Getting the best from Tarkov

To be honest, the service in this presidential suite is indeed very thoughtful. Not to mention the meticulous service, even tonight's New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous.

What’s even more rare is that there is no fixed menu for this meal. All the dishes are tailor-made by the hotel based on the preferences and eating habits of the guests staying there. This means that before the meal starts, no one knows what they are going to eat tonight.

After enjoying a sumptuous feast, everyone sat on the balcony of the hotel, chatting and enjoying the New Year's Eve fireworks.

We have to be thankful that Kunming has not completely banned the use of fireworks and firecrackers, otherwise the only remaining scenery of the Spring Festival will disappear from people's lives.

However, unlike others, Yang Xue was not immersed in enjoying the beautiful fireworks feast at this time.

Instead, he sat down next to Liao Fan and asked, "Ah Fan, so, starting from tomorrow, what exactly should we do? You just showed us the news, but you haven't explained the next steps yet."

Hearing Yang Xue's question, Liao Fan sighed and said, "Forget it, let's just enjoy the Spring Festival holiday. The plans after the New Year are temporarily cancelled."

"Why? Didn't you say you wanted to do something big when you came here? I remember you even tried to trick Chairman Tang for quite some time about this."

"Ahem, you saw that international news as well. Although Japan was attacked by terrorists early this morning, do you really think an attack of that scale will affect the Japanese authorities?"

"But......"

"Okay, I've made up my mind. I can only blame the person who gave me the information this time. He's really unreliable. Or maybe the planner of the attack wasn't very skilled. Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about your next plan."

As he spoke, Liao Fan complained in his heart, it turned out that in the end he had to blame himself. It seemed that he had to get more golden eggs in the near future, try to get professional skills related to blasting as soon as possible, and try to send the shrine to the sky in one go next time.

Seeing that Liao Fan had made up his mind, Yang Xue stopped trying to persuade him and changed the subject, "Since that's the case, let's go around Kunming now.

As for the future, I haven't figured it out yet. Oh, and since there are no activities for the time being, how long will our vacation be? Although I have to go back to work after the vacation, everyone else has officially resigned.

"Well... let them take a month off. It's considered paid leave. Although there's no bonus or other extra income, the fixed monthly salary is still quite a lot.

It should be enough for their daily expenses." After saying that, Liao Fan picked up the red wine glass on the table and slowly tasted it.

Seeing that Liao Fan didn't intend to continue chatting, Yang Xue tactfully sat back next to Zhang Tingting. As for what the two of them were talking about in a very excited and slightly vulgar manner, Liao Fan didn't care.

At this moment, what he was thinking about was Feng Caier.

Before coming to Kunming, Liao Fan had gone to look for Feng Caier, but when he arrived at Feng Caier's villa, he found that Feng Caier's car was covered with a lot of dust, which was not very common.

You know, Feng Caier treats her car very tenderly. She always wipes it with a small rag when she has nothing to do.

If she knew her car was so dirty, she would probably explode on the spot.

But that's the fact, even if it's abnormal, it's the fact.

Thinking of this, Liao Fan immediately realized that something was wrong. He took out the Glock from the safe space, hid it in his windbreaker, and then quietly came to the backyard of the villa.

After avoiding the surveillance, he rolled over and climbed over the courtyard wall, then groped his way into the house little by little.

But the following scene made Liao Fan feel a little confused.

First of all, the room was empty, which was within Liao Fan's expectations. However, when he saw the messy bed and the note on the table, he became a little uneasy.

This piece of paper was just ordinary A4 printing paper. There was nothing special about the paper itself, but what puzzled Liao Fan was the words on the paper.

There was a very messy sentence written on the printed paper:

"Xiao Fan, when you see this piece of paper, it means I'm no longer with you. Of course, I'm safe and living a good life, but please don't come looking for me. If possible, we may meet again in the future, but I think it's highly likely we won't meet again.

Thank you very much for saving my life before, and please don't feel guilty about what happened between you and me.

Although I am not a slut who sleeps with everyone, I am definitely not a loyal heroine. Having sex with you is voluntary. Just think of it as a woman who has been alone for a long time and is occasionally being unrestrained.

Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. Compared to the girls around you, I know very well that there will be no results with you, so just treat me as a dream.

Isn’t it said that spring dreams leave no trace?

Okay, sister is leaving. I still say the same thing, don’t think about looking for me, and don’t worry about my safety. I left on my own and was not threatened or forced.

Okay, enough talking, time is almost up, I’m leaving, goodbye, I will remember you, little man~"

……

Thinking back to the letter he saw at that time, Liao Fan still doesn't understand why Feng Caier left without saying goodbye.

At first he had doubted whether the other party was really under duress, and the reason he wrote it that way was actually a disguised hint.

But when Liao Fan went to Duobao Pavilion the next day, he found that all the plaques of Duobao Pavilion had been taken down. Obviously, the owner of this store had changed.

Through communicating with the new store owner, Liao Fan learned that the person who was in contact with him at the time was Feng Caier herself.

In other words, Feng Cai'er left very calmly and decisively, and even disposed of Duobao Pavilion and its related industries in advance.

This also means that the other party was indeed not coerced. But if that is the case, then why did the other party leave?

After much thought, Liao Fan still couldn't figure it out, so he decided to return to Shanghai tomorrow to investigate again.

Although Feng Caier told him not to look for her, Liao Fan still had to find out whether she was safe or not.

Liao Fan also tried to use intelligence documents to find out the other party's information, but all he got was information about Feng Caier's identity, and nothing related to the other party's current situation.

However, although no useful information was found, Liao Fan did learn a lot of gossip, such as the cause of death of Feng Caier's husband.

To be honest, Feng Caier had investigated this before, but there had been no progress. When Liao Fan saw the contents of the intelligence document, he couldn't help but sigh: Brother, your death was not unjust.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

After saying goodbye to his team members one by one, Liao Fan boarded the plane back to Shanghai, while the others continued their Spring Festival holiday.

Sitting on the plane, Liao Fan began to recall again what he had experienced with Feng Caier, as well as all the information about Feng Caier mentioned in the intelligence documents.

Time passed by unknowingly while Liao Fan was thinking, and when he came to his senses, he found that the plane had already landed.

A man carrying a small backpack walked out of the airport quietly and came to his R8. He couldn't help but feel fortunate that some time ago, he asked the chairman to use his connections to help him remove the restriction that he could not get a driver's license. Otherwise, he could only look at the R8 but could not drive it away.

As for driving without a license, Liao Fan doesn't dare to do that now.

Not to mention driving without a license, Liao Fan now doesn't even dare to speed.

At least you have to go abroad before you can do that, after all, there are too many cameras in China.

Liao Fan opened the car door and started the car while complaining. He decided to go to the antique shop first. Maybe there were some clues that he missed last time.

Liao Fan did it as soon as he thought of it. He stepped on the accelerator and the car immediately rushed out. Fortunately, there were no other cars around where he parked, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

Perhaps because it was the Lunar New Year holiday, many people in Shanghai went back to their hometowns, so the streets that should have been bustling were, contrary to expectations, a little quiet.

But this is also good, at least there is no need to worry about traffic jams, so Liao Fan soon arrived at the Antique Street.

After parking the car, Liao Fan took out a baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses from his bag.

The baseball cap is an ordinary unscrupulous product, but the glasses are a good thing that Liao Fan got from the world of Tarkov.

Although the shape is ordinary, the quality is really good.

It is not afraid of falling or abrasion, and is also explosion-proof, glare-proof, and flash-proof. I can only say that Tarkov products must be high-quality.

Wearing disguise, Liao Fan walked along the antique street, but until he arrived at the door of the former Duobao Pavilion, he still didn't find anything unusual.

But just when Liao Fan was wondering if he had misunderstood something, he accidentally saw a familiar figure walking into a shop on the way.

Driven by curiosity, Liao Fan walked quickly to the door of the store without making any noise, looked up and smiled.

Boguzhai, isn’t this the first store I asked about when I first started selling antiques?

I remember that the owner of the store was quite arrogant, and the young man who was like an apprentice wanted to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy the sweet white glaze.

Later, for some reason, no matter who I asked, no one gave me a higher price than Boguzhai.

Now that I think about it, the other party must have made advance notice. I can only laugh at myself for being so foolish as to ask every store one by one. In the end, I felt that the offer from Boguzhai was fair.

Thinking of this, Liao Fan, who had no good impression of him in the first place, felt an inexplicable disgust. Humans are such subjective animals.

However, thinking of the woman who just entered, Liao Fan felt more and more that he must have seen her somewhere.

So without thinking too much, I pretended to be a customer and walked in.

But after entering the door, I found that the woman was gone. Not only that woman was gone, but even the boss who used to sit behind the counter was nowhere to be seen.

There were only two shopping guides in the entire store, a man and a woman, wiping the non-existent dust off the counters one by one.

