In the few days after returning to the city, everyone's focus was on the first Jiangnan Food Festival.
On the first day of the food festival, many local leaders participated in the event and gave speeches on stage, which naturally attracted many media reporters to report on it.
In addition, many food experts also gathered in the food festival exhibition area of the sports center and used their traffic to cheer for the first Jiangnan Food Festival.
At the same time, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha were staying in the dispatch room of the Sports Center Police Station, closely monitoring all the happenings around them.
Due to the increased security pressure at the food festival, many new surveillance cameras have been added here to ensure the maintenance of order.
At 9:40 a.m., the scene finally came to an end with the leader’s speech.
Then there were some supporting performances. Of course, everyone was not too interested in this kind of unoriginal program that was performed on major stages every time.
At food festivals, everyone’s focus is naturally on food.
All tourists who come to the food festival want to taste some special food.
Due to the vast territory of Jiangnan City, the locals themselves do not know much about the delicacies of many areas.
The Jiangnan Food Association has also done a lot of research work in order to coordinate the entire food category in Jiangnan City.
Therefore, in order to promote this Jiangnan Food Festival, there are display posters and introductions of Jiangnan Food Categories in many corners of the exhibition.
To a certain extent, this has given publicity to Jiangnan City’s food.
At the same time, Gu Chen has been monitoring the dispatch room, closely monitoring Xu Peiwen's every move.
It can be said that after returning to his food truck from Wang Xiaomei's house, Xu Peiwen did not contact anyone again.
It has been calm these days.
Yuan Shasha, who had been in charge of monitoring, even felt that this guy was using some new way to communicate with the outside world.
"Senior Brother Gu." Yuan Shasha took off her headset and said with some annoyance: "Xu Peiwen's behavior is normal these days. Do you think the man named Huang Zhigang will show up?"
"It should be possible." Gu Chen walked up to Yuan Shasha and said a few words of comfort, and then said:
"Judging from our monitoring of Xu Peiwen and Wang Xiaomei these days, it is very likely that the owner of this box will appear at the food festival and get in touch with Xu Peiwen."
"And Xu Peiwen will also return the box to his brother."
"It is conceivable that if that person is really Huang Zhigang, then we can capture them all right here."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Officer Wang beside him couldn't help but added:
"This Huang Zhigang may be more cunning than Xu Peiwen. Otherwise, why hasn't he been caught for so many years? Isn't he just cunning?"
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "Xu Peiwen's anti-reconnaissance capabilities are already strong enough. If Huang Zhigang appears again, I really don't know how cunning this guy can be."
"Anyway, don't be careless. I always feel that the opportunity for these two people to meet is very delicate, and any disturbance cannot be missed."
"Especially, this mission is assigned by the provincial department. It depends on the performance of our Jiangnan City Police Force. If we mess up, we will become the laughing stock of our peers."
"Don't worry, Lao Wang, you don't have to worry about this. When have you ever seen us mess up?"
"We are all experienced in dealing with this kind of guy." Lu Weiwei couldn't help but joked.
Officer Wang glanced at her, flicked his fingers, and said angrily: "You, Lu Weiwei, are unreliable. Xiao Yuan has been monitoring her for a long time. It's very hard. You should quickly change classes with me."
"Okay." Without waiting for Officer Wang to say anything else, Lu Weiwei also took the initiative to come to Yuan Shasha and said:
"Xiao Yuan, you go and take a rest first, and leave it to me."
"Okay." Yuan Shasha took off the headset and handed it to Lu Weiwei. Then she stretched her waist to relax her muscles and bones.
Because everyone installed monitoring terminals inside Xu Peiwen’s exhibition hall in advance.
Therefore, Gu Chen can grasp in detail any movement from Xu Peiwen's food booth.
Coupled with several new camera devices temporarily installed previously, various locations of Xu Peiwen's food booth can be captured from different angles.
Therefore, this can be regarded as three-dimensional surveillance. Everyone can sit in the control room and know everything about Xu Peiwen's food booth.
