neglected the walking entrance and exit in its planning, was not actually a good place for sightseeing and hanging out a few years ago. The roundabout-style road planning seemed to be in such a transportation hub. An inaccessible sinkhole was created.Until the pedestrian overpasses and underground shop tunnels built by several surrounding shopping malls and commercial buildings in the past two years were officially opened to facilitate the new subway station, the food court in the service area next to the Convention and Exhibition Center Square relied entirely on the sporadic passenger flow around the island to maintain its income and expenditure. Taking advantage of the opportunity to expand and attract business, Wanfeng Shopping Mall, which is decorated with high consumer standards, has also benefited from the year-round bustle outside and inside the exhibition hall. Various advertising activities have been arranged in the tunnel to attract customers.

"...Senior sister!" Xiao Letian was still wearing the duty uniform of a regular patrol to avoid alerting others. He quickly walked around the parking lot with two lunch boxes before he saw someone curled up in a corner, eyes squinting and drowsily sunbathing. Jiang Mo, who was in the sun, quickly ran to her side waving his chopsticks, "Only the Lion Head Ground Sanxian ones are left, and these two boxes are the same. You didn't see it just now, but Deputy Geng said that the second and third groups were competing against each other. He's strong enough to eat, but he's seizing logistical resources and funds, and he's having a quarrel with Master right now."

"I originally thought that the documents for collaboration at the venue would only be approved in the afternoon, and the command vehicle in the outfield was ready. I didn't expect that I would be able to arrive at the venue in time for lunch... Lao Gu is so full of food and drinks. The abacus, the rattling noise can be heard here, how can Deputy Geng let him take advantage of this for nothing? It would be weird if he didn't make a noise." Jiang Mo shrank his neck and shuddered, took the box lunch and put it in a nonchalant manner. Breaking the chopsticks into two halves, one large and one small: "Aren't you going to enter the venue today?"

"Master said that I was wearing a police uniform and wandering back and forth outside so much that I almost became a marker. As long as the suspect stepped on it in advance... it would be too conspicuous to be temporarily transferred to the venue. It would be better to maneuver outside the venue. Anyway, I am hanging out with the security guys outside. It’s also familiar.”

Xiao Letian didn't have much sense of heroism in charging into battle. He just frowned a little persistently. He struggled for a few seconds and sighed softly before giving up. He bit the tip of his chopsticks and watched his senior sister perseveringly pulling at him despite the north wind. He loved eating carrots, sniffing his nose and humming to himself: "There are only three games on E-Sports Culture Week this time, and I guess I won't be able to see any of them."

"The third team leader and I had been wandering around the outfield annex for half a time when we heard a few girls talking about you. There was a cute and handsome guy among the policemen on patrol... It's a pity. Why don't you tell people what your name is when you start a fight." Jiang Mo sneered, bent his elbow and lightly arched Xiao Letian's arm: "But this week the battle has been so lively, only three games? When Shao Jie called me to tell me before, I was confused and thought it happened every day this week."

"With the single round robin system, all home games can't be piled up in this week. I remember that Jiang Weili got two games in LM on Monday and Saturday, and Brother Jie only had one today. Originally, Han Lu planned to bring me a ticket with him. Looking at it, I didn’t expect that they were all piled up together... Or rather, it would be great if everything goes smoothly."

It was only when Xiao Letian finished speaking that he felt that the FLAG was flying. He hurriedly spat and went back to make up for it: "This time at the Convention and Exhibition Center, we are mainly organizing trade fairs and e-sports cultural exhibitions. The competition was moved here from Jiangbei purely because of the To build momentum, the venues are basically all on-site, and there is also an official anniversary exhibition hall. Other games with competitive competitions have also come to join in the excitement, plus the Chinese style cultural exhibition in the annex has been postponed... Anyway, people It's a mess. That kidnapper... most probably also noticed that it was difficult for the police to control the scene due to the crowds." Jiang Mo poked the lion's head with his chopsticks and took a bite thoughtfully: "... Master has been so worried in the past two days that he has been smoking one cigarette after another. This guy chose this area just to cause trouble and chaos."

"Do you suspect that the ransom is a cover?" Xiao Letian reacted for a while, then nodded in understanding: "Because the master said that the father of the two children seems to have been hiding some dispute?"

Jiang Mo blinked slowly and sighed softly: "It's not right that the suspect deliberately asked Cao Hua to go to a place with surveillance everywhere to pay the ransom. There are almost no diversion intersections in the underground tunnels of Wanfeng Mall. Although there are many people, they are relatively concentrated. Even if you screen frame by frame according to the surveillance, you will always be able to identify the scope or clues of the suspect. Even if you are worried that the suspect will break the jar and hold him hostage, there are no police stations at the intersections on both sides. Card screening, leaving two veterans there, it’s actually not easy to hide.”

Xiao Letian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly scratched the flesh of his cheek with the butt of his chopsticks, raised his head and scanned the surrounding area: "That's why Master said that in places with a lot of people inside and outside the venue, manpower must be reserved."

"The competition venue and surrounding commercial buildings are not far away from a large subway transfer station. There is a passenger transport on the ground after leaving the station. I'm afraid something might go wrong in the chaos." Jiang Mo chewed a small lion head that somehow got in. Tuan Jiangmo was so spicy that her whole face wrinkled, "...Chen Wuqing and Cao Hua were hiding every word they said. What the situation was was all guesswork, and they couldn't figure out the ins and outs. I really have no choice but to passively follow the procedures for handling the kidnapping case - Anhe Middle School is also in trouble. After moving the school location and changing the principal, there are not many graduates left in the city. Now, I can’t find a way to inquire about the past situation..."

"I saw it reported in the news that Principal Anhe, who retired a long time ago, made people pout at the cemetery during the sleet and snowy nights two days ago. I don't know why there was such a big hatred——"

Xiao Letian took a mouthful of rice vaguely. Seeing his senior sister swallowing a lump of Jiang Mo, she also showed her teeth and trembled. From the corner of her eye, she casually glanced at the screen of Jiang Mo's phone where he was checking messages and taking the time to reply. He suddenly froze for less than two seconds and raised one eyebrow in amusement: "Brother Jie?"

"Yeah. He asked me if I was here at the Convention and Exhibition Center. He seemed to have seen my car parked in the temporary parking space outside the South Square-"

Jiang Mo looked at Xiao Letian's squirming expression and felt guilty for no reason. He frowned and tried to say something, but his fingers hovered at the dots above the screen. When he hesitated for a moment, his cheeks were stuffed with bulging hamsters. The same Xiao Letian touched his arm, and when he answered casually, he unconsciously raised his head following the direction of the convenient chopsticks in his hand, and saw a slightly familiar bus turning into the gate of the west parking lot.

Xiao Letian learned from Gu Xingbao, a thief who was resurrected from the dead, and secretly had fun while busy.

"Sister, what a coincidence."

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