The Supreme Beauty Fell in Love with Me

"Okay." Lin Chuan nodded.

The breakfast was made by Nuo Xiaoxi herself. There were ready-made dumpling wrappers in the fridge and chopped meat filling. Nuo Xiaoxi wrapped fifty dumplings early in the morning, cooked thirty, ate five herself, and Lin Chuan could devour twenty-five on his own.

Sure enough, Lin Chuan's dumpling-eating speed was just like counting them—one after the other, he would swallow them down.

Lin Chuan hadn't had a proper meal these past few days, and he felt terribly hungry this morning. So, in one go, he gobbled down twenty-five dumplings. And they weren't even small; Nuo Xiaoxi felt stuffed after just five, but Lin Chuan managed to eat so many at once.

"Brother Lin, are you full?" Nuo Xiaoxi asked.

"Full." Lin Chuan patted his belly.

"There are eggs too." Nuo Xiaoxi quickly took out two warm eggs from her pocket, saying, "One for each of us."

Lin Chuan smiled and swallowed one egg in one gulp.

Nuo Xiaoxi hurriedly poured out some warm milk for Lin Chuan: "Brother Lin, aren't you afraid of choking?"

Lin Chuan took several big gulps of milk, flushing down the egg, and laughed, "Not at all, back in the military, I once swallowed eighteen eggs in one breath. This one egg is nothing!"

"My God!" Nuo Xiaoxi's eyes bulged in astonishment and said, "Brother Lin, can you really eat that much?"

"Yeah!" Lin Chuan nodded.

After breakfast, Lin Chuan asked, "Xiao Xi, when does school start?"

"It's only August 5th now, still twenty days away," Nuo Xiaoxi replied.

"Hmm." Lin Chuan nodded and said, "I will drive you to school when the time comes."

"Really?" Nuo Xiaoxi was instantly overjoyed, saying, "Thank you, Brother Lin."

"Silly girl, now it's just the two of us left to rely on each other in this house." Lin Chuan gently pinched Nuo Xiaoxi's cheek and said, "When I'm not at home, you have to take good care of yourself, understood?"

"Hmm!" Nuo Xiaoxi nodded.

............

In the morning, Lin Chuan drove off to the transportation market.

In the past few days, the transportation market had been almost half-closed. If it weren't for the pleading from the market owners and Zhou Rui's mediation, it probably would have been shut down all this while. For new homeowners, the renovation could be delayed. But those real estate developers couldn't afford it. Once sand supply was cut off, the consequences would be unimaginable; all construction sites would have to halt. Delaying for a day would cost a lot for the site, so developers could not afford to delay.

Of course, such actions would also cause significant damage to Feixiang Company's reputation, so Zhou Rui didn't want to ruin the company's future over this incident, nor did she want to cause everyone to lose their jobs because of it.

The transportation market was half-closed because only a few workers at several positions were on duty; everyone else had already left. Only Zhou Kai, Lu Dapao, and Huang Bo and a few other key members were still gathered in the transportation market.

"Brother Chuan!" The crowd greeted Lin Chuan as they saw him arriving.

Lin Chuan parked his car on the side of the road and joined them, asking, "How's it going?"

"No news yet." Zhou Kai shook his head.

Lin Chuan beckoned to the group and then said, "Since we suspect it's Dongbei Hu, we should focus on investigating Dongbei Hu's men. Send someone to monitor them and conduct a thorough investigation on Dongbei Hu's people to see which of them have left Jiangbei City during this period."

"Brother Chuan, we have already sent brothers to investigate," Zhou Kai nodded and said, "The day the incident happened, I had arranged for several sharp-witted brothers to do this task, maybe we'll have news in these two days!"

"Good!" Lin Chuan patted Zhou Kai's shoulder. Having a reliable assistant really made things a lot easier. Zhou Kai and his people were quite shrewd and could think things through comprehensively.

Sure enough, as Zhou Kai had predicted, in the afternoon, Goudan and Li Qiang and a few others hastily returned.

That Jinbei van had been battered beyond recognition by them.

"Kai, there's news," Goudan ran over quickly.

Rustle rustle...

The group stood up one after another. Lin Chuan quickly asked, "Goudan, any news?"

"Found them, found them," Goudan shouted excitedly, "Just as Brother Kai said, two key members of Dongbei Hu left Jiangbei City overnight on the day of the incident. They're said to be heading to Hong Kong, planning to sneak into Canada from there."

"Shit, these bastards must be involved," Zhou Kai slammed the table and said, "Damn it, they even managed to escape to Hong Kong?"

"Don't rush," Lin Chuan hurriedly said, "Goudan, how did you get this information?"