Just when Officer Wang picked up the thermos cup and was about to take a sip of water, Lu Weiwei suddenly reminded him: "There is a call coming in."
When Gu Chen heard this, he immediately looked up at the monitoring screen.
At this moment, Xu Peiwen, who was doing business, did take out his mobile phone and answer the call.
The entire queue of customers was waiting impatiently.
"What did you say?" Gu Chen turned to ask Lu Weiwei.
Lu Weiwei listened quietly for a few seconds, and then said: "It seemed that people had arrived, and then Xu Peiwen said his booth number, and then...then the phone was disconnected."
Lu Weiwei finished speaking and turned to look at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen also took the opportunity to look at the monitoring screen, and saw Xu Peiwen looking around for a few times before returning to business mode.
And because Xu Peiwen’s boiled delicacies do have their own unique recipes in terms of seasonings, they can also firmly lock the taste buds of customers.
As he boasted, business was booming and there was a queue.
Gu Chen's eyes were also fixed on the screen, not missing any sign of trouble, especially those customers queuing up.
Gu Chen paid special attention to those people who were similar in age to Huang Zhigang, but among the customers waiting in line, no suitable candidate appeared.
"Where will it be?" Gu Chen couldn't help but ask himself.
Officer Wang came to Gu Chen's side and reminded him, "Maybe people haven't arrived at the food exhibition area yet, please wait."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A moment later, Gu Chen saw Xu Peiwen on the surveillance screen. Suddenly, after delivering the cooked boiled water, he clearly had a relationship with the customer in front of him.
An act of communication.
Gu Chen even noticed that Xu Peiwen's eyes were constantly looking around at the moment.
Although he didn't do it too deliberately, he still couldn't escape Gu Chen's eyes.
"It's him, the customer in front of him." Gu Chen reminded.
Officer Wang was stunned, and quickly stepped forward to observe carefully. Then he looked at Gu Chen beside him and asked hurriedly:
"Gu Chen, this is a young man, not Huang Zhigang."
"But he didn't say that the person who came here to meet him was Huang Zhigang himself, or he might be someone sent here by Huang Zhigang," Gu Chen said.
Officer Wang thought for a moment and felt that what Gu Chen said made sense, so he nodded in agreement:
"That may be the case. If so, then this Xu Peiwen will definitely meet this customer again."
Seeing that the customer turned around and left immediately after paying for the meal, Officer Wang quickly took out his cell phone and dialed Ding Liang, who was conducting plainclothes investigation nearby.
Not long after, the call was connected, and Officer Wang got straight to the point: "Ding Liang, have you seen the man in the blue floral shirt? A young man in his early 20s, still holding the boiled rice he just bought from Xu Peiwen.
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"I saw it." Ding Liang on the phone quickly responded: "Are you going to keep an eye on that person?"
"That's right, keep an eye on him for me, but don't lose him. Also, don't alert him. You just need to keep an eye on him. The rest will be arranged by us."
"Understood." Ding Liang on the phone also immediately started tracking after receiving Officer Wang's prompt.
Since Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong were both on duty in plain clothes, they were not particularly conspicuous among these huge crowds of people.
Moreover, the two of them were walking separately. In order to conceal their identities, both of them were carrying some bought delicacies in their hands.
The two men followed the man in the blue shirt from different directions, looking very casual, like tourists who came to go shopping. Even Gu Chen couldn't help but sigh, the disguise tracking skills of these two people had really improved a lot.
In the surveillance footage, the man in the blue shirt was seen leaving the food booth area and walking towards where Xu Peiwen parked his car.
When the man saw the food truck parked near the public toilet, he did not continue walking past it. Instead, he chose to come to a stone bench and sit down leisurely.
Then, he took out the boiled water he just bought and enjoyed it quietly by himself.
"Is this guy still eating it?" I saw the man in the blue shirt on the screen, so leisurely and comfortable.
Yuan Shasha glanced at Gu Chen and asked hurriedly: "Brother Gu, do you think the person on the street with Xu Peiwen is this person?"
