Mingzhu City's Southern Suburb was desolate, an undeveloped area dominated by graveyards filled with overgrown weeds. Just south of this location was the boundary between Mingzhu City and Huangjiang City.
At this moment, under the deep of the night, a minivan was slowly driving along the desolate path.
One hundred meters behind the minivan, a taxi had turned off its headlights and was slowly following.
In the taxi, Ye Feng quietly sat in the passenger seat, while a square-faced young man was driving next to him.
"Big brother, why are you following this van? Coming here in the middle of the night, surrounded by graves, it's awfully creepy!"
The square-faced young man glanced at Ye Feng and cautiously asked as he drove.
Upon hearing this, a playful smile appeared on Ye Feng's face, "Knowing it's scary, why didn't you drop me off and still brought me here?"
Uh...
The young man's face stiffened, and then he chuckled awkwardly and said,
"Aren't taxis not allowed to refuse fares now? Besides, seeing you out here in the middle of the night, I figured you had an urgent matter, didn't I? I didn't want to delay you."
Hearing the young man's words, the playful look on Ye Feng's face became even more intense as he stared at him and said directly,
"Aren't you afraid I'm a robber? Coming to such a desolate place so late, ordinary taxi drivers wouldn't have the courage to come!"
Ye Feng's words made the young man's complexion even more unnatural, and he chuckled awkwardly,
"Big brother, let's not joke around! I'm just a poor driver, working to death all day for just a few hundred bucks; what use would robbing me be to you?"
Seeing this, a mischievous smile merely played at the corners of Ye Feng's mouth, and he did not speak further.
The young man, seeing Ye Feng's smile, couldn't help but swallow hard, a trace of contemplation in his eyes.
"Could this guy have figured it out? But, how could that be possible!"
The young man felt rather unsure and then shook his head, choosing not to think further and continued following the van ahead.
The minivan moved farther and farther, driving past the graveyard to a desolate grove of small trees. Upon reaching this spot, the minivan finally slowed down.
"Where is this?" Ye Feng looked at the minivan entering the grove of trees and asked the young man beside him.
"Yellow Stone Cliff in Mingzhu City. Through this grove of trees and further south, you reach Huangjiang City's territory! However, there's a highway from Mingzhu City to Huangjiang City now, and no one takes this road anymore!"
The young man was obviously a local from Mingzhu City, as he explained to Ye Feng at this moment.
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Ye Feng suddenly stomped on the young man's foot, hitting the brakes, and the taxi screeched to a halt.
"What are you doing!!!"
The young man was shocked and in extreme pain, and his face turned ugly as he looked at Ye Feng and shouted angrily.
Yet Ye Feng took no notice of him and directly opened the door and got out.
"Hm?"
The young man frowned; he saw Ye Feng heading towards a large tree by the side of the small road. After a moment of surprise, the young man quickly got out of the car as well.
But as he approached, he saw a small plastic box nailed to the large tree, and his complexion instantly changed.
"What is this?"
The young man turned to look at Ye Feng, the shock on his face fading, replaced by deep confusion.
"You don't know?" Ye Feng asked the young man with a teasing look.
"I don't know. It's my first time seeing such a thing. Why is it nailed to the tree? What's it for?"
Seeing the smile on Ye Feng's face, the young man felt even more uneasy, yet still wore a puzzled expression on his face.
"If you don't know, forget it!"
Ye Feng couldn't be bothered to argue further. He approached and punched the box hard. It instantly shattered into a pile of fragments and fell to the ground.
Witnessing this scene, the young man's eyelids twitched, prompting him to take a serious look at Ye Feng.
"Let's go," Ye Feng smiled at the young man and then led the way to the taxi.
Watching Ye Feng's retreating figure, the young man's eyebrows gradually furrowed, and after a moment of contemplation, he reached into his waist and took out an object before getting into the taxi.
However, as soon as the young man got into the car, he saw Ye Feng smiling at him, the playfulness and tease in his smile deepening his sinking feeling.
"What, trying to catch me?" Ye Feng asked meaningfully after glancing at the object in the young man's hand and then smiled as he spoke.
"How did you figure that out?"
At that moment, the young man stopped pretending, looked at Ye Feng with disapproval in his eyes, and asked sternly.
Seeing that the young man finally admitted it, Ye Feng's smile grew even brighter:
"Your calluses are obvious, and your posture when sitting is too proper, which shows you are definitely not a taxi driver! There's a bulge at your waist, clearly hiding something! Moreover, you shouldn't have started driving me in pursuit of the van to such a desolate place without asking detailed questions first! Especially since, during this process, you also turned off the car lights yourself!"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, the young man's complexion changed, became gloomy, and unattractive. His palm now pointed a dark muzzle straight at Ye Feng and he shouted loudly:
"Get out! Hands up! Hands on your head!!!"
The young man's expression was fierce, seemingly ready to shoot at any moment.
But Ye Feng remained unbothered, instead still smiling at him and said:
"One, you didn't see me commit any crime! Two, the van in front has already gone far! Three, your gun is really useless against me! Four, you're just wasting time!"
Ye Feng's words further fueled the young man's rage, marking the first time in many years that he had encountered such a bizarre and troublesome person.
However, he knew Ye Feng was right. Continuing to argue would spoil tonight's mission.
Reluctantly, the young man withdrew his gun and climbed back into the driver's seat and started the car:
"You'd better behave yourself! No matter what your purpose is, if you hinder my work, I will arrest you for obstructing official duties!"
The young man felt as if he was being led by the nose by this man all along and decided to take the initiative back into his own hands.
However, Ye Feng's demeanor remained calm as ever, completely ignoring him.
The taxi started moving again and continued forward, and after traveling another two or three miles, they saw a large courtyard appearing ahead.
The walls of the courtyard were three meters high, topped with barbed wire, and several surveillance cameras were placed outside the yard. The van had stopped in front of the courtyard.
Ye Feng and the young man parked the taxi a hundred meters away. They could hear fierce and loud barking from dogs and crying from children inside the courtyard.
Hearing these sounds, and observing the scene in front of him, the young man took out a mini camera from his chest and recorded everything.
Ye Feng, taking no interest in what the young man was doing, opened the car door and straightforwardly walked away.
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