Was the phrase they meant to say actually “Making a feint in the east and attacking in the west”?
The police had mobilized so many forces – what if they were deployed in the wrong direction? What if the actual transaction location wasn’t in northwestern Guizhou at all but in the southeast? By the time they “swiftly concluded” their deal, the police would be completely out of reach.
Thinking this way, everything made sense. Why would Luo Yu risk keeping her, a police officer, by his side? He acted deeply affectionate, his true intentions inscrutable. In reality, he was using her, setting up this scheme to fool the police. When had she ever witnessed his true conspiracies and decision-making with his companions?
That explained his anger tonight – her sudden intrusion into their headquarters could have ruined everything if she had glimpsed anything suspicious. He never expected the wild card of Xiao Yan and Yin Feng’s intervention.
If this hypothesis was correct, Sister Yun’s side had also been deceived by the Yunnan group. They must have secretly sent people to conspire with Luo Yu about this. Using the situation to their advantage, they were using Sister Yun to further deceive the police.
But why would Luo Yu still invite her to go on the “business trip”? While the opportunity was too tempting for a police officer to resist, it seemed too brazen on his part.
A chill suddenly ran through You Mingxu’s heart.
If the criminals were making a feint in the east to attack in the west, drawing all police forces westward while she alone followed them… Even if she noticed something amiss then, she would be helpless and completely under Luo Yu’s control. What couldn’t he do to her then? He could even make her “disappear” from the world without a trace.
This was Luo Yu’s true scheme. These past days, even while “living together,” Luo Yu hadn’t tried anything because he knew the police were watching. He was waiting for this one perfect opportunity to strike.
What would happen if the police followed the original plan?
They would find nothing, while Luo Yu’s group would escape with large quantities of drugs, forcefully opening up the central and northern China markets.
And she would likely fall into his hands.
Killing two birds with one stone.
Although You Mingxu had no concrete evidence – it was all speculation. But she had dealt with Luo Yu too many times; he was exceptionally cautious, shrewd, ruthless, and deep. The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became that this was his true purpose.
Even without evidence now, suspicion was better than total defeat later. She needed to be careful while staying at Luo Yu’s place. First thing tomorrow morning, she would report to Ding Xiongwei. If they planned to attack from an unexpected direction, there would be signs. With preparation, the police force wouldn’t be caught off guard.
Having made up her mind, she took out her phone, wanting to ask Yin Feng’s thoughts.
She saw his text from a few minutes ago:
“Uncultured ‘sun in the east, rain in the west’ = feint in the east, attack in the west? Not western Guizhou, but southeastern?”
You Mingxu read it twice and replied: “Same thoughts. Discuss at tomorrow morning’s meeting.”
Yin Feng sent a red lips emoji in response.
You Mingxu smiled helplessly, then paused, scrolling back through their chat history several months ago. Back then, Yin Feng used even more emojis: red lips, kisses, hugs, wiggles… She knew he had downloaded many emoticons and sent them randomly. But during their brief time together, he sent the red lips emoji most frequently. He’d send it in the morning upon waking, at lunch, in the afternoon, and a string of them before bed.
His preferences hadn’t changed.
Or perhaps as Yin Feng grew closer to her, he was increasingly revealing the deeply hidden aspects of his heart.
Thinking this, warmth spread through her chest.
Composing herself, she decided to alert Jing Ping first. Somehow, she felt Jing Ping had also sensed something – during yesterday’s meeting, he had mentioned having a theory but needed to investigate it with Xu Mengshan.
You Mingxu had daily contact with Luo Yu, observing his words and actions, plus tonight’s reconnaissance results, to reach the “feint east, attack west” conclusion. Jing Ping had been keeping watch from the outside – what had he noticed? If he could spot the enemy’s diversionary tactics in advance, You Mingxu would have to bow deeply in admiration.
But somehow You Mingxu felt Jing Ping had truly figured it out already. He was extraordinary – last time he knew an explosion was coming without any warning signs. He’d walked right into the drug dealer’s house and found the hidden drugs like he owned the place. One glance and he could spot which person in a sea of people was a drug mule.
She sent him a text first: “Are you there?”
No response.
She decided to call him. There were no security concerns – if he couldn’t take calls, he would have set up his phone accordingly.
Sure enough, the call wouldn’t go through. Out of service.
She tried Xu Mengshan too, with the same result.
She put down her phone, hugging her knees in thought – where had those two gone?