"It should be." Gu Chen crossed his arms and was thinking seriously at this moment:
"I have been secretly observing this person since he entered the food exhibition area."
"It can be said that this guy is looking around and is very vigilant. He has completely different mental states from the casual customers around him."
While speaking, Gu Chen directly projected the previous surveillance video on the main screen.
Soon, the man in the blue shirt showed some sneaky details of his expression on the big screen in the dispatch room.
When Officer Wang saw this, he nodded in admiration and said, "It seems you are right. There is indeed something wrong with this guy."
"At the very least, it seems different from the customers around me."
"Then keep an eye on that guy, don't let that guy get away." Although Lu Weiwei was on monitoring duty, she still had to say a few more words.
Soon, the time came to 1:20 noon.
As many customers have already feasted at the food stalls, many others choose to go home at noon.
Therefore, the flow of people at noon was obviously much less than before.
During this process, Gu Chen and others were also enjoying the lunch brought to them by colleagues from the Sports Center Police Station.
But the man in the blue shirt was still lying on the stone chair, seemingly still waiting silently.
If he was a little unsure before, now Gu Chen can believe that this is the person he is looking for.
Although he is not Huang Zhigang, Gu Chen believes that he and Huang Zhigang should be inextricably linked.
"This Xu Peiwen, why haven't you gone to find him yet? People have been waiting for him on the stone chair for a long time." said Officer Wang, who had just finished eating his lunch.
Gu Chen took a deep breath and continued to say calmly: "Wait a minute, at least, this man in the blue shirt should be more anxious than us now."
"Yeah." Yuan Shasha also nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "I can see that he should be an errand boy. Maybe Huang Zhigang is the boss behind him, eh?"
Just as Yuan Shasha was speaking, she suddenly discovered that Xu Peiwen, who had been doing sporadic business before, after finishing the business of the last customer, actually started to put the tableware aside and walked out of the booth on his own initiative.
Xu Peiwen first said a few words to the fat middle-aged woman selling stinky tofu next door, as if to ask him to help take care of the stall.
Then he left the exhibition area and walked slowly towards the direction where he parked his car.
"Look, Xu Peiwen has left. He should be meeting the man in the blue shirt now." Officer Wang pointed at the screen and said.
At this moment, Gu Chen still had his arms folded across his chest, with no expression on his face.
Everyone just looked at the screen and kept switching to the next shot, and the next shot.
Not long after, Xu Peiwen had arrived in front of the man in the blue shirt.
The man in the blue shirt seemed to have fallen asleep on the stone chair.
Xu Peiwen pushed it directly with his hand and seemed to scream a few times.
Everyone on the screen realized that the man in the blue shirt immediately sat up straight.
Xu Peiwen, on the other hand, just moved it with his leg, signaling the man in the blue shirt to move aside.
The two of them sat side by side on the stone chairs and communicated with each other.
Because the distance was too far, no one could hear what the two exchanged.
But it can be seen from the picture that the man in the blue shirt seems to still maintain a certain degree of humility towards Xu Peiwen, and seems to be somewhat polite.
Lu Weiwei looked at everything on the screen and said angrily: "What on earth are these two people talking about?"
"What else can I say? It must be about handing over the box. Isn't it just for the box that the man in the blue shirt came here today?"
"And Xu Peiwen's food festival business is actually a cover-up. The purpose is to wait here for Huang Zhigang to appear, or in other words, to wait for someone who can represent Huang Zhigang to appear."
Pointing to the big screen in front of him, Officer Wang added: "Now, his wish has come true. This man in the blue shirt should be the person he is looking for."
"I think that next, the two of them will discuss the time and place of the handover, which should be sometime in the afternoon. After all, Xu Peiwen will continue to do business."
"Because in this way, it is less likely to be suspected."
After finishing his words, Officer Wang glanced at Gu Chen beside him and asked hurriedly: "Gu Chen, what do you think?"
"I agree with you." Gu Chen just nodded slightly, still staring at the screen, and said: "I guess that the man in the blue shirt may not be able to easily get the box, and Xu Peiwen should set up many obstacles for him.
