1009 Paying Special Attention
Now it would be Cai Songyin’s turn to cut all ties with Hong Kangquan.
Upon putting down the phone, Cai Songyin folded her arms and paced around in her study.
What exactly should she do?
Cai Songyin had heard a little about the dangers that Huo Shaoheng had met with in New York. She had initially thought that it was Huo Shaoheng not being careful enough, thus exposing his identity and allowing the American police to be able to capture him.
So, the problem did not lie with Huo Shaoheng, but with someone who was in cahoots with the Americans!
Cai Songyin realized that she had broken out in a cold sweat when she thought about it.
She really did not dare to imagine what would happen to her daughter if Huo Shaoheng had just died in America like that!
Did Hong Kangquan want her daughter to die along with Huo Shaoheng?!
How could he be so ruthless?!
To think, she had even treated him as a good person and a friend! How blind could she get?!
However, Tan Dongbang’s position as Prime Minister seemed to have no hope left. Although they were still putting in their final efforts, it seemed like the majority were too affected by that video about Tan Dongbang and Gu Yanran. It was already near impossible for them to be able to get elected.
Therefore, the most important thing right now would be to clear all obstacles for her daughter Tan Guiren.
No one must know about what had happened in New York.
No matter what Hong Kangquan was about to do, she had a hold over him. Therefore, Cai Songyin was confident that she would still be able to ‘cooperate’ many times with the director of the Secret Services.
…
Hong Kangquan returned to his office in the headquarters of the Secret Service and did his work as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. After he had signed a couple of documents, he asked for his most trusted subordinate to come into his office.
“This is the information on someone. Go and get him checked, and see whom he has been in close contact with recently. Also, check on his online activities, social media accounts, and whether he had close contact with anyone overseas.” Hong Kangquan placed the information on the online author in front of his most trusted subordinate and emphasized, “Do it quickly. Do not delay this.”
Hong Kangquan’s subordinate had done work like that many times before. Therefore, he accepted the document quickly and began his investigation.
Using the Secret Service’s internet system, they managed to find out everything that the online blogger had done for the past month, including the strange differences in his bank account.
Three hours later, his subordinate was already reporting his findings in Hong Kangquan’s office.
“Director Hong, this person leads a simple life. He is renting an apartment in Di Capital on his own and stays near the train station in Sihuan district. He does not usually go out and is what people call a nerd.” The subordinate chuckled. “However, we found out that a couple of days ago, there was something strange that happened with his bank account. He accepted money to create a post to tarnish someone’s reputation.”
According to what they had found out, he had tarnished the reputation of the Prime Minister.
However, Hong Kangquan knew that this online author had information not only about Prime Minister Tan; he had information about the Prime Minister’s daughter, Tan Guiren, as well. He could not be sure, but the information might be able to be linked to himself too.
Hong Kangquan was extremely worried.
He could not explain why, but he felt as though he was being targeted.
He was the expert in doing things like that actually, but even after exhausting his means, he could not manage to find out who was keeping an eye on him.
Perhaps he was merely overthinking it.
Hong Kangquan had been a careful person, and he had ensured that the person who had helped him was definitely not someone that they were able to find out about with current techniques.
His only mistake was that the person collaborated with America’s CIA instead of attacking Huo Shaoheng on his own.
Had they done it personally, Huo Shaoheng would have been dead a long time ago.
As long as Huo Shaoheng died, he would be able to take over the Special Forces naturally and then merge the Secret Service with the Special Forces.
He would be the most important person in the history of the Hua Xia Empire, just like the director of the FBI in America, J. Edgar Hoover. That was his life’s ambition.
Hoover had been the director of the FBI in America for forty-seven years. Under his leadership, the FBI was extremely powerful. Even the president had to respect Hoover.
Just a little bit more and he would be able to leave his name in history.
Hong Kangquan listened quietly to his subordinate’s report, but his thoughts drifted far away.
That was, until he heard his subordinate say: “This online author was worried that he would be sued by the Prime Minister’s wife, and was asking his lawyer about representing him in court.”
Hong Kangquan’s heart skipped a beat. “What is his financial status? Does he spend a lot?”
“He is rather frugal. However, it seemed like he had taken on a couple of loans from the internet, and he had used his identification documents as a guarantee.” His subordinate looked at his records again. “It was a total of five hundred thousand dollars. On top of the three hundred thousand dollars that had miraculously appeared in his bank account, he had eight hundred thousand dollars in total.”
Hong Kangquan smiled. “Is there anything else?”
