When A Snail Falls In Love

Chapter 41.1

The task force tracked for two days.

On the afternoon of the third day, they arrived at Mai Zha City. According to their previous clues, this was a place Brother Lu’s gang frequented. Thus, the task force was able to better determine this rascal’s identity.

Mai Zha City was one of the most prosperous cities in Northern Myanmar but it looked like a city that was not so different to any of China’s urban-rural areas.There was a huge construction of new buildings, adjacent to the woods and farmland; and there were even some Mercedes Benz and agricultural tractors on the road.

In the center of the city, a few roads were lined with crowded casinos and nightclubs; with neon lights flashing during the day,extremely loud and noisy music blasting, and the streets filled with many types of pedestrians. A group of people drove a van into an inconspicuous, small building behind a casino.

The task force did not immediately go into arrest him, but they did as Xu Xu said, and prepared to let a longer line out to catch a bigger fish. Deputy Sun Po had arranged for two police officers to stay near the casino to watch it, while the others went to first find a place to settle down.

The locals helped the crooks mix in with the honest folk. To prevent suspicions, Sun Po got Tizsa to go and find a remote hotel. The place that was found was a farmhouse hotel, a small, three-story wooden building, simple and quiet, with a large paddy field as its entrance, but it was close enough to the roads.

Sun Po called for a short meeting to discuss the arrangements for the work ahead and to divide the team for later tasks. Then, he simply waved his hand: These last few days has been tiring, get some sleep everyone. We’ll go into position tomorrow morning.”

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After Ji Bai returned to his room, he bathed, and fell straight to sleep. When he woke up again, the sun had set already. He sent a short text to Xu Xu: “Have you eaten?”

The reply came quickly: “I just got to the restaurant.”

Ji Bai smiled, replying: “Wait for me, I’ll come immediately.”

The restaurant was on the first floor, with some tables placed outside in the open. Ji Bai came down the stairs and saw Xu Xu with her back to him, sitting at a white plastic table not too far away. The corners of his mouth began to rise slightly. Right when he wanted to walk over, Chen Ya Lin and another police officer called to him from the table beside him: “Ji Bai, sit here.” Before he could give an excuse, he was pulled to sit down.

Xu Xu had obediently listened to him and picked an empty table that was not used by others. When she heard the movements, she glanced back, continuing to lower her head and eat.

Tizsa had bought out the whole hotel, and a dozen soldiers were currently holding their plates and sitting or squatting in the corridor outside to eat. A few of the others had access to a stove, and were cooking their own food to eat.

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Xu Xu had just eaten a few bites, when she felt someone standing in front of her. Lifting her head, she saw it was a dark skinned young soldier, who had placed a piece of meaty, yellowed, grilled fish on her plate.

Xu Xu: “Uh…… no need, thank you.”

But the soldier could not understand, he smiled at her, and left. After walking a few steps, he made a victorious gesture towards a group of soldiers at the porch. All the soldiers booed and watching on, seeing Xu Xu laugh.

If an average girl encountered these circumstances, she might have been shy and embarrassed, but Xu Xu generally did not have such emotional ups and downs (mood swings). She lifted her eyes to stare at them, being silent or a moment, and put down her chopsticks. Her two hands closed in a praying gesture and politely nodded her head, smiling and expressing her gratefulness.