Chapter 2607: Xingkai Lake

The driver stared fixedly at the two people outside the car, but because it was too dark and raining heavily, his vision was severely limited. Plus, the two people opposite were wearing wide, thick raincoats with large brims that covered most of their faces.

Therefore, even though the two people opposite were close at hand, he could barely see their faces, only vaguely distinguishing a blurry chin contour and dense, messy stubble.

The driver was very nervous inside. One hand held the steering wheel tightly, while the other hand reached down slowly, pulling a machete from the seat behind his waist. His eyes, fixed on the people outside, narrowed slightly. A dangerous, murderous light flashed in his narrowed eyes.

"Comrade!" In the rainstorm, the man shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice drowning out the sound of the rain and wind: "Our car is out of gas. Please do us a favor and siphon some gas from your tank. Rest assured, I absolutely won't take it for free; I'll pay whatever it's worth!"

"Get lost!"

Hearing that the other party was just out of gas, the driver cursed angrily, his tense body relaxing a bit, and he stepped on the gas pedal without hesitation. The truck's engine roared.

At the same time, the tires rubbed violently against the mud road washed by the rainstorm, splashing a wave of mud and water. The two people standing outside the car were caught off guard and sprayed with mud and water.

Watching the two trucks panting and slowly driving away, the two looked at each other, walked quickly to the van, and got in. Then, the man with the stubble picked up the walkie-talkie placed on the seat, turned on the switch, and heard the crackling sound of the walkie-talkie.

"Command Headquarters, this is Team 2. The target has appeared."

"Command Headquarters received!" A low voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Team 2, withdraw. Team 3 will take over surveillance."

"Team 2 understands!" The stubble man put down the walkie-talkie, breathed a long sigh of relief, took off his mud-soaked raincoat, and took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it: "This time, we might really have caught a big fish."

The other man looked relatively young, but he was also in his thirties: "According to the news leaked from Beijing, it seems the fish is even bigger."

The stubble man smiled, exhaling a puff of smoke: "We are handling this case jointly this time. Regardless of how big the fish in Beijing is, the credit that belongs to us won't run away."

The young man laughed along, stretched, and said: "If we can successfully catch the person tonight, the bonus for this month definitely won't run away; we can get at least forty or fifty."

"Alright!" The stubble man said: "You drive; we're going back."

Xingkai Lake is located on the China-Russia border, 40 kilometers southeast of Mishan City. It was originally an inland lake of China, but in 1860, China and Russia signed the Treaty of Beijing, and it became a China-Russia boundary lake. One-third of the water area is within our country, and the rest is in Russia.

Xingkai Lake is a relatively large freshwater lake in the Northeast region, formed by water accumulation after a volcanic eruption in ancient times caused the terrain to sink. "Xingkai" is Manchu, meaning water flowing from a high place to a low-lying place.

And Xingkai Lake is divided into large and small. The Great Xingkai Lake is about 100 kilometers long from north to south and about 60 kilometers wide from east to west. The Small Xingkai Lake is about 35 kilometers long from east to west and 5 kilometers wide from north to south.

Just at the southern edge of the Small Xingkai Lake, under a dirt slope on the China-Russia border, a 212 was parked. Three people were sitting in the car, one of whom was Zhou Andong's old acquaintance, Liu Zhiguang, and the other two were Liu Zhiguang's brothers, Old Qing and Guan Shisheng.

"This rain is too heavy." Old Qing sat in the passenger seat, looking at the windshield washed by the rainstorm, his face full of worry: "Won't there be any changes on Lasov's side?"

"No!" Liu Zhiguang, who was sitting and smoking with his legs crossed, said: "Even if there are changes, he will send someone to notify us."

Guan Shisheng, sitting in the driver's seat, said: "I'm not worried about that old Russian Lasov; I'm worried about whether the goods can arrive here smoothly. After all, even if it weren't raining, this road is very difficult to walk, not to mention that so many goods were loaded."

Liu Zhiguang looked out the car window, and a trace of worry appeared in his eyes: "The Wu brothers driving are veteran drivers, and they are very familiar with the road here, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Hope so!" Guan Shisheng could only comfort himself like this: "After the goods arrive, should we drive the car directly to the other side?"

"Right!" Liu Zhiguang nodded: "This route is the latest one Lasov found. Our patrols here are relatively loose, and he has also taken care of things on his side. After we drive the car over, they will just change the license plate."

Time passed bit by bit. After an unknown amount of time, the rain outside finally gradually stopped. Liu Zhiguang raised his hand and looked at his wristwatch; the green fluorescent hands pointed to 12:20 AM.

"It's ten minutes away from the scheduled time. I guess it won't arrive."

Liu Zhiguang pushed open the door and got out of the car. The air after the rainstorm was mixed with the fishy smell of mud and the fragrance of grass and trees. After taking a deep breath, it didn't make Liu Zhiguang feel refreshed, but instead made him feel somewhat panicked.

Liu Zhiguang's brows furrowed. He hadn't had this feeling just now in the car; why did he feel panicked as soon as he got out? Could it be low blood sugar? Liu Zhiguang took a piece of candy from his pocket, tore open the packaging, and put the candy in his mouth. It seemed the feeling of panic was indeed relieved a bit.

At this time, Old Qing also got out of the car, took out a cigarette from his pocket and was about to light it, but Liu Zhiguang was quick-eyed and slapped the cigarette out of Old Qing's hand: "Damn it, Old Qing, you've been mixing with me for so long; how come you don't have any vigilance?"

Old Qing awkwardly defended: "It just finished raining heavily; the road is full of mud. The border defense team definitely won't patrol at this time."

"That won't do either!" Liu Zhiguang said with a cold face: "We haven't had any big trouble in these few years because we are careful and cautious. Don't ever think that what you think is correct; we must maintain vigilance at all times to live long."

Guan Shisheng also got out of the car and said to Old Qing: "Old Qing, Brother Guang is right. We can't be careless at all. Because we won't have a chance to do it over; once caught, we'll lose our heads."

Liu Zhiguang sighed and patted Old Qing's shoulder: "If you want to smoke, go smoke in the car."

"Not smoking anymore!" Old Qing put the cigarette in his pocket: "I don't know when the goods will arrive."

Old Qing's voice had just fallen when he saw flashlight lights flashing back and forth on the other side of the border line in the distance, then flashed three times and fell into darkness again.

A smile appeared on Liu Zhiguang's face: "Lasov is here."

Old Qing opened the car door, took out a flashlight from the car, and flashed it three times at the opposite side.

A few minutes later, three figures were seen walking in the darkness. Liu Zhiguang waded through the half-meter-deep grass and walked quickly to meet them.

"Lasov, my dear brother, I missed you to death." ===== CHAPTER 2608 =====