“Oh yes, he had also been checking for flights recently, and the flights that he had checked on were all heading toward South East Asia.” Hong Kangquan’s subordinate concluded his report and handed all the documents to him.
Hong Kangquan took them and flipped through them, not forgetting to praise his subordinate. “You have done a good job.”
After his subordinate had left, Hong Kangquan left his office building and bought a pack of cigarettes in a shop outside. He took out a stick and began smoking on the road that had just sprouted new leaves as he called someone with his Bluetooth earpiece.
After the call, he glanced at his watch. It was already four o’clock in the afternoon, and time to get off of work and go home.
He returned to his office and packed his suitcase before returning home.
…
In the makeshift tent for the control room in the Senate’s building, Huo Shaoheng asked Yin Shixiong, “Is the document signed?”
Yin Shixiong shook his head. “Senior Speaker Long was still in a meeting. I have called them, and Special Assistant Yang said that Senior Speaker Long is still in the meeting room.”
Huo Shaoheng waved his hand. “Alright. Go and do your things.”
After Yin Shixiong had left, Huo Shaoheng sent out a couple of instructions and directed the members of the Special Forces to pay special attention to Hong Kangquan.
Yes, not to monitor, but merely to pay him special attention.
That way, they would be able to get away with processes in the future.
However, since he was unable to monitor Hong Kangquan just yet, what Huo Shaoheng and the guys could do was limited. They could only tail him in person, as they were unable to use technology.
The soldiers who were paying special attention to Hong Kangquan’s activities were to report his actions to Huo Shaoheng on a daily basis.
“He went to work in the morning, then headed off for breakfast with his wife. After he returned, he continued working and ended work at four o’clock to leave for home. – End of report, Sir.”
Huo Shaoheng noted that there was nothing out of the ordinary and replied, “Continue to pay attention to him.”
…
The soldiers from Special Forces changed shift at eight o’clock at night.
They sat in a black Jeep and were taking note of the condominium apartment that Hong Kangquan was staying at.
Just when they had thought that the day would be ending without anything new, Hong Kangquan appeared in front of the condominium building.
He was dressed casually in a black winter jacket and a baseball cap. He wore shades even though it was already dark out.
However, the soldiers from the special forces were experts when it came to devices like those. They all could tell that those were not just any shades – they were shades that had a night vision function.
“Where is he going?”
“No idea.”
“Should we follow?”
“Yes.”
Hong Kangquan waited along the narrow road in front of the building for a while and hopped onto a privately hired vehicle.
He told the driver the address.
The Jeep at the back followed.
Hong Kangquan chuckled coldly in his heart. Someone was indeed following him.
If he had not guessed wrongly, his former subordinate, Huo Shaoheng, had begun to be suspicious of him.
It must have definitely been the big-mouthed Cai Songyin who had leaked information.
The private hire vehicle drove on the road for a while and stopped in front of a gay bar.
Hong Kangquan exited the car and stuffed both of his hands into the pockets of his jacket as he entered the bar.
The soldiers from the Special Forces who were following him followed suit.
However, the moment they entered the bar, a couple of feminine men came up to them.
“You are new here, aren’t you, handsome?”
“Is it your first time here, handsome? This is a mainstream bar. Come on, let me get you a drink, handsome.”
Both of the soldiers from the Special Forces had undergone training as well, so they did not show any signs of impatience.
They happily had a couple of drinks with the men and saw Hong Kangquan chatting with the bartender, still wearing the jacket.
The moment the soldiers from the Special Forces saw this, they began to look down on Hong Kangquan.
It was alright to be gay. However, if he had hidden his real sexual orientation and gotten married and had kids, that would be going overboard.
They sat close to the bar and began playing drinking games as they watched Hong Kangquan from the back.
Five minutes later, one of the soldiers from the special forces noticed something was amiss. With a stern expression, he turned to his colleague and said, “Why is he still wearing the jacket?”
He would have been wearing it when he was outside because the weather in early spring in Di capital was still extremely cold.
However, the bar was warm and comfortable. Both of the soldiers had taken their jackets off, but why was Hong Kangquan still wearing his?!
One of the soldiers from the Special Forces walked up to the bar to order some drinks and stole a quick peek at Hong Kangquan, who was sitting near him.
The moment he looked, his heart skipped a beat. D*mn! They had been tricked!
That person was not Hong Kangquan at all!
He was merely wearing Hong Kangquan’s jacket and drinking in the bar!
The real Hong Kangquan had already left using the back door of the bar and hopped in another car, moving toward the direction of the train.