Sha Dun raised both hands. “I surrender, I confess! You are police, you cannot lay hands on a criminal who has already surrendered!”
Lin Wan remained impassive.
Lu Zheng let out a scoff. “You may have got one thing wrong.”
“Wh… what?”
“She is police, but I am not. And we are already in international waters.”
“I have money! How much do you want?” Sha Dun said immediately. “Thirty million Myanmar kyats, I can transfer it to your specified account right now. Once I return to Myanmar, I will send another seventy million! You are so strong, I dare not refuse.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, so rich!” Lu Zheng could not help laughing. “But unfortunately, I do not lack money.”
“Then what do you…”
Sha Dun was about to say more when Lin Wan had already grabbed his collar.
Sha Dun’s pupils contracted sharply. “No, do not, wait a moment, let us talk again… Ah!!!”
An arc traced through the air as Sha Dun plunged headfirst into the sea.
The sharks, having just feasted, did not stir, but another group attracted by the commotion was not so polite. They swarmed forward.
“Ah!!!”
The screams lasted only half a minute before fading away.
Silence fell on the yacht.
Lu Zheng turned to look at Lin Wan. “So violent…”
Lin Wan glanced at Lu Zheng, then blinked innocently. “What else?”
“I thought you might interrogate him a bit.”
“But if there is an interrogation, we should leave Sha Dun alive.” Lin Wan said helplessly. “Yet you used telekinesis, how could we leave him alive?”
Lu Zheng smiled and pulled Lin Wan into his arms. “Then consider it vengeance for those police officers who fell on the border.”
Lin Wan nodded, her voice laced with killing intent. “I will uproot them sooner or later.”
When a person with a sense of responsibility gains the corresponding power, they naturally acquire the corresponding goals.
“Calm down! You are a police officer.” Lu Zheng soothed the somewhat agitated Lin Wan and traced an arc in the air.
“I am a Chinese police officer.” Lin Wan hooked her arm through Lu Zheng’s. “But the Golden Triangle is not within national borders. Once I return, I will probe for information and see if I can locate Sha Dun’s armed base in the northern Myanmar jungle.”
“Very well.” Lu Zheng had no objection.
The two embraced, standing on the deck and enjoying the sea breeze for a while.
The blood in the water gradually diluted. After waiting a long time with no further food, the sharks circling the yacht dispersed.
“Shall we head back?” Lin Wan asked.
“Yes, let us head back.” Lu Zheng nodded.
“…”
“I do not know how to drive a yacht.” Lu Zheng looked at Lin Wan.
“As if I do.” Lin Wan said helplessly. “And there is another issue. How should we explain when we return the yacht?”
“We cannot just abandon it in international waters, the yacht company would suffer a huge loss.” Lu Zheng said with some concern.
“I will teach you a lesson. The yacht must have a tracking device from the rental company.” Lin Wan said with a pursed smile.
“So…” Lu Zheng blinked. “We anchor here?”
“Or perhaps sail back a little further.” Lin Wan suggested.
Lu Zheng nodded, then headed to the wheelhouse. “I will give it a try. In principle, it should be similar to driving a car.”
…
After some experimentation, Lu Zheng declared that the thing was actually very simple.
The two then steered the yacht back to a spot not far from the coast, dropped anchor, and cleared all traces from the vessel before walking on water to return.
“Hello?”
Lin Wan answered the phone again.
“What? I do not know, I just got back from the outlet mall.”
“The mission is not already complete? Did the Myanmar branch not report back?”
“There is a report? But then Pu Zaw vanished?”
“The operation on Sha Dun’s side has also halted abruptly? The intelligence leaked?”
“Heh… is that not obvious?”
“Now both Sha Dun and Pu Zaw have vanished together?”
“Understood.”
Lin Wan hung up and shrugged at Lu Zheng. “Pu Zaw contacted the Myanmar branch immediately upon returning, but then vanished again. The operation on Sha Dun’s side stopped as well. Headquarters suspects a mole in the Myanmar branch. We do not need to do anything here.”
Lu Zheng blinked. “It seems the last Japanese case also involved a mole. How is Interpol like a sieve?”
Lin Wan: “…”
Then Lu Zheng added another jab. “It seems the last Japanese case was left unresolved, so the mole was never caught. This Myanmar case will likely be the same.”
“Sigh…”
“What sigh!” Lin Wan smacked Lu Zheng. “If not for you, how could…”
Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow and asked, “How could what?”
After a pause, Lin Wan sighed. “If not for you, forget the mole, whether the case could even be solved would be in question.”
“Once a case crosses borders, it is almost always a major one.” Lin Wan said. “The networks of relationships and interests are intricate, easily implicating various Interpol branches, since Interpol is composed of police from each country.”
“Of course, most situations are normal. It is just these two cases that you happened to encounter.” Lin Wan said in exasperation. “I do not know what kind of luck you have.”
“Of course it is your good luck. Otherwise, you could not handle either case.”
“I had already solved several brilliant cases before.” Lin Wan argued.
“Does that not prove your good luck even more? The only two you could not handle are the ones you met me on.”
Lin Wan: ⊙_⊙
You make so much sense, I cannot refute it.
“Come on! We have been busy all day, let us go back to the hotel, change clothes, and then have a seafood feast.” Lu Zheng pulled Lin Wan back to the hotel. “By the way, Sha Dun was so rude, going out to sea without providing a meal. No manners at all.”
…
No need to mention how Interpol investigates the missing Pu Zaw and Sha Dun’s group, or when the yacht company will retrieve their vessel.
None of that concerned Lu Zheng and Lin Wan.
They had now changed into clean clothes and were strolling through the seaside night market.
“One grouper!”
“One large lobster!”
“Four portions of sea urchin steamed egg!”
“One plate of spicy stir-fried crab!”
“Another plate of squid, one of razor clams, one of black snails!”
“Four portions of abalone!”
“Ten oysters for me!”
“Two vegetable dishes, whatever!”
“Five bottles of iced beer first, more if needed!”
“Right away! Sir and madam, please sit first, have some appetisers. It will be ready soon!” The proprietress happily served them appetisers and tea, then hurried back to the kitchen to help.
Lin Wan could not help saying, “So much food, can we finish it?”
Lu Zheng pondered for a moment, then raised an eyebrow. “If not, we can exercise all night!”
“Pah, rogue!”
