Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 32: Who is the Traitor (Part 2)

  Ling Tianxiang did not leave Wucheng, at sunrise, he was sitting in the observation cafe on the top floor of the Holiday Inn Hotel, by the window, facing a table towards People's Park, holding a standard military monocular telescope, which is also one of the most commonly used equipment for special forces snipers.

  "Sir, your coffee is here. Do you need anything else?"

  "It's okay, I'll call you if I need anything." Ling Tianxiang nodded politely to the waitress and then raised his monocular telescope again.

  His actions didn't attract any attention because most tourists were using binoculars to view the scenery of Wucheng. Moreover, what he was wearing was no longer a military uniform, but a jacket he had stolen from a small store. To others, he looked like a tourist visiting Wucheng from elsewhere, and in the Holiday Hotel, such "tourists" were not uncommon.

  Ling Tianxiang didn't look at the scenery of Wucheng, but instead kept staring at the fourth open-air long bench next to the Peace Canal on the east side of People's Park. The "bait" was tucked under that long bench.

  Mai Yiti wasn't a hard nut to crack, and after Ling Tianxiang's threats, he spilled the beans on everything. The most important thing was that the final payment for the traitor would be delivered this afternoon. As previously guessed, Mai Yiti didn't have direct contact with the "traitor". Each time, he would first put the money in a safe at a shopping mall or train station, and then leave the key in a pre-arranged location. After Mai Yiti left, the "traitor" would appear to pick up the key. Ling Tianxiang arrived half an hour early and placed the envelope with the key in the agreed-upon location, then went to the top floor of the Holiday Inn hotel to monitor the situation with binoculars.

  The elderly people who came to the park for exercise in the early morning are leaving one after another, and the vehicles on the streets outside are also increasing. The city is waking up. Ling Tianxiang has been paying attention to that chair all along. It's been almost an hour, but still no one has approached that long bench.

  Could the traitor be lurking nearby, watching the situation, or had he already discovered something was amiss? Ling Tianxiang immediately dismissed this idea. He had slipped into the park before dawn and stuffed the envelope under a long bench. If the traitor wanted to avoid drawing attention to himself, he wouldn't have entered the park before dawn, so it was impossible for him to discover anything unusual.

  Time passed minute by minute, and the flow of people in the park gradually increased. Today happened to be a weekend, and many residents came to the park. Ling Tianxiang glanced at his watch, it was almost eight o'clock. Just as he felt a slight headache, a teenager around ten years old walked over and sat down on the long bench. Ling Tianxiang's heart skipped a beat, could the traitor be a teenager? He immediately picked up his binoculars. It was indeed a teenager, and looked to be under sixteen years old. Could a teenager be a traitor and obtain accurate information? Just as Ling Tianxiang was filled with doubts, the teenager had already taken out the envelope stuck under the long bench and quickly ran off.

  It definitely won't be that simple! Ling Tianxiang's gaze followed the young man to the east gate of the park, and when he saw the young man running towards a young man standing by the door, he finally understood that the traitor was also worried about being monitored, so he found an innocent young man to help him retrieve the envelope.

  That man was carefully watching the crowd around him, and when the young man ran to his side, he took out a bill from his pocket, exchanged an envelope with the young man, and then quickly looked around again. Ling Tianxiang quickly adjusted the magnification of the telescope, and when that man raised his head to look towards the Holiday Hotel, Ling Tianxiang was immediately shocked and opened his mouth wide. Although that man wore a very large pair of sunglasses, but the mole at the corner of his mouth made Lin Tianxiang recognize him at a glance, it was the young man on Luo's family photo! His appearance had changed a bit, but there was no doubt that he was Luo's son, only not a teenager anymore, but a young man approaching thirty years old!

  Damn it! Ling Tianxiang cursed quietly, how could he not have thought of this? Regardless of whether or not Director Luo had instructed his son to do so, it was clear that Director Luo was now implicated. As Ling Tianxiang thought about this, he took out a device that looked like a mobile phone. He had already installed a miniature tracking device in the envelope, and the location information was displayed on the screen of the device in his hand. The target was moving southward. There was an underground parking garage in that direction. Ling Tianxiang quickly arrived at the floor below. When he took out the monitor again, the signal had stopped.

  No time to think more, Ling Tianxiang quickened his pace and rushed towards the garage, soon found the signal transmission point. What made him extremely disappointed was that the envelope had been discarded in a trash can. The tracker was inside, apparently, the traitor was still very careful and did not take the envelope with him when he left.

  Damn it! Ling Tianxiang looked around in all directions, but the trail had gone cold. What to do?

  When Ling Tianxiang arrived on the big street outside, he couldn't find any trace of that person. The streets were crowded with cars and people going to work, making it impossible to track down that person's whereabouts. What made Ling Tianxiang even more anxious was that he only knew the money had been placed in a safe deposit box at Donghuan Market, but now he couldn't make it there on time.

  What to do? Is the traitor going to get away with it? No, I must calm down first! Ling Tianxiang scolded himself as he gradually calmed down. The traitor shouldn't have discovered that his tracks had been exposed, so he wouldn't be in a hurry to leave Wucheng. And he wasn't from the intelligence department, which means he couldn't directly obtain information, so how did he get it?

  It suddenly dawned on Ling Tianxiang that perhaps Luo Zhuzhang was indeed innocent, and it was his son who had obtained the intelligence from him and then sold it to the American spy. If that were the case, then the traitor would still be coming back. Moreover, if Luo Zhuzhang had let his son sell the intelligence, then they must go back and continue the interrogation.

  Very soon, Ling Tianxiang made a decision. No matter what, he had to go and interrogate Luo Zuzhang again. Perhaps he still had many things that he hadn't confessed to. Even if he was innocent, it would be possible to use him to bring the traitor back. After thinking this through, Ling Tianxiang immediately returned to the Holiday Hotel. The current problem was how to approach Luo Zuzhang during the day without being discovered by those guards.