"Hehe, I've been tracking Qiu Wuming these days," Goudan quickly said, "I noticed that this kid often goes to bars to drink and he chats quite happily with a bar girl there. This afternoon, when I went to the bar, I heard this girl on the phone with Qiu Wuming in the restroom. It seems they were talking about this matter."

"Really?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Absolutely certain." Goudan nodded hurriedly.

"No doubt about it." Li Qiang, who was beside him, spoke anxiously: "I even went to ask around, and it turns out they really are missing two brothers. No one knows where they've gone; it's like they vanished into thin air."

"Is there such a thing?" Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes.

"So, it's a sure thing." Zhou Kai immediately said.

"But with them in Hong Kong, how do we find them?" Lu Dapao asked.

"Kai, pack your bags right now. We're heading to Hong Kong to nab someone." With the sudden news of the murderer of his mother, Lin Chuan could not sit still.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded immediately.

To catch those two murderers, it's imperative to first determine their whereabouts. Lin Chuan was proficient in this matter. Since they had smuggled themselves into Hong Kong, all they needed to do was find the local snakeheads in Shenzhen and pay for information. The snakeheads were savvy and could remember anyone as long as they were given a description of the person and their origins. They could basically recall them.

Then, they immediately drove off to Shenzhen.

Lin Chuan took Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao with him. By the time they set off, it was already very late at night.

The three of them raced all the way and arrived at Shenzhen's Futian Port the next morning. They abandoned their car in a nearby parking lot, then wandered around the port. Snakeheads usually hustled for business during the day and conducted their affairs at night.

Seeing a few out-of-towners loitering around, a curious shop owner approached them.

"Handsome, looking to get through customs?" The shop owner was in his forties with a big belly and a naive smile.

"Do you have a way?" Lin Chuan offered a cigarette.

"Of course!" The owner laughed and said, "We have a professional cross-border team. If you need it, I can put you in touch."

"Sure!" Lin Chuan immediately agreed.

Afterward, the owner made a phone call. Soon, a dark-skinned, bald-headed skinny man came over. Wearing shorts and a shirt draped over him, he yawned as he walked and asked, "Fatty, what's up?"

"Ah Xing, these guys want to cross the border." The owner smiled and said, "I'm referring them to you."

The dark-skinned man glanced at Lin Chuan and his companions, asking, "Where to?"

"Hong Kong!" Lin Chuan replied.

"Easy, eighteen thousand per person," the man looked at them and said, "If going to Macau, fifteen thousand per person. Take it or leave it, and don't disturb my sleep."

Slap!

Suddenly, Lin Chuan pulled out a hundred thousand yuan, saying, "One hundred grand for a piece of information!"

The snakehead was startled, eying Lin Chuan suspiciously. He didn't rush to take the money. He knew that taking the money hastily might cost him his life. The snakehead smiled and said, "It seems you brothers aren't here just to cross the border."

"The crossing fee will be extra." Lin Chuan smiled and said, "This hundred thousand is solely for information."

"Speak, what information?" the man asked curiously.

"I want to inquire if, three days ago, there were two mainland guys who smuggled into Hong Kong," Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Both around one seventy-five in height, one with lots of tattoos on his arm..."

After hearing this, the snakehead remarked, "I can't give you an answer right now, but if you really want to know, wait for me here tonight."

"Alright." Lin Chuan nodded and said, "It's a deal."

"Deal!" The snakehead's face became somber.

Afterward, Lin Chuan and his companions found a chain hotel nearby, checked in, and casually ate something nearby.

They had not rested during the previous night, so they were a bit fatigued. After sleeping for a while, it was already afternoon when they woke up. After eating something, they hurried back to the shop to wait for news. The chubby owner greeted them warmly, chewing on betel nut, and asked, "Lads, where are you from?"

"Cut the crap." Lu Dapao looked at him irritably and said, "Mind your own business about our information."

The owner shrank his neck, knowing these smugglers were not to be trifled with, and continued minding his own business.

Before long, the dark-skinned man rushed in hurriedly. This time, he changed into a new outfit, a black top and three-quarter-length pants, with flip flops on his feet and a cigarette in his mouth. Upon entering the shop, he immediately saw Lin Chuan and the other two.

Zhou Kai remained calm, Lu Dapao casually tossed a machete onto the table, and upon the man's entrance, all three of them swept their gazes over him.

"So? Did you find out any intelligence?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Hmm." The snakehead nodded and said, "The day before yesterday evening, two guys from Jiang Province paid one of my underlings thirty thousand yuan to smuggle into Hong Kong. Seemed like they went to Tongluo Bay area, the exact address..."

At this point, the snakehead smiled slyly at Lin Chuan.