Reborn Treasure Appraiser: I Really Didn’t Want to Be an Expert

Chapter 341 Taking advantage of the situation
The crowds were huge and bustling.

A huge colorful archway stood at the entrance, and the blowers roared loudly. The line of people waiting to receive coupons stretched for a mile.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance, Yu Jiyao was stopped. She took out a card, and the security guard glanced at it and quickly let her through.

The special agent who was keeping watch was dumbfounded: Yu Jiyao had VIP status, but he didn't.

Upon seeing the woman enter the mall, he immediately reported it.

The task force was led by Deputy Squad Leader Tu's team, who had prepared various contingency plans. He calmly instructed, "I'll contact the mall management: First team, the monitoring room. Second and third teams, enter the mall..."

"Captain Tu, is this one of their locations as well? Is this woman here to pick up goods, or perhaps to make contact?"

"Possibly, but that's not our responsibility. We're only responsible for monitoring people!"

After replying, Tu Jun reported to the brigade headquarters.

The leader only said three words: "Keep an eye on them!"

Through the car window, Deputy Chief Tu glanced at the crowded shopping mall: "Boss, what if we lose them?"

"Cold salad!"

After replying with two words, the leader hung up the phone.

Hearing the dial tone on the phone, Deputy Branch Secretary Tu immediately understood: With this kind of situation, let alone three groups of nine people, even if three platoons were brought in, they might not be able to keep an eye on it.

But it doesn't matter. The monk may run away, but the temple will remain; you have to cast a long line to catch a big fish...

For the third anniversary celebration, the mall was packed with customers, shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot.

Yu Jiyao pushed through the crowd and went up to the fourth floor via the escalator.

This floor only sells jewelry and high-end cosmetics, and there were far fewer people. The beauty salon manager was already waiting at the top of the stairs. Yu Jiyao was still halfway up the escalator when she called out from afar, "Miss Yu!"

Yu Jiyao nodded and carefully examined the woman next to the shop manager.

This is her personal beautician, who is about the same height as her, and more importantly, has a similar figure.

Remembering her cousin's instructions, Yu Jiyao resisted the urge to look back and stepped out of the elevator: "Are there many customers in the store?"

"The mall was having an anniversary sale today, it was noisy and chaotic, and there were basically no customers in the store!"

That's good.

Yu Jiyao breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered her voice and said, "Manager Hu, there's an old man following me. Can you help me?"

The store manager exclaimed "Oh!" and pretended to be very surprised.

She wasn't surprised at all.

Yu Jiyao is a regular here, coming at least once a week. She gets not only facials, but also breast, buttock, waist, and leg treatments... she gets everything on her body treated.

At least five out of ten times she came, she had that old man's smell. Sometimes she would answer the phone or send a text message halfway through her beauty treatment. Mainly because she was naked, she had nowhere to hide.

Over time, everyone in the shop knew that none of Ms. Yu's boyfriends were young.

It's not like we've never had customers come knocking on our door before. On two occasions, someone's wife actually showed up at the shop...

The store manager led her inside, glancing back every now and then: "Ms. Yu, how many people are with you this time?"

"I don't know, but we need to be quick!"

There seem to be quite a few people.

Secretly speculating, the store manager lowered his voice, and Yu Jiyao nodded repeatedly.

Upon entering the store, a personal beautician accompanied her to the changing room. Within three minutes, two women emerged: one in a bathrobe with a face mask on, the other in a white coat and a mask. They were roughly the same size and height.

Those applying face masks entered the beauty room, while those wearing face masks exited through the back door.

At the same time, Tu Jun had just contacted the property management and the special agents had just entered the monitoring room.

But there were so many people, heads everywhere, who knows where Yu Jiyao went?
Three groups, each with only one female special agent, split into three teams and headed straight for three places that Ji Yao frequented: a high-end lingerie store, a high-end bubble bath, and a high-end beauty salon.

Deputy Branch Secretary Tu emphasized: It doesn't matter if we can't keep an eye on people, but if anyone is exposed, they should take off their clothes and go home to farm as soon as possible...

Snowflakes were falling from the sky, and a cold wind whistled into her collar. Ren Danhua tightened her trench coat and waved her hand.

With a screech, the taxi braked suddenly and came to a stop.

Ren Danhua got into the back seat: "Master, Fuxingmen!"

The driver seemed reluctant: "Miss, are you going to Guomao at this hour?"

It's almost 2 PM, right in the middle of the lunch rush. No doubt about it: that place is more congested than a blockage in your intestines.

"Whoosh!" Several banknotes were thrown over. "Drive faster!"

Five hundred yuan. That's all he earns after two days of hard work...

The driver paused for a moment, then beamed, "Alright, have a seat!"

As he spoke, the car lurched forward, crossing three lanes and cutting into the left-turn lane.

A chorus of curses followed.

The two special operations teams were somewhat dumbfounded: they weren't afraid of fines and demerit points, as the team could reimburse them. The problem was, they also needed to be able to infiltrate the operation.
After following it for four intersections, the taxi disappeared from sight. The traffic police contacted the taxi company and finally managed to catch up with it, only to discover that the driver had already been replaced.

As for where Ren Danhua went, only heaven knows...

Liu Guojun took down the police mobile terminal and stared at the screen, seemingly in disbelief.

Yes, it was a call from Captain Han. There were other people talking nearby, it seemed to be Deputy Captain Sun and Captain Yu.

But how could three grown people just disappear like that?

"That's roughly the situation. I'm just letting you know to protect Teacher Lin!"

Just as he finished speaking, a "beep" sounded.

Liu Guojun paused for a moment, exchanged a glance with Su Ye (his mistress), and then looked at Lin Sicheng.

Lin Sicheng held a small notebook and scribbled in it: "Don't be surprised, it's normal to lose track of someone."

It's normal to lose track of someone. No matter how skilled the police are, they can't monitor a suspect 24/7 and keep them in sight around the clock.

Strangely, none of the many phone numbers previously identified were traced. This suggests that the suspect was aware that they were being watched by the police.

Next, we definitely have to run...

Lin Sicheng didn't even look up, continuing to write and draw.

If we were to make an irresponsible guess, it wouldn't be that the special agents were exposed, but rather that there was a problem within the group itself.

If you do the math, Ren Danhua followed Wang Chun for eleven years, Ji Yao for seven years, and Ji Chuan for even longer. He had been an apprentice to Wang Chun's husband since before he was executed, which would have been at least eighteen or nineteen years.

For so many years, these three have always followed Wang Chun's lead and obeyed his every word. How come they suddenly dared to rebel?
Lin Sicheng suspected that Wang Chun was merely relying on her intuition and had no real idea whether the police were watching her or the three siblings. For safety's sake, she had to test the waters: use the three siblings as bait to lure the police.

At the same time, the woman deliberately led Ren Danhua to suddenly realize a reality: you are not my confidant, but just a pawn, and very likely, my scapegoat.

Talking about feelings at this point is just plain stupid; of course Ren Danhua had to run away.

Wang Chun's ultimate goal was the same: to get her three siblings to escape first. If they could escape, everything would be fine and the world would be at peace. If they couldn't escape, then only one path awaited her: a fight to the death.

Therefore, despite having so many capable subordinates, that woman chose to send her three trusted siblings, who also posed the greatest risk of exposure, to gather information.

Therefore, it was because she wanted the three siblings to know which warehouse contained goods and which contained scrap metal that the three siblings were able to find out.

Lin Sicheng gave a brief explanation, and the two special agents suddenly realized: No wonder Deputy Captain Tu could lose track of the person even when he was on the job.
Since it's not time to make arrests yet, we have to play along.

What if Deputy Chief Yan lost track of him?

There's no doubt, they really have lost track of them...

(End of this chapter)