"I won't go with you." Su Qing said as she backed away, pulling out a pistol from behind her back.

Gu Yunze's expression finally changed; this woman actually had a gun.

It seems the investigation wasn't thorough enough.

I thought she was just a former educated youth who had been turned, but someone who could carry a gun couldn't have been turned away by simple indoctrination.

Gu Yunze raised his hand, and several soldiers also raised their guns.

Su Qing swallowed hard, knowing she probably couldn't escape today.

Just as I was getting anxious, I heard a voice running over: "Su Qing, wait for me, I've got the letter of introduction ready."

It's Yuan Bo!

At this moment, Gu Yunze's expression changed, and he shouted, "Yuan Bo, don't come any closer!"

As a roommate, Yuan Bo was also familiar with Gu Yunze's voice, and thought to himself, "If you tell me not to go over, I won't go over."

He insisted on going over there to see what he was doing.

Yuan Bo's footsteps grew closer, and Su Qing's eyes darted around, clearly indicating that she was thinking of something.

"Gu Yunze, you..."

"What are you doing...?"

Yuan Bo stopped and quickly stepped back, his hands trembling, and he rubbed his eyes.

"I... I didn't see wrong, did I?"

When she opened her eyes again, she dared not believe that she was seeing things. Gu Yunze was wearing a military uniform, looking very imposing, and he was holding a gun.

It was Su Qing again, she actually...

He was about to ask Su Qing what was going on when he saw her rushing towards him, pointing a gun at his head.

With the object pressed against his temple, Yuan Bo felt his life was hanging by a thread.

He heard Su Qing say, "Don't come any closer, or I'll kill him."

Only then did Yuan Bo realize that he had been taken hostage.

"Su, Su Qing, what are you doing?"

He believed that he had been very good to Su Qing, liking her for so long, pursuing her for so long, and giving her all the good food he could find.

But now, this woman is repaying kindness with enmity, taking him hostage!

Yuan Bo wanted to cry, to cry for his own life, to cry for his own foolishness, for having given so much for her, and to cry for his own fear.

However, he dared not move rashly. It was winter, and they were all wearing heavy cotton-padded clothes. Yuan Bo was afraid that he might accidentally set off a fire and blow himself up, or that the fire would burn him to death.

He was already regretting it; he shouldn't have ignored Gu Yunze and insisted on coming to check.

Now, whether they can even survive is another question.

Just then, they heard Gu Yunze say to Su Qing, "Release the hostage and surrender. At least you still have a chance to live."

Although he didn't know why Gu Yunze wanted to arrest Su Qing, Yuan Bo could immediately tell who was on the side of justice just by looking at their military uniforms.

So he cried out, "Brother, please save me!"

Gu Yunze ignored him. He saved him purely because of the military uniform he was wearing. Who was he to call him a brother?

He wasn't that stupid to be a brother who was used as a backup by spies.

Su Qing panicked more and more. Several cold gun barrels were pointed at her, and she felt that she was not going to survive.

Gu Yunze understood the psychology of this kind of person well, and immediately advised, "Put down your weapons and surrender, we won't shoot. Come back with us, and you'll still have a chance to live."

At this moment, Gu Yunze's words were like a refreshing rain, giving Su Qing hope.

With no other options, she dared not kill herself and could only pin her hopes on the principle of leniency for those who confess.

In the end, she let Yuan Bo go under the threat of several guns.

As they led her away, Su Qing gave Yuan Bo a deep look, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

There was guilt, pleading, and something else.

Yuan Bo had lost interest in paying attention.

The ordeal left him limp on the ground, only his chest trembling violently.

Gu Yunze stayed behind and reached out his hand to him.

Yuan Bo shifted his gaze from the shaded sky to his upright face, let out a soft sigh, and sat up, grasping his hand.

From the very first day he came here with Su Qing, he regarded Gu Yunze as a rival in love.

Looking back now, he must have had his eye on Su Qing for a long time, and my behavior must have seemed like that of a clown to him.

Gu Yunze didn't care what he was thinking, and only said, "You can't say anything when you get back. I'll ask you to do an investigation again in a couple of days."

Yuan Bo nodded dumbly; he dared not tell anyone such a thing.

He was afraid he would be arrested as an accomplice.

“I know nothing about what she did. If I had known she was so terrible, I wouldn’t have been chasing after her every day.”

That's a secret agent!

His parents and brother all work in government agencies, so he was already familiar with this kind of thing from a young age.

How could it possibly be related to spies or agents?

At this moment, Yuan Bo also thought of his parents and asked, "My parents...?"

Gu Yunze: "I visited Uncle and Aunt Yuan's family when I went back this time."

Yuan Bo understood his unspoken meaning: what he called a visit was actually an investigation.

It's probably because they found out something about Su Qing that his parents haven't sent him anything this month.

She was probably afraid of being implicated by him.

Yuan Bo suddenly felt down; perhaps his parents had given up on him.

Gu Yunze had no obligation to comfort him, especially since he had brought this upon himself.

He could have stayed in the city with a good job and life, but he insisted on being led here by Su Qing.

His parents sent him money and gifts every month, which he gave to Su Qing.

Gu Yunze felt that any family that raised a child like that would be truly unlucky.

Fortunately, Yuan's parents had another son, Yuan Bo's older brother, who was said to be a capable man.

We can't let this younger brother drag us down.

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