Seeing that his target had disappeared, Liao Fan was not discouraged. He symbolically walked around the store, then spent 2 yuan to buy a small snuff bottle that was neither cheap nor expensive, and then got up and left the store.

However, after coming out, Liao Fan did not really leave. Instead, he quickly blended into the crowd of tourists, and then ran to a teahouse on the street and sat down.

Liao Fan didn't believe that the woman had really disappeared. He thought that she must have gone into the back hall with the owner of Boguzhai, which made Liao Fan feel even more suspicious.

Anyway, I still have no clues. Instead of wandering around aimlessly, I might as well find out who that familiar woman is.

But this wait lasted for several hours, until the sun was about to set, Liao Fan saw the woman coming out of Boguzhai again.

But this time, Liao Fan saw the woman's face, and with just one glance, Liao Fan recognized the woman's identity: the former waitress of Duobao Pavilion.

After recognizing the other person's identity, Liao Fan immediately remembered the previous kidnapping incident.

I remember Feng Caier said at that time that the kidnappers were a tomb-robbing gang and they targeted her because of the blue and white porcelain tea set, and the reason the news leaked was most likely because of this waitress.

But Feng Caier said at the time that it was possible that the waitress accidentally revealed it while chatting with someone.

However, now that he saw the other party walk into Boguzhai and chat with the owner of Boguzhai in the back hall for most of the day, how could Liao Fan still believe that the other party had revealed the information unintentionally? That would be too stupid of him.

Thinking that one of the masterminds behind Feng Caier's misfortune was this waitress, and then thinking that she had a secret conversation with the owner of Boguzhai for quite a while, and finally considering that Feng Caier had left without saying goodbye this time, Liao Fan immediately felt that there was a high possibility that there was some connection between them.

Thinking of this, Liao Fan casually took out a hundred-dollar bill from his wallet and put it under the teapot. He stood up, greeted the waiter and followed him.

Although Liao Fan's tracking skills are very poor, it still depends on who he is tracking.

At least Liao Fan was confident that following an ordinary woman would not be a problem.

Sure enough, along the way, Liao Fan was not noticed by this woman, and she unknowingly led Liao Fan to her own rental house in Shanghai.

Looking at the old community environment in front of him, Liao Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity. It was so similar to the rental house he used to live in.

Seeing the other party walk into a unit door, and then watching the voice-controlled lights in the corridor light up one by one, until the light in the right room on the fifth floor finally came on, Liao Fan turned around and left the community.

Now that we have determined the other party's address, the next step is to find a way to get in.

However, Liao Fan did not intend to let the other party find out that he was being investigated, so he did not follow immediately, but chose to go home and prepare first.

In order to understand the other party's life patterns, Liao Fan followed him for 7 days.

During this period, in addition to confirming the woman's identity, place of work, and daily living habits, Liao Fan also discovered some suspicious points.

For example, this woman named Xu Qi, although her family conditions in her hometown are very difficult, her own living conditions are very good.

Although he still lives in an old and dilapidated rental house, every piece of clothing he wears is a brand name.

Not only that, Liao Fan also found that Xu Qi had no habit of using mobile payment and bank cards, and he often saw a large amount of cash in her wallet.

This further proves that there is something abnormal about the other party.

And on the seventh day of Liao Fan's tracking, he finally found an opportunity.

It turned out that Xu Qi first received a phone call that day, and then stopped a taxi with a panicked look and got in.

However, Liao Fan, who was driving behind him, found that the other party did not go to the antique street to work as usual, but drove directly into a luxurious villa area.

It’s just that because this villa area is so luxurious, the supporting security facilities are also extremely complete.

Therefore, Liao Fan did not dare to follow him openly, but instead took the opportunity to turn around and return to the other party's home.

A few days ago, Liao Fan took the opportunity to get a photo of the other party's house key, and found a locksmith on the black market to make a set of her house key.

The reason why he decided to go in only today was because Xu Qi always took the opportunity to go home from time to time.

Seeing the other party's panicked expression today and the villa area he entered, Liao Fan was sure that the other party would not be able to find time to go home in a short time.

After parking the car far away, Liao Fan went straight to the old apartment building where Xu Qi lived.

However, before going upstairs, Liao Fan first put on a pair of medical surgical gloves, put on a sanitary hood on his head, and then put on a hat on the outside.

When he reached the corner of the stairs on the 4th floor, he put on 4 layers of shoe covers on his shoes.

After getting dressed, Liao Fan first walked to Xu Qi's door, then took out the key he had prepared in advance and opened the door easily. However, just as he was about to push the door in, the sound of the door opening was heard from the opposite door.