185: Target Weiye Building and Xiangcheng Club
With two people watching her, Meng Qiu didn't dare to make the slightest move. She wanted to scream but couldn't. Outside the door, Gu Qiang's bodyguards, dressed in black suits, were watching her expressionlessly. If she screamed, Gu Qiang had a hundred reasons to take her away directly.
She obediently packed her things, which wasn't much: just a few cheap cosmetics and a small cloth bag.
After packing, Meng Qiu stood up, holding the cloth bag in one hand and her phone in the other.
"Alright, girls, perform well in the future, and you'll also receive a big gift package." Gu Qiang encouraged the other girls, then left with Meng Qiu.
The moment he turned around, Meng Qiu quickly tucked her phone into her close-fitting clothes.
Under the envious and pitying gazes of some people, Meng Qiu followed him out of the dressing room.
There were still many people coming and going in the hallway. Her mind began to race, thinking about how to escape.
"You go to the parking lot first." Gu Qiang said coldly to the bodyguards. After coming out, he no longer needed to pretend to be a benevolent person.
"Yes, Boss." The black-suited bodyguards surrounded Meng Qiu, placing her in the center.
At this moment, Meng Qiu also panicked. Taking advantage of the bodyguards' inattention, she suddenly dashed outside.
However, she might have overestimated her athletic ability and underestimated the bodyguards' capabilities. After only one step, a bodyguard chopped her on the neck from behind.
Meng Qiu's body went limp, and she fainted directly to the ground.
Gu Qiang turned to look, his brows furrowing. This girl seemed to know something and even tried to escape.
He pulled out his phone and dialed, "Leader, the one you chose just tried to escape. She might know something. Should we switch to another one?"
"Heh heh, no need. This old man hasn't conquered a wild horse in a long time. Take her. Give her a little less medicine."
Gu Qiang hung up the phone, looked at Meng Qiu on the ground, and sneered, "You brought this upon yourself."
"Take her away. Give her a little less medicine. The leader is tired of eating dead fish and wants to tame a horse."
"Yes, Boss."
The black-suited subordinates quickly carried Meng Qiu and headed towards the underground garage.
Soon, a commercial van drove out from Qiang Teng Group. In the back seat of the car lay Meng Qiu.
Her bag had been thrown somewhere unknown... Ye Lin stood in front of the map for a while. It was all buildings, the whole city was full of buildings. Where was the countryside? He felt like his head was going to explode.
He casually opened his phone to check the time; it was already past 8 PM.
In the call log, the first line was still Meng Qiu's phone number.
Ye Lin casually dialed it. The call connected quickly, but no one answered.
After four or five rings, the call was directly hung up.
Damn it, she hung up on me again.
Ye Lin was a little annoyed. Was she going to keep doing this? What was wrong with this girl now?
In his previous life, Ye Lin had actually dated a few girlfriends, and some people played this trick. He was very annoyed by girls who deliberately played hard to get.
He didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing even with a system in this life.
"Am I spoiling you or what?" Ye Lin cursed and continued to dial.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is switched off." The familiar electronic voice came from the phone.
Switched off?
This?
Generally speaking, if a young girl had something going on or was throwing a tantrum, at most she wouldn't answer the phone. But to switch it off directly, wouldn't something be wrong?
Ye Lin began to worry a little.
He remembered Meng Qiu seemed to have said something to him in the morning.
What was it? A performance, it seemed to be a performance. Ye Lin was suddenly startled.
Damn it, something happened.
Ye Lin decisively dialed Gao Wen's number. He had noted it down when he went to Qiang Teng last time.
Upon receiving a positive reply and hearing that Meng Qiu had performed well tonight and gone to collect a big gift package, Ye Lin instantly understood.
Meng Qiu had been chosen.
A feeling of both worry and excitement surged up. Worry that Meng Qiu would be violated, and excitement that he finally had a chance to catch this black hand.
He rushed out and grabbed Yu Haifeng, "Team Leader Yu, find someone to track the location of this phone number."
Yu Haifeng was stunned for a moment, but seeing Ye Lin's anxious expression, he roughly understood and didn't ask further. He immediately had Qi Shan contact the telecommunications department to start tracking.
"Team Leader Yu, I suspect the young girl I contacted was chosen tonight. Wan Zhihao, Deputy Mayor is going to make a move on her tonight. We need to find her as soon as possible. If we can catch Wan Zhihao, Deputy Mayor on the spot, everything will be resolved." Ye Lin quickly reported a few sentences.
Yu Haifeng also became nervous upon hearing this and immediately gathered all personnel to stand by.
The entire team sat in the conference room, awaiting the next instruction.
Soon, Qi Shan had news: the phone was switched off, but the last location was still pinpointed: Weiye Building.
Ye Lin opened the map to look. Weiye Building was 15 kilometers from the Qiang Teng Group building, on the outer edge of the city's core area. The driving time was about right.
"Is this Weiye Building a property of Qiang Teng Group?" Ye Lin asked.
"Yes, it's a building under Qiang Teng Group, primarily used for office spaces." Qi Shan replied, having already looked up the information.
"Team Leader Yu, let's go check it out." Ye Lin said excitedly.
"Didn't you say it was in the countryside? This is an office building. Could she have just passed by this building? Look here, Xiangcheng Clubhouse is two kilometers away. Could she be at Xiangcheng Clubhouse?" Yu Haifeng still remembered that the previous clues clearly pointed to the countryside or a high-end clubhouse, and Xiangcheng Clubhouse happened to be nearby. He thought Xiangcheng Clubhouse was also a possibility.
Ye Lin pondered for a moment, "Then let's split up. I'll go to Weiye Building to check, and you go to Xiangcheng Clubhouse. Everyone keep in touch."
"Alright."
After confirming the target, Yu Haifeng gathered his personnel and set off, "Our goal this time is to find a girl named Meng Qiu. Here's her photo. To ensure her safety, everyone change into plain clothes. The target locations are Weiye Building and Xiangcheng Clubhouse. Let's go."
Yu Haifeng didn't mention Wan Zhihao, Deputy Mayor's matter. He couldn't guarantee that his subordinates wouldn't have other thoughts if they heard about investigating the Vice Mayor.
More than twenty minutes later, Ye Lin arrived in front of Weiye Building with Wang Longxin.
This was a thirty-plus story building, the tallest structure in the vicinity. If one were to go further into the city center, it would only be in the middle ranks.
"Brother, how do we investigate?" Wang Longxin asked.
It was already past 9 PM, and only a few floors of the building had lights on. Most companies had already closed for the day.
"Let's go in and take a look first." Ye Lin led Wang Longxin inside.
The security guard at the entrance glanced at them indifferently and continued playing on his phone. With so many people coming and going in this building, and a salary of only 3000 yuan, asking everyone would be too much trouble for